Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: K
Updated August 5, 2020 |
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- Ish Kabibble, trumpeter, comedian
- Ted Kaczynski, terrorist
- Pauline Kael, film critic
- Kato Kaelin, actor
- Elena Kagan, lawyer, professor
- Frida Kahlo, artist
- Madeline Kahn, actor, comedian
- Tim Kaine, State Governor
- Henry John Kaiser, entrepreneur, industrial contractor
- Mindy Kaling, actor, comedian
- Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, musician
- Dean Kamen, inventor
- Jack Kamen, cartoonist
- Wassily Kandinsky, artist
- Immanuel Kant, philosopher
- Narinder S. Kapany, physicist
- The Brothers Karamazov, fictional character
- Donna Karan, fashion designer, business executive
- Khloe Kardashian, celebrity relative
- Kimberly Kardashian, socialitem, entrepreneur
- Kourtney Kardashian, celebrity relative
- Adriana Karembeu, model
- Maulana Karenga, scholar
- Tawakkol Karman, activist
- Yousuf Karsh, photographer
- Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
- Casey Kasem, radio personality
- Lawrence Kasdan, director, screenwriter, producer
- John Kasich, political figure, TV personality
- Carmen Kass, model
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum, former U.S. senator from Kansas
- Andy Kaufman, comedian, actor
- Stanley Kauffmann, writer, film reviewer
- Patrick Kavanagh, poet
- Danny Kaye, actor, singer, Humanitarian
- Elia Kazan, director, producer, writer, actor
- Margaret Keane, artist
- Buster Keaton, comedian, filmmaker
- Diane Keaton, actor, filmmaker
- Michael Keaton, actor
- Maynard James Keenan, vocalist
- Catherine Keener, actor
- Bob Keeshan, TV personality
- Keiko, killer whale
- Garrison Keillor, radio personality, writer
- Harvey Keitel, actor
- Brian Keith, actor
- Toby Keith, country singer
- Helen Keller, activist
- Sally Kellerman, actress
- David E. Kelley, television writer, producer
- DeForest Kelley, actor
- Jill Kelley, scandal figure, socialite
- John Harvey Kellogg, surgeon, advocate of dietary reform
- Alvin 'Shipwreck' Kelly, daredevil
- Emmett Kelly, Sr., clown
- Gene Kelly, dancer, filmmaker
- Grace Kelly, actor, royalty
- Leontine Kelly, religious leader
- Megyn Kelly, TV personality
- Minka Kelly, actor
- R. Kelly, musician, songwriter
- Wolfgang von Kempelen, inventor
- Anna Kendrick, actor
- Anthony M. Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court justice, jurist
- Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, political relative
- Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy, political figure
- Ethel Kennedy, political figure
- George Kennedy, actor
- John F. Kennedy, Jr., publisher, political relative
- Joseph Kennedy, Jr., aviator, political relative
- Joseph Kennedy, Sr., business personality, political figure
- Kathleen Kennedy, producer
- Michael Kennedy, political figure, activist
- Robert F. Kennedy, political figure
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, president's mother
- Rosemary Kennedy, political relative
- Douglas Kenney, humorist
- Jason Kenny, bicycle racer
- Alexander Kerensky, political figure
- Jack Kerouac, writer
- Walter Kerr , theater critic
- Alexandra Kerry, political relative
- John Kerry, political figure
- Teresa Heinz Kerry, political relative, philanthropist
- Vanessa Kerry, political relative
- Ke$ha, singer
- Ken Kesey, writer
- Hank Ketcham, cartoonist
- Jack Kevorkian, medical pathologist, activist, convict
- Alan Keyes, political figure, radio personality
- Daniel Keyes, writer
- John Maynard Keynes, economist
- Alicia Keys, singer
- King Hamad Al Khalifa, royalty
- Ali Akbar Khan, musician
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, singer
- Har Gobind Khorana, biochemist
- Khufu (Cheops), ruler of egypt
- Jason Kidd, basketball player
- William Kidd, pirate
- Margot Kidder, actress
- Nicole Kidman, actor
