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Kelantan Sultanate

The Kelantan Sultanate is the Malay monarchy ruling Kelantan on Malaysia's northeast coast, its modern dynasty founded by Long Yunus in the late 18th century.

Kelar

Kelar (Kalar), town in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, center of Kalar district in Garmian. Predominantly Sunni Kurd; major IDP destination since 2014; 1,400-metre corniche project.

Kelashin Stele

The Kelashin Stele, also spelled Kelishin, is a Urartian-Assyrian bilingual stone stele of kings Išpuini and Minua, dated to 820–810 BCE and now in the Urmia Museum.

Kelasuri Wall

The Kelasuri Wall, also known as the Great Abkhazian Wall, is a medieval fortification in Abkhazia about 80 km long, among the world's longest defensive walls.

Kelci-Rose Bowers

Kelci-Rose Bowers, English footballer born 2004, in Portsmouth; Chelsea academy, LSU, Portsmouth, Bournemouth Women (70 matches, 11 goals), then Hashtag United; England U15–U19; partner of Marcos Senesi.

Keld van Schreven

Keld van Schreven is a British technology entrepreneur and investor who co-founded KR1 plc, a digital asset company listed in London, in March 2016, and serves as its Managing Director.

Kelda Roys

Kelda Roys is an American Democratic politician representing Wisconsin's 26th State Senate district, who previously served in the State Assembly and ran for governor in 2026.

Keldon Johnson

Keldon Johnson (born 1999, Chesterfield, Virginia), nicknamed Big Body, is an NBA forward-guard for the San Antonio Spurs, drafted 29th overall in 2019 from Kentucky, and the 2025-26 NBA Sixth Man of the Year.

Keldric Faulk

Keldric Faulk, Auburn Tigers defensive end from Highland Home, Alabama; 2026 NFL Draft first-round pick (31st overall, Tennessee Titans); SEC All-Freshman 2023, 2024 season with 7 sacks, 2025 team captain.

Keldric Luster

Keldric Luster, American college football quarterback (Ball State, formerly SMU and Texas State), McKinney, Texas native, 5-10/250, 2026 Ball State starter and MAC Offensive Player of the Week.

Kele Okereke

Kele Okereke (Rowland Kelechukwu Okereke, born 1981, Liverpool), known as Kele, is the English lead singer and guitarist of Bloc Party and a solo artist with albums The Boxer, Trick, Fatherland, 2042, and The Waves Pt. 1.

Kelechi Iheanacho

Kelechi Promise Iheanacho, born 1996 in Owerri, is a Nigerian forward from the 2013 U-17 World Cup who played for Manchester City, Leicester City, Sevilla, Middlesbrough, and Celtic, with nearly 60 Nigeria caps.

Kelefa Saane

Kelefa Saane, also spelled Kelefa Sanneh or Kelefaa Saane, was a Mandinka warrior prince from Badora who died fighting for King Demba Sonko of Niumi in the 1840s.

Keleki Latu

Keleki Latu (born 2002) is a Buffalo Bills tight end, #83, from Sacramento; brother of 2024 first-rounder Laiatu Latu; played at Cal, UNLV, and Washington; undrafted 2025.

Kelela

Kelela, born Kelela Mizanekristos, is an American singer-songwriter who fuses R&B vocals with electronic and club production on acclaimed albums Take Me Apart (2017) and Raven (2023).

Kelermes

Kelermes (Келермес) is a group of rich 6th-century BC Scythian-period kurgans near Kelermesskaya in Adygea, Russia, excavated by Veselovsky 1903-04, known for horse sacrifices, goldwork, and the Kelermes mirror.

Kelevan

Kelevan (CAS 4234-79-1), an obsolete organochlorine insecticide derived from chlordecone and ethyl levulinate, used from 1966 against the potato beetle and banana root borer, degraded in soil to persistent chlordecone.

Keli Lane

Keli Lane, Australian former elite water polo player convicted in 2010 of murdering her two-day-old daughter Tegan (born 1996, body never found); sentenced to 18 years, appeals dismissed, denied parole under NSW no-body-no-parole laws.

Keli M. Neary

Keli M. Neary, born 1981 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is a US district judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, appointed by President Biden and confirmed in 2024.

Keliber

Keliber Oy is a Finnish mining company majority owned by Sibanye-Stillwater that mines spodumene and produces battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Central Ostrobothnia, Finland, with mining starting in 2026.

Kelimeng Chengzhi

克里孟城址 (Kelimeng city site), a Han-to-Northern-and-Southern-dynasties walled city site in Chahar Right Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia; about 750,000 m², Xianbei/Northern Wei character, possibly the Niuchuan city; sixth-batch national protected site (2006).

Kelin Wang

Kelin Wang (王克林) is a Chinese Canadian research geophysicist at the Geological Survey of Canada's Pacific Geoscience Centre in British Columbia, known for subduction-zone earthquake and tsunami hazard research.

Kelin X. Whipple

Kelin X. Whipple is an American geomorphologist at Arizona State University who studies how climate and tectonics shape mountains, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2025.

Kelis

Kelis (Kelis Rogers, born 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and certified chef whose debut Kaleidoscope launched with the Neptunes and whose hit "Milkshake" (2003) reached No. 3 in the US; she later retrained at Le Cordon Bleu.

Keliya

Keliya was a sukkal, or envoy, of the Mittanian king Tušratta, sent on diplomatic missions to pharaohs Amenhotep III and Akhenaten in the mid-14th century BC.

KELK-motif containing domain

KELK-motif containing domain (Pfam PF15796, InterPro IPR031597) is an ~80-residue domain of MRCK serine/threonine kinases (CDC42BPA/B, Drosophila gek), located between the kinase and C1 domains, conserved from insects to mammals.

Kell antigen system

Kell antigen system (ISBT KEL, 006): 38 red cell antigens on the KEL glycoprotein, discovered 1946 after Mrs Kelleher; K/k antithetical antigens, third most immunogenic after ABO and Rh D, causing HDFN and transfusion reactions.

Kell Brook

Kell Brook (Ezekiel Brinsley Brook), Sheffield boxer, IBF welterweight champion 2014-2017, 40-3 record, lost to Golovkin, Spence, Crawford, beat Khan in 2022, retired May 2022, comeback planned February 2026.

Kellan Lutz

Kellan Lutz, American actor and model born 1985 in Dickinson, North Dakota, known as Emmett Cullen in all five Twilight films (2008–2012), The Legend of Hercules, The Expendables 3, and FBI: Most Wanted.

Kellanova

Kellanova was the snacks-led food company created in October 2023 when Kellogg Company split its snacking and cereal businesses, headquartered in Chicago and acquired by Mars in 2025.