Kennett (surname)

Kennett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Barney Kennett (born 1955), English speedway rider
• Basil Kennett (1674–1715), English cleric, college president
• Bob Kennett (fl. 1967–1970), New Zealand-American racing car driver
• Brackley Kennett (fl. 1765–1781), English Sheriff & Lord Mayor of London
• Brady Kennett (born 1974), New Zealander racing car driver
• Brian Kennett (born 1948), English-Australian seismologist
• Kennett Bros (fl. 1986–2014), New Zealand mountain bikers, event organisers, authors
• Edward Kennett (born 1986), British speedway rider
• Fred Kennett (1908–1994), Australian rules football player
• Gordon Kennett (1953–2023), British speedway rider
• Houn Jiyu-Kennett (1924–1996), English rōshi
• Jeff Kennett (born 1948), Australian politician
• Luther Martin Kennett (1807–1873), US politician
• Muriel Kennett Wales (1913–2009), Irish-Canadian mathematician
• Murray Kennett (born 1952), Canadian hockey player
• Paul Kennett (fl. 1992), British rugby league footballer
• Rick Kennett (born 1956), Australian author
• Robert Hatch "R.H." Kennett (1864–1932) English professor of Hebrew
• Todd P. Kennett (born 1969), US rowing coach
• White Kennett (1660–1728), English bishop, antiquarian

The name has also been used as a given name

• William Kennett Loftus (1820–1858), English geologist, naturalist, explorer, archaeological excavator
• Kennett Love (1924–2013), US journalist
• John Kennett Starnes (1918–2014), Canadian civil servant, diplomat, novelist.