Fenn

Not to be confused with Fen.

This article is about the name. For other uses, see Fen (disambiguation).

Fenn typically appears as a surname. Occasionally it appears as a middle name, pen name or name of a fictional character.

Notable people with the name Fenn

As a surname

• Augustus H. Fenn (1844–1897), justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
• Courtenay Hughes Fenn (1866–1927), American-Chinese Presbyterian missionary and father of Henry Courtenay Fenn
• Darren Fenn (born 1980), basketball player
• E. Hart Fenn (1856–1939), American national politician
• Ellenor Fenn (1743–1813), English writer
• George Manville Fenn (1831–1909), English author
• Geraldine Fenn (1912–1989), American professor
• Harry Fenn (1845–1911), English-American landscape illustrator
• Henry Courtenay Fenn (1894–1978), Chinese-American academic and son of Courtenay Hughes Fenn
• Hugh Fenn (died 1409), English official from Norfolk who served under Richard II and Henry IV
• Hugh Fenn (died 1476), English official from Norfolk who served under Henry VI and Edward IV
• Jaine Fenn, British science fiction author
• Jane Fenn Hoskens (1694–1794), English-American Quaker author
• Joanne Fenn (born 1974), English running athlete
• John Fenn (antiquarian) (1739–1794), English antiquarian who edited and published the Paston Letters
• John B. Fenn (1917–2010), American co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002
• John Fenn (pirate) (died 1723), English pirate
• John Fenn (priest) (died 1615), English Roman Catholic priest and writer
• Lionel Fenn, pen name of American writer Charles L. Grant (1942–2006)
• Neale Fenn (born 1977), English-Irish footballer
• Nicholas Fenn (1936–2016), British diplomat
• Rick Fenn (born 1953), English rock guitarist
• Sereno Peck Fenn (1844–1927), American entrepreneur
• Sherilyn Fenn (born 1965), American actress
• Stephen S. Fenn (1820–1892), American national politician
• W. J. Fenn (1862–1961), illustrator

As a middle name

• Anthony Fenn Kemp (1773–1868), English-Australian soldier

Fictional characters

• Fenn, character in Wilbur Smith's novel The Quest
• Fenn Rau, one of the Mandalorians from Star Wars fiction
• Fenn Shysa, another Mandalorian from Star Wars fiction

See also

• Fenn's Moss, a nature reserve in the United Kingdom
• Fenn's Bank railway station