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KAWP Holdings, L.P.

KAWP Holdings, L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership formed in 2020 and headquartered in Mount Kisco, New York, which reported roughly $516.1 million raised across four private offerings from 2020 to 2023.

Kaws

Kaws is the professional name of Brian Donnelly (born 1974, Jersey City), a Brooklyn-based American artist known for the COMPANION figure, subvertising, vinyl toys, brand collaborations, and the $14.8m KAWS Album sale.

Kawthoolei

Kawthoolei is the homeland envisioned by Karen nationalists in southeastern Myanmar, meaning "the land without darkness." The Karen National Union has claimed and partly governed it since 1949.

Kay Adams (sportscaster)

Kay Adams (born 1986, Chicago; birth name Dorothy C. Konopka) is an American sportscaster who co-hosted NFL Network's Good Morning Football from 2016 to 2022 and now hosts the daily FanDuel TV show Up & Adams, with prior fantasy-football roles at SiriusXM, DirecTV, and NBC Sports Network.

Kay Adams Corleone

Kay Adams Corleone, also known as Kay Corleone or Katherine Corleone, is Michael Corleone's second wife in The Godfather, played by Diane Keaton in all three films.

Kay Adroa

Kay Adroa, second wife of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, a Makerere student daughter of Reverend Adroa, married in Arua in 1966, divorced 1974, found dead August 13, 1974.

Kay Arne Stenshjemmet

Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (born 1953, Lillestrøm) is a Norwegian former speed skater, one of the 'Four S-es'. Two Olympic silvers (1,500 and 5,000 m, Lake Placid 1980, behind Eric Heiden), European allround champion 1976 and 1980, 5,000 m world record 6:56.9 (1977).

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Kay Bailey Hutchison (Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison), Texas Republican, first woman U.S. senator from Texas (1993-2013), Senate GOP Policy Committee chair, 2010 gubernatorial primary loser, and U.S. ambassador to NATO 2017-2021.

Kay Behrensmeyer

Anna K. ("Kay") Behrensmeyer is an American taphonomist and paleoecologist, a Smithsonian research curator since 1981, known for pioneering taphonomy and her long-running Amboseli bone study in Kenya.

Kay Bluhm

Kay Bluhm (born 1968, Brandenburg an der Havel), German canoe sprint kayaker; with Torsten Gutsche won K-2 500 m and 1,000 m gold at Barcelona 1992 and K-2 500 m gold at Atlanta 1996; 5 Olympic medals, 7 world titles.

Kay Burley

Kay Burley (born 1960) is an English broadcaster, a founding presenter of Sky News from 1989, known for combative breakfast-show political interviews, a BAFTA-winning 9/11 coverage, and her February 2025 retirement after 36 years.

Kay Cannon

Kay Cannon (born 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer, creator of the Pitch Perfect franchise, 30 Rock writer, director of Blockers and Cinderella, and director of Netflix's One Attempt Remaining.

Kay Dickersin

Kay Dickersin is an epidemiologist and Professor Emerita at Johns Hopkins whose research established publication bias in clinical trials; she led the US Cochrane Center and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2007.

Kay E. Davies

Dame Kay E. Davies, born 1951 in Stourbridge, is a British human molecular geneticist and Oxford professor known for Duchenne muscular dystrophy research, fragile X genetics, and utrophin-based therapy.

Kay Felder

Kay Felder (Kahlil Felder, born 1995) is an American point guard from Detroit; Oakland star who led NCAA in assists, drafted 54th in 2016 by Atlanta, traded to Cleveland, waived after a 2017 trade.

Kay Flock

Kay Flock (Kevin Perez, born 2003) is a Bronx drill rapper whose 2021 mixtape The D.O.A. Tape and Cardi B collaboration "Shake It" (Hot 100 number 51) anchored New York sample drill; in 2025 he was convicted of racketeering and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Kay Francis

Kay Francis (Katharine Edwina Gibbs, 1905-1968), American film actress known as the Queen of Warner Brothers, star of Trouble in Paradise and One Way Passage, highest-paid actress of 1936 with 68 film credits, retired in 1952.

Kay Goldsworthy

Kay Goldsworthy AO is an Australian Anglican bishop who became Australia's first woman bishop in 2008 and, as Archbishop of Perth, its first female archbishop in 2018.

Kay Granger

Kay Granger (1943–2026), U.S. Representative for Texas's 12th District 1997–2025, first Republican woman in the House from Texas, first female mayor of Fort Worth, and first Republican woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee.

Kay Hagan

Kay Hagan (1953–2019), American Democratic senator from North Carolina 2009–2015, first female Democratic senator from the state; defeated Elizabeth Dole in 2008, lost to Thom Tillis in 2014; died of Powassan encephalitis.

Kay Hanley

Kay Hanley is an American singer and songwriter from Boston, known as lead singer of Letters to Cleo and as an Emmy-winning songwriter for animated television.

Kay Ivey

Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the 54th governor of Alabama, a Republican who took office April 10, 2017 after Robert Bentley resigned; previously state treasurer and lieutenant governor, elected to full terms in 2018 and 2022.

Kay Kay Menon (केके मेनन)

Kay Kay Menon (केके मेनन), born Krishna Kumar Menon in 1966 in Kerala, is an Indian actor of Hindi cinema and streaming series, known for Black Friday, Sarkar, Gulaal, Haider (Filmfare and IIFA winner), Special OPS, and Farzi.

Kay Kendall

Kay Kendall (Justine Kay Kendall McCarthy, 1926–1959) was an English comedy actress, star of Genevieve (1953), Les Girls (1957), and The Reluctant Debutante (1958); wife of Rex Harrison, she died of leukemia at 32.

Kay Kirkpatrick

Kay Kirkpatrick is an American politician and Republican member of the Georgia State Senate from the 32nd district, covering parts of Cobb and Cherokee counties, and chairs the Children and Families Committee.

Kay Lee Ray

Kay Lee Ray (Kayleigh Rae, born 1992, Glasgow; WWE name Alba Fyre) is a Scottish professional wrestler, longest-reigning NXT UK Women's Champion (over 600 days from August 2019), 3-time ICW Women's World Champion, first WOS Women's Champion, who left WWE in April 2026 and returned to the UK indies.

Kay Lenz

Kay Lenz (Kay Ann Lenz, born 1953, Los Angeles) is an American actress, Golden Globe-nominated for Breezy (1973) and an Emmy winner for Midnight Caller (1989), formerly married to David Cassidy.

Kay M. Stanney

Kay M. Stanney is an American human systems engineer known for virtual reality cybersickness research, founder of Design Interactive, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2019.

Kay Mellor

Kay Mellor (born Kay Daniel, 1951–15 May 2022) was a Leeds-born English TV writer, director and actress, OBE, creator of Band of Gold, Fat Friends, The Syndicate and In the Club, Dennis Potter BAFTA winner 1997.

Kay Nielsen

Kay Rasmus Nielsen (1886–1957) was a Danish illustrator and theater designer known for deluxe fairy-tale books like East of the Sun and West of the Moon and for Disney's Fantasia.