Joseph Kenner (June 24, 1794 – January 20, 1868) was an Austrian public official, artist and district governor of Freistadt and Bad Ischl.
Kenner was born illegitimate in Vienna and raised by his mother (née Harl) in Linz with the musical von Spaun family.
He then entered the Seminary of Vienna, where he met the composer Franz Schubert, who set several of his poems to music.
Kenner studied jurisprudence and political science and became an intern of the district and tax office in Linz in 1822 and promoted to magistrate in 1843.
Kenner also collected coins for the Upper Austrian Museum Association (now the Landesmuseum).