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K. Nityananda Reddy
K. Nityananda Reddy is an Indian pharmaceutical executive who co-founded Aurobindo Pharma with P.V. Ramprasad Reddy in 1986 and serves as its Vice Chairman and Managing Director.
K. O. Emery
K. O. Emery, born Kenneth Orris Emery, was a Canadian-born marine geologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who reconstructed drowned landscapes and sea-level history of continental shelves.
K. P. A. C. Lalitha
K. P. A. C. Lalitha (Maheshwari Amma) was an Indian Malayalam film and stage actress who began with the KPAC theatre troupe, acted in over 550 films, and won two National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress, for Amaram and Shantham.
K. P. Jagan
K. P. Jagan (கே.பி. ஜெகன்), alias Jagannaath or K. P. Jagannath, is a Tamil film director, screenwriter and actor born 1971; directed Pudhiya Geethai (2003), Kodambakkam, Raman Thediya Seethai, En Aaloda Seruppa Kaanom (2017); returning with Roja Malli Kanakambaram (2025).
K. P. Kesava Menon
K. P. Kesava Menon (1886–1978) was an Indian freedom fighter and Gandhian who founded the Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi in 1923 and wrote the autobiography Kazhinja Kalam.
K. P. Ramanunni
K. P. Ramanunni (കെ.പി. രാമനുണ്ണി; born 1955) is a Malayalam novelist and short-story writer who won the 2017 Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Daivathinte Pusthakam.
K. P. Udayabhanu
K. P. Udayabhanu (കെ.പി. ഉദയഭാനു; 1936–2014) was an Indian playback singer and music composer for Malayalam cinema, known for songs from Ramanan and honored with the Padma Shri in 2009.
K. R. N. Rajeshkumar
K. R. N. Rajeshkumar is an Indian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politician who has represented Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha since 2022, serving two terms.
K. R. Narayanan (കൊച്ചേരിൽ രാമൻ നാരായണൻ)
K. R. Narayanan, full name Kocheril Raman Narayanan, was an Indian diplomat and politician who served as India's tenth president from 1997 to 2002, the first Dalit to hold the office.
K. R. Vijaya
K. R. Vijaya (கே. ஆர். விஜயா), "Punnagai Arasi," is a South Indian actress born in 1948 whose career since the 1963 debut Karpagam spans nearly 400 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films.
K. Radhakrishnan
K. Radhakrishnan (born 1964) is an Indian Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician who has represented Alathur in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after serving as Speaker of the Kerala Assembly.
K. Raghavendra Rao
K. Raghavendra Rao (Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, born 1942) is a Telugu film director and producer who has directed over 100 films in five decades, including Adavi Ramudu, Gharana Mogudu, and the Nagarjuna devotional films Annamayya and Om Namo Venkatesaya; son of director K.S. Prakash Rao.
K. Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal
K. Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal, born 1979, in Hospet, Karnataka, is an Indian National Congress politician elected in 2024 to the 18th Lok Sabha from the Koppal constituency.
K. Ranga Rama Krishnan
K. Ranga Rama Krishnan is an Indian-born psychiatrist and academic leader who chaired psychiatry at Duke, led Duke-NUS in Singapore, and headed Rush in Chicago.
K. Ranganayaki
K. Ranganayaki is an Indian politician of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam who has served as Mayor of Coimbatore since 2024, the second woman in the role.
K. S. Basavanthappa
K. S. Basavanthappa is an Indian politician from Karnataka, a Congress member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly for Mayakonda since 2023 and a state minister.
K. S. Bharat (కోన శ్రీకర్ భరత్)
Kona Srikar Bharat (కోన శ్రీకర్ భరత్), KS Bharat, Indian wicketkeeper-batter from Visakhapatnam; first Ranji Trophy triple century by a keeper (308 vs Goa), seven Tests for India 2023-24, retired from international cricket June 2026.
K. S. Chithra (കെ. എസ്. ചിത്ര)
K. S. Chithra (കെ. എസ്. ചിത്ര), Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra, born 1963, is an Indian playback singer, the 'Chinna Kuyil' or Little Nightingale of South India, with six National Film Awards, the Padma Shri (2005), and songs recorded across Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi cinema.
K. S. Eric Forssberg
K. S. Eric Forssberg is a Swedish mineral processing engineer and professor emeritus at Luleå University of Technology, elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2001.
K. S. Harisankar
K. S. Harisankar is an Indian playback singer from Kerala, known for 'Jeevamshamayi' from Theevandi (2018) and winner of the Kerala State Film Award for 'Kiliye' from ARM.
K. S. Narasimhaswamy
K. S. Narasimhaswamy, full name Kikkeri Subbaraya Narasimhaswamy, was an Indian Kannada-language poet known for romantic poetry about married life, especially the collection Mysuru Mallige (1942).
K. S. Ravikumar
K. S. Ravikumar (born 1957) is a Tamil film director, producer, and actor, maker of Nattamai, Muthu, Padayappa, and Dasavathaaram; distinct from the Malayalam literary critic of the same name.
K. S. Ravindra
K. S. Ravindra (Bobby Kolli, కె ఎస్ రవింద్ర), Telugu film director and screenwriter born 1983 in Guntur; directed Power, Sardaar Gabbar Singh, Jai Lava Kusa, Waltair Veerayya, and Daaku Maharaaj.
K. Sapdanga
K. Sapdanga is an Indian politician of the Zoram People's Movement who serves as a minister in the Government of Mizoram, holding the Home portfolio.
K. Satchidanandan
K. Satchidanandan (Kayamparambath Satchidanandan, born 1946) is an Indian poet writing in Malayalam and English, a leading Malayalam modernist, critic, and translator who served as Secretary of the Sahitya Akademi from 1996 to 2006.
K. Schippers
K. Schippers, the pseudonym of Gerard Stigter, was a Dutch writer and art critic who co-founded Barbarber and used the readymade in poetry.
K. Sello Duiker
K. Sello Duiker (Kabelo Sello Duiker, 1974–2005) was a South African novelist and screenwriter whose novels Thirteen Cents and The Quiet Violence of Dreams made him a prominent post-apartheid voice.
K. Seshadri Iyer
K. Seshadri Iyer (கே. சேஷாத்ரி ஐயர்) was an Indian advocate and administrator who served as Dewan of Mysore from 1883 to 1901, credited with the Kolar gold fields, the Shivanasamudra hydroelectric project, and advancing Bangalore.
K. Shanmugam
K. Shanmugam (尚穆根, கா சண்முகம்), born 1959, Singaporean politician and former Senior Counsel; Minister for Home Affairs since 2015, Coordinating Minister for National Security, and Senior Minister from July 2026; MP since 1988.
K. Sindhu
K. Sindhu (K. Sindu), TVK politician and first-time MLA from Gudiyatham (SC), Vellore district, won the 2026 Tamil Nadu election with 82,858 votes (36.17%), defeating DMDK's K.B. Pradap by 10,097 votes.