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a6431e7b463ccded1cc001433e3c5773 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kathy-Acker | Kathy Acker | Kathy Acker
Kathy Acker, (born April 18, 1948, New York, New York, U.S.—died Nov. 30, 1997, Tijuana, Mex.), American novelist whose writing style and subject matter reflect the so-called punk sensibility that emerged in the 1970s.
Acker studied classics at Brandeis University and the University of California, San Dieg... |
cc8fc4ec00ae6d3887bc5fcd5e8a93ef | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kathy-Griffin | Kathy Griffin | Kathy Griffin
Kathy Griffin, in full Kathleen Mary Griffin, (born November 4, 1960, Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.), American comedian and actress known for her lacerating observations about celebrity culture.
Griffin was the youngest of five children born to a stereo store manager and a hospital administrator. Growing up i... |
85f337a9a1f64a676043ee52a36fe984 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katrina-Kaif | Katrina Kaif | Katrina Kaif
…of the Anglo-Indian movie star Katrina Kaif were lured into accessing a Web site that was supposed to have a revealing photograph of the actress. Once in the site, visitors were automatically forwarded to a well-known social-networking site and asked to enter their login and password. With this informatio... |
a509fc9f32e1025b226a78a0a1b10875 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kawamoto-Nobuhiko | Kawamoto Nobuhiko | Kawamoto Nobuhiko
Kawamoto Nobuhiko, (born March 3, 1936, Tokyo, Japan), Japanese business executive who, as president of Honda Motor Company, Ltd. (1990–98), oversaw that company’s spectacular growth during the 1990s.
Kawamoto developed a passion for cars early in life, and as an engineering student at Tōhoku Univers... |
5c9b2d7b09c101bdb4aaaf21683e56d2 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kay-Francis | Kay Francis | Kay Francis
…in a plane crash, and Kay Francis played the socialite who helps him face up to his trauma.
… in the title role and Kay Francis as his love interest, a Russian spy.
… was a romantic comedy with Kay Francis as an unhappily married woman who falls in love with her male assistant; Jewel Robbery paired Francis... |
2ef0ffe6623545573dba8e3888543975 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kazimierz-Brandys | Kazimierz Brandys | Kazimierz Brandys
Kazimierz Brandys, (born October 27, 1916, Łódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now in Poland]—died March 11, 2000, Paris, France), Polish novelist and essayist remembered both for his early espousal of Socialist Realism and his later rejection of communist ideology.
Brandys was born into a middle-class Jew... |
e2e51e71a62779020e441f1e94d008db | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kazys-Grinius | Kazys Grinius | Kazys Grinius
Kazys Grinius, (born Dec. 17, 1866, Salema, near Marijampole, Lithuania, Russian Empire—died June 4, 1950, Chicago), Lithuanian patriot and statesman who was active in the struggle for independence from Russia and served as prime minister (1920–23) and president (1926) of the republic during the period ... |
8c63443c63a9cace77982bc9de3f44dc | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kees-Boeke | Kees Boeke | Kees Boeke
Kees Boeke, in full Cornelis Kees Boeke, (born Sept. 25, 1884, Alkmaar, Neth.—died July 3, 1966, Abcoude), Dutch educator, Quaker, and pacifist, who was the author of the children’s book Cosmic View (1957).
Boeke grew up in Alkmaar, Neth., where his father was director of the local secondary school. While a... |
f2b5421f5e753116ebc9ae9993bad185 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Keith-Olbermann | Keith Olbermann | Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann, (born January 27, 1959, New York City, New York, U.S.), American television journalist, liberal political commentator, and sportscaster perhaps best known as the host of the nightly news and analysis program Countdown with Keith Olbermann (2003–11) on the cable news network MSNBC.
Olbe... |
13882f81c38b9225dec75206b400d251 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Keith-Relf | Keith Relf | Keith Relf
The original members were singer Keith Relf (b. March 22, 1943, Richmond, Surrey, England—d. May 14, 1976, London), guitarist Eric Clapton (original name Eric Patrick Clapp; b. March 30, 1945, Ripley, Surrey), bassist Chris Dreja (b. November 11, 1946, London), drummer Jim McCarty (b. July 25, 1943, Liverpoo... |
3a238f8be125811128a1eaa091e17002 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Keith-Richards | Keith Richards | Keith Richards
…performance, which was modeled on Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, earned Depp his first Academy Award nomination. He was nominated again the following year for his portrayal of Peter Pan creator James M. Barrie in Finding Neverland (2004). Depp reprised the role of Sparrow in later installments of... |
6319142d0eb044adceebe77adbed7f37 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Keith-Roberts-Porter | Keith Roberts Porter | Keith Roberts Porter
Keith Roberts Porter, (born June 11, 1912, Yarmouth, N.S., Can.—died May 2, 1997, Bryn Mawr, Pa., U.S.), Canadian-born American cell biologist who pioneered techniques for electron microscope studies of the internal structure and organization of cells and tissues.
Porter studied biology at Acadia ... |
8a08189e4ed6744dcccaf222728e9f6e | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ken-Griffey-Jr | Ken Griffey, Jr. | Ken Griffey, Jr.
