Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Keira Knightley
English actress
Keira Christina Knightleyis an English actress. Known for her work in independent films and blockbusters, particularly period dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including nominations for two...

Nicholas Knowles
English television presenter
Nicholas Simon Augustine Knowlesis an English television presenter, writer and musician. He has hosted several television programmes including Real Rescues (2007–2013), Who Dares Wins (2007–2019), Bre...

Beyonce (Beyoncé) Knowles-carter
American singer, songwriter, and actress
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carteris an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead s...

Barbara Knox
English actress
Barbara Knoxis an English actress, best known for her long-running portrayal of Rita Tanner in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She first appeared as Rita Littlewood for one episode in December 1...

Ulrich Koerner
CEO Asset Management of Credit Suisse
Ulrich Körner(born October 25, 1962) is a German-Swiss business person. In March 2021, he was named CEO Asset Management of Credit Suisse until July 2022, when he was appointed CEO of Credit Suisse AG...

David Kogan
Journalist
David Barnett KoganOBE is a British media executive, historian and journalist, living in London. He has worked as both a journalist and a senior executive at the BBC, Reuters Television, Granada Chann...

Athanasios (Thanasi) Kokkinakis
Australian professional tennis player
Athanasios "Thanasi" Kokkinakisis an Australian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 65 in singles by the ATP, achieved on 6 November 2023. He has won one ATP Tour title...

Siyamthanda Kolisi
South African professional rugby union player
Siyamthanda Kolisi OIGis a South African professional rugby union player who currently captains the South Africa national team and also the Cell C Sharks. He plays club rugby for the Sharks in the Cur...

Ibrahima Konate
French professional footballer
Ibrahima Konatéis a French professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Liverpool and the France national team. Starting off with Sochaux, Konaté moved to RB Leipzig in 2...

Simon Konecki
Chief Executive Officer of Drop4Drop
Simon Christopher Koneckiis a British charity entrepreneur, known for his work as the CEO of Drop4Drop, a non-profit organization that provides clean drinking water to developing countries, and for co...

Wesley Koolhof
Dutch professional tennis player
Wesley Koolhofis a Dutch professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has been ranked in doubles as high as world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first ac...

Sebastian Korda
American professional tennis player
Sebastian Kordais an American professional tennis player. Korda's career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 23 was achieved on October 16, 2023. He has won one ATP singles tournament, the 2021 Emil...

Mateo Kovacic
Croatian professional footballer
Mateo Kovačićis a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Croatia national team. Kovačić began his professional career with D...

Pavel Kovalev
Russian professional Latin and ballroom dancer
Pavel "Pasha" Kovalevis a Russian professional Latin and ballroom dancer. Kovalev started dancing at the age of eight, and in 2000, moved to the United States with his professional dance partner Anya ...

Benjamin Kowalewicz
Canadian singer and songwriter
Benjamin Ian Kowalewiczis a Canadian singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of rock band Billy Talent. Early life Kowalewicz, of Polish descent, was born December 16, 1975, in Pierrefonds, Que...

William Kramer
Director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
William Samuel Kramer IIis the Director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Early life and education Kramer grew up in Towson, Maryland) He attended the University of Texas at Aust...

John Krasinski
American actor and filmmaker
John Burke Krasinskiis an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his role as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), where he was also a producer and occasional director. He direc...
Zoe Kravitz
American actress
Zoë Isabella Kravitzis an American actress, singer, and model. She made her acting debut in the romantic comedy film No Reservations (2007). Her breakthrough came with portraying Angel Salvadore in th...

Leonard Kravitz
American singer
Leonard Albert Kravitzis an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor. His debut album Let Love Rule (1989) was characterized by a blend of rock, funk, reggae, hard rock, soul,...

Eric Kripke
American writer and television producer
Eric Kripkeis an American writer and television producer. Kripke came to prominence in the late 2000s for creating The WB/CW fantasy drama series Supernatural (2005–2020). He served as the showrunner ...