Linney is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Caitlin Linney, American trance vocalist and singer-songwriter
• Dave Linney (born 1961), English footballer
• George Linney (1869–1927), English-born Australian cricketer, father of Keith Linney
• Keith Linney (1912–1992), Australian-born English cricketer
• Laura Linney (born 1964), American actress of film, television and theatre
• Romulus Linney (playwright) (1930–2011), American playwright and professor
• Romulus Zachariah Linney (1841–1910), Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina 1895–1901

See also[edit]

• Linney (linny, linhay) is also a type of farm storage building with an open side and an unusual form: circular linhay
• Lunney