Bones (nickname)

Bones is a nickname. Notable people with this nickname include:

People

Music

• Elias Andra (born 1973), American rock drummer
• Bones Hillman (1958–2020), New Zealand musician
• Bones Howe (born 1933), American record producer and engineer
• Tom Malone (musician) (born 1947), American jazz musician, arranger and producer

Sports

Gridiron football

• Bobby Bryant (born 1944), American football player (Minnesota Vikings)
• Bob "Bones" Hamilton (1912–1996), American college football player (Stanford Indians)
• Bones Weatherly (1928–2004), American football player (Chicago Bears)

Ice hockey

• Bones Allen (1881–1941), Canadian ice hockey defenseman and lacrosse player
• Gary Bromley (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• Don Raleigh (1926–2012), Canadian ice hockey centre

Other sports

• Clarence Adams (boxer) (born 1974), American boxer
• Bones Ely (1863–1952), American Major League Baseball player
• Bones McKinney (1919–1997), American basketball player and coach
• Sean Ryan (swimmer) (born 1992), American distance swimmer
• Dick Tomanek (1931–2023), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Jon Jones (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
• Jim "Bones" Mackay, caddy for golfer Phil Mickelson

Other

• Gary Berland (1950–1988), American poker player
• Frank Jenner (1903–1977), English-Australian evangelist

People with related, variant nicknames

• Jay Buhner (born 1964), American former Major League Baseball player nicknamed "Bone"
• Chandler Harper (1914-2004), American golfer nicknamed "Old Bones"
• Ivar the Boneless (died 873?), Viking leader
• Chris McDermott (born 1963), former Australian rules footballer nicknamed "Bone"

Fictional characters

• Temperance "Bones" Brennan, from the television series Bones
• Leonard McCoy, from the Star Trek franchise

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Bones
• All pages with titles containing Bones
• T-Bone (disambiguation), which includes a list of people with the nickname