List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
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- Kobal, Fran, (1881-1937), poet
- Kobal, Josip, (1870-1888), poet
- Kobav, Andrej, (born 1593), Slovene mathematician.
- Kobayashi, Masaki, (born 1916), Japanese director
- Kobe, Boris, (1905-1981), architect, painter.
- Kobell, Wolfgang Franz von, (1803-1882), mineralogists
- Kobelt, Karl, (1891-1968), President of Switzerland
- Kobilca, Ivana, (1861-1926), paintress.
- Kobo, Abe, (died 1993), Japanese author
- Kobun, emperor of Japan, (648-672)
- Kocbek, Edvard, (1904-1981), poet
- Kocbek, Matjaz, (born 1946), poet
- Kochanowski, Jan, (born 1530), poet
- Koch, Edward I
- Köchel, Ludwig Alois Ferdinand, (born 1800), Austrian researcher on music
- Kocher, Emil Theodor, (1841-1917), Swiss physiologist
- Koch, Helge von, (1870-1924), mathematician
- Koch, Ilse, (1906-1967), German wife of Karl Otto Koch "Bitch of Buchenwald"
- Kochina, Pelagaeia Polubarinova, (1899-1999), mathematician
- Koch, Karl Otto, (1897-1945), Nazi death camp head
- Koch, Robert, (1843-1910), German physician and bacteriologist
- Koch, Walter Karl, surgeon
- Kodaira, Kunihiko, (1915-1997), Japanese mathematician
- Kodály, Zoltán, (1882-1967), composer
- Koder, Anton, (1851-1918), poet
- Koder, Urban, (born 1928), composer, conductor, jazz trumpeter
- Koechlin, Charles, (born 1867), composer
- Koehler, Robert, (1850-1917), German-born US painter
- König, Franz Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Vienna
- Koenig, Walter, (born 1936), US actor
- Koeppen, Wolfgang, (born 1906)
- Koerber, Ernst von, (1850-1919), Minister-President of Austria (1916)
- Koestler, Arthur, (1905-1983), Hungarian-born writer
- Kogan, Leonid, (1924-1982), violinist
- Kogon, emperor of Japan, (1313-1364)
- Kogyoku, empress of Japan, (594-661)
- Kohlberg, Lawrence, (1927-1987), psychologist
- Kohl, Hannelore, (died 2001), wife of ex-chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl
- Kohl, Helmut, (1930-1998), German chancellor 1982-1998
- Kohn, Walter, (born 1923)
- Kohout, Pavel, (born 1928), writer
- Kohrs, Conrad, (died 1920), rancher
- Koirala, Manisha, Indian Actress
- Koivisto, Mauno, (born 1923), president of Finland 1982-1994
- Koivu, Saku, Finnish-born ice hockey player
- Koji Kondo, (born 1960), Japanese composer
- Kokaku, emperor of Japan
- Koken, empress of Japan
- Kokhba, Simon bar, leader of the second Jewish revolt
- Koko, emperor of Japan
- Kokoschka, Oskar, (1886-1980), dramatist, author
- Kokot, Andrej, (born 1936), poet
- Kok, Wim, (born 1938), Dutch prime minister
- Kolb, Claudia, (born 1949), swimming star
- Kolbe, Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, (1818-1884), chemist
- Kolbe, Maximillian, (1894-1941)
- Kolehmainen, Hannes, (1889-1966) Finnish athlete
- Kollek, Teddy, (born 1911), mayor of Jerusalem
- Koller, Arnold, (born 1933), Swiss Federal Councilor
- Kollo, Rene, (born 1937), tenor
- Kollontai, Alexandra, Soviet official
- Kollwitz, Kathe, (1867-1945), painter
- Kolmogorov, Andrey Nikolaevich, (1903-1987), mathematician
- Kolmogorov, Andrey Nikolayevich, (1903-1987), mathematician
- Kolping, Adolf, (1813-1865), theologian
- Kolstad, Peder L, (1931-1932), Norwegian Prime Minister
- Kolthoff, Isaac, (born 1894), chemist
- Koltschina, Alevtina, (born 1930), Soviet skier
- Kolzig, Olaf, (born 1970), NHL goalie
- Komarov, Vladimir, (1927-1967), Soviet cosmonaut
- Komei, emperor of Japan, (1771-1840), Emperor of Japan
- Komelj, Miklavz, (born 1970), poet
- Komunyakaa, Yusef, (born 1948), US poet
- Konin, emperor of Japan, (709-782)
- Konoe Fumimaro, (1891-1945), Japanese WW2 Prime Minister
- Konopka, Tadeusz Wladyslaw (1923-1986), TV sitcom actor, aka Ted Knight
- Konow, Gunnar, (1913-1920), Norwegian Prime Minister
- Konow, Wollert, (1910-1912), Norwegian Prime Minister
- Konrad II Ota, (1189-1191), Bohemian aristocrat
- Konrad I of Poland, (1241-1243), Polish ruler
- Konsalik, Heinz G, (1921-1999), writer, aged 78
- Kontsevich, Maxim, (born 1964), mathematician
- Koolhaas, Rem, (born 1944), Dutch-born architect
- Kool Keith, (unknown-), US rapper
- Kooning, Willem de, (1904-1997), painter
- Koons, Jeff, (born 1955), US kitsch artist
- Koontz, Dean R, US horror author
- Kooti, Te, (c. 1820-1891), Māori leader
- Kopelew, Lew, (1912-1997), (Lev Kopelev), author
- Kopitar, Jernej, (1780-1844), philologist.
- Koppel, Ted, (born 1940), US journalist
- Kops, Jan, (died 1849), agriculturist, vicar
- Koranter, Sonja, (born 1948), poet
- Korbut, Olga, (born 1955), gymnast
- Korchnoi, Viktor, (born 1931), chess player
- Korczak, Janusz, (1878-1942), Polish child expert
- Korda, Alexander, (1893-1956), film director
- Korekiyo, Takahashi, (1854-1936), Japanese author
- Koresh, David, (1959-1993), US Branch Davidian cult leader
- Korman, Harvey, (born 1927), actor, comedian
- Kornbluth, Cyril M, (1923-1958), US science fiction author
- Korner, Alexis, (1928-1984), English musician
- Korner, Theodor, (1873-1957), general and politician
- Kornhauser, Aleksandra, (born 1926), chemist.
- Kornilov, Lavr Georgevich, (1870-1918), Russian general
- Koroknay-Palicz, Alex, (born 1981), activist
- Korolev, Sergei, (1907-1966), Soviet rocket designer
- Kortner, Fritz, (1892-1970), director
- Korvald, Lars, (1972-1973), Norwegian Prime Minister
- Korzybski, Alfred, (1879-1950), Polish-born semanticist
- Kosciuszko, Tadeusz, (1746-1817), Pole
- Koseski, Jovan, (1798-1884), poet
- Kosinski, Jerzy, (1933-1991), US writer
- Kosmac, France, (1922-1974), poet, film director, publicist.
- Kosmac, Rudi, (1932-1981), actor
- Kosma I of Alexandria, (729-730), Coptic Pope
- Kosma II of Alexandria, (851-858), Coptic Pope
- Kosma III of Alexandria, (921-933), Coptic Pope
- Kosovel, Srecko, (1904-1926), poet
- Kossak, Wojciech, (born 1857), Polish painter
- Koss, Johann Olav, (born 1968), speed skater
- Koster, Henry, (1905-1988), film director
- Kostina, Oksana, (died 1993), Russian gymnast.
- Kosto, Aad, (born 1938), theologian, actor, assistant Secretary of Justice of the Netherlands
- Kosuta, Miroslav, (born 1936), poet
- Kos, Vladimir, (born 1924), poet
- Kosygin, Alexei, (1904-1980), former Soviet premier
- Kotick, Bobby, chairman and CEO of Activision, Inc
- Kotnik, Rudolf, (1931-1996), painter.
- Kotoku, emperor of Japan, (597-654)
- Kotoku Shusui, (1871-1911), Japanese anarchist
- Kotto, Yaphet, (born 1937), African-born US actor
- Kotzebue, August Friedrich Ferdinand von, (1761-1819), German Dramatist.
- Koudelka, Josef, (born 1938), photographer
- Koufax, Sandy, (born 1935), MLB player
- Kournikova, Anna, (born 1981), Russian professional tennis player
- Kovacevich, Dick, CEO, Wells Fargo
- Kovacs, Ernie, (1919-1962), US comedian
- Kovalevskaya, Sofia, (1850-1891), mathematician
- Kovic, Kajetan, (born 1931), poet
- Kowa, Seki, (1642-1708), mathematician
- Kozina, Marjan, (1907-1965), composer.
- Kozler, Peter, (1824-1879), lawyer, geographer, politician, manufacturer.
- Kozlovsky, Alexey, (died 1977), composer
- Kozole, Damjan, (born 1964), film director and scenarist.