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 (born 1982), American football player * Al Jennings (1863–1961), American attorney in Oklahoma Territory, train robber and silent film star * Alex Jennings (born 1957), British actor * Andrew Jennings (1943–2022), British investigative journalist * Anfernee Jennings (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 (born 1952), English footballer * Billy Jennings (Welsh footballer) (1893–1968), Welsh footballer * Brandon Jennings (born 1989), American basketball player * Brent Jennings (born 1951), American actor *

Brian Jennings Brian Lewis Jennings (born October 14, 1976) is a former American football long snapper and tight end for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Arizona State University, and was picked by ...

, 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 Christine Jennings (born November 26, 1945) is a banker and businesswoman, and a Democratic politician in Florida. She formerly served as the chair of the Sarasota County Democratic Party. In 2006, Jennings was the Democratic nominee for the Un ...

(born 1945), American politician * Claudia Jennings (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 (1926–2001), English poet * Elizabeth Jennings Graham (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, American historian * Garth Jennings (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. Gary Jennings Jr. (born March 7, 1997) is an American football wide receiver for the Birmingham Stallions of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at West Virginia. Early life Gary attended Colonial Forge High School in ...

(born 1997), American football player * Gavin Jennings (born 1957), Victorian Politician * George Jennings (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, American football player

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* Henry Jennings, British privateer * Henry Constantine Jennings, 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 Colo ...

(1906–?), German actress * Hughie Jennings, 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 195 ...

(1907–1950), English filmmaker * Ivor Jennings (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) James or Jim Jennings may refer to: * James Jennings (MP) English landowner and Tory politician * James Jennings (footballer), English professional footballer * James T. Jennings, Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Jim Jennings (Amer ...

, several people *

Jauan Jennings Bennie Jauan Jennings ( ; born July 10, 1997) is an American football wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tennessee, and was selected by the 49ers in the seventh round o ...

(born 1997), American football player *

Jazz Jennings Jazz Jennings (born October 6, 2000) is an American YouTube personality, spokesmodel, television personality, and LGBT rights activist. Jennings is one of the youngest publicly documented people to be identified as transgender. Jennings receive ...

, 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 Joanne Loraine "Jo" Jennings (formerly Steele; born 20 September 1969 in Pakenham, Suffolk) is a female retired high jumper from England. Athletics career Jennings twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics and won silver at the 1998 ...

(born 1969), British high jumper *

John Jennings (disambiguation) John Jennings may refer to: Politicians * John Jenyns (1660–1717), MP * John Jennings (Burton MP) (1903–1990), British Conservative Party politician * John Jennings (American politician) (1880–1956), U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1939� ...

, several people *

Jonas Jennings Jonas Duran Jennings (born November 21, 1977) is a former American football offensive tackle that played in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He has also played for t ...

, American football player * Jonathan Jennings, 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) (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, 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 Leonard Frank Jennings (5 November 1903 – 28 March 1977) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer. He served in the Royal Air Force as both a non-commissioned officer and a commissioned officer for approximately twenty ...

, English cricketer and Royal Air Force officer *

Luke Jennings Luke Jennings (born 1953) is a British author, dance critic and journalist. Jennings trained as a dancer at the Rambert School, was one of the students of the Expressionist and Integrated dance pedagoge Hilde Holger, studied Indian languages, an ...

, British author of the novel ''Codename Villanelle'' * Lyfe Jennings, American musician * Lynn Jennings, American distance runner

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M. D. Jennings Melvin Delanie Jennings (born July 25, 1988) is a former American football safety. He played college football at Arkansas State and was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2011. Early years Jennings was born in Grena ...

, 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 University ...

(born 1908/1909), American actress * Michael Jennings (disambiguation), several people *

Morley Jennings William Morley "Jopsey" Jennings (January 23, 1890 – May 13, 1985) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. Biography Jennings attended college at Mississippi State University ...

(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) * Owen Jennings, New Zealand politician * Pat Jennings, Northern Irish footballer * Patrick Jennings (1831–1897), Australian politician * Paul Jennings (Australian author) (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 (1938–2005), ABC News anchor and newsman * Peter Jennings (serjeant-at-arms) (born 1934), British public servant *

Peter R. Jennings Peter R. Jennings (born 1950) is a Canadian physicist, scientist, inventor, software developer, computer chess programmer, and entrepreneur. He is best known for creating MicroChess, the first microcomputer game to be sold commercially in 1976. B ...

(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 (1913–2004), English jurist * Sarah Jennings (1660–1744), 1st Duchess of Marlborough * Shooter Jennings (born 1979), American musician *

Stanford Jennings Stanford Jamison Jennings (born March 12, 1962) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). Jennings played seven seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals (1984–1990), and one each for the New Orleans Saints (199 ...

, 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 (1894–1985), American playwright and screenwriter *

Ted Jennings Edward Jennings (born March 15, 1990), known as Ted or Teddy Jennings, is a former American football defensive end who played for four seasons for the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League (AFL). He was signed by the Soul as an undrafted ...

(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 (born 1955), creator of FidoNet *

Toni Jennings Antoinette Jennings (born May 17, 1949) is an American politician who was the 16th lieutenant governor of Florida. She was nominated to the office by Governor Jeb Bush in February 2003 to replace Frank Brogan, who resigned to become president o ...

(born 1949), American politician * Waylon Jennings (1937–2002), American country music singer * Will Jennings (born 1944), American songwriter * William Dale Jennings, American author *

William M. Jennings William M. Jennings (December 14, 1920 – August 17, 1981) was an executive in the National Hockey League. Born in New York, New York, Jennings graduated from Princeton University and then earned a law degree from Yale Law School. He became a ...

(1920–1981), American businessman and hockey team owner * William Nicholson Jennings (1860–1946), American photographer *

W. Pat Jennings William Pat Jennings (August 20, 1919 – August 2, 1994) was a United States representative from Virginia. Biography Jennings was born on a farm in Camp, Virginia, in Smyth County, Virginia. He earned a B.S. degree from the Virginia Polytechn ...

(1919–1994), U.S. Representative from Virginia * William Sherman Jennings (1863–1920), governor of Florida

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