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Kim Yuk
Kim Yuk (김육, 1580–1658) was a Korean civil official of the late Joseon dynasty who served as chief state councillor under King Hyojong and drove the Daedong Law tax reform.
Kim Yun Mi
Kim Yun Mi (김윤미, 金潤美), born 1980, Seoul, is a retired South Korean short track speed skater, youngest Winter Olympic champion at 13 years 85 days, and double 3,000 m relay gold medallist (1994, 1998); distinct from namesake 2004 table tennis and field hockey Olympians.
Kim Yun-hu
Kim Yun-hu (김윤후, 金允侯) was a Goryeo monk-turned-military commander who led the 1232 defense of Cheoinseong, in which the Mongol commander Salitai was killed, and the 70-day defense of Chungju in 1253.
Kim Yun-sik
Kim Yun-sik (김윤식, 1936–2018) was a South Korean literary historian and critic who taught at Seoul National University and became one of the central scholars of modern Korean literature.
Kim Zimmer
Kim Zimmer is an American actress born in 1955 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is best known for playing Reva Shayne on the CBS daytime drama Guiding Light.
Kim Zolciak
Kim Zolciak (Kimberleigh Marie Zolciak, born 1978) is an American reality TV personality, original Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member, Don't Be Tardy star, and singer of "Tardy for the Party."
Kim's Convenience
Kim's Convenience: Canadian CBC sitcom (2016-2021, five seasons) about a Korean Canadian family's Toronto corner store, adapted from Ins Choi's 2011 Fringe play; first Canadian sitcom with an all-Asian lead cast, ended amid writers-room racism allegations.
Kim's Convenience (play)
Kim's Convenience (김씨네 편의점) is Ins Choi's 2011 Toronto Fringe comedy-drama about a Korean Canadian family's Toronto corner store, remounted by Soulpepper in 2012 and adapted into the five-season CBC sitcom.
Kima Greggs
Kima Greggs (Shakima Greggs) is a fictional Baltimore police detective in HBO's The Wire, played by Sonja Sohn in all five seasons. A Black lesbian detective, she was nearly killed off in season one before HBO's Carolyn Strauss intervened, and she ends McNulty's career in season five.
Kima Kieza
Kima Kieza, also spelled Quima Quieza, is a commune and urban district of Cazenga municipality in Luanda Province, Angola, with about 428,855 residents, coordinates 8.83°S 13.30°E, and musseque periphery urbanization near Luanda.
Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day (きまぐれオレンジロード あの日にかえりたい)
Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day (きまぐれオレンジ★ロード あの日にかえりたい, Ano Hi ni Kaeritai) is a 1988 Studio Pierrot anime film directed by Tomomi Mochizuki, an original 69-minute story concluding the Kyosuke, Madoka, and Hikaru love triangle, released by Toho on October 1, 1988.
Kimani Ichung'wah
Kimani Ichung'wah is a Kenyan politician and United Democratic Alliance member who has served as Leader of the Majority Party in the National Assembly since 2022 and as Member of Parliament for Kikuyu Constituency since 2013.
Kimba the White Lion
Kimba the White Lion (ジャングル大帝, Jungle Emperor) is Osamu Tezuka's white-lion manga and 1965 Mushi Production anime, Japan's first color TV anime, later disputed as inspiration for Disney's 1994 The Lion King.
Kimba Wood
Kimba M. Wood (born 1944, Port Townsend, WA), Southern District of New York district judge since 1988 (Reagan appointee, chief judge 2006-2009), known for the Milken sentencing, the 2010 Russian spy swap, the 1993 withdrawn Attorney General nomination, and the Michael Cohen proceedings.
Kimbal Musk
Kimbal Musk (born 1972), South African-born entrepreneur, chef, and Tesla board member, younger brother of Elon Musk; co-founded Zip2, The Kitchen restaurant group, Square Roots urban farming, and the Big Green school-garden nonprofit.
Kimbanguist Church
The Kimbanguist Church, officially the Church of Jesus Christ on Earth through His Special Envoy Simon Kimbangu, is an African-initiated church founded by Simon Kimbangu in the Belgian Congo in 1921.
Kimbell Art Museum
The Kimbell Art Museum, founded by Kay and Velma Kimbell in Fort Worth, Texas, opened in 1972 in Louis Kahn's cycloid-vaulted building and gained a Renzo Piano pavilion in 2013; its small, free permanent collection holds about 350 works of definitive excellence.
Kimbell Royalty Partners
Kimbell Royalty Partners is a Fort Worth, Texas-based publicly traded partnership owning oil and gas mineral and royalty interests in more than 17 million gross acres across 28 states.
Kimber Lee
Kimber Lee (Kimberly Ann Green, née Frankele, born 1990) is a retired American professional wrestler, first female CHIKARA Grand Champion, WWE's Abbey Laith, and an Impact Wrestling alumna.
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Kimberlé Crenshaw, American legal scholar at Columbia and UCLA who coined "intersectionality" in 1989, elaborated it in 1991, co-founded the African American Policy Forum, and launched #SayHerName.
Kimberley (Western Australia)
The Kimberley is Western Australia's northernmost region: 419,558 km² of tropical monsoon savanna across four shires, with Broome and Kununurra as main centres, about 36,000 people (nearly half Aboriginal), 30 largely free-flowing rivers, and a mining, pastoral and tourism economy.
Kimberley diamond rush
The Kimberley diamond rush was the influx of prospectors to the diamond fields around Kimberley, South Africa, beginning in the late 1860s and peaking in 1871.
Kimberley Locke
Kimberley Dawn Locke, American singer born 1978 in Hartsville, Tennessee; third-place finisher on American Idol season 2 (2003), Curb Records artist known for "8th World Wonder" and three straight #1 Christmas AC songs. Distinct from Canadian country singer Kimberley Dawn.
Kimberley Nixon
Kimberley Nixon (born 1985, Bristol) is a Welsh actress trained at the Royal Welsh College; best known as Josie in Fresh Meat, winner of the 2017 BAFTA Cymru Best Actress award for Ordinary Lies, and author of She Seems Fine to Me.
Kimberley Plateau
The Kimberley Plateau is a sandstone upland in the far north of Western Australia, part of the Kimberley region, with deep gorges carved by its rivers.
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is a government-led certification regime, launched in 2003, requiring participating states to certify rough diamond exports so conflict diamonds cannot enter legitimate trade.
Kimberley Strassel
Kimberley A. Strassel (Kim Strassel), born 1972, is a conservative American columnist, Wall Street Journal editorial board member since 2005, and author of the weekly Potomac Watch column since 2007, a Fox News contributor, and 2014 Bradley Prize winner.
Kimberley Walsh
Kimberley Jane Scott (née Walsh), born 1981 in Bradford, English singer, actress and presenter, member of Girls Aloud formed 2002 on Popstars: The Rivals; solo album Centre Stage 2013, Strictly 2012 runner-up, married Justin Scott 2016.
Kimberley, Northern Cape
Kimberley, Northern Cape: capital of South Africa's Northern Cape, founded 1873 during the diamond rush; home of the Big Hole (215 m deep) and birthplace of De Beers, now Sol Plaatje Municipality's seat.
Kimberlin Brown
Kimberlin Brown (Kimberlin Ann Brown, born 1961, Hayward, California) is an American actress famous as villainess Sheila Carter on The Young and the Restless (1990) and The Bold and the Beautiful (1992 onward), a two-time Soap Opera Digest Award winner, designer, and avocado farm owner.