John Kennedy (disambiguation)

John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) was the 35th President of the United States (1961–1963).

John Kennedy may also refer to:

Americans other than sportspersons and writer/artist/entertainers

• John P. Kennedy (1795–1870), politician, administrator, and novelist
• John Alexander Kennedy (1803–1873), law-enforcement administrator
• John J. Kennedy (Republic of Texas politician) (1814–1880), soldier and law-enforcement officer
• John Stewart Kennedy (1830–1909), Scottish-born American entrepreneur & philanthropist
• John Kennedy (Medal of Honor) (1834–1910), American soldier
• John Doby Kennedy (1840–1896), general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
• John Kennedy (Utah politician) (1847–?), member of the Utah state legislature
• John L. Kennedy (1854–1946), politician and jurist
• John J. Kennedy (New York State Treasurer) (c. 1857–1914), politician
• John Thomas Kennedy (1885–1969), American soldier
• John Francis Kennedy (1905–1994), politician
• John Kennedy (Pennsylvania politician) (born 1938), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1981–1988
• John Neely Kennedy (born 1951), Louisiana politician
• John F. Kennedy, Jr. (1960–1999), American political-family member & journalist, son of John F. Kennedy, Sr.
• John Paul Kennedy, judge in Salt Lake County, Utah
• John Joseph Kennedy, (born 1954), journalist, entrepreneur, 2004 presidential candidate

Writers, artists and entertainment personalities

• John Kennedy (poet) (fl. 1620s), English author of 1626 poem Calanthrop and Lucilla
• John Pitt Kennedy (1796–1879), British military engineer
• John Kennedy (theologian) (1813–1900), British religious leader & author
• John B. Kennedy (1894–1961), American journalist
• John Kennedy (cellist) (1922–1980), Australian
• John Arthur Kennedy (actor) (1914–1990), American actor
• John Kennedy (Irish celebrity), songwriter
• John Kennedy (music industry executive) (born 1953), British jurist
• John Kennedy (DJ) (born 1965), British DJ
• John Kennedy (born 1966), Indian actor a.k.a. Vikram Kennedy
• John Kennedy (puppeteer) (born 1968), American
• John Kennedy (musician), American
• John Kennedy (Australian musician), Australian musician

Sports people

• John Kennedy (shortstop) (1926–1998), American, in baseball
• John Kennedy, Sr. (born 1928), Australian football player & coach
• John Kennedy (cricketer) (born 1931), English cricketer
• John Kennedy (third baseman) (born 1941), American, in baseball
• John Kennedy (racing driver) (fl. 1970s), American
• John Kennedy (canoeist) (fl. 1970s), American
• John Kennedy (rower) (1900–1971), American
• John Kennedy, Jr. (Australian footballer) (born 1959), former Australian rules footballer
• John Kennedy (English footballer) (born 1978), footballer who currently plays for Bury Town
• John Kennedy (Northern Irish footballer) (born 1939), former football goalkeeper for Distillery, Celtic, Detroit Cougars and Lincoln City
• John Kennedy (Scottish footballer) (born 1983), retired Scottish professional footballer
• John Kennedy (hurler) (born 1964), retired Irish hurler
• John Kennedy (Gaelic footballer), Gaelic football player and manager from County Kerry, Ireland

Others

• John Kennedy (1759–1842), English nurseryman, of Lee and Kennedy
• John Kennedy (manufacturer) (1769–1855), Scottish-born textile manufacturer in Manchester, UK
• John Kennedy (engineer) (1838–1921), Canadian
• William John Kennedy (1919–2005), Australian activist
• John William Kennedy (born 1910), Northern Ireland politician
• John Kennedy (British Army officer) (1878–1948), British general
• John Noble Kennedy (1893–1970), British general
• John Kennedy (Manitoba politician) (1867–1927), politician in Manitoba, Canada
• John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis (1575–1615), Scottish peer
• John Kennedy, 7th Earl of Cassilis (1653–1701), Scottish peer
• John Kennedy, 8th Earl of Cassilis (1700–1759), Scottish peer
• John David Kennedy (born 1943), chemist and professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Leeds, UK
• John Patrick Kennedy (1926–1994), New Zealand newspaper editor and political analyst
• John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy (before 1454–c. 1508/9), Scottish lord
• John Wilfred Kennedy (1879–1949), farmer and political figure in Ontario, Canada
• John Stodart Kennedy (1912–1993), British zoologist
• John Kennedy (Australian official) (1884–?), Australian public servant, Controller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs
• John Kennedy (The Inbetweeners), a character in the 2009–2010 British sitcom

See also

• Jonny Kennedy (1966–2003), British patient
• Jon Kennedy (born c. 1970s), British musician
• Jack Kennedy (disambiguation)
• Eponyms of John F. Kennedy