Persons
- Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE), ancient Roman nobleman, scientist and historian, author of Naturalis Historia, "Pliny's Natural History"
- Pliny the Younger (died 113), ancient Roman statesman, orator, and writer; nephew and adopted son of Pliny the Elder
- Pliney Gardner (died 1893), gunfighter and outlaw
- Pliny Fisk III (born 1944), co-founder and co-director of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems (CMPBS)
- Pliny Chase (1820–1886), American scientist, mathematician, and educator
- Pliny Earle I (1762–1832), American inventor who made wool and cotton carding machines
- Pliny Earle (physician) (1809–1892), American physician, psychiatrist, and poet, son of Pliny Earle I
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