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Ken Levine (game developer)
Ken Levine, American game designer, co-founded Irrational Games (1997) and directed System Shock 2, BioShock, and BioShock Infinite; founded Ghost Story Games in 2014, developer of the unreleased shooter Judas.
Ken Levy
Ken Levy is an American semiconductor entrepreneur who co-founded KLA Instruments, the Silicon Valley leader in automated chip inspection, and led it as chief executive for about 25 years.
Ken Liu
Ken Liu (劉宇昆, born 1976) is an American science fiction and fantasy author and Chinese-to-English translator; "The Paper Menagerie" swept the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards, and his Three-Body Problem translation won a Hugo.
Ken Livingstone
Ken Livingstone (born 1945), nicknamed Red Ken, British Labour politician, GLC leader 1981–1986 and the first directly elected Mayor of London 2000–2008, who introduced the congestion charge and led the 2012 Olympics bid before resigning from Labour in 2018.
Ken Loach
Ken Loach (born June 1936) is a British director of social realist films and TV dramas, maker of Cathy Come Home and Kes, twice Palme d'Or winner, whose final film was The Old Oak (2023).
Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod (Kenneth Macrae MacLeod, born 1954, Stornoway, Scotland) is a Scottish science fiction author of nineteen novels from The Star Fraction (1995) to Beyond the Reach of Earth (2023), winner of three BSFA and three Prometheus Awards, and a friend of Iain Banks.
Ken Marino
Ken Marino (Kenneth Joseph Marino, born 1968) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director from The State and MTV, known for Ron Donald in Party Down, Streeter in The Other Two, Wet Hot American Summer, Burning Love, and Middle Aged Dad Jam Band.
Ken Martin
Ken Martin is an American politician serving as Chair of the Democratic National Committee. He was chairman of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party from 2011 to 2025, the longest-serving in its history.
Ken Masters
Ken Masters is Capcom's Street Fighter character, Ryu's rival and best friend, debuting 1987 as the second player character; trained under Gouken, fiery red-gi fighter, husband of Eliza, played by Noah Centineo in the 2026 film.
Ken Mattingly
Ken Mattingly, also known as Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, was an American NASA astronaut and Navy rear admiral who flew on Apollo 16 and commanded two shuttle missions.
Ken McElroy
Ken Rex McElroy (1934–1981), the "town bully" of Skidmore, Missouri, was indicted 21 times and convicted once before being shot dead in his truck before dozens of silent witnesses; no one was ever charged.
Ken Merten
Ken Merten (Kenneth Owen Merten, born 1945, Akron, Ohio) is an American breaststroke swimmer, 1968 US Olympian, 1967 NCAA 100/200-yard breaststroke champion for SMU, Pan American and Universiade medalist.
Ken Miles
Ken Miles (1918-1966), British-born American sports car driver and engineer, developed the Shelby Cobra and Ford GT40, won Daytona and Sebring 1966, and lost Le Mans 1966 on the distance rule after Ford's formation finish.
Ken Moore
Ken Moore (Kenneth Strath Moore, 1910-1981) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger from the Peepeekisis Cree Nation who won gold at the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics, the first First Nation athlete to win Olympic gold; distinct from American marathoner Kenny Moore.
Ken Morrow
Ken Morrow (Kenneth Arlington Morrow, born 1956, Flint, Michigan) is an American defenseman who won 1980 Olympic gold with the Miracle on Ice team and four straight Stanley Cups (1980-83) with the New York Islanders, the first NHL player to win both in one year; later Islanders Director of Pro Scouting.
Ken Myers
Ken Myers (Kenneth Myers, 1896–1972) was an American rower from Norristown, Pennsylvania, and Bachelors Barge Club who won three Olympic rowing medals across the 1920, 1928, and 1932 Games.
Ken Niumatalolo
Ken Niumatalolo is an American college football coach, head coach of the Navy Midshipmen from 2007 to 2022 with a record 109 wins, and head coach at San Jose State since 2024.
Ken Norton
Ken Norton (Kenneth Howard Norton Sr., 1943-2013), American heavyweight boxer, "Black Hercules" and "Jaw Breaker," who beat Muhammad Ali in 1973 breaking his jaw, held the WBC title in 1978 without winning a title fight, and lost a classic split decision to Larry Holmes.
Ken Norton Jr.
Ken Norton Jr. (born 1966, Lincoln, Illinois) is a former NFL linebacker, the only player to win three straight Super Bowls (Cowboys 1992-93, 49ers 1994), now a linebackers coach with the Washington Commanders.
Ken O. Buesseler
Ken O. Buesseler is an American marine radiochemist and Senior Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who studies radioactive elements in the ocean and led research on Fukushima's release into the Pacific.
Ken O'Flynn
Ken O'Flynn (Kenneth Noel O'Flynn), Independent Ireland TD for Cork North-Central since 2024 and party chairperson; former Fianna Fáil Cork city councillor (2008-2020), son of TD Noel O'Flynn, known for immigration criticism and the Belfast or Blind bus initiative.
Ken Olin
Ken Olin (born 1954) is an American actor, director, and producer known for Michael Steadman on thirtysomething and for executive producing and directing Alias, Brothers & Sisters, This Is Us, and Tracker.
Ken Olsen
Ken Olsen (1926–2011) was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation in 1957, led it for 35 years, and built it into the world's second-largest computer company before the board forced him out in 1992.
Ken Oosterbroek
Ken Oosterbroek (1962–1994), South African photojournalist and chief photographer of The Star, member of the Bang Bang Club with Carter, Marinovich, and Silva; killed by National Peacekeeping Force fire in Thokoza on 18 April 1994, nine days before South Africa's first democratic election.
Ken Osmond
Ken Osmond (Kenneth Charles Osmond, 1943 to 2020), American actor and LAPD officer, played Eddie Haskell, Wally Cleaver's two-faced best friend, on Leave It to Beaver and its revivals, then served 18 years as a Los Angeles motorcycle police officer.
Ken Page
Ken Page (Kenneth Page, 1954–2024), St. Louis-born Broadway actor and cabaret singer; originated Old Deuteronomy in Cats, won a 1978 Drama Desk Award for Ain't Misbehavin', and voiced Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Ken Park
Ken Park (2002) is a Larry Clark and Edward Lachman drama, written with Harmony Korine, about four troubled Visalia, California teenagers; banned in Australia and largely unavailable on streaming.
Ken Patera
Ken Patera (born 1942) is an American retired professional wrestler and former Olympic weightlifter from Portland, Oregon, who held the WWF Intercontinental Championship in 1980.
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton, 51st Attorney General of Texas since 2015 and 2026 GOP Senate nominee against James Talarico; known for suits against the Biden administration, a 2015 securities indictment, and 2023 impeachment and acquittal.
Ken Pomeroy (singer)
Ken Pomeroy (born McKennan Pomeroy, 2003) is a Cherokee-American folk/Americana singer-songwriter from Moore, Oklahoma, based in Tulsa. Albums: Hallways (2018), Christmas Lights in April (2021), Cruel Joke (2025, Rounder); broke out via Reservation Dogs and Twisters.