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Allison Janney Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress. Known for her performances across the screen and stage, she has received List of awards and nominations received by Allison Janney, various accolades, including an Academy A ...
(born 1959), American actress *
Christopher Janney Christopher Janney (born 1950) is an American composer, artist, and architect known for his work on the interrelation of architecture and music. Sometimes he attempts to make architecture more like music as in his sound sculptures titled "Urban ...
(born 1950), American interactive sound and light artist * Craig Janney (born 1967), American retired hockey player * Edward Janney an American musician, producer and artist * Ernest Lloyd Janney (1893–1941), Provisional Commander of the Canadian Aviation Corps from 1914 to 1915 *
Eli H. Janney Eli Hamilton Janney (November 12, 1831 – June 16, 1912) was the inventor of the modern knuckle coupler that replaced link and pin couplers on North American railroads. Biography He was born in 1831 to Daniel Janney and Elizabeth Avis Hain ...
(1831–1912), American inventor *
Eli Janney (musician) Eli Janney is an American record producer and engineer born in Washington, D.C. Janney played bass and keyboards as well as sang backing vocals in indie rock/post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys. He served as associate music director and was th ...
, American record producer and musician *
Frederick Wistar Morris Janney Frederick Wistar Morris Janney (March 15, 1919 – January 18, 1979) was a career Central Intelligence Agency officer who was recruited by Allen Dulles in 1949. He held a number of positions during his thirty-year career and was awarded the Agency ...
(1919–1979), Central Intelligence Agency officer * Jack R. Janney (1924–2006), American structural engineer and innovator in the understanding of structural collapses *
John Janney John Janney (November 8, 1798 – January 5, 1872) was a member of the Whig Party in Virginia prior to its demise, delegate to the Virginia General Assembly from Loudoun County and served as President of the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861 ...
(1798–1872), Virginia politician, president of the American Virginia Secession Convention *
Leon Janney Leon Janney (April 1, 1917 – October 28, 1980) was an American actor and radio personality from 1920 to 1980. Career Leon Elbert Janney was born in Ogden, Utah, to Nathan Haines Janney and Bernice Rebecca Kohn. The names of his parents are con ...
(1917–1980), American actor and radio personality *
Russell Janney Russell Janney (April 14, 1884 – July 14, 1963) was an American theatrical producer and author. He is best known for his 1946 best-selling book and first novel, ''The Miracle of the Bells'', which was made into a film of the same name in 1948 ...
(1884–1963), American theatrical producer and novelist *
William Janney William Janney (born Russell Dixon Janney, February 15, 1908 – December 22, 1992) was an American actor who appeared in 39 films between 1929 and 1937. He was the son of author and theatrical producer Russell Janney,(28 December 1940)William ...
(1908–1992), American actor * Janney Marín Rivera (born 1985), better known as
Chiquis Rivera Janney Marín "Chiquis" Rivera (born June 26, 1985) is an American singer and television personality. She is the eldest daughter of singer Jenni Rivera. She began her singing career in early 2014, releasing her first single "Paloma Blanca" as a ...
, American singer and television personality


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Janney Elementary School The Janney Elementary School is a public elementary school from Pre-K through 5th grade. A part of the District of Columbia Public Schools, it enrolls approximately 740 students. The building itself is noted as a historic school building, locate ...
, Washington, DC, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places *
Janney (automobile) The Janney was a brass era automobile assembled in Flint, Michigan by the Janney Motor Company in 1906. History The eponymous Mr. Janney, who some historical accounts identify as E. Stanton Janney, a naval armaments engineer who had assisted in c ...
, an American automobile produced by the Janney Motor Company in 1906


See also

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Janney House Janney House, also known as Morrison House and Janney Hill, is a historic home located at Hamilton, Loudoun County, Virginia. It was built in 1876, and is a -story, five-bay, wood frame I-house in the Late Victorian style. It sits on a stone f ...
, Hamilton, Virginia, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places *
Janney coupler Knuckle couplers are a semi-automatic form of railway coupling that allow rail cars and locomotives to be securely linked together without rail workers having to get between the vehicles. Originally known as Janney couplers (the original patent n ...
, a railroad device invented by Eli H. Janney *
Zoltán Jeney Zoltán Jeney (4 March 1943 – 28 October 2019) was a Hungarian composer. Jeney was born in Szolnok, Hungary. He first studied piano and attended Pongrácz's composition classes at the Debrecen Secondary Music School, later continuing compositi ...
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