Olney may refer to:

Places

Australia

* Olney Parish, New South Wales

England

Olney, Buckinghamshire Olney (, rarely ) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 6,477 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse and is the n ...

, a town near Milton Keynes, England

United States

* Olney, Alabama * Olney, Georgia - see

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Olney, Illinois Olney ( ) is the county seat in Richland County, Illinois. The population was 9,115 at the time of the 2010 census. History Settlement of the Richland County area began around 1815 when Thaddeus Morehouse, a native of Vermont, arrived by wa ...

* Olney Township, Richland County, Illinois *

Olney, Maryland Olney is a U.S. census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located in the north central part of the county, north of Washington, D.C. Olney was largely agricultural unti ...

Olney Theatre Center Located in Olney, Maryland, the Olney Theatre Center offers a diverse array of professional productions year-round that enrich, nurture, and challenge a broad range of artists, audiences and students. One of two state theaters of Maryland, Olney ...

* Olney (Joppa, Maryland), a home on the National Register of Historic Places *

Olney Township, Nobles County, Minnesota Olney Township is a township in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 232 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.5 square miles (91.8 km), o ...

* Olney, Missouri * Olney, Montana * Olney, Oklahoma * Olney, Oregon *

Olney, Philadelphia Olney ( or ) is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is roughly bounded by Roosevelt Boulevard to the south, Tacony Creek to the east, Godfrey Avenue to the north, and the railroad right-of-way west of Seventh Stre ...

, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood * Olney, Texas

Schools

Olney Friends School Olney Friends School is a small, co-educational boarding and day school affiliated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Barnesville, Ohio, the school "challenges students to grow ...

, Barnesville, Ohio *

Olney High School Olney Charter High School, formerly Aspira Charter School at Olney, and Olney High School, is a public high school located in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Previously directly controlled by the School District of Philade ...

, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

People

Buster Olney Robert "Buster" Olney (born ) is an American sports journalist for ESPN, ''ESPN: The Magazine'', and ESPN.com. He previously covered the New York Giants and New York Yankees for ''The New York Times''. He is also a regular analyst for the ES ...

(born 1964), baseball commentator *

Cyrus Olney Cyrus Olney (October 11, 1815 – December 12, 1870) was an American politician and lawyer in what would become the state of Oregon. He was the 6th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court serving while the region was still the Oregon Territory. A nati ...

(1815–1870), American politician and judge *

David Olney David Charles Olney (March 23, 1948 – January 18, 2020) was an American folk singer-songwriter. Olney recorded more than twenty albums over his five-decade career. His songs have been covered by numerous artists, including Emmylou Harris, Del ...

(1948–2020), American singer and songwriter * Frank F. Olney (1851–1903) 18th mayor of Providence, Rhode Island 1894-1896 *

Howard Olney Howard William Olney (born 7 October 1934) is the Australian Aboriginal Lands Commissioner. Olney was born in Nedlands and attended Perth Modern School and the University of Western Australia. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1957 and as a mag ...

(born 1934), Australian jurist and Aboriginal Lands Commissioner 2007- *

Ian Olney Ian Olney (born 17 December 1969) is a former footballer who played as a forward. He started his career at Aston Villa in 1988, for whom he made 88 league appearances, scoring 16 goals, and 4 years later was sold to Oldham Athletic for £750,0 ...

(born 1969), English association footballer *

Jeremiah Olney Jeremiah Olney (1749 – 10 November 1812) was born into an old family from Rhode Island. He formed a company of infantry from that state at the start of the American Revolutionary War. After serving as captain in 1776, he was promoted to lie ...

(1749–1812), Continental Army soldier and older brother of Stephen Olney *

John Olney John Olney (1932 – April 14, 2015) was a medical doctor and a professor of psychiatry, pathology, and immunology at the Washington University School of Medicine. He is known for his work on brain damage. He coined the term excitotoxicity in his 19 ...

(1932–2015), physician, medical scientist and critic of food additives *

Martha Olney Martha Louise Olney (born November 27, 1956) is a teaching professor of economics (2002–present) at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a winner of local and national teaching awards, and has authored several leading undergradua ...

(born 1956), economics professor and textbook author * Peter B. Olney (1843–1922), New York County District Attorney 1883–1884 *

Richard Olney Richard Olney (September 15, 1835 – April 8, 1917) was an American statesman. He served as United States Attorney General in the cabinet of Grover Cleveland and Secretary of State under Cleveland. As attorney general, Olney used injunct ...

(1835–1917), United States Attorney General and Secretary of State * Richard Olney II (1871–1939), Congressman from Massachusetts *

Richard Olney (food writer) Richard Olney (April 12, 1927 – August 3, 1999) was an American painter, cook, food writer, editor, and memoirist, best known for his books of French country cooking. Biography Olney was born in Marathon, Iowa. He lived in a house above th ...

(1927–1999), American writer *

Sarah Olney Sarah Jane Olney (' McGibbon; born 11 January 1977) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and former accountant who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park since 2019, and previously from 2016 to 2017. Olney has served as ...

(born 1977), British Liberal Democrat politician and an accountant * Stephen Olney (1755–1832), Continental Army soldier and Rhode Island legislator * Violet Olney (1911–1999), British athlete *

Warren Olney Warren Olney, Sr. (March 11, 1841 – June 2, 1921) was an American lawyer, conservationist, and politician, in California. He was a founding member, alongside John Muir and the young botany professor, Willis Linn Jepson of the University o ...

(1841–1921), co-founder of the Sierra Club, mayor of Oakland, California * Warren Olney Jr. (1870–1939), Justice of the California Supreme Court *

Warren Olney IV Warren Olney IV is an American broadcast journalist. He was the host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated Public Radio International weekday afternoon program '' To the Point'', which originated at Santa Monica, California public r ...

(born 1938), broadcast journalist in Los Angeles, California

Other uses

* Olney station (disambiguation), stations of the name * Olney Formation, in the Murray Basin, Australia