Canny is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Canny, American-based Australian computer scientist, namesake of the Canny edge detector Lauryn Canny, Irish former child actress Nicholas Canny (born 1944), Irish historian Paddy Canny (1919–2008), Irish fiddler Steven Canny (born 1969), English playwright and BBC executive producer
See also Canny edge detector, an image operator which uses a multi-stage algorithm to detect edges Uncanny