Penn may refer to:

Places

England *

Penn, Buckinghamshire Penn is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of Beaconsfield and east of High Wycombe. The parish's cover Penn village and the hamlets of Penn Street, Knotty Green, Forty Green and Winchmore Hill. The p ...

* Penn, West Midlands United States * Penn, North Dakota * Penn, Oregon *

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...

** Penn, Pennsylvania *

Penn Lake Park, Pennsylvania Penn Lake Park is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 359 at the 2020 census. History The community was founded in 1938, after ice salesman Albert Lewis used the lake to chip out his product. In 1946, Har ...

Penn Township (disambiguation) Penn Township may refer to the following townships in the United States: Illinois * Penn Township, Shelby County, Illinois * Penn Township, Stark County, Illinois Indiana * Penn Township, Jay County, Indiana * Penn Township, Parke County, Indian ...

, several municipalities Australia *

Penn, South Australia Oodla Wirra (formerly Penn) is a small town in the upper Mid North of South Australia. It is on the Barrier Highway approximately halfway from Adelaide to Broken Hill. When the railway was built in 1880, a siding was provided, named Oodla Wirra ...

was the name for the town now known as Oodla Wirra before 1940

Education

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universit ...

, U.S., known as "Penn" or "UPenn" **

Penn Quakers The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 33 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national championships in men's fencing and one in women's fencing. School colors There are sev ...

the athletic teams of the university * Penn High School, Indiana, U.S.

People

Surname *

Abram Penn Abram Penn, also known as "Abraham Penn" (December 27, 1743 in Caroline County, Virginia – 1801 in Patrick County, Virginia) was a noted landowner and Revolutionary War officer from Virginia. Family life He married Ruth Stovall (1743- 1800?), ...

(1743–1801), noted landowner and Revolutionary War officer from Virginia * Alexander Penn Wooldridge (1847–1930), American mayor of Austin, Texas from 1909 to 1919 * Alexander Penn (1906–1972), Israeli poet *

Arthur Penn Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American director and producer of film, television and theater. Closely associated with the American New Wave, Penn directed critically acclaimed films throughout the 1 ...

, American film director and producer * Arthur Horace Penn (1886–1960), member of the British Royal Household *

Audrey Penn Audrey Penn is an American children's writer. She is best known for writing '' The Kissing Hand'', a picture book featuring anthropomorphic raccoons. Biography Audrey Penn grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring is a census-design ...

, American children's author * B.J. Penn (born 1978), American mixed martial arts fighter * Claire Penn (born 1951), South African speech and language pathologist *

Dan Penn Dan Penn (born Wallace Daniel Pennington, November 16, 1941) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, and record producer, who co-wrote many soul hits of the 1960s, including " The Dark End of the Street" and " Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" ...

, American musician * Eric Penn (1878–1915), English cricketer *

Hannah Callowhill Penn Hannah Margaret Penn ( Callowhill; 11 February 1671 – 20 December 1726) was an Anglo-American governor. The second wife of Pennsylvania founder William Penn, she effectively administered the Province of Pennsylvania for six years after her ...

, wife of William Penn *

Harry Penn Dr. Harry Theodore Penn (1902? in Lynchburg, Virginia – May 8, 1963 in Roanoke) was a noted dentist and civic activist in Roanoke, Virginia. Education and work Dr. Penn was a graduate of Virginia Seminary, now the Virginia University of Lync ...

, civil rights activist and African-American dentist *

Irving Penn Irving Penn (June 16, 1917October 7, 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at '' Vogue'' magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including I ...

, an American photographer *

John Penn (architect) John Penn (11 March 1921 – 14 February 2007) was a British architect. He was born in Greens Norton, Northamptonshire, and died in Ipswich, Suffolk. Penn was educated at Eton, and then at Trinity College, Cambridge. He studied History at Camb ...

(1921–2007), a British architect *

John Penn (Conservative politician) John Penn (30 March 1848 – 21 November 1903) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham (UK Parliament constituency), Lewis ...

(1848–1903), MP for Lewisham 1891–1903 *

John Penn (North Carolina politician) John Penn (May 17, 1741 September 14, 1788) was an American Founding Father who signed both the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a delegate of North Carolina. Biography Penn was born near Port Royal in Caroline C ...

(1741–1788), Continental Congressman from North Carolina and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence *

John Penn (engineer) John Penn (1805–1878) was an English marine engineer whose firm was pre-eminent in the middle of the 19th century due to his innovations in engine and propeller systems, which led his firm to be the major supplier to the Royal Navy as it mad ...

(1805–1878), British marine engine engineer, invented lignum vitae bearing for propeller shafts, twice president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers *

John Penn (governor) John Penn (14 July 1729 – 9 February 1795) was the last governor of colonial Pennsylvania, serving in that office from 1763 to 1771 and from 1773 to 1776. Educated in Britain and Switzerland, he was also one of the Penn family proprietors ...