Ken Griffey, Jr., in full George Kenneth Griffey, Jr., (born November 21, 1969, Donora, Pennsylvania, U.S.), American professional baseball player who was one of the iconic athletes of the 1990s and ranked among the best power hitters and defensive outfielders of all time.
In 1987 Griffey was the firs... |
aac31241cacd6ed92d8a21cd3f8cd6ad | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ken-Livingstone | Ken Livingstone | Ken Livingstone
Ken Livingstone, in full Kenneth Robert Livingstone, (born June 17, 1945, Lambeth, London, England), British politician, who made constitutional history on May 4, 2000, when he was elected mayor of London—the first time that British voters had directly elected a candidate to an executive office at any ... |
718c437b39104f937410faf3e82e6139 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ken-Loach | Ken Loach | Ken Loach
Ken Loach, in full Kenneth Loach, (born June 17, 1936, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England), British director whose works are considered landmarks of social realism.
Loach studied law at St. Peter’s College, Oxford, but while there he became interested in acting. After graduating in 1957, he spent two years in t... |
e0d3d0fb20b78a6efae734c2a1faa9b1 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenelm-Digby | Sir Kenelm Digby | Sir Kenelm Digby
Sir Kenelm Digby, (born July 11, 1603, Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire, England—died June 11, 1665, London), English courtier, philosopher, diplomat, and scientist of the reign of Charles I.
Digby was the son of Sir Everard Digby, who was executed in 1606 for his part in the Gunpowder Plot (a conspiracy of ... |
d191109b9312e57ccc133bef619a4aa0 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-Anger | Kenneth Anger | Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger, original name Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer, sometimes spelled Anglemeyer, (born February 3, 1927, Santa Monica, California, U.S.), American independent filmmaker who was known for pioneering the use of jump cuts and popular music soundtracks in his movies, which centred on transgressive homoer... |
2130d93bcc0f6024b5d2ef21a4f4e325 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-Eugene-Iverson | Kenneth Eugene Iverson | Kenneth Eugene Iverson
Kenneth Eugene Iverson, (born Dec. 17, 1920, Camrose, Alta., Can.—died Oct. 19, 2004, Toronto, Ont.), Canadian mathematician and computer scientist who pioneered a very compact high-level computer programming language called APL (the initials of his book A Programming Language [1962]). The langu... |
1fb2aad520687392ad86b021aef12621 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-H-Cooper | Kenneth H. Cooper | Kenneth H. Cooper
…the United States by physician Kenneth H. Cooper and popularized in his books Aerobics (1968) and The Aerobics Way (1977). Cooper’s system uses point charts to rate the aerobic value of various exercises for different age-groups. As individuals progressively upgrade the quantity and quality of their ... |
5353eaa361adaf59e5375950e6423e8c | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-MacMillan | Sir Kenneth MacMillan | Sir Kenneth MacMillan
Sir Kenneth MacMillan, (born Dec. 11, 1929, Dunfermline, Fife, Scot.—died Oct. 29, 1992, London, Eng.), British ballet choreographer who created more than 40 ballets during his career and helped revive the tradition of full-length ballets in Britain.
In 1945 MacMillan was awarded a scholarship t... |
faace3f0986337b8bb310ed3f9ad7ef9 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-N-Waltz | Kenneth N. Waltz | Kenneth N. Waltz
Kenneth N. Waltz, in full Kenneth Neal Waltz, (born 1924, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.—died May 12, 2013, New York, New York), American political scientist and educator best known as the originator of the neorealist (or structural realist) theory of international relations.
Waltz was drafted into the U.S... |
e9dd7b43cff905180d208b6cb5023b7c | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kerbogha-of-Mosul | Kerbogha of Mosul | Kerbogha of Mosul
…by a relief force under Kerbogha of Mosul. The situation seemed so hopeless that some Crusaders deserted and attempted to return home. Among these was Peter the Hermit, who was caught and returned to the host, where he was quietly forgiven. Another deserter was the French knight Stephen of Blois,…
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cb8a13daea83fd0a57135ea0b2d9a207 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kermit-Bloomgarden | Kermit Bloomgarden | Kermit Bloomgarden
Kermit Bloomgarden, (born Dec. 15, 1904, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 20, 1976, New York City), American producer of dramatic and musical plays that were commercially and critically successful.
Bloomgarden graduated in 1926 from New York University and practiced as a certified public accountant ... |
7b3689705bffd4fff40de24a33058e18 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kevin-Rudd | Kevin Rudd | Kevin Rudd
Kevin Rudd, in full Kevin Michael Rudd, (born September 21, 1957, Nambour, Queensland, Australia), Australian politician, who served as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP; 2006–10; 2013) and prime minister of Australia (2007–10; 2013).
