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Kiel mutiny
Kiel mutiny (Kieler Matrosenaufstand): the 1918 revolt of German High Seas Fleet sailors against a suicidal final battle order, sparking the German November Revolution, the first workers' and soldiers' council, and the end of the German Empire.
Kielbasa
Kielbasa (kiełbasa) is the Polish word for sausage and a family of Polish meat products, usually smoked pork with marjoram and garlic; in American English it names one smoked U-shaped sausage, unlike the broad Polish category.
Kielce
Kielce, a city of about 179,000 in central Poland, seat of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship institutions; former property of the Bishops of Krakow, 19th-century railway boom town, site of the 1946 pogrom.
Kielce pogrom
The Kielce pogrom (pogrom kielecki) was the July 4, 1946 massacre of Jewish Holocaust survivors by a Polish mob with soldiers and police in Kielce, Poland.
Kielder Forest
Kielder Forest, England's largest forest, a man-made 447 sq km conifer plantation in Northumberland and Cumbria planted from 1926, producing 500,000 tonnes of timber yearly and home to most of England's red squirrels.
Kiele Sanchez
Kiele Michelle Sanchez (born 1977, Chicago) is an American actress and writer known for Lost's Nikki Fernandez, The Glades, Kingdom, A Perfect Getaway, The Purge: Anarchy, and writing on The Fall of the House of Usher.
Kieler Woche
Kieler Woche (Kiel Week) is an annual sailing regatta and summer festival in Kiel, Germany, first raced in 1882 and called the largest sailing event in the world.
Kiely Williams
Kiely Alexis Williams (born 1986, Alexandria, Virginia), American singer and actress; co-founder of 3LW (platinum 2000 album, "No More") and member of Disney's The Cheetah Girls; later solo tracks, acting, and 2021's BluPrint supergroup.
Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve
Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve (Khu dự trữ sinh quyển Kiên Giang), a UNESCO MAB site designated 27 October 2006 in Kien Giang Province, Viet Nam, covering 1,188,105 ha across U Minh Thuong, Phu Quoc, and Kien Luong–Kien Hai–Ha Tien, with peat swamp, dipterocarp, mangrove, coral reef, and seagrass ecosystems.
Kienbock disease
Kienbock disease (lunatomalacia), osteonecrosis of the carpal lunate of unknown cause, typically in men aged 20-40, progressing through four Lichtman stages to lunate collapse and wrist arthritis; no treatment proven superior.
Kienzle Uhren
Kienzle Uhren is a German watch and clock brand founded in 1822 by Johannes Schlenker, a market leader in the 1960s and 1970s now owned by Austria's Kienzle1822 GmbH.
Kiera Hogan
Kiera Hogan (born 1994, Decatur, Georgia) is an American pro wrestler, three-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team champion as Fire 'N Flava with Tasha Steelz; re-signed to TNA in August 2026 after AEW.
Kieran Bew
Kieran Bew (Kieron John Bew), English actor born 1980 in Hartlepool, former British épée champion and LAMDA graduate; known for Beowulf, Bill O'Hara in Warrior, and Hugh Hammer in House of the Dragon.
Kieran Bird
Kieran Bird (born 1999, Bicester, England) is a British freestyle swimmer and two-time Olympian for Team GB. He won gold in the men's 4x200 m freestyle relay at Paris 2024 as a heat swimmer and the 2022 European mixed relay title.
Kieran Culkin
Kieran Culkin (born 1982, New York City) is an American actor, brother of Macaulay Culkin, known for Roman Roy in Succession (Emmy 2023) and Benji Kaplan in A Real Pain (2025 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor).
Kieran Dowell
Kieran Dowell (born 1997, Ormskirk), English left-footed attacking midfielder; Everton academy product, Norwich Championship title winner 2021, Rangers 2023-26, England U20 World Cup winner 2017 with 16 U21 caps, now Hull City.
Kieran Gibbs
Kieran Gibbs (born 1989, Lambeth, London), English left-back; Arsenal academy product, 230 Arsenal appearances, three FA Cups, 10 England caps 2010-2016; later West Brom and Inter Miami; retired 2023, now Inter Miami media and ONE FC co-founder.
Kieran McKenna
Kieran McKenna, Northern Irish football manager, ex-Tottenham and Manchester United coach; led Ipswich Town from League One to two promotions and the Premier League before stepping down in June 2026.
Kieran Morgan
Kieran Lloyd Morgan (born 2006, Gillingham) is an English central midfielder, ex-Tottenham academy, who played 59 Championship games for QPR before joining Bradford City on loan in August 2026; England U20 international.
Kieran O'Brien
Kieran O'Brien (born 1973) is an English actor from Lancashire, known as the child star of Gruey, the male lead of Michael Winterbottom's 9 Songs, and for Cracker, HolbyBlue, Chernobyl, Andor, and Ted Lasso.
Kieran O'Reilly (performer)
Kieran O'Reilly (born 1979) is an Irish actor and musician, a former Garda detective who played Detective Ciarán Madden in Love/Hate and White Hair in Vikings, and fronts Hail The Ghost and Kopium.
Kieran Read
Kieran Read (born 1985, Papakura) is a retired New Zealand rugby number 8; 127 All Blacks tests 2008-2019, captain 51-52 times, two World Cups (2011, 2015), 2013 World Rugby Player of the Year, Crusaders and Toyota Verblitz.
Kieran Richardson
Kieran Richardson (born 1984, Greenwich, London) is a retired English footballer, left midfielder and left-back; Manchester United, West Brom loan, Sunderland (£5.5m, 2007), Fulham, Aston Villa, Cardiff; 8 England caps, 2 debut goals vs USA 2005.
Kieran Smith
Kieran Smith (born 2000, Sydney) is an American swimmer, Florida Gators product, Tokyo 2020 400m freestyle bronze medalist, Paris 2024 4x200m relay silver medalist, and 2022 short course 400m free world champion.
Kieran Tierney
Kieran Tierney, Scottish left-back born 1997 on the Isle of Man; Celtic academy graduate, 170 first-spell appearances and three trebles, £25m Arsenal move 2019, Real Sociedad loan, Celtic return 2025, 58 Scotland caps.
Kieran Trippier
Kieran Trippier is a professional English right-back for Wolverhampton Wanderers. He gained fame as a Manchester City academy graduate who won La Liga and reached a Champions League final.
Kieran West
Kieran Martin West (born 1977, Kingston-upon-Thames) is a retired English rower, MBE, who won Olympic gold in the men's eight at Sydney 2000, took world silver in 1999 and a 2002 world four title, rowed three winning Cambridge Boat Races, and retired in March 2008.
Kieren Fallon
Kieren Fallon, Irish flat racing jockey (born 1965, Crusheen, Co Clare), six-time British champion jockey, three Epsom Derby wins (Oath, Kris Kin, North Light), 16 British Classics, later dogged by race-fixing trial and drugs bans; retired 2016.
Kieren Perkins
Kieren Perkins (born 1973, Brisbane), nicknamed Superfish, Australian 1500m freestyle great: Olympic gold 1992 and 1996, silver 2000, 11 world records, now CEO of the Australian Sports Commission.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Keirnan Frank Dewsbury-Hall), English midfielder from Shepshed; Leicester City academy product, 2023/24 Championship winner, one Chelsea season (36 apps), Everton midfielder from August 2025.