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KPMG

Economy

KPMG International Limited (or simply KPMG) is a British-Dutch multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations. Headquartered in&

KYND

Communication and Internet

KYND aims to make complex cyber risks easy to understand and manage. The company's groundbreaking technology works for businesses of any size, from any industry, anywhere in the world.

Joseph Kabila

Joseph Kabila (born 1971) became the president of the Congo in 2001 when he was only 29 years old. He was put into the position after his father, Laurent Kabila, president at the t...

Lech Kaczynski

President of Poland Born June 19, 1949, in Warsaw, Poland; son of Rajmund (an engineer) and Jadwiga (a professor of literature) Kaczynski; married Maria Mackiewicz (an econo...

Cynthia Kadohata

1956 • Chicago, Illinois Author Since publishing her first novel, The Floating World, in 1989, Cynthia Kadohata has been viewed as one of the mo...

Chiang Kai-shek

Born: October 30, 1887 Ch'i-k'ou, Chekiang, China Died: April 5, 1975 Taiwan Chinese president and political leader C...

Madame Chiang Kai-shek

Born Soong Mei-ling, December 2, 1898, in Kwangtung, China; died October 23, 2003, in New York, NY. Politician. Articulate, charismatic, and beautiful, Madame Chiang Kai-shek was the wife ...

Dean Kamen

1951 • Long Island, New York Inventor, entrepreneur Dean Kamen is a leading American scientist and inventor whose products include the ...

Gerome Kamrowski

Though not as widely known as his contemporaries, American artist Gerome Kamrowski (1914–2004) was an important figure in American art's transitional phase into Abstract Expression...

Melina Kanakaredes

Actress Born April 23, 1967, in Akron, OH; daughter of Harry (a candy factory owner and insurance agent) and Connie (a homemaker) Kanakaredes; married Peter Constantinides (...

Eric Kandel

Neurobiologist and professor Born Eric Richard Kandel, November 7, 1929, in Vienna, Austria; son of Herman Kandel and Charlotte Zimels; married Denise Bystryn, c. 1956; chil...

Wassily Kandinsky

Born: December 4, 1866 Moscow, Russia Died: December 13, 1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France Russian painter and graphic artist ...

Immanuel Kant

Born: April 22, 1724 Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia) Died: February 12, 1804 Königsberg, East Prussia ...

Mel Karmazin

Chief Executive Officer of Sirius Satellite Radio Born Melvin Alan Karmazin, August 24, 1943, in New York, NY; married Sharon (a librarian and theatrical producer), 1971 (divorced...

Hamid Karzai

December 24, 1957 • Karz, Kandahar, Afghanistan President of Afghanistan For most of his life Hamid Karzai has dedicated himself to bringing peace and unity to his home...

M. Farooq Kathwari

Chief Executive Officer of Ethan Allen and philanthropist Born August 16, 1944, in Srinagar, Kashmir; married Farida Khan, 1968; children: three (one deceased). Ed...

Charlie Kaufman

Screenwriter and producer Born Charles Stewart Kaufman, November, 1958, in New York; son of Myron (an engineer) and Helen (a homemaker) Kaufman; married Denise; children: tw...

Elia Kazan

Born Elia Kazanjoglous, September 7, 1909, in Constantinople, Turkey; died of natural causes, September 28, 2003, in Manhattan, NY. Director and author. Director of stage and screen, Elia ...

John Keats

Born: October 31, 1795 London, England Died: February 23, 1821 Rome, Italy English poet The English Romantic poet Joh...

Charles Keeling

Born Charles David Keeling, April 20, 1928, in Scranton, PA; died of a heart attack, June 20, 2005, at his summer home, in Hamilton, MT. Climate scientist. When Charles Keeling made resear...