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Notable people whose family name is or was Jenkins include

  • Richard Burton (1925–1984), Welsh celebrity actor whose birth name was Richard Walter Jenkins
  • Albert Jenkins (rugby player), Welsh international rugby union player
  • Albert G. Jenkins (1830–1864), American politician and Confederate soldier
  • Brian Jenkins (politician) (born 1942), British politician
  • Brian Michael Jenkins, American terrorism expert
  • Carlos Jenkins, American footballer
  • Carter Jenkins (born 1991), American actor
  • Charles Jenkins (basketball) (born 1989), American basketball player
  • Charles Jenkins Sr. (born 1934), U.S. sprinter
  • Charles Jenkins Jr. (born 1964), U.S. sprinter
  • Charles Francis Jenkins (1867–1934), U.S. cinema and television pioneer
  • Charles Robert Jenkins (born 1940), U.S. soldier
  • Chris Jenkins (disambiguation)
  • Clive Jenkins (1926–1999), British trade unionist
  • Cullen Jenkins, defensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers
  • Dan Jenkins, (1929- ) American author-journalist
  • David Jenkins (athlete) (born 1952), British athlete
  • David Jenkins (figure skater) (born 1936), U.S. figure skater
  • David Jenkins (librarian) (1912–2002) Welsh National Librarian
  • David Jenkins, Baron Jenkins (1899–1969), a British judge
  • David Edward Jenkins (born 1925), Bishop of Durham
  • Ella Jenkins, folk singer
  • Ernie Jenkins (1880–1958), Wales international rugby union player
  • Ferguson Jenkins (born 1943), professional baseball player
  • Florence Foster Jenkins (1868–1944), U.S. "soprano" known for her extraordinary bravery on stage
  • George Neil Jenkins (1914–2007), British oral physiologist
  • George W. Jenkins (1907–1996), American businessman and founder of Publix Super Markets
  • Gordon Jenkins (1910–1984), U.S. musician
  • Graeme Jenkins, British conductor
  • Gwilym Jenkins, Welsh statistician
  • Harold Jenkins (Conway Twitty, 1933–1993), U.S. rock and roll and country music singer
  • Harry Jenkins (born 1952), Australian politician
  • Helen Jenkins, a British triathlete
  • Henry Jenkins, American author, professor at MIT
  • Horace Jenkins, former player in the NBA
  • Hugh Jenkins (1908–2004), British Labour Party politician
  • Jean Jenkins (politician) (born 1938), Australian linguist, educator and politician
  • Jean Jenkins (ethnomusicologist) (1922–1990), American/British ethnomusicologist
  • Jerry B. Jenkins (born 1949), American author
  • John Jenkins (composer) (1592–1678), English composer
  • John Jenkins (governor), 17th century governor of North Carolina
  • John Major Jenkins (born 1964), American Maya-author
  • Joseph Jenkins (1818–1898), the "Welsh Swagman", farmer, poet and diarist
  • Justin Michael Jenkins (born 1971), American artist and designer
  • Karl Jenkins (born 1944), Welsh musician and composer
  • Katherine Jenkins (born 1980), Welsh mezzo-soprano
  • Keith Jenkins, English postmodern historian
  • Kenny Jenkins, Scottish footballer
  • Ken Jenkins (born 1940), American actor, best known as Dr. Bob Kelso in the American comedy-drama Scrubs
  • Kris Jenkins, defensive lineman for the New York Jets
  • Leoline Jenkins (1625–1685), Welsh lawyer and diplomat
  • Leroy Jenkins (jazz musician) (born 1932), U.S. composer and free jazz violinist
  • Leroy Jenkins (televangelist), U.S. televangelist
  • Lew Jenkins (1916–1981), U.S. boxer
  • Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888–1970), U.S. astronomer
  • Marilyn Jenkins (born 1937), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Michael Jenkins (Unification Church), president of the Unification Church of America
  • Michael A. G. Jenkins, co-creator of the Jenkins-Traub algorithm
  • Mick Jenkins (rugby), Welsh rugby player
  • Neil Jenkins (born 1971), Welsh rugby union footballer
  • Niki Jenkins (born 1973), Canadian judoka
  • Philip Jenkins, professor of history and religious studies at Pennsylvania State University
  • Philip Jenkins (drummer), of Kids in Glass Houses
  • Renneker Jenkins (born 1989), American actor
  • Richard Jenkins (born May 4, 1947), American character actor
  • Richard L. Jenkins (1903–1991), American child psychiatrist
  • Robert Jenkins (master mariner) (fl. 1731–1745), English master mariner (War of Jenkins' Ear)
  • Robert Jenkins (Pennsylvania) (1769–1848), United States congressman from Pennsylvania
  • Robert Jenkins (UK politician) (1900–1978), British Conservative Member of Parliament for Dulwich 1951–1964
  • Robert H. Jenkins, Jr. (1948–1969), U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient, killed in action in Vietnam
  • Roy Jenkins (1920–2003), British politician
  • Sally Jenkins (1960- ), American author-journalist
  • Scoville Jenkins, American tennis player
  • Simon Jenkins (born 1943), British newspaper columnist
  • Stephan Jenkins (born 1964), rock singer
  • Terry Jenkins (born 1963), professional Darts player
  • Thomas Jenkins (headmaster), Shakespeare's headmaster
  • Thomas Jenkins (antiquary) (1722–1798), English antiquarian in Rome
  • Thornton A. Jenkins (1811–1893), U.S. Rear Admiral
  • Walter Jenkins (1918–1985), top aide to Lyndon B. Johnson, resigned after a scandal
  • William Fitzgerald Jenkins (writing as Murray Leinster) (1896–1975), U.S. science fiction author
  • William L. Jenkins (born 1936), U.S. politician
  • William Jenkins (1942-2004) Fought in the Rhodesian war

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