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 (b 1975), English footballer
- Art Pennington (1923–2017), David "Superman" Pennington, baseball player
- Chad Pennington (b 1976), James Chadwick Pennington, US footballer
- Cliff Pennington (baseball) (b 1984), Major League Baseball infielder
- Cliff Pennington (ice hockey) (b 1940), retired Canadian ice hockey forward
- David Pennington (power lifter) (1966-2018), World Champion Powerlifter
- Elliot Pennington (b 1987), US skater
- George Pennington (cricketer) (fl 1927), English sportsman
- Hal Pennington (fl 1934-1988), US athletics coach
- Harry Pennington (wrestler) (1902–1995), British wrestler
- Harry Pennington (cricketer) (1880–1961), English cricketer
- Harry Pennington (footballer) (b 1875), English footballer
- Jack Pennington (b 1953), US racing car driver
- Jesse Pennington (1883–1970), English footballer
- Jimmy Pennington (b 1939), English footballer
- Joan Pennington (b 1960), US swimmer
- John Pennington (cricketer) (1881–1942), English cricketer
- Kewpie Pennington (1896-1953), George Louis "Kewpie" Pennington, US baseball player
- Matthew Pennington (b 1994), English footballer
- Parker Pennington (b 1984), Parker Blair Pennington, US figure skater
- Raquel Pennington (b 1988), a US martial artist
- Rowland Pennington (1870–1929), English footballer
- Terrance Pennington (b 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 (b c1976), Robert Sanford Havoc Pennington, US computer engineer
- Hugh Pennington (b 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)
Kenneth Wayne Pennington. 1933-2013. IBM Rocket Scientist. Name and picture in a capsule on the Moon by Apollo 11.
Arts & 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 (b 1987), US ice dancer
- J.P. Pennington (b 1949), US musician Exile (US band)
- James Pennington (b 1965), US musician AKA Suburban Knight
- Janice Pennington (b 1942), US model
- Joe Pennington (1928–2020), US guitarist aka "Joe Penny,"
- Jon Penington (1922–1997), British screenwriter
- Marla Pennington (b 1954), US actress
- Melanne Pennington (1960–1988), US singer and dancer
- Michael Pennington (b 1943), Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington, British actor and director
- Michael Joseph Pennington (b 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 (b 1964), Tygert Burton "Ty" Pennington, US TV host
- Zac Pennington (fl. 2002–2013), US musician of the Parenthetical Girls
- Jim Pennington (b 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 (b 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
- Sir William Pennington, 1st Baronet (1655–1730)
See also
- Penington (surname)
- Pennington (disambiguation)
References
- ^ "The Pennington Surname". myfamily.com. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ Peter Charles Barns-Graham (nephew of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham). "Pennington1 (requires membership to view without interruption)". [Stirnet]. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
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