Penny (given name): Difference between revisions

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

• Penny Colman (born 1944), American author
• Penny Cook (1957–2018), Australian actress, writer and presenter
• Penny Coomes (born 1989), English ice dancer
• Penny Fuller (born 1940), American actress
• Penny Gordon-Larsen, American professor of nutrition
• 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 Healey (born 2005), British archer
• Penny Heaton, American physician
• Penny Herscher, American executive
• Penny Johnson Jerald (born 1961), American actress
• Penny Lancaster (born 1971), English model and photographer, wife of Rod Stewart
• Penny LaRocque (born c. 1943), Canadian retired curler
• 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

• Penelope Heyns (born 1974), South African retired swimmer
• 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

• The title character of Penny (comic strip)
• The titular character of British cartoon Penny Crayon
• Penny, a main character in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory
• Penny, in the 1977 animated film The Rescuers
• Penny, in the 2008 animated film Bolt
• Penny, in the 2006 animated film Over the Hedge
• Penny, in the 2008 miniseries Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
• Penny, the niece of the titular character in the 1980s animated series Inspector Gadget
• Penny, from the Papa Louie video games
• Penny, in the animated television series The Mighty B!
• Penny, a character in the mobile video game, Brawl Stars and Squad Busters
• Penny, in the children’s television series Pee-wee’s Playhouse
• Penny, the female counterpart of Tux the Penguin in Linux computer games
• Penny, in the video games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
• Penny Carson, in the animated series BoJack Horseman
• Penny Crygor, in the WarioWare series
• Penny Fitzgerald, in the animated series The Amazing World of Gumball
• Penny Fold, from Danger Mouse, played by Tara Strong
• Penny Halliwell, a recurring character in the series Charmed
• Penny Hartz, in the sitcom Happy Endings
• Penny Lamb, in the musical Ride the Cyclone
• Penny Haywood, in the mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Penny Lane, in the 2000 film Almost Famous
• Penny Ling, in Littlest Pet Shop television series
• Penny Morris, in the Welsh children’s animated television series Fireman Sam
• Penny Peterson, in the 2014 film Mr. Peabody & Sherman
• Penny Pingleton, in the 1988 film Hairspray and subsequent adaptations
• Penny Pingwing, in the animated children’s television series Pingwings
• Penny Polendina, in the 2013 anime RWBY
• Penny the Pony Fairy, in the Rainbow Magic book franchise
• Penny Proud, the protagonist of the animated television series The Proud Family and its sequel series The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
• Penny Robinson, in the television series Lost in Space
• Penny Rourke, in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
• Penny Sanchez, a supporting character in the animated television series ChalkZone
• Penny Scavo, in the television series Desperate Housewives
• Penny Tompkins, in the animated television comedy The Critic
• Penny Valentine, a character in the British television series Holby City
• Penny Widmore, in the television series Lost
• Penny Baker Williams, in the sitcom Step by Step
• Penny Bennyson, a character from the Ben 10 (2016 TV series) who babysat Ben when he was six. It was later revealed in “Beware the Scare-Crow, that she lives on a farm.