Kennelly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ardyth Kennelly (1912–2005), American novelist *

Arthur E. Kennelly Arthur Edwin Kennelly (December 17, 1861 – June 18, 1939) was an American electrical engineer. Biography Kennelly was born December 17, 1861, in Colaba, in Bombay Presidency, British India, and was educated at University College School in Lond ...

(1861–1939), American engineer *

Barbara B. Kennelly Barbara Bailey Kennelly (born Barbara Ann Bailey; born July 10, 1936) is an American politician. She is the former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut. Family and Educ ...

(born 1936), Connecticut Representative *

Brendan Kennelly Timothy Brendan Kennelly (17 April 1936 – 17 October 2021), usually known as Brendan Kennelly, was an Irish poet and novelist. He was Professor of Modern Literature at Trinity College Dublin until 2005. Following his retirement he was a Pr ...

(1936–2021), Irish poet and novelist *

Jerry Kennelly Jerry Kennelly is an Irish photojournalist and entrepreneur, and founder of Stockbyte and Tweak.com. Career Kennelly started his career by working in his family's newspaper, '' Kerry's Eye'', founded in 1974 by his parents, Pádraig Kennelly P� ...

, Irish photojournalist, founder of Stockbyte and Tweak.com * Joan Kennelly (died 2007), Irish photojournalist *

Keala Kennelly Keala Kennelly (born August 13, 1978) is a professional surfer, DJ, and actress from Kauai, Hawaii. After spending a decade ranked in the top 10 on thASP World Championship Tour (WCT) Kennelly took a break from the tour in 2007 to explore her p ...

(born 1978), American surfer *

Martin H. Kennelly Martin Henry Kennelly (August 11, 1887 – November 29, 1961) was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 47th Mayor of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois from April 15, 1947 until April 20, 1955. Kennelly was a member of the Democra ...

(1887–1961), mayor of Chicago * Matt Kennelly (''Mathew Luke Kennelly''; born 1989), Australian baseball player *

Matthew F. Kennelly Matthew F. Kennelly (born October 6, 1956) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Education and career Kennelly was born in 1956 in Marion, Indiana. He graduated fro ...

(born 1956), Federal District Court Judge in Illinois *

Michael Kennelly Michael F. Kennelly, S.J., (May 22, 1914 – January 3, 2011) was an Irish-born American Jesuit and academic administrator. He was a member of the Society of Jesus for more than seventy-seven years. Kennelly served as the 13th president of Loy ...

(1914–2011), American Jesuit Catholic priest, President of the Loyola University New Orleans (1970–1974) *

Noel Kennelly Noel Kennelly is a footballer from the Listowel Emmets club in North Kerry. He is a son of former Kerry great Tim Kennelly and older brother of Tadhg Kennelly. He won an All-Ireland SFC medal with Kerry in 2000. He won an All-Ireland Under 21 m ...

, Irish Gaelic football player *

Pádraig Kennelly Pádraig Kennelly (10 February 1929 – 21 May 2011) was an Irish journalist, editor, photographer, cameraman and publisher, who co-founded and edited the '' Kerry's Eye'' newspaper. Kennelly originally began his career as a pharmacist. His inter ...

(1929–2011), Irish journalist, editor and photographer *

Pat Kennelly Patrick John Kennelly (3 June 1900 – 12 December 1981) was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he was educated at Catholic schools before becoming a clerk in the Australian Labor Party (ALP) office in Melbourne. He was an organiser ...

(1900–1981), Australian politician * Paul Kennelly (born 1947), Australian rules footballer * Richard Kennelly (born 1965), American Olympic rower *

Ryan Kennelly Ryan Shawn Kennelly (born March 23, 1974) is an American powerlifter who specializes in the bench press. He held the World Powerlifting Organization (WPO) record and held the all-time world record in the assisted (geared) benc ...

(born 1974), American powerlifter *

Sheila Kennelly Sheila Kennelly (born 28 December 1936Willingham, Margot "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Australian Showbiz"Oram, James "Home and Away" Behind the Scene's'' published by Angus and Robertson also credited as Sheila Kenneally, is a British-born ...

(born 1927), Australian actress *

Tadhg Kennelly Tadhg Kennelly (born 1 July 1981) is an Irish-Australian former international sportsperson turned recruiter and coach. He is most known for his top-level careers in both Gaelic football and Australian rules football being the only holder of bot ...

(born 1981), Irish Gaelic football player *

Tim Kennelly Tim Kennelly (6 July 1954 – 6 December 2005) was Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Kerry county team spanned ten years from 1974 to 1984. Born just outside Listowel, County Kerry, Kennelly ...

(1954–2005), Irish Gaelic football player * Tim Kennelly (baseball) (born 1986), Australian baseball player

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