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Kim Sang-ok
Kim Sang-ok (1889–1923), a Korean independence activist who used the alias Kim Yeong-jin, threw a bomb at Seoul's Jongno Police Station in January 1923 and died days later.
Kim Yong-hyun (김용현)
Kim Yong-hyun (김용현, 金龍顯), born 1959, retired ROK Army lieutenant general, Yoon Suk Yeol confidant, Presidential Security Service chief and 50th defense minister; first arrested and indicted official in the 3 December 2024 martial law insurrection case.
Kim Yun-hu
Kim Yun-hu (김윤후, 金允侯) was a Goryeo monk-turned-military commander who led the 1232 defense of Cheoinseong, in which the Mongol commander Salitai was killed, and the 70-day defense of Chungju in 1253.
Kingsley Wilson
Kingsley Wilson (born Kingsley R. Cortes) is the Pentagon press secretary for the U.S. Department of War, sworn in January 20, 2025; daughter of Steve Cortes, ex-GETTR and Center for Renewing America, promoted May 23, 2025 amid criticism of antisemitic posts.
Kintpuash
Kintpuash, known as Captain Jack, was a Modoc headman who led resistance in the Modoc War of 1872 to 1873 and was hanged at Fort Klamath, Oregon.
Kiran Bedi (किरण बेदी)
Kiran Bedi (किरण बेदी), born 1949, first woman IPS officer (1972), Tihar jail reformer and 1994 Ramon Magsaysay laureate, UN police advisor, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry 2016–2021.
Kitabatake Akiie
Kitabatake Akiie (北畠顕家, 1318–1338) was a Japanese court noble and military commander of the Nanboku-chō period, son of Kitabatake Chikafusa, who died in battle at 21.
Kitsos Tzavelas
Kitsos Tzavelas (Κίτσος Τζαβέλας, born Kyriakos Tzavellas) was a Souliote fighter and general of the Greek War of Independence and Prime Minister of Greece from 1847 to 1848.
Kittur Chennamma (ಕಿತ್ತೂರು ಚೆನ್ನಮ್ಮ)
Kittur Chennamma (ಕಿತ್ತೂರು ಚೆನ್ನಮ್ಮ, 1778–1829), queen of Kittur in Karnataka, led the 1824 armed revolt against the East India Company after it rejected her adopted heir, defeating and killing Collector St. John Thackeray before her imprisonment at Bailhongal.
Kiyohara no Takenori
Kiyohara no Takenori (清原武則) was a fushū chieftain of Dewa whose army destroyed the Abe clan in the Former Nine Years' War, becoming Chinjufu shōgun in 1063.
Klaus Barbie
Klaus Barbie (Nikolaus Barbie, 1913–1991), the "Butcher of Lyon," was SS head of the Lyon Gestapo 1942–1944, responsible for Jean Moulin's torture, the Izieu children's raid, and deportations to Auschwitz; later a US CIC informant, he fled to Bolivia as Klaus Altmann and was convicted in France in 1987.
Kliment Voroshilov
Kliment Voroshilov (Климент Ефремович Ворошилов, 1881–1969), Soviet Marshal and Politburo member; People's Commissar of Defense 1925–1940, Winter War commander, head of state 1953–1960, Stalin loyalist involved in the 1937–1938 purges.
Kong Le
Kong Le (1934–2014) was a Lao paratroop captain who seized Vientiane in a nearly bloodless coup on 9 August 1960, becoming the neutralist faction's military leader.
Konon Molody (Конон Трофимович Молодый)
Konon Trofimovich Molody (Конон Трофимович Молодый), aka Gordon Lonsdale, was a KGB illegal who ran the Portland spy ring in Britain, was sentenced to 25 years in 1961, and was exchanged for Greville Wynne in 1964.
Konrad Schumann
Konrad (Conrad) Schumann, East German border policeman who leaped over barbed wire at Bernauer Strasse into West Berlin on 15 August 1961; photographed by Peter Leibing, the image became a Cold War icon; he later lived in Bavaria and died in 1998.
