Kaahumanu Hawaiian admin.; regent of Hawaii 1823-1832; wife of Kamehameha I _1772?-1832
Kaalund, Hans Vilhelm Danish lyric poet _1818-1885
Kabir Indian Hindu mystic & poet; developed sahaja-yoga religion, forerunner of Sikhism; teacher of Nanak _1450?-1518
Kabua, Amata Marshall Islands polit.; 1st pres. of Marshall Islands 1991-- _19XX--
Kadar, Janos (orig. Janos Czermanik, Csermanek) Hung. Communist polit.; premier of Hungary 1956-1958, 1961-1965; secy-gen. of Hung. Communist Party 1956-1988; pres. of Hungary 1988-1989; convinced Soviets to withdraw troops _1912-1989
Kafi, Ali Algerian gen. & polit.; head of state of Algeria 1992-1994 _19XX--
Kafka, Franz Aus. (Czechoslovakian-born) aut.; wrote short stories "Metamorphosis", "In the Penal Colony", novels "The Trial" 1937, "The Castle" 1937, "Amerika" 1937 _1883-1924
Kagame, Paul Rwandan Tutsi gen. & polit.; leader of Rwandan Patriotic Front; vice-pres. of Rwanda 1994--; Rwandan defense minister 1994-- _1961?--
Kagawa, Toyohiko Japanese Christian evangelist, humanitarian, & labor leader _1888-1960
Kahanamoku, Duke US swimmer _1890-1968
Kahane, Meir (orig. Martin David Kahane; pseud. Michael King) Israeli-US polit., rabbi, & radical Zionist; founded Kach (also Kahane Chai); assassinated _1932-1990
Kahlo [de Rivera], Frida (orig. Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon) Mex. painter; wife of Diego Rivera 1929; separated 1939; remarried 1941 _1907-1954
Kahn, Albert US (Ger.-born) industrial architect; father of modern factory design _1869-1942
Kahn, Herman US nuclear analyst; wrote "On Thermonuclear War" 1960 _1922-1983
Kahn, Louis Isadore US (Estonian-born) architect _1901-1974
Kaifu, Toshiki Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1989-1991 _1931--
Kaiser, Henry John (Hurry-Up Henry) US industrialist _1882-1967
Kajanus, Robert Finnish composer & conductor _1856-1933
Kalakaua, David king of Hawaii 1874-1891 _1836-1891
Kalashnikov, Mikhail Timofeevich Rus. gun inventor; inventor & eponym of AK-47 _1919--
Kalb, Johann (Baron de Kalb) Ger. gen. in America _1721-1780
Kalidasa Indian dram. & poet; wrote verse plays "Sakuntala", "Vikramorvasi" _4XX
Kalinin, Mikhail Ivanovich Rus. Soviet polit.; head of state of Soviet Union 1923-1938; chairman of Presidium of Supreme Soviet 1938-1946 _1875-1946
Kallio, Kyosti Finnish polit.; prime min. of Finland 1922-1924, 1925-1926, 1929-1930, 1936-1937; pres. of Finland 1937-1940 _1873-1940
Kallstenius, Edvin Swed. songwriter; arranged folk music to Swed. national anthem "Du Gamla, Du Fria" (also "Thou Ancient, Thou Glorious") _1881-1967
Kalmar, Emmerich (Imre) Hung. composer of operettas _1882-1953
Kamehameha I (Kamehameha the Great; Kamehameha Nui) king of Hawaii 1795-1819; 1st king of unified Hawaii _1758?-1819
Kamehameha II (Liholiho) king of Hawaii 1819-1824; son of Kamehameha I _1797-1824
Kamehameha III (Kauikeaouli) king of Hawaii 1825-1854; brother of Kamehameha II _1813-1854
Kamehameha IV (Alexander Liholiho) king of Hawaii 1854-1863; nephew of Kamehameha III _134-1863
Kamehameha V (Lot Kamehameha) king of Hawaii 1863-1872; brother of Kamehameha IV _1830-1872
Kamenev, Lev Borisovich (orig. Lev Borisovich Rosenfeld) Rus. Communist polit.; triumvir with Stalin & Zinoviev; executed at beginning of Great Purge _1883-1936
Kamenev, Sergei Sergeyevich Rus. Soviet gen. _1881-1936
Kamerlingh-Onnes, Heike Dutch phys.; discovered superconductivity; liquefied helium; NP Phys. 1913 _1853-1926
Kamil, Husayn 1st sultan of Egypt 1914-1917; son of Ismail Pasha _1853-1917
Kammerer, Paul Aus. biologist; claimed & possibly faked evidence of inheritance of acquired characteristics in amphibians; wrote "The Law of Seriality" 1919; suicide _1880-1926
Kandinsky, Vasily (also Wassili Kandinski) Rus. Abstractionist painter; founder of abstract art; member of Blue Four _1866-1944
Kane, Elisha Kent US Arctic explorer _1820-1857
K'ang-hsi (Sheng-tsu) Chinese emperor 1661-1722 _1654-1722
Kania, Stanislaw Pol. Communist polit.; first secy. of Pol. Communist Party 1980-1981 _1927--
Kant, Immanuel Ger. philos.; proposed categorical imperative; wrote "Critique of Pure Reason" 1781, "Critique of Practical Reason" 1788, "Metaphysics of Morals" 1797 _1724-1804
Kantor, Michael (Mickey) US admin.; US Trade Representative 1993-- _1939--
Kantorovich, Leonid Vitalyevich Rus. economist & math.; invented linear programming; NP Econ. 1975 _1912--
Kapitsa, Pyotr Leonidovich (also Peter Leonidovich Kapitza) Rus. phys.; liquefied hydrogen & helium; NP Phys. 1978 _1894-1984
Kaplan, Justin US biographer _1925--
Kapor, Mitchell David (Mitch) US computer businessman & philanthropist; founder & pres. of Lotus Development Corp. 1982-1984; chairman of Lotus 1984-1986; co-founder & pres. of Electronic Frontier Foundation 1990-- _1950--
Kapp, Wolfgang Ger. gen.; unwilling leader & eponym of Kapp putsch 1920 _1858-1922
Karadzic, Radovan Serbian Yugoslavian (Montenegran-born) polit. & psychiatrist; leader of Bosnian Serbs _19XX--
Karadzic, Vuk Stefanovic Serbian folklorist, language reformer, & lexicographer; adapted Cyrillic alphabet to Serbian _1787-1864
Karageorge (George Petrovic; also Black George) Serbian nationalist; leader of Serbia 1804-1813; father of Serbian independence; assassinated _1762-1817
Karajan, Herbert von Aus.-Ger. conductor; conducted Berlin Philharmonic 1955-1989 _1908-1989
Karamanlis, Konstantinos Gk. polit.; prime min. of Greece 1955-1958, 1958-1961, 1961-1963, 1974-1980; pres. of Greece 1980-1985, 1990-- _1907--
Karimov, Islam Abduganiyevich Uzbek Communist polit.; 1st pres. of Uzbekistan 1991-- _1923--
Karl (also Charles) king of Wurttemberg 1864-1891; son of Wilhelm I _1823-1891
Karl Johann [Nepomuk Anton] prince of Liechtenstein 1806-1814; ruled under regency; 1st prince of independent Liechtenstein; son of Johann I _1803-1871
Karle, Jerome US chem.; NP Chem. 1985 _1918--