Rudd grew up on a farm in Eumundi, Queensland. Politically active... |
cd803449dbed355af29c8e06c865a1eb | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Khachatur-Abovean | Khachatur Abovean | Khachatur Abovean
Khachatur Abovean, the “father of modern Armenian literature,” wrote Wounds of Armenia in 1841. The most celebrated Armenian novelist was Hakob Meliq-Hakobian, or Raffi. Among eastern poets, Hovhannes Thumanian wrote lyric and narrative poems; and his masterpiece, a short epic, Anush, full of songs th... |
b77955a3972afc3bb220ea030cd820c9 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Khalid | Khalid of Saudi Arabia | Khalid of Saudi Arabia
Khalid of Saudi Arabia, in full Khalid ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Saʿūd, (born 1913, Riyadh, Arabia [now in Saudi Arabia]—died June 13, 1982, Al-Ṭāʾif, Saudi Arabia), king of Saudi Arabia (1975–82), who succeeded his half brother Faisal as king when Faisal was assassinated in 1975. A moderate influen... |
b1da1c01c6718730d708c83a3d874b08 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Khalid-Bakdash | Khalid Bakdash | Khalid Bakdash
Khalid Bakdash, Arabic Khālid Bakdāsh, Bakdash also spelled Bekdache, (born 1912, Damascus, Syria—died July 15, 1995, Damascus), Syrian politician who acquired control of the Syrian Communist Party in 1932 and remained its most prominent spokesman until 1958, when he went into exile.
As a young man Bakd... |
5a35fa5a2731ff6942033e956077ca5d | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Khalid-Sheikh-Mohammed | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, (born March 1, 1964, or April 14, 1965, Kuwait), Islamist militant who, as an operational planner for al-Qaeda, masterminded some of that organization’s highest-profile terrorist operations, most notably the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon ... |
5f1e2c8884b1f62b4c33295d7ff61202 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Khalil-Ibrahim-al-Wazir | Khalīl Ibrāhīm al-Wazīr | Khalīl Ibrāhīm al-Wazīr
Khalīl Ibrāhīm al-Wazīr, byname Abū Jihād, (born October 10, 1935, Ramla, Palestine [now in Israel]—died April 16, 1988, Tunis, Tunisia), Palestinian leader who became the military strategist and second in command of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Wazīr fled from Ramla with his f... |
e4a9938c6672ceb113a9662769fe14ed | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kharilaos-Trikoupis | Kharílaos Trikoúpis | Kharílaos Trikoúpis
Kharílaos Trikoúpis, (born July 23, 1832, Nauplia, Greece—died April 11, 1896, Cannes, Fr.), statesman who sought with limited success to foster broad-scale national development in Greece during the last quarter of the 19th century. Together with a rival, Theódoros Dhiliyiánnis, he dominated Greek... |
de066429ad5d9e971b55256de6ccdc02 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Khariton-Laptev | Khariton Laptev | Khariton Laptev
…Siberian mainland, and the cousins Khariton and Dmitry Laptev charted the Siberian coast from the Taymyr Peninsula to the Kolyma River.
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d63924cffa1ba1023384b9909b791f60 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Khorloghiyin-Choibalsan | Khorloghiyin Choibalsan | Khorloghiyin Choibalsan
revolutionaries, Damdiny Sükhbaatar and Khorloogiin Choibalsan, who had stayed in Siberia in the city of Irkutsk, made their way to the small town of Troitskosavsk on the border with Mongolia to organize the resistance. Meanwhile, tsarist cavalry units under the command of Baron Roman von Ungern... |
53da7eef4dde4d113af4fb6191e03c4c | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Khwaja-Abd-us-Samad | Khwāja ʿAbd-uṣ-Ṣamad | Khwāja ʿAbd-uṣ-Ṣamad
Khwāja ʿAbd-uṣ-Ṣamad, (born 16th century), Persian painter who, together with Mīr Sayyid ʿAlī, was one of the first members of the imperial atelier in India and is thus credited with playing a strong part in the foundation of the Mughal school of miniature painting (see Mughal painting).
ʿAbd-uṣ-... |
cd6ef0038fe8648ec3498ac1c3e47de8 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kichizan | Kichizan | Kichizan
Kichizan, pseudonym of Minchō, (born 1352, Awaji-shima, Japan—died Sept. 26, 1431, Japan), the last major professional painter of Buddhist iconography in Japan.
He was a priest, associated with the Zen Buddhist Tōfuku-ji (temple) in Kyōto. Of the Buddhist paintings that he did for the temple, the best known ... |
ef1224d6d1eae91eafb5ac3dc9fb509b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kid-Ory | Kid Ory | Kid Ory
Kid Ory, byname of Edward Ory, (born Dec. 25, 1886, Laplace, La., U.S.—died Jan. 23, 1973, Honolulu, Hawaii), American trombonist and composer who was perhaps the first musician to codify, purely by precept, the role of the trombone in classic three-part contrapuntal jazz improvisation. Ory is often remembere... |
f45954d099bc631912ef261aab70129d | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kijai-Hadji-Ahmad-Dachlan | Kijai Hadji Ahmad Dachlan | Kijai Hadji Ahmad Dachlan
Kijai Hadji Ahmad Dachlan, (born 1868, Jogjakarta, Java—died Feb. 23, 1923), founder of Muhammadiyah, an Islāmic reform movement with great impact on the practice of Islām in Indonesia and strong influence on many nationalist leaders.
