Penny (given name)

Penny is a feminine given name and nickname, often a short form (hypocorism) of Penelope.

Given name

• Penny Abernathy (born 1951), American journalist
• Penny Abeywardena, American foreign policy advisor
• Penny Alison (born 1983), South African sailor
• Penny Allman-Payne (born 1970), Australian politician
• Penny Anderson (rugby union) (born 1977), Australian rugby player
• Penny Anderson, British ecologist
• Penny Arcade (performer) (born 1950), American performance artist, playwright and actress
• Penny Asbell, American ophthalmologist
• Penny Axtens (born 1974), New Zealand composer
• Penny Bacchiochi (born 1960), American Republican politician
• Penny Drue Baird, American interior designer
• Penny Baker (born 1965), American model and actress
• Penny Balfour, American actress
• Penny Ballem, Canadian physician and government administrator
• Penny Banner (1934–2008), American professional wrestler
• Penny Barg (born 1964), American tennis player
• Penny Barker (born 1985), Canadian curler
• Penny Bethke (1950–2011), Canadian community leader
• Penny Bickle, British archaeologist and academic
• Penny Boudreau, Canadian woman
• Penny Boumelha, Academic administrator and English literature scholar
• Penny Bovell (born 1956), Australian artist
• Penny Boxall (born 1987), Scottish poet
• Penny Brahms (born 1951), British actress
• Penny Bright (1954–2018), New Zealand activist
• William Penny Brookes (1809–1895), British doctor, campaigner and a progenitor of the modern olympic movement
• Penny Budoff (1939–2008), American doctor and medical researcher
• Penny Busetto, South African writer
• Penny Carnaby (born 1949), New Zealand librarian and Professor of Digital Knowledge Systems
• Penny Casdagli (born 1948), Greek actress
• Penny Chapman, Australian television producer
• Penny Chuter (1942–2024), British rower, rowing coach and official
• Julia Penny Clark (born 1945), American attorney
• Penny Clark (born 1975), British sailor
• Penny Collenette, Canadian lawyer, professor, and politician
• Penny Colman (born 1944), American author
• Penny Cook (1957–2018), Australian actress, writer and presenter
• Penny Coomes (born 1989), English ice dancer
• Penny Cooper (born 1969), Canadian field hockey player
• Penny Cousineau-Levine (born 1947), Canadian photography theorist, curator, artist and professor
• Penny Crissman (born 1943), American politician
• Penny Crone (born 1935), American reporter
• Penny Cula-Reid (born 1988), Australian rules footballer

