List of Playboy Playmates of 1976

The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1976. Playboy magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.

January
Daina House (born December 30, 1954, in Dallas, Texas) is a former model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.

February
Laura Lyons (born October 22, 1954) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its February 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker and Mario Casilli. She worked as a Playboy Bunny in the Chicago Playboy Club prior to becoming a Playmate, and led a protest and brief strike gaining improved work privileges such as the freedom to date customers.

March
Ann Victoria Pennington (born June 3, 1950, in Seattle, Washington) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar and Phillip Dixon. She is the sister of Janice Pennington, and like Janice, appeared as a model on game shows.

Pennington was married to Shaun Cassidy.

April
Denise Michele (born June 12, 1953, in San Francisco, California) is a former model who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1976. Her Playboy pictorial was shot by Ken Marcus. She is also featured in a number of Playboy videos. She appears on the album cover of Robert Palmer's Some People Can Do What They Like (1976) and had some minor movie and TV roles.

May
Patricia Margot McClain (born May 3, 1954, in Long Beach, California) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its May 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.

In 1996, McClain's firing from her office manager job over her Playmate past made national news. Her lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed sum. After the firing, she worked for Playboy in their editing department. In 1999, she attempted to challenge Elton Gallegly for the Republican Congressional nomination in his Ventura County district.

June
Debra Peterson (born April 15, 1955, in Santa Monica, California) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its June 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.

July
Deborah Borkman (born January 8, 1957, in Virginia) is an American model of Swedish and Japanese descent. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Phillip Dixon.

August
Linda Beatty (born September 16, 1952, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the August 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Phillip Dixon and Ken Marcus. Her most prominent movie role was that of a Playmate doing a USO tour in the Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now.

September
Whitney Kaine (born September 20, 1956, in Ogden, Utah) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Grant Edwards and Phillip Dixon.

October
Hope Olson (born April 4, 1956, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ken Marcus.

November
Patti McGuire (born September 5, 1951, in Dexter, Missouri) is an American model and television producer. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the November 1976 issue, and the 1977 Playmate of the Year. Her original pictorial was photographed by Pompeo Posar. She married tennis star Jimmy Connors in 1979; they have two children.

December
Karen Hafter (born December 27, 1954, in New York City) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1976 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Phillip Dixon.