People

Bob Keeshan

Born Robert J. Keeshan, June 27, 1927, in Lynbrook, NY; died after a long illness on January 23, 2004, in Windsor, VT. Television personality. Bob Keeshan spent almost four decades on the ...

Helen Keller

Born: June 27, 1880 Tuscumbia, Alabama Died: June 1, 1968 Westport, Connecticut American activist for the physically disabled ...

Gene Kelly

Born: August 23, 1912 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Died: February 2, 1996 Beverly Hills, California American dancer, actor, and choreogr...

Maureen Kelly

Founder and president of Tarte Cosmetics Born c. 1972; daughter of a judge and a board of elections commissioner; married Mark Ludvigsen (a bond salesman; died, 2001); remarried, ...

John F. Kennedy

Born: May 29, 1917 Brookline, Massachusetts Died: November 22, 1963 Dallas, Texas American president John F. Kennedy ...

Florynce Kennedy

American civil rights attorney, political activist, and pioneer in second-wave feminism, Florynce Rae Kennedy (1916–2000) was an outspoken advocate for liberal causes. ...

Edward Kennedy

Born: February 22, 1932 Brookline, Massachusetts American senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy, brother of President John F. Kennedy (1917– 1963) and Rob...

Robert Kennedy

Born: November 20, 1925 Brookline, Massachusetts Died: June 6, 1968 Los Angeles, California American statesman, senator, and attorne...

Johannes Kepler

Born: December 27, 1571 Weil, Swabia, Germany Died: November 15, 1630 Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany German astronomer ...

Paula A. Kerger

President and Chief Executive Officer of Public Broadcasting Service Born December 20, 1957, in Woodstock, MD; married Joe. Education: University of Maryla...

Kering

Consumer goods

Kering is a French-based multinational corporation specializing in luxury goods. It owns the brands Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Gucci, Alexander McQueen an

Kirk Kerkorian

American financier Kirk Kerkorian (born 1917) parlayed a charter flight business consisting of a single $5,000 plane into one of the world's great fortunes. In 2007, Kerkorian rank...

Jack Kerouac

Born: March 12, 1922 Lowell, Massachusetts Died: October 21, 1969 St. Petersburg, Florida American writer J ack Kerou...

Jean Kerr

Born Bridget Jean Collins, July 10, 1922, in Scranton, PA; died of pneumonia, January 5, 2003, in White Plains, NY. Author and playwright. Jean Kerr mined the absurdities of suburban life ...

Clark Kerr

Born May 17, 1911, in Stony Creek, PA; died in his sleep after suffering a fall, December 1, 2003, in El Cerrito, CA. University administrator. Clark Kerr's most significant contributions ...

John Kerry

Politician Born John Forbes Kerry, December 11, 1943, in Denver, CO; son of Richard (a foreign service officer) and Rosemary (a homemaker and community service volunteer); m...

Charles F. Kettering

Born: August 29, 1876 Loudonville, Ohio Died: November 25, 1958 Dayton, Ohio American engineer Charles F. Kettering, ...

Marian Keyes

Author Born in September, 1963, in Limerick, Ireland; daughter of Ted and Mary (Cotter) Keyes; married Tony Baines (a computer analyst), December 29, 1995. E...

Alicia Keys

Singer Born Alicia Augello Cook, January 25, 1981, in New York, NY; daughter of Craig Cook (a flight attendant) and Terri Augello (a paralegal and actress). ...

A. Q. Khan

Through a process that began with the theft of designs and documents from a Dutch centrifuge manufacturing facility, Pakistani metallurgist A. Q. Khan (born 1936) became the father...