Karlfeldt, Erik Axel Swed. poet; wrote poetry collections "Dalecarnian Frescoes in Rhyme" 1901, "Flora and Bellona" 1918, "Autumnal Cornucopia" 1927; secretly declined NP Lit. 1918; posthumous NP Lit. 1931 _1864-1931
Karloff, Boris (orig. William Henry Pratt) Eng. horror movie actor _1887-1969
Karmal, Babrak Afghan Communist polit.; installed into power by Soviet invasion 1979; head of state of Afghanistan 1979-19XX _1929--
Karman, Theodore von US (Hung.-born) aeronautical engineer & phys.; father of modern aeronautics; 1st recipient of National Medal of Science 1963 _1881-1963
Karolyi, Mihaly, Count Hung. nationalist & polit.; 1st pres. of Hungary 1919-1920; resigned _1875-1955
Karpov, Anatoly Evgenyevich Rus. chess player; world chess champion 1975-1985 _1951--
Karrer, Paul Swi. (Rus.-born) chem.; NP Chem. 1937 _1889-1971
Karsavina, Tamara Rus. dancer _1885-1978
Karume, Sayh Ubayd Amami Tanzanian polit.; 1st pres. of Zanzibar 1964-1972 _1905?-1972
Kasavubu, Joseph (also Joseph Kasa-Vubu) Kinshasa-Congolese nationalist & polit.; 1st pres. of Congo 1960-1965; overthrown _1910-1969
Kasem, Casey (orig. Kemal Amin Kasem) US disk jockey; host of radio show "America's Top 40" 1970-- _1933--
Kasiski, Friedrich Ger. army officer & cryptographer _1805-1881
Kasparov, Gary Kimovich (orig. Gary Weinstein) Rus. chess player; world chess champion 1985--; main founder of Professional Chess Association 1993 _1963--
Kassebaum, Nancy Landon US Rep. polit.; Senator from Kansas 1978-- _1932--
Kassem, Abdul Karim (also Abdel Karim Qasim) Iraqi polit. & revolutionary; led Iraqi revolution & overthrew Faisal II 1958; prime min. of Iraq 1958-1963; overthrown & killed _1914-1963
Kastler, Alfred Fr. phys.; NP Phys. 1966 _1902-1984
Katayama, Sen (orig. Yabuki Sugataro) Japanese labor leader & Communist radical _1860-1933
Katayama, Tetsu (also Tesu Katayama) Japanese socialist polit.; prime min. of Japan 1947-1948; 1st & only socialist prime min. until Tomiichi Murayama; 1st Christian, 1st elected Japanese prime min. _1887-1978
Kato, Takaaki, Count (Komei Kato) Japanese polit. & reformer; prime min. of Japan 1924-1926; made democratic reforms _1860-1926
Kato, Tomosaburo Japanese adm. & polit.; prime min. of Japan 1922-1923 _1859-1923
Katsura, Taro, Count Japanese gen. & polit.; prime min. of Japan 1901-1906, 1908-1911, 1912-1913; negotiated Anglo-Japanese Treaty 1902 _1847-1913
Katz, Bernard, Sir (also Bernhard Katz) Brit. (Ger.-born) biophysicist; NP Med. 1970 _1911--
Katzenbach, Nicholas de Belleville US lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1965-1967 _1922--
Katzenberg, Jeffrey US movie businessman; chairman of Walt Disney Studios 1984-1994 _1950--
Katzir, Efraim Israeli (Ukrainian-born) polit.; pres. of Israel 1973-1978 _1916--
Kaufman, George Simon US dram.; member of the Algonquin Wits _1889-1961
Kaufman, Irving Robert US judge; sentenced Julius & Ethel Rosenberg to death 1951 _1910-1992
Kaunda, Kenneth David Zambian polit.; prime min. of N. Rhodesia 1964; 1st pres. of Zambia 1964-1991 _1924--
Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton von Aus. polit. _1711-1794
Kautsky, Karl Johann Ger. socialist political philos. _1854-1938
Kaverin, Veniamin Alexandrovich (orig. Veniamin Zilber) Rus. nov.; wrote novel "Two Captains" 1940-1945 (also "Dva Kapitana") _1902-1989
Kawabata, Yasunari Japanese nov.; wrote novels "The Izu Dancer" 1926, "Snow Country" 1935-1948 (also "Yukiguni"), "Thousand Cranes" 1952 (also "Sembazuru"), "The Sound of the Mountain" 1954; NP Lit. 1968; suicide _1899-1972
Kaye, Danny (orig. David Daniel Kaminsky) US actor & singer _1913-1987
Kaye-Smith, Sheila Eng. nov. _1887-1956
Kayibanda, Gregoire Rwandan polit.; prime min. of Rwanda 1961-1973; pres. of Rwanda 1962-1973 _1924-1976
Kazan, Elia (orig. Elia Kazanjoglous) US (Turkish-born) movie director _1909--
Kazantzakis, Nikos Gk. nov., poet, & translator _1885-1957
Kean, Edmund Eng. actor _1789-1833
Keane, William (Bil) US cartoonist; created The Family Circus _1922--
Kearney, Peadar Irish songwriter; wrote & co-composed Irish national anthem "Amhran na bhFiann" (also "The Soldier's Song"; adopted 1926) _1883-1942
Kearny, Philip US gen.; fought in Mexican War & Civil War; killed; nephew of Stephen Kearny _1814-1862
Kearny, Stephen Watts US gen.; seized Los Angeles from Mexico 1847; disputed with Robert Stockton _1794-1848
Keating, Charles Jr. US businessman & financier; convicted of securities fraud 1991 _1923--
Keating, Paul John Austr. polit.; prime min. of Australia 1991-- _1944--
Keaton, Diane (orig. Diane Hall) US actress _1946--
Keaton, Joseph Francis (Buster) US actor & comedian _1895-1966
Keaton, Michael (orig. Michael Douglas) US movie actor _1951--
Keats, John Eng. lyric poet; wrote poems "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode on Melancholy", "Ode on a Nightingale", "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer", "Endymion", "Hyperion", "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" _1795-1821
Kebich, Vyacheslau Frantsavich (also Vyacheslav Frantsevich Kebich) Belarus polit.; prime min. of Belarus 1991-- _1936--
Keble, John Eng. clergyman & poet _1792-1866
Keefe, Daniel US labor leader; 1st pres. of International Longshoremen's Association 1895-1909 _1855-1929
Keel, Alton Gold Jr. US admin. & diplomat; acting national security advisor 1986; US ambassador to NATO 1987-1989 _1943--
Keeler, William Henry US Catholic clergyman; bishop of Harrisburg 1984-1989; archbishop of Baltimore 1989-- _1931--
Keenan, Joseph Berry US lawyer; chief prosecutor at Tokyo war crimes trials 1945 _1888-1954
Keeney, Barnaby Conrad US educator & historian; pres. of Brown Univ. 1955-1966; 1st chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities 1966-1970 _1914-1980
Keeshan, Robert James (Bob) US juvenile television actor _1927--
Kefauver, [Carey] Estes US polit.; investigate organized crime; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1956 _1903-1963
Keifer, Joseph Warren US polit.; Speaker of the House 1881-1883 _1836-1932
