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K.M. Venkat Narayan
K.M. Venkat Narayan is a physician-epidemiologist at Emory University who studies diabetes, obesity, and vascular disease, and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
K.O (musician)
K.O, also known as Mr Cashtime, is the stage name of South African rapper Ntokozo Mdluli, who created the skhanda subgenre of kwaito and hip hop.
K.R.C. Genk
KRC Genk (Koninklijke Racing Club Genk), Belgian pro football club in Genk, Limburg, founded 1988 from KFC Winterslag and Thor Waterschei merger; matricule 322, Cegeka Arena, 4 titles, 5 cups, revenue above €100 million.
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (Sporting Lokeren), Belgian club under matricule 282 from the 1970 Racing-Standaard merger; Belgian Cup winner 2012 and 2014, UEFA Cup quarter-finalist 1980-81, bankrupt 20 April 2020, succeeded by KSC Lokeren-Temse.
K.V. Kortrijk
KV Kortrijk (Koninklijke Voetbalclub Kortrijk), Belgian football club formed 5 May 1971 from Kortrijk Sport and Stade Kortrijk merger, matricule 19, plays at Guldensporenstadion (9,399 places), relegated 2025 after 17 top-flight seasons, back in Pro League 2026/27.
K.V. Oostende
KV Oostende, Belgian football club from Ostend, bankrupt 4 June 2024 with €30.6 million debts; succeeded by KV Diksmuide-Oostende at the Albertpark stadium.
K.V. Rajagopalan
K.V. Rajagopalan is an Indian-born American biochemist, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus at Duke University, whose laboratory discovered molybdopterin, the organic part of the molybdenum cofactor.
K.Will
K.Will (케이윌), real name Kim Hyung-soo, born 1981, is a South Korean ballad and R&B singer under Starship Entertainment. Known for "My Heart Is Beating", "Please Don't...", and the Descendants of the Sun OST "Talk Love", with over 2 billion Melon streams.
K.Y. Lee
K.Y. Lee (李焜耀, Lee Kun-yao) is a Taiwanese technology executive who joined Acer in 1976 and led BenQ and AU Optronics, the world's third-largest LCD panel maker.
K'
K' (Kay Dash, ケイ・ダッシュ) is the dark-hero protagonist SNK introduced in The King of Fighters '99 for the NESTS Saga, a memory-wiped ex-agent with Kusanagi fire in his right hand, partnered with the cyborg Maxima.
K'ahk' Tiliw Chan Yopaat
K'ahk' Tiliw Chan Yopaat, also called Cauac Sky, was a Maya king of Quiriguá who in 738 captured and beheaded his overlord, the king of Copán.
K'an II
K'an II, also known as Tutum Yohl K'inich Tz'uutz' II, was a Maya ruler of Caracol in Belize who reigned from 618 to 658 CE.
K’gari
Fraser Island, officially named K'gari since 2023, is the world's largest sand island, lying off southern Queensland, Australia, and inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1992.
K'iche' Kingdom
The K'iche' Kingdom (Reino k'iche' de Q'umarkaj) was a Late Postclassic Maya state in the Guatemalan highlands, ruled from Q'umarkaj, founded around 1400 and destroyed by Pedro de Alvarado.
K'iche' oral tradition
K'iche' oral tradition, the spoken history, myth, and social commentary of the K'iche' Maya of the Guatemalan highlands, was first written down around 1554 as the Popol Vuh.
K'iche'–Kaqchikel wars
The K'iche'–Kaqchikel wars were sustained conflicts between the K'iche' and Kaqchikel Maya kingdoms of highland Guatemala, running from the Kaqchikel break with K'iche' rule around 1470 until both fell to the Spanish in 1530.
K'inich K'uk' Bahlam I
K'inich K'uk' Bahlam I, whose name means "Quetzal Jaguar," was the Maya king who founded Palenque's dynastic line, ruling the city from 431 to 435.
K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo'
K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' was the founder and first king of the dynasty that ruled the Maya city of Copán in western Honduras, reigning from 426 to about 437 CE.
K'iq'ab'
K'iq'ab', also spelled Quicab, was a king of the K'iche' Maya who ruled from Q'umarkaj from about 1425 to 1475, when the K'iche' state reached its greatest extent.
K'naan
K'naan (Keinan Abdi Warsame, born 1978) is a Somali-born Canadian rapper behind "Wavin' Flag," the 2010 FIFA World Cup anthem, and Juno-winning albums The Dusty Foot Philosopher and Troubadour.
K's Choice
K's Choice is a Belgian alternative rock band formed in Antwerp in 1991 by siblings Sam (Sarah) and Gert Bettens, known for the 1995 hit "Not an Addict" and albums Paradise in Me, Cocoon Crash, and Echo Mountain.
K'utz Chman
K'utz Chman, the Vulture Lord, is the name given to an early ruler buried in a rich tomb at Tak'alik Ab'aj, Guatemala, dating to around 500 B.C.
K/Cl co-transporter 1
K/Cl co-transporter 1 (KCC1, SLC12A4) is an electroneutral 1K+:1Cl− cotransporter of the SLC12 family that exports KCl from cells; a ubiquitously expressed housekeeping protein involved in cell volume regulation, first cloned from rabbit kidney.
K/DA
K/DA is Riot Games' virtual K-pop girl group of four League of Legends characters, Ahri, Akali, Evelynn, and Kai'Sa, debuted at Worlds 2018 with POP/STARS, released the ALL OUT EP in 2020, and returned with FIRESTARTER in 2026.
K12
K12 (mountain): 7,428 m peak in the Saltoro Mountains of the Karakoram, near the Siachen Glacier. Survey-designation name, ~1,978 m prominence, first climbed 1974 by a Japanese expedition; closed to civilian climbing.
K2
K2 (8,611 m), also called the Savage Mountain, is the world's second-highest peak, in the Karakoram on the Pakistan–China border. Named by survey in 1856, first climbed in 1954, first climbed in winter in 2021, and far deadlier than Everest per summit.
K2 Airways
K2 Airways is a private Pakistani cargo airline based in Karachi, which began Boeing 737 freighter flights in 2024 and halted operations after losing its only aircraft in a 2026 Arabian Sea crash.
K2 Airways Flight 1732
K2 Airways Flight 1732 was a cargo flight from Sharjah to Karachi that crashed in the Arabian Sea on 7 July 2026, killing all five crew members.
K2 Black Panther (흑표)
The K2 Black Panther (흑표), also known as the K2 tank, is a South Korean main battle tank by Hyundai Rotem, in service from 2014 and exported to Poland.
K2 mission
K2, also called Second Light, was a NASA repurposing of the Kepler space telescope, using two working reaction wheels to observe along the ecliptic from 2014 to 2018.