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 in 2011

Firearms

Whitney Wolverine The Whitney Wolverine is a semi-automatic .22 LR caliber pistol created in 1956. Notable for its advanced, "space-aged" looks and then-new aluminum construction, it has a 10-round magazine, a barrel long and a weight of only . History The Wolve ...

, a semi-automatic, .22 LR caliber pistol *Whitney revolver, a gun carried by Powell when he attempted to assassinate Secretary of State William Seward

Music

Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "Honorific nicknames in popular music, The Voice", she is Whitney Houston albums discography, one of the bestselling music artists ...

, sometimes eponymously known as 'Whitney' ** ''Whitney'' (album), an album by Whitney Houston *

Whitney (band) Whitney is an American band from Chicago, which formed in 2015 and is signed to Secretly Canadian.Deusner, StephenBiography ''Secretly Canadian'' The band was formed shortly after the breakup of members Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich's band Smith ...

, an American rock band

Places

Canada

* Whitney, Ontario

United Kingdom

Witney Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is west of Oxford. The place-name "Witney" is derived from the Old English for "Witta's island". The earliest known record of it is as ...

, Oxfordshire **

Witney (UK Parliament constituency) Witney is a county constituency in Oxfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election, and was created for the 1983 general ...

, a constituency for the House of Commons *

Whitney-on-Wye Whitney-on-Wye is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, roughly a mile east of the border with Wales. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 census was 117. It is on the A438 road, and on the River Wye. The village ...

, Herefordshire

United States

Whitney, Alabama Whitney is an unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. History Whitney was named for Charles Whitney, a member of the Alabama Legislature following the Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between ...

Whitney, California Whitney is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Whitney is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, north-northwest of Roseville. It lies at an elevation of and is home to the Thunder Valley Casino Resort. The name hon ...

, a community in Placer County * Whitney, California, former name of

Lone Pine Station, California Lone Pine is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, Inyo County, California, United States. Lone Pine is located south-southeast of Independence, California, Independence, at an elevation of . The population was 2,035 at the ...

* Whitney, Idaho *

Whitney, Maine Whitney is an unorganized territory in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It is designated as Township 5 Range 1 of the North of Bingham's Penobscot Purchase. The population was 6 at the 2020 census. T5 R1 NBPP is also known as Pukakon Towns ...

Whitney, Michigan Whitney is an unincorporated community in Menominee County, in the U.S. state of Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of ne ...

* Whitney Township, Michigan *

Whitney, Nebraska Whitney is a village in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 77 at the 2010 census. History Originally called Dawes City, then Earth Lodge, it was renamed in honor of Peter Whitney, a railroad official. East of Whitney is ...

Whitney, Nevada Whitney (formerly East Las Vegas) is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 38,585 at the 2010 census. Background Stowell E. Whitney, a dairy farmer from Bunkerville, Neva ...

Whitney Point, New York Whitney Point is a village in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 964 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name comes from Thomas and William Whitney, early developers. The vil ...

Whitney, Oregon Whitney is an unincorporated community, also considered a ghost town, in Baker County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 7 southwest of Sumpter. It is on the North Fork Burnt River, near the Blue Mountains and Wallowa-Whitman National ...

Whitney, South Carolina Whitney is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) adjacent to the city of Spartanburg in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census with a population of 4,409. The C ...

Whitney, Texas Whitney is a city in Hill County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,992 at the 2020 census. The city is east of Lake Whitney. The Amazon Prime original movie '' The Vast of Night'' was shot in Whitney, which doubled for the fictional to ...

Whitney, Washington Whitney is an extinct town in Skagit County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. Whitney was originally called Padilla, and under the latter name was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) i ...

Whitney, West Virginia Whitney was an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of Am ...

Organizations

Whitney (City Road, London) Whitney was initially a shop established in 1875 in City Road, London, for the buying and selling of scientific apparatus, also using the name The Scientific Exchange. It later developed to include the sale of small engineering items including mod ...

, a shop founded in 1875 *

Whitney Museum of American Art The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is an art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–194 ...

, a museum in New York City *

Hancock Bank Hancock Whitney Corp. is a bank holding company headquartered in Gulfport, Mississippi. It operates 237 branches in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. The bank is the official bank of the New Orleans Saints and issues the offici ...

or Whitney Bank

Schools

Whitney High School (Cerritos, California) Gretchen A. Whitney High School, called Whitney High School or WHS, is a public school in Cerritos, California serving grades 7–12. It is in the ABC Unified School District. According to US News Report, as of 2022, Whitney High School is ranked ...

Whitney High School (Rocklin, California) Whitney High School is a public school located in the southern Placer County city of Rocklin, California, a settlement in the northern Sacramento metropolitan area. Whitney is one of two high schools in Rocklin Unified School District; its coun ...

Whitney Humanities Center Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the worl ...

, an interdisciplinary institution at Yale University

Other uses

Whitney (surname) Whitney is an Old English surname that derives from the location of Whitney-on-Wye, Whitney in Herefordshire, England. It was first mentioned in the Domesday Book with the spelling Witenie. The name probably refers to the River Wye which runs throu ...

Whitney (given name) __NOTOC__ Whitney is both a masculine and feminine given name. Females * Whitney Able (born 1982), American actress * Whitney Adebayo (born 1997), English television personality * Whitney Ashley (born 1989), American athlete * Whitney Avalon, ...

* Whitney (typeface) *

Mount Whitney Mount Whitney ( Paiute: Tumanguya; ''Too-man-i-goo-yah'') is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of . It is in East– Central California, on the boundary between California's Inyo and ...

, the highest peak in the contiguous United States *

Whitney Awards The Whitney Awards are awards given annually for novels by LDS authors. Established in 2007, they are named after Orson F. Whitney, a prominent early member of the LDS Church. There are several categories for which novels may be nominated. The Wh ...

, awards for achievement in Mormon fiction *

Whitney Biennial The Whitney Biennial is a biennial exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, United States. The event began as an annual exhibition ...

, a biennial art exhibition *

Whitney South Sea Expedition The Whitney South Sea Expedition (1920 - 1941) to collect bird specimens for the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), under the initial leadership of Rollo Beck, was instigated by Dr Leonard C. Sanford and financed by Harry Payne Whitney, a ...

, a 1920–1932 scientific expedition to the South Pacific * Whitney (Pokémon), a character in the ''Pokémon'' series * Whitney, a character from ''

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 anthropomo ...