Dachlan was a wealthy merchant who made the pilgrimage to... |
0aa471f36dac4a4945020232c943429a | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kikunae-Ikeda | Kikunae Ikeda | Kikunae Ikeda
…in 1908 by Japanese chemist Ikeda Kikunae, who found that soup stocks made from seaweed contained high levels of the substance. MSG elicits a unique taste, known as umami, that is different from the other basic tastes (bitter, salty, sour, sweet) and thus enhances the complex flavours of meat, poultry,…
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0ae5f82f1115fae7c58bd203b7de3929 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kim-Cattrall | Kim Cattrall | Kim Cattrall
…and sexually adventurous Samantha (Kim Cattrall), the cynical and headstrong Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and the idealistic and naive Charlotte (Kristin Davis). The dynamics of their relationships are revealed with wit and playful irreverence as the four friends experience love, loss, and betrayal. Carrie’s ... |
10b2a687fc000c1d465fc43d4dbab128 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kim-Sisup | Kim Sisŭp | Kim Sisŭp
Kim Sisŭp, Korean author during the early Choson period (1392–1598). His five stories contained in the Kŭmo sinwha (“New Stories from Golden Turtle Mountain”) are written in Chinese in the tradition of the ch’uan-ch’i. The subject material of these stories include love affairs between mortals and ghosts and ... |
50900c933b2bc1eda451132c65034110 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/King-Oliver | King Oliver | King Oliver
King Oliver, byname of Joseph Oliver, (born May 11, 1885, Abend, La., U.S.—died April 8, 1938, Savannah, Ga.), American cornetist who was a vital link between the semimythical prehistory of jazz and the firmly documented history of jazz proper. He is also remembered for choosing as his protégé the man gen... |
babf46845d08d6210ab8854cffaf75f3 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kirakos-Gandzaketsi | Kirakos Gandzaketsi | Kirakos Gandzaketsi
…and central Asia, written by Kirakos Gandzaketsi, a member of his suite, gives one of the earliest and most comprehensive accounts of Mongolian geography and ethnology.
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968b02dbef96ae72151250275f743b5f | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kiran-Bedi | Kiran Bedi | Kiran Bedi
Kiran Bedi, (born June 9, 1949, Amritsar, India), Indian social activist who was the first woman to join the Indian Police Service (IPS) and who was instrumental in introducing prison reform in India.
Bedi was the second of four daughters. Her education included an undergraduate degree in English (1968), a... |
a061080ba29c4d11f4d8dccae7e99ee7 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kirsten-Gillibrand | Kirsten Gillibrand | Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand, née Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik, (born December 9, 1966, Albany, New York, U.S.), American politician who was appointed as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate from New York in 2009 and was elected to that body in 2010. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (2007–09).
... |
1bfd741dc235e1942886c89390017873 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kitahara-Hakushu | Kitahara Hakushū | Kitahara Hakushū
Kitahara Hakushū, original name Kitahara Ryūkichi, (born Jan. 25, 1885, Fukuoka, Japan—died Nov. 2, 1942, Tokyo), Japanese poet who was a major influence in modern Japanese poetry with his aesthetic and symbolic style.
In 1906 he joined the Shinshisha (New Poetry Association) and published poems in i... |
b69e5233592b925c8b74ab42b3b271fb | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kitty-Clive | Kitty Clive | Kitty Clive
Kitty Clive, original name Catherine Raftor, (born 1711—died Dec. 6, 1785, Twickenham, near London, Eng.), one of David Garrick’s leading ladies, the outstanding comedic actress of her day in England.
About 1728 Clive began to play at Drury Lane Theatre under the actor and dramatist Colley Cibber, and she... |
1a24773d8e99d2e89ebe376d521d123b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kizza-Besigye | Kizza Besigye | Kizza Besigye
…was clouded by allegations that Kizza Besigye, the leader of the opposition group Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), was imprisoned in the months leading up to the presidential election to stop him from participating. Besigye was ultimately released in January 2006 and able to stand for election in Febru... |
6fb0b7cb26220a5667bce6e3a162aef6 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kjeld-Abell | Kjeld Abell | Kjeld Abell
Kjeld Abell, (born Aug. 25, 1901, Ribe, Den.—died March 5, 1961, Copenhagen), dramatist and social critic, best known outside Denmark for two plays, Melodien der blev væk (1935; English adaptation, The Melody That Got Lost, 1939) and Anna Sophie Hedvig (1939; Eng. trans., 1944), which defends the use of f... |
dc7468c5f23a3052d9b959bb0f0c1aa2 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kjell-Eugenio-Laugerud-Garcia | Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García | Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, (born Jan. 24, 1930, Guatemala City, Guat.—died Dec. 9, 2009, Guatemala City), president of Guatemala (1974–78), minister of defense and chief of the armed forces (1970–74).
Born to a Norwegian father and a Guatemalan mother, Laugerud attended the Escuela Po... |
3fc330ca5f95447926007f5ec61a3b32 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Klaus-Barbie | Klaus Barbie | Klaus Barbie
Klaus Barbie, byname Butcher of Lyon, (born Oct. 25, 1913, Bad Godesberg, Ger.—died Sept. 25, 1991, Lyon, France), Nazi leader, head of the Gestapo in Lyon from 1942 to 1944, who was held responsible for the death of some 4,000 persons and the deportation of some 7,500 others.
Barbie was a member of the H... |
af285ef668703a05780af021429b4e6a | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Klein-Naomi | Naomi Klein | Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein, (born May 8, 1970, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), Canadian author and activist whose debut book, No Logo (2000), made her one of the most prominent voices in the antiglobalization movement.
