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Kirsten Bibbins‐Domingo
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo is a UCSF general internist and cardiovascular epidemiologist who became the 17th editor in chief of JAMA in 2022, the first Black person in the role.
Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Dunst (born 1982, Point Pleasant, New Jersey) is an American actress known for Interview with the Vampire, the Spider-Man trilogy, Melancholia (Cannes Best Actress 2011), Fargo, and an Oscar nomination for The Power of the Dog.
Kirsten E. Lyke
Kirsten E. Lyke is an American physician-scientist and professor at the University of Maryland's Center for Vaccine Development, known for human challenge trials in malaria and dengue.
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad (Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad, 1895–1962), Norwegian Wagnerian dramatic soprano; Metropolitan Opera debut as Sieglinde 2 February 1935; first director of Den Norske Opera; cleared of wartime collaboration charges.
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand (Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik), Democratic U.S. Senator from New York since 2009, appointed to Hillary Clinton's seat; led Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal, STOCK Act, 9/11 health bill, and military justice reform; 2020 presidential candidate; DSCC chair 2025.
Kirsten Hastrup
Kirsten Blinkenberg Hastrup (born 1948) is a Danish anthropologist, professor emerita at the University of Copenhagen, known for the historical anthropology of Iceland, Arctic climate research in Thule, Greenland, and theoretical work on anthropological knowledge.
Kirsten Powers
Kirsten Powers, born 1967 in Fairbanks, Alaska, is an American author and columnist, ex-Clinton USTR official, Fox News liberal analyst, CNN senior political analyst until 2023, author of The Silencing and Saving Grace.
Kirsten Price (actress)
Kirsten Price (Katherine L'Heureux, born 1981, Providence, Rhode Island) is an American adult film actress, Wicked Pictures contract star 2005-2012, three-time AVN Award winner, 2018 AVN Hall of Fame inductee, and wife of performer Keiran Lee; distinct from the singer of the same name.
Kirsten Prout
Kirsten Prout, also known as Kirsten Zien, is a Canadian actress born 1990 in Vancouver, known for Abby Miller in Elektra (2005), Amanda Bloom in Kyle XY (2006-2009), Lucy in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), and Char Chamberlin in The Lying Game.
Kirsten Siemon
Kirsten Siemon, later Kirsten Emmelmann (born 1961, Warnemünde), East German 400 m sprinter; 1987 world 4x400 m relay champion, 1988 Olympic relay bronze medallist, 1982 and 1986 European relay champion, personal best 50.07.
Kirsten Storms
Kirsten Renee Storms, American actress born 1984 in Orlando, Florida; played Zenon Kar in Disney Channel films, Belle Black on Days of Our Lives (1999–2004), and Maxie Jones on General Hospital from May 2005 until 2026.
Kirsten Thorup
Kirsten Thorup, born 1942 in Gelsted on Funen, is a Danish author of poetry, novels, drama, and television scripts, central to Danish literature since the late 1960s.
Kirsten van der Kolk
Kirsten van der Kolk (born 1975, Haarlem) is a Dutch rower who with Marit van Eupen won lightweight women's double sculls gold at Beijing 2008, the first Olympic rowing gold for a Dutch woman, after bronze in 2004.
Kirsten Vangsness
Kirsten Vangsness (born 1972, Pasadena, California) is an American actress and screenwriter who plays Penelope Garcia on Criminal Minds and its spin-offs, co-wrote five episodes, and works in Los Angeles theater.
Kirsten Wenzel
Kirsten Wenzel (later Strohbach), born 1961 in Leipzig, is an East German rowing coxswain who won Olympic gold in the women's coxed four at Moscow 1980 in 3:19.27, plus 1978 world gold and five other world medals.
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is a garden on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town, founded in 1913 to conserve South Africa's indigenous flora.
Kirstie Alley
Kirstie Alley (1951–2022), American actress, played Rebecca Howe on Cheers (1987–1993), winning a 1991 Emmy and Golden Globe, starred in Look Who's Talking, Veronica's Closet, and Fat Actress, and died of colon cancer in Tampa, Florida.
Kirstie Allsopp
Kirstie Mary Allsopp, British Channel 4 presenter of Location, Location, Location with Phil Spencer since 2000 and of craft series such as Kirstie's Handmade Britain; daughter of the sixth Baron Hindlip, founder of Kirmir, author and homeware designer.
Kirstin Maldonado
Kirstin Maldonado (born 1992, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American singer, founding member and lone female voice of a cappella group Pentatonix (three Grammys), solo artist as Kirstin (EP L O V E, 2017), and Broadway performer in Kinky Boots (2018) and SIX (2026).
Kirstjen Nielsen
Kirstjen Michele Nielsen (born 1972) is the sixth U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (2017–2019) under Trump; former Kelly chief of staff; signed the 2018 zero-tolerance family-separation policy; resigned April 2019.
Kirsty Coventry
Kirsty Coventry (born 1983, Harare) is a Zimbabwean swimmer with seven Olympic medals including back-to-back 200 m backstroke golds, and since June 2025 the 10th, first female and first African IOC president.
Kirsty Gallacher
Kirsty Jane Gallacher (born 1976, Edinburgh), Scottish TV presenter, daughter of golfer Bernard Gallacher. Rose on Sky Sports News (1998), hosted Kirsty's Home Videos, RI:SE, Gladiators 2008, returned to Sky 2011-2018, later GB News and Gold Radio.
Kirsty MacColl
Kirsty MacColl (1959–2000), English singer-songwriter, daughter of Ewan MacColl; known for Fairytale of New York with The Pogues, A New England, and albums Kite, Titanic Days, Tropical Brainstorm.
Kirsty McNeill
Kirsty McNeill, Scottish Labour and Co-operative MP for Midlothian since 2024, is Minister of State for International Development at the FCDO from 21 July 2026, formerly Scotland Office minister and Save the Children executive director.
Kirsty Spalding
Kirsty L. Spalding, born 1972, is an Australian-born biologist and Professor of Adipocyte Biology at Karolinska Institutet, known for radiocarbon dating human fat cell turnover.
Kirsty Wark
Kirsty Wark (Kirsteen Anne Wark), Scottish journalist and presenter, BBC Newsnight anchor 1993-2024, longest-serving on the show; founder of Wark Clements, novelist, BAFTA Fellowship 2025.
Kirsty Young
Kirsty Young, Scottish TV and radio presenter born in East Kilbride, launch anchor of Five News (1997), host of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs 2006 to 2018 (496 interviews), presenter of BBC coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, the 2023 coronation, and the podcast Young Again.
Kirt Schneider
Kirt A. Schneider, also Kirt Schneider, is an American Messianic Jewish TV host of Discovering the Jewish Jesus: born to Jewish parents in Ohio, converted after a 1978 vision of Jesus, leads Lion of Judah in Toledo, wrote Called to Breakthrough, cut his payot in 2026.
Kirtan
Kirtan, also called Sankirtana or Keertan, is a devotional call-and-response singing practice from the Indian subcontinent, with Hindu, Sikh, and Western yoga traditions, spread globally from the 1960s.
Kirtan-ghosha
Kirtan-ghosha (কীৰ্তন ঘোষা) is a compilation of devotional hymn chapters by the Assamese Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankaradeva, composed in the 16th century and recited daily in the Namghar.