Hugh Kennedy may refer to:

• Hugh Kennedy (judge) (1879–1936), Attorney-General of Ireland and Chief Justice
• Hugh N. Kennedy (born 1947), professor in history of the Islamic Middle East
• Hugh Kennedy (New Orleans), mayor of New Orleans, 1865–1866
• Hugh Alexander Kennedy (1809–1878), British chess master and army captain
• Hugh Kennedy of Girvanmains, Scottish courtier, soldier, and landowner.