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

• Kathy Jennings (1953 - ) American Lawyer and Politician

• 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 (sculptor), English sculptor and British Army officer

• Leonard Frank 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