William Kennedy
William Kennedy may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- William Kennedy , American Pulitzer-winning novelist
- William Stetson Kennedy, American author and civil rights activist
- William Kennedy , Scottish poet, journalist, and diplomat
- William Kennedy , Scottish painter
- William Denholm Kennedy, Scottish historical, genre and landscape painter
- William Kennedy, drummer for Yellowjackets
Politics and law
- William Kennedy , U.S. Congressman from North Carolina
- William Kennedy , American politician, acting governor of New Jersey
- William Kennedy , miner, restaurant and hotel proprietor, 8th mayor of Missoula, Montana
- William Kennedy , American lawyer and legislator
- William Kennedy , United States congressman from Connecticut
- William Nassau Kennedy, Manitoba politician, mayor of Winnipeg
- William James Kennedy , Manitoba politician
- William Walker Kennedy, Manitoba politician and lawyer
- William Farris Kennedy, British Columbia politician
- William Costello Kennedy, Canadian businessman and politician
- William Rann Kennedy, British jurist and Lord Justice of Appeal, classical scholar
- William Francis Kennedy, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- William H. Kennedy III, American lawyer and associate counsel to president Clinton
Sports
- William Kennedy
- William Kennedy , English footballer
- William Kennedy, Scottish footballer
- William Kennedy , Canadian Olympic athlete
- William Kennedy , American marathoner, 3rd at the 1927 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- William Kennedy , New Zealand cricketer
- William Kennedy, Australian rugby league player
- William Kennedy, Australian rugby league player
Other
- William Kennedy , Canadian sailor and searcher for John Franklin
- William Kennedy , British admiral
- William Clark-Kennedy, Canadian serviceman and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Quarrier Kennedy, British geologist
- William James Kennedy, British geologist
- William Kennedy Smith, American physician and member of the Kennedy family
- William John Kennedy, activist for the rights of Australian Aborigines
- William Parker Kennedy, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen from 1949 to 1962
- William Kennedy , Anglican priest in Ireland
- W. P. M. Kennedy, Canadian historian and legal scholar