Cantey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Charlsie Cantey (born c. 1946), American sportscaster James Cantey (1818–1874), American lawyer, slave owner, politician, and Confederate Army brigadier general James Willis Cantey (1794–1860), American brigadier general and politician Wilbert Cantey (died 2008), one of the four people who discovered Blackjack's Basic Strategy
Places Cantey, South Carolina, an unincorporated community Zachariah Cantey House, South Carolina
See also Zachariah Cantey Deas, American cotton broker and Confederate Army brigadier general