Penny (given name)

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

Given name

Penny Cilliers (born 1977), American actress and singer
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 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 Tomanelli (1957–2009), American actress and 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

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

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)
Penny, a main character in the television series Lazytown
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, in the animated television series The Mighty B!
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 Crygor, in the WarioWare series
Penny Fitzgerald, in the animated series The Amazing World of Gumball
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

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