Straight is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Beatrice Straight Beatrice Whitney Straight (August 2, 1914 – April 7, 2001) was an American theatre, film and television actress and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She was an Academy Award and Tony Award winner as well as an Emmy Award nominee. ...

(1914–2001), American actress *

Dorothy Straight Dorothy Elmhirst Straight (born May 25, 1958 in Washington, D.C.) is an American author who wrote '' How the World Began'' in 1962 at the age of 4 for her grandmother, Dorothy Payne Whitney, making her among the youngest published authors in hist ...

(born 1958), American writer * Henry Harrison Straight (1846–1886), American geologist and professor *

Michael Whitney Straight Michael Whitney Straight (September 1, 1916 – January 4, 2004) was an American magazine publisher, novelist, patron of the arts, a member of the prominent Whitney family, and a confessed spy for the KGB. Early life Straight was born in New Yor ...

(1916–2004), American magazine publisher and novelist *

Nina Auchincloss Straight Nina Gore Auchincloss Straight (formerly Steers, born January 10, 1937) is an American author, journalist, and socialite. She is the mother of writer/director Burr Steers and artist Hugh Auchincloss Steers, half-sister of Gore Vidal, step-sister of ...

(born 1935), American writer, journalist and socialite *

Susan Straight Susan Straight (born October 19, 1960) is an American writer. She was a National Book Award finalist for the novel ''Highwire Moon'' in 2001. Biography Susan Straight attended John W. North High School in Riverside, California and took classes ...

(born 1960), American writer *

Whitney Willard Straight Air Commodore Whitney Willard Straight, (6 November 1912 – 5 April 1979) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, businessman, and a member of the prominent Whitney family of the United States. Early life Born in New York City, Whitn ...

(1912–1979), American-born British Grand Prix driver and aviator *

Willard Dickerman Straight Willard Dickerman Straight (January 31, 1880 – December 1, 1918) was an American investment banker, publisher, reporter, diplomat and by marriage, a member of the very wealthy Whitney family. He was a promoter of Chinese arts and investments, an ...

(1880–1918), American investment banker

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