Penny is a feminine given name and nickname, often a short form (hypocorism) of Penelope.
Given name
Penny Abeywardena, American foreign policy advisor
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 Barg (born 1964), American tennis player
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 Boxall (born 1987), Scottish poet
Penny Bright (1954–2018), New Zealand activist William Penny Brookes (1809–1895), British doctor, campaigner and a progenitor of the modern olympic movement
Penny Busetto, South African writer Penny Carnaby (born 1949), New Zealand librarian and Professor of Digital Knowledge Systems
Julia Penny Clark (born 1945), American attorney Penny Clark (born 1975), British sailor
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Hulse, New Zealand politician
Penny Irving (born 1955), British actress
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 Lang (1942–2016), Musical artist Penny LaRocque (born c. 1943), Canadian retired curler Penny Layden (born 1969), British actress
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 Penny the Polar Bear, in the television series Peppa Pig
See also