People
- Buster Olney (b. 1964), baseball commentator
- Cyrus Olney (1815–1870), American politician and judge
- Ian Olney (b. 1969), English association footballer
- Jeremiah Olney (1749–1812), Continental Army soldier and older brother of Stephen Olney
- John Olney, physician, medical scientist and critic of food additives
- Martha Olney, economics professor and textbook author
- Peter B. Olney (1843–1922), New York County District Attorney 1883–1884
- Richard Olney (1835–1917), United States Attorney General and Secretary of State
- Richard Olney II (1871–1939), Congressman from Massachusetts
- Richard Olney (food writer) (1927–1999), American writer
- Stephen Olney, (1755–1832), Continental Army soldier and Rhode Island legislator
- Violet Olney, (1911–1999), British athlete
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