Walter Kennedy may refer to: Walter Kennedy (poet) (c. 1455–c. 1508), Scottish poet Walter Kennedy (pirate) (died 1721), Irish pirate Walter S. Kennedy (died 1954), All-American football player for the University of Chicago, 1897–1898 J. Walter Kennedy (1912–1977), commissioner of the National Basketball Association Wally Kennedy (born 1948), radio host Walter L. Kennedy (1920–1997), politician in the Vermont House of Representatives