# Penny (given name)

Penny is a feminine given name and nickname, often a short form (hypocorism) of Penelope.

## Given name

* Penny Cook (1957–2018), Australian actress, writer and presenter
* Penny Coomes (born 1989), English ice dancer
* Penny Fuller (born 1940), American actress
* Penny Gordon-Larsen, American professor of nutrition
* Penny Grice-Whittaker (born 1964), British golfer
* Penny Rafferty Hamilton (born 1948), American pilot
* Penny Hammel (born 1962), American golfer
* Penny Hart (born 1996), American football player
* Penny Healey (born 2005), British archer
* Penny Heaton, American physician
* Penny Herscher, American executive
* Penny Johnson Jerald (born 1961), American actress
* Penny Lancaster (born 1971), English model and photographer, wife of Rod Stewart
* Penny LaRocque (born c. 1943), Canadian retired curler
* Penny Marshall (1943–2018), American actress and director, best known for playing a character in Laverne & Shirley
* Penny McCoy (born 1949), American alpine skier
* Penny Priddy (born 1944), Canadian politician
* Penny Pritzker (born 1959), American businesswoman, civic leader and philanthropist
* Penny Pulz (born 1953), Australian golfer
* Penny Tai (born 1978), Malaysian-Chinese singer
* Penny Vincenzi (1939-2018), British novelist
* Penny Wolin (born 1953), American portrait photographer and visual anthropologist
* Penny Woolcock (born 1950), British filmmaker, opera director and screenwriter

## Nickname
### Short for Penelope

* Penelope Heyns (born 1974), South African retired swimmer
* Penny Jamieson (born 1942), Bishop of Dunedin in the Anglican Church of New Zealand (1989-2004)
* Penny Jordan (1946–2011), English best-selling and prolific writer
* Penny Mordaunt (born 1973), British Member of Parliament
* Penny Pitou (born 1938), American retired alpine skier
* Penny Singleton (1908–2003), American film actress
* Penny Smith (born 1958), English television presenter and newsreader
* Penny Taylor (born 1981), Australian basketball player
* Penny Tranter (born 1961), Scottish meteorologist
* Penny Valentine (1943–2003), British music journalist
* Penny Wong (born 1968), Australian Labor Party senator
* Penny Wright (born 1961), Australian Greens senator

### Other

* Penny Chenery (1922–2017), American racehorse owner and breeder
* Penny Demar (born 1952), American politician
* Penny Thompson (1917–1975), American aviator
* Penny Hardaway (born 1971), American retired National Basketball Association player

## Fictional characters

* The title character of Penny (comic strip)
* The titular character of British cartoon Penny Crayon
* Penny, a main character in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory
* Penny, in the 1977 animated film The Rescuers
* Penny, in the 2008 animated film Bolt
* Penny, in the 2006 animated film Over the Hedge
* Penny, in the 2008 miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
* Penny, the niece of the titular character in the 1980s animated series Inspector Gadget
* Penny, from the Papa Louie video games
* Penny, in the animated television series The Mighty B!
* Penny, a character from the videogame Brawl Stars
* Penny, in the children's television series Pee-wee's Playhouse
* Penny, the female counterpart of Tux the Penguin in Linux computer games
* Penny, in the video games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
* Penny Carson, in the animated series BoJack Horseman
* Penny Crygor, in the WarioWare series
* Penny Fitzgerald, in the animated series The Amazing World of Gumball
* Penny Fold, from Danger Mouse, played by Tara Strong
* Penny Halliwell, a recurring character in the series Charmed
* Penny Hartz, in the sitcom Happy Endings
* Penny Lamb, in the musical Ride the Cyclone
* Penny Haywood, in the mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
* Penny Lane, in the 2000 film Almost Famous
* Penny Ling, in Littlest Pet Shop television series
* Penny Morris, in the Welsh children's animated television series Fireman Sam
* Penny Peterson, in the 2014 film Mr. Peabody & Sherman
* Penny Pingleton, in the 1988 film Hairspray and subsequent adaptations
* Penny Pingwing, in the animated children's television series Pingwings
* Penny Polendina, in the 2013 anime RWBY
* Penny the Pony Fairy, in the Rainbow Magic book franchise
* Penny Proud, the protagonist of the animated television series The Proud Family and its sequel series The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
* Penny Robinson, in the television series Lost in Space
* Penny Rourke, in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
* Penny Sanchez, a supporting character in the animated television series ChalkZone
* Penny Scavo, in the television series Desperate Housewives
* Penny Tompkins, in the animated television comedy The Critic
* Penny Valentine, a character in the British television series Holby City
* Penny Widmore, in the television series Lost
* Penny Baker Williams, in the sitcom Step by Step