Happy (nickname)

In arts and entertainment

• Happy Caldwell, American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist
• Howard Goodman, gospel musician, founder of the Happy Goodman Family
• Happy Hammond, Australian comedian and children's show host
• Happy Jankell, Swedish actress
• Helen Reichert, American talk show personality and university professor
• Happy Rhodes, American singer, songwriter and musician
• Happy Traum, American folk musician
• David "Happy" Williams, US-based Trinidadian jazz double-bassist

  In politics

• John Newbold Camp, American politician
• Happy Chandler, American senator and Governor of Kentucky and Commissioner of Major League Baseball
• Happy Rockefeller, widow of former Vice President of the United States Nelson Rockefeller

  In sports

• Jack Chesbro, American Major League Baseball pitcher nicknamed "Happy Jack"
• Happy Feller, American former National Football League kicker
• Happy Felsch, American Major League Baseball player
• Happy Finneran, American Major League Baseball player
• Happy Foreman, American Major League Baseball relief pitcher
• Happy Hairston, American National Basketball Association player
• Pat Hartnett , American Major League Baseball player for part of one season
• Kevin Harvick, American NASCAR driver nicknamed "Happy Harvick"
• Burt Hooton, American former Major League Baseball pitcher and coach
• Happy Jele, South African association football defender
• Archie McKain, American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Jeff Shulman, American poker player and magazine editor
• Jack Stivetts, American Major League Baseball pitcher nicknamed "Happy Jack"
• George Wilson, Scottish rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s