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Kim Jun
Kim Jun (김준; 金俊) was a Goryeo military ruler who led the 1258 Musu coup, overthrew the Choe regime, and governed until his death in 1268.
Kim Jung-hyun (김정현) (actor, born 1990)
Kim Jung-hyun (김정현), South Korean actor born 1990, lead of School 2017, Welcome to Waikiki, and Mr. Queen; film debut Overman (2015); contract disputes with O& Entertainment and Story J Company; now with Management Soo.
Kim Jung-kwan (South Korean politician)
Kim Jung-kwan is a South Korean politician and economist who has served as Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources since 2025, nominated by President Lee Jae Myung.
Kim Jung-soo (businesswoman)
Kim Jung-soo (김정수), born 1964 in Seoul, is a South Korean businesswoman who led Samyang Foods' Buldak ramen, launched in 2012, and became its chairman in 2026.
Kim Jung-tae (김정태)
Kim Jung-tae (김정태), birth name Kim Tae-wook, born 1972, is a South Korean actor from Busan known for Doruko in Friend and roles in Doguk and Banga? Banga!, for his reality-TV family life with son Yakkungi, and for directing Family Trip (2026).
Kim Junsu (김준수)
Kim Junsu (김준수, 金俊秀), stage name XIA, born 1986, South Korean singer and musical actor; TVXQ debut 2003, JYJ 2010, musicals since Mozart! (2010), Palm Tree Island founder, 2026 GRAVITY album and Asia tour. Distinct from the changgeuk singer and the physician of the same name.
Kim Jwa-geun
Kim Jwa-geun (김좌근, 1797–1869) was a late Joseon statesman of the Andong Kim clan who served three terms as Chief State Councilor between 1853 and 1863.
Kim Jwa-jin
Kim Jwa-jin (김좌진, 1889–1930) was a Korean independence army commander who fought Japanese forces in Manchuria, best known for directing the Battle of Cheongsanri in October 1920.
Kim Källström
Kim Mikael Källström, born in 1982, is a Swedish former footballer who starred for Djurgården and Lyon, earned 131 caps, and now leads Sweden's national teams.
Kim Kang-hoon (김강훈)
Kim Kang-hoon (김강훈), born 2009, is a South Korean actor known as Kang Pil-gu in When the Camellia Blooms and for playing young Lee Byung-hun in Mr. Sunshine and young Song Joong-ki in Reborn Rich.
Kim Kang-woo (김강우)
Kim Kang-woo (김강우, born 1978) is a South Korean actor who debuted in The Coast Guard (2002), starred in Le Grand Chef and The Treacherous, played Han Yi-sa in The Childe (2023), and runs a million-subscriber YouTube channel.
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian, American reality TV star, entrepreneur, and criminal justice advocate. Rose to fame on Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007); co-founder of Skims, valued at $5 billion in 2025; completed law studies in 2025.
Kim Kardashian, Superstar
Kim Kardashian, Superstar is the 41-minute 2007 Vivid Entertainment sex tape with Ray J, shot in 2003 in Cabo, Mexico; Kardashian's lawsuit ended in an April 2007 settlement, and the release preceded her reality-TV fame.
Kim Kashkashian
Kim Kashkashian, Armenian-American violist, Grammy-winning chamber musician and pedagogue. Long ECM artist since 1985; won 2013 Best Classical Instrumental Solo for Kurtág and Ligeti viola music; teaches at New England Conservatory; founded Music for Food.
Kim Kataguiri
Kim Kataguiri (Kim Patroca Kataguiri, b. 1996, Salto, SP), Brazilian federal deputy for São Paulo since 2019, co-founder of the Free Brazil Movement (MBL); led Rousseff impeachment protests, elected by DEM in 2018, União Brasil in 2022, and Missão in 2026.
Kim Keon-hee (김건희)
Kim Keon-hee (김건희, 金建希), born Kim Myeong-sin in 1972, South Korean businesswoman, Covana Contents founder, wife of Yoon Suk Yeol, First Lady 2022–2024, arrested and indicted for bribery in 2025.
Kim Ki-bum (김기범)
Kim Ki-bum (김기범, Kibum), born 1987 in Seoul, is a South Korean actor and former Super Junior member who debuted as an actor in 2004, left SM Entertainment in 2015, and signed with PA Entertainment in 2022.
Kim Ki-chang
Kim Ki-chang (김기창), known as Unbo, was a South Korean painter of ink and color who modernized traditional Korean painting despite losing his hearing in childhood.
Kim Ki-duk (김기덕)
Kim Ki-duk (김기덕) names two unrelated Korean directors: the 1934–2017 commercial director of Barefooted Youth and Yonggary, and the 1960–2020 Venice Golden Lion auteur of Pieta.
Kim Komando
Kim Komando, American syndicated radio host and digital lifestyle expert, hosts The Kim Komando Show on 510+ stations with 6.5 million weekly listeners, runs Komando.com, WestStar, and The Current newsletter.
Kim Ku
Kim Ku (김구), pen name Baekbeom, was a Korean independence activist who led the Korean Provisional Government in exile, organized attacks on Japanese officials, and was assassinated in 1949.
Kim Kwang-kyun
Kim Kwang-kyun (김광균, pen name Udu) was a South Korean poet, born in Kaesong in 1914, regarded as a leading 1930s modernist and pioneer of Korean imagist poetry; his first collection, Wasadeung, was published in 1939.
Kim Kwang-lim
Kim Kwang-lim, born Kim Chung-nam, was a South Korean poet and leading postwar modernist known for imagist poems like "Flowers' Rebellion"; he died in 2024, aged 94.
Kim Kwang-seok
Kim Kwang-seok (김광석) was a South Korean folk singer-songwriter from Daegu who rose to fame with Dongmulwon in 1988 before a solo career; he died in 1996 at 32.
Kim Kweng-pil
Kim Kweng-pil (김굉필, 金宏弼, 1454–1504) was a Joseon civil official and Neo-Confucian scholar who taught Cho Kwang-jo, was executed in the 1504 literati purge, and became the first of the Five Worthies enshrined in the Munmyo.
Kim Kyong-hui (김경희)
Kim Kyong-hui (김경희, born 1946) is Kim Jong-un's aunt, Kim Il-sung's daughter and Kim Jong-il's sister; a WPK light industry and economic inspection director, KPA general and 2010 Politburo member who helped secure the 2012 succession and retired after her husband Jang Song-thaek's 2013 execution.
Kim Kyu-sik
Kim Kyu-sik (김규식, 1881–1950), pen name Wu Sa, was a Korean independence activist and politician who represented the Provisional Government at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.
Kim Lammers
Kim Lammers, Dutch field hockey forward (born 1981, Amsterdam), Laren MHC; 200 caps and 124 goals for the Netherlands; Olympic gold London 2012; World Cup winner 2006 and 2014; retired from internationals in 2014, from playing in 2016; later CIRCULR. business developer.
Kim Lewis
Kim Lewis is a microbiologist and University Distinguished Professor who directs the Antimicrobial Discovery Center at Northeastern University in Boston and discovered teixobactin, reported in 2015.
Kim Linehan
Kim Linehan (Kimberley Ann Linehan, born 1962) is an American distance freestyle swimmer who held 400m and 1500m world records, won 1982 world 800m gold, was kept from the 1980 Olympics by the US boycott, and placed fourth in the 1984 400m freestyle.