Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
1 character
(character) Kenneth 1994 What's the Frequency, Kenneth? 
Fictional Characters from Television:
3 characters
Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson 1975 Starsky & Hutch
Kenny McCormick 1997 South Park
Ken Cosgrove 2007 Mad Men
Hall-of-Famers:
5 football, 2 ice hockey, 1 baseball
(ice hockey) Ken Reardon 1966
(football) Ken Strong 1967
(ice hockey) Ken Dryden 1983
(football) Ken Houston 1986
(football) Ken Stabler 2016
(baseball) Ken Griffey Jr. 2016
(football) Kenny Easley 2017
(football) Ken Riley 2023
Most Valuable Players:
4 winners
Ken Stabler 1974 football
Ken Anderson 1981 football
Ken Caminiti 1996 baseball
Ken Griffey Jr. 1997 baseball
New Zealand Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Mike Moore (middle name Kenneth) 1990
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 economics, 1 physics
(economics) Kenneth Arrow 1972
(physics) Kenneth G. Wilson 1982
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
15 actors, 1 comedian, 1 presenter
Kenneth More 1914-1982
Kenneth Connor 1918-1993
Ken Dodd 1927-2018
Ken Berry 1933-2018
Ken Kercheval 1935-2019
James Brolin (middle name Kenneth) 1940-
Ken Howard 1944-2016
Ken Olin 1954-
Ken Stott 1954-
Kenneth Branagh 1960-
Chi McBride (a.k.a. Kenneth) 1961-
Michael K. Williams (middle name Kenneth) 1966-2021
Ken Leung 1970-
Ken Jennings 1974-
Kenneth Mitchell 1974-2024
Cole Hauser (middle name Kenneth) 1975-
David Harbour (middle name Kenneth) 1975-
Notable Athletes:
3 soccer, 2 baseball, 2 tennis, 1 driving, 1 football, 1 ice hockey, 1 rugby
(driving) Ken Miles 1918-1966
(tennis) Ken Rosewall 1934-
(football) Ken Stabler 1945-2015
(ice hockey) Ken Dryden 1947-
(baseball) Ken Caminiti 1963-2004
(tennis) Ken Flach 1963-2018
(baseball) Ken Griffey Jr. 1969-
(soccer) Kenneth Vermeer 1986-
(rugby) Ken Owens 1987-
(soccer) Kenneth Omeruo 1993-
(soccer) Kenneth Taylor 2002-
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director
Ken Loach 1936-
Notable Musicians:
4 musicians, 1 musician/singer, 1 singer
Earl Hines (middle name Kenneth) 1903-1983
Kenny Rogers 1938-2020
Elton John (middle name Kenneth) 1947-
Kenny Loggins 1948-
Kenny G. 1956-
Darrin "Snow" O'Brien (middle name Kenneth) 1969-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 economist
Kenneth Arrow 1921-2017
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 engineer, 1 physicist
Kenneth G. Wilson 1936-2013
Ken Thompson 1943-
Notable Writers:
2 authors, 1 poet
Kenneth Grahame 1859-1932
Kenneth Rexroth 1905-1982
Ken Follett 1949-
Olympic Medalists:
9 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze, 1 bronze/silver, 1 silver/gold
(bronze/silver) Ken Huszagh 1912 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Ken Doherty 1928 decathlon
(gold) Ken Carpenter 1936 discus throw
(silver) Ken Jones 1948 4x100 m relay
(gold) Kenny Rollins 1948 basketball
(silver) Ken Wiesner 1952 high jump
(gold) Ken Matthews 1964 20 km walk
(gold) Kenneth Sitzberger 1964 diving - springboard
(silver/gold) Ken Walsh 1968 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) Ken Spain 1968 basketball
(silver) Kenneth Davis 1972 basketball
(gold) Kenny Carr 1976 basketball
(gold) Ken Flach 1988 tennis
(gold) Allen Johnson (middle name Kenneth) 1996 110 m hurdles
(gold) Kenny Brokenburr 2000 4x100 m relay
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
3 musicians
Elton John (middle name Kenneth) 1994
Kenney Jones 2012 Small Faces/Faces
Kenny Laguna 2015 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Saints:
1 saint
Saint Cainnech (a.k.a. Kenneth) ?-599
Scottish Kings and Queens:
3 kings
King Cináed I mac Ailpín (a.k.a. Kenneth) 841-859
King Cináed II (a.k.a. Kenneth) 971-995
King Cináed III (a.k.a. Kenneth) 997-1005