Klein was born to a politically active family. Her grandfather, an animator for Disney, was fired and blackl... |
bc219a893653ac22ab887a140c781771 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Knud-Rasmussen | Knud Rasmussen | Knud Rasmussen
Knud Rasmussen, in full Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen, (born June 7, 1879, Jakobshavn, Greenland—died December 21, 1933, Gentofte, Denmark), Danish-Inuit explorer and ethnologist who, in the course of completing the longest dog-sledge journey to that time, across the American Arctic, made a scientific stu... |
e6c2bb5ae4ba32ad6200ada7a60c7830 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ko-Un | Ko Un | Ko Un
Ko Un, (born August 1, 1933, Kunsan, North Cholla province, Japanese-occupied Korea [now in South Korea]), prolific Korean poet who gained an international readership with verse informed by both his political activism in Korea and a broader concern for humanity.
Ko was born in a farming village, and his schoolin... |
e2e0e8dbb6aa682a0bd285cc2dd73edf | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kobe-Bryant | Kobe Bryant | Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant, in full Kobe Bean Bryant, (born August 23, 1978, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died January 26, 2020, Calabasas, California), American professional basketball player, who helped lead the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) to five championships (2000–02 and 20... |
0c6ccd0938063f6fb0ca355f99ef653b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kodaira-Kunihiko | Kodaira Kunihiko | Kodaira Kunihiko
Kodaira Kunihiko, (born March 16, 1915, Tokyo, Japan—died July 26, 1997, Kōfu), Japanese mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1954 for his work in algebraic geometry and complex analysis.
Kodaira attended the University of Tokyo (Ph.D., 1949). His dissertation attracted the attention of H... |
d4e215aaf51f67cb9bcd51253eb10831 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kodandera-Madappa-Cariappa | Kodandera Madappa Cariappa | Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, byname Kipper, (born January 28, 1899, Shanivarsanthe, Coorg district, Mysore [now Kodagu district, Karnataka state], India—died May 15, 1993, Bangalore), Indian military officer and the first chief of staff of the Indian army after India became independent of Gre... |
6b0ac69900017aca6195a9463f1df6a0 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Koiso-Kuniaki | Koiso Kuniaki | Koiso Kuniaki
Koiso Kuniaki, (born April 1, 1880, Utsunomiya, Japan—died Nov. 3, 1950, Tokyo), Japanese army general and prime minister during the final phase of World War II.
Koiso graduated from the Army Academy in 1900 at the top of his class, attended the Army War College, and served on active duty during the Russ... |
1c7870cdbd81ca9667cd73afca4bfdb4 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Koizumi-Junichiro | Koizumi Junichiro | Koizumi Junichiro
Koizumi Junichiro, (born January 8, 1942, Yokosuka, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan), third-generation Japanese politician, who was prime minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006.
Both Koizumi’s father and grandfather served in the Diet (parliament). He graduated with a degree in economics from Keio University... |
336d06fd39593d0973d535cd189e6f86 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Komparu-Zempo | Komparu Zempō | Komparu Zempō
Komparu Zempō, also called Hachiro Motoyasu, (born 1454, Japan—died c. 1520, Japan), nō dramatist and actor, grandson of nō actor and dramatist Komparu Zenchiku.
Zempō was one of the last dramatists of nō’s classic period. He wrote one play, Hatsuyuki (“First Snow”), in the restrained and poetic manner o... |
7a2b0f23a1b9f28e18c611db98b5fe74 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konin-emperor-of-Japan | Kōnin | Kōnin
…the throne a new emperor, Kōnin, who was less enthralled with Buddhism. Kōnin’s son, the emperor Kammu, who was of a similar mind, shifted the capital first to Nagaoka and in 794 to Heian (or Heian-kyō; present Kyōto) to sever connections with the temples of Nara and reestablished government in…
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9dba291bb08550ba835e05d15ea7deaf | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konrad-Ernst-Ackermann | Konrad Ernst Ackermann | Konrad Ernst Ackermann
Konrad Ernst Ackermann, (baptized Feb. 4, 1712, Schwerin, Mecklenburg [Germany]—died Nov. 13, 1771, Hamburg), actor-manager who was a leading figure in the development of German theatre.
Conflicting accounts exist of Ackermann’s early adult years. He was probably not a trained scientist and surg... |
5e06bdde9dd720790944272609e2376e | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konrad-I | Konrad I | Konrad I
…was opening: a Polish duke, Conrad of Mazovia, with lands on the lower reaches of the Vistula River, needed help against the pagan Prussians.
In 1226 Conrad of Mazovia called in the German crusading order, generally known as the Teutonic Order, provided them with a territorial base, and assumed that after a j... |
88e19b5f4e3883f0b4e92704ecddf35b | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konrad-von-Wurzburg | Konrad von Würzburg | Konrad von Würzburg
Konrad von Würzburg, (born c. 1225, Würzburg, Würzburg—died Aug. 31, 1287, Basel, Switz.), Middle High German poet who, during the decline of chivalry, sought to preserve the ideals of courtly life.
