Jennings is a surname of early medieval English origin (also the Anglicised version of the Irish surnames Mac Sheóinín or MacJonin). Notable people with the surname include: * Jennings (Swedish noble family)

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Adam Jennings Adam Jennings (born November 17, 1982) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Fresno State. Jennings was also a member of the D ...

(born 1982), American football player * Al Jennings (1863–1961), American attorney in Oklahoma Territory, train robber and silent film star *

Alex Jennings Alex Jennings (born 10 May 1957) is an English actor of the stage and screen, who worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. For his work on the London stage, Jennings received three Olivier Awards, winning fo ...

(born 1957), British actor *

Andrew Jennings Andrew Jennings (3 September 1943 – 8 January 2022) was a British investigative reporter. He was best known for his work investigating and writing about corruption in the IOC and FIFA. Early life Jennings was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland ...

(1943–2022), British investigative journalist *

Anfernee Jennings Anfernee Jennings (born May 1, 1997) is an American football outside linebacker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama. Early life and high school Jennings grew up in Dadeville, ...

(born 1997), American football player * Asa Jennings (1877–1933), American who commanded the evacuation of refugees after the Great Fire of Smyrna * Bernard Jennings (1929–2017), British local historian and adult educationist *

Billy Jennings Billy Jennings (born 20 February 1952) is an English former footballer who played as a striker in the Football League for Watford, West Ham United, Orient and Luton Town. He also played in the North American Soccer League for Chicago Sting. ...

(born 1952), English footballer * Billy Jennings (Welsh footballer) (1893–1968), Welsh footballer * Brandon Jennings (born 1989), American basketball player *

Brent Jennings Brent Jennings (born January 1, 1951) is an American actor. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and is a 1969 graduate of Little Rock Central High School. He played Oakland Athletics coach Ron Washington (later manager of Texas Rangers) in th ...

(born 1951), American actor * Brian Jennings, American football player * Bryant Jennings, American boxer *

Charles Edward Jennings General Charles Edward Saul Jennings (19 October 1751 – 11 December 1799), also referred to as Brave Kilmaine, was an Irish soldier in the service of France and a revolutionary. He was committed to the cause of Irish independence and an ac ...

(1751–1799), Irish-born French general *

Charles Jennings (journalist) Charles Jennings (January 2, 1908 – July 13, 1973) was a Canadian journalist for the CBC and the father of ABC news anchor Peter Jennings. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Jennings was educated at North Toronto Collegiate and then Trinity College, U ...

(1908–1973), Canadian journalist * Christine Jennings (born 1945), American politician *

Claudia Jennings Mary Eileen Chesterton (December 20, 1949 – October 3, 1979), known professionally as Claudia Jennings, was an American actress and model. Jennings was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for November 1969 and also Playmate of the Y ...

(1949–1979), American model and actress * Clyde Jennings (1916–2006), Florida philatelist * Desmond Jennings (born 1986), American baseball player *

Desmond Domnique Jennings Desmond Dominque Jennings (October 4, 1971 – November 16, 1999) was an American serial killer who killed at least five people in drug-related robberies in 1993. While officials only conclusively proved his guilt in five murders, they suspected ...

(1971–1999), American serial killer *

Edward Jennings (VC) Edward Jennings VC (ca. 1820 – 10 May 1889) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details He was ...

(1820–1889), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross * Edward H. Jennings (1937–2019), tenth president of Ohio State University *

Ed Jennings Edward L. "Ed" Jennings, Jr., is a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2006, representing the 23rd District. After unsuccessfully running for the Florida Senate in 2006, Jennings was ...

(born 1968), Florida politician *

Edward Jennings (rowing) Edward Francis Jennings (April 9, 1898 – February 9, 1975) was an American rowing coxswain who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympia ...

(1898–1975), American coxswain *

Elizabeth Jennings Elizabeth Jennings may refer: * Elizabeth Jennings (poet) (1926–2001), English poet * Elizabeth Jennings Graham (1827–1901), African-American teacher * Jean Bartik Jean Bartik ( Betty Jean Jennings; December 27, 1924 – March 23, 2011) ...

(1926–2001), English poet *

Elizabeth Jennings Graham Elizabeth Jennings Graham (March 1830 – June 5, 1901) was an African-American teacher and civil rights figure. In 1854, Graham insisted on her right to ride on an available New York City streetcar at a time when all such companies were privat ...

