Famous People with Name Kennedy

Kennedy Kenny McIntosh            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kennedy Kenny McIntosh: was a professional basketball player from 1971-1975.Though born in Detroit, McIntosh attended high school on Michigan's western half, playing basketball at South Haven High School in South Haven. McIntosh went to college at Eastern Michigan University before being drafted in the first round (15th pick) in 1971 by the Chicago Bulls.

Kennedy McKinney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kennedy McKinney: is a former professional boxer, who won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He won the IBF junior featherweight title as a professional as well as the WBO super bantamweight title. Known as "King", McKinney was a cautious yet exciting

Tom Kennedy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tom Kennedy: is a television game show host who had his greatest fame in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the younger brother of host Jack Narz and the brother-in-law of Bill Cullen, and changed his name to avoid confusion prior to hosting his first national show, The Big Game, in 1958.His biggest hit series were You Don't Say!, which aired on NBC from 1963 to 1969 and on ABC in 1975; Split Second, on ABC from 1972 to 1975; Name That Tune, which he hosted from 1974 to 1981; and Password Plus, which he hosted from 1980 to 1982 following the illness (and later death) of original host Allen Ludden due to stomach cancer. Other hosting credits include Doctor I.Q., Break the Bank, To Say the Least, Body Language, 50 Grand Slam, Whew!, It's Your Bet, Wordplay and a syndicated nighttime version of The Price Is Right in 1985.

William Joseph Kennedy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Joseph Kennedy: is an American writer and journalist born and raised in Albany, New York. Many of his novels feature the interaction of members of the fictional Irish-American Phelan family, and make use of incidents of Albany's history and the supernatural. Kennedy's works include The Ink Truck (1969), Legs (1975), Billy Phelan's Greatest Game (1978), Ironweed (1983, winner of 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; film, 1987), and Roscoe (2002).

Jacqueline Leigh Kennedy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacqueline Leigh Kennedy: was the wife of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. She was later married to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis from 1968 until his death in 1975. In later years she had a successful career as a book editor.

X. J. Kennedy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

X. J. Kennedy: is a poet, translator, anthologist, editor, and bestselling[citations needed] writer of children's literature as well as student textbooks on English literature and poetry.

Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy: is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. In office since November 1962, Kennedy is the second most senior member of the Senate, after President pro tempore of the United States Senate Robert Byrd of West Virginia.[2][3] The most prominent living member of the Kennedy family, he is the youngest brother of the former President John F. Kennedy and the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy. Kennedy is also the sole surviving son of Joseph Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and one of three of their surviving children (along with Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith).