Pennington (surname)

Pennington is a surname indicating a family origin in Pennington, Cumbria. Other branches include members from an area of Surrey, London, Yorkshire, Hampshire and North America. ^[1] This surname was originally spelled Penington; some members of the family changed the spelling in the 14th century.^[2]

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Sport[]

• Alan Pennington (1916–1961), British sprinter
• Alfred Pennington (born 1975), English footballer
• Art Pennington (1923–2017), David "Superman" Pennington, baseball player
• Chad Pennington (born 1976), James Chadwick Pennington, US footballer
• Cliff Pennington (baseball) (born 1984), Major League Baseball infielder
• Cliff Pennington (ice hockey) (1940–2020), Canadian ice hockey forward
• Elliot Pennington (born 1987), US skater
• George Pennington (cricketer) (active 1927), English sportsman
• Hal Pennington (active 1934–1988), US athletics coach
• Harry Pennington (wrestler) (1902–1995), British wrestler
• Harry Pennington (cricketer) (1880–1961), English cricketer
• Harry Pennington (footballer) (born 1875), English footballer
• Jack Pennington (born 1953), US racing car driver
• Jesse Pennington (1883–1970), English footballer
• Jimmy Pennington (born 1939), English footballer
• Joan Pennington (born 1960), US swimmer
• John Pennington (cricketer) (1881–1942), English cricketer
• Kewpie Pennington (1896–1953), George Louis "Kewpie" Pennington, US baseball player
• Matthew Pennington (born 1994), English footballer
• Parker Pennington (born 1984), Parker Blair Pennington, US figure skater
• Raquel Pennington (born 1988), a US martial artist
• Rowland Pennington (1870–1929), English footballer
• Terrance Pennington (born 1983), US footballer
• Tom Pennington (1939–2013), US footballer

Politics[]

• A. A. Pennington (1825–1885), US politician
• Alexander C.M. Pennington (1810–1867), US politician
• Andrew Pennington (1960/61–2000), British politician
• Dennis Pennington (1776–1854), US politician
• Fannie Pennington (1914–2013), US activist
• Frederick Pennington (1819–1914), English merchant and politician
• James W.C. Pennington (1809–1870), African-American religious leader and activist
• John Kenneth Pennington (1927–2011), Priest and politician
• John L. Pennington (1829–1900), fifth governor of Dakota Territory
• John Pennington (politician) (1870–1945), Warburton Pennington, Australian politician
• John Pennington, 1st Baron Muncaster (1740–1813), British peer
• William George Pennington (fl. 1858–1868), Australian politician
• William Pennington (1796–1862), US politician
• William Sanford Pennington (1757–1826), US politician

Science, engineering, medicine, etc[]

• Barry Pennington (1923–1968), William Barry Pennington, British mathematician
• Donald Pennington, British psychologist and Vice-chancellor
• E. J. Pennington (1858–1911), US inventor and entrepreneur
• Havoc Pennington (born c1976), Robert Sanford Havoc Pennington, US computer engineer
• Hugh Pennington (born 1938), Thomas Hugh Pennington, British bacteriologist and academic
• Isaac Pennington (1745–1817), English physician
• Josias Pennington, Architect of Baldwin & Pennington
• Mark Pennington, British political scientist
• Mary Engle Pennington (1872–1952), Engle Pennington, US scientist
• Winifred Pennington (1915–2007), British biologist (aka Winifred Anne Tutin)

Arts and entertainment[]

• Ann Pennington (actress), 1893–1971
• Ann Pennington (model), b 1950
• Barbara Pennington (born 1950s), US singer
• Basil Pennington (1931–2005), US Catholic priest, religious leader and author
• Brad Pennington (born 1969), US baseball player
• Bruce Pennington (born 1944), British painter and illustrator
• C. M. Pennington-Richards (1911–2005), Cyril Montague Pennington Richards, British film director
• Elliot Pennington (born 1987), US ice dancer
• J.P. Pennington (born 1949), US musician Exile
• James Pennington (born 1965), US musician AKA Suburban Knight
• Janice Pennington (born 1942), US model
• Joe Pennington (1928–2020), US guitarist aka "Joe Penny,"
• Jon Penington (1922–1997), British screenwriter
• Marla Pennington (born 1954), US actress
• Melanne Pennington (1960–1988), US singer and dancer
• Michael Pennington (born 1943), Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington, British actor and director
• Michael Joseph Pennington (born 1970), English actor aka Johnny Vegas
• Pennington's Seventeenth Summer, aka Pennington's Last Term, a novel by K. M. Peyton
• Ray Pennington, (1933–2020), Ramon Daniel "Ray" Pennington, a US singer
• Ty Pennington (born 1964), Tygert Burton "Ty" Pennington, US TV host
• Zac Pennington (fl. 2002��2013), US musician of the Parenthetical Girls
• Jim Pennington (born 1972), US Artist
• William Henry Pennington (1833–1923), English soldier and actor

Miscellaneous[]

• Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington Jr. (1838–1917), US soldier
• Basil Pennington (1931–2005), Dom M. Basil Pennington, monk
• Bill Pennington (1956), William Mark Pennington, US journalist
• Brooks Pennington Jr. (1925–1996), US businessman
• Dennis Pennington (1776–1854), farmer and a stonemason
• Irene Wells Pennington (1898–2003), US entrepreneur
• John Penington (1584–1646), Sir John Pennington, English sailor
• Sir Joseph Pennington, 2nd Baronet (1677–1744)
• Josslyn Francis Pennington, 5th Baron Muncaster (1834–1917)
• Julie Pennington-Russell (born 1960), US Baptist minister
• Larcena Pennington Page (1837–1913), US pioneer
• Lowther Pennington, 2nd Baron Muncaster (1745–1818)
• Richard Pennington (1947–2017), US police officer
• Robert B. Pennington, US Marine charged in 2006 with crimes relating to the abduction and murder of an Iraqi civilian
• Sarah, Lady Pennington (d 1783), an English noblewoman and author
• William Pennington (businessman) (1923–2011), US gambler
• (1655–1730)

See also[]

• Penington (surname)
• Pennington (disambiguation)

References[]

Surname list

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