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Kumagaya
Kumagaya (熊谷市) is a city in northern Saitama Prefecture, Japan, population about 194,000; a former Nakasendo post town, now a transport hub known for record heat (41.1°C in 2018) and heat-countermeasure programs.
Kumail Nanjiani (کمیل ننجیانی)
Kumail Nanjiani (کمیل ننجیانی), born 1978 in Karachi, is a Pakistani-American comedian, actor and screenwriter known for Dinesh on Silicon Valley, co-writing and starring in Oscar-nominated The Big Sick with wife Emily V. Gordon, Eternals' Kingo, and Emmy-nominated Welcome to Chippendales.
Kumamoto (熊本市)
Kumamoto (熊本市) is the capital of Kumamoto Prefecture in central Kyushu, Japan; a government-designated city since 2012 with about 740,000 residents, known for Kumamoto Castle, groundwater, and 2016 earthquake recovery.
Kumamoto Castle
Kumamoto Castle (熊本城) is a Japanese castle in Kumamoto City, Japan, completed in 1607 by the daimyo Kato Kiyomasa and regarded as one of the country's major early-modern fortresses.
Kumano Basin
Kumano Basin (熊野盆地), a forearc basin off Japan's Kii Peninsula on the Nankai Trough, about 100 by 70 km, filled with up to 2000 m of turbidites over an accretionary prism; NanTroSEIZE drilling and DONET monitoring site with mud volcanoes and gas hydrates.
Kumano Sanzan
Kumano Sanzan (熊野三山) is the collective name for the three grand Kumano shrines in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, major pilgrimage destinations inscribed by UNESCO in 2004.
Kumanovo
Kumanovo (Куманово) is a city and municipality in northeastern North Macedonia, 35 km from Skopje; named after the Cumans, first recorded in 1519, site of the 1912 Battle of Kumanovo.
Kumanyefie Vallis
Kumanyefie Vallis, an IAU-named valley (vallis) on Venus near the south pole, 600 km across at -80.5°, 335°E; Ewe (Ghana) name for Venus; adopted 1997; not visible in Magellan SAR mosaic.
Kumao Toyoshima
Kumao Toyoshima (豊島久真男, 1930–2022) was a Japanese virologist and oncologist who first proved a cancer virus carries a transforming gene, identified the erbB oncogene, and co-identified HER2.
Kumaon division
Kumaon division (कुमाऊँ मण्डल), one of two divisions of Uttarakhand, India, headquartered at Nainital with six districts including Almora and Pithoragarh; formerly under Chand and Gorkha rule, ceded to Britain in 1815.
Kumaon Regiment (कुमाऊँ रेजिमेंट)
Kumaon Regiment (कुमाऊँ रेजिमेंट), also historically the 19th Hyderabad Regiment, is a fixed-class Indian Army infantry regiment recruiting Kumaonis and Ahirs; famed for Rezang La 1962, Major Somnath Sharma's first Param Vir Chakra, and Ranikhet's Kumaon Regimental Centre.
Kumar Gaurav (actor)
Kumar Gaurav (born Manoj Rajendra Tuli, 1956, Lucknow) is a Hindi film actor, son of star Rajendra Kumar, whose 1981 debut Love Story made him an overnight romantic hero; later films such as Naam and Kaante never matched it.
Kumar Malavalli
Kumar Malavalli (कुमार मलवल्ली) is a Silicon Valley founder and investor who co-founded Brocade Communications in 1995 and is credited as a principal architect of Fibre Channel.
Kumar Mangalam Birla (कुमार मंगलम बिड़ला)
Kumar Mangalam Birla, also known as Kumar Birla, is an Indian industrialist who has chaired the Aditya Birla Group since 1995, growing it into a $67 billion conglomerate.
Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker, Texas Rangers starting pitcher; 2021 Mets 10th-overall pick who went unsigned over medical concerns, 2022 third overall by Texas. Vanderbilt 19-K no-hitter, 2019 CWS MOP, May 2023 Tommy John surgery, MLB debut September 12, 2024.
