Whitby (disambiguation)

Whitby is a seaside town, fishing port and tourist destination in North Yorkshire on the north-east coast of England.

Whitby may also refer to:

Places

 * Whitby, Cheshire, suburb of Ellesmere Port, England
 * Whitby, New Zealand, suburb of Porirua
 * Whitby, Ontario, town in Canada
 * Whitby (federal electoral district), one of the 338 ridings in the House of Commons
 * Whitby (provincial electoral district), a riding that elects a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
 * Whitby GO Station, transit station in Whitby, Ontario
 * Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility, a GO Transit rail facility
 * Whitby, West Virginia, American coal mining village
 * Whitby, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
 * Whitby Abbey, Benedictine abbey ruin in Whitby, Yorkshire
 * The Whitby, apartment building in New York City

Sports

 * Whitby Dunlops, name of several Canadian hockey clubs
 * Whitby Fury, Canadian hockey club
 * Whitby Lawmen, Canadian hockey club
 * Whitby Town F.C., English football club
 * Whitby Warriors, Canadian box lacrosse team

People

 * Ælfflæd of Whitby (654–713), English Christian saint
 * Alfred Knight Whitby (c. 1844–1898), lawyer in Adelaide, South Australia
 * Beatrice Whitby (1855–1931), English novelist
 * Daniel Whitby (1638–1726), English theologian
 * Elizabeth Whitby (c. 1803–1888), founder and principal of school for girls in Adelaide, South Australia
 * Francis John Whitby (c. 1840–1909), station manager for J. H. Angas in South Australia
 * Greg Whitby (born 1952), Australian educator
 * Hilda of Whitby (c. 614–680), English Christian saint
 * Joseph James Whitby (1838–1875), lawyer in Adelaide, South Australia
 * Joy Whitby (born 1930), English television producer and executive
 * Mike Whitby (fl. since 1979), English politician
 * Tim Whitby (fl. since 1992), British television writer/director
 * William Whitby (died 1655), Virginia colonial politician
 * Whitby Hertford (born 1978), American voice actor

Fictional characters

 * Kevin Whitby, in the Harry Potter novels (mentioned once)

Other uses

 * Whitby-class frigate, class of six Royal Navy ships
 * HMS Whitby, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
 * HMCS Whitby, the name of a Royal Canadian Navy frigate
 * Bishop of Whitby, Church of England clerical office
 * Synod of Whitby (664), Christian church conference in England
 * Whitby (barque), was one of the first New Zealand Company ships bringing settlers and supplies Nelson, New Zealand
 * Port of Whitby, port in North Yorkshire, England