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Kevin Trudeau

Kevin Trudeau, American infomercial marketer and author of Natural Cures and The Weight Loss Cure, repeatedly sanctioned by the FTC, fined $37 million, and sentenced in 2014 to 10 years in prison for criminal contempt; released in 2022.

Kevin Tsujihara

Kevin Tsujihara, born 1964 in Petaluma, California, led Warner Bros. as chairman and CEO from March 2013 to March 2019, the first Asian American to run a major Hollywood studio, leaving after sexual misconduct allegations.

Kevin Turen

Kevin Turen (1979-2023), American film and TV producer, executive producer of HBO's Euphoria and The Idol and producer of X, Pearl, MaXXXine, Pieces of a Woman, and Arbitrage; co-founded Little Lamb Productions; died November 12, 2023 of a cardiac event while driving.

Kevin Ulrich

Kevin Ulrich is an American investor who co-founded Anchorage Capital Group in New York in 2003, growing it into a leading distressed-debt manager with over $30 billion.

Kevin Underwood

Kevin Ray Underwood (born 1979) was an Oklahoma man executed December 19, 2024 for the 2006 abduction, sexual assault, and murder of 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin of Purcell in a cannibalistic fantasy; his death sentence was affirmed on direct appeal and in federal habeas.

Kevin Vallejos

Kevin Vallejos (Kevin Axel Vallejos Montenegro), born in 2001, is an Argentine UFC featherweight nicknamed "El Chino", known for a spinning backfist knockout of Giga Chikadze in 2025.

Kevin Verstrepen

Kevin J. Verstrepen is a Belgian yeast geneticist, full professor at KU Leuven and Science Director of the VIB, known for work on yeast evolution and beer domestication.

Kevin Volk

Kevin Volk is an American Democratic politician who represents District 17 in the Arizona House of Representatives, elected in 2024 after defeating incumbent Cory McGarr.

Kevin Volland

Kevin Volland (born 1992, Marktoberdorf) is a German forward, ex-international with 15 caps, who played for 1860 München, Hoffenheim, Leverkusen, Monaco, and Union Berlin, retired in July 2026, and now plays amateur football for FC Thalhofen.

Kevin Von Erich

Kevin Von Erich (Kevin Ross Adkisson, born 1957) is a retired American wrestler, WCCW star and last surviving Von Erich brother, WWE Hall of Famer, subject of The Iron Claw, father of wrestlers Ross and Marshall.

Kevin W. Eliceiri

Kevin W. Eliceiri is a professor of medical physics and biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he directs imaging research and leads development of the open-source ImageJ and Fiji software for analyzing biological images.

Kevin W. Plaxco

Kevin W. Plaxco is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Bioengineering at UC Santa Barbara whose laboratory builds electrochemical aptamer-based biosensors for real-time molecular measurement in the living body.

Kevin Wang

Kevin Wang is a venture capital investor and partner at Altimeter Capital, best known for leading the firm's 2015 investment in Snowflake, which went public at a $33 billion valuation in 2020.

Kevin Ware

Kevin Ware (born 1993) is an American retired basketball player, Louisville and Georgia State guard known for his 2013 NCAA tournament compound leg fracture, later a pro in Europe and the Americas.

Kevin Warwick

Kevin Warwick is a British cyberneticist at the University of Reading known for implanting chips and electrodes into his own body to link his nervous system to computers.

Kevin Weeks

Kevin Weeks, born in 1956, is an American former organized crime figure who served as chief enforcer and right-hand man to James "Whitey" Bulger of Boston's Winter Hill Gang.

Kevin Weisman

Kevin Weisman (born 1970, Los Angeles) is an American film, television, and stage actor, also known as Kevin Glen Weisman, best known as tech expert Marshall Flinkman on ABC's Alias (2001-2006), with later roles in Hello Ladies, Scorpion, Goliath, Marvel's Runaways, Suits LA, and Reacher season 4.

Kevin Whately

Kevin Whately (born 1951), British actor known as DS/DI Robbie Lewis in Inspector Morse and Lewis and Neville Hope in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet; Central School of Speech and Drama graduate, OBE 2025.

Kevin White (American football)

Kevin White (Kevin Romone White Jr., born 1993) is a former NFL wide receiver drafted seventh overall by the Chicago Bears in 2015 out of West Virginia after a 109-catch, 1,447-yard senior season; injuries limited him to 30 career games with 28 receptions.

Kevin Williamson (screenwriter)

Kevin Meade Williamson (born 1965, New Bern, North Carolina) is the American screenwriter of Scream (1996), creator of Dawson's Creek and The Vampire Diaries, and director of Scream 7; distinct from the political writer Kevin D. Williamson.

Kevin Willis

Kevin Willis (born 1962) is a former NBA center-forward, 7'0", drafted 11th by Atlanta in 1984; played 21 seasons, won the 2003 title with San Antonio, and founded the Willis & Walker big and tall clothing brand.

Kevin Wimmer

Kevin Wimmer is an Austrian professional footballer, born in Wels in 1992, who plays as a central defender for Slovan Bratislava and formerly played for Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City.

Kevin Winston Jr.

Kevin Winston Jr. (born Dec. 2, 2003) is a Tennessee Titans safety, drafted 82nd overall in 2025 out of Penn State; 2023 All-Big Ten honorable mention with 60 tackles.

Kevin Winthrop

Kevin L. Winthrop is an American infectious disease epidemiologist and physician at Oregon Health & Science University, known for nontuberculous mycobacteria research and national treatment guidelines.

Kevin Woo

Kevin Woo (Woo Seonghyeon, 우성현, born 1991) is a Korean-American singer, songwriter, and actor, main vocalist of K-pop group U-KISS (2008-2017), solo artist, Broadway KPOP performer, and singing voice of Mystery Saja in Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters.

Kevin Xiong (熊飞)

Kevin Xiong (熊飞) is a venture capital investor who has been a Partner at Matrix Partners China, now MPC, in Beijing since June 2011, focusing on early-stage SaaS and B2B platforms.

Kevin Y Njabo

Kevin Y Njabo is a Cameroonian conservation biologist and ornithologist who studies African rainforest birds and avian malaria, and joined Texas A&M in 2024 after helping establish UCLA's Congo Basin Institute in Cameroon.

Kevin Youkilis

Kevin Edmund Youkilis (Youk), born 1979, American MLB first/third baseman for the Red Sox 2004-2012, White Sox, Yankees; 3x All-Star, 2x World Series champion, Gold Glove, .281/.382/.478 career, 32.4 WAR.

Kevin Young

Kevin Young (Kevin Curtis Young), American 400m hurdler born 1966 in Los Angeles; 1992 Olympic champion and 1993 world champion whose 46.78 world record, the first sub-47, stood 29 years.

Kevin Zahnle

Kevin Zahnle is a planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center since 1988, known for photochemical modeling of planetary atmospheres, impact processes, and atmospheric escape.