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

James Harvey Kennedy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Harvey Kennedy: is an American comedian and actor. Kennedy, the youngest of six children, was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania to a machinist father and an accountant and paralegal mother and was raised Catholic.

William R. Kennedy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William R. Kennedy: is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 5'11" (180 cm) 180 lb (82 kg) guard and played collegiately at Temple University. He played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Willard Bill Kennedy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Willard Bill Kennedy: was an American actor, voice artist, and host of the long-running Detroit based television show Bill Kennedy at the Movies. Kennedy's voice is heard doing the opening narration of the television series Adventures of Superman.

Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy: also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a US Senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968. He was one of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's younger brothers, and also one of his most trusted advisers and worked closely with the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He also made a significant contribution to the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

J. Walter Kennedy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

J. Walter Kennedy: was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1963 until 1975. He is occasionally (mistakenly) referred to as Walter J. Kennedy.James Walter Kennedy was born in Stamford, Connecticut to Lottie and Michael Kennedy. He was striken with polio early on, which left him with a disability and therefore unable to compete in sports. Nonetheless, he was an avid fan and his entire life and career was devoted to sports, coming to a pinnacle as the NBA commissioner in 1963. A multi-talented individual, Kennedy worked as a high school coach, public relations man and politician. In the late 1930s, Kennedy coached highly successful teams and was athletic director at St. Basil's Preparatory School in Stamford.