Keil, Alfredo Port. songwriter; composed Port. national anthem (adopted 1910) _1850-1907
Keillor, Garrison Edward US humorist & radio broadcaster _1942--
Keita, Modibo Malian polit.; only pres. of Federation of Mali & Senegal (Rep. of Soudan) 1959-1960; 1st pres. of Mali 1960-1968 _1915-1977
Keitel, Harvey US movie director & screenwriter _19XX--
Keitel, Wilhelm Ger. Nazi marshal; executed _1882-1946
Keith, Minor Cooper US fruit & railroad industrialist; founded United Fruit Co. 1899 _1848-1929
Kekkonen, Urho Kaleva Finnish polit.; prime min. of Finland 1950-1953, 1954-1956; pres. of Finland 1956-1981; resigned _1900-1986
Keller, Gottfried Swi. nov. & poet; wrote "Der Grune Heinrich" 1854-1855 (also "Der Gruene Heinrich"), "Martin Salander" 1856, "People of Seldwyla" 1856, "Das Sinngedicht" 1881 _1819-1890
Keller, Helen Adams US blind & deaf educator _1880-1968
Kelley, Clarence Marion US admin.; director of FBI 1973-1978 _1911--
Kelley, Daniel US musician; composed song "Home on the Range" 1872? _1843-1905
Kelley, DeForest US actor _1920--
Kelley, Katherine (Kitty) US biographer; wrote biographies "Jackie Oh!" 1978, "Elizabeth Taylor: the Last Star" 1981, "His Way" 1986, "Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography" 1991 _1942--
Kelley, Oliver Hudson US farmer; founded Patrons of Husbandry (the Grange) 1867 _1826-1913
Kelley, Paul Xavier US Marine Corps gen.; commandant of Marine Corps 1983-1987 _1928--
Kellogg, Frank Billings US diplomat, jurist, & polit.; Secy. of State 1925-1929; co-negotiated Kellogg-Briand Treaty 1928; NP Peace 1929 _1856-1937
Kellogg, John Harvey US physician; invented grain cereal flakes; brother of Will Kellogg _1852-1943
Kellogg, Will Keith US cereal industrialist; founder & eponym of W. K. Kellogg Co. 1906; brother of John Kellogg _1860-1951
Kelly, Edward Joseph US polit.; mayor of Chicago 1933-1947 _1876-1950
Kelly, Gene (orig. Eugene Curran) US dancer & movie actor _1912--
Kelly, Grace Patricia (Mrs. Grace Grimaldi) US movie actress & princess of Monaco; died in automobile accident; wife of Rainier III 1956 _1929-1982
Kelly, James Edward (Jimmy) US football player; quarterback for Buffalo Bills 1985-- _1960--
Kelly, Sharon (nee Pratt; Sharon Pratt Dixon) US Dem. polit.; mayor of Washington DC 1991-- _1944--
Kelly, Walter Crawford (Walt) US animator & cartoonist; created Pogo _1913-1973
Kelsen, Hans US (Aus.-born) jurist _1881-1973
Kelso, Frank Benton II US adm.; chief of naval operations 1990-1994 _1933--
Kelvin, Lord (orig. William Thompson) Brit. math. & phys.; discovered existence of absolute zero 1848; eponym of Kelvin temperature scale _1824-1907
Kemble, Frances Anne (Fanny) Eng. actress; niece of John Philip Kemble _1809-1893
Kemble, John Philip Eng. actor; brother of Sarah Siddons _1757-1823
Kemeny, John George US (Hung.-born) educator, math., & computer sci.; pres. of Dartmouth College 1970-1981; co-developed computer language BASIC 1963 with Thomas Kurtz _1926-1992
Kemmler, William US murderer; 1st criminal executed by electric chair _18XX-1890
Kemp, Jack French US football player & Rep. polit.; Secy. of HUD 1989-1993 _1935--
Kemp, John (also John Kempe) Eng. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1452-1454 _1380?-1454
Kemper, James Lawson US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1874-1878 _1823-1895
Kempthorne, Dirk Arthur US Rep. polit.; Senator from Idaho 1993-- _1951--
Ken, Thomas (also Thomas Kenn) Eng. hymnist & prelate _1637-1711
Kendall, Amos US admin.; Postmaster Gen. 1835-1840 _1789-1869
Kendall, Edward Calvin US biochem.; isolated thyroxin, glutathione, & cortisone; discovered usefulness of ACTH & cortisone in alleviating arthritis & rheumatism; NP Med. 1950 _1886-1972
Kendall, Henry Way US activist & phys.; co-discovered experimental evidence of quarks; NP Phys. 1990 _1926--
Kendrew, John Cowdery, Sir Brit. chem.; co-discovered structure of myoglobin with Max Perutz; NP Chem. 1962 _1917--
Kendricks, Eddie (orig. Eddie Kendrick) US singer; lead singer of Temptations _1939-1992
Keneally, Thomas Michael Austr. nov.; wrote novel "Schindler's Ark" 1982 _1935--
Kennan, George Frost US diplomat, historian, & scholar; US ambassador to Soviet Union 1952; US ambassador to Yugoslavia 1961-1963; wrote "Russia Leaves the War" 1956, "Memoirs: 1925-1950" 1967 _1904--
Kennedy, Anthony McLeod US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1987-- _1936--
Kennedy, David Matthew US polit.; Secy. of Treasury 1969-1971; US ambassador to NATO 1972-1973 _1905--
Kennedy, Donald US biologist & educator; provost of Stanford Univ. 1979-1980; pres. of Stanford Univ. 1980-1992 _1931--
Kennedy, Edward Moore (Ted) US Dem. polit.; Senator from Massachusetts 1962--; Senate majority whip 1969-1971; chairman of Senate Judiciary Committee 1979-1981; brother of John F. Kennedy _1932--
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (Jack; JFK) US Dem. polit.; 35th pres. of US 1961-1963; assassinated _1917-1963
Kennedy, John Pendleton (pseud. Mark Littleton) US aut. & polit.; Secy. of Navy 1852-1853 _1795-1870
Kennedy, Joseph Patrick Sr. US businessman & diplomat; 1st chairman of Securities & Exchange Commission 1934-1935 (SEC); father of John F. Kennedy _1888-1969
Kennedy, Joseph Patrick Jr. US brother of John F. Kennedy; killed in World War II _1915-1944
Kennedy, Robert Francis (Bobby; RFK) US Dem. polit.; US Atty. Gen. 1961-1965; cand. for Dem. pres. nomination 1968; assassinated; brother of John F. Kennedy _1925-1968
Kennedy, Rose (nee Fitzgerald) US wife of Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr.; mother of John F. Kennedy & Robert Kennedy; daughter of John Francis Fitzgerald _1890--
Kennedy, [James] Walter US basketball admin.; commissioner of NBA 1963-1975 _1912-1977
Kennelly, Arthur Edwin US electrical engineer _1861-1939
Kennelly, Martin Henry US polit.; mayor of Chicago 1947-1955 _1887-1961
Kenneth I MacAlpin (also Cinaeth MacAlpin) Scot. king 839-858?; king of Picts 849-858? _8XX-858?