(1830–1901), American black civil rights activist and teacher *

Ernie Jennings Ernie Jennings (born January 30, 1949) is a former American football wide receiver who played college football at the United States Air Force Academy and attended Kansas City Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He was drafted by the San ...

(born 1949), American football player *

Francis Jennings Francis "Fritz" Jennings (1918November 17, 2000) was an American historian, best known for his works on the colonial history of the United States. He taught at Cedar Crest College from 1968 to 1976, and at the Moore College of Art from 1966 to ...

, American historian *

Garth Jennings Garth Jennings (born 9 July 1972) is an English director, screenwriter and actor. Films he has directed include ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', ''Son of Rambow'', ''Sing'', and ''Sing 2''. He co-founded the production company Hammer & ...

(born 1972), English film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and writer *

Gary Jennings Garry or Gary Jennings may refer to: *Gary Jennings (author) (1928–1999), American novelist *Garry Jennings, English rock guitarist active since 1985 *Gary Jennings (athlete) (born 1972), English Olympic hurdler *Gary Jennings Jr. Gary Jennin ...

(1928–1999), American author * Gary Jennings Jr. (born 1997), American football player * Gavin Jennings (born 1957), Victorian Politician *

George Jennings George Jennings (10 November 1810 – 17 April 1882) was an English sanitary engineer and plumber who invented the first public flush toilets. Josiah George Jennings was born on 10 November 1810 in Eling, at the edge of the New Forest in Hamp ...

(1810–1882), pioneering British sanitary engineer *

Gerald H. Jennings Gerald Jennings (born 1946) is a British aquarist and ichthyological Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish ( Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish ( Agnatha). Accor ...

, ichthyologist and author * Grant Jennings, (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player *

Greg Jennings Gregory Jennings Jr. (born September 21, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Western Michigan ...

, American football player

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Henry Jennings Henry Jennings (died possibly 1745) was an 18th-century English privateer from the colony of Bermuda, who served primarily during the War of the Spanish Succession and later served as leader of the pirate haven or "republic" of New Providence. ...

, British privateer *

Henry Constantine Jennings Henry Constantine Jennings (August 1731 – 17 February 1819) was an antiquarian, collector and gambler, best known for the Roman sculpture – known as '' The Jennings Dog'' – which he acquired and which is now in the British Museum. He was kn ...

, English antiquarian * Herbert Spencer Jennings, zoologist, geneticist and eugenicist *

Hilde Jennings Hilde Jennings was a German film actress. She was married to Soviet Union film director Mikhail Iosifovich Dubson. Selected filmography * '' The Brigantine of New York'' (1924) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days'' (1925) * ''Poor Little Col ...

(1906–?), German actress *

Hughie Jennings Hugh Ambrose Jennings (April 2, 1869 – February 1, 1928) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager from 1891 to 1925. Jennings was a leader, both as a batter and as a shortstop, with the Baltimore Orioles teams that won Nat ...

, American baseball player *

Humphrey Jennings Frank Humphrey Sinkler Jennings (19 August 1907 – 24 September 1950) was an English documentary filmmaker and one of the founders of the Mass Observation organisation. Jennings was described by film critic and director Lindsay Anderson in 1 ...

(1907–1950), English filmmaker *

Ivor Jennings Sir William Ivor Jennings ( si, ශ්‍රීමත් අයිවර් ජෙනින්ග්ස්) (16 May 1903 – 19 December 1965) was a British lawyer and academic. He served as the vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge ...

(1903–1965), British lawyer *

J. B. Jennings Jonathan Bartlett Jennings (born March 27, 1974) is an American politician serving as a senator in the Maryland State Senate since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2002 to represent ...

, American politician * James Jennings (disambiguation), several people * Jauan Jennings (born 1997), American football player * Jazz Jennings, American transgender activist *

Jeremy Jennings Jeremy Jennings is an English political theorist and Professor of Political Theory at King's College London. He is predominantly interested in the history of political thought, often with specific reference to France. He has authored a number of bo ...

, English political theorist *

Jesse D. Jennings Jesse David Jennings (July 7, 1909 – August 13, 1997) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist and founding director of the Natural History Museum of Utah. Based at the University of Utah, Jennings is best known for his work on desert wes ...

(1909–1997), American archaeologist * Joanne Jennings (born 1969), British high jumper * John Jennings (disambiguation), several people * Jonas Jennings, American football player *

Jonathan Jennings Jonathan Jennings (March 27, 1784 – July 26, 1834) was the first governor of Indiana and a nine-term congressman from Indiana. Born in either Hunterdon County, New Jersey, or Rockbridge County, Virginia, he studied law before migrating to the ...

