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Jennifer Nuzzo

Jennifer B. Nuzzo is an American epidemiologist, Professor at Brown University's School of Public Health, and Director of its Pandemic Center, elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2024.

Jennifer O'Neill

Jennifer O'Neill (born 1948), Brazilian-born American actress and model, played Dorothy in Summer of '42 (1971) and was CoverGirl's spokeswoman for 30 years; also starred in Rio Lobo, The Innocent, and Scanners.

Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, American-born UK-based cultural historian and author of Why Vinyl Matters, Being Britney, the Nico biography, and Eternal Flame: The Authorised Biography of The Bangles; former Interscope executive, BIMM Global Music Ambassador.

Jennifer P. Wilson

Jennifer P. Wilson, also known as Jennifer Philpott Wilson (born 1975), is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania since 2019.

Jennifer Paige

Jennifer Paige (born 1973, Atlanta; birth name Jennifer Scoggins) is the American pop singer behind the 1998 hit "Crush," which sold 11 million copies and topped charts in 16 countries; later albums include Starflower (2017).

Jennifer Palmieri

Jennifer Palmieri (born 1966, Pascagoula, Mississippi) is an American political communications strategist, Obama White House communications director (2013-2015), communications director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, and author of Dear Madam President and She Proclaims.

Jennifer Paterson

Jennifer Mary Paterson (1928–1999), British self-taught cook, Spectator columnist, and television presenter, co-star of BBC2's Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999) with Clarissa Dickson Wright, riding the Triumph Thunderbird; died of lung cancer during the third series.

Jennifer Peedom

Jennifer Peedom, Australian documentary filmmaker from Canberra, director of Sherpa (2015), Mountain (2017), River (2021) and the Apple Original Film Tenzing (2026), her first narrative feature; runs Stranger Than Fiction Films.

Jennifer Peña

Jennifer Peña (Jennifer Marcella Peña Cantú, born 1983) is an American tejano and Latin pop singer from Texas who fronted Jennifer y los Jetz, scored with Libre (2002) and El Dolor de Tu Presencia, earned three Grammy nominations, and returned in 2025 with Superación.

Jennifer Pritzker

Jennifer Natalya Pritzker, formerly James Pritzker, is an American investor and retired Army officer who founded TAWANI Enterprises and became the first openly transgender billionaire in 2013.

Jennifer R. Brown

Jennifer R. Brown is an American physician-scientist who directs the CLL Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and led the ALPINE and AMPLIFY trials that shaped targeted CLL treatment.

Jennifer R. Grandis

Jennifer R. Grandis is an American otolaryngologist and head and neck cancer researcher at UCSF, known for her work on EGFR and STAT3 signaling in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Jennifer Rabke Verani

Jennifer Rabke Verani is an American pediatrician and medical epidemiologist at the CDC's Respiratory Diseases Branch in Atlanta, known for pneumococcal vaccine effectiveness studies in Kenya and other countries.

Jennifer Reed

Jennifer L. Reed (1978–2020) was an American chemical and biological engineer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who built computational models of microbial metabolism and received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Jennifer Rexford

Jennifer Rexford is an American computer scientist known for her work on BGP routing and software-defined networking, and has been Princeton University's provost since March 2023 after chairing its computer science department.

Jennifer Richeson

Jennifer Richeson is an American social psychologist at Yale University who studies racial attitudes and inequality, a 2006 MacArthur Fellow elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2015.

Jennifer Robertson

Jennifer Robertson (Jenn Robertson), Canadian actress, writer, comedian born 1971 in Vancouver; plays Jocelyn Schitt on Schitt's Creek and Ellen Baker on Ginny & Georgia; hosted Canada's Handyman Challenge and The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down.

Jennifer Robinson (lawyer)

Jennifer Robinson (Jennifer Kate Robinson), Australian human rights and media lawyer, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, London; Rhodes Scholar 2006; longtime member of Julian Assange's legal team; distinct from Nashville Littler employment lawyer Jen Robinson.

Jennifer Rostock

Jennifer Rostock is a German rock band from Berlin, founded in 2007 around singer Jennifer Weist and keyboardist Johannes Walter-Müller, who met in kindergarten on Usedom.

Jennifer Rothschild

Jennifer Rothschild is an American evangelical author, speaker, and podcast host who lost her sight to retinitis pigmentosa at 15 and is known for her women's Bible studies.

Jennifer Rubin (actress)

Jennifer Rubin (Jennifer Collene Rubin, born 1962, Phoenix, Arizona) is an American actress and former Ford model, known for Taryn in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Bad Dreams, The Doors, The Crush, and Screamers.

Jennifer Runyon

Jennifer Runyon Corman (1960–2026), American actress of 1980s film and TV: Ghostbusters' ESP-test student, Gwendolyn Pierce on Charles in Charge, Cindy Brady in A Very Brady Christmas, and Up the Creek's Heather Merriweather; died of cancer at 65.

Jennifer Rush

Jennifer Rush (Heidi Stern) is an American pop singer who achieved European success in the 1980s. She is best known for her 1984 single, "The Power of Love."

Jennifer S. Brodbelt

Jennifer S. Brodbelt is an American analytical chemist at the University of Texas at Austin known for developing ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) to determine the structures of proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids.

Jennifer S. Temel

Jennifer S. Temel is an American oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital known for her 2010 trial showing early palliative care improved survival in lung cancer.

Jennifer Saint

Jennifer Saint is a British novelist and Classics scholar who studied at King's College, London. She is known for her retellings of Greek mythology, including Elektra and Atalanta.

Jennifer Salt

Jennifer Salt (born 1944) is an American actress turned screenwriter and producer: Crazy Annie in Midnight Cowboy, Eunice Tate on Soap, and executive producer/writer on Nip/Tuck, American Horror Story, Ratched, and Eat Pray Love co-writer.

Jennifer Sanalitro

Jennifer Sanalitro is an American politician and Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, elected in 2022 to represent the 48th district in suburban DuPage and Cook counties.

Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders (born 1958, Sleaford, Lincolnshire) is the British comedian, writer, and actor of French and Saunders and Absolutely Fabulous; also the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2 and author of Bonkers.

Jennifer Schwalbach Smith

Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, also Jennifer Mary Schwalbach Smith, American actress, producer, and podcaster, former USA Today reporter, wife of Kevin Smith since 1999; played Missy in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Emma in Clerks II.