Kenny, Elizabeth (Sister Kenny) Austr. nun & nurse _1880-1952
Kenrick, Peter Richard US (Irish-born) archbishop; last bishop of St. Louis 1843-1847; 1st archbishop of St. Louis 1847-1891 _1806-1896
Kent, James US jurist; wrote 4-volume "Commentaries on American Law" 1826-1828 _1763-1847
Kent, Rockwell US illustrator & painter _1882-1971
Kenyatta, Jomo (orig. Mzee Jomo Kamau; Kaman Ngengi Johnstone) Kenyan nationalist & polit.; 1st prime min. of Kenya 1962-1964; 1st pres. of Kenya 1964-1978 _1893-1978
Kenyon, John Samuel US phonetician _1874-1959
Keohane, Nannerl (nee Overholser) US educator & political sci.; pres. of Wellesley College 1981-1993; pres. of Duke Univ. 1993-- _1940--
Keough, Francis Patrick US archbishop; archbishop of Baltimore 1948-1961 _1890-1961
Kepler, Johannes Ger. astronomer & phys. _1571-1630
Keppel, Augustus Brit. adm. _1725-1786
Ker, William Paton Brit. scholar _1855-1923
Kerekou, Mathieu Ahmed Benin gen. & polit.; overthrew Justin Ahomadegbe 1972; pres. of Benin 1972-1991 _1933--
Kerensky, Alexander Fyodorovich Rus. polit. & revolutionary; last post-imperial provisional prime min. of Russia 1917; overthrown by Bolshevik Revolution _1881-1970
Keres, Paul Petrovich Estonian chess player _1916-1975
Kern, Jerome David US composer & songwriter _1885-1945
Kern, John Worth US polit.; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1908; Senate majority leader 1913-1917 _1849-1917
Kerner, Otto US polit.; gov. of Illinois 1961-1968 _1908-1976
Kernighan, Brian Can. computer sci.; co-developer & co-eponym of awk; collaborator with Dennis Ritchie _19XX--
Kerouac, Jack (orig. Jean Louis Lebris de Kerouac) US nov.; coined phrase "beat generation"; wrote "On the Road" 1957 _1922-1969
Kerr, John Robert, Sir Austr. polit.; gov-gen. of Austalia 1974-1977 _1914-1991
Kerr, Michael Crawford US polit.; Speaker of the House 1875-1876 _1827-1876
Kerrey, J. Robert (Bob) US Dem. polit.; gov. of Nebraska 1983-1987; Senator from Nebraska 1989-- _1943--
Kerrigan, Nancy US figure skater; won silver medal in Olympic women's figure skating 1994 _1969--
Kerry, John Forbes US Dem. polit.; Senator from Massachusetts 1985-- _1943--
Kerst, Donald William US inventor & phys.; invented betatron 1940 _1911-1993
Kesey, Ken Elton US nov.; wrote novels "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" 1962, "Sometimes a Great Notion" 1964 _1935--
Kesselring, Albert (also Albrecht Kesselring) Ger. marshal in World War I & World War II _1885-1960
Kessler, David US admin.; commissioner of Food & Drug Administration 1990-- (FDA) _1951--
Ketch, John (Jack) Eng. executioner; notorious for savagery; executed James Scott, Duke of Monmouth; source of slang phrase "Jack Ketch" _16XX-1686
Ketcham, Henry King (Hank) US cartoonist; created Dennis the Menace 1951 _1920--
Kettering, Charles Franklin US electrical engineer & inventor; invented self-starting automobile ignition system _1876-1958
Kevorkian, Jack (Dr. Death) US activist, physician, & supporter of assisted suicide _1928--
Key, David McKendree US polit.; Postmaster Gen. 1877-1880 _1824-1900
Key, Francis Scott US lawyer & poet; wrote US national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner" (adopted 1931); brother-in-law of Roger Taney _1779-1843
Key, James Lee US polit.; mayor of Atlanta 1919-1923, 1931-1937 _1867-1939
Keyes, Charles Henry US educator; 1st pres. of California Institute of Technology 1891-1896 (orig. Throop Polytechnic Institute before 1912; Throop College of Technology until 1919) _1858-1925
Keyes, Wade Jr. US-Confederate admin. & lawyer; acting Confederate atty. gen. 1863-1864 _1821-18XX
Keynes, John Maynard Eng. economist; advocated government spending to boost business activity; opposed gold standard; wrote "A Treatise on Money" 1930, "General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money" 1936 _1883-1946
Keyserling, Hermann Alexander Ger. philos. & traveler; wrote "The Travel Diary of a Philosopher" 1925 _1880-1946
Keyserling, Leon US economist; suggested formation of Council of Economic Advisors; chairman of Council of Economic Advisors 1949-1953 _1908-1987
Keyworth, George Albert II (G. A. Keyworth) US phys.; presidential science advisor 1981-1985 _1939--
Khachaturian, Aram Ilyich Rus.-Armenian (Georgian-born) composer _1903-1978
Khadija Arab 1st wife of Muhammad 595; mother of Fatima _555?-620?
Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz king of Saudi Arabia 1975-1982; son of Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud _1913-1982
Khalifa, Isa bin Sulman al- ruler of Bahrain 1961-- _1933--
Khama, Seretse, Sir Botswana polit.; king of Bamangwato 1926-1956; ruled under regency 1926-1950; abdicated; 1st pres. of Botswana 1966-1980 _1921-1980
Khamenei, Hojatoleslam Ali Iranian polit. & religious leader; pres. of Iran 1981-1989; ayatollah of Iran 1989-- _1939--
Khasbulatov, Ruslan Imranovich Rus. polit.; chairman of Rus. Parliament 1991--; co-led putsch against Boris Yeltsin with Alexander Rutskoi 1993 _1942--
Khatib, Ahmed al- Syrian polit.; pres. of Syria 1970-1971 _1933--
Kherasov, Mikhail Matveyevich Rus. poet _1733-1807
Khieu Samphan Cambodian Communist polit.; pres. of Cambodia 1976-1979; leader of Khmer Rouge _1932--
Khmelnitsky, Bogdan Zinovy Mikhailovich (also Bohdan, Bogdan Chmielnicki) Cossack leader & revolutionary; hetman of Zaporozhian Cossacks 1648-1657; led revolt against Pol. rule in Ukraine; placed Cossacks under Rus. rule 1654 _1595-1657
Khomeini, Ruholla Mussaui (Ayatollah Khomeini) Iranian polit. & religious leader; leader of Iran 1979-1989 _1903?-1989
Khorana, [Har] Gobind US (Indian-born) biochem.; NP Med. 1968 _1922--
Khosru I (also Khosrau I, Chosroes I) Sassanid Persian conqueror & king; king of Persia 531-579; subdued Byzantine Empire _5XX-579
Khosru II (also Khosrau II, Chosroes II) Sassanid Persian conqueror & king; king of Persia 590-628; assassinated _5XX-628
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich Rus. Soviet polit.; secy-gen. of Soviet Communist Party 1953-1964; denounced Joseph Stalin 1956; premier of Soviet Union 1958-1964 _1894-1971
Kidd, William (Captain Kidd) Scot. pirate; executed _1645?-1701
Kidder, [John] Tracy US journalist; wrote "The Soul of a New Machine" 1981 _1945--
Kieran, John Francis US journalist _1892-1981
Kierkegaard, Soren Aabye Danish philos.; founder of existentialism; wrote "Either/Or" 1843, "The Sickness Unto Death" _1813-1855
Kiesinger, Kurt Georg W. Ger. polit.; chancellor of W. Germany 1966-1969 _1904-1988
Kigeri V [Ndahundirwa] (Jean Baptiste) Tutsi last king of Rwanda 1959-1961; deposed; brother of Mutara III _1938--
Kilby, Jack St. Clair US computer engineer & inventor; developed 1st working microchip _1923--
Kildall, Gary US computer sci.; created CP/M operating system 1973 _1942-1994
Killanin, Michael Morris, Baron Irish movie producer & sports admin.; pres. of International Olympic Committee 1972-1980 (IOC) _1914--
Killebrew, Harmon Clayton US baseball player; infielder for Minnesota Twins 1954-1974 _1936--
Killian, James Rhyne Jr. US educator & public television advocate; pres. of MIT 1948-1959; presidential science advisor 1957-1959; chairman of Corp. for Publlic Broadcasting 1973-1974; father of public television _1904-1988
Killy, Jean Claude Fr. skier _1943--
Kilmer, [Alfred] Joyce US poet; wrote poem "Trees"; killed in World War I _1886-1918
Kilmer, Val US movie actor; starred in movies "Top Secret!" 1984, "Real Genius" 1985 _1959--
Kilwardby, Robert Eng. Dominican prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1272-1278 _12XX-1279
Kim Il Sung (orig. Kim Song Ju; Great Leader) N. Korean Communist dictator, polit., & revolutionary; 1st premier of N. Korea 1948-1972; pres. of N. Korea 1972-1994 _1912-1994
Kim Jae Kyu S. Korean espionage admin.; assassin of Park Chung Hee _1926?-1979
Kim Jong Il (also Kim Chong Il; Dear Leader) N. Korean (Rus.-born) Communist polit.; son & designated successor of Kim Il Sung _1942--
Kim Young Sam S. Korean polit.; pres. of S. Korea 1993-- _1927--
Kimball, Dan Able US admin.; secy. of navy 1951-1953 _1896-1970
Kimball, Spencer Woolley US Mormon clergyman; 12th pres. of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1973-1985; allowed blacks to enter Mormon priesthood 1978 _1895-1985
Kimmel, Husband Edward US adm.; in command of Pearl Harbor at time of Japanese attack 1941 _1882-1968
Kimpton, Lawrence US educator; pres. of Univ. of Chicago 1951-1960 _1910-1977
Kindi, al- (Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Kindi) Arab philos. & sci. _8XX-870?
Kiner, Ralph McPherran (Ozark Ike) US baseball player & sportscaster; outfielder for Pittsburgh Pirates 1946-1955 _1922--
King, B. B. (orig. Riley King) US blues musician & singer _1925--
King, Ben E. (orig. Benjamin Earl Nelson) US soul singer _1938--
King, Billie Jean (nee Moffitt) US tennis player _1943--
King, Bruce US polit.; gov. of New Mexico 1971-1975, 1979-1983, 1991-- _1924--
King, Carole US singer _1942--
King, Charles US educator; pres. of Columbia Univ. 1849-1864; son of Rufus King _1789-1867
King, Charles Dunbar Burgess Liberian polit.; pres. of Liberia 1920-1932 _1877-1961
King, Clarence US geologist; proposer, organizer, & 1st director of US Geological Survey 1879-1881 _1842-1901
King, Coretta (nee Scott) US civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King _1927--
King, Don US boxing promoter _1931--
King, Edward US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1979-1983 _1925--
King, Ernest Joseph US adm. & naval strategist in World War II; chief of naval operations 1942-1945 _1878-1956
King, Horatio US admin.; Postmaster Gen. 1861 _1811-1897
King, John Alsop US polit.; gov. of New York 1857-1859; son of Rufus King _1788-1867
King, Larry (orig. Lawrence Harvey Zeiger) US talk show host _1933--
King, Martin Luther Jr. US black civil rights leader & clergyman; NP Peace 1964; assassinated _1929-1968
King, Richard US cattle rancher _1825-1885
King, Rodney Glen US construction worker & motorist; beaten by Los Angeles police 1991 _1965--
King, Rufus US diplomat & polit.; Federalist vice-pres. cand. 1804, 1808; Federalist pres. cand. 1816 _1755-1827
King, Stephen Edwin US horror nov. & screenwriter; wrote novels "Carrie" 1974, "Salem's Lot" 1975, "The Shining" 1976, "The Stand" 1978, "Firestarter" 1980, "Pet Sematary" 1983, "Misery" 1987, "The Tommyknockers" 1987, "Insomnia" 1994 _1947--
King, William US polit.; 1st US gov. of Maine 1820-1821 _1768-1852
King, William Henry US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1940-1941 _1863-1949
King, William Lyon Mackenzie Can. polit.; prime min. of Canada 1921-1926, 1926-1930, 1935-1948; grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie _1874-1950
King, William Rufus de Vane US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1850; vice-pres. of US 1853 _1786-1853
Kingsford-Smith, Charles Edward, Sir Austr. aviator; made 1st trans-Pacific airplane flight (California to Brisbane) 1928; disappeared _1897-1935
Kingsley, Ben (orig. Krishna Bhanji) Eng. movie actor _1943--
Kingsley, Charles Eng. Anglican clergyman & nov.; formulated muscular Christianity; wrote historical novels "Westward Ho!" 1855, "Hereward the Wake" 1866 _1819-1875
Kingsley, Elizabeth (nee Seelman) US puzzle constructor; inventor of doublecrostic 1934 _1871?-1957
Kinigi, Sylvie Burundian Tutsi polit.; prime min. of Burundi 1993-1994 _19XX--
Kinison, Sam US comedian; died in automobile accident _1954-1992
Kinkaid, Thomas Cassin US adm. _1888-1972
Kinkel, Klaus Ger. diplomat; Ger. foreign minister 1992-- _1936--
Kinnell, Galway US poet; wrote poetry collections "Body Rags" 1968, "The Book of Nightmares" 1971, "Selected Poems" 1982 _1927--
Kinnock, Neil Gordon Brit. polit.; leader of Labor Party 1983-1992 _1942--
Kinsey, Alfred Charles US sexual psychologist _1894-1956
Kipling, [Joseph] Rudyard Brit. (Indian-born) aut.; wrote poetry collection "Barrack-Room Ballads" 1892, novels "The Jungle Book" 1894, "Captains Courageous" 1897, "Kim" 1901, collection "Just-So Stories" 1902; NP Lit. 1907 _1865-1936
Kirby, Jack (King; orig. Jacob Kurtzberg) US cartoonist; created the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, the Avengers _1917-1994
Kirby, Rollin US political cartoonist; 1st recipient of Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning 1922 _1875-1952
Kirby-Smith, Edmund US-Confederate gen. _1824-1893
Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert Ger. phys.; co-discovered spectral analysis with Robert Bunsen; discoverer & eponym of Kirchhoff's laws for circuits _1824-1887
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig (pseud. L. de Marsalle) Ger. painter; member of Die Brucke; suicide _1880-1938
Kirchschlaeger, Rudolf (also Rudolf Kirchschlaeger) Aus. diplomat & polit.; Aus. foreign minister 1970-1974; pres. of Austria 1974-1986 _1915--
Kirk, Alan Goodrich US adm.; US ambassador to Soviet Union 1949-1952 _1888-1953
Kirk, Claude Roy Jr. US polit.; gov. of Florida 1967-1971 _1926--
Kirk, Grayson Louis US educator & political sci.; provost of Columbia Univ. 1949-1951; pres. of Columbia Univ. 1953-1968; pres. of Council on Foreign Relations 1964-1971 _1903--
Kirk, Norman Eric New Zealand polit.; prime min. of New Zealand 1972-1974 _1923-1974
Kirk, Paul Grattan Jr. US lawyer & polit.; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1985-1989 _1938--
Kirk, Russell Amos US aut. & columnist; wrote "The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot" 1953; helped found modern conservative movement _1918-1994
Kirkland, John Thornton US educator; pres. of Harvard Univ. 1810-1828 _1770-1840
Kirkland, [Joseph] Lane US labor leader; pres. of AFL-CIO 1980-- _1922--
Kirkpatrick, Jeane Duane Jordan US diplomat; US ambassador to UN 1981-1985 _1926--
Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan US polit.; gov. of Iowa 1860-1864, 1876-1877; Secy. of Interior 1881-1882 _1813-1894
Kirov, Sergei Mironovich Rus. Communist polit. & revolutionary; assassinated on Stalin's orders _1886-1934
Kirwan, Richard Irish chem. _1733-1812
Kishi, Nobusuke Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1957-1960; resigned _1896-1987
Kissinger, Henry Alfred (orig. Heinz Alfred Kissinger) US (Ger.-born) diplomat & scholar; national security advisor 1969-1975; Secy. of State 1973-1977; NP Peace 1973 _1923--
Kita, Ikki (orig. Terujiro Kita) Japanese militarist revolutionary; advocated military government & conquest of Asia; inspired February 26th Incident (also Niniroku Jiken) 1936; executed _1883-1937
Kitasato, Shibasaburo Japanese bacteriologist; isolated tetanus bacillus 1889, anthrax bacillus 1889, dystentery bacillus 1898; developed diphtheria antitoxin 1890 _1856-1931
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Brit. gen. in Boer War, Sudan, & World War I; won battle of Khartoum 1898; 1st Anglo-Egyptian gov-gen. of Sudan 1898-1899 _1850-1916
Kitchin, Claude US polit.; House majority leader 1915-1919; House minority leader 1921-1923 _1869-1923
Kittredge, George Lyman (Kitty) US literary educator & Shakespearean scholar _1860-1941
Kiyoura, Keigo, Count Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1924 _1850-1942
