Biography

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

John F. Kennedy

Born: May 29, 1917 Brookline, Massachusetts Died: November 22, 1963 Dallas, Texas American president John F. Kennedy ...

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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. ...

Robert Kennedy

Born: November 20, 1925 Brookline, Massachusetts Died: June 6, 1968 Los Angeles, California American statesman, senator, and attorne...

Johannes Kepler

Born: December 27, 1571 Weil, Swabia, Germany Died: November 15, 1630 Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany German astronomer ...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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...

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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). ...

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...

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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...

Nikita Khrushchev

Born: April 17, 1894 Kalinovka, Russia Died: September 11, 1971 Moscow, Russia Russian Communist leader and Soviet premier ...

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Ban Ki-Moon

Ban Ki-moon (born 1944) was sworn in late in 2006 as secretary-general of the United Nations (U.N.). The former South Korean foreign minister took office on January 1, 2007, after ...

Billy the Kid

Born: November 23, 1859 New York, New York Died: July 14, 1881 Fort Sumner, New Mexico American criminal and murderer ...

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Dan Kiley

Born Daniel Urban Kiley, September 2, 1912, in Boston, MA; died February 21, 2004, in Charlotte, VT. Landscape architect. One of the United States' more prolific and popular landscape arch...