Digger is a nickname for:
John Barnes (footballer) (born 1963), Jamaican-born English former footballer and managerArthur Brown (footballer born 1859) (1859–1909), English footballerDuane G. Carey (born 1957), former NASA astronaut and retired US Air Force lieutenant colonelAl Cervi (1917–2009), American National Basketball League and National Basketball Association player and coachDigger Dawson (1905–?), English footballerDale DeGray (born 1963), former National Hockey League playerPaul Diggin (born 1985), English rugby union playerWilliam James (soldier) (1930–2015), Australian Army major generalDigger Kettle (1922–1999), English footballerPeter Martin (cricketer) (born 1968), English former cricketerBilly O'Dell (born 1833), former Major League Baseball pitcherKen Phelps (born 1954), former Major League Baseball playerDigger Phelps (born 1941), American basketball coach and sportscasterDigger Robertson (William Robertson, 1861–1938), Australian cricketerDigger Stanley (1876–1919), English boxerWilliam 'Digger' Thomas (1890–1953), Australian rules footballer