Klaproth, Martin Heinrich Ger. chem.; discovered elements titanium, uranium, zirconium; named tellurium; father of analytical chemistry _1743-1817
Klaus, Josef Aus. polit.; chancellor of Austria 1964-1970; acting pres. of Austria 1965 _1910--
Klaus, Vaclav Czechoslovakian economist & polit.; Czechoslovakian finance minister 1989-1992; last prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1992; 1st prime min. of Czech Rep. 1993-- _1941--
Klee, Paul Swi. Abstractionist painter; created "Twittering Machine", "Landscape with Yellow Birds", "Triumph of Wit Over Suffering"; member of Blue Rider group (Der Blaue Reiter); member of Blue Four _1879-1940
Kleene, Stephen Cole US logician & math.; founded recursion theory; developed concept of regular expression _1909-1994
Klein, Calvin Richard US fashion designer _1942--
Klein, [Christian] Felix Ger. math.; proved consistency of non-Euclidean geometry; studied topology; eponym of Klein bottle _1849-1925
Klein, Lawrence Robert US economist; NP Econ. 1980 _1920--
Kleindienst, Richard Gordon US lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1972-1973 _1923--
Kleist, [Bernd] Heinrich [Wilhelm] von Ger. dram.; suicide _1777-1811
Kleist, [Paul Ludwig] Ewald von Ger. gen. _1881-1954
Klemperer, Otto Ger. conductor; conducted Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 1933-1943 _1885-1973
Kleppe, Thomas Savig US admin.; Secy. of Interior 1975-1977 _1919--
Klestil, Thomas Aus. diplomat & polit.; pres. of Austria 1992-- _1932--
Klibi, Chedli Tunisian diplomat & polit.; secy-gen. of Arab League 1979-1990 _1925--
Klinger, Frederick Maximilian von Ger. Romantic dram.; originated phrase "Sturm und Drang" 1776 _1752-1831
Klinghoffer, Leon US handicapped tourist; murdered by hijackers on ship Achille Lauro _1916-1985
Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb Ger. dram. & poet _1724-1803
Klug, Aaron Brit.-S. African molecular biologist; NP Chem. 1982 _1926--
Klutznik, Philip US admin.; Secy. of Commerce 1979-1981 _1907--
Knapp, Edward Alan US admin. & phys.; director of National Science Foundation 1982-1984 (NSF) _1932--
Knebel, John Albert US admin.; Secy. of Agriculture 1976-1977 _1936--
Kneen, John Brit. Manx linguist; wrote Manx version of anthem of Isle of Man "Arrane Ashoonagh Dy Vannin" _1873-1939
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir (orig. Godfrey Kniller) Eng. (Ger.-born) painter _1646?-1723
Knievel, Evel (orig. Robert Craig Knievel) US motorcycle stunt peformer _1938--
Knigge, Adolph Franz Friedrich Ludwig, Baron von (Philo) Ger. promoter of the Illuminati _1752-1796
Knight, Gladys Maria US soul singer _1944--
Knight, Goodwin Jess US polit.; gov. of California 1953-1959 _1896-1970
Knight, Robert Montgomery (Bob, Bobby) US basketball coach; coach for Army 1966-1971; coach for Univ. of Indiana 1972-- _1940--
Knoll, Edwin US (Aus.-born) magazine editor; editor of "The Progressive" 1973-1994 _1931-1994
Knorr, Nathan US religious leader; leader of Jehovah's Witnesses 1942-1977 _1905-1977
Knowland, William Fife US polit.; Senate majority leader 1953-1955; Senate minority leader 1955-1959 _1908-1974
Knox, [William] Franklin (Frank) US polit. & publisher; Rep. vice-pres. cand. 1936; Secy. of Navy 1940-1944 _1874-1944
Knox, Henry US gen.; 1st Secy. of War 1789-1795 _1750-1806
Knox, John Scot. Calvinist leader, polit., & reformer; established Calvinism in Scotland _1514?-1572
Knox, Philander Chase US diplomat, lawyer, & polit.; Atty. Gen. 1901-1904; Secy. of State 1909-1913 _1853-1921
Knubel, Frederick Hermann US Lutheran clergyman; 1st pres. of United Lutheran Church 1918-1945 _1870-1945
Knudsen, Aanon Gunnar Norw. polit.; prime min. of Norway 1908-1910, 1913-1920 _1848-1928
Knudsen, William Signius US (Danish-born) automobile businessman _1879-1948
Knut Eriksson (also Canute Ericsson) Swed. king 1167-1195; son of Erik IX _11XX-1195?
Knuth, Donald Ervin US computer sci.; inventor of TeX; wrote 3-volume "The Art of Computer Programming" 1968-1973 _1938--
Knutson, Harold US polit.; House majority whip 1919-1923 _1880-1953
Koch, David US polit.; Libertarian vice-pres. cand. 1980 _19XX--
Koch, Edward Irving (Ed) US Dem. polit.; mayor of New York City 1978-1990 _1924--
Koch, [Heinrich Hermann] Robert Ger. bacteriologist; identified anthrax bacillus 1876, tuberculosis bacillus 1882, Asiatic cholera bacillus 1883; developed anthrax vacciner; NP Med. 1905 _1843-1910
Kochel, Ludwig Alois Ferdinand (Ritter von Kochel; also Ludwig Koechel) Aus. musical scholar; compiled catalog of Mozart's works 1862; developer & eponym of Kochel numbers (also K numbers) _1800-1867
Kocher, Emil Theodor Swi. surgeon; NP Med. 1909 _1841-1917
Kock, Charles Paul de Fr. dram. & nov. _1793-1871
Kodaly, Zoltan Hung. composer _1882-1967
Kodjo, Edem Togolese diplomat & polit.; Togolese foreign minister 1976-1977; secy-gen. of Organization of African Unity 1978-1984 (OAU); prime min. of Togo 1994-- _1938--
Koehler, Georges Ger. immunologist; NP Med. 1984 _1946--
Koenig, Walter US actor; starred in series "Star Trek" 1967-1969 _1936--
Koestler, Arthur Brit. (Hung.-born) aut. _1905-1983
Kohl, Helmut Ger. polit.; last chancellor of W. Germany 1982-1990; chancellor of Germany 1990-- _1930--
Kohl, Herbert US Dem. polit.; Senator from Wisconsin 1989-- _1935--
Kohler, Foy David US diplomat; US ambassador to Soviet Union 1962-1966 _1908-1990
Ko Hung (Pao P'u Tzu) Chinese alchemist & Taoist theol. _283-343
Koirala, Bishewar Prasad (B. P. Koirala) Nepalese dissident & polit.; only elected prime min. of Nepal 1959-1960; deposed by Mahendra _1914-1982
Koiso, Kuniaki Japanese gen. & polit.; Japanese gov-gen. of Korea 1942-1944; prime min. of Japan 1944-1945 _1880-1950
Koivisto, Mauno Henrik Finnish polit.; prime min. of Finland 1968-1970, 1979-1982; acting pres. of Finland 1981-1982; pres. of Finland 1982-1994 _1923--
Kokoschka, Oskar Brit. (Aus.-born) Expressionist painter _1886-1980
Kokovtsov, Vladimir Nikolayevich Rus. polit.; prime min. of Russia 1911-1914 _1853-1943
Kolarov, Vasil Petrov Bulgarian Communist polit.; acting pres. of Bulgaria 1946-1947; prime min. of Bulgaria 1949-1950 _1877-1950
Kolbe, Maximilian Maria (orig. Rajmund Kolbe) Pol. Catholic Franciscan clergyman, martyr, & saint; voluntarily switched places with Pol. Jew slated to die in Auschwitz; killed by Nazis; canonized 1982 _1894-1941
Kolchak, Alexander Vasilyevich Rus. adm. & counterrevolutionary in Rus. civil war; defeated at battle of Port Arthur in Russo-Japanese War 1905; killed _1873-1920
Kolcsey, Ferenc Hung. lyricist; wrote Hung. national anthem (adopted 1844) _1790-1838