Of humble origin, he served a succession of patrons as a professional poet and eventually settled ... |
a916667fa72f06b844be74bd1c489aec | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konrad-Witz | Konrad Witz | Konrad Witz
Konrad Witz, (born c. 1400, Rottweil [now in Germany]—died c. 1445, Basel or Geneva, Swiss Confederation [now Switzerland]), late Gothic Swiss painter who was one of the first European artists to incorporate realistic landscapes into religious paintings.
Little is known about Witz’s life or training, but i... |
46e4db0b3fc1aec49196e653a3d90d47 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konrad-Zuse | Konrad Zuse | Konrad Zuse
…’40s by the German engineer Konrad Zuse. He had been thinking about designing a better calculating machine, but he was advised by a calculator manufacturer in 1937 that the field was a dead end and that every computing problem had already been solved. Zuse had something else in mind, though.
Konrad Zuse ha... |
57972a8931157da00dd696f116b43165 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantin-Balmont | Konstantin Balmont | Konstantin Balmont
included the poets Valery Bryusov, Konstantin Balmont, and Zinaida Gippius. The second, more mystically and apocalyptically oriented generation included Aleksandr Blok (perhaps the most talented lyric poet Russia ever produced), the poet and theoretician Vyacheslav Ivanov, and the poet and prose writ... |
fe380950fc993a65ee2825980d1d470f | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantin-Chernenko | Konstantin Chernenko | Konstantin Chernenko
Konstantin Chernenko, in full Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko, (born September 11 [September 24, New Style], 1911, Bolshaya Tes, Yeniseysk, Russian Empire [now in Krasnoyarsk kray, Russia]—died March 10, 1985, Moscow), chief political leader of the Soviet Union from February 1984 until his death i... |
00d27f6395c18e792c8992ecb556a8c1 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantin-Freiherr-von-Neurath | Konstantin, baron von Neurath | Konstantin, baron von Neurath
Konstantin, baron von Neurath, (born Feb. 2, 1873, Klein-Glattbach, Ger.—died Aug. 14, 1956, Enzweihingen, W.Ger.), German diplomat who was Adolf Hitler’s foreign minister from 1933 to 1938.
After studying law at the Universities of Tübingen and Berlin, Neurath entered the German foreign ... |
6a42131e50b137eaf378b17090872b8e | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantin-Nikolayevich-Leontyev | Konstantin Nikolayevich Leontyev | Konstantin Nikolayevich Leontyev
Konstantin Nikolayevich Leontyev, Leontyev also spelled Leontiev, (born Jan. 25 [Jan. 13, old style], 1831, Kudinovo, near Kaluga, Russia—died Nov. 24 [Nov. 12, O.S.], 1891, near Moscow), Russian essayist who questioned the benefits derived by Russia from following contemporary indus... |
5682d0db70d98f39ef0de5f377e37820 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantin-Pats | Konstantin Päts | Konstantin Päts
Konstantin Päts, (born Feb. 11 [Feb. 23, New Style], 1874, Pärnu district, Estonia, Russian Empire—died Jan. 18, 1956, Kalinin [now Tver] oblast, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Estonian statesman who served as the last president of Estonia (1938–40) before its incorporation into the Soviet Union in 1940.
Of peasa... |
bdf94db6029efdd0502cadfaed3e1c66 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantin-Stepanovich-Melnikov | Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov | Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov
Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov, (born July 22 [Aug. 3, New Style], 1890, Moscow, Russian Empire—died Nov. 28, 1974, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Russian architect who is usually associated with Constructivism (an art movement that combined an appreciation of technology and the machine wi... |
27de270694426a4193d0b70da9f24153 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantin-Stoilov | Konstantin Stoilov | Konstantin Stoilov
Konstantin Stoilov, (born Sept. 23, 1853, Plovdiv [now in Bulgaria]—died March 23, 1901, Sofia, Bulg.), Bulgarian statesman, founder and leader of the conservative People’s Party, and prime minister of Bulgaria (1887, 1894–99) who played an important role in establishing the country’s democratic in... |
fb5b4e7a6fe3abd6a3abdf563846b1eb | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantine-Gamsakhurdia | Konstantine Gamsakhurdia | Konstantine Gamsakhurdia
…of the 20th century was Konstantine Gamsakhurdia; like Robakidze, he was influenced by German culture (especially the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche), and in his work he combined the ethos of the Austro-German poet Rainer Maria Rilke with Caucasian folk myth. Befriended by Lavrenty Pavlovich ... |
9dfd1f730fa92ba13725cb1e5ad90eb9 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Koprulu-Fazil-Mustafa-Pasa | Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Paşa | Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Paşa
Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Paşa, (born 1637, Vezirköprü, Anatolia, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey]—died Aug. 19, 1691, Slankamen, Serbia), Ottoman vizier and then grand vizier (1689–91) who helped overthrow the sultan Mehmed IV but was himself killed in the disastrous Battle of Slankamen (1691).
