List of Famous people with last name Jenkins

Janoris Jermain Jenkins, nicknamed "Jackrabbit", is an American football cornerback for the New Orleans Saints for the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of North Alabama and University of Florida and was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft. Jenkins also played four seasons for the New York Giants.

Nikko Allen Jenkins is an American spree killer convicted of committing four murders in Omaha, Nebraska, in August 2013. The murders occurred within a month after he had been released from prison after serving 10 and a half years of the 21 years to which he had been sentenced for a carjacking committed at age 15 and for assaults committed in prison. Jenkins stated that he had committed the killings at the command of the ancient serpent god Apophis. He was found competent to stand trial, found guilty of the four murders, and was sentenced to death in May 2017.

Patricia Lea Jenkins is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. She directed the films Monster (2003), Wonder Woman (2017), and directed and co-wrote its sequel, Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). For her work on the pilot episode of The Killing, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and won the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directing in Dramatic Series. In 2017, she occupied the sixth place for Time's Person of the Year.

Barry Jenkins is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film My Josephine, he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature for Medicine for Melancholy (2008).

Malcolm Jenkins is an American football safety for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State, earning consensus All-American honors, and winning the Jim Thorpe Award as a senior. He was drafted by the Saints in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft and has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Katherine Maria Jenkins is a Welsh mezzo-soprano from Neath, Wales. Jenkins performs operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre and hymns.

Richard Dale Jenkins is an American actor. Jenkins began his acting career in theater at the Trinity Repertory Company and later made his film debut in 1974. He has worked steadily in film and television since the 1980s, mostly in supporting roles. His first major role did not come until the early 2000s, when he portrayed the deceased patriarch Nathaniel Fisher on the HBO funeral drama series Six Feet Under (2001–2005). He is also known for his roles in the films Burn After Reading (2008), Step Brothers (2008), Let Me In (2010), Jack Reacher (2012), The Cabin in the Woods (2012) and The Last Shift (2020).

Kris Jenkins is a retired American basketball player who last played for Eisbären Bremerhaven of the ProA. He played college basketball for the Villanova Wildcats and is best known for hitting the buzzer-beating three pointer to win the 2016 NCAA Championship game.

Andrea Jenkins is an American policy aide, politician, writer, performance artist, poet, and transgender activist. She is known for being the first black openly transgender woman elected to public office in the United States, serving since January 2018 on the Minneapolis City Council.

Maxwell Jenkins is an American actor who is known for his roles in Betrayal and Sense8. In 2016, he played the role of Ryan Jensen in A Family Man. Since 2018, he has appeared as Will Robinson in Lost in Space, the Netflix remake of the 1965 television series.