Famous People with Name Kenny

Kenny Thorne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kenny Thorne: is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Thorne enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 67 in 1995.

Kenny Benkowski            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kenny Benkowski: is a retired professional wrestler who competed primarily in the American Wrestling Association. Jay primarily performed as a jobber.Even in his later years, Kenny Jay was known to work stiff (use more force than needed to achieve the effect) rather than

Kenny Layne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kenny Layne: is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kenny King. King currently wrestles for Ring of Honor. He was a contestant in the second season of WWF Tough Enough. At the Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings on August 15, 2009, King beat

Kenny Dale Monday            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kenny Dale Monday: is an Olympic gold medalist and three-time All-American wrestler from Oklahoma State University. He began wrestling at age six at a YMCA after-school program and grew up idolizing Olympic wrestler Wayne Wells. He is a 3X Olympian.

Kenny Yuko            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kenny Yuko: is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 7th District since his appointment in 2004. Prior to his time in the legislature, Yuko was a political and union activist for more than two decades.Yuko first ran for the Ohio H

Bernard F. Kenny, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bernard F. Kenny, Jr.: is an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1993 to 2008, where he represented the 33rd Legislative District. He served for one day at the end of his tenure in the Senate as President of the Senate.Senator Ke

Erin Leigh Callin Kenny            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Erin Leigh Callin Kenny: is a former Democratic politician from Nevada. Kenny was elected to a single term in the Nevada Assembly in 1992, defeating Republican incumbent Brad Goetting. Kenny was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada in 2002, but was defeated by

James Colin Ramsey Kenny            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Colin Ramsey Kenny: is a Canadian Senator.Kenny's political career began in 1968 when he served as executive director of the Liberal Party of Canada in Ontario. He was on the staff of the Prime Minister's Office from 1970 until 1979, and rose to the position of policy advisor and assistant Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

Sir Edward Kenny            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sir Edward Kenny: was a Canadian politician. He became Junior Assistant V.P. of the "Charitable Irish Society" of Halifax in 1834 and Vice President in 1836. He became president of the organization in 1841. The same year he was appointed a Member of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia and was also elected an Alderman for Ward 3 in Halifax. In 1842, he was elected Mayor of Halifax. On April 9, 1856, he became President of the "Legislative Council of Nova Scotia", replacing Hon. Michael Tobin, Jr. In May 1867, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing senatorial division of Nova Scotia. A Conservative, he was Receiver General from July 1, 1867 to November 16, 1869 and President of the Privy Council from 1869 to 1870, when he was knighted. He resigned from the Senate April 11, 1876.

Thomas Edward Kenny            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Edward Kenny: was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Halifax in the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1896 as a Conservative member. He was a member of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce and president of the Merchant's Bank of Halifax (later the Royal Bank of Canada). He ran unsuccessfully for reelection to the House of Commons in 1896 and 1900. Kenny died in Halifax at the age of 75.