Robert F. Kennedy
(1925-1968)
United States politician
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Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also known as RFK and Bobby, was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 64th United States attorney general from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968, when he was running for the Democratic presidential nomination. Like his brothers John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, he was a prominent member of the Democratic Party and is considered an icon of modern American liberalism.
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Robert Francis Kennedy 20 November 1925 Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
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| Died |
6 June 1968 (aged 42) Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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Spouse
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Ethel Kennedy 1928-2024 · American human-rights campaigner and spouse of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy · m. 1950
Children
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Kathleen Hartington Kennedy 1st child with Ethel Kennedy Female b. 4 Jul 1951 · Age: 74 · 1951- · Lieutenant Governor of Maryland from 1995 to 2003 -
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II 2nd child with Ethel Kennedy Male b. 24 Sep 1952 · Age: 72 · 1952- · American businessman and politician, Massachusetts -
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. 3rd child with Ethel Kennedy Male b. 17 Jan 1954 · Age: 71 · 1954- · American attorney and anti-vaccine activist -
David Anthony Kennedy 4th child with Ethel Kennedy Male b. 15 Jun 1955 d. 25 Apr 1984 · Age: 28 (at death) · 1955-1984 · American socialite -
Mary Courtney Kennedy 5th child with Ethel Kennedy Female b. 9 Sep 1956 · Age: 68 · 1956- · American relative -
Michael LeMoyne Kennedy 6th child with Ethel Kennedy Male b. 27 Feb 1958 d. 31 Dec 1997 · Age: 39 (at death) · 1958-1997 · American lawyer and businessman -
Mary Kerry Kennedy 7th child with Ethel Kennedy Female b. 8 Sep 1959 · Age: 65 · 1959- · American human rights activist -
Christopher G. Kennedy 8th child with Ethel Kennedy Male b. 4 Jul 1963 · Age: 62 · 1963- · American businessman -
Maxwell Kennedy 9th child with Ethel Kennedy Male b. 11 Jan 1965 · Age: 60 · 1965- · American lawyer and author -
Douglas Harriman Kennedy 10th child with Ethel Kennedy Male b. 24 Mar 1967 · Age: 58 · 1967- · American journalist -
Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy 11th child with Ethel Kennedy Female b. 12 Dec 1968 · Age: 56 · 1968- · American filmmaker
Parents
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Rose Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy · m. 1914
Siblings
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Joseph · Older Brother · 1915- · Celebrity Baby
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy · Older Brother · 1917-1963 · President of the United States from 1961 to 1963 -
Rosemary · Older Brother · 1918- · Celebrity Baby
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Eunice · Older Sister · 1921- · Celebrity Baby
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Patricia · Older Sister · 1924- · Celebrity Baby
Other family members
17
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis · 1929-1994 · First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963 view couple »
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