, first governor of Indiana *

J. T. W. Jennings John T. W. Jennings (Brooklyn, New York (state), 1856 to ?) was the Milwaukee Railroad's architect from 1885 to 1893, and was part-time supervising architect for the University of Wisconsin from 1899 to 1906. He contributed to many prominent campu ...

, 20th century architect * Kate Jennings (1948–2021), Australian writer * Keaton Jennings, English cricketer * Keith Jennings (American football) (born 1966), American football player *

Keith Jennings (basketball) Keith Russell "Mister" Jennings (born November 2, 1968) is an American basketball coach, who formerly played professional in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and overseas in European leagues. College career Jennings, a 5'7" (1.70 m) ta ...

(born 1968), American basketball player and coach *

Keith R. Jennings Keith Robert Jennings is a British chemist known for his contributions to mass spectrometry Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique that is used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. The results are presented as a ''mass s ...

(born 1932), English chemist *

Keith Jennings (cricketer) Keith Francis Jennings (born 5 October 1953) played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club from 1975 to 1981. He was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. Jennings was a carpenter and ...

(born 1953), English cricketer *

Ken Jennings Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show host, author, and former game show contestant. He is the highest-earning American game show contestant, having won money on five different game shows, including $4,522,70 ...

, holder of longest winning streak on the game show ''Jeopardy!'' * Kenneth Jennings (disambiguation), several people *

La Vinia Delois Jennings La Vinia Delois Jennings is an American literary scholar and critic of twentieth-century American literature and culture, currently a Distinguished Humanities Professor at the University of Tennessee, and also formerly a Lindsay Young Professor an ...

, American literary scholar * Leonard Jennings, English cricketer and Royal Air Force officer * Luke Jennings, British author of the novel ''Codename Villanelle'' *

Lyfe Jennings Chester Jermaine "Lyfe" Jennings (born June 3, 1978) is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist. He plays the guitar, bass, and piano which he integrates into his music. The ''New York Times'' referred ...

, American musician *

Lynn Jennings Lynn Alice Jennings (born July 1, 1960) is a retired American long-distance runner. She is one of the best female American runners of all time, with a range from 1500 meters to the marathon. She excelled at all three of the sport's major discipli ...

, American distance runner

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* M. D. Jennings, American football player * Marlene Jennings, Canadian politician * Mason Jennings, American musician *

Maxine Jennings Maxine Bliss Jennings (March 8, 1909 – January 11, 1991) was an American actress. Early years Jennings was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Phillip Bliss Jennings. During her time as a student at the Universit ...

(born 1908/1909), American actress * Michael Jennings (disambiguation), several people * Morley Jennings (1890–1985), American college sports coach * Newell Jennings (1883–1965), Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court * Nicky Jennings (1946–2016), English footballer * Nick Jennings (computer scientist) (born 1966), English Regius Professor of computer science * Nicolette Jennings (born 1996), American model, beauty pageant titleholder (

Miss Florida USA The Miss Florida USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss USA pageant. Up until the 2017 pageant, both Miss and Teen state pageants were held separately in different months. In recent ...

2019 and Top 10 finalist

Miss USA 2019 Miss USA 2019 was the 68th Miss USA pageant. It was held at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, on May 2, 2019. Nick Lachey and Vanessa Lachey served as hosts, while Lu Sierra served as commentator, all for the second consecutive time and ...

) * Owen Jennings, New Zealand politician *

Pat Jennings Patrick Anthony Jennings (born 12 June 1945) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played 119 international matches for Northern Ireland in an international career which lasted for over 22 years. D ...

, Northern Irish footballer *

Patrick Jennings Sir Patrick Alfred Jennings, (20 March 183111 July 1897) was an Irish-Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales. Early life Jennings was born at Newry, Ireland, the son of Francis Jennings, a well-known merchant in that town. He ...

(1831–1897), Australian politician *

Paul Jennings (Australian author) Paul Jennings AM (born 1943), is an English-born Australian children's book writer. His books mainly feature short stories that lead the reader through an unusual series of events that end with a twist. Many of his stories were adapted for t ...

(born 1943), Australian children's author *

Paul Jennings (British author) Paul Francis Jennings (20 June 1918 – 26 December 1989) was an English humourist and author. After his Catholic education, Jennings served in World War II. For many years he wrote a column, ''Oddly Enough,'' in British newspaper '' The Obse ...

