Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Ban Ki-Moon
Ban Ki-moon (born 1944) was sworn in late in 2006 as secretary-general of the United Nations (U.N.). The former South Korean foreign minister took office on January 1, 2007, after ...
Billy the Kid
Born: November 23, 1859 New York, New York Died: July 14, 1881 Fort Sumner, New Mexico American criminal and murderer ...
Dan Kiley
Born Daniel Urban Kiley, September 2, 1912, in Boston, MA; died February 21, 2004, in Charlotte, VT. Landscape architect. One of the United States' more prolific and popular landscape arch...
Marcia Kilgore
Entrepreneur and spa founder Born October 16, 1968, in Outlook, Saskatchewan, Canada; daughter of Monty (a real estate agent) and Lorene Kilgore; married Thierry Boué (an ex...
Eugenia Kim
Milliner Born c. 1974 in Pennsylvania. Education: Earned psychology degree from Dartmouth College, 1996; attended Parsons School of Design, late 1990...
Billie Jean King
Born: November 22, 1943 Long Beach, California American tennis player I nternational tennis star Billie Jean King won a record twenty Wimbledon c...
Queen Anne of Cleves Consort of Henry Viii King
The politically motivated fourth bride of Henry VIII, German princess Anne of Cleves (1515–1557) was one of Henry's few wives to survive him. Their marriage was marred by a lack of...
Queen Catharine Parr Consort of Henry Viii King
Catharine (sometimes spelled Catherine, Katherine or Katharine) Parr (1512–1548) was the sixth and last wife of England's King Henry VIII. Reputedly kind and quite well educated fo...
Coretta Scott King
Born: April 27, 1927 Perry County, Alabama African American civil rights advocate Coretta Scott King was the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther ...
Stephen King
Born: September 21, 1947 Portland, Maine American author Stephen King is a very popular author of horror fiction. In his works he blends elements...
B. B. King
Born: September 16, 1925 Itta Bena, Mississippi African American singer, musician, and songwriter B. B. King is one of the most successful artists in t...
Alan King
Born Irwin Alan Kniberg, December 26, 1927, in Brooklyn, NY; died of lung cancer, May 9, 2004, in Manhattan, NY. Comedian. An acerbic, cigar-puffing wit who went from the so-called "Borsch...
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...
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...