Penny

Given name

Penny Abernathy (born 1951), American journalist

Penny Abeywardena, American foreign policy advisor

Penny Alison (born 1983), South African sailor

Penny Allman-Payne (born 1970), Australian politician

Penny Anderson (rugby union) (born 1977), Australian rugby player

Penny Anderson, British ecologist

Penny Arcade (performer) (born 1950), American performance artist, playwright and actress

Penny Asbell, American ophthalmologist

Penny Axtens (born 1974), New Zealand composer

Penny Bacchiochi (born 1960), American Republican politician

Penny Drue Baird, American interior designer

Penny Baker (born 1965), American model and actress

Penny Balfour, American actress

Penny Ballem, Canadian physician and government administrator

Penny Banner (1934–2008), American professional wrestler

Penny Barg (born 1964), American tennis player

Penny Barker (born 1985), Canadian curler

Penny Bethke (1950–2011), Canadian community leader

Penny Bickle, British archaeologist and academic

Penny Boudreau, Canadian woman

Penny Boumelha, Academic administrator and English literature scholar

Penny Bovell (born 1956), Australian artist

Penny Boxall (born 1987), Scottish poet

Penny Brahms (born 1951), British actress

Penny Bright (1954–2018), New Zealand activist

William Penny Brookes (1809–1895), British doctor, campaigner and a progenitor of the modern olympic movement

Penny Budoff (1939–2008), American doctor and medical researcher

Penny Busetto, South African writer

Penny Carnaby (born 1949), New Zealand librarian and Professor of Digital Knowledge Systems

Penny Casdagli (born 1948), Greek actress

Penny Chapman, Australian television producer

Penny Chuter (1942–2024), British rower, rowing coach and official

Julia Penny Clark (born 1945), American attorney

Penny Clark (born 1975), British sailor

Penny Collenette, Canadian lawyer, professor, and politician

Penny Colman (born 1944), American author

Penny Cook (1957–2018), Australian actress, writer and presenter

Penny Coomes (born 1989), English ice dancer

Penny Cooper (born 1969), Canadian field hockey player

Penny Cousineau-Levine (born 1947), Canadian photography theorist, curator, artist and professor

Penny Crissman (born 1943), American politician

Penny Crone (born 1935), American reporter

Penny Cula-Reid (born 1988), Australian rules footballer

Penny Dale (born 1954), English illustrator and writer

Penny Daniels (born 1954), American writer and reporter

Penny Dann (1964–2014), British children's book illustrator

Penny J. Davies, Scottish mathematician

Penny Lee Dean (born 1955), American long distance swimmer

Penny DeHaven (1948–2014), American singer-songwriter

Penny Dhaemers (1926–2022), American designer, artist

Penny Downie (born 1954), Australian actress

Penny Drake (born 1977), American actress

Penny Driver (born 1952), Anglican Archdeacon

Penny Dunbabin (1958–2014), Australian field hockey player

Penny Dwyer (1953–2003), British comedy writer and performer

Penny Ann Early (1943–2023), American athlete

Penny Edwards (actress) (1928–1998), American actress

Penny Edwards (cyclist) (born 1981), Welsh racing cyclist

Penny L. Elkins, American university president

Penny Endersby, British researcher and academic

Penny Von Eschen (born 1958), American historian

Penny Flanagan (born 1970), Australian singer and author

Penny Ford (born 1964), American musician

Penny Forse (born 1949), British athlete

Penny Framstad (born 1960), American singer-songwriter

Penny Fuller (born 1940), American actress

Penny Gillies (born 1951), Australian hurdler

Penny Gordon-Larsen, American professor of nutrition

Penny Greely (born 1971), American Paralympian curler and sitting volleyball player

Penny Grice-Whittaker (born 1964), British golfer

Penny Rafferty Hamilton (born 1948), American pilot

Penny Hammel (born 1962), American golfer

Penny Harrington (1942–2021), American police officer

Penny Hart (born 1996), American football player

Penny Harvey (born 1956), British anthropologist

Penny Haxell (born 1967), Canadian mathematician

Penny Healey (born 2005), British archer

Penny Heaton, American physician

Penny Dewi Herasati (born 1968), Indonesian diplomat

Penny Herscher, American executive

Penny Hill (musician), American singer-songwriter

Penny Hodge (1920–2016), Canadian office worker and activist

Penny Houston (born 1942), American politician from Georgia

Penny Hubbard (born 1953), American politician

Penny Hughes (born 1959), British businesswoman

Penny Hulse, New Zealand politician

Penny Hunt (born 1948), New Zealand sprinter

Penny Irving (born 1955), British actress

Penny James (born 1969), British businesswoman

Penny Jay (1925–2006), American singer-songwriter

Penny Johnson Jerald (born 1961), American actress

Penny Johnes, British environmental scientist

Penny Johnson (born 1956), Director of UK Government Art Collection

Penny Junor (born 1949), English journalist and author

Penny Kinsella (born 1963), New Zealand cricketer

Penny M. Kris-Etherton, American dietitian

Penny Lancaster (born 1971), English model and photographer, wife of Rod Stewart

Penny Lane (filmmaker) (born 1978), American independent filmmaker

Penny Lane (model) (born 1994), English fashion model

Penny Lang (1942–2016), Musical artist

Penny LaRocque (born c. 1943), Canadian retired curler

Penny Layden (born 1969), British actress

Penny Lebyane (born 1976), South African media personality

Penny Lernoux (1940–1989), American writer and journalist

Penny Lin (born 1978), Taiwanese actress

Penny Lord (1927–2014), American Catholic media figure

Penny Low (born 1967), Singaporean politician

Penny Fellows Lumley (born 1963), British tennis player

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

Nickname

Short for Penelope

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)

The titular character of British cartoon Penny Crayon

Penny, in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory

Penny Morris, in the Welsh children's animated television series Fireman Sam

Penny Valentine, in the British television series Holby City

Penny Widmore, in the television series Lost