Fanny (name)

Fanny is a given name, and a pet form of Frances. Notable people bearing this name include:

• Fanny Adams (1859-1867), English murder victim
• Fanny Ardant (born 1949), French actress
• Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918-2004), Dutch track and field athlete, Olympic and world champion and world record holder
• Fanny Brice (1891-1951), stage name for the American comedienne, actress and singer
• Fanny Brownbill (1890-1948), Australian pioneering politician
• Fanny Cano (1944-1983), Mexican actress and producer
• Fanny Chmelar (born 1985), German alpine skier
• Fanny Jackson Coppin (1837-1913), African-American educator and missionary
• Fanny Cory (1877–1972), artist and illustrator best known for her comic strip Little Miss Muffet
• Fanny Cottençon (born 1957), French actress
• Fanny Davenport (1850-1898), Anglo-American stage actress
• Fanny Davies (1861–1934), British pianist
• Fanny Elssler (1810-1884), Austrian ballerina
• Fanny Farmer, American candy manufacturer and retailer
• Fanny Fischer (born 1986), German sprint canoer
• Fanny Furner (1864–1938), Australian activist for the rights of women and children
• Fanny Holland (1847-1931), English singer and comic actress
• Fanny Howe (born 1940), American poet, novelist, and short story writer
• Fanny Kaplan (1890-1918), would-be assassin of Vladimir Lenin
• Fanny Kekelaokalani (1806–1880), a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and mother of a Queen consort
• Fanny Law (born 1953), Hong Kong former civil servant
• Fanny Létourneau (born 1979), Canadian synchronized swimmer
• Fanny Lewald (1811–1889), German author and feminist
• Fanny Lu (born 1973), Colombian singer-songwriter and actress
• Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847), composer, pianist and sister of composer Felix Mendelssohn
• Fanny Murray (1729-1778), English courtesan
• Fanny Rinne (born 1980), German field hockey player
• Fanny Sidney (born 1987), French actress
• Fanny Smith (born 1992), Swiss freestyle skier
• Fanny Stål (1821-1889), Swedish pianist
• Fanny Vágó (born 1991), Hungarian footballer
• Fanny Westerdahl (1817-1873), Swedish dramatic stage actress