• Penny Dale (born 1954), English illustrator and writer
• Penny Daniels (born 1954), American writer and reporter
• Penny Dann (1964–2014), British children's book illustrator
• Penny J. Davies, Scottish mathematician
• Penny Lee Dean (born 1955), American long distance swimmer
• Penny DeHaven (1948–2014), American singer-songwriter
• Penny Dhaemers (1926–2022), American designer, artist
• Penny Downie (born 1954), Australian actress
• Penny Drake (born 1977), American actress
• Penny Driver (born 1952), Anglican Archdeacon
• Penny Dunbabin (1958–2014), Australian field hockey player
• Penny Dwyer (1953–2003), British comedy writer and performer
• Penny Ann Early (1943–2023), American athlete
• Penny Edwards (actress) (1928–1998), American actress
• Penny Edwards (cyclist) (born 1981), Welsh racing cyclist
• Penny L. Elkins, American university president
• Penny Endersby, British researcher and academic
• Penny Von Eschen (born 1958), American historian
• Penny Flanagan (born 1970), Australian singer and author
• Penny Ford (born 1964), American musician
• Penny Forse (born 1949), British athlete
• Penny Framstad (born 1960), American singer-songwriter
• Penny Fuller (born 1940), American actress
• Penny Gillies (born 1951), Australian hurdler
• Penny Gordon-Larsen, American professor of nutrition
• Penny Greely (born 1971), American Paralympian curler and sitting volleyball player
• Penny Grice-Whittaker (born 1964), British golfer
• Penny Rafferty Hamilton (born 1948), American pilot
• Penny Hammel (born 1962), American golfer
• Penny Harrington (1942–2021), American police officer
• Penny Hart (born 1996), American football player
• Penny Harvey (born 1956), British anthropologist
• Penny Haxell (born 1967), Canadian mathematician
• Penny Healey (born 2005), British archer
• Penny Heaton, American physician
• Penny Dewi Herasati (born 1968), Indonesian diplomat
• Penny Herscher, American executive
• Penny Hill (musician), American singer-songwriter
• Penny Hodge (1920–2016), Canadian office worker and activist
• Penny Houston (born 1942), American politician from Georgia
• Penny Hubbard (born 1953), American politician
• Penny Hughes (born 1959), British businesswoman
• Penny Hulse, New Zealand politician
• Penny Hunt (born 1948), New Zealand sprinter
• Penny Irving (born 1955), British actress
• Penny James (born 1969), British businesswoman
• Penny Jay (1925–2006), American singer-songwriter
• Penny Johnson Jerald (born 1961), American actress
• Penny Johnes, British environmental scientist
• Penny Johnson (born 1956), Director of UK Government Art Collection
• Penny Junor (born 1949), English journalist and author
• Penny Kinsella (born 1963), New Zealand cricketer
• Penny M. Kris-Etherton, American dietitian
• Penny Lancaster (born 1971), English model and photographer, wife of Rod Stewart
• Penny Lane (filmmaker) (born 1978), American independent filmmaker
• Penny Lane (model) (born 1994), English fashion model
• Penny Lang (1942–2016), Musical artist
• Penny LaRocque (born c. 1943), Canadian retired curler
• Penny Layden (born 1969), British actress
• Penny Lebyane (born 1976), South African media personality
• Penny Lernoux (1940–1989), American writer and journalist
• Penny Lin (born 1978), Taiwanese actress
• Penny Lord (1927–2014), American Catholic media figure
• Penny Low (born 1967), Singaporean politician
• Penny Fellows Lumley (born 1963), British tennis player
• Penny Marshall (1943–2018), American actress and director, best known for playing a character in Laverne & Shirley
• Penny McCoy (born 1949), American alpine skier
• Penny Priddy (born 1944), Canadian politician
• Penny Pritzker (born 1959), American businesswoman, civic leader and philanthropist
• Penny Pulz (born 1953), Australian golfer
• Penny Tai (born 1978), Malaysian-Chinese singer
• Penny Vincenzi (1939–2018), British novelist
• Penny Wolin (born 1953), American portrait photographer and visual anthropologist
• Penny Woolcock (born 1950), British filmmaker, opera director and screenwriter

Nickname

Short for Penelope

• Penny Jamieson (born 1942), Bishop of Dunedin in the Anglican Church of New Zealand (1989–2004)
• Penny Jordan (1946–2011), English best-selling and prolific writer
• Penny Mordaunt (born 1973), British Member of Parliament
• Penny Pitou (born 1938), American retired alpine skier
• Penny Singleton (1908–2003), American film actress
• Penny Smith (born 1958), English television presenter and newsreader
• Penny Taylor (born 1981), Australian basketball player
• Penny Tranter (born 1961), Scottish meteorologist
• Penny Valentine (1943–2003), British music journalist
• Penny Wong (born 1968), Australian Labor Party senator
• Penny Wright (born 1961), Australian Greens senator

Other

• Penny Chenery (1922–2017), American racehorse owner and breeder
• Penny Demar (born 1952), American politician
• Penny Thompson (1917–1975), American aviator
• Penny Hardaway (born 1971), American retired National Basketball Association player

Fictional characters

• The title character of Penny (comic strip)
• The titular character of British cartoon Penny Crayon
• Penny, in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory
• Penny Morris, in the Welsh children's animated television series Fireman Sam
• Penny Valentine, in the British television series Holby City
• Penny Widmore, in the television series Lost

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Penny
• All pages with titles containing Penny
• Penny (disambiguation)
• Penny (surname)