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K. H. Muniyappa
K. H. Muniyappa is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress serving as a Karnataka minister, after nearly three decades in the Lok Sabha representing Kolar.
K. H. Ting (丁光训)
K. H. Ting (丁光训, Ding Guangxun, 1915–2012) was a Chinese Anglican bishop of Shanghai who chaired the Three-Self Patriotic Movement and presided over the China Christian Council.
K. Heran Darwin
K. Heran Darwin (혜란 다윈) is an American microbiologist and professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, known for her work on the Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteasome and Pup.
K. J. George
K. J. George, full name Kelachandra Joseph George, is an Indian National Congress politician who holds the Energy and Tourism portfolios in the Government of Karnataka.
K. J. Wright
K. J. Wright, born Kenneth Bernard Wright Jr. in 1989, is a former NFL linebacker who starred for the Seattle Seahawks and won Super Bowl XLVIII.
K. J. Yesudas (കാട്ടാശ്ശേരി ജോസഫ് യേശുദാസ്)
K. J. Yesudas (കാട്ടാശ്ശേരി ജോസഫ് യേശുദാസ്), the Gaanagandharvan, is an Indian playback and Carnatic singer born 1940 in Fort Kochi; first film song 1961, thousands of songs across Indian languages, multiple national and state awards.
K. Jayatilleke
K. Jayatilleke (Sinhala: කේ. ජයතිලක; born Kaluachchigamage Jayathilaka, 1926–2011) was a Sri Lankan novelist, short-story writer, critic, and publisher in Sinhala, known for the award-winning novel Charitha Thunak (1963).
K. Jegadeshwari
K. Jegadeshwari (கே. ஜெகதேஸ்வரி), born 1986, is a TVK politician, former journalist, and Tamil Nadu Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment; TVK MLA for Rajapalayam since 2026.
K. K. Downing
K.K. Downing (Kenneth Keith Downing Jr., born 1951, West Bromwich) is an English guitarist and founding member of Judas Priest, whose twin-lead partnership with Glenn Tipton defined the band's sound from 1970 until his 2011 departure; he now leads KK's Priest.
K. K. Senthil Kumar (కె. కె. సెంథిల్ కుమార్)
K. K. Senthil Kumar (కె. కె. సెంథిల్ కుమార్) is an Indian cinematographer, FTII Pune alumnus, and S. S. Rajamouli's longtime collaborator on Eega, Baahubali, and RRR.
K. K. Shailaja
K. K. Shailaja (K. K. ശൈലജ ടീച്ചർ, born 1956), CPI(M) politician and Kerala Health Minister 2016–2021 who led the Nipah 2018 and COVID-19 responses; MLA for Kuthuparamba, Peravoor, and Mattannur; lost from Peravoor in 2026.
K. K. Venugopal
K. K. Venugopal (Kottayan Katankot Venugopal, born 1931) is an Indian constitutional lawyer, distinct from politician K C Venugopal, who served as Attorney General for India from July 2017 to September 2022 after a six-decade Supreme Court career.
K. Kamaraj
Kumaraswami Kamaraj (1903–1975), Indian freedom fighter, Chief Minister of Madras State 1954–1963, and Congress president 1963–1967; known for the midday meal scheme, the Kamaraj Plan, and choosing Shastri and Indira Gandhi as Prime Ministers.
K. Karunakaran (കണ്ണോത്ത് കരുണാകരൻ)
K. Karunakaran (Kannoth Karunakaran, കണ്ണോത്ത് കരുണാകരൻ), 1918–2010, four-time Chief Minister of Kerala, Congress leader, architect of the UDF, Kerala Home Minister 1971–77, Union Industries Minister 1995–96.
K. L. Saigal (कुंदन लाल सैगल)
Kundan Lal Saigal (कुंदन लाल सैगल), a pioneering Indian singer-actor based in Calcutta, is recognized as the first superstar of Hindi cinema. He recorded about 185 songs in various languages.
K. Lance Gould
K. Lance Gould is an American physician-scientist and non-invasive cardiologist at UTHealth Houston, known for discovering coronary flow reserve, pioneering quantitative cardiac PET imaging, and developing the physiologic assessment of coronary stenoses used worldwide.
K. Laxma Goud
K. Laxma Goud, full name Kalal Laxma Goud, is an Indian painter and printmaker born in 1940, known for figurative works joining rural Telangana imagery with eroticism.
K. Laxman
Dr. K. Laxman (born 1956) is a BJP politician from Telangana, Rajya Sabha member for Uttar Pradesh (2022-2028), OBC Morcha national president, Telangana BJP chief 2016-2020, and BJP Parliamentary Board member.
K. M. Cariappa
Kodandera Madappa Cariappa (Kipper), 1899–1993, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from 15 January 1949 and Field Marshal from 1986; led Western Command in the 1947–48 Kashmir war.
K. M. Munshi
K. M. Munshi (के. एम. मुंशी) was an Indian lawyer and politician from Gujarat who sat on the Constitution's Drafting Committee and founded the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1938.
K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra
K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1962 SC 605, is the 1961 Supreme Court of India decision upholding naval commander Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati's murder conviction for killing Prem Ahuja, rejecting grave and sudden provocation, and catalyzing the abolition of jury trials in India.
K. M. Panikkar
K. M. Panikkar (Kavalam Madhava Panikkar), often styled Sardar, was an Indian historian, diplomat, and journalist, India's first ambassador to China, best known for Asia and Western Dominance (1953).
K. M. Shaji
K. M. Shaji is an Indian Union Muslim League politician who represents Vengara in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and serves as a Kerala minister holding the Local Self Governments, Town Planning, and Rural Development portfolios.
K. M. Shivalinge Gowda
K. M. Shivalinge Gowda is an Indian politician with the Indian National Congress who serves as Karnataka's excise minister and has represented Arsikere in the assembly since 2008.
K. Manikandan
K. Manikandan (கே. மணிகண்டன்) is a Tamil film actor, screenwriter, and director from Chennai, distinct from director M. Manikandan. Known for Jai Bhim (2021), Good Night (2023), Lover (2024), Kudumbasthan (2025), and the 2023 Kalaimamani Award.
K. Michelle
K. Michelle (Kimberly Michelle Pate, born 1982, Memphis) is an American R&B-turned-country singer, Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta original cast member, and RHOA cast member; her albums include Rebellious Soul (2013, Billboard 200 No. 2) and the 2026 country debut Jesus & Whiskey.
K. Muraleedharan
K. Muraleedharan, full name Kannoth Muraleedharan, is an Indian National Congress politician and Kerala minister holding the Health, Family Welfare, Ayush, Devaswom, and Medical Education portfolios.
K. N. Dikshit
K. N. Dikshit, full name Kashinath Narayan Dikshit (1889–1946), was an Indian archaeologist, Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1937 to 1944, and excavator of the DK area at Mohenjo-daro.
K. N. Kasmikoya
K. N. Kasmikoya is an Indian politician and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Lakshadweep, re-elected unopposed as the party's unit president in January 2025.
K. Natraj
K. Natraj is an Indian Tamil film actor, director, and screenwriter, also known as K. Nataraj. Acting debut in Moondru Mudichu (1976); directed Anbulla Rajinikanth (1984) and Rajinikanth's Valli (1993), and acted in Tamil serials such as Roja.