Whitney Notable People

This page collects genealogy for the Whitney Family:

Whitney Main Articles

• Whitney Family - Core family research page
• Whitney Notable People - People of distinction featured in Wikipedia, important migrants and others.
• Whitney Disambiguation List - Whitney Family people with identical names sorted.
• Whitney Migrants - listings of notable Whitney Migrants.
• Whitney Family Landmarks - Notable castles, cemeteries, monuments and much more.
• Whitney Baronets - Several lines of the Whitney family featured in ThePeerage of Great Britain.
• Whitney Family Ancestry - Royal ancestors of the Whitney Family - Including English, Norman, Irish, Scottish, French and more.

Notable people

• Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824–1906), American writer
• Amos Whitney (1832–1920), American mechanical engineer and inventor
• Arthur Whitney (disambiguation), several people
• Asa Whitney (1797–1872), American merchant and railroad visionary
• Asa Whitney (canal commissioner) (1791–1874), American inventor, politician and manufacturer
• Ashley Whitney (born 1979), American freestyle swimmer
• Benson Whitney (born 1956), American businessman and ambassador
• Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney (1908–1998), American social figure
• Bill Whitney (Willard Whitney) (active since 1979), American broadcaster
• Carl Whitney (1913–1986), American Negro league baseball player
• Charlotte Anita Whitney (1867–1955), American suffragist, civil rights activist, and Communist
• Chris Whitney (born 1971), American basketball player
• Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899–1972), American financier and horse breeder
• Courtney Whitney (1897–1969), American lawyer and Army commander during World War II
• Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born 1963), American comedian better known as Larry the Cable Guy
• Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), American heiress and philanthropist
• Edward Baldwin Whitney (1857–1911), American judge and political organizer
• Edwina Whitney (1868–1970), American librarian and college professor
• Eleanore Whitney (1917–1983), American film actress
• Eli Whitney (1765–1825), American inventor of the cotton gin
• Elizabeth Whitney (treasurer) (active 1987–1989), American politician
• Elizabeth Ann Whitney (1800–1882), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader, wife of Newel Kimball Whitney
• Ghostemane (born Eric Whitney), American rapper
• George Whitney (disambiguation), several people
• Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), American social figure, wife of Harry Payne Whitney
• Glayde Whitney (1939–2002), American geneticist
• Gil Whitney (1940–1982), American television weather forecaster
• Grace Lee Whitney (1930–2015), American actress
• Harry Payne Whitney (1872–1930), American businessman and thoroughbred horsebreeder
• Harry Whitney (1873–1936), American hunter and author who was in Greenland at the same time as Peary and Cook
• Hassler Whitney (1907–1989), American mathematician, one of the founders of singularity theory
• Henry Martyn Whitney (1824–1904), newspaper founder in the Kingdom of Hawaii
• Henry Melville Whitney (1839–1923), American industrialist
• James Whitney (disambiguation), several people called James or Jim
• Joan Whitney Payson (1903–1975), American heiress (née Whitney)
• John Whitney - disambiguation
  • John "Charlie" Whitney (born 1944), musician / British rock guitarist
  • John Whitney, musician / American drummer with City Sleeps
  • Jon Whitney (DJ), American DJ and musician
  • John D. Whitney (1850–1917), Jesuit and president of Georgetown University
  • John Whitney (broadcaster) (1930–2023), writer and producer involved in British commercial radio and television
  • John Hay Whitney (1904–1982), millionaire
  • John Whitney (industrialist) (1836–1932), New Zealand industrialist
  • John Whitney (footballer) (1874–?), English footballer
  • John Whitney (animator) (1917–1995), American animator, composer and inventor
  • Jon Whitney (footballer) (born 1970), English former footballer
• Josepha Newcomb Whitney (1871 – after 1955), American clubwoman, pacifist, suffragist, and politician
• Josiah Whitney (1819–1896), American geologist, chief of the California Geological Survey, for whom Mount Whitney is named
• Kahlil Whitney (born 2001), American basketball player
• Katherine Whitney Curtis (1896–1979), creator of Synchronized Swimming
• Lenar Whitney (born 1959), Louisiana politician
• Marion Isabelle Whitney (1911–1998), American geologist
• Marva Whitney (1944–2012), American funk singer
• Mary Watson Whitney (1847–1921), American astronomer
• Marylou Whitney (1925–2019), American horseracing figure, widow of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
• Meredith Whitney (born 1969), American businesswoman
• Newel Kimball Whitney (1795–1850), Second bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Orson F. Whitney (1855–1931), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader
• Pauline Payne Whitney (1874–1916), American heiress
• Payne Whitney (1876–1927), American businessman
• Phyllis A. Whitney (1903–2008), American mystery writer
• Ray Whitney (disambiguation), several people
• Richard Whitney (disambiguation), several people called Rich or Richard
• Robert Whitney (disambiguation), several people
• Ruth Reinke Whitney (1928–1999), American magazine editor
• Ryan Whitney (born 1983), American ice hockey player
• Thomas Whitney (disambiguation), several people called Thomas or Tom
• William Whitney (disambiguation) - AKA: Will, Bill, Billy,
  • William Channing Whitney (1851–1945), American architect
  • William Collins Whitney (1841–1904), American politician, financier, founder of the prominent Whitney family, US Secretary of the Navy
  • William Dwight Whitney (1827–1894), American linguist, philologist, and lexicographer who edited The Century Dictionary
  • William M. Whitney (1828–?), American politician, member of Illinois House of Representatives
  • William Fiske Whitney (1850–1921), American anatomist, curator, and pathologist
  • William G. Whitney (1840–1915), American Medal of Honor recipient
  • William Payne Whitney (1876–1927), American businessman, philanthropist, racehorse breeder and owner
  • Bill Whitney (Willard Whitney), U.S. journalist
  • William Witney (1915–2002), American director of serials and westerns sometimes billed as William Whitney
• Willis Rodney Whitney (1869–1958), American scientist

Civil War Soldiers Database

• NPS Soldiers and Sailors Database - 2047 listings for Whitney.

Whitney on Wikipedia

• See Also Whitney Family of Massachusetts.
• See Also Whitney People by Name in Wikipedia

• Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875-1942)
• Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899-1992)
• Eli Whitney (1765-1825)
• Flora Payne Whitney (1897-1986)
• Harry Payne Whitney (1872-1930)
• Henry Melville Whitney (1839-1923)
• James Scollay Whitney (1811-1878)
• Newel Kimball Whitney (1795-1850)
• Orson Ferguson Whitney (1855-1931)
• William Collins Whitney (1841-1904)
• William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894)