Venn is a surname and a given name. It may refer to:

Given name

Venn Eyre Venn Eyre was Archdeacon of Carlisle from 2 March 1756 until his death on 18 May 1777. Eyre was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He held livings at Stambourne and Stambridge in Essex and Great Salkeld, Cumberland. References

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(died 1777), Archdeacon of Carlisle, Cumbria, England * Venn Pilcher (1879–1961), Anglican bishop, writer, and translator of hymns *

Venn Young Venn Spearman Young (16 February 1929 – 14 January 1993) was a New Zealand politician. He was a member of the National Party, and served as a Cabinet Minister in the government of Robert Muldoon. He is known for his failed attempt to legali ...

(1929–1993), New Zealand politician

Surname

* Albert Venn (1867–1908), American lacrosse player * Anne Venn (1620s–1654), English religious radical and diarist *

Blair Venn Blair Venn is an Australian actor who has played roles in theatre, film and television. Early life Venn was born in Quindanning, Western Australia. Career Venn played the regular role of Garrett Quinn in the short-lived ABC television drama ...

, Australian actor *

Charles Venn Charles Okechukwu O. Venn (born 24 June 1973), formerly known by the stage names Chucky Venice and Chucky Venn, is a British actor, known for his roles as Ray Dixon in ''EastEnders'', Jacob Masters in '' Casualty'', Curtis Alexander in Sky On ...

(born 1973), British actor *

Harry Venn Harry Whittall Venn (27 October 1844 – 8 March 1908) was an Australian politician. He was the member for Wellington in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1890 to 1901. He served as commissioner of railways and minister of works f ...

(1844–1908), Australian politician *

Henry Venn (Church Missionary Society) Henry Venn (10 February 1796 – 13 January 1873) was an Anglican clergyman who is recognised as one of the foremost Protestant missions strategists of the nineteenth century. He was an outstanding administrator who served as honorary secretary ...

(1796-1873), secretary of the Church Missionary Society, grandson of Henry Venn * Henry Venn (Clapham Sect) (1725–1797), English evangelical minister * Horace Venn (1892–1953), English cricketer *

John Venn John Venn, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, FSA (4 August 1834 – 4 April 1923) was an English mathematician, logician and philosopher noted for introducing Venn diagrams, which are used in l ...

(1834–1923), British logician and the inventor of Venn diagrams, son of Henry Venn the younger * John Venn (academic) (died 1687), English academic administrator * John Venn (politician) (1586–1650), English politician *

John Venn (priest) John Venn (9 March 1759 – 1 July 1813) was a priest of the Church of England who was a central figure of the group of religious philanthropists known as the Clapham Sect. Life He was born at Clapham to the south-west of central London, while hi ...

(1759–1813), one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society, son of Henry Venn *

John Archibald Venn John Archibald Venn (10 November 1883 – 15 March 1958) was a British economist. He was President of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 1932 until his death, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University 1941–1943, university archivist, and a ...

(1883–1958), British economist *

Kath Venn Kathleen Joan Venn (12 November 1926 – 26 May 2019) was an Australian politician. Born in Tasmania, she was a Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch), Labor member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1976 to 1982, representing the sea ...

(1926–2019), Australian politician * Kim Venn, Canadian professor of physics and astronomy *

Kristin Venn Kristin Venn (born 5 March 1994) is a Norwegian handball player who plays for the Norwegian club Storhamar HE. She was also a part of Norway women's national handball team, Norway's 28-squad for the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship as w ...

(born 1994), Norwegian handball player * Laurie Venn (born 1953), Australian racing cyclist *

Richard Venn Sir Richard Venn or Fenn (died 18 August 1639) was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1637. Life Venn was a city of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers. He was a member of the committee of the ...

(died 1639), English merchant and Lord Mayor of London

Fictional characters

* Diggory Venn, in the 1878 Thomas Hardy novel ''The Return of the Native'' {{given name, type=both Masculine given names