Home › Entities › human › Charles Kennedy

Charles Kennedy

British politician (1959-2015)
Person human Q332950

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[23]
Date of birth
November 25, 1959
Date of death
June 1, 2015
Place of birth
Inverness
Place of death
Fort William
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
politician, journalist
Employer
BBC Scotland[19]
Position held
Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom, substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, President of the Liberal Democrats[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Educated at
University of Glasgow, Lochaber High School[20][21]
Member of political party
Liberal Democrats, Labour Party, Social Democratic Party[24][25][26]
Award received
Fulbright Scholarship[22]
Cause of death
internal bleeding[27]
Work location
London[30]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[31]
Birth name
Charles Peter Kennedy[32]
Candidacy in election
2010 United Kingdom general election, 2005 United Kingdom general election, 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1987 United Kingdom general election, 1992 United Kingdom general election, 2001 United Kingdom general election, 1997 United Kingdom general election[34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
Family name
Kennedy[28]
Given name
Charles[29]
Name in native language
Charles Kennedy[33]
Writing language
English[41]
🏷️ Also known as
en Charles Kennedy ar تشارلز كينيدي fa چارلز کندی ja チャールズ・ケネディ ko 찰스 케네디 pl Charles Peter Kennedy ru Чарльз Питер Кеннеди ru Кеннеди Чарльз Питер ru Кеннеди Ч. ru Кеннеди, Чарльз ru Кеннеди, Чарльз Питер ru Кеннеди Ч. П. ru Чарльз Кеннеди sv Kennedy uk Чарльз Кеннеді zh 查尔斯·肯尼迪 zh-hant 查爾斯·肯尼迪
🔖 Identifiers · 44
ISNI
0000000104675062
VIAF cluster ID
13254573
Library of Congress authority ID
nb99178942
GND ID
124898149
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Charles Kennedy MP (cropped).jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
1bbc1b38-2d8d-4f47-becd-12510bee5923
C-SPAN person numeric ID
81212
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
charleskennedy02
Companies House officer ID
9Z9hSHrO1MQQ_ylmtjwe3MmSuoU
DDB person (GND) ID
124898149
Democracy Club candidate ID
3736
Discogs artist ID
4259815
Show all 44 identifiers +32
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Charles-Kennedy
FAST ID
456205
Freebase ID
/m/0n5r9
GTAA ID
115844
Gazetteer for Scotland person ID
570
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Charles_Peter_Kennedy
Hansard (1803–2005) ID
mr-charles-kennedy
Hansard (2006–March 2016) ID
1268
IdRef ID
052744353
Journalisted ID
charles-kennedy
Lex ID
Charles_Kennedy
Munzinger person ID
00000023132
MusicBrainz artist ID
267409a2-e620-4d25-ae65-c12649f9cc1e
NE.se ID
charles-kennedy
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp14409
Notable Names Database ID
951/000047810
OpenSanctions ID
Charles Kennedy
Our Campaigns candidate ID
23905
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
110477
PACE member ID
6669
Parliament.uk member ID
634
Plex person key
5f3fb95c1ae7100041fbfdb5, 5e163603bc1372003ea6ba60
Prabook ID
944758
PublicWhip ID
Charles_Kennedy
Quora topic ID
Charles-Kennedy-3
Rush Parliamentary Archive ID
409
TV Maze person ID
66234
TheyWorkForYou ID
10334
UK Parliament ID
z2qhGKvY
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
301593
WikiTree person ID
Kennedy-19291
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjT6cgFtcGvPFfwbyQ8YP

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Candidacy in election 7
2010 United Kingdom general election, 2005 United Kingdom general election, 1997 United Kingdom general election, 2001 United Kingdom general election, 1992 United Kingdom general election, 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1987 United Kingdom general election
Member of political party 3
Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Social Democratic Party
Occupation 2
politician, journalist
Award received 1
Fulbright Scholarship
Cause of death 1
internal bleeding
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
University of Glasgow
Employer 1
BBC Scotland
Family name 1
Kennedy
Given name 1
Charles
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
OpenSanctions ID 1
Charles Kennedy
Place of birth 1
Inverness
Place of death 1
Fort William
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
London
Writing language 1
English
← OpenSanctions ID 1
Charles Kennedy
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Charles Kennedy was born on November 25, 1959[1], in Inverness[2]. He died on June 1, 2015[3], in Fort William[4]. He worked as a politician[5] and journalist[6].

FAQs

Where was Charles Kennedy born?

Charles Kennedy's place of birth was Inverness[2].

Where did Charles Kennedy die?

Charles Kennedy passed away in Fort William[4].

What did Charles Kennedy do for work?

Charles Kennedy worked as a politician[5] and journalist[6].

Where did Charles Kennedy go to school?

Charles Kennedy was educated at University of Glasgow[20] and Lochaber High School[21].

What awards did Charles Kennedy receive?

Honors received include Fulbright Scholarship[22].

Related Entities

London United Kingdom

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . TheyWorkForYou. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . TheyWorkForYou. wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . TheyWorkForYou. wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . TheyWorkForYou. wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Hansard 1803–2005. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . Hansard 1803–2005. wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Hansard 1803–2005. wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . assembly.coe.int. assembly.coe.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . assembly.coe.int. assembly.coe.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Charles Kennedy. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/charles-kennedy
MLA “Charles Kennedy.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 4 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/charles-kennedy.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_charles-kennedy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Charles Kennedy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/charles-kennedy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Charles Kennedy — https://4ort.xyz/entity/charles-kennedy (retrieved 2026-11-04)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/charles-kennedy · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discogs artist ID → 4259815
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/62840|batch #62840]]: Importing Discogs artist IDs into Wikidata from MusicBrainz, after ensuring matching labels part2"
  2. 19d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'ga', '
    Sitelink count → 30
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||4 */ source for place of birth, source for place of death, source for occupation, source for date of birth from Store norske leksikon ([[Wikida"
  3. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    TV Maze person ID → 66234
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ TV Maze person ID: 66234, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270242|batch #270242]]"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → University of Glasgow, Lochaber High School
    Place of birth → Inverness
    Member of political party → Liberal Democrats, Labour Party, Social Democratic Party
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32084|batch #32084]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.