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Kim Chang-jip
Kim Chang-jip (김창집, 金昌集; 1648–1722) was a Joseon civil official of the Noron faction, executed in 1722 in the Sinim Sahwa purge under King Gyeongjong.
Kim Chang-suk
Kim Chang-suk (1879–1962), pen name Simsan, was a Korean Neo-Confucian scholar and independence activist who led the 1919 Paris Jangseo petition and served in the Provisional Government.
Kim Cheong Tae
Kim Cheong Tae (김청태, also Kim Chung-Tae), South Korean recurve archer born 1980; won men's team gold and placed 5th individually at the 2000 Sydney Olympics; later coached Japan's national archery team.
Kim Chi (drag queen)
Kim Chi (김치), drag name of Sang-Young Shin, is a Korean-American drag queen, runner-up of RuPaul's Drag Race season 8, and founder of the affordable cosmetics brand KimChi Chic Beauty with Toni Ko.
Kim Chi-yang
Kim Chi-yang (김치양, 金致陽) was a powerful official of the early Goryeo dynasty who dominated King Mokjong's court through Queen Dowager Cheonchu and died in the coup of 1009.
Kim Chiu
Kim Chiu (Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu, born 1990) is a Filipina actress and host, PBB Teen Edition 1 Grand Winner (2006), ABS-CBN drama and Star Cinema film star, Seoul Drama Awards honoree for Linlang.
Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls
Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls (Kimberly Ann Chizevsky, born 1968) is an American bodybuilder who won four straight Ms. Olympia titles 1996-1999 and Ms. International 1993 and 1996, ending Lenda Murray's reign, then competed in fitness and figure.
Kim Chun-su
Kim Chun-su (김춘수, 1922–2004) was a South Korean poet and critic whose poem "Flower" is among the best-known works of modern Korean poetry, and who developed a poetics of "meaningless poetry."
Kim Chunchu's Tang alliance embassy
Kim Chunchu's Tang alliance embassy was a 648 Silla diplomatic mission in which Kim Chunchu secured Emperor Taizong's agreement to a military alliance against Goguryeo and Baekje.
Kim Chung-seon
Kim Chung-seon (김충선), born Sayaka, was a Japanese commander who defected to Joseon Korea early in the 1592 Imjin War and served as an officer for fifty years.
Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis champion (born 1983, Bilzen), world No. 1 for 20 weeks, winner of four Grand Slam singles titles (US Open 2005, 2009, 2010; Australian Open 2011) and 41 singles titles, famed for comebacks as a mother.
Kim Coates
Kim Coates (born 1958, Saskatoon) is a Canadian actor known as Tig Trager in Sons of Anarchy and for films including Black Hawk Down, Waterworld, and Goon; recent roles include American Primeval, Anna Pigeon, and Remnant.
Kim Coles
Kim Coles (Kimberley Coles), American actress and comedian from Brooklyn, known as Synclaire on Living Single (1993–1998) and a first-season In Living Color cast member; later author, host, and ReLiving Single podcast co-host.
Kim Crow Brennan
Kim Crow Brennan (Kimberley Crow-Brennan, born 1985, Melbourne) is an Australian rower, Melbourne University Boat Club, with Olympic gold (2016 single sculls), silver and bronze (2012), two world single sculls titles, and wife of Scott Brennan.
Kim D. Janda
Kim D. Janda is an American medicinal chemist and immunologist at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California, known for pioneering vaccines against drugs of abuse.
Kim D. Pruitt
Kim D. Pruitt is an American bioinformatician who initiated and led NCBI's RefSeq database, joining NCBI in 1998 and serving as its Acting Director since October 2023.
Kim Da-mi (김다미)
Kim Da-mi (김다미, born 1995) is a South Korean actress who debuted in The Witch: Part 1 (2018), starred in Itaewon Class, Our Beloved Summer, Nine Puzzles, and Netflix's The Great Flood, and works at a deliberately slow pace with agency UAA.
Kim Da-som (김다솜)
Kim Da-som (김다솜), also known as Dasom, born 1993, is a South Korean actress and former Sistar member; debuted 2010 with "Push Push", won 2017 SBS Best New Actress for Band of Sisters.
Kim Dae-geon
Kim Dae-geon (김대건), baptismal name Andrew, was a Korean Catholic priest and the first Korean ordained, in Shanghai in 1845; he was executed in Seoul in 1846.
Kim Dae-jung (김대중)
Kim Dae-jung (김대중), South Korea's 15th president (1998–2003), longtime democracy activist, and 2000 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, known for the Sunshine Policy, the June 2000 inter-Korean summit, and surviving kidnapping and a death sentence under military rule.
Kim Daemun
Kim Daemun (김대문) was a jingol-rank aristocrat and historian of the Korean kingdom of Silla, appointed governor of Hansanju in 704 and author of five lost works on Silla history and culture.
Kim Daeseong
Kim Daeseong (김대성, 700–774) was a Silla aristocrat and chief minister who, per the Samguk yusa, began Bulguksa and Seokguram in Gyeongju in 751, both now UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Kim Daniels
Kim Daniels is an American Democratic politician in the Florida House of Representatives, representing Jacksonville's 14th district since 2022 after serving from 2016 to 2020.
Kim Darby
Kim Darby, born Deborah Zerby in 1947, is an American actress best known for playing Mattie Ross in the 1969 western True Grit opposite John Wayne.
Kim Davis
Kim Davis, former Rowan County, Kentucky clerk, refused same-sex marriage licenses after Obergefell (2015), was jailed for contempt, lost a $360,000 damages judgment, and was denied Supreme Court review in 2020 and 2025.
Kim Deal
Kim Deal (born 1961, Dayton, Ohio) is an American musician, original Pixies bassist and Breeders frontwoman with twin sister Kelley; Last Splash sold over a million copies, and her 2024 solo debut Nobody Loves You More was made partly with Steve Albini.
Kim Delaney
Kim Delaney (born 1958 or 1961, Philadelphia) is an American actress who won a 1997 Emmy as Det. Diane Russell on NYPD Blue, after playing Jenny Gardner on All My Children, and later starred in Army Wives.
Kim Dickens
Kim Dickens (Kimberly Jan Dickens, born 1965, Huntsville, Alabama) is an American actress known for Joanie Stubbs in Deadwood, Janette Desautel in Treme, Madison Clark in Fear the Walking Dead, and Detective Rhonda Boney in Gone Girl.
Kim Director
Kim Director (Kimberly Ann Director, born 1974) is an American actress from Pittsburgh, trained at Carnegie Mellon, known for five Spike Lee films including Inside Man, Kim Diamond in Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, and Shay in HBO's The Deuce.
Kim Do-yeon (김도연) (singer)
Kim Do-yeon (김도연, born 1999), mononym Doyeon, is a South Korean singer-actress under Fantagio: 8th on Produce 101 2016, I.O.I member, Weki Meki lead vocalist until its 2024 disbandment, now acting in film Dora.