Whitney

Whitney

People

Family name

* Whitney (surname)

Given name

* Whitney Hedgepeth, an American backstroke swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics
* Whitney Houston, an American singer
**"Whitney" (album), her second studio album
* Whitney Thompson, an American model
* Whitney Willard Straight, Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, businessman
* Whitney Young, prominent civil rights leader

Places

Canada
* Whitney, Ontario

United States
* Whitney, Idaho
* Whitney, Maine
* Whitney, Nebraska
* Whitney, Nevada
* Whitney, Oregon
* Whitney, Texas
* Whitney Township, Michigan
* Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the continental United States
* Whitney High School (Cerritos, California)
* David Whitney Building, skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan
* David Whitney House, historic residence in Detroit, Michigan

UK
* Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire
* Witney, Oxfordshire

Organizations

* 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 (Pokémon), a Gym Leader in the Pokémon series

Events

* Whitney Biennial, a biennial art exhibition

Music

* "Whitney" (album), by American singer Whitney Houston

Mathematics

* Whitney umbrella in mathematics

Other

* Whitney South Seas Expedition, scientific expedition to the South Pacific (1920-1932)


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