Pappy is another name for father.
Pappy is a nickname of:
Gregory Pappy Boyington (1912-1988), Flying Tiger and American fighter ace in World War IIFred Coe (1914-1979), American television producer and directorPappy Daily (1902-1987), American country music record producer and entrepreneurPaul Gunn (1899-1957), US World War II naval aviatorJohn C. "Pappy" Herbst (1909-1946), American flying ace in World War IIDuanes S. (Pappy) Larson (1916-2005), American World War II fighter pilotHoward Mason (born 1959), American drug traffickerW. Lee O'Daniel (1890-1969), Texas governor and senatorPaul Rowe (Canadian football) (1917-1990), professional football playerRisley C. Triche (born 1930), attorney and longtime member of the Louisiana House of RepresentativesPappy Waldorf (1902-1981), American football player and coachGrover Washabaugh (c. 1893-1973), American college and high school football and basketball coachPappy Wood (1888-1978), Canadian curler