(1729–1795), a lieutenant governor and later proprietor of colonial Pennsylvania *

John Penn (writer) John Penn (or John Penn, Jr. or John Penn of Stoke) (22 February 1760 – 21 June 1834) was the chief proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania as of 1775 (now the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States) and a politician and writer. He an ...

(1760–1834), son of Thomas Penn *

Kal Penn Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977), known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, author, academic lecturer, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration. As an actor, he is known for his role portrayin ...

(born 1977), American actor and public servant * An American entertainment family: ** Leo Penn (1921–1998), actor **

Michael Penn Michael Daniel Penn (born August 1, 1958) is an American musician, singer and composer. He is noted for the 1989 single " No Myth", a top 20 hit in the US and successful in several other countries. Early life Penn was born in the Greenwich Vi ...

(born 1958), son of Leo; singer-songwriter **

Sean Penn Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama '' Mystic River'' (2003) and the biopic ''Milk'' (2008). Penn began his acting career in televis ...

(born 1960), son of Leo; actor **

Chris Penn Christopher Shannon Penn (October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006) was an American actor. He was the brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn. Noted as a skilled character actor from a prominent acting dynasty, he was typically cast ...

(1965–2006), son of Leo; actor **

Robin Wright Robin Gayle Wright (born April 8, 1966) is an American actress. She has won a Golden Globe Award and a Satellite Award, and has received eleven Emmy Award nominations for her work in television. Wright first gained attention for her role in t ...

(born 1966), actress; sometime known as Robin Wright Penn, former wife of Sean * Mark Penn, American public relations CEO and campaign strategist * Osnat Penn, Israeli computational biologist * Robert Penn, African-American sailor, recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Spanish–American War * Russell Penn (born 1985), English footballer *

Steve Penn Steve Penn (born November 19, 1968) is an American handball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commo ...

(born 1968), American handball player *

William Penn William Penn ( – ) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy an ...

(1644–1718), founder of Pennsylvania **

John Penn ("the American") John Penn (January 28, 1700 – October 25, 1746) was a proprietor of the colonial Province of Pennsylvania (later the American state – the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania after 1776). He was the eldest son of the colony's founder, William Penn (1 ...

(1700–1746), son of William Penn **

Springett Penn (I) Springett Penn (25 January 1675 – 10 April 1696) was the second son of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, ...

, the second son of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania ** Springett Penn (II), son of William Penn, Jr. and a grandson and heir of William Penn ** William Penn Jr., son of William Penn *

William Penn (Royal Navy officer) Sir William Penn (23 April 1621 – 16 September 1670) was an English admiral and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1670. He was the father of William Penn, founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (today, Commonwealth of P ...

, English admiral Given name *

Penn Badgley Penn Dayton Badgley (born November 1, 1986) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles as Dan Humphrey in The CW teen drama series '' Gossip Girl'' (2007–2012) and as Joe Goldberg in the Netflix thriller series '' You'' (201 ...

, American actor best known for his role as Dan Humphrey on the TV series ''Gossip Girl'' *

Penn Jillette Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American magician, actor, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author, best known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller. The duo has been featured i ...

, member of the comedy and magic duo Penn & Teller *

Penn Kemp Patricia Penn Anne Kemp (born 1944), better known simply as Penn Kemp, is a Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, and sound poet who lives in London, Ontario. Kemp has been publishing her writing since 1972 and was London's first poet laureate, serv ...

, Canadian poet and playwright * Penn Murfee, American baseball player

Media

* ''Penn'' (film), 1954 Tamil film starring Vyjayanthimala * ''Penn'' (TV series), a 1991 Tamil mini-series * ''Penn'' (TV series), a 2006 Tamil-language soap opera

Other

Penn (automobile) Penn was the name of three American automobiles of the veteran era, but Penn Motor Car Company, located at 7510 Thomas Boulevard in Pittsburgh was the only one to enter production. The Penn brass era automobile was produced from 1911 to 1912. H ...

, manufactured in Pittsburgh from 1910 until 1913 * Penn Club of New York City, located in New York City *

Penn Entertainment Penn Entertainment, Inc., formerly Penn National Gaming, is an American entertainment company and operator of integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gaming. It operates 43 properties in 20 states, online sports betting in 14 jurisdi ...

(Nasdaq: PENN), American operator of casinos and racetracks * Penn FC, a soccer club based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania * ''

The Penn ''The Stylus'', originally intended to be named ''The Penn'', was a would-be periodical owned and edited by Edgar Allan Poe. It had long been a dream of Poe to establish an American journal with very high standards in order to elevate the literatu ...

'', or ''The Stylus'', a would-be periodical owned and edited by Edgar Allan Poe *

Penn Racquet Sports Penn Racquet Sports, Inc. is a subsidiary of Head N.V. that manufactures tennis balls and racquetballs. Penn was founded in 1910 as Pennsylvania Rubber Company of America, Inc. in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. Penn was acquired by Head N.V. in 1 ...

, a ball manufacturer * Penn Reels, an American manufacturer of fishing tackle, a division of Jarden

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