... |
a2450371d6341d418d2fad1f6afe0908 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kosho | Kōshō | Kōshō
The sculpture by Unkei’s son Kōshō (died 1237) of Kūya, the rugged old mendicant who advocated the unceasing repetition of the nembutsu prayer, is depicted realistically as determined and gnarly but with the fantastic grace note of a string of small Amida figures emerging from his mouth—a literal representation o... |
baf245eba3c7c046bb59bc55b78fe6c5 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kostas-Kariotakis | Kóstas Kariotákis | Kóstas Kariotákis
Kóstas Kariotákis, Kariotákis also spelled Karyotákis, (born 1896, Trípolis, Greece—died July 20, 1928, Préveza), Greek poet influenced by the 19th-century French Symbolist poets.
Kariotákis spent much of his lonely childhood in Crete. He read law at Athens and won a prize for poetry in 1920. After... |
148a81290da42523796121c12638dd29 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Krishna-Prasad-Bhattarai | Krishna Prasad Bhattarai | Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
…the president of the NC, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, but also including the moderate faction of the communist movement, the United Leftist Front.
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11629ab41b67fabf1bc10873b014d091 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kumarapala | Kumārapāla | Kumārapāla
Kumarapala (reigned c. 1143–72) was responsible for consolidating the kingdom. He is also believed to have become a Jain and to have encouraged Jainism in western India. Hemacandra, an outstanding Jain scholar noted for his commentaries on political treatises, was a well-known figure at the…
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3dbfbe0e84abfdb4506598f63586745d | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kuribayashi-Tadamichi | Kuribayashi Tadamichi | Kuribayashi Tadamichi
Kuribayashi Tadamichi to organize the defense of Iwo Jima. Despite the apparent futility of resistance, Kuribayashi resolved to make the United States bleed for its victory. He began by ordering the construction of a tunnel network beneath the island to provide both protection and a…
…under comman... |
32292bf366e57bd89af322185d8eb840 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurigalzu-II | Kurigalzu II | Kurigalzu II
Kurigalzu II (c. 1332–c. 1308) fought against the Assyrians but was defeated by them. His successors sought to ally themselves with the Hittites in order to stop the expansion of the Assyrians. During the reign of Kashtiliash IV (c. 1232–c. 1225), Babylonia waged war on…
…including a life-sized statue of K... |
babfbab92bb677ff829959f583ad3208 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurosawa-Akira/Later-works | Later works | Later works
In 1960 Kurosawa set up Kurosawa Productions, of which he became president, and began to produce his own works. As producer, however, he was continually embarrassed by economic difficulties. Throughout the 1960s, Kurosawa made a number of entertainment films, mainly with samurai as leading characters; Yojim... |
43204d5d9054668f3d840dabe3b9f002 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Adler | Kurt Adler | Kurt Adler
Kurt Adler, (born March 1, 1907, Neuhaus, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died September 21, 1977, Butler, New Jersey, U.S.), Austrian American chorus master and opera conductor who was known for his three-decade-long tenure (1943–73) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. In addition ... |
f30f6a087bfee1aafb27cb89cee38320 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Alder | Kurt Alder | Kurt Alder
Kurt Alder, (born July 10, 1902, Königshütte, Prussia [now Chorzów, Pol.]—died June 20, 1958, Cologne, W.Ger.), German chemist who was the corecipient, with the German organic chemist Otto Diels, of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their development of the Diels-Alder reaction, or diene synthesis, a w... |
e482f5be9a210e4962dac2c9d747270a | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Baier | Kurt Baier | Kurt Baier
…Toulmin (1922–2009), the contemporary philosopher Kurt Baier, and others, which examined the contexts of various moral situations and explored the kinds of justification appropriate for each.
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c59cebd28e51948a328b28ecce37c283 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Meyer | Kurt Meyer | Kurt Meyer
…1926 Mark was invited by Kurt Meyer, the director of IG Farben’s polymer research laboratory, to be his assistant director. Mark worked on electron diffraction, a monograph (1928) with Meyer on cellulose that demolished the classic micellar theory of polymer formation, an equation relating the viscosity of ... |
e7a27a33cbcfcaa4f59a396210298d9f | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Tank | Kurt Tank | Kurt Tank
Kurt Tank, (born February 24, 1898, Bromberg-Schwedenhöhe, Germany—died June 5, 1983, Munich), leading aircraft designer and test pilot of the mid-20th century.
After service in World War I, Tank studied electrical engineering at the Berlin Institute of Technology. In 1924, after earning his pilot’s license... |
cd9ed778d296c6e6f461ad59f64e3f2a | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Waldheim | Kurt Waldheim | Kurt Waldheim
Kurt Waldheim, (born Dec. 21, 1918, Sankt Andrä-Wördern, Austria—died June 14, 2007, Vienna), Austrian diplomat and statesman who served two terms as the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), from 1972 to 1981. He was the elected president of Austria from 1986 to 1992.
Waldheim’s father, a... |
1ae3f7c92721e902da6e7bcc770ca312 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kutir-Nahhunte-I | Kutir-Nahhunte I | Kutir-Nahhunte I
The Elamite kings Shutruk-Nahhunte and Kutir-Nahhunte invaded Mesopotamia and succeeded in securing a large number of ancient monuments (such as the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin and the stele bearing the law code of Hammurabi). Shilkhak-In-Shushinak campaigned vigorously, and for at least a short period ... |
9a98e353c789cb572f98c529e93117c7 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kyle-Abraham | Kyle Abraham | Kyle Abraham
Kyle Abraham, (born August 14, 1977, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.), American contemporary dancer and choreographer who founded (2006) the company Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion (A/I/M; later A.I.M.). He was a master at mixing hip-hop, street, and modern dance styles.
