Whitney
Whitney is a family name for the following people:
- Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824-1906), American author
- Amos Whitney (1832–1928), American entrepreneur
- Anne Whitney (1821–1915), American sculptor
- Arthur Whitney (* 1958), Canadian computer scientist
- Benson Whitney (born 1956), American diplomat; from 2006 to 2009 American Ambassador to Norway
- Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney (1908–1958), American art collector
- Brendon Whitney (1976-2018), American rapper; see alias (musician)
- Bret M. Whitney (* 1955), American ornithologist
- Caspar Whitney (1864–1929), American sports official, entrepreneur, writer
- Charles A. Whitney (1929–2017), American astrophysicist
- Charlotte Anita Whitney (1867–1955), American communist activist
- Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899–1992), American entrepreneur
- Courtney Whitney (1897–1969), American general
- Eli Whitney (1765–1825), American inventor and manufacturer
- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), American patron of the arts
- Grace Lee Whitney (1930-2015), American actress
- Harry Payne Whitney (1872–1930), American banker
- Hassler Whitney (1907–1989), American mathematician
- Helen Whitney , American film director, film producer, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker
- Helene Whitney (1914–1990), American actress
- Jack Whitney (1905–1992), American film and sound engineer
- James Whitney (1843–1914), Canadian politician
- Joan Whitney Payson (1903–1975), American art collector, patron and entrepreneur
- Joe Whitney (basketball player) (* before 1981), American basketball player and musician
- Joe Whitney (ice hockey player) (* 1988), American ice hockey player
- John Whitney (soccer player) (1874– ??), English soccer player
- John Whitney (Animator) (1917–1995), American animator, composer and inventor
- John Hay Whitney (1904–1982), American entrepreneur, diplomat, publisher and patron of the arts
- John "Charlie" Whitney (* 1944), British rock guitarist for the band Family
- Josiah D. Whitney (1819-1896), American geologist
- Kaylin Whitney (* 1998), American sprinter
- Lawrence Whitney (1891–1941), American shot putter
- Lou Whitney († 2014), American rock musician and studio owner
- Marva Whitney (1944–2012), American radio singer
- Mary Watson Whitney (1847–1921), American astronomer
- Newel K. Whitney (1795–1850), Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Norman J. Whitney (1891–1967), American university professor, author, and peace activist
- Odell K. Whitney (1884–1967), American politician
- Phylicia Whitney , German presenter, author and game journalist
- Phyllis Whitney (1903-2008), American author
- Ray Whitney (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
- Richard Whitney (1888–1974), American banker, broker, and President of the New York Stock Exchange
- Ron Whitney (born 1942), American hurdler
- Ryan Whitney (born 1983), American ice hockey player
- Stanley Whitney (born 1946), American painter
- Thomas P. Whitney ( Thomas Porter Whitney ; 1917–2007), American diplomat, author and translator
- Thomas R. Whitney ( Thomas Richard Whitney ; 1807-1858), American politician
- William Channing Whitney (1851–1945), American architect
- William Collins Whitney (1841–1904), American politician
- William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894), American linguist
- William Fiske Whitney (1850–1921), American anatomist and pathologist
- Willis R. Whitney (1868-1958), American chemist
as first name :
- Whitney Harris (1912-2010), American lawyer
- Whitney Houston (1963–2012), American singer
- Whitney Pavlik (* 1983), American beach volleyball player
- Whitney Smith (1940-2016), American vexillologist
Places in the United States:
- Whitney, Alabama
- Whitney (Florida)
- Whitney (Georgia)
- Whitney, Idaho
- Whitney (California)
- Whitney (Michigan)
- Whitney (Mississippi)
- Whitney, Nebraska
- Whitney (Nevada)
- Whitney, North Carolina
- Whitney (Ohio)
- Whitney, Pennsylvania
- Whitney, South Carolina
- Whitney (Texas)
- Whitney (Washington)
- Whitney Beach (Florida)
- Whitney Heights, South Carolina
- Whitney Junction, Alabama
- Whitney Point (New York)
- Whitney Portal (California)
in Canada:
mountain
- in California, USA:
- in Marie-Byrd-Land, West Antarctica:
Celestial bodies:
- (4346) Whitney , an asteroid named after Charles A. Whitney
Others:
- Pratt & Whitney , US engine manufacturer
- Whitney Motor Wagon Company , former American automobile manufacturer from Boston, Massachusetts (1897-1900)
- Whitney Machine Company , former American automobile manufacturer from Brunswick, Maine (1899–1905)
- Whitney Automobile Company , former American automobile manufacturer from Whitney Point, New York (1902–1903)
- Whitney (album) , a studio album by Whitney Houston
- Whitney (band) , American band
- Whitney , original title by Alex and Whitney - Sex Without Marriage , an American comedy series (2011-2013)
- Alabaster Whitney Drain , a river in the US state of Michigan
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Whitney Biennial
- Whitney Embedding Theorem, fundamental theorem in differential geometry
- Whitney Boomerang , airplane
- Whitney Glacier , glacier in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica
- Whitney Island , island in George VI Sound, Antarctica
- Whitney Point , Headland on the Budd Coast, Wilkesland, Antarctica
See also:
