Ahmet Kenan Yontunç was born in Constantinople in 1904.

He was married to Feriha, the daughter of Kâzım Sevüktekin, a general of the Turkish War of Independence.

In many Turkish cities such as Amasya, Tekirdağ, Kırklareli, Çorum, Edirne, Silifke, Elazığ, Isparta, Kastamonu, Mersin, Kayseri and Tarsus the Atatürk monuments in the main meeting squares of the city have been created by Yontunç.

In the 1940s, he also created a number of sculptures of İsmet İnönü the second president of Turkey.

[3] Fashion designer, Eda Taşpınar is Kenan Yontunç's grand-granddaughter.