People
- Edward Canby (1817-1873), American general
- Henry Seidel Canby (1878-1961), critic, editor, and Yale University professor
- Louisa Hawkins Canby (1818-1889), wife of Edward Canby
- Richard S. Canby (1808–1895), U.S. Representative from Ohio
- Vincent Canby (1924-2000), film critic
- William C. Canby, Jr. (born 1931), U.S. Court of Appeals senior judge
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