Kennington is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alan Kennington (rugby), Australian rugby player Alan Kennington (writer) (1906–1986), British novelist D. J. Kennington (born 1977), Canadian stock car racing driver Dale Kennington (1935–2017), American artist Eric Kennington (1888–1960), English sculptor Jill Kennington (born 1943), British fashion model and photographer Richard Kennington (1921–1999), American philosopher Thomas Benjamin Kennington (1856–1916), British painter