Kolingba, Andre Central African Rep. gen. & polit.; pres. of Central African Rep. 1981-- _1936--
Kolishevski, Lazar Yugoslavian Communist polit.; pres. of Yugoslavia 1980 _1914--
Kollek, Theodore (Teddy) Israeli (Aus.-born) polit.; mayor of Jerusalem 1965-1993 _1911--
Koller, Arnold Swi. polit.; pres. of Switzerland 1990 _1933--
Kollontai, Alexandra Mikhailovna (also Alexandra Kollontay) Rus. diplomat, feminist, & Communist revolutionary _1872-1952
Kollwitz, Kathe (nee Schmidt) Ger. artist _1867-1945
Kolmogorov, Andrei Nikolayevich Rus. math.; studied probability; proved stability of solar system _1903-1987
Koltsov, Alexei Vasilyevich Rus. poet _1808-1842
Komarov, Vladimir Mikhailovich Rus. Soviet cosmonaut; 1st Soviet to make a 2nd space flight 1967; 1st human fatality of space travel, when ship's parachute failed to open _1927-1967
Komer, Robert William US political sci.; acting national security advisor 1966 _1922--
Komura, Jutaro, Marquis Japanese diplomat; Japanese foreign minister 1901-1905, 1905, 1908-1911 _1855-1911
Konan-Bedie, Henri Ivory Coast polit.; head of state of Ivory Coast 1993-- _1934--
Konare, Alpha Omar Malian polit.; pres. of Mali 1992-- _1946--
Kondilis, Georgios Gk. gen. & polit. _1879-1935
Konev, Ivan Stepanovich (also Ivan Stepanovich Koniev) Rus. Soviet marshal in World War II; led Soviet capture of Berlin; 1st commander-in-chief of Warsaw Pact 1955-1960 _1897-1973
Kono, Yohei Japanese polit.; leader of Liberal Democratic Party 19XX--; Japanese foreign minister 1994-- _19XX--
Konoe, Fumimaro (also Fumimaro Konoye) Japanese polit. & prince; prime min. of Japan 1937-1939, 1940-1941; opposed militarism; grandfather of Morihiro Hosokawa; suicide _1891-1946
Konrad I Pol. king 1241-1243; son of Casimir II _1181-1247
Konstantin Rus. grand prince 1217-1218; son of Vsevolod III _1185-1218
Koo, Vi Kyuin (Wellington Koo; orig. Ku Wei-chun) Chinese diplomat & polit. _1887-1985
Koop, [Charles] Everett (C. Everett Koop) US admin. & physician; Surgeon General 1982-1989 _1916--
Koopmans, Tjalling Charles US (Dutch-born) economist; NP Econ. 1975 _1910-1985
Kopechne, Mary Jo US secretary of Ted Kennedy; died in automobile accident at Chappaquiddick _1940-1969
Koppel, Edward James (Ted) US (Eng.-born) television newscaster; appeared in shows "ABC Weekend News" 1975-1977, "Nightline" 1979-- _1940--
Koresh, David (orig. Vernon Wayne Howell) US cult leader; leader of Branch Davidians _1959-1993
Kornberg, Arthur US biochem.; NP Med. 1959 _1918--
Korner, Theodor (also Theodor Koerner) Aus. polit.; pres. of Austria 1951-1957 _1873-1957
Korngold, Erich US (Aus.-born) composer, conductor, & pianist _1897-1957
Kornilov, Lavr Grigoryevich Rus. gen. & counterrevolutionary _1870-1918
Korolenko, Vladimir Galaktionovich Rus. nov. _1853-1921
Korolyov, Sergei Pavlovich (also Sergei Korolev) Rus. Soviet rocket engineer; led design, testing, & launch of Vostok, Voskhod, & Soyuz spacecraft; father of Soviet space program _1907-1966
Korth, Fred US admin.; secy. of navy 1961-1963 _1909--
Koruturk, Fahri Turkish adm. & polit.; pres. of Turkey 1973-1980 _1903-1987
Korzybski, Alfred Habdank Skarbek US (Pol.-born) aut., logician, & sci.; founder of general semantics _1879-1950
Kosciusco-Morizet, Jacques (orig. Jacques Kosciusko) Fr. diplomat; Fr. ambassador to NATO 1969-1970; Fr. ambassador to UN 1970-1972; Fr. ambassador to US 1972-1977 _1913-1994
Kosciuszko, Tadeusz Andrzei (also Thaddeus Kosciusko) Pol.-US engineer, patriot, & soldier in American Revolution _1746-1817
Kosinski, Jerzy Nikodem US (Pol.-born) nov.; suicide _1933-1991
Kossel, [Karl Martin Leonhard] Albrecht Ger. biochem.; NP Med. 1910 _1853-1927
Kossuth, Lajos (also Louis Kossuth) Hung. patriot, polit., & revolutionary; helped lead Hung. revolution 1848; freed Hungary from Austria; pres. of Hungary 1849; deposed by Rus. troops _1802-1894
Kosygin, Alexei Nikolayevich Rus. Soviet Communist polit.; Soviet finance minister 1948; premier of Soviet Union 1964-1980 _1904-1980
Kotelawala, John Lionel, Sir Ceylonnese polit.; prime min. of Ceylon 1953-1956 _1897-1980
Kots, Arkady Yakovlevich (also Aaron Kots) Rus. Communist, poet, & translator; wrote Rus. words to "Internationale" 1902 (Soviet national anthem 1917-1944) _1872-1943
Kotzebue, August Friedrich Ferdinand von (the German Shakespeare) Ger. dram. & editor; assassinated _1761-1819
Kouandete, Maurice Benin polit.; acting pres. of Benin 1967; head of state of Benin 1969-1970 _1939--
Koufax, Sanford (Sandy) US baseball player _1935--
Kountche, Seyni Nigerien gen. & polit.; pres. of Niger 1974-1987 _1931-1987
Koussevitzky, Serge US (Rus.-born) conductor; conducted Boston Symphony Orchestra 1924-1949 _1874-1951
Kovac, Michal Slovak polit.; 1st pres. of Slovakia 1993-- _1936?--
Kovalevsky, Sonya Vasilyevna (also Sonya Kovalevskaya) Rus. math. _1850-1891
Kozyrev, Andrei Vladimirovich Rus. (Belgian-born) diplomat; Rus. foreign minister 1991-- _1951--
Kraepelin, Emil Ger. pioneer psychiatrist; classified psychoses into manic-depressive & dementia-praecox _1856-1926
Krafft-Ebing, Baron Richard von Ger. neurologist & sexual psychologist; wrote "Psychopathia Sexualis" 1886 _1840-1902
Kramar, Karel Czechoslovakian polit.; 1st prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1918-1919 _1890-1937
Krause, Karl Christian Friedrich Ger. philos.; attempted to reconcile pantheism & theism; wrote "Sketch of the System of Philosophy" 1804, "System of Morality" 1810, "The Prototype of Humanity" 1811 _1781-1832
Kravchuk, Leonid Makarovich Ukrainian polit.; 1st pres. of Ukraine 1991-1994 _1934--
Krebs, Edwin Gerhard US biochem.; NP Med. 1992 _1918--
Krebs, Hans Adolf, Sir Brit. (Ger.-born) biochem.; NP Med. 1953 _1900-1981
Kreisky, Bruno Aus. diplomat & polit.; Aus. foreign minister 1959-1966; chancellor of Austria 1970-1983; acting pres. of Austria 1974 _1911-1990
Kreisler, Fritz US (Aus.-born) composer & violinist _1875-1962
Krenz, Egon E. Ger. Communist polit.; last secy-gen. of E. Ger. Communist Party 1989-1990; last pres. of E. Germany 1989-1990 _1937--
Kreps, Juanita Morris US admin. & educator; Secy. of Commerce 1977-1979 _1921--
Kresge, Sebastian Spering (S. S. Kresge) US merchant & philanthropist; founder & eponym of Kresge Stores (K-Mart after 1979) _1867-1966
Kress, Samuel Henry US merchant & chain store businessman _1863-1955
Kreuger, Ivar (the Match King) Swed. businessman, financier, & match manufacturer; sought to gain worldwide monopoly on matches; suicide _1880-1932
Kreutzer, Rodolphe Fr. composer _1766-1831
Krikalev, Sergei Konstantinovich (also Sergei Krikalyov) Rus. cosmonaut; unexpectedly stranded 313 days in space 1991-1992; 1st Rus. cosmonaut on US space mission 1994 _1958--
