__NOTOC__ Whitney is both a masculine and feminine given name.

Females

Whitney Able Whitney Nees Able (born June 2, 1982) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles in ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' (2006) and ''Monsters'' (2010), and has been featured in ''Maxim'' magazine. Early life Whitney Able was ...

(born 1982), American actress * Whitney Adebayo (born 1997), English television personality * Whitney Ashley (born 1989), American athlete *

Whitney Avalon Whitney Avalon is an American actress, writer, producer, singer, and rapper best known for creating the ''Princess Rap Battle'' series and other musical comedy on YouTube, where her channel has over 600 million views. ''Variety'' listed her in ...

, American actress *

Whitney Blake Whitney Blake (born Nancy Ann Whitney; February 20, 1926 – September 28, 2002) was an American film and television actress, director, and producer. She is known for her four seasons portraying Dorothy Baxter, the mother, on the 1960s sitco ...

(1926–2002), American actress *

Whitney Bourne Whitney Bourne (May 6, 1914 – December 24, 1988) was an American stage and film actress. She was a leading lady in several B films of the 1930s, with occasional appearances in more prestigious films such as the British musical '' Head over Heel ...

(1914–1998), American actress *

Whitney Chadwick Whitney Chadwick (born 28 July 1943) is an American art historian and educator, who has published on contemporary art, modernism, Surrealism, and gender and sexuality. Her book ''Women, Art and Society'' was first published by Thames and Hudson ...

(born 1943), American historian *

Whitney Conder Whitney Conder (born May 6, 1988) is an American freestyle wrestler. In September 2012, she joined the U.S. Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. unifo ...

(born 1988), American wrestler *

Whitney Cummings Whitney Cummings (born September 4, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, director, producer, investor and podcaster. A native of Washington, DC, Cummings pursued a comedy career in Los Angeles after graduating from the Univer ...

(born 1982), American comedian, actress and television producer * Whitney Crothers Dilley, American professor *

Whitney Dylan Whitney Dylan (born in Memphis, Tennessee on August 16, 1976) is an American actress. Life and career Whitney Dylan was born on August 16, 1976, in Memphis, Tennessee. Her first on-screen appearance was a role as Lysette in the episode "The Z ...

(born 1976), American actress * Whitney Engen (born 1987), American soccer player * Whitney Gardner, Canadian author *

Whitney Gaskell Whitney Gaskell (born 1972) is an American author of eight comedic novels published by Bantam Books. Biography Whitney Gaskell was born on February 8, 1972 in Syracuse, New York. She attended Jamesville-DeWitt High School, and earned her Bac ...

(born 1972), American author * Whitney Genoway (born 1986), Canadian water polo player * Whitney Hedgepeth (born 1971), American backstroke swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics *

Whitney Wolfe Herd Whitney Wolfe Herd (born July 5, 1989) is an American entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of publicly traded Bumble, Inc, an online dating platform, launched in 2014. She was previously the vice president of marketing and Co-Founder of Tin ...

(born 1989), American entrepreneur *

Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston in ...

(1963–2012), American singer and actress * Whitney Issik, Canadian politician *

Whitney Jensen Whitney Jensen (born May 4, 1992) is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the Norwegian National Ballet in Oslo, and was previously a principal with the Boston Ballet. Early life and education Jensen was born in Sa ...

(born 1992), American ballet dancer *

Whitney Kershaw Whitney Kershaw (born April 10, 1962) is an American singer and actress, best known for her roles on television. Her most well known role was that of Merilee Gunderson during the first season of ''Major Dad'' in 1989 and 1990. Kershaw originated ...

(born 1962), American actress * Whitney McVeigh (born 1968), American artist *

Whitney Otto Whitney Otto (born March 5, 1955) is an American novelist best known for her debut novel ''How to Make an American Quilt''. Life and career Otto was born and raised in California to a couple who later divorced; her father was an engineer, while h ...

(born 1955), American novelist *

Whitney Port Whitney Eve Port-Rosenman (born March 4, 1985) is an American television personality, fashion designer and author. In 2006, Port came to prominence after being cast in the reality television series '' The Hills'', which chronicled the personal an ...

(born 1985), star of ''The City'' on MTV *

Whitney Rose Whitney Rose (born May 9, 1986) is a Canadian-American country musician from Prince Edward Island, Canada. She has released four studio albums through Cameron House Records and Six Shooter Records. Her self-titled debut album ''Whitney Rose'' was ...

