# Jennings

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:

## A–G

* 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, American football player
* Bryant Jennings, American boxer
* Cal Jennings, American soccer player
* Charles Edward Jennings (1751–1799), Irish-born French general
* Charles Jennings (journalist) (1908–1973), Canadian journalist
* Christine Jennings (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 (1971–1999), American serial killer
* D. Rolland Jennings (born 1951), American politician
* Edward Jennings (VC) (1820–1889), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Edward H. Jennings (1937–2019), tenth president of Ohio State University
* Ed Jennings (born 1968), Florida politician
* Edward Jennings (rowing) (1898–1975), American coxswain
* Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001), English poet
* Elizabeth Jennings Graham (1827–1901), American black civil rights activist and teacher
* Ernie Jennings (born 1949), American football player
* Francis Jennings, American historian
* Garth Jennings (born 1972), English film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and writer
* Gary Jennings (1928–1999), American author
* Gary Jennings Jr. (born 1997), American football player
* Gavin Jennings (born 1957), Victorian Politician
* George Jennings (1810–1882), pioneering British sanitary engineer
* Gerald H. Jennings, ichthyologist and author
* Grant Jennings, (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
* Greg Jennings, American football player

## H–L

* Henry Jennings, British privateer
* Henry Constantine Jennings, English antiquarian
* Herbert Spencer Jennings, zoologist, geneticist and eugenicist
* Hilde Jennings (1906–?), German actress
* Hughie Jennings, American baseball player
* Humphrey Jennings (1907–1950), English filmmaker
* Ivor Jennings (1903–1965), British lawyer
* J. B. Jennings, American politician
* Jack Jennings (1919–2024), British World War II veteran
* James Jennings (disambiguation), several people
* Jauan Jennings (born 1997), American football player
* Jazz Jennings (born 2000), American transgender activist
* Jean Jennings (1954–2024), American journalist, publisher and television personality
* Jeremy Jennings, English political theorist
* Jesse D. Jennings (1909–1997), American archaeologist
* Joanne Jennings (born 1969), British high jumper
* John Jennings (disambiguation), several people
* Jonas Jennings, American football player
* Jonathan Jennings, first governor of Indiana
* J. T. W. Jennings, 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 (born 1932), English chemist
* Keith Jennings (cricketer) (born 1953), English cricketer
* Ken Jennings, American game show host and prior to hosting it, was the first Jeopardy! superchampion
* Kenneth Jennings (disambiguation), several people
* Kerri Walsh Jennings (1978–), American beach volleyball player
* La Vinia Delois Jennings, American literary scholar
* Leonard Jennings, English cricketer and Royal Air Force officer
* Luke Jennings, British author of the novel Codename Villanelle
* Lyfe Jennings, American musician
* Lynn Jennings, American distance runner

## M–Z

* M. D. Jennings, American football player
* Marlene Jennings, Canadian politician
* Mason Jennings, American musician
* Maureen Jennings (born 1939), British Canadian writer
* Maxine Jennings (1909–1991), 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
* Nicholas R. Jennings (born 1965), American director, artist, writer, producer
* Nicky Jennings (1946–2016), English footballer
* Nick Jennings (born 1966), English Regius Professor of computer science
* Nicolette Jennings (born 1996), American model, beauty pageant titleholder (Miss Florida USA 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 (born 1943), Australian children's author
* Paul Jennings (1918–1989), English humorist
* Paul Jennings (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 (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 (1899–1983), Associate Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
* Richard E. Jennings (1927–1991), British comic book artist
* Richard Jennings (c. 1619 – 1668), British politician
* Rick Jennings (born 1953), American football player
* Robert Spears-Jennings (born 2004), 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, American football player
* Steve Jennings (born 1984), English footballer
* Stephen Arthur Jennings, Canadian mathematician
* Suʻa Alexander Eli Jennings, American Samoan politician
* Talbot Jennings (1894–1985), American playwright and screenwriter
* Ted Jennings (born 1990), American football player
* Terrell Jennings (born 2001), American football player
* Theodore Jennings (1942–2020), American author
* Tiare Jennings (born 2002), American softball player
* Tim Jennings (born 1983), American football player
* Tom Jennings (born 1955), creator of FidoNet
* Toni Jennings (born 1949), American politician
* Waylon Jennings (1937–2002), American country music singer
* Will Jennings (1944–2024), American songwriter
* William Dale Jennings (1917–2000), 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 (1863–1920), governor of Florida
* Zilpher Jennings (1928–1961), American Samoan politician