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]

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) (1873-?), 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
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
Sir William Pennington, 1st Baronet (1655–1730)

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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[1] "The Pennington Surname". myfamily.com. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 16 August 2010.

[2] 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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