Canby (surname)

Canby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Edward Canby (1817–1873), American general
 * Henry Seidel Canby (1878–1961), critic, editor, and Yale University professor
 * James Canby (1781–1858), businessman and banker based in Wilmington, Delaware
 * Louisa Hawkins Canby (1818–1889), wife of Edward Canby
 * Richard S. Canby (1808–1895), U.S. Representative from Ohio
 * Vincent Canby (1924–2000), film critic
 * William C. Canby Jr. (born 1931), U.S. Court of Appeals senior judge
 * William Marriott Canby (1831–1904), American financier and botanist