People

Dong Kingman

Artist Dong Kingman's (1911–2000) name became synonymous with artwork that depicted a variety of urban cityscapes. In an article following Kingman's death, the ...

Barbara Kingsolver

Author Born April 8, 1955, in Annapolis, MD; daughter of Wendell R. (a doctor) and Virginia (a homemaker; maiden name, Henry) Kingsolver; married Joseph Hoffmann (a chemistr...

Sophie Kinsella

Author Born in 1969, in England; married Henry (a teacher), c. 1990; children: Freddy, Hugo. Education: Earned degree from Oxford University, c. 1991...

Rudyard Kipling

Born: December 30, 1865 Bombay, India Died: January 18, 1936 Burwash, England English writer and poet The English poe...

Athanasius Kircher

The German-born Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher (c. 1601–1680) was, in the words of an article reprinted on the website of the Museum of Jurassic Technology, an "inventor, ...

David Kirk

Author and illustrator Born c. 1956; married (divorced); married Kathy Anne Dropp (a museum curator), 2000; children: Violet, Primrose, Wisteria. Education: ...

Henry Kissinger

Born: May 27, 1923 Furth, Germany German-born American government official Aleading expert on international relations since the 1950s, Henry Kiss...

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Calvin Klein

Born: November 19, 1942 Bronx, New York American fashion designer One of America's top fashion designers, Calvin Klein first made a name for hims...

Ruud Kleinpaste

Entomologist and television personality Born in 1952 in Indonesia; immigrated to Holland, then New Zealand, 1978; married Julie (a teacher); children: Tristan, another son, two ...

F. W. de Klerk

Born: March 18, 1936 Johannesburg, South Africa South African president and politician F. W. de Klerk was state president of South Africa from 1989 to ...

Klaus von Klitzing

The Von Klitzing constant, which looks like this: RK = h / e2 = 25812.807449(86)Ω, was named in honor of Klaus Von Klitzing's (born 1943) discovery of the Quantum Hall Effect. ...

Heidi Klum

Model and television show host Born June 1, 1973, in Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany; daughter of Gunther (a cosmetics company executive) and Erna (a hairdresser) Klum; married Ric ...

Keira Knightley

Actress Born March 26, 1985, in Teddington, Middlesex, England; daughter of Will Knightley (an actor) and Sharman Macdonald (a playwright). Addresses: ...

Don Knotts

Born Jesse Donald Knotts, July 21, 1924, in Morgan-town, WV; died of lung cancer, February 24, 2006, in Los Angeles, CA. Actor. During a half-century acting career, Don Knotts appeared on ...

Beyoncé Knowles

September 4, 1981 • Houston, Texas Singer/actress From her early childhood, Beyoncé Knowles wanted to be more than a performer: she wan...

Jim Koch

President of Boston Beer Born C. James Koch, May 27, 1949, in Cincinnati, OH; married first wife (divorced); married Cynthia A. Fisher (a biotechnology entrepreneur); childr...

Walter Kohn

Theoretical physicist Walter Kohn (born 1923) received the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the density functional theory. The revolutionary theory, which became widely...

Rem Koolhaas

November 17, 1944 • Rotterdam, Netherlands Architect Rem Koolhaas is considered by his many followers to be the coolest, hippest, and most cutting-edge architect on the...

Mike Korchinsky

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wildlife Works Born Michael Korchinsky, September 21, 1961, in Brookville, Ontario, Canada; son of Walter (a chemical engineering professor)...