Konstantin Rokossovsky (Константин Константинович Рокоссовский)
Konstantin Rokossovsky (Константин Константинович Рокоссовский), Soviet and Polish marshal (1896–1968), commanded fronts at Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, and Operation Bagration, survived Stalin's purges, led Poland's defense ministry 1949–1956, and commanded the 1945 Victory Parade.
Konstantinos Kanaris (Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης)
Konstantinos Kanaris (Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης), born on Psara 1793/1795, died 1877, Greek fireship captain of the 1821 Revolution who burned the Ottoman flagship off Chios in 1822, killing admiral Kara Ali, and later served five times as Greek Prime Minister, dying in office in 1877.
Konstanty Ostrogski
Konstanty Ostrogski (c. 1460–1530) was a Grand Hetman of Lithuania who led the Polish-Lithuanian army to victory over Muscovy at the Battle of Orsha in 1514.
Koxinga (国姓爷)
Koxinga, also known as Zheng Chenggong, was a Ming loyalist general who expelled the Dutch from Taiwan in 1661. He ruled the island as the Kingdom of Tungning until 1683.
Krim Belkacem
Krim Belkacem (كريم بلقاسم, 1922–1970) was an Algerian revolutionary commander who co-founded the FLN, led the Kabylie region during the war of independence, and signed the 1962 Évian Accords.
Kris Paronto
Kris "Tanto" Paronto, former Army Ranger and CIA Global Response Staff contractor, was a Benghazi annex security team member on September 11, 2012; co-author of 13 Hours, portrayed by Pablo Schreiber, and founder of the 14th Hour Foundation.
Kris Sivara
Kris Sivara was a Thai army commander and politician, the 19th army commander-in-chief from 1973 to 1975, whose refusal to crush the 1973 uprising helped end military rule.
Krishan Kumar (police officer)
Krishan Kumar (Krishan Kumar Bishnoi, KK Bishnoi), IPS-RR 2018 Uttar Pradesh cadre officer born 1994 in Barmer, Rajasthan; SP of Bijnor after Gorakhpur; recipient of CM Utkrishtha Sewa Police Padak and three DGP commendation discs; distinct from same-named AGMUT and Haryana officers.
Krsto Popović
Krsto Popović (Крсто Зрнов Поповић) was a Montenegrin general who commanded the 1919 Christmas Uprising against union with Serbia and led the Lovćen Brigade in World War II.
Krystyna Skarbek
Krystyna Skarbek, alias Christine Granville (1908–1952), Polish-born SOE and MI6 agent in WWII; ran courier lines from Hungary, freed Cammaerts from the Gestapo, and was murdered in London in 1952.
Krzysztof Arciszewski
Krzysztof Arciszewski (1592–1656) was a Polish nobleman, soldier, and engineer who commanded Dutch forces conquering northeastern Brazil and later served as General of the Crown Artillery.
Kshudiram Bose
Kshudiram Bose (Khudiram Basu), Bengali revolutionary born 3 December 1889, Anushilan Samiti member who with Prafulla Chaki bombed a carriage at Muzaffarpur on 30 April 1908 targeting judge Douglas Kingsford, killing two women; hanged 11 August 1908.
Kul Tigin
Kul Tigin, also spelled Kül Tegin, was a general and prince of the Second Turkic Khaganate, known through the memorial stele his brother Bilge Qaghan erected in 732.
Kulbhushan Jadhav
Kulbhushan Jadhav (कुलभूषण जाधव), also Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, alias Hussein Mubarak Patel: former Indian Navy officer arrested in Pakistan in 2016, sentenced to death for espionage, subject of the ICJ's 2019 Jadhav (India v. Pakistan) judgment.
Kuldip Singh Brar (ਕੁਲਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਰਾੜ)
Kuldip Singh Brar (ਕੁਲਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਰਾੜ), born 1934 in Lahore, is a retired Indian Army lieutenant general who commanded Operation Blue Star in June 1984, wrote Operation Bluestar: The True Story, and survived a 2012 London assassination attempt.