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 (film), a Whitney Houston biopic on the Lifetime channel starring Yaya DaCosta

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

• Whitney (surname)
• Whitney (given name)

Places

Europe

United Kingdom

• Witney, Oxfordshire
• Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire

North America

Canada

• Whitney, Ontario

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

• Whitney & Company (Leominster, Massachusetts)
• J.H. Whitney & Company, the oldest venture capital firm in the U.S.
• Pratt & Whitney, aircraft engine maker
• Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City
• Whitney National Bank, which has branches in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Florida
• 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