Kennard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Beulah Elfreth Kennard, American educator and writer
- Bob Kennard, Welsh writer and agriculturist
- Caroline Kennard (1827–1907), naturalist and women's rights activist
- Clyde Kennard, American civil rights activist
- Coleridge Kennard (disambiguation)
- Devon Kennard, American football linebacker
- Earle Hesse Kennard, physicist
- Francis J. Kennard, American architect
- Howard William Kennard (1878–1955), a British diplomat
- Hugh Kennard, World War II RAF officer and post-war owner of a number of airlines
- John Kennard (disambiguation)
- Jonathan Kennard, English racing driver
- Joyce Kennard, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
- Kyle Kennard (born 2001), American football player
- Luke Kennard (disambiguation)
- Luke Kennard (poet) (born 1981), British poet and critic
- Luke Kennard (basketball) (born 1996), American basketball player
- Margaret Kennard, neurologist
- Martin P. Kennard (1818–1903), American abolitionist and businessman
- Matthew Kennard (disambiguation)
- Matt Kennard (actor) (born 1982), English actor
- Matt Kennard (journalist) (born 1983), English journalist
- Robert Kennard (1800–1870), English merchant, financier and entrepreneur
- Sean Kennard, Japanese‐American classical pianist
- William Kennard, the US Ambassador to the European Union