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Kim Dong Ju
Kim Dong Ju (김동주, also Kim Dong-Joo), born 1976, South Korean baseball infielder for the OB/Doosan Bears; Olympic baseball bronze 2000 and gold 2008, Asian Games gold 1998 and 2002; distinct from a 2002-born KBO pitcher of the same name.
Kim Dong Mun
Kim Dong Mun (김동문, Kim Dong-Moon), born 1975, South Korean badminton doubles player; Olympic gold in 1996 mixed doubles with Gil Yeong-A and 2004 men's doubles with Ha Tae-Gwon, bronze 2000; later Badminton Korea Association chairman.
Kim Dong-han
Kim Dong-han (김동한, born 1998) is a South Korean singer who debuted with JBJ in 2017, went solo in 2018, and joined WEi in 2020.
Kim Dong-in
Kim Dong-in (김동인, 1900–1951) was a Korean novelist of the Japanese colonial period who founded the literary magazine Changjo in 1919 and wrote "Gamja" and "Baettaragi."
Kim Dong-jun (김동준)
Kim Dong-jun (김동준, born 1992), vocalist of boy band ZE:A (debuted January 2010) who became a actor, best known as King Hyeonjong in Korea-Khitan War, winning 2023 KBS Drama Awards; later New Recruit, Dream High musical, Goldenmoon artist.
Kim Dong-ni
Kim Dong-ni (1913–1995), real name Kim Si-jong, was a South Korean novelist and literary theorist who established the pure-literature tradition and championed Korean shamanism and myth in fiction.
Kim Dong-sung
Kim Dong Seong (김동성, also Kim Dong-Sung), born 1980 in Seoul, is a retired South Korean short track speed skater: 1998 Nagano 1,000 m Olympic gold, 2002 Salt Lake City 1,500 m disqualification favoring Apolo Ohno, two-time world overall champion.
Kim Dong-wook (김동욱)
Kim Dong-wook (김동욱), born 1983, South Korean actor, Korea National University of Arts graduate. Known for Coffee Prince (2007), Take Off (2009), The Concubine (2012), Along with the Gods films, The Guest (2018), and the 2019 MBC Daesang for Special Labor Inspector Jo. Not Lee Dong-wook or Ko Dong-wook.
Kim Donjung
Kim Donjung (김돈중) was a Goryeo civil official and son of the historian Kim Bu-sik; his candle-burning insult of Jeong Jungbu fed the 1170 military coup that killed him.
Kim Dotcom
Kim Dotcom (Kim Schmitz, also Kim Tim Jim Vestor), German-Finnish founder of file-sharing site Megaupload, shut down by the FBI in 2012; fighting US extradition from New Zealand since his January 2012 arrest.
Kim Dracula
Kim Dracula is the trap-metal and genre-fusing project of Tasmanian musician Samuel Wellings, viral from a 2020 Paparazzi cover, debut album A Gradual Decline in Morale (2023), later signed to Rise Records.
Kim Driscoll
Kimberley Lord Driscoll, known as Kim Driscoll, is an American politician serving as lieutenant governor of Massachusetts since 2023, elected in 2022 with Governor Maura Healey.
Kim Du-bong
Kim Du-bong (김두봉, 1889 – c. 1960) was a Korean linguist and independence activist, first chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and head of state in early North Korea.
Kim Duk-koo (김득구)
Kim Duk-koo (김득구, also Deuk Koo Kim), 1956-1982, South Korean lightweight boxer who died five days after a 14th-round knockout by Ray Mancini on November 13, 1982 at Caesars Palace, prompting boxing's shift from 15 to 12 championship rounds.
Kim Eok
Kim Eok (김억) was a Korean poet, critic, and translator who pioneered free verse in colonial Korea and published Haepariui norae, the first modern Korean poetry collection.
Kim Eun-sook (김은숙)
Kim Eun-sook (김은숙, born 1973) is a South Korean television screenwriter, from Lovers in Paris to The Glory and Genie, Make a Wish; Baeksang Grand Prize winner and 2026 Golden Bird Prize recipient.
Kim F. Hayes
Kim F. Hayes is an environmental chemist and Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering at the University of Michigan, known for research on mineral-water interfaces and chlorinated-solvent remediation.
Kim family (North Korea)
Kim family (North Korea): the dynastic ruling family of the DPRK since 1948, through Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, and Kim Jong-un; the only communist regime with repeated hereditary succession, now preparing a fourth-generation heir.
Kim Fields
Kim Fields (Kim Victoria Fields-Morgan), American actress and director born 1969 in New York City; Tootie Ramsey on The Facts of Life, Regine Hunter on Living Single, Regina Upshaw on Netflix's The Upshaws, and director of nearly 180 TV episodes.
Kim Fowley
Kim Fowley (Kim Vincent Fowley, 1939–2015), American record producer, songwriter and manager, creator of the Runaways; behind 1960s novelty hits "Alley Oop" and "Nut Rocker"; died of bladder cancer.
Kim Fox
Kim Michael Fox, born 1948, is a British cardiologist, Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London, known for trials of ivabradine and angina, and ESC president 2006–2008.
Kim Foxx
Kim Foxx (born 1972) served 2016-2024 as Cook County State's Attorney, the first Black woman in the role, leading the second-largest US prosecutor's office; known for the $1,000 retail-theft felony threshold, open felony data, mass exonerations, and the Jussie Smollett controversy.
Kim Ga-jin
Kim Ga-jin, known by his pen name Dongnong (동농), was a Korean Empire minister, diplomat, and calligrapher who, at age 73, fled to Shanghai in 1919 to join the Korean independence movement.
Kim Gevaert
Kim Gevaert (born 1978, Leuven) is a Belgian former sprinter, Olympic 4x100 m relay champion at Beijing 2008 (42.54), double European 100/200 m champion 2006, and Belgian record holder at 100 m (11.04) and 200 m (22.20).
Kim Gi Hun
Kim Gi Hun (김기훈, also Kim Ki-Hoon), born 1967 in Seoul, is a retired South Korean short track speed skater with three Olympic golds: 1,000 m and relay at Albertville 1992, and 1,000 m defended at Lillehammer 1994, plus the 1992 world overall title.
Kim Gil Ri
Kim Gil Ri (김길리, also Kim Gil-li, Kim Gilli), born 2004, South Korean short track speed skater, Seongnam City Hall; 2023-24 ISU Crystal Globe winner, 2024 world 1500m champion, and double gold medalist (1500m, 3000m relay) at Milan-Cortina 2026.
Kim Go-eun
Kim Go-eun (김고은, born 1991) is a South Korean actress who debuted in Eungyo (2012), starred in Goblin and Yumi's Cells, and won Blue Dragon and Baeksang Best Actress awards for Exhuma (2024).
Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon (born 1953) is an American musician, visual artist, and writer, bassist and vocalist of Sonic Youth (1981–2011), later of Body/Head, with solo albums No Home Record, The Collective, and Play Me.
Kim Gorgens
Kim Gorgens is a clinical neuropsychologist and professor at the University of Denver whose research documents traumatic brain injury in criminal justice populations and shaped Colorado concussion laws.
Kim Graham
Kim Graham (Kimberly Elaine Graham-Miller, born 1971, Durham, NC), American 400m sprinter; 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold and 1995 world gold in the 4x400m relay; Clemson star, later collegiate coach.