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Kim Myung-min (김명민)
Kim Myung-min (김명민, born 1972) is a South Korean actor, SBS 1996 audition graduate, known for Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-shin, Behind the White Tower, Beethoven Virus, and Grand Bell and Blue Dragon Best Actor wins for Closer to Heaven.
Kim Na-young (김나영) (actress)
Kim Na-young (김나영, born 1981, birth name Kim Sul) is a South Korean actress and host from Chuncheon, known for Rude Miss Young-Ae, All My Love, and Second to Last Love; distinct from the 1991-born singer of the same name.
Kim Nam Sun
Kim Nam Sun (김남순, also Kim Nam-Soon), born 1980, South Korean recurve archer; 2000 Sydney Olympic team gold and individual silver, 1,994-point team ranking world record.
Kim Nam-gil (김남길)
Kim Nam-gil (김남길), born 1980 in Seoul, is a South Korean actor and singer known for Queen Seondeok, The Pirates, The Shameless, and The Fiery Priest, founder of the NGO Gilstory, who debuted as a singer with a single in March 2026.
Kim Nam-joo (김남주) (singer)
Kim Nam-joo (김남주, born 1995) is a South Korean singer and actress, Apink lead vocalist and lead dancer since 2011's Seven Springs of Apink; solo singles "Bird" (2020, produced by (G)I-DLE's Soyeon) and "BAD" (2024), BnN sub-unit with Yoon Bo-mi.
Kim Nasmyth
Kim Nasmyth is an English geneticist known for discovering cohesin, the protein complex that holds sister chromatids together, and for the ring model of chromosome cohesion.
Kim Newton
Kim Newton is a Distinguished Scientist at Genentech in South San Francisco who studies cell death, known for work on RIPK3, necroptosis, and ubiquitin-chain editing.
Kim Ng
Kim Ng, baseball executive; first woman and first East Asian American general manager in MLB, Miami Marlins GM 2020-2023 (220-266, 2023 playoffs), previously Yankees, Dodgers, and MLB SVP of baseball operations.
Kim Novak
Kim Novak (Marilyn Pauline Novak, born 1933) is a retired American actress and painter, Columbia Pictures star of Picnic and Hitchcock's Vertigo, later an Oregon ranch artist honored at Venice in 2025.
Kim Novak's Vertigo
Kim Novak's Vertigo is a 2025 documentary by Alexandre O. Philippe about actress Kim Novak, her Vertigo role, and leaving Hollywood; premiered out of competition at Venice 2025.
Kim Ok-gyun
Kim Ok-gyun (김옥균, 1851–1894) was a Joseon-dynasty official and leader of the Enlightenment Party who led the 1884 Gapsin Coup and was assassinated in Shanghai.
Kim Ok-vin (김옥빈)
Kim Ok-vin (김옥빈), born 1987, is a South Korean actress who debuted in 2005 with Whispering Corridors 4 and won Sitges Best Actress for Thirst (2009), later leading The Villainess (2017) and Netflix's Love to Love You (2023).
Kim Orth
Kim Orth is an American biochemist and microbiologist, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at UT Southwestern Medical Center, known for discovering how bacteria modify host proteins through AMPylation and Ser/Thr acetylation.
Kim Pang-gyeong
Kim Pang-gyeong (金方慶), 1212–1300, was a Goryeo civil and military official who served as envoy to Kublai Khan and commanded Korean forces in the failed 1281 invasion of Japan.
Kim Papp
Kim A. Papp is a Canadian dermatologist who founded Probity Medical Research in Waterloo, Ontario, and ran more than 170 psoriasis trials, co-authoring over 375 publications.
Kim Peek
Kim Peek (Laurence Kim Peek, 1951–2009), American savant and Rain Man inspiration; memorized over 6,000 books, read two pages at once, had no corpus callosum, and is now thought to have had FG syndrome rather than autism.
Kim Pegula
Kim Pegula, co-owner with husband Terry of the NFL Buffalo Bills and NHL Buffalo Sabres, first woman NFL team president (2018-2022), Seoul-born adoptee raised in Fairport NY, recovering from June 2022 cardiac arrest.
Kim Perrot
Kim Perrot (1967–1999), American point guard for the Houston Comets, won the WNBA's first two championships (1997, 1998); the league's Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award and her retired No. 10 honor her.
Kim Petras
Kim Petras (born 1992), German-born pop singer and songwriter; first openly trans artist with a US Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 and a major-category Grammy ('Unholy' with Sam Smith, 2023); albums Feed the Beast (2023) and Detour (2026).
Kim Peyton
Kim Peyton (Kimberley Marie Peyton-McDonald, 1957–1986), American freestyle swimmer from Hood River, Oregon; 1976 Olympic gold medalist and world-record lead-off leg in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Montréal.
Kim Philby
Kim Philby (Harold Adrian Russell Philby, 1912–1988), British MI6 officer and leading member of the Cambridge Five Soviet spy ring; recruited 1934, exposed in Beirut 1963, defected to Moscow, died there 1988.
Kim Popovits
Kim Popovits is an American healthcare executive who served as president and CEO of Genomic Health, maker of the Oncotype DX cancer tests, from 2009 to 2019.
Kim Possible
Kim Possible: American animated Disney Channel series (2002–2007), created by Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley, about teen cheerleader Kim who saves the world with Ron Stoppable, Rufus, and Wade; four seasons, 65 episodes, two TV movies, 2019 live-action film.
Kim Puckett
Kim Puckett is an American businesswoman who co-founded Caribou Coffee with her husband John Puckett, opening the chain's first shop in Edina, Minnesota, in December 1992.
Kim R. Dunbar
Kim R. Dunbar is an inorganic chemist at Texas A&M University since 1999 whose research spans molecule-based magnetic materials, anion–π interactions, and dirhodium compounds for cancer therapy.
Kim Rae-won (김래원)
Kim Rae-won (김래원), born 1981 in Gangneung, is a South Korean actor known for Rooftop Room Cat, My Little Bride, Doctors, The First Responders, and Decibel; debuted 1997 on MBC.
Kim Raver
Kim Raver (Kimberly Jayne Raver), American actress and director known for Kim Zambrano on Third Watch, Audrey Raines on 24, and Dr. Teddy Altman on Grey's Anatomy (2009-2026); also directed Grey's episodes and Lifetime's Tempting Fate.
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds (born 1959) is the 43rd governor of Iowa since 2017, its first woman governor, a Republican former Clarke County treasurer and lieutenant governor known for flat tax cuts, school choice, and her 2025 retirement announcement.
Kim Rhode
Kim Rhode is an American shotgun shooter and ISSF Vice-President who won six medals across six consecutive Olympic Games, making her the first woman to achieve this.
Kim Rhodes
Kim Rhodes (Kimberly Rhodes, born 1969, Portland, Oregon) is an American actress known as Carey Martin on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Sheriff Jody Mills on Supernatural, with soap opera roots in Another World.