The Wizard (nickname)

The Wizard or Wizard is a nickname for:

The Wizard:

• Gary Crowton (born 1957), American football coach
• Jeff Farmer (footballer) (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
• Bobby Hoff (1939-2013), American poker player
• Jeff Mills (born 1963), American techno DJ and producer
• Japhet N'Doram (born 1966), Chadian retired footballer
• Erik Rasmussen (footballer) (born 1960), Danish former footballer and manager
• Jacob Schaefer, Sr. (1855-1910), American billiards player
• Ozzie Smith (born 1954), American Major League Baseball player
• Vassilis Stravopodis (born 1948), Greek former footballer
• Simon Whitlock (born 1969), Australian darts player
• Ray Whitney (ice hockey) (born 1972), Canadian former National Hockey League player
• Gus Williams (basketball) (born 1953), National Basketball Association player
• Bogdan Wołkowski (born 1957), Polish professional billiards trick-shot artist and entertainer

Wizard:

• Lars Bo (1924–1999), Danish artist and writer

See also

• Thomas Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman nicknamed the "Wizard of Menlo Park"
• Warren Buffett (born 1930), American business magnate nicknamed the "Wizard of Omaha"
• Frankie Carle (1903–2001), American pianist and bandleader nicknamed the "Wizard of the Keyboard"
• Ron Fraser (1933-2013), American baseball coach, the "Wizard of College Baseball"
• Momosuke Fukuzawa (1868-1938), Japanese businessman, the "Wizard of the Money Markets"
• Jørgen Kristensen (born 1946), Danish former footballer, "Troldmanden" ("the Wizard")
• Stanley Matthews (1915-2000), English football player, the "Wizard of the Dribble"
• Shiv Nadar (born 1945), Indian billionaire industrialist and philanthropist, nicknamed Magus (Old Persian for "Wizard")
• Roy Smeck (1900-1994), American musician, the "Wizard of the Strings"
• Bert le Vack (1887-1931), British motorcycle racer, the "Wizard of Brooklands"
• Yrjö Väisälä (1891-1971), Finnish astronomer and physicist, the "Wizard of Tuorla"
• Freddie Welsh (1886-1927), Welsh boxer, the "Welsh wizard"
• Murray Wier (born 1926), American former basketball player, "Wizard Wier"
• John Wooden (1910-2010), American member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a college basketball head coach and player, nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood"
• El Brujo (nickname) (Spanish for "the Wizard"), a list of people
• The Magician (nickname), a list of people
• El Mago (Spanish for "the Magician"), a list of people
• Darío Verón (born 1979), Paraguayan footballer nicknamed "Hechicero" ("The Wizard")
• Raymond Goethals (1921-2004), Belgian football coach nicknamed "le sorcier" ("the Wizard")