# Whitney (given name)

Whitney or Whittney is both a masculine and a 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, American actress
* Whitney Blake (1926–2002), American actress
* Whitney Bourne (1914–1998), American actress
* Whitney Chadwick (born 1943), American historian
* Whitney Conder (born 1988), American wrestler
* Whitney Cummings (born 1982), American comedian, actress and television producer
* Whitney Crothers Dilley, American professor
* Whitney Dosty (born 1988), American sitting volleyball player
* Whitney Dylan (born 1976), American actress
* Whitney Engen (born 1987), American soccer player
* Whitney Gardner, Canadian author
* Whitney Gaskell (born 1972), American author
* Whitney Genoway (born 1986), Canadian water polo player
* Whitney Hedgepeth (born 1971), American backstroke swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics
* Whitney Wolfe Herd (born 1989), American entrepreneur
* Whitney Houston (1963–2012), American singer and actress
* Whitney Issik, Canadian politician
* Whitney Jensen (born 1992), American ballet dancer
* Whitney Kershaw (born 1962), American actress
* Whitney McVeigh (born 1968), American artist
* Whitney Otto (born 1955), American novelist
* Whitney Port (born 1985), star of The City on MTV
* Whitney Rose (born 1986), American country musician
* Whitney Rose (TV personality) (born 1986), American television personality
* Whitney Sloan (born 1988), British actress
* Whitney Thompson (born 1987), winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10
* Whitney Tyson, Filipino actress, singer and comedian.
* Whitney Way Thore (born 1984), American television personality
* Whitney Williams, American businesswoman and political candidate

## Males

* Whitney Anderson (born 1931), American politician
* A. Whitney Brown (born 1952), American actor, comedian, writer
* Whit Johnson (born 1982), American journalist
* Whitney Mercilus (born 1990), American football player
* Whitney North Seymour (1901–1983), American lawyer
* Whitney North Seymour Jr. (1923–2019), American politician
* Whitney Smith (1940–2016), American professional vexillologist
* Whitney Straight (1912–1979), American Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, businessman
* Whitney Tilson (born 1966), American hedge fund manager, philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activist
* Whitney Westerfield (born 1980), American politician
* Whitney Young (1921–1971), American civil rights leader

## Fictional characters

* Whitney, a fictional character from the Animal Crossing series
* Whitney, a fictional character from the PBS children's TV series Barney & Friends
* Whitney, a Gym Leader in the Pokémon series
* Whitney Dean, a fictional character in BBC soap opera EastEnders
* Whitney Conway Ellsworth, a fictional character on the HBO series Deadwood
* Whittney Fox, a character from Louds
* Whitney Russell, a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Passions
* Whitney Fordman, a fictional character on the TV series Smallville
* Whitney, a character from the game Degrees of Lewdity