List of Kennedy family members explained

Kennedy
Coat Of Arms:	Coat of Arms of John F. Kennedy.svg
Coat Of Arms Size:	100px
Coat Of Arms Caption:	Coat of arms granted to President John F. Kennedy in 1961 by the Chief Herald of Ireland Gerard Slevin
Type:	Political family
Origin:	Dunganstown, New Ross, Co Wexford, Ireland^[1]
Parent Family:	O'Kennedy
Founder:	Patrick Kennedy (1823–1858)
Titles:	President of the United States First Lady of the United States United States Ambassador (to Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Australia, and Austria) United States Senator United States Congressman United States Attorney General Lieutenant Governor of Maryland State senator State representative Mayor Papal Countess of the Holy Roman Church Marchioness of Hartington
Estate:	83 Beals Street (Brookline, Massachusetts) Kennedy Compound (Hyannis Port, Massachusetts) Hickory Hill (McLean, Virginia) La Querida (Palm Beach, Florida) Wexford (Marshall, Virginia)

The following is a list of notable Kennedy family members, arranged by birth date:

• P. J. Kennedy (1858–1929) businessperson^[2]
• Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888–1969) businessperson, politician^[3]
• Rose Kennedy (1890–1995) philanthropist, socialite, family matriarch
• Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915–1944) U.S. Navy pilot
• Sargent Shriver (1915–2011) diplomat, politician, activist^[4]
• John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States
• William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (1917–1944) British politician and soldier, husband of Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington
• Rosemary Kennedy (1918–2005) sister of John F. Kennedy
• Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, née Kennedy, also known as Kick Kennedy (1920–1948) socialite
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921–2009) philanthropist
• Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924–2006) socialite
• Robert F. Kennedy, also known as RFK and Bobby (1925–1968) lawyer, politician and a leading 1968 Democratic presidential candidate
• Stephen Edward Smith (1927-1990) financial analyst and political strategist, and husband of Jean Kennedy Smith
• Jean Kennedy Smith (1928–2020) diplomat, activist, and humanitarian
• Ethel Kennedy née Skakel (born 1928)
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994) First Lady of the United States
• Ted Kennedy (1932–2009) lawyer, politician
• Joan Bennett Kennedy (born 1936) ex-wife of Ted Kennedy
• Joseph P. Kennedy II (born 1952) businessperson, politician^[5]
• Victoria Reggie Kennedy (born 1954) United States Ambassador to Austria
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (born 1954) son of Robert F. Kennedy, environmental lawyer, former assistant district attorney
• Maria Shriver (born 1955) journalist, author, former First Lady of California^[6]
• David A. Kennedy (1955–1984) son of Robert F. Kennedy^{[7] [8]}
• Christopher Kennedy Lawford (1955–2018) actor, activist^[9]
• Arabella Kennedy (1956–1956) stillborn daughter of John F. Kennedy
• Courtney Kennedy Hill (born 1956) daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy
• Caroline Kennedy (born 1957) author, diplomat
• Michael LeMoyne Kennedy (1958–1997) lawyer, businessperson.^[10]
• Mary Kerry Kennedy (born 1959) lawyer, author and human rights activist.
• Mary Richardson Kennedy (1959-2012) Former wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• Kara Kennedy (1960–2011) filmmaker, television producer^[11]
• John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960–1999) lawyer, journalist, magazine publisher
• Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (1963–1963) infant son of President John F. Kennedy
• Baby Kennedy (1963–1963) miscarriage of Ted and Joan Kennedy
• Baby Kennedy (1964–1964) miscarriage of Ted and Joan Kennedy
• Max Kennedy (born 1965) American lawyer and author
• Cheryl Hines (born 1965) third wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (1966–1999) publicist^[12]
• Patrick J. Kennedy (born 1967) politician, mental health advocate^[13]
• Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy (born 1968) documentary filmmaker
• Baby Kennedy (1969–1969) The third miscarriage of Ted and Joan Kennedy
• Maeve Kennedy McKean (1979–2020) public health official, human rights attorney, academic^[14]
• Joseph Patrick Kennedy III (born 1980) politician and diplomat.
  • Saoirse Kennedy Hill (1997–2019) granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy who was a candidate for the Democratic Party in the 1968 United States presidential election Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean (2011–2020) son of Maeve Kennedy McKean who both drowned in 2020 after being missing for two days

See also

• List of lists of political families

Notes and References

1. News: 1963: Warm welcome for JFK in Ireland . https://web.archive.org/web/20160803125829/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/27/newsid_4461000/4461115.stm . dead . August 3, 2016 . June 27, 1963 . BBC . January 4, 2021 .
2. Book: Kearns Goodwin . Doris . The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys . 1991 . Macmillan . 0-312-06354-7 . 412 . Doris Kearns Goodwin.
3. Web site: Generations of the Kennedy Family American Experience PBS . 2023-01-12 . www.pbs.org . en.
4. Web site: The Kennedy Family JFK Library . 2023-01-12 . www.jfklibrary.org.
5. Book: Heymann, Clemens D. . American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy . . 2007 . 978-0-7434-9738-1 . 194.
6. https://www.smh.com.au/world/shriver-known-for-her-political-bloodlines-20031009-gdhjy5.html Shriver known for her political bloodlines
7. News: Bill Adler . November 26, 1980 . David Kennedy couldn't shake guilt feelings . . 2009-09-05.
8. News: Vivian Marino . May 16, 1984 . Two arrested in the death of David Kennedy . . 2009-09-05.
9. News: Tsang . Amie . September 5, 2018 . Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Actor and Author Who Battled Addiction, Dies at 63 . The New York Times . February 27, 2019.
10. News: January 3, 1998 . Michael Kennedy laid to rest . CNN .
11. News: Matt Viser . Donovan Slack . Michael Levenson . September 17, 2011 . Kara Kennedy, daughter of Ted Kennedy, dies at age 51 . .
12. News: July 22, 1996 . Crash and Search Time Line . Washington Post .
13. Web site: Politics . Matthew Jaffe, University of Chicago Institute of . May 2, 2016 . Patrick Kennedy opens up about addiction . July 9, 2016 . CNN.
14. News: Swalec . Andrea . Drimmer . Ilana . West . Willard . April 4, 2020 . 2 Members of Kennedy Family Presumed Dead After Canoeing Off Chesapeake Bay . . NBC Owned Television Stations (NBCUniversal) . Washington, D.C. . April 8, 2020.