Pinckney is a surname, and may refer to:
Pinckney political family of South Carolina
Charles Pinckney (South Carolina chief justice) (died 1758), South Carolina politician, father of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Thomas Pinckney, and uncle of Colonel Charles Pinckney
Colonel Charles Pinckney (1731–1782), South Carolina politician, British Loyalist during Revolutionary War, father of the Governor Charles Pinckney
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), Revolutionary War general and vice presidential candidate
Charles Pinckney (governor) (1757–1824), drafter of the United States Constitution, father of Henry Laurens Pinckney, and second cousin of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Eliza Lucas Pinckney, South Carolina planter
Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828), South Carolina governor, ambassador to Britain, diplomat who arranged Pinckney's Treaty
Henry L. Pinckney, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
John M. Pinckney, U.S. Representative from Texas; his parents were from South Carolina
Others
Clementa C. Pinckney (1973–2015), a South Carolina state senator, killed in a hate crime attack on his church.
Darryl Pinckney, American author and critic
Ed Pinckney
Violet Millicent Pinckney (1871-1955), English tennis player, participant in the 1908 Olympic Games at London
