Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Maureen Kelly
Founder and president of Tarte Cosmetics Born c. 1972; daughter of a judge and a board of elections commissioner; married Mark Ludvigsen (a bond salesman; died, 2001); remarried, ...
Gene Kelly
Born: August 23, 1912 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Died: February 2, 1996 Beverly Hills, California American dancer, actor, and choreogr...
Robert Kennedy
Born: November 20, 1925 Brookline, Massachusetts Died: June 6, 1968 Los Angeles, California American statesman, senator, and attorne...
John F. Kennedy
Born: May 29, 1917 Brookline, Massachusetts Died: November 22, 1963 Dallas, Texas American president John F. Kennedy ...
Florynce Kennedy
American civil rights attorney, political activist, and pioneer in second-wave feminism, Florynce Rae Kennedy (1916–2000) was an outspoken advocate for liberal causes. ...
Edward Kennedy
Born: February 22, 1932 Brookline, Massachusetts American senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy, brother of President John F. Kennedy (1917– 1963) and Rob...
Johannes Kepler
Born: December 27, 1571 Weil, Swabia, Germany Died: November 15, 1630 Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany German astronomer ...
Paula A. Kerger
President and Chief Executive Officer of Public Broadcasting Service Born December 20, 1957, in Woodstock, MD; married Joe. Education: University of Maryla...
Kirk Kerkorian
American financier Kirk Kerkorian (born 1917) parlayed a charter flight business consisting of a single $5,000 plane into one of the world's great fortunes. In 2007, Kerkorian rank...
Jack Kerouac
Born: March 12, 1922 Lowell, Massachusetts Died: October 21, 1969 St. Petersburg, Florida American writer J ack Kerou...
Clark Kerr
Born May 17, 1911, in Stony Creek, PA; died in his sleep after suffering a fall, December 1, 2003, in El Cerrito, CA. University administrator. Clark Kerr's most significant contributions ...
Jean Kerr
Born Bridget Jean Collins, July 10, 1922, in Scranton, PA; died of pneumonia, January 5, 2003, in White Plains, NY. Author and playwright. Jean Kerr mined the absurdities of suburban life ...
John Kerry
Politician Born John Forbes Kerry, December 11, 1943, in Denver, CO; son of Richard (a foreign service officer) and Rosemary (a homemaker and community service volunteer); m...
Charles F. Kettering
Born: August 29, 1876 Loudonville, Ohio Died: November 25, 1958 Dayton, Ohio American engineer Charles F. Kettering, ...
Marian Keyes
Author Born in September, 1963, in Limerick, Ireland; daughter of Ted and Mary (Cotter) Keyes; married Tony Baines (a computer analyst), December 29, 1995. E...
Alicia Keys
Singer Born Alicia Augello Cook, January 25, 1981, in New York, NY; daughter of Craig Cook (a flight attendant) and Terri Augello (a paralegal and actress). ...
A. Q. Khan
Through a process that began with the theft of designs and documents from a Dutch centrifuge manufacturing facility, Pakistani metallurgist A. Q. Khan (born 1936) became the father...
Genghis Khan
Born: c. 1155 Mongolia Died: August 25, 1227 Kansu, China Mongolian conqueror and ruler Genghis Khan was the creator ...
Kublai Khan
Born: 1215 Mongolia Died: February 1294 Ta-tu (Peking), China Mongolian emperor Kublai Khan was the greatest of the M...
Nikita Khrushchev
Born: April 17, 1894 Kalinovka, Russia Died: September 11, 1971 Moscow, Russia Russian Communist leader and Soviet premier ...