Dabney may refer to:

Places in the United States

* Dabney, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Dabney, Indiana, an unincorporated community *

Dabney, Kentucky Dabney is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States. Dabney is located on Kentucky Route 39 north-northeast of Somerset. The Dabney Post Office, which closed in the 1960s, is listed on the National Register of His ...

, an unincorporated community *

Dabney, North Carolina Dabney is an unincorporated community in Vance County, North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the ...

, an unincorporated community * Dabney, Texas, a former mining community *

Dabney, West Virginia Dabney is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The Un ...

, an unincorporated community * Dabneys, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Dabney State Recreation Area, Oregon

Other uses

* Dabney House, an undergraduate student residence at the California Institute of Technology * Dabney Oil Syndicate * Humperdink Duck, also known as Dabney Duck, is a Disney character, paternal grandfather of Donald Duck

People with the given name

* Dabney Carr (Virginia assemblyman) (1743–1773), member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and brother-in-law of Thomas Jefferson *

Dabney Cosby Dabney Cosby (c. 1793 – August 1862) was an American architect, slaveowner, and builder active primarily in Virginia and North Carolina. His earliest known work dates to the 1820s; he is known to have been active until the time of his death. ...

(c. 1793–1862), American architect *

Dabney Coleman Dabney Wharton Coleman (January 3, 1932 – May 16, 2024) was an American actor. He was recognized for his roles portraying egomaniacal and unlikeable characters in comedic performances. Throughout his career, he appeared in over 175 films and ...

(1932–2024), American actor * Dabney dos Santos (born 1996), Dutch footballer * Dabney L. Friedrich (born 1967), American attorney, serving as United States district court judge *

Dabney H. Maury Dabney Herndon Maury (May 21, 1822 – January 11, 1900) was an officer in the United States Army, instructor at West Point, author of military training books, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. ...

(1822–1900), U.S. Army officer and American Civil War Confederate major general * Dabney Montgomery (1923–2016), African-American World War II soldier, member of the Tuskegee Airmen, and bodyguard to Martin Luther King Jr.

People with the surname

Augusta Dabney Augusta Keith Dabney (October 23, 1918 – February 4, 2008) was an American actress known for her roles on many soap operas, such as the wealthy but kindly matriarch Isabelle Alden on the daytime series '' Loving''. She played the role from 198 ...

(1918–2008), American actress * Austin Dabney (c. 1765–1830), freed slave and militiaman in the American Revolutionary War *

Charles W. Dabney Horta (), officially the Very Loyal Horta City (), is a city in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores encompassing the island of Faial, being coterminous with the Horta Municipality (). The population in 2011 was 15,038 in an area of . The cit ...

(1794–1871), US consul in the Azores 1826–1871, industrialist *

Charles William Dabney Charles William Dabney Jr. (June 19, 1855 – June 15, 1945) was president of the University of Tennessee and the University of Cincinnati. In 1893–1896, he served as an assistant secretary at the United States Department of Agriculture. Bi ...

(1855–1945), President of the University of Tennessee *

Ford Dabney Ford Thompson Dabney (15 March 1883 – 6 June 1958) was an American ragtime pianist, composer, songwriter, and acclaimed director of bands and orchestras for Broadway musical theater, revues, vaudeville, and early recordings. Additionally, for ...

(1883–1958), American ragtime pianist, composer, and band leader * George Dabney (1808–1868), American educator and anti-slavery activist * John Dabney (1752–1819), postmaster, publisher and bookseller in Salem, Massachusetts * John A. Dabney (1903–1991), American general * John Bass Dabney (1766–1826), industrialist and US consul in the Azores 1806–1826 *

Dede Dabney DeDe, De De, Dedé or Dédé may refer to: People Nickname or stage name * Dedé (Angolan footballer), born Adérito Waldemar Alves Carvalho * Dedé (footballer, born 1978), Brazilian footballer born Leonardo de Deus Santos * Dedé (footballer, b ...

, American music coolumnist *

Robert Lewis Dabney Robert Lewis Dabney (March 5, 1820 – January 3, 1898) was a Presbyterian Church in the United States, Southern Presbyterian pastor and theologian, Confederate States Army, Confederate army chaplain, and architect from Virginia. He was also ...

(1820–1898), American minister and theologian * Sharon Dabney (born 1959), American retired sprinter *

Stephanie Dabney Stephanie Renee Dabney (July 11, 1958 – September 28, 2022) was an American dancer who performed as a prima ballerina with Dance Theatre of Harlem from 1979 through 1994. Dabney is best known for her performances in John Taras' ''The Firebird' ...

(1958–2022), American ballerina *

Ted Dabney Samuel Frederick "Ted" Dabney Jr. (May 2, 1937 – May 26, 2018) was an American electrical engineer, and the co-founder, alongside Nolan Bushnell, of Atari, Inc. He is recognized as developing the basics of video circuitry principles that ...

(1937–2018), co-founder of Atari Computers *

Virginius Dabney Virginius Dabney (February 8, 1901 – December 28, 1995) was an American teacher, journalist, and writer, who edited the ''Richmond Times-Dispatch ''from 1936 to 1969 and wrote several historical books. Dabney won the Pulitzer Prize for editori ...

(1901–1995), American teacher, journalist, writer, and editor * Wendell Phillips Dabney (1865–1952), American musician, civil rights activist, author, newspaper editor and publisher * William Dabney (disambiguation) {{disambig, geo, given name, surname