His middle name was given to him in honor of his paternal grandmother who was a descendant of Samuel Jennings, the latter having been a deputy governor of West Jersey and later receiver general of Pennsylvania in the early 18th century.
Samuel Beckett | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Waylon Jennings | Samuel Johnson | Samuel Pepys | William Jennings Bryan | Samuel L. Jackson | Samuel R. Delany | Samuel Barber | Samuel Goldwyn | Samuel | Samuel Alito | Samuel Butler | Samuel Ramey | Peter Jennings | Samuel Morse | Samuel Gompers | Samuel de Champlain | Shooter Jennings | Samuel Sewall | Mason Jennings | Samuel Richardson | Samuel Hill | Samuel Fuller | Samuel Purchas | Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood | Samuel Foote | Samuel Butler (novelist) | Ken Jennings | Samuel Sánchez |