Jennings

For other uses, see Jennings (disambiguation).

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:

• Adam Jennings, English actor and film director
• Adam Jennings (American football), American football player
• Alex Jennings, British actor
• Billy Jennings (born 1952), English footballer
• Billy Jennings (Welsh footballer) (1893–1968), Welsh footballer
• Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
• Brian Jennings, American football player
• Bryant Jennings, American boxer
• Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine (1751–1799), Irish-born French general
• Charles Jennings (journalist) (1908–1973), Canadian journalist
• Christine Jennings, American politician
• Claudia Jennings, American model and actress
• Clyde Jennings (1916–2006), Florida philatelist
• Edward Jennings (MP) (c 1647–1725), English politician, MP for East Looe 1713–15
• Edward Jennings (VC) (1820–1889), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Edward Harrington Jennings (born 1937), tenth president of Ohio State University
• Edward L. Jennings (born 1968), Florida politician
• Edward Jennings (rower) (1898–1975), American rower
• Elizabeth Jennings, 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
• Gary Jennings, American author
• George Jennings, pioneering British sanitary engineer
• Gerald H. Jennings, ichthyologist and author
• Greg Jennings, American football player
• Henry Jennings, British privateer
• Henry Constantine Jennings, English antiquarian
• Herbert Spencer Jennings, zoologist, geneticist and eugenicist
• Hughie Jennings, American baseball player
• Humphrey Jennings (1907–1950), English filmmaker
• J. B. Jennings, American politician
• James Jennings (born 1960), Irish philosopher
• Jeremy Jennings, English political theorist
• Jesse D. Jennings (1909–1997), American archaeologist
• John Jennings (disambiguation), several people
• Jonas Jennings, American football player
• Jonathan Jennings, first governor of Indiana
• J. T. W. Jennings, 20th century architect
• 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, holder of longest winning streak on the game show Jeopardy!
• Kenneth Jennings, composer and director of the St. Olaf Choir
• Lyfe Jennings, American musician
• Lynn Jennings, American distance runner
• M. D. Jennings, American football player
• Marlene Jennings, Canadian politician
• Mason Jennings, American musician
• Michael Jennings (disambiguation), several people
• Morley Jennings (1890–1985), American college sports coach
• Professor Nick Jennings, Regius Professor of computer science
• Owen Jennings, New Zealand politician
• Pat Jennings, Northern Irish footballer
• Patrick Jennings (1831–1897), Australian politician
• Paul Jennings (Australian author) (born 1943), Australian children's author
• Paul Jennings (UK author) (1918–1989), English humorist
• Paul Jennings (slave) (1799–1874), American slave owned by President James Madison
• 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
• Peter Jennings (1938–2005), ABC News anchor and newsman
• Richard Jennings (c. 1619-1668), British politician
• Robert Yewdall Jennings (1913–2004), English jurist
• Sarah Jennings (1660–1744), 1st Duchess of Marlborough
• Shooter Jennings, American musician
• Stanford Jennings, American football player
• Steve Jennings (footballer) (born 1984), English footballer
• Stephen Arthur Jennings, Canadian mathematician
• Ted Jennings, (born 1990), American football player
• Theodore Jennings, American author
• Tim Jennings, American football player
• Tom Jennings, creator of FidoNet
• Toni Jennings, 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
• William Pat Jennings (1919–1994), U.S. Representative from Virginia
• William Sherman Jennings (1863–1920), governor of Florida