Jenks may refer to:

Places

Holland Jenks House The Holland Jenks House (also known as the Stuart Jenks House) is a historic home located in Auburndale, Florida, United States. Description and history The house was completed by the fall of 1925. On March 7, 1996, it was added to the U.S ...

, Florida * Jenks Lake, California * Jenks, Oklahoma **

Jenks Public Schools ''Jenks Public Schools is a PreK-12 public school system located in Jenks, Oklahoma. Located just south of Tulsa, Jenks Public Schools now encompasses over 40 square miles and serves more than 12,000 students at its ten school sites. It is th ...

, a public school system located in Jenks, Oklahoma * Jenks, West Virginia * Jenks Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania *

John Story Jenks School Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences is a public K-8 school in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is part of the School District of Philadelphia. Jenks serves children from kindergarten through eighth grade and has a s ...

, a school located in Pennsylvania

People

* Denis "Jenks" Jenkinson, motor racing journalist *

Alden Jenks Alden Jenks (born August 10, 1940) is an American composer. Biography Alden Jenks was born in Michigan and received a B.A. from Yale University and an M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. He studied composition with Lawrence Moss, And ...

, composer *

Andrew Jenks Andrew Jenks (born March 5, 1986) is an American filmmaker. Early life When he was nine, his family moved to Belgium for two years. Jenks attended Hendrick Hudson High School in Montrose, New York. When Jenks was 16 he founded the Hendrick Hud ...

, American filmmaker * Arthur Whipple Jenks, Christian theologian * Bobby Jenks, professional baseball player * Cynthia Jenks, American physical chemist * Daisy Jenks, English videographer *

Frank Jenks Frank Jenks (November 4, 1902 – May 13, 1962) was an acid-voiced American supporting actor of stage and films. Biography Early years Jenks was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and his mother gave him a trombone when he was 9 years old. By his ...

, actor * Frederick L. Jenks, professor emeritus at Florida State University * George A. Jenks, 19th-century Pennsylvania politician *

George C. Jenks George Charles Jenks (13 April 1850 - 13 September 1929) was an English-born American dime novelist. Among others he wrote as part of the Nick Carter stable. He also wrote Diamond Dick stories as W. B. Lawson, and is credited as the creator ...

, author of first ''The Shadow'' story under pen name Frank S. Lawton *

George F. Jenks George Frederick Jenks (1916–1996) was an American geographer known for his significant contributions to cartography and geographic information systems (GIS). With a career spanning over three decades, Jenks played a vital role in advancing m ...

, 20th-century cartographer **

Jenks natural breaks optimization The Jenks optimization method, also called the Jenks natural breaks classification method, is a data clustering method designed to determine the best arrangement of values into different classes. This is done by seeking to minimize each class's ave ...

, the data classification system he designed *

Jeremiah Jenks Jeremiah Whipple Jenks (1856–1929) was an American economist, educator, and Professor at Cornell University, who held various posts in the US government throughout his career. He served as a member of the Dillingham Immigration Commission from 1 ...

, professor * Michael Hutchinson Jenks, 19th-century Pennsylvania politician * Silvester Jenks, Catholic priest *

Stephen Jenks Stephen Jenks (March 17, 1772 – June 3, 1856) was an Yankee tunesmith, teacher, and tunebook compiler. He was born in Glocester, Rhode Island and raised in Ellington, Connecticut. During his life he moved from town to town, living in Ridgefi ...

, composer * William J. Jenks, 20th century railroad businessman

Fictional characters

* Darryl Jenks, a character in the 1988 American romantic comedy film '' Coming to America''

Places

People

Fictional characters

See also