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)
Contents
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
Hal B. Jennings (1915–2008), US Army surgeon general
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
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



