Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Joseph Kabila
Joseph Kabila (born 1971) became the president of the Congo in 2001 when he was only 29 years old. He was put into the position after his father, Laurent Kabila, president at the t...
Lech Kaczynski
President of Poland Born June 19, 1949, in Warsaw, Poland; son of Rajmund (an engineer) and Jadwiga (a professor of literature) Kaczynski; married Maria Mackiewicz (an econo...
Cynthia Kadohata
1956 • Chicago, Illinois Author Since publishing her first novel, The Floating World, in 1989, Cynthia Kadohata has been viewed as one of the mo...
Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Born Soong Mei-ling, December 2, 1898, in Kwangtung, China; died October 23, 2003, in New York, NY. Politician. Articulate, charismatic, and beautiful, Madame Chiang Kai-shek was the wife ...
Chiang Kai-shek
Born: October 30, 1887 Ch'i-k'ou, Chekiang, China Died: April 5, 1975 Taiwan Chinese president and political leader C...
Dean Kamen
1951 • Long Island, New York Inventor, entrepreneur Dean Kamen is a leading American scientist and inventor whose products include the ...
Gerome Kamrowski
Though not as widely known as his contemporaries, American artist Gerome Kamrowski (1914–2004) was an important figure in American art's transitional phase into Abstract Expression...
Melina Kanakaredes
Actress Born April 23, 1967, in Akron, OH; daughter of Harry (a candy factory owner and insurance agent) and Connie (a homemaker) Kanakaredes; married Peter Constantinides (...
Eric Kandel
Neurobiologist and professor Born Eric Richard Kandel, November 7, 1929, in Vienna, Austria; son of Herman Kandel and Charlotte Zimels; married Denise Bystryn, c. 1956; chil...
Wassily Kandinsky
Born: December 4, 1866 Moscow, Russia Died: December 13, 1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France Russian painter and graphic artist ...
Immanuel Kant
Born: April 22, 1724 Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia) Died: February 12, 1804 Königsberg, East Prussia ...
Mel Karmazin
Chief Executive Officer of Sirius Satellite Radio Born Melvin Alan Karmazin, August 24, 1943, in New York, NY; married Sharon (a librarian and theatrical producer), 1971 (divorced...
Hamid Karzai
December 24, 1957 • Karz, Kandahar, Afghanistan President of Afghanistan For most of his life Hamid Karzai has dedicated himself to bringing peace and unity to his home...
M. Farooq Kathwari
Chief Executive Officer of Ethan Allen and philanthropist Born August 16, 1944, in Srinagar, Kashmir; married Farida Khan, 1968; children: three (one deceased). Ed...
Charlie Kaufman
Screenwriter and producer Born Charles Stewart Kaufman, November, 1958, in New York; son of Myron (an engineer) and Helen (a homemaker) Kaufman; married Denise; children: tw...
Elia Kazan
Born Elia Kazanjoglous, September 7, 1909, in Constantinople, Turkey; died of natural causes, September 28, 2003, in Manhattan, NY. Director and author. Director of stage and screen, Elia ...
John Keats
Born: October 31, 1795 London, England Died: February 23, 1821 Rome, Italy English poet The English Romantic poet Joh...
Charles Keeling
Born Charles David Keeling, April 20, 1928, in Scranton, PA; died of a heart attack, June 20, 2005, at his summer home, in Hamilton, MT. Climate scientist. When Charles Keeling made resear...
Bob Keeshan
Born Robert J. Keeshan, June 27, 1927, in Lynbrook, NY; died after a long illness on January 23, 2004, in Windsor, VT. Television personality. Bob Keeshan spent almost four decades on the ...
Helen Keller
Born: June 27, 1880 Tuscumbia, Alabama Died: June 1, 1968 Westport, Connecticut American activist for the physically disabled ...