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
  • Bryan Frederick Jennings, American convicted child murderer
  • Bryant Jennings, American boxer
  • C. Carl Jennings (1910–2003), American blacksmith, and artist
  • Cal Jennings, American soccer player
  • Charles Edward Jennings (1751–1799), Irish-born French general
  • Charles Jennings (journalist) (1908–1973), Canadian journalist
  • Chris Jennings (journalist), American journalist and author
  • 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
  • Donovan Jennings (born 1999), American football player
  • 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 (1827–1901), 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 (born 2000), American transgender activist
  • Jean Jennings (1954–2024), American journalist, publisher and television personality
  • 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
  • Kerri Walsh Jennings (1978–), American beach volleyball player
  • 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
  • Marvin Jennings, American convicted murderer
  • 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) (c. 1679 – 1740), English lawyer and politician, MP for Queenborough 1715–22
  • Sir Philip Jennings-Clerke, 1st Baronet (c. 1722 – 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 (c. 1619 – 1668), British politician
  • Rick Jennings (born 1953), American football player
  • Robert Spears-Jennings (born 2004), 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
  • Suʻa Alexander Eli Jennings, American Samoan politician
  • Talbot Jennings (1894–1985), American playwright and screenwriter
  • Ted Jennings (born 1990), American football player
  • Terrell Jennings (born 2001), 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 (1944–2024), American songwriter
  • William Dale Jennings (1917–2000), 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
  • Zilpher Jennings (1928–1961), American Samoan politician

See also

  • Justice Jennings (disambiguation)
  • William Jennings Bryan