Kenneth

Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: Cainnech and Cináed. The modern Gaelic form of Cainnech is Coinneach; the name was derived from a byname meaning "handsome", "comely". The name Cinaed is partly derived from the Celtic *aidhu, meaning "fire". A short form of Kenneth is Ken or Kenn. A pet form of Kenneth is Kenny. 2People (see also Ken (name) and Kenny) Cainnech of Aghaboe, Ireland, Saint Canice or Saint Kenneth Saint Cenydd or Welsh Saint Keneth, (a separate individual from above) Kenneth, born Kenneth Battelle but known simply as Kenneth, celebrity hairdresser Kenneth MacAlpin, Kenneth I of Scotland Kenneth II of Scotland Kenneth III of Scotland Kenneth J. Alford, composer Kenneth Allott, poet Kenneth Amis, tuba player Kenneth Anger, avant-garde-film director Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Peace Prize winner for Economics, 1972 Kenneth Bager, Danish musician and record producer Kenneth Bainbridge, physicist Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, UK Home Secretary Kenneth Benton, (1909–1999) British MI6 officer and author Kenneth Bianchi, one of the Hillside Stranglers Kenneth Bigley, contractor, beheaded on television in Iraq Kenneth E. Boulding, economist Kenneth Box, British track and field sprinter Kenneth Lee Boyd, murderer Kenneth Branagh, Shakespearean and film actor Kenneth Bron (Kenny B), Surinamese-born singer Kenneth Bruffee, Professor emeritus at Brooklyn College Kenneth Burke, American literary theorist and philosopher Kenneth Calman, English chief medical officer Kenneth Carpenter, paleontologist Kenneth Arnold Chesney, country singer Kenneth Clark, English art historian Kenneth Clark (psychologist) Kenneth Clarke, Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Cole (designer), clothing designer Kenneth Colley, actor Kenneth R. Conklin, activist Kenneth Connor, British comedic actor Kenneth Cope, actor Kenneth Cope (musician), Mormon music composer Kenneth Darling, British general Kenneth C. Davis, author Kenneth Dougall, Australian football player Kenneth Dover (1920–2010), British academic Kenneth "K. K." Downing, guitarist Kenneth Edmonds ("Babyface"), American R&B singer Kenneth Erskine, serial killer Kenneth Fearing, American poet Kenneth Feinberg, attorney Kenneth B. Ferguson, American politician Kenneth Frampton, architect and architecture critic John Kenneth Galbraith, economist Kenneth Gamble, songwriter and producer Kenneth J. Gergen, American psychologist Kenneth R. Giddens, broadcaster Kenneth Gorelick (Kenny G), smooth jazz professional saxophonist Kenneth Grahame, author Kenneth C. Griffin, billionaire Kenneth E. Hagin, Pentecostal minister Kenneth L. Hale, linguist Kenneth Halliwell, lover and murderer of Joe Orton Kenneth Ham, astronaut Kenneth Horne, actor and comedian Kenneth Gardner Hughes, Canadian politician Kenneth Irons, comic book character in Witchblade Kenneth E. Iverson, computer scientist, developed the APL programming language Kenneth Kaunda, first President of Zambia Kenneth Keating, US Senator Kenneth Kedi, Marshallese politician Kenneth Kendall, newsreader Kenneth Kennedy (speed skater), Australian Winter Olympian Jonathan King, born Kenneth George King, pop music mogul Kenneth Kitchen, Egyptologist Kenneth Klassen, Canadian sex tourist Kenneth Koch, poet Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Kenneth Ma, Hong Kong actor Kenneth McKellar (politician), American politician Kenneth McKellar (singer), Scottish singer Kenneth More, actor (Genevieve, Reach for the Sky) Kenneth L. Odinet, Sr., American politician Kenneth O'Keefe, activist Kenneth A. Oye, Associate Professor of Political Science and Engineering Systems, MIT Kenneth Perez, Danish footballer Kenneth Lee Pike, linguist and anthropologist Kenneth Platts, British composer Kenneth Rexroth, American poet Kenneth Robinson, politician and broadcaster Kenneth Rose, royal biographer Kenneth Ross, Scottish-American screenwriter of the films The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, etc. Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright, and screenwriter of the film Breaker Morant Kenneth Searight, linguist Kenneth Shaw ("Buzz" Shaw), college chancellor Kenneth Sheets, American politician Kenneth Starr, special investigator of U.S. President Bill Clinton Kenneth M. Taylor, American WWII pilot Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman, billionaire Kenneth Tigar, American actor Kenneth Tolon II (b. 1981), college football player Kenneth Tynan, critic Kenneth Warren (politician),