- Lord Killanin, Olympic Committee president, journalist
- Kwame Kilpatrick, mayor of Detroit
- Val Kilmer, actor
- Lil' Kim, rapper
- Junior Kimbrough, guitarist and singer
- James J. Kim, entrepreneur
- Steve Kim, electronics entrepreneur
- Jimmy Kimmel, comedian, talk show host
- King Abdullah II, royalty
- King Charles I, royalty
- King George V, royalty
- King Henry VI, royalty
- King Louis XVI, royalty
- Alan King, actor, comedian, producer
- B.B. King, guitarist, blues musician
- Billie Jean King, tennis player
- Carole King, pop songwriter, singer
- Coretta Scott King, civil rights figure
- Henrietta Chamberlain King, rancher
- James King, model, actor
- Larry King, TV personality
- Rodney King, beating victim
- Stephen King, writer
- William R. King, political figure, U.S. Vice President
- Anna Kingsley, Plantation owner and former slave
- Ben Kingsley, actor
- Dorothy Kingsley, screenwriter
- Mary Henrietta Kingsley, explorer
- Barbara Kingsolver, writer
- Maxine Hong Kingston, writer
- Greg Kinnear, actor
- Jeff Kinney, writer
- Sean Kinney , drummer
- Thomas Kinsella , poet
- Alfred Kinsey, zoologist, sexologist
- Klaus Kinski, actor
- Nastassja Kinski, actress
- Kunta Kinte, slave, literary Hero
- Malachi Kirby, actor
- Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, president of Argentina
- Captain James T. Kirk, fictional character
- Kiss, rock group
- Henry Kissinger, political figure
- Eartha Kitt, singer, dancer, and actress
- Hello Kitty, cartoon character
- Paul Klee, artist
- Calvin Klein, fashion designer, business personality
- Richard G. Kleindienst, U.S. attorney general
- Werner Klemperer, actor
- Gustav Klimt, artist
- Kevin Kline, actor
- Jack Klugman, actor
- Heidi Klum, model
- Hildegard Knef, actress and singer
- Evel Knievel, daredevil
- Phil Knight, business personality
- Suge Knight, business personality
- Ted Knight, actor
- Keira Knightley, actor
- Alfred A. Knopf, book publisher
- Mark Knopfler, musician, songwriter, composer
- Don Knotts, actor
- Beyoncé Knowles, singer, actor
- John Knowles, novelist
- Amanda Knox, murder suspect
- Rose Markward Knox, food products manufacturer
- Johnny Knoxville, actor, TV Personality
- Kid Koala, turntablist, dj
- Takeru Kobayashi, speed eater
- Walter Koenig, actor
- Koko, gorilla
- King Kong, movie monster
- E. L. Konigsburg, Children's book author
- Joseph Kony, revolutionary, outlaw
- Jeff Koons, artist
- Mary Jo Kopechne, accident victim
- Barbara Kopple, filmmaker
- Fred Korematsu, activist
- David Koresh, religious figure
- Korn, metal band
- Michael Kors, fashion designer
- Alexandra Kosteniuk, chess player
- Anna Kournikova, tennis player
- Ernie Kovacs, actor, comedian
- Ed Kowalczyk, vocals, guitar
- Diana Krall, jazz musician
- Joey Kramer, drummer
- Stanley Kramer, film director
- John Krasinski, actor
- Alison Krauss, country musician, country singer
- Lenny Kravitz, musician
- S. S. Kresge, merchant, philanthropist
- The Amazing Kreskin, paranormalist, TV personality
- Bill Kreutzmann, drummer
- Robby Krieger, guitarist
- Kris Kristofferson, composer, singer, actor
- Raymond A. Kroc, business personality, entrepreneur
- Freddy Krueger, movie monster
- Doutzen Kroes, model
- Mike Krzyzewski, coach
- Stanley Kubrick, filmmaker
- Dennis Kucinich, political figure
- Lisa Kudrow, actor
- Sanjay Kumar, computer software executive
- Nodar Kumaritashvili, luger, Olympian
- Mila Kunis, actor
- Stanely Kunitz, poet
- Charles Kuralt, television news reporter, producer, writer
- Karolina Kurkova, model
- Akira Kurosawa, filmmaker
- Swoosie Kurtz, actress
- Olga Kurylenko, model, actor
- Jared Kushner, political relative
- Tony Kushner, playwright
- Ashton Kutcher, actor
- Michelle Kwan, figure skater
- Nancy Kwan, actor
- Ryan Kwanten, actor
- Aung San Suu Kyi, political figure
- Chris Kyle, soldier
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