Bonny may refer to:

People

Anne Bonny Anne Bonny (8 March 1697 – disappeared April 1721), sometimes Anne Bonney, was an Irish pirate operating in the Caribbean, and one of the few female pirates in recorded history. What little that is known of her life comes largely from Capta ...

(1702–c. 1782), notorious woman pirate *

Bonny Barry Veronica Lesley "Bonny" Barry (born 30 January 1960) is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2009, representing the district of Aspley. Barry was first elected to parliament ...

(born 1960), Australian politician *

Bonny Hicks Bonny Susan Hicks (5 January 1968 – 19 December 1997) was a Singaporean model and writer. After garnering local fame as a model, she gained worldwide recognition for her contributions to Singaporean post-colonial literature and the anthropic p ...

(1968–1997), model and writer * Bonny Sengupta, Indian actor * Bonny Warner (born 1962), American luger, bobsledder, and airline pilot *

Jan Bonny Jan Bonny (born 1979 in Düsseldorf) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life and work Jan Bonny studied from 2000 to 2006 at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and finished his study with the screenplay for his award-winning feature ...

(born 1979), German film director * Johan Bonny (born 1955), Belgian Roman Catholic bishop * Melissa Bonny (born 1993), Swiss singer * Pierre Bonny (1895-1944), French police officer and war criminal

Places

Kingdom of Bonny The Kingdom of Bonny, otherwise known as Grand Bonny, is a traditional state based on the town of Bonny in Rivers State, Nigeria. In the pre-colonial period, it was an important slave trading port, later trading palm oil products. During the 19t ...

, a realm in what is now Nigeria * Bonny, Kentucky, a community in the United States *

Bonny, Nigeria Bonny (originally Ibani) is a traditional, coastal town and a Local Government Area in Rivers State in southern Nigeria, on the Bight of Bonny. It is also the capital of the Kingdom of Bonny. Traditionally (especially between the 15th and 19th c ...

, a town and Local Government Area, and former capital of the Kingdom of Bonny *

Bight of Bonny The Bight of Biafra (known as the Bight of Bonny in Nigeria) is a bight off the West African coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea. Geography The Bight of Biafra, or Mafra (named after the town Mafra in southern Portugal), betwee ...

, a body of water off the coast of west Africa *

Bonny River Bonny River is a river in Rivers State, Nigeria. Water taxis which move along the river provide the connection between Bonny Island and Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, which lies alongside the river. See also *Bonny Light oil *Niger D ...

, Nigeria *

Bonny Island Bonny Island is situated at the southern edge of Rivers State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It is near Port Harcourt. Ferries are the main form of transport to and from the island. The local language spoken on Bonny Island is Ibani, ...

, in the Niger Delta of Nigeria * Bonny Lakes, two small lakes in Oregon, United States

Other uses

Ibani tribe The Ibani tribe is a subgroup of the Ijaw ethnic group that lives in the Bonny and Opobo areas of Rivers State, Nigeria, on the Atlantic coast. Bonny town is the tribal seat of the Ibani which is located on the bight of Bonny River. Though the Ndo ...

or Bonny tribe, an ethnic group in Rivers State, Nigeria * Hurricane Bonny, the name of four tropical cyclones in the eastern Pacific Ocean * NNS Bonny, a Nigerian vessel * "Bonny" (instrumental), performed by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC *A pigtail monkey who spent almost 9 days in outer space on

Biosatellite 3 Biosatellite 3, also known as Biosat 3 and Biosatellite D, was a third and final mission in the Biosatellite program. It was launched on a Delta-N rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 29, 1969, The intent had been to fly a 6-kg ...

*A word of late Middle English origin, with uncertain etymology, meaning pleasing or pretty *'' The Bonny'', a 2020 album by Gerry Cinnamon ** "The Bonny" (song), the title track from the album