Abraham grew up in a middle-class Af... |
9ee5e8888318765891e2fb6b1b2ddc3a | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kylie-Minogue | Kylie Minogue | Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue, in full Kylie Ann Minogue, (born May 28, 1968, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), Australian singer who in the late 1980s became a pop superstar in Australia and Europe and who continued to enjoy success into the 21st century.
Minogue, who had been acting since she was a child, first garnere... |
fe0f0d8bf5ab47c946f3aa0d1286c84e | https://www.britannica.com/biography/L-M-Mladen | L. M. Mladen | L. M. Mladen
An American scholar, L.M. Mladen, remarked of this grant and others made by Charles IV at the same time:
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e026cb6579926bc9fe386a337333ed06 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/L-Ron-Hubbard | L. Ron Hubbard | L. Ron Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard, in full Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, (born March 13, 1911, Tilden, Nebraska, U.S.—died January 24, 1986, San Luis Obispo, California), American novelist and founder of the Church of Scientology.
Hubbard grew up in Helena, Montana, and studied at George Washington University in Washington, D... |
112d634f8395665b7ff960fd58d8f1f1 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/L-S-Amery | L.S. Amery | L.S. Amery
L.S. Amery, in full Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery, (born Nov. 22, 1873, Gorakhpur, India—died Sept. 16, 1955, London, Eng.), British politician who was a persistent advocate of imperial preference and tariff reform and did much for colonial territories. He is also remembered for his part in bringi... |
77ca10c5523a16670942503d2d5a9210 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/L-S-Lowry | L.S. Lowry | L.S. Lowry
L.S. Lowry, in full Laurence Stephen Lowry, (born November 1, 1887, Manchester, England—died February 23, 1976, Glossop, Derbyshire), English painter noted for his industrial landscapes that express the bleakness and loneliness of modern urban life.
Lowry studied intermittently at art schools in Manchester ... |
c4464d6a56629c3a0941c7befc06c8b8 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/L-S-Vygotsky | L. S. Vygotsky | L. S. Vygotsky
L. S. Vygotsky, (born Nov. 5, 1896, Orsha, Russia—died June 11, 1934, Moscow), Soviet psychologist. He studied linguistics and philosophy at the University of Moscow before becoming involved in psychological research. While working at Moscow’s Institute of Psychology (1924–34), he became a major figure ... |
8eb9fbea39f2df7081d83da8f6c8c636 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lachlan-Macquarie | Lachlan Macquarie | Lachlan Macquarie
Lachlan Macquarie, (born January 31, 1761, Ulva, Argyllshire, Scotland—died July 1, 1824, London, England), early governor of New South Wales, Australia (1810–21), who expanded opportunities for Emancipists (freed convicts) and established a balance of power with the Exclusionists (large landowners a... |
cb8ab8f150e895afe061ccff49876bcd | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ladislas-I | Ladislas I | Ladislas I
Ladislas I, also called Saint Ladislas, Hungarian Szent László, (born June 27, 1040, Poland—died July 29, 1095, Nitra, Slovakia; canonized 1192; feast day June 27), king of Hungary who greatly expanded the boundaries of the kingdom and consolidated it internally; no other Hungarian king was so generally b... |
c5dd8fe5b0e3f1df428ff33bf1fce72a | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ladislas-IV | Ladislas IV | Ladislas IV
Ladislas IV, byname Ladislas The Cuman, or Kuman, Hungarian Kun László, (born 1262—died July 10, 1290, Körösszeg, Hung.), king of Hungary who, by his support of the German king Rudolf I at the Battle of Dürnkrut, helped to establish the future power of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria.
The son of Stephen ... |
d0e8f8c6e1d9a82362cb6e2c72bdea37 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lady-Anne-Barnard | Lady Anne Barnard | Lady Anne Barnard
Lady Anne Barnard, née Anne Lindsay, (born December 8, 1750, Balcarres House, Fifeshire, Scotland—died May 6, 1825, London), author of the popular ballad “Auld Robin Gray” (1771).
In 1763 she married Sir Andrew Barnard and accompanied him to the Cape of Good Hope when he became colonial secretary the... |
4e524c58227fbb7fec6d201c50c7501a | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lady-Grizel-Baillie | Lady Grizel Baillie | Lady Grizel Baillie
Lady Grizel Baillie, (born Dec. 25, 1665, Redbraes Castle, Berwickshire, Scot.—died Dec. 6, 1746), Scottish poet remembered for her simple and sorrowful songs.
The eldest daughter of Sir Patrick Hume (Home), later earl of Marchmont, she carried letters from her father to the imprisoned Scottish co... |
b9076503c1212cb2ac4fa91f627a98e0 | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lady-Mary-Wortley-Montagu | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, née Pierrepont, (baptized May 26, 1689, London, Eng.—died Aug. 21, 1762, London), the most colourful Englishwoman of her time and a brilliant and versatile writer.
Her literary genius, like her personality, had many facets. She is principally remembered as a prolifi... |
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