(1918–1989), English humorist * Paul Jennings (slave) (1799–1874), American slave owned by President James Madison *

Peter Jennings Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings (July 29, 1938August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-born American television journalist who served as the sole anchor of '' ABC World News Tonight'' from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005. He dropped ...

(1938–2005), ABC News anchor and newsman *

Peter Jennings (serjeant-at-arms) Sir Peter Nevile Wake Jennings, (born 19 August 1934) is a retired British public servant, who served as Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons from 1995 to 1999. Before joining the staff of House of Commons in 1976, he was an officer in the Ro ...

(born 1934), British public servant * Peter R. Jennings (born 1950), Canadian scientist and entrepreneur * Philip Jennings (The Americans), fictional character in the 2010s American television drama series ''The Americans'' * Philip Jennings (Queenborough MP) (''c''1679–1740), English lawyer and politician, MP for Queenborough 1715–22 * Sir Philip Jennings-Clerke, 1st Baronet (''c''1722–January 1788), known as Philip Jennings until the 1760s, MP for Totnes 1768–88 *

Renz L. Jennings Renz L. Jennings (August 5, 1899 – February 11, 1983) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona from December 12, 1960 to August 5, 1964. Jennings twice sought the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate, losing in 1934 and 1964 ...

(1899–1983), Associate Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court * Richard E. Jennings (1927–1991), British comic book artist * Richard Jennings (c1619–1668), British politician *

Rick Jennings Richard Jennings, who attended Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C., was a college football player at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a professional football player for the Oakland Raiders (three times), the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ...

(born 1953), American football player *

Robert Yewdall Jennings Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings (19 October 1913 – 4 August 2004) was Whewell Professor of International Law at Cambridge University from 1955 to 1982 and a Judge of the International Court of Justice from 1982. He also served as the Presid ...

(1913–2004), English jurist *

Sarah Jennings Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Princess of Mindelheim, Countess of Nellenburg (née Jenyns, spelt Jennings in most modern references; 5 June 1660 (Old Style) – 18 October 1744), was an English courtier who rose to be one of th ...

(1660–1744), 1st Duchess of Marlborough *

Shooter Jennings Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings (born May 19, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He is the only son of country singers Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. In a career spanning over two decades, Shooter Jenn ...

(born 1979), American musician * Stanford Jennings, American football player * Steve Jennings (footballer) (born 1984), English footballer *

Stephen Arthur Jennings Stephen Arthur Jennings (May 11, 1915 – February 2, 1979) was a mathematician who made contributions to the study of modular representation theory . His advisor was Richard Brauer, and his student Rimhak Ree discovered two infinite series o ...

, Canadian mathematician *

Talbot Jennings Talbot Lanham Jennings (August 25, 1894 – May 30, 1985) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received two Academy Award nominations for co-writing the screenplays for ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1935) and '' Anna and the King of Siam' ...

(1894–1985), American playwright and screenwriter * Ted Jennings (born 1990), American football player *

Theodore Jennings Theodore Wesley Jennings Jr. (born 1942-2020), also known as Ted Jennings, was an American theologian and Methodist minister. He was Professor of Biblical and Constructive Theology at the United Church of Christ's Chicago Theological Seminary, w ...

(1942–2020), American author * Tim Jennings (born 1983), American football player *

Tom Jennings Thomas Daniel Jennings (born 1955) is a Los Angeles-based artist, known for his work on FidoNet and for his work at Phoenix Software on MS-DOS integration and interoperability. Work He is the creator of FidoNet, the first message and file ne ...

(born 1955), creator of FidoNet * Toni Jennings (born 1949), American politician *

Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music. Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age f ...

(1937–2002), American country music singer *

Will Jennings Wilbur H. "Will" Jennings (born June 27, 1944) is an American lyricist. He is popularly known for writing the lyrics for the songs " Tears in Heaven" and " My Heart Will Go On". He has been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and has wo ...

(born 1944), American songwriter * William Dale Jennings, American author * William M. Jennings (1920–1981), American businessman and hockey team owner * William Nicholson Jennings (1860–1946), American photographer * W. Pat Jennings (1919–1994), U.S. Representative from Virginia *

William Sherman Jennings William Sherman Jennings (March 24, 1863February 27, 1920) was an American politician. He served as the 18th Governor of Florida after being a lawyer, county judge, and state representative. Early years and education He was born near Walnut Hil ...

(1863–1920), governor of Florida

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