Whitney
Whitney may refer to:
Entertainment and media
Fictional characters
- Whitney (Pokémon), a Gym Leader in the Pokémon series
- Whitney Dean, a fictional character in BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Whitney Russell, a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Passions
- Whitney, a character from the TV series Barney and Friends
Music
- Whitney (album), by American singer Whitney Houston
- Whitney Houston, American contemporary R&B singer and actress
- Whitney (band), American rock band
Cinema and television
- Whitney (TV series), an American sitcom that premiered on NBC in the fall of 2011
- Whitney (2015 film), a Whitney Houston biopic on the Lifetime channel starring Yaya DaCosta
- Whitney (2018 film), a documentary about Whitney Houston
Events
- Whitney Biennial, a biennial art exhibition
Firearms
- Whitney Wolverine, a semi-automatic, .22 LR caliber pistol
- Whitney revolver, a popular gun during the American Civil War; Lewis Powell was carrying an 1858 Whitney revolver when he attempted to assassinate Secretary of State William H. Seward
Mathematics
- Whitney umbrella, in mathematics
People
Places
Europe
United Kingdom
- Witney, Oxfordshire
- Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire
North America
Canada
United States
- Whitney, Alabama
- Whitney, California, a community in Placer County
- Whitney, a neighborhood in Beverly Glen, Visalia, California
- Whitney, California, former name of Lone Pine Station, California
- Whitney, Idaho
- Whitney, Maine
- Whitney, Michigan
- Whitney, Nebraska
- Whitney, Nevada
- Whitney, Oregon
- Whitney, Texas
- Whitney, Washington
- Whitney, West Virginia
- Whitney Township, Michigan
- Whitney Point, New York
- Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the continental United States
- Whitney High School (Cerritos, California)
- Whitney High School (Rocklin, California)
- David Whitney Building, skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan
- David Whitney House, historic residence in Detroit, Michigan
Organizations
- Hancock Bank, which operates branches under the name "Whitney Bank" in Louisiana and Texas
- J.H. Whitney & Company, the oldest venture capital firm in the U.S.
- Pratt & Whitney, aircraft engine maker
- Whitney & Company (Leominster, Massachusetts)
- Whitney Humanities Center, interdisciplinary institution at Yale University
- Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City
- Whitney (City Road, London), 'The Scientific Exchange' also steam models, founded 1875
Other
- Whitney (typeface)
- Whitney Awards given for achievement in Mormon fiction
- Whitney South Sea Expedition, scientific expedition to the South Pacific (1920–1932)
- Whitney v. California 274 U.S. 357 (1927), U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the conviction of a Communist Labor Party official
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