Kennedy

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Kennedy is a surname used by many individuals, families, and clans. The origin of the surname is Irish and Scottish. Alternate spellings of the surname include Kennedie, Cinnéide, Chinnéide, and the Old Irish spelling, Cennétig. The probable area for the first use of the name Kennedy is in and around the Irish counties of Clare and Tipperary.

• Kennedy clan - Irish & Scottish clan

Several individuals have the surname Kennedy:

• Members of the Kennedy family of the United States, including:
  • Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. - Ambassador to the United Kingdom
  • Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. - Eldest son of Joseph P Kennedy, Sr. and WWII pilot.
  • John F. Kennedy - U.S. President
  • Robert Kennedy - U.S. Senator, and Attorney General
  • Edward Kennedy ("Ted") - U.S. Senator
  • Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - American lawyer, environmentalist, and radio host
  • Patrick J. Kennedy - U.S. Representative

• A. L. Kennedy - Scottish novelist
• Adam Kennedy - Major League Baseball player
• Alan Kennedy - American indie film actor
• Anthony M. Kennedy - US Supreme Court Associate Justice
• Arthur Kennedy (actor) - American Actor
• Arthur Edward Kennedy - British colonial administrator, Governor of Sierra Leone, Western Australia, Vancouver Island, Hong Kong and Queensland.
• Ben Kennedy, Australian rugby league player
• 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
• Charles Kennedy - British politician, was the leader of the Liberal Democrats
• Courtney Kennedy - Dual Olympic Medal Winner in Women's Ice Hockey
• Donald Kennedy - American scientist, public administrator, and academic
• Douglas Kennedy (writer) - A UK based American author
• Duncan Kennedy - Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Harvard Law School
• Edgar Kennedy - American actor
• George Kennedy - American actor
• Gerard Kennedy - Canadian politician
• Graham Kennedy - Australian comedian and television presenter
• James Kennedy (bishop) - 15th century Bishop of St Andrews
• John Kennedy (baseball 1957) - American baseball player
• John P. Kennedy - U.S. Secretary of the Navy
• Jonny Kennedy - subject of the documentary "The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off"; suffered from dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (EB or DEB)
• Joshua Kennedy - Australia|Australian soccer player
• 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
• Ludovic Kennedy - British journalist, broadcaster, and author.
• Mark Kennedy - American politician
• Mary Kennedy - Irish television personality
• Mr. Kennedy - Stage name of professional wrestler Ken Anderson (wrestler).
• Nigel Kennedy - English violinist
• Paul Kennedy (historian) - British historian of international relations
• Sean Kennedy - Canadian writer, internet radio and television personality.
• Sheila Kennedy - Penthouse model in the early 1980s
• Stetson Kennedy - American human rights activist and folklore collector
• Ted Kennedy (hockey) - former hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
• Terry Kennedy - Major League Baseball player; son of Bob Kennedy
• Tom Kennedy - Stage name of American game show host James Narz.
• Kenneth Kennedy - the first Winter Olympian for Australia.

Kennedy also serves as a first name:

• Kennedy (Buffyverse) - a potential Slayer in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• "Kennedy" is the stage name of Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, a political satirist, former MTV VJ, and host of Friend or Foe?.

Several places are also named Kennedy:

• Division of Kennedy, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland.
• Kennedy, Alabama
• Kennedy, California
• Kennedy Mine in Jackson, California
• Kennedy, Minnesota
• John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City
• John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport in Ashland, Wisconsin
• John F. Kennedy Space Center
• Kennedy Expressway in Chicago

In medicine, there is

• Kennedy disease

Music

• Dead Kennedys - American punk rock band
• "Kennedy" - A track from the Ratatat album Classics.
• Kennedy (musical artist) is a musical artist from Compton, California

Sports

• Kennedy march - A long-distance hike (50 miles within 20 hours)

Television

• Kennedy (television) - An Irish television chat show presented by Mary Kennedy