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Ken Blackwell
Ken Blackwell (John Kenneth Blackwell) is an American Republican politician and diplomat who served as mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio Treasurer, and Ohio's 60th Secretary of State.
Ken Blankenbush
Ken Blankenbush is an American Republican politician who has represented New York's 117th Assembly district in the North Country since 2010, retiring at the end of 2026.
Ken Block
Ken Block (1967–2023), American rally driver, DC Shoes co-founder, and Hoonigan founder; star of the Gymkhana YouTube stunt series with over 500 million views; first American to score a WRC point; died in a Utah snowmobile crash.
Ken Bone (activist)
Ken Bone (Kenneth Bone), Illinois power plant worker and undecided voter who went viral after asking an energy question at the October 9, 2016 second presidential debate in a red IZOD sweater; later Uber ad backlash and Reddit AMA controversy.
Ken Bruce
Ken Bruce (born 1951, Glasgow), also known as the host of PopMaster, is a Scottish radio presenter who fronted BBC Radio 2's mid-morning show 1992–2023 and now hosts Greatest Hits Radio mornings; his show was the UK's most-listened radio program at 8.7 million listeners.
Ken Buck
Ken Buck (Kenneth Robert Buck, born 1959) is a Republican former U.S. representative for Colorado's 4th district (2015–2024), former Weld County district attorney, Freedom Caucus founding member who broke with Trump's election claims and resigned March 22, 2024.
Ken Bugul
Ken Bugul is the pen name of Senegalese novelist Mariétou Mbaye Biléoma, known for her 1982 debut Le Baobab fou and over 30 years of writing in French.
Ken Burns
Ken Burns (Kenneth Lauren Burns), born 1953, is an American documentary filmmaker and co-founder of Florentine Films whose PBS series The Civil War drew 40 million viewers in 1990.
Ken C. Macdonald
Ken C. Macdonald is an American marine geophysicist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, known for mapping mid-ocean ridge segmentation and co-discovering black smoker vents.
Ken Cadwell
Ken Cadwell (K. Cadwell) is an immunologist who studies how gut viruses and bacteria interact with the immune system, known for showing viruses act as gut microbiome members.
Ken Caldeira
Ken Caldeira is an American climate and energy scientist known for work on ocean acidification, coral reef calcification, climate sensitivity, solar geoengineering, and the design of deeply decarbonized energy systems.
Ken Calvert
Ken Calvert, born 1953, is a Republican U.S. Representative for California's 41st district since 2023, who has held House seats since 1993 and chairs the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
Ken Caminiti
Ken Caminiti (1963-2004), American MLB third baseman for the Astros and Padres; unanimous 1996 NL MVP (.326, 40 HR, 130 RBI), three Gold Gloves, later admitted steroid use; Astros and Padres HOF inductee.
Ken Carpenter
Ken Carpenter (William Kenneth Carpenter, 1913–1984), American discus thrower and USC Trojan; won 1936 Berlin Olympic discus gold with a 50.48 m Olympic record; distinct from the 1964-born track cyclist of the same name.
Ken Carson
Ken Carson (Kenyatta Frazier Jr., born 2000) is an Atlanta rage rapper signed to Playboi Carti's Opium label in 2019; albums Project X, X, A Great Chaos, More Chaos (No. 1 Billboard 200, 2025), and xperiment (2026).
Ken Carter
Ken Carter is the American basketball coach, head coach at Richmond High School, California, 1997–2002, famous for the 1999 lockout of his undefeated 13-0 team over academic contracts, later the film Coach Carter.
Ken Casey
Ken Casey is the Boston Celtic punk musician who co-founded Dropkick Murphys in 1996, wrote "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" from Woody Guthrie lyrics, and leads the band's pro-union, anti-Trump activism.
Ken Chen
Ken Chen is a computational biologist and Professor of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, known for widely used cancer genomics tools including BreakDancer, VarScan, and Monovar.
Ken Chu
Ken Chu (Chu Ding-kai, 朱鼎健) is a Hong Kong-born businessman who took over Mission Hills Group, the world's largest golf resort operator, on his father's death in 2011.
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli, Republican, was Virginia attorney general 2010–2014, sued over the ACA, lost the 2013 governor's race to McAuliffe, served as acting USCIS director from 2019, and founded the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down super PAC in 2023.
Ken Curtis
Ken Curtis (Curtis Wain Gates, 1916–1991), American actor and singer, not the Sonny Curtis songwriter or Keene Curtis; played Deputy Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke 1964–1975 after a big-band career with Tommy Dorsey.
Ken Dedes
Ken Dedes, a Javanese noblewoman and Buddhist scholar, was the consort of Ken Arok, founder of Singhasari in 1222, and ancestral mother of the Rajasa dynasty.
Ken Dodd
Ken Dodd (1927-2018), Sir Ken, the Squire of Knotty Ash, was an English music-hall comedian, singer and actor famous for tickling sticks, Diddy Men, marathon five-hour shows, the 1965 chart-topper Tears, and a preserved archive of over 1,000 comedy notebooks.
Ken Doherty
Ken Doherty (born 1969, Dublin), nicknamed Crafty Ken, Irish snooker player; 1997 world champion beating Hendry 18-12, only Republic of Ireland world champion, six ranking titles, retired 2026.
Ken Domon
Ken Domon (土門 拳, 1909–1990) was a Japanese photographer called the demon of photography who founded postwar realism and later surveyed Japan's ancient temples and Buddhist statuary.
Ken Dorsey
Ken Dorsey, former Miami Hurricanes quarterback (38-2 record, 9,565 passing yards, 86 TDs, 2001 national title, Maxwell Award), brief NFL playing career, then NFL coach: Bills OC 2022-23, Browns OC 2024, Cowboys pass game specialist 2025.
Ken Dryden
Ken Dryden (Kenneth Wayne Dryden, 1947-2025), Canadian Hall of Fame goaltender; won six Stanley Cups and five Vezina Trophies with the Montreal Canadiens, later Maple Leafs president, author of The Game, and Liberal MP.
Ken Edwards
Ken Edwards (Kenneth Paine Edwards, 1886-1952), American amateur golfer, Exmoor Country Club; won 1904 Olympic men's team golf gold for the Western Golf Association; Western Amateur medalist 1907-08, runner-up 1917.
Ken Elefant
Ken Elefant is an American venture capital investor who co-founded and leads Sorenson Ventures, formed in 2017, after earlier roles at Intel Capital, Opus Capital, Lightspeed, and Battery Ventures.
Ken Flach
Ken Flach (Kenneth Eliot Flach, 1963-2018), American doubles world No. 1 tennis player; with Robert Seguso won 1988 Seoul Olympic gold, four Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and two mixed doubles titles.