Fanny
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Fanny or Fannie is a given name—a pet form of Frances
- People
- Fanny (artist), alias of breakcore artist Fraser Runciman.
- Fanny (band) was a 1970s all women rock band led by June Millington.
- Fanny (Guilty Gear), a fictional character in the fighting game Guilty Gear.
- Fanny (Sesame Street) is the first name of a girl on the children's television show Sesame Street
- Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete.
- Fanny Brawne, inamorata of poet John Keats.
- Fanny Brice
- Fanny Burney, nickname of Frances Burney, novelist, diarist, and playwright.
- Fanny Cerrito, nickname of Francesca Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer and choreographer
- Fanny Jackson Coppin, African American educator and missionary.
- Fanny Cradock
- Fanny Crosby
- Fannie Merritt Farmer, American culinary expert and author
- Fanny Hill, (fictional) character in an erotic novel by John Cleland.
- Fanny Hackabout-Jones, title character of Fanny, Being The True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones, novel by Erica Jong. (1980)
- Fanny Létourneau, Canadian synchronized swimmer.
- Fanny Lú, Colombian singer.
- Fanny Mendelssohn (Hensel), composer, pianist and sister of composer Felix Mendelssohn.
- Fanny von Starhemberg, nickname of Princess Franziska von Starhemberg, Austrian politician.
- Fannie C. Williams, educator and president of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools.
- Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, pianist
- Entertainment
- Fanny (musical) is a musical play by S.N. Behrman, Joshua Logan and Harold Rome based from the plays Fanny, Marius and César by Marcel Pagnol.
- Fanny (1922 film) is a 1922 Mexican silent film written by Eduardo Urriola and directed by Manuel Sánchez Valtierra
- Fanny (1932 film) is a 1932 French film written by Marcel Pagnol and directed by Marc Allégret
- Fanny (1933 film) is a 1933 Italian film written by Alessandro De Stefani and Raffaello Matarazzo and directed by Mario Almirante
- Fanny (film) a 1961 film adaptation by Julius J. Epstein based on the musical
- Fany (1995 film) (aka "Fanny") is a 1995 Czech film written by Jiří Hubac and directed by Karel Kachyňa
- Fanny (2000 film) is a 2000 made-for-TV French film written by Marcel Pagnol and directed by Nicolas Ribowski
- Fear Of Fanny (2004), a UK touring stageplay based on the life and loves of TV Chef Fanny Craddock, which evolved to become a BBC television drama.
- Fanny Be Tender With My Love (1975 song) is a 1975 song by the Bee Gees.
- Literature
- Fanny (poem), an 1819 poem by Fitz-Greene Halleck
- Places
- Fanny, West Virginia, USA
- Other
- Fanny Mae, the Federal National Mortgage Association.
- Fanny Farmer, American candy manufacturer and retailer.
- 821 Fanny is a minor planet.
- CSS Fanny, a Confederate gunboat, sometimes referred to as the first aircraft carrier.
- FANY, (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) pronounced "Fanny" were female army nurses in Britain from 1907 onwards.
- Colloquialisms