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Karsten Brannasch
Karsten Brannasch (born 1966, Altdöbern) is a German bobsledder, 1994 Lillehammer Olympic four-man gold medalist with pilot Harald Czudaj, Olaf Hampel, and Alexander Szelig; also 1989 European silver and 1995 European bronze.
Karsten Just
Karsten Just (born 1968, East Berlin) is a retired German 400m sprinter and 4x400m relay runner; World Indoor champion 1991 (3:03.05 NR), World Championships relay bronze 1993 (2:59.99), personal best 46.13; later a physician. Not the hurdler Karsten Warholm.
Karsten Meyer (chemist)
Karsten Meyer is a German inorganic and coordination chemist who has held the Chair of Inorganic and General Chemistry at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg since 2006, after serving at UC San Diego.
Karsten Pruess
Karsten Pruess is a German-trained theoretical physicist and reservoir engineer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, best known as chief author of the TOUGH2 simulator family.
Karsten Reuter
Karsten Reuter (born 1970) is a theoretical chemist known for first-principles multiscale modeling of heterogeneous catalysis, directing the Fritz-Haber-Institut Theory Department in Berlin since 2020.
Karsten Schmeling
Karsten Schmeling (born 1962, Hennigsdorf) is a German rower, East German coxed four Olympic champion at Seoul 1988 and world champion 1986-1987; also world silver medalist in coxed pair and eight.
Karsten W. Jacobsen
Karsten Wedel Jacobsen is a Danish theoretical physicist at DTU known for the nudged elastic band method, the 1998 finding that nanocrystalline metals soften, and the Atomic Simulation Environment software.
Karsten Warholm
Karsten Warholm (born 1996, Ulsteinvik) is a Norwegian 400m hurdler, Olympic champion Tokyo 2021 (world record 45.94), three-time world champion, four-time European champion, coached by Leif Olav Alnes; record lost to dos Santos in 2026.
Karsten Weis
Karsten Weis is a molecular cell biologist and Professor of Cellular Dynamics at ETH Zurich who studies nucleocytoplasmic transport, mRNA export and degradation, and phase separation.
Karsten Wildberger
Karsten Wildberger is a German politician of the CDU who serves as Federal Minister for Digital and State Modernisation, heading the country's youngest federal ministry.
Karsten Zengler
Karsten Zengler is a German-trained microbiologist and systems biologist, Professor of Pediatrics at UC San Diego, known for community systems biology and the 1999 Nature methane paper.
Karstification
Karstification is the process by which slightly acidic water dissolves soluble rock, most commonly limestone and dolomite, enlarging fractures into caves and producing karst landforms.
Kårstø gas processing plant
The Kårstø gas processing plant (Kårstø prosessanlegg) is Europe's largest gas processing facility, in Tysvær, Norway. Opened in 1985, it handles over a quarter of Norwegian gas exports.
Karstveld Sink Holes
Karstveld Sink Holes (FEOW ecoregion 554) is a Namibian freshwater ecoregion of dolomite karst southeast and east of Etosha Pan, containing Dragon's Breath Cave, Lake Otjikoto, Lake Guinas, and endemic cavefish such as Clarias cavernicola.
Kart Club
Kart Club (제주카트클럽, Jeju Kart Club) is a karting venue in Hallim-eup, Jeju City, South Korea; first kart rink on Jeju, 25,000 KRW per 15-minute solo session, children from 2nd grade can drive.
Kart dynasty
The Kart dynasty (کرتیان), also written Al-e Kart, was an east Iranian dynasty that ruled from Herat over Khurasan from 1245 until Timur ended it in 1389.
Kart racing
Kart racing (karting, go-karting) is open-wheel road racing on small four-wheeled karts without suspension or differential, governed by CIK-FIA since 1962; classes span 60 cc Mini, 125 cc OK/KZ, electric e-karting, and 250 cc Superkart.
Kartač
Kartač, styled Casino Kartáč, is a Czech casino brand run by CASINO KARTÁČ Group from Ostrava, with land-based casinos in Ostrava and Opava and a licensed online casino since 2020.
Kartal
Kartal is a district on the Asian side of Istanbul on the Sea of Marmara; 470,676 people (2019), 38.54 km2, Byzantine origins as Kartalimen, industrial zone since 1947, Kadikoy-Kartal metro since 2012.
Kartaliniya
Kartaliniya, also known as Kartli (Georgian: ქართლი), is a historical region of eastern Georgia known in Classical and Byzantine sources as Iberia, with its ancient capital at Mtskheta.
Kartam Bhugtam
Kartam Bhugtam (करतम भुगतम) is a 2024 Hindi psychological thriller directed by Soham Shah, starring Shreyas Talpade, Vijay Raaz, Madhoo and Aksha Pardasany; released 17 May 2024, about karma and astrology, earning roughly ₹1.33 crore net in India.
Kartar Singh Duggal
Kartar Singh Duggal (1917–2012) was an Indian writer, mainly in Punjabi, who won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1965 and the Padma Bhushan in 1988.
Kartar Singh Sarabha (ਕਰਤਾਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਰਾਭਾ)
Kartar Singh Sarabha (ਕਰਤਾਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਰਾਭਾ), 1896–1915, Punjabi-born Ghadar Party revolutionary; ran the Ghadar newspaper's Punjabi edition, led the 1915 planned mutiny, and was hanged at Lahore at age 19, inspiring Bhagat Singh.
Kartarpur Corridor
The Kartarpur Corridor, also called Shri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, is a visa-free crossing from Dera Baba Nanak in India to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan, opened in 2019.
Kartarpur wali Bir
The Kartarpur wali Bir, also called the Kartarpuri Bir or Kartarpur Pothi, is the manuscript of the Adi Granth traditionally held to be compiled by Guru Arjan in 1604.
Kartarpur, Pakistan
Kartarpur (کرتارپور, ਕਰਤਾਰਪੁਰ) is a town in Shakargarh Tehsil, Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan, founded by Guru Nanak, who died there in 1539. Home to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, the second-holiest Sikh site, and the 2019 visa-free Kartarpur Corridor to India, suspended by India in May 2025.
Kartavirya Arjuna (कार्तवीर्यार्जुन)
Kartavirya Arjuna (Sahasrabahu), thousand-armed Haihaya king of Mahishmati in Hindu epic and Purana, blessed by Dattatreya, captor of Ravana, slain by Parashurama; distinct from the Pandava Arjuna.
Kartavya (कर्तव्य) (1995 film)
Kartavya (कर्तव्य) is a 1995 Hindi action film directed by Raj Kanwar, starring Sanjay Kapoor and Juhi Chawla, who replaced the late Divya Bharti; a Raj Kanwar flop about a son avenging his mother, distinct from the 2026 Saif Ali Khan Netflix film of the same name.
Kartavya (कर्तव्य) (2026 film)
Kartavya (कर्तव्य) is a 2026 Hindi Netflix crime drama directed by Pulkit, produced by Gauri Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment, starring Saif Ali Khan as police officer Pawan Malik; released 15 May 2026 to mixed reviews.
Kartavya Bhavan (कर्तव्य भवन)
Kartavya Bhavan (कर्तव्य भवन), known as the Common Central Secretariat, is a new government office complex in New Delhi, the first of ten buildings inaugurated by Narendra Modi in 2025.