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:


 * Jennings (Swedish noble family)

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 (1830–1901), 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, American transgender activist
 * 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
 * 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) (c1679–1740), English lawyer and politician, MP for Queenborough 1715–22
 * Sir Philip Jennings-Clerke, 1st Baronet (c1722–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 (c1619–1668), British politician
 * Rick Jennings (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, American football player
 * Steve Jennings (born 1984), English footballer
 * Stephen Arthur Jennings, Canadian mathematician
 * Talbot Jennings (1894–1985), American playwright and screenwriter
 * Ted Jennings (born 1990), 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 (born 1944), American songwriter
 * William Dale Jennings, 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