(born 1986), American country musician * Whitney Sloan (born 1988), British actress *

Whitney Thompson Whitney Lee Thompson Forrester (born September 26, 1987) is an American plus-size model and is the winner of the tenth cycle of '' America's Next Top Model''. Early life Before her appearance on the show, Thompson worked locally in northern F ...

(born 1987), winner of ''America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10'' *

Whitney Tyson Whitney Tyson (born Bunny Fowler) is a Filipina actress, singer and comedian, best known for her role as Elizabeth in ''FPJ's Ang Probinsyano''. Personal life Tyson was born Bunny Fowler in Angeles, Pampanga, the only child of an African-America ...

, Filipino actress, singer and comedian. * Whitney Udelson, American product manager * Whitney Way Thore (born 1984), American television personality *

Whitney Westerfield Whitney H. Westerfield (born November 29, 1980) is an American attorney, politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing District 3 since January 8, 2013. In 2015, Westerfield was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for At ...

(born 1980), American politician * Whitney Williams, American businesswoman and political candidate

Males

* Whitney Anderson (born 1931), American politician *

A. Whitney Brown Alan Whitney Brown (born July 8, 1952) is an American writer and comedian best known for work on ''Saturday Night Live'' in the 1980s. In addition to writing for the program, he appeared opposite Dennis Miller in a biting satirical Weekend Update ...

(born 1952), American actor, comedian, writer *

Whit Johnson Whit Johnson (born June 25, 1982) is an American Journalism, journalist and co-anchor of the weekend editions of ''Good Morning America'', the anchor of the Saturday edition of ''ABC World News Tonight'', and he is also fill-in and substitute anc ...

(born 1982), American journalist *

Whitney Mercilus Whitney Mercilus (born July 21, 1990) is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons, primarily with the Houston Texans. He played college football at Illinois, where he received unanimous ...

(born 1990), American football player *

Whitney North Seymour Whitney North Seymour Sr. (January 4, 1901 – May 21, 1983) was an American attorney who worked primarily as a trial lawyer. He served as assistant solicitor general during the presidency of Herbert Hoover. In 1960, he was elected the 84th pr ...

(1901–1983), American lawyer * Whitney North Seymour Jr. (1923–2019), American politician *

Whitney Smith Whitney Smith Jr. (February 26, 1940 – November 17, 2016) was a professional vexillologist and scholar of flags. He originated the term ''vexillology'', which refers to the scholarly analysis of all aspects of flags. He was a founder of s ...

(1940–2016), American professional vexillologist *

Whitney 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 Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, businessman *

Whitney Young Whitney Moore Young Jr. (July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971) was an American civil rights leader. Trained as a social worker, he spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States and turning the National Urban ...

(1921–1971), American civil rights leader

Fictional characters

* Whitney, a fictional character from the ''

Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. The series was conceptualized and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. In ''Animal Crossing'', the player character is a human who lives in a village inhabi ...

'' series * Whitney, a fictional character from the PBS children's TV series ''

Barney & Friends ''Barney & Friends'' is an American children's television series targeted at young children aged 2–7, created by Sheryl Leach. The series premiered on PBS on April 6, 1992. The series features the title character Barney, a purple anthropomorp ...

'' *

Whitney Whitney may refer to: Film and television * ''Whitney'' (2015 film), a Whitney Houston biopic starring Yaya DaCosta * ''Whitney'' (2018 film), a documentary about Whitney Houston * ''Whitney'' (TV series), an American sitcom that premiered i ...

, a Gym Leader in the ''

Pokémon (an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise. In terms of ...

'' series *

Whitney Dean Whitney Dean (also Carter) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Shona McGarty. The character is the ward of long-running character Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer) and was introduced on 1 April 2008 when Pal ...

, a fictional character in BBC soap opera ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'' * Whitney Conway Ellsworth, a fictional character on the HBO series '' Deadwood'' *

Whitney Russell The Russell family is a fictional family depicted on the American soap opera ''Passions'', which aired on NBC (1999–2007) and later on DirecTV (2007–2008). The family was created by the soap's founder and head writer James E. Reilly; it or ...

, a fictional character on the NBC soap opera ''

Passions ''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and pro ...

'' * Whitney Fordman, a fictional character on the TV series ''

Smallville ''Smallville'' is an American superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series was produced by Millar Gough ...

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