…(1935-) US Supreme Court associate justice 1988- ; full name Anthony McLeod Kennedy. Appointed to the Court by President Reagan, he has been noted as a swing vote, but his stance is generally conservative…
…(1888–1969) US businessman and diplomat; full name Joseph Patrick Kennedy; father of John Fitzgerald, Robert Francis, and Edward Moore Kennedy. He made his fortune in banking, the stock market, shipbuilding, and movies…
…(1928-) US writer; full name William Joseph Kennedy. His novels include Ironweed (1983), Quinn’s Book (1988), Very Old Bones (1992), and Roscoe (2002)…
…(1929–94), American First Lady; known as Jackie O; born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier. She married John F. Kennedy in 1953. After he was assassinated she married Aristotle Onassis in 1968…
…Robert (1925–68), US Attorney General 1961-4; full name Robert Francis Kennedy. He closely assisted his brother John in domestic policy, and was also a champion of the civil rights movement. He was assassinated during his campaign as a prospective presidential candidate…
…Ted (1932–2009), brother of John and Robert, US Senator since 1962; full name Edward Moore Kennedy. His political career was overshadowed by his involvement in a car accident at Chappaquiddick Island (1969), in which his assistant Mary Jo Kopechne drowned…
…(1935-) US Supreme Court associate justice 1988- ; full name Anthony McLeod Kennedy. Appointed to the Court by President Reagan, he has been noted as a swing vote, but his stance is generally conservative…
…(1888–1969) US businessman and diplomat; full name Joseph Patrick Kennedy; father of John Fitzgerald, Robert Francis, and Edward Moore Kennedy. He made his fortune in banking, the stock market, shipbuilding, and movies…
…(1928-) US writer; full name William Joseph Kennedy. His novels include Ironweed (1983), Quinn’s Book (1988), Very Old Bones (1992), and Roscoe (2002)…
…(1899–1974), American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader; born Edward Kennedy Ellington. Coming to fame in the early 1930s, Ellington wrote over 900 compositions and was one of the first popular musicians to write extended pieces. Notable works: Mood Indigo (1930)…
…John F. (1917–63), 35th President of the US 1961-3; in full John Fitzgerald Kennedy; known as JFK. The youngest man ever to be elected US President (at 43), he was a popular advocate of civil rights. In foreign affairs he recovered from the Bay of Pigs fiasco to demand successfully the withdrawal of Soviet missiles from Cuba (the Cuban Missile Crisis). Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas…
