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 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

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)
 * 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, 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 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