Kenyon Vickers Painter (January 14, 1867 – March 20, 1940) was an American banker, noted big game hunter, art collector and philanthropist.

His mother, Lydia Ethel Farmer Painter, was a writer and an explorer whose exploits she detailed in her book Under Egypt's Skies.

Additionally, Painter, made major investments in East Africa experimenting with the introduction of coffee and tea plantations in order to provide opportunities and economic growth for the area.

This decision was widely considered to be politically motivated due to Kenyon's affiliation with Teddy Roosevelt, and the Republican Party.

Painter had hunted in German East Africa as early as 1907, and when the area became Tanganyika, he invested heavily in the region, buying 11,000 acres of land outside Arusha which he turned into a coffee plantation.

He also built a post office, church, hospital, and a hotel in Arusha, and established a coffee research center in nearby Tengeru.