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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (किरण मजूमदार-शॉ)
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (किरण मजूमदार-शॉ), born 1953, Indian biotech entrepreneur; founded Biocon in 1978 as an enzymes joint venture, took it independent in 1998, and leads it as Executive Chairperson; Padma Bhushan and EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 honoree.
Kiran Musunuru
Kiran Musunuru is a cardiologist and geneticist at the University of Pennsylvania known for CRISPR gene editing that permanently lowers cholesterol and for the first personalized CRISPR therapy.
Kiran Nagarkar
Kiran Nagarkar (किरण नगरकर; 1942–2019) was an Indian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote in both Marathi and English, winning the Sahitya Akademi Award for Cuckold in 2000.
Kiran Raj
Kiran Raj, born 1993 in Mysore, is an Indian actor in Kannada and Hindi television and cinema, known for Harsha in Kannadati, the title role in Zee Kannada's Karna, and films March 22, Ronny: The Ruler, Megha, and Sherr; distinct from the Malayalam actor of the same name.
Kiran Rao
Kiran Rao (किरण राव), born 1973, is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, director of Dhobi Ghat and Laapataa Ladies, India's 97th Academy Awards entry, ex-wife of Aamir Khan, and co-founder of Paani Foundation.
Kiran Reddy (pageanter)
Kiran Reddy (born 2008) is an American pageant titleholder from Douglas, Georgia, crowned Miss Teen USA 2026 in Miami, the first winner from Georgia and first Indian American to hold the title.
Kiran Shah
Kiran Shah, born 1956 in Kenya, is a Kenyan-born British actor, stuntman, and scale double, Guinness record holder as the world's shortest professional stuntman at 4 ft 1.7 in, Frodo's double in The Lord of the Rings, and 2024 MBE recipient.
Kiran Singh Deo
Kiran Singh Deo is an Indian politician who has led the Bharatiya Janata Party's Chhattisgarh unit since December 2023 and represents Jagdalpur in the state assembly.
Kiran Vasireddy
Kiran Vasireddy is an Indian venture investor who was a Partner at Bengaluru's Kalaari Capital from 2021 to 2025, after nearly a decade at Paytm.
Kiranraj K.
Kiranraj K., also credited as K Kiranraj, is an Indian Kannada-cinema director born 1989 in Kasaragod, Kerala; director of 777 Charlie (2022), National Film Award winner for Best Kannada Film, and writer on Kirik Party.
Kirapatika
Kirapatika was a pious householder of Vesali, originally named Kira, who gave a poor man money for alms to the Buddha; the episode produced a Vinaya rule.
Kirari
Kirari are the praise epithets of Hausa oral literature, short chanted phrases lauding people, places, and things; hunters and boxers use them to praise themselves.
Kirāri Sulemānnagar
Kirari Suleman Nagar (Kirari Suleman Nagar census town), North West Delhi, India: 283,211 people in 2011, over 100 unauthorised colonies, and chronic monsoon flooding from an 88-cusec drain serving a 1,193-cusec catchment.
Kiratarjuniya
Kiratarjuniya (किरातार्जुनीय), also called Arjuna and the Hunter, is a Sanskrit court epic by Bharavi, retelling Arjuna's fight with Shiva disguised as a hunter and his winning of the Pashupatastra.
Kiraz Mevsimi
Kiraz Mevsimi (Cherry Season) is a 2014–2015 Turkish romantic comedy series by Süreç Film on FOX, starring Özge Gürel and Serkan Çayoğlu; 59 episodes, first Turkish series aired in Italy on Canale 5.
Kirby (character)
Kirby is the pink, round Nintendo character created by Masahiro Sakurai at HAL Laboratory, debuting in Kirby's Dream Land (1992). Known for inhaling enemies and Copy Abilities, over 30 games, and Kirby and the Forgotten Land's 7.52 million sales.
Kirby (series)
Kirby (星のカービィ), Nintendo/HAL Laboratory platform series created by Masahiro Sakurai, debuting with Kirby's Dream Land (Game Boy, April 27, 1992); known for Copy Abilities, first mainline 3D game Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022), and Kirby and the World Beyond (Switch 2, Spring 2027).
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (2004, Game Boy Advance; Nintendo; Flagship and Dimps) is a Metroidvania-style Kirby platformer with four Kirbys, cellphone summoning, and four-player co-op, later re-released on 3DS eShop and Nintendo Switch Online.
Kirby Air Ride
Kirby Air Ride (カービィのエアライド) is HAL Laboratory's 2003 GameCube one-button racer with Air Ride, Top Ride, and City Trial modes, LAN play for four consoles, a 61 Metascore, and a 2025 Switch 2 sequel, Kirby Air Riders.
Kirby Air Riders
Kirby Air Riders is a 2025 Nintendo Switch 2 vehicle action game directed by Masahiro Sakurai, sequel to Kirby Air Ride (GameCube, 2003). Modes include Air Ride, Top Ride, City Trial on Skyah, and Road Trip; Metacritic 79, 1.9M sold by June 2026.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is a 2022 HAL Laboratory 3D platformer for Nintendo Switch, the first fully 3D Kirby game, featuring Mouthful Mode; it scored 85 on Metacritic, sold over 6 million copies, and gained a Switch 2 Edition with Star-Crossed World in 2025.
Kirby Grant
Kirby Grant (Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., 1911–1985), American actor and violinist, starred as rancher-pilot Schuyler "Sky" King in the TV series Sky King, flying the Cessna Songbird; earlier a B-western and Mountie film lead.
Kirby Howell-Baptiste
Kirby Howell-Baptiste, also credited mononymously as Kirby from 2025, is a British actress known for Simone in The Good Place, Elena in Killing Eve, Sasha in Barry, and Death in Netflix's The Sandman.
Kirby Morrow
Kirby Morrow (1973-2020) was a Canadian voice and screen actor from Jasper, Alberta, known as Miroku in InuYasha, Cyclops in X-Men: Evolution, Cole in Lego Ninjago, Trowa in Gundam Wing, and Captain Dave Kleinman on Stargate: Atlantis.
Kirby Puckett
Kirby Puckett (1960–2006), Hall of Fame center fielder for the Minnesota Twins 1984–1995; two World Series titles (1987, 1991), .318 average, 2,304 hits, 10 All-Star selections; elected 2001 first ballot; career ended by glaucoma, died at 45 after a stroke.
Kirby Smart
Kirby Smart, Georgia Bulldogs head football coach since December 2015 and former Alabama defensive coordinator under Nick Saban; 117-21 record, back-to-back CFP national titles in 2021 and 2022, and SEC championships in 2017, 2022, 2024, and 2025.
Kirby Star Allies
Kirby Star Allies is a 2.5D side-scrolling platformer by HAL Laboratory and Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch, released in March 2018, where Friend Hearts recruit enemies as allies.
Kirby Super Star
Kirby Super Star (星のカービィ スーパーデラックス, Kirby's Fun Pak in Europe) is HAL Laboratory's 1996 SNES multi-game compilation directed by Masahiro Sakurai, with seven main games, the Helper co-op system, and the 2008 DS remake Kirby Super Star Ultra.
Kirby: Planet Robobot
Kirby: Planet Robobot (星のカービィ ロボボプラネット) is a 2016 HAL Laboratory Nintendo 3DS Kirby platformer in which Kirby pilots the Robobot Armor mech against the Haltmann Works Company; Metascore 81.
Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (Hoshi no Kirby) is a 100-episode 2001-2003 anime by Nintendo and HAL's Warpstar, dubbed by 4Kids, featuring Kirby versus King Dedede's NME monsters in Dream Land.