Kennedy (surname) - Notable Persons

Notable Persons

• Members of the Kennedy family of the United States of America:
  • Caroline Bouvier Schlossberg (née Kennedy) (born 1957), attorney; daughter of John and Jacqueline Kennedy
  • Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (1932–2009), senior U.S. senator from Massachusetts, married twice and father of three
  • Ethel Kennedy (née Skakel) (born 1928), widow of Robert Francis Kennedy and mother of Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. and other nine
  • Eunice Mary Shriver (née Kennedy) (1921–2009), sister of President John F. Kennedy; wife of Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.
  • Jaqueline Lee "Jackie" Onassis (née Bouvier; formerly Kennedy) (1929–1994), First Lady of the United States; widow of John F. Kennedy
  • Jean Ann Smith (née Kennedy) (born 1928), ambassador to Ireland; sister of President John F. Kennedy
  • John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, Senior (1917–1963), 35th President of the United States
  • John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Junior (1960–1999), attorney, publisher; son of John and Jacqueline
  • Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Senior (1888–1969), former Ambassador to the United Kingdom; father of President John F. Kennedy
  • Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Junior (1915–1944), WWII pilot; eldest son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
  • Joseph Patrick Kennedy II (born 1952), former U.S. representative from Massachusetts; son of Robert F. Kennedy
  • Kathleen Agnes "Kick" Cavendish (née Kennedy) (1920–1948), widow of the heir to the Devonshire dukedom; sister of President John F. Kennedy
  • Patrick Joseph Kennedy II (born 1967), U.S. representative from Rhode Island, son of Ted Kennedy
  • Patricia "Pat" Lawford (née Kennedy) (1924–2006), sister of president John F. Kennedy, wife of Peter Lawford and mother of four
  • Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, Senior (1925–1968), U.S. senator from New York; U.S. Attorney General
  • Robert Francis Kennedy, Junior (born 1954), attorney, environmentalist, activist
  • Rose Elizabeth Kennedy (née Fitzgerald) (1890–1995), Kennedy family matriarch; mother of President John F. Kennedy
  • Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy (1918–2005), oldest sister of President John F. Kennedy

• A. L. Kennedy, Scottish novelist
• Adam Kennedy, Major League Baseball player
• Adam Kennedy (actor), actor, screenwriter, novelist, painter
• Adrian Kennedy, Irish radio host
• Alan Kennedy, English soccer player
• Alexander Kennedy, British civil engineer
• Ambrose Jerome Kennedy, American politician
• Anthony Kennedy, US Supreme Court Associate Justice
• Arthur Kennedy (actor), American actor
• Arthur Kennedy (governor), British colonial administrator
• Ben Kennedy, Australian rugby league footballer
• Benjamin Hall Kennedy, English classical scholar
• Betty Kennedy, retired Canadian senator, television personality
• Bill Kennedy (actor), actor and television personality
• Bob Kennedy, Major League Baseball player and manager; father of Terry Kennedy
• Bob Kennedy (athlete), distance runner
• Callum Kennedy, an English footballer
• Carl Kennedy, stage actor
• Charles Kennedy, Scottish politician, former leader of the Liberal Democrats
• Claudia Kennedy, first female lieutenant general in the US Army, noted intelligence officer
• Clem Kennedy, Australian rugby league footballer
• Cory Kennedy, American Internet celebrity
• Courtney Kennedy, dual Olympic medal winner in women's ice hockey
• D. James Kennedy, American Presbyterian pastor and theologian
• David M. Kennedy, 60th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America, and U.S. Ambassador to NATO
• Diane Kennedy, American CPA, speaker, financial writer
• Donald Kennedy, American scientist, public administrator, and academic
• Douglas Kennedy (writer), UK-based American author
• Duncan Kennedy (legal philosopher), Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Harvard Law School
• Edgar Kennedy, American actor
• Edmund Kennedy, Australian explorer
• Edward Kennedy (journalist), American journalist who first reported the German surrender in World War II
• Edward Joseph Kennedy (born 1851), Irish nationalist politician, Member of Parliament for South Sligo
• Edward Shirley Kennedy, British alpinist
• Edward Stewart Kennedy, American historian of science
• George Kennedy, American actor
• Gerard Kennedy, Canadian politician
• Gilbert G. Kennedy (1844–1909), Scottish footballer
• Graeme K. (Graeme Kennedy), American musician
• Graham Kennedy, Australian comedian and television presenter
• Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, Scottish barrister, writer and politician
• Hiram Raleigh Kennedy, American politician
• Ian Kennedy (born 1984), American baseball player
• Jack Kennedy (train robber), American outlaw
• James Kennedy (disambiguation)
• Jamie Kennedy, American comedian and actor
• John Kennedy (Scottish footballer), Scottish soccer player
• John Kennedy (shortstop), American baseball player
• John Kennedy (theologian), 19th-century Scottish theologian
• John J. Kennedy, New York State Treasurer 1911-1914
• John Neely Kennedy, Louisiana State Treasurer and 2008 U.S. Senate candidate
• John P. Kennedy, U.S. Secretary of the Navy
• Jon Kennedy, British drummer and electronic musician
• Jonny Kennedy, subject of the documentary The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off
• Joshua Kennedy, Australian soccer player
• Kathryn Kennedy, California wine maker
• Kennedy (musical artist), American musician
• Kenneth Kennedy, the first Winter Olympian for Australia
• Leland T. Kennedy, U.S. Air Force pilot twice awarded the Air Force Cross
• Lena Kennedy, English romantic novelist
• Leon S. Kennedy, one of the two main characters in Resident Evil 2 and the protagonist in Resident Evil 4
• Lisa Kennedy Montgomery (born 1972), stage name Kennedy, an American political satirist and former MTV VJ
• Lucy Napaljarri Kennedy, indigenous Australian artist
• Ludovic Kennedy, British journalist, broadcaster, and author
• Margaret Kennedy (1896—1967), English novelist
• Mark Kennedy (footballer), Irish football (soccer) player
• Mark Kennedy (politician), American politician
• Mark Kennedy (infiltrator), British undercover policeman
• Mary Kennedy, Irish television personality
• Matthew Kennedy (footballer), Scottish footballer
• Mr. Kennedy, the ring name used by American professional wrestler Ken Anderson (born 1976) during his time in WWE
• Myles Kennedy, lead singer and guitarist for the rock band Alter Bridge
• Nery Kennedy, Paraguayan javelin thrower
• Nick Kennedy, English rugby player
• Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
• Pat Kennedy, American college basketball coach
• Paul Kennedy, British historian of international relations
• Ray Kennedy, English footballer
• Ron Kennedy (1953–2009), Canadian ice hockey player
• Sheila Kennedy, Penthouse model in the early 1980s
• Simon Kennedy (born 1967), Sports agent
• Stetson Kennedy (1916–2011), American human rights activist and folklore collector
• Ted Kennedy (ice hockey) (1925–2009), Canadian ice hockey player
• Terry Kennedy, Major League Baseball player; son of Bob Kennedy
• Thomas Laird Kennedy, Premier of Ontario (1948–1949)
• Tim Kennedy (fighter), mixed martial arts fighter
• Tim Kennedy (ice hockey), hockey player
• Tom Kennedy (born 1927), stage name of American game show host James Narz
• Walter Kennedy, Scottish poet of the Renaissance court of James IV of Scotland
• Walter Kennedy (1912–1977), American sports executive; NBA president (1963–67) and commissioner (1967–75)
• William J. Kennedy, American writer, winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for fiction