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), Canadian-American television 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