Kumar Sangakkara (කුමාර් චෝක්ෂනාද සංගක්කාර)
Kumar Sangakkara (කුමාර් චෝක්ෂනාද සංගක්කාර), Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batter born 1977 in Matale; 28,016 international runs, 12,400 Test runs at 57.40, 2014 T20 World Cup winner, MCC president 2019-21.
Kumar Sanu (কুমার সানু)
Kumar Sanu (কুমার সানু), born Kedarnath Bhattacharya, is an Indian playback singer, the "Melody King" of 1990s Bollywood. Known for five consecutive Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer awards (1991–1995), a 1993 Guinness record of 28 songs in one day, the Aashiqui soundtrack, and the 2009 Padma Shri.
Kumar Shailendra
Kumar Shailendra is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician and Bihar minister for Road Construction, elected from the Bihpur constituency in 2005, 2010, 2020, and 2025.
Kumar Varoon Agrawal
Kumar Varoon Agrawal, also published as Kumar Agrawal, is a chemical engineer and membrane scientist who leads the Laboratory of Advanced Separations at EPFL, working on atomically thin porous membranes for carbon capture.
Kumar Vishwas (कुमार विश्वास)
Kumar Vishwas (कुमार विश्वास), pen name of Vishwas Kumar Sharma, born 1970 in Pilkhuwa, Uttar Pradesh, is a popular Hindi poet of shringar ras, known for "Koi Deewana Kahta Hai", three poetry collections, and stage recitations.
Kumara
Kumara (कुमार), known as Kumara Bhaskaravarman, was a seventh-century Varman king of Kamarupa in present-day Assam, best known for hosting the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang in 642–43.
Kumara Kampana
Kumara Kampana (ಕುಮಾರ ಕಂಪಣ), also styled Vira Kamparaya, was a Vijayanagara prince, son of Bukka Raya I, who led the conquest of the Tamil country from 1368 to 1371.
Kumara Krishnappa Nayak
Kumara Krishnappa Nayak (குமார கிருஷ்ணப்ப நாயக்கர்) was the second ruler of the Madurai Nayak dynasty, reigning from 1564 to 1572, suppressing the Tumbichchi Nayaka rebellion and building the Krishnapuram temple.
Kumara Sambhavamu
Kumara Sambhavamu ("The Birth of Kumara") is a Telugu epic poem by the 11th- or 12th-century poet Nannechoda, regarded as the first mahakavya in Telugu literature.
Kumāra Vālmīki
Kumāra Vālmīki (ಕುಮಾರವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿ), pen name of Narahari of Torave, is a Kannada poet of about 1500 CE who wrote the Torave Ramayana, the best-known Kannada retelling of the Ramayana.
Kumara Vyasa Bharata
Kumara Vyasa Bharata, formally titled Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari and also called Gadugina Bharata, is a 15th-century Kannada epic retelling the first ten parvas of the Mahabharata.
Kumaradevi
Kumaradevi (कुमारदेवी) was a Licchavi princess and chief queen of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta I; their marriage is seen as the foundation of Gupta power.
Kumaragupta I
Kumaragupta I (कुमारगुप्त प्रथम) was a Gupta emperor, son and successor of Chandragupta II, who reigned from about 415 to 454 CE over a peaceful, prosperous empire.
Kumaraguruparar
Kumaraguruparar (குமரகுருபரர்), also known as Kumaragurupara Desikar, was a 17th-century Tamil Shaiva poet and ascetic, court poet to Tirumalai Nayak of Madurai who spent his last thirty years in Kasi and founded the Kumaraswami Mutt there.
Kumarajiva
Kumarajiva (鸠摩罗什) was a Buddhist monk and translator of Indian descent, captured by the Former Qin general Lü Guang and later made state preceptor to the Later Qin ruler Yao Xing in Chang'an.