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Jenny Powell
Jenny Powell, English TV and radio presenter born 1968 in Ilford. Began on BBC2's No Limits (1986), hosted Top of the Pops (1989), Wheel of Fortune hostess 1995–2000, Loose Women regular; Greatest Hits Radio presenter since 9 January 2021.
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, Labour MP for Suffolk Coastal since 4 July 2024, first Labour winner of the seat, Defra Parliamentary Under-Secretary from 22 July 2026, chair of the Labour Rural Research Group.
Jenny Rissveds
Jenny Rissveds, Swedish cross-country mountain bike racer (XCO) from Falun; Olympic gold Rio 2016, bronze Paris 2024, elite world champion 2025, and first Swede to win the overall UCI XCO World Cup in 2026.
Jenny Root
Jenny Rose Root is an American special education researcher at Florida State University known for math instruction for students with autism and intellectual disability, and the 2025 PECASE award.
Jenny Ryan
Jenny Alexis Ryan (born 1982), English quizzer, singer and broadcaster known as The Vixen on ITV's The Chase and Beat the Chasers; former question writer, Only Connect champion, X Factor: Celebrity finalist, co-host of Fingers on Buzzers.
Jenny Schecter
Jenny Schecter (Jennifer Diane Schecter) is the Mia Kirshner-played writer character of Showtime's The L Word, present in all 70 episodes, whose unexplained pool death opens season six and was later ruled a suicide in Generation Q.
Jenny Schmidgall Potter
Jenny Schmidgall Potter (born 1979, Saint Paul, Minnesota), also Jenny Potter, American ice hockey forward; four-time Olympian with gold 1998, silver 2002 and 2010, bronze 2006, and leading U.S. Olympic scorer.
Jenny Seagrove
Jenny Seagrove (Jennifer Ann Seagrove, born 1957, Kuala Lumpur) is a British actress trained at Bristol Old Vic, known for Local Hero, A Woman of Substance, Judge John Deed, and Mane Chance Sanctuary.
Jenny Shimizu
Jenny Shimizu (ジェニー・シミズ), born 1967, San Jose, California, is an American model and actress, face of Calvin Klein's CK One, first Asian model to walk Prada, Foxfire actress, married to Michelle Harper.
Jenny Slate
Jenny Slate (Jennifer Sarah Slate, born 1982) is an American actress, comedian, and voice artist, distinct from singer Jenny Slate Lee and 90 Day Fiancé's Jenny Slatten; SNL 2009-10, co-creator of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, star of Obvious Child (2014).
Jenny Sparks
Jenny Sparks (Jennifer Elizabeth Sparks) is a WildStorm/DC Comics superheroine created by Warren Ellis and Tom Raney in 1996; the Spirit of the 20th Century, an electricity-wielding Century Baby who led the Authority, died in 2000, and returned in Tom King's 2024 Black Label series.
Jenny Stene
Jenny Østre Stene, Norwegian rifle shooter born 1998, holds the 596 qualification world record in 50m rifle three positions, won 2022 World Championship gold and silver, and competed at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics.
Jenny Suckale
Jenny Suckale, also known as Jennifer Suckale, is an American geophysicist and Associate Professor at Stanford University who builds mathematical models of volcanic eruptions, ice-sheet instability, and coastal flooding.
Jenny Taft
Jenny Taft (born 1987) is an American sports broadcaster, lead sideline reporter for FOX college football with Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt, former Undisputed moderator, and FOX's FIFA World Cup soccer reporter.
Jenny Thompson
Jenny Thompson (Jennifer Elisabeth Thompson, born 1973) is an American swimmer with 12 Olympic medals, 8 gold, all golds in relays, across 1992-2004; later a pediatric anesthesiologist.
Jenny Tian
Jenny Tian is an Australian comedian and Taskmaster Australia season 2 cast member, born in Finland to Chinese parents and raised in Sydney. Her solo shows include Picture This, Chinese Australian, Supreme Mother, Jenny's Travels, and When Life Gives You Oranges.
Jenny Topping
Jenny Louise Topping, born 1980 in Whittier, California, is an American softball catcher who won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics, hitting a team-high .667, and was a four-time first-team All-American at Washington and Cal State Fullerton.
Jenny Tung
Jenny Tung (born 1982) is an American evolutionary geneticist who studies how social environments shape gene regulation and health, directing a Max Planck Institute department in Leipzig.
Jenny Turrall
Jenny Turrall (Jenny Lynnette Turrall-Wetton), Australian swimmer born 1960, set 800m and 1500m freestyle world records as a 13-year-old, won 800m gold at the 1975 Cali World Championships, and 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games 400m freestyle gold.
Jenny Vatne
Jenny Vatne (Jenny Tovseth Kampen Vatne, born 1997) is a Norwegian 300m rifle shooter for Nordstrand Sportskyttere: two 2022 Cairo world team golds, 2025 world prone silver, and a 1752 team world record.
Jenny von Westphalen
Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny von Westphalen (1814–1881), Prussian aristocrat, wife of Karl Marx; married 1843, mother of seven, copyist of Capital and the Communist Manifesto, political collaborator in exile.
Jenny Wade
Jenny Wade (Jennifer Wade, born 1980, Eugene, Oregon) is an American actress known as Nina in Reaper, Liz Traynor in The Good Guys, and Honey Pie in the Feast trilogy.
Jenny Wingerson Meldrum
Jennifer Anne "Jenny" Wingerson-Meldrum, born 1943 in Toronto, is a Canadian hurdler, long jumper, and pentathlete; a 1964 and 1968 Olympian with three Pan American silvers, two Commonwealth bronzes, and a 2012 Athletics Ontario Hall of Fame induction.
Jenny Wolf
Jenny Wolf (born 1979, East Berlin) is a retired German sprint speed skater, 2010 Olympic 500 m silver medalist, four-time 500 m world champion, and former 500 m world record holder (37.00 s).
Jenny's Wedding
Jenny's Wedding is a 2015 American comedy-drama written and directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue, starring Katherine Heigl, Alexis Bledel, Tom Wilkinson, and Linda Emond; IFC Films released it July 31, 2015 to poor reviews (20% Tomatometer, Metascore 33) and a $2.3K box office.
Jennylyn Mercado
Jennylyn Mercado, "Ultimate Star", is a Filipina actress-singer who won StarStruck 2003, starred in Encantadia and Descendants of the Sun, and returned to music with the EPs JEN (2025) and Jen Deluxe (2026) under Star Music.
Jeno Brandi
Jeno Brandi (Brandi Jenő, born Brandeiski), Hungarian water polo forward (1913-1980): Olympic gold 1936 Berlin, silver 1948 London, European champion 1934 and 1938, 61 caps, later Olympic referee and FINA official.
Jenő Buzánszky
Jenő Buzánszky (1925–2015), Hungarian right-back, only provincial member of the Golden Team (Magical Magyars); Dorog player 1947–60, 49 caps, Olympic gold 1952, 1954 World Cup silver, last surviving member.
Jenő Dalnoki
Jenő Dalnoki (Dalnoki Jenő), Hungarian football defender and coach, 1932–2006. Ferencváros one-club player 1950–1966; Olympic gold 1952 and bronze 1960; later coached Ferencváros to the 1976 title and 1975 Cup Winners' Cup final.
Jeno Fuchs
Jenő Fuchs (1882–1955), Hungarian sabre fencer and lawyer, won four Olympic golds: individual and team sabre at London 1908 and Stockholm 1912; later Secretary-General of the Budapest Stock Exchange.