Forney Explained

Forney could refer to:

People

• Alva Clark Forney, lieutenant governor of South Dakota
• Daniel Munroe Forney, US Representative from North Carolina
• David Forney, American electrical engineer
• Ellen Forney, American cartoonist and educator
• James Forney, recipient of the Marine Corps Brevet Medal
• John H. Forney (1829-1902), American Confederate general in the Civil War
• John Weiss Forney, American journalist and politician
• John W. Forney, US Secretary of the Senate
• Kynan Forney, former American football player
• Matthias N. Forney (1835-1908), US steam locomotive manufacturer
• Peter Forney, US Representative from North Carolina
• William H. Forney, US Representative from Alabama
• Andrew P. Forney, Beaker

Places

• Forney, Texas
  • Forney Independent School District, school district based in Forney
  • Forney High School, in Forney, Texas
  • North Forney High School, in Forney, Texas
• Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field, formerly known as Forney Army Airfield
• Forney Ridge Trail, an American hiking trail
• Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, Colorado

Things

• Forney Aircoupe, a variant of the low wing metal monoplane ERCO Ercoupe
• Forney locomotive, a steam locomotive built to the design of Matthias N. Forney
• Forney algorithm, for calculating the error values at known error locations

See also

• Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey (1711-1797), German author who wrote in French as journalist, editor and encyclopedist