Kenneth Charles “Jethro” Burns (March 10, 1920 – February 4, 1989) was an American mandolinist and one-half of the comedy duo Homer and Jethro with Henry D. “Homer” Haynes.

Burns was born in Conasauga, Tennessee, on March 10, 1920. His family moved to Knoxville, Tennesseewhen he was three. In 1936, he auditioned for a talent contest at Knoxville radio station WNOX where he met Henry Haynes, also 16. The two formed a duo and WNOX program director Lowell Blanchard gave them the stage names Homer and Jethro after forgetting their names on the air.