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 (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)

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.