# Kenney (name)

Kenney is a given name and surname of Irish, Scottish, and English origin. In Ireland, the surname is an Anglicisation of the Irish Ó Cionnaith. It is also a variation of Kenny, MacKenny, O'Kenney, or Keaney.

## Given name

* Kenney Bertz (born 1983), American soccer player
* Charles Kenney Duncan (1911–1994), United States Navy admiral
* Kenney Funderburk (born 1992), American professional basketball player
* Kenney Jones (born 1948), English drummer
* Kenney Krysko, Florida herpetologist
* Kenney Mencher (born 1965), American painter
* Mary Kenney O'Sullivan (1864–1943), organizer in the early U.S. labor movement
* Kenney Walker (born 1988), American soccer player

## Surname

* Anne Kenney, American television producer and writer
* Anne R. Kenney (1950–2022), librarian and archivist
* Annie Kenney (1879–1953), English suffragette
* Art Kenney (1916–2014), pitcher in Major League Baseball
* Arthur Kenney (disambiguation)
** Arthur Kenney (basketball) (born 1946), American basketball center
** Arthur Kenney (priest) (died 1855), Irish priest, Dean of Achonry
* Ben Kenney (born 1977), American musician
* Beverly Kenney (1932–1960), American jazz singer
* Bill Kenney (born 1955), American football player and politician
* Bill Kenney (American football coach), American football coach
* Bob Kenney (1931–2014), American basketball player
* Bryn Kenney (born 1986), American professional poker player
* Cam Kenney, New Hampshire politician
* Casey Kenney (born 1991), American mixed martial artist
* Chad F. Kenney (born 1955), United States District Judge
* Charles Lamb Kenney (1821–1881), British writer
* Christine Kenney, professor of disaster risk reduction
* Clarence Kenney (1882–1950), American football player and coach
* Con Kenney (1896–1959), Australian rules footballer
* Crane Kenney, Major League Baseball executive
* David T. Kenney (1866–1922), American inventor with nine patents
* Dennis Kenney, American actor, singer, dancer
* Donald Kenney (born 1938), American politician
* Douglas Kenney (1946–1980), American writer and actor, co-founder of National Lampoon
* Ed Kenney (1933–2018), American singer and actor
* Edward Kenney (disambiguation)
** Edward Aloysius Kenney (1884–1938), American politician
** Edward John Kenney (1924–2019), British Latin professor
** Edward Patrick Kenney (1888–?), Australian World War I flying ace
** Edward Tourtellotte Kenney (1888–1974), merchant, agent and political figure in British Columbia
* Emma Kenney (born 1999), American actress
* Frederick J. Kenney, American Rear Admiral, Judge Advocate General of the US Coast Guard
* Gene Kenney (1928–2022), American wrestler, football player and soccer coach
* George Kenney (1889–1977), United States Army Air Forces general in World War II
* George T. Kenney (born 1957), Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
* H. Wesley Kenney (1926–2015), American television producer and director
* Heather North Kenney (1945–2017), American television and voice actress
* James Kenney (disambiguation)
** James Kenney (dramatist) (1780–1849), English dramatist
** James J. Kenney (1869–1916), American firefighter, first fire chief of Berkeley, California
* Jenny (Jane) Kenney (1884–1961) also known as Jennie, British suffragette and Montessori teacher, sister of Annie Kenney
* Jason Kenney (born 1968), Canadian politician
* Jenny (Jane) Kenney (1884-1961), English suffragette
* Jerry Kenney (born 1945), American Major League Baseball infielder
* Jessie Kenney (1887–1985), English suffragette
* Jessika Kenney, experimental vocalist, composer, and teacher
* Jim Kenney (born 1958), American Democratic politician
* Joe Kenney, American football player and coach
* John Kenney (disambiguation)
** John Kenney (baseball) (1844–1893), American professional baseball player
** John A. Kenney Jr. (1914–2003), American dermatologist
** John T. Kenney (1911–1972), English illustrator
* Joseph Kenney (born 1960), American politician
* June Kenney (1933–2021), American actress
* Kitty Kenney (1880–1952), English suffragette
* Kristie Kenney (born 1955), career U.S. diplomat
* Larry Kenney (born 1947), American radio personality and voice actor
* Laura Kenney (born 1985), Scottish long-distance runner
* Lawrence Joyce Kenney (1930–1990), American Roman Catholic bishop
* Lelon Kenney (1935–2018), American politician, farmer, and businessman
* Leo Kenney (1925–2001), American abstract painter
* Madeline Kenney, American singer-songwriter
* Mart Kenney (1910–2006), Canadian musician and bandleader
* Matthew Kenney (born 1964), American Celebrity chef and author
* Michael Kenney, musician in the English band Iron Maiden
* Mick Kenney (born 1980), British musician, artist, and record producer
* Mo Kenney (born 1990), Canadian singer/songwriter
* Nell Kenney (1876–1953), English suffragette
* Padraic Kenney (born 1963), American historian, writer, and professor
* Pat Kenney (born 1968), American professional wrestler also known as Simon Diamond
* Peter Kenney (1779–1841), Irish Jesuit priest
* Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney, American politician of the Democratic Party
* Raymond Kenney, fictional hacker from the game Watch Dogs
* R. C. Kenney, American college sports coach
* Richard Kenney (disambiguation)
** Richard Kenney (missionary), missionary to Bombay
** Richard Kenney (poet) (born 1948), poet and professor of English
** Richard R. Kenney (1856–1931), American lawyer and politician
* Robyn Kenney (born 1979), American field hockey player
* Sean Kenney (disambiguation)
** Sean Kenney (actor) (born 1944), American actor
** Sean Kenney (artist) (born 1976), New York-based artist
* Seth H. Kenney (1836-1917), American farmer and politician
* Skip Kenney, American swimming coach
* Steve Kenney (born 1955), professional American football player
* Susan Kenney (born 1941), American short story writer and novelist
* Ted Kenney (born 1966), Director, Field and Technical Operations at Fox Sports
* Tim Kenney, director of athletics for St. Bonaventure University
* Vin Kenney (1892–1959), Australian rules footballer
* W. John Kenney (1904–1992), United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy
* William Kenney (1870–1939), president of the Great Northern Railway