Harney (surname)

Harney is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ben Harney (1872–1938), American songwriter, entertainer, and pioneer of ragtime music
• Ben Harney (actor), American actor and dancer, active from 1972 to 1985
• Bill Harney (1895–1962), Australian bushman and author, born William Edward Harney
• Bill Yidumduma Harney (born 1931), Australian Aboriginal astronomer and artist, his biological son
• Corbin Harney (1920–2007), elder and spiritual leader of the Newe people, US
• Corinna Harney (born 1972), American model and actress
• Edward Harney (1865–1929), Irish lawyer who sat in both the Australian Senate and the British House of Commons
• Elise Harney (1925–1989), pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
• George Edward Harney (1840–1924), American architect
• George Julian Harney (1817–1897), English political activist, journalist, and Chartist leader
• John Hopkins Harney (1806–1868), Kentucky legislator
• John Milton Harney (1789–1825), American physician and poet, brother of William S. Harney
• John Paul Harney (aka Jean-Paul Harney) (1931–2012), professor and Canadian politician
• Mary Harney (born 1953), Irish politician
• Paul Harney (1929–2011), American professional golfer
• Richard "Hacksaw" Harney (1902–1973), American Delta blues guitarist and pianist
• Susan Harney (born 1946), American actress in Another World (TV series)
• William Edward Harney (1895–1962), Australian writer
• William S. Harney (1800–1889), cavalry officer in the U.S. Army