Krim, Arthur US movie businessman; chairman of United Artists Corp. 1951-1978; chairman of Orion Pictures Corp. 1978-1992 _1910-1994
Kroc, Raymond Albert (Ray) US fast food industrialist; bought McDonald's franchise rights 1954; founded McDonald's Corp. 1955 _1902-1984
Krochmal, Nachman Kohen Jewish historian & conservative religious leader _1785-1840
Kroeber, Alfred Louis US cultural anthropologist; father of Ursula K. Le Guin _1876-1960
Krofta, Kamill Czechoslovakian diplomat; Czechoslovakian foreign minister 1936-1938 _1876-1945
Krogh, [Schack] August Steenberg Danish physiologist; NP Med. 1920 _1874-1949
Krol, John Joseph US retired cardinal 1967; archbishop of Philadelphia 1961-1987 _1910--
Kronecker, Leopold Ger. math.; eponym of Kronecker delta _1823-1891
Kropotkin, Pyotr Alexeyevich Rus. anarchist, geographer, & revolutionary _1842-1921
Kroyer, Hans Ernest Danish composer; composed secondary Danish national anthem "Der er et yndigt land" _1798-1879
Krug, Julius Albert US admin. & power engineer; Secy. of Interior 1946-1949 _1907-1970
Kruger, Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Paul; Oom Paul) S. African Boer polit.; joint head of state of Transvaal 1880-1883; last pres. of Transvaal 1883-1900 _1825-1904
Kruglov, Sergei Nikiforovich Rus. Soviet admin. & gen.; last chairman of NKVD 1945-1953 (MVD after 1946); 1st chairman of KGB 1953-1954 _1892?-1957
Krugman, Paul Robin US economist _1953--
Krupp, Alfred Ger. munitions manufacturer; son of Friedrich Krupp _1812-1887
Krupp, Alfried Alwin Felix Ger. munitions manufacturer for Nazis; son of Gustav Krupp _1907-1967
Krupp, Bertha Ger. munitions manufacturer; eponym of Big Bertha; wife of Gustav Krupp; daughter of Friedrich Alfred Krupp _1886-1957
Krupp, Friedrich Ger. munitions manufacturer; father of Alfred Krupp _1787-1826
Krupp, Friedrich Alfred Ger. munitions manufacturer; son of Alfred Krupp; suicide _1854-1902
Krupp, Gustav (orig. Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach) Ger. munitions manufacturer for Nazis _1869-1950
Krupskaya, Nadezhda Konstantinovna Rus. Communist revolutionary; wife of Vladimir Lenin 1898 _1869-1939
Krutch, Joseph Wood US aut. & critic _1893-1970
Kryuchkov, Vladimir Alexandrovich Rus. Soviet gen. & Communist polit.; chairman of KGB 1988-1991; member of anti-Gorbachev putsch 1991 _1924--
Kubitschek [de Oliveira], Juscelino Brazilian polit.; pres. of Brazil 1956-1960; moved capital of Brazil from Rio de Janiero to Brasilia 1960; overthrown _1902-1976
Kublai Khan Mongol ruler of China 1251-1260; ruler of Mongol Empire 1260-1294; son of Ogdai Khan _1215-1294
Kubrick, Stanley Brit. (US-born) movie director _1928--
Kucan, Milan Slovenian Yugoslavian polit.; 1st pres. of Slovenia 1990-- _1941--
Kuchel, Thomas Henry US polit.; Senate minority whip 1959-1969 _1910--
Kuchma, Leonid Maximovich Ukrainian polit. & reformer; prime min. of Ukraine 1992-1993; pres. of Ukraine 1994-- _1938--
Kudrika, Vincas Lithuanian songwriter; wrote & composed Lithuanian national anthem _1858-1899
Kugler, Victor Dutch businessman; protected Anne Frank & family from Nazis _1900?-1981
Kuhara, Fusanosuke Japanese admin. & mining businessman; founder, leader, & eponym of Kuhara Mining Co. 1912-1928; brother-in-law of Yoshisuke Aikawa _1869-1965
Kuhl, Charles Herman US soldier in World War II; famously slapped by George Patton when shell-shocked _19XX-1971
Kuhlmann, Richard von Ger. diplomat; Ger. foreign minister 1917-1918 _1873-1948
Kuhn, Bowie Kent US lawyer & baseball admin.; national baseball commissioner 1969-1984 _1926--
Kuhn, Richard Ger. (Aus.-born) chem.; NP Chem. 1938 _1900-1967
Kuhn, Thomas Samuel US philos. & historian of science; developed concept of scientific paradigm & paradigm shift; wrote "The Copernican Revolution" 1957, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" 1962 _1922--
Kuibyshev, Valerian Vladimirovich Rus. Communist polit. _1888-1935
Kulikov, Viktor Gergiyevich Rus. marshal; last commander-in-chief of Warsaw Pact 1977-1991 _1921--
Kulug Khan (Qaisan) ruler of Mongol Empire 1307-1311; nephew of Temur Khan _1281-1311
Kumaratunga, Chandrika (nee Bandaranaike) Sri Lankan polit.; prime min. of Sri Lanka 1994--; daughter of Solomon Bandaranaike & Sirimavo Bandaranaike _1944?--
Kummer, Ernst Eduard Ger. math.; founded theory of ideals 1845; proved Fermat's last theorem for all prime exponents _1810-1893
Kun, Bela Hung. Communist polit.; executed _1885-1937
Kunayev, Dinmukhamed Akhmedovich Kazakh Soviet Communist polit.; secy-gen. of Kazakh Communist Party 1960-1962, 1964-1986 _1912-1993
Kundera, Milan Czechoslovakian nov.; wrote novels "The Joke" 1967, "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" 1979, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" 1984, "The Art of the Novel" 1987, "Immortality" 1990 _1929--
Kung (Prince Kung) Manchurian polit. _1833-1898
K'ung, Hsiang-hsi (H. H. Kung) Chinese polit. _1881-1967
Kurchatov, Igor Vasilyevich Rus. nuclear engineer; oversaw development of Soviet atomic bomb 1949 _1903-1960
Kuroda, Kiyotaka Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1888-1889 _1840-1900
Kuropatkin, Alexei Nikolayevich Rus. gen. _1848-1921
Kurosawa, Akira Japanese movie director; directed movies "Rashomon" 1950, "The Seven Samurai" 1954, "Throne of Blood" 1957, "Yojimbo" 1961, "Sanjuro" 1962, "Dersu Uzala" 1975, "Ran" 1985 _1910--
Kurtz, Thomas Eugene US computer sci.; co-developed computer language BASIC 1963 with John Kemeny _1928--
Kurtzman, Harvey US cartoonist & magazine editor; founded Mad magazine 1952; created Alfred E. Neuman _1924-1993
Kusch, Polykarp (also Polycarp Kusch) US (Ger.-born) phys.; measured magnetic moment of electron; NP Phys. 1955 _1911-1993
Kushner, Tony US dram.; wrote plays "Angels in America" 1992 (halves "Millenium Approaches", "Perestroika"), "Slavs!" 1994 _1956--
Kutner, Luis US human rights activist & lawyer; helped found Amnesty International 1961; created concept of living will _1908-1993
Kutta, Wilhelm Martin Ger. math.; co-developer & co-eponym of Runge-Kutta method _1867-1944
Kutuzov, Mikhail Illarionovich Rus. marshal against Napoleon _1745-1813
Kuznets, Simon Smith US (Rus.-born) economist; NP Econ. 1971 _1901-1985
Kuznetsov, Vasily Vasilyevich Rus. Soviet polit.; acting chairman of Presidium of Supreme Soviet 1983-1984, 1985 _1901-1990
Kwasniewski, Alexander Pol. polit.; leader of Leftist Democratic Alliance Party _1954--
Kyd, Thomas Eng. dram.; wrote play "The Spanish Tragedy" _1558-1594
Kyprianou, Sypros (also Sypros Cyprianou) Cypriot polit.; 1st Cypriot foreign minister 1960-1972; pres. of Cyprus 1977-1988 _1932--
