Fanny

Fanny

Fanny or Fannie is a given name—a pet form of "Frances"

;People:
* Fanny (artist), alias of breakcore artist Fraser Runciman.
* Fanny (band) was a 1970s all women rock band led by June Millington.
* Fanny (Guilty Gear), a fictional character in the fighting game Guilty Gear.
* Fanny (Sesame Street) is the first name of a girl on the children's television show Sesame Street
* Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete.
* Fanny Brawne, inamorata of poet John Keats.
* Fanny Brice
* Fanny Burney, nickname of Frances Burney, novelist, diarist, and playwright.
* Fanny Cerrito, nickname of Francesca Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer and choreographer
* Fanny Jackson Coppin, African American educator and missionary.
* Fanny Cradock
* Fanny Crosby
* Fanny Kemble, famous English writer, actress, & anti-slavery figure
* Fannie Merritt Farmer, American culinary expert and author
* Fannie Flagg, American comedienne and author
* Fanny Hill, (fictional) character in an erotic novel by John Cleland.
* Fanny Hackabout-Jones, title character of "Fanny, Being The True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones", novel by Erica Jong. (1980)
* Fanny Létourneau, Canadian synchronized swimmer.
* Fanny Lú, Colombian singer.
* Fanny Mendelssohn (Hensel), composer, pianist and sister of composer Felix Mendelssohn.
* Fanny von Starhemberg, nickname of Princess Franziska von Starhemberg, Austrian politician.
* Fannie C. Williams, educator and president of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools.
* Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, pianist

;Entertainment Titles:
*"Fanny (musical)" is a musical play by S.N. Behrman, Joshua Logan and Harold Rome based from the plays "Fanny", "Marius" and "César" by Marcel Pagnol.
*"Fanny (1922 film)" is a 1922 Mexican silent film written by Eduardo Urriola and directed by Manuel Sánchez Valtierra
*"Fanny (1932 film)" is a 1932 French film written by Marcel Pagnol and directed by Marc Allégret
*"Fanny (1933 film)" is a 1933 Italian film written by Alessandro De Stefani and Raffaello Matarazzo and directed by Mario Almirante
*"Fanny (film)" a 1961 film adaptation by Julius J. Epstein based on the musical
*"Fany (1995 film)" (aka "Fanny") is a 1995 Czech film written by Jiří Hubac and directed by Karel Kachyňa
*"Fanny (2000 film)" is a 2000 made-for-TV French film written by Marcel Pagnol and directed by Nicolas Ribowski
*"Fear Of Fanny (2004)", a UK touring stageplay based on the life and loves of TV Chef Fanny Craddock, which evolved to become a BBC television drama.
*"Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) (1975 song)" is a 1975 song by the Bee Gees.

;Literature:
* Fanny (poem), an 1819 poem by Fitz-Greene Halleck

;Places:
*Fanny, West Virginia, USA

;Other:
* Fannie Mae, the Federal National Mortgage Association.
* Fanny Farmer, American candy manufacturer and retailer.
* 821 Fanny is a minor planet.
* CSS "Fanny", a Confederate gunboat, sometimes referred to as the first aircraft carrier.
* FANY, (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) pronounced "Fanny" were female army nurses in Britain from 1907 onwards.

;Colloquialisms:
* buttocks (in the US)
* vagina (in the UK, Australia and other places)


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