Forney could refer to:

People

  • Alva Clark Forney, lieutenant governor of South Dakota
  • Daniel Munroe Forney, US Representative from North Carolina
  • David Forney, American electrical engineer
  • Ellen Forney, American cartoonist and educator
  • James Forney, recipient of the Marine Corps Brevet Medal
  • John H. Forney (1829-1902), American Confederate general in the Civil War
  • John Weiss Forney (1817-1881), American journalist and politician
  • Kynan Forney, former American football player
  • Matthias N. Forney (1835-1908), US steam locomotive manufacturer
  • Peter Forney, US Representative from North Carolina
  • Tillie May Forney (1862-1922), American writer and journalist
  • William H. Forney, US Representative from Alabama

Places

  • Forney, Texas
  • Forney Independent School District, school district based in Forney
  • Forney High School, in Forney, Texas
  • North Forney High School, in Forney, Texas
  • Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field, formerly known as Forney Army Airfield
  • Forney Ridge Trail, an American hiking trail
  • Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, Colorado

Things

  • Forney Aircoupe, a variant of the low wing metal monoplane ERCO Ercoupe
  • Forney locomotive, a steam locomotive built to the design of Matthias N. Forney
  • Forney algorithm, for calculating the error values at known error locations

See also

  • Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey (1711-1797), German author who wrote in French as journalist, editor and encyclopedist