American Famous Names Starting with Letter K

An American economist and joint winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with John Hicks in 1

An American economist and joint winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with John Hicks in 1972. To date, he is the youngest person to receive this award, at 51.In economics, he is considered as one of the founders of modern (i.e. post-World War II) neo-classical economic theory. Many of his former graduate students have gone on to win the Nobel Memorial Prize themselves. Ken Arrow's impact on the economics profession has been tremendous. For more than fifty years he has been one of the most listened to of all practicing economists.

(born September 22, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former second baseman and manager in Major Leag

(born September 22, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who had a 7-year career from 1957 to 1963.

Is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays power forward for the Sacramento K

Is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays power forward for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association.Thomas attended the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, one of the highest-profile recruits to ever attend the school. He is second on the Lobos' all-time scoring list (1,931 points), career blocks list (239), and career dunks list (114), and leads the school's lists in career rebounds (1,032), freshman scoring (484) and rebounding (256), and personal fouls for a season (118) and career (383). Thomas is one of five Lobos to be selected as an All-American (1998).

Was an American basketball player who competed at the 1948 London Olympics.He was part of the Americ

Was an American basketball player who competed at the 1948 London Olympics.He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal.

Is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. At point guard, he previously pl

Is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. At point guard, he previously played for the Denver Nuggets (2001-2002 and 2002-2003) and the Philadelphia 76ers (December 2002-2003). He was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the 54th pick of the 2001 NBA Draft, and posted NBA career averages of 4.3 points, 1.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists. Satterfield a.k.a. "Serious Satellite" is also a well known streetball player on the basketball courts of the New York City summer leagues.

Is a retired National Basketball Association player and current TV basketball analyst. He attended A

Is a retired National Basketball Association player and current TV basketball analyst. He attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, graduating in 1983. He was a 4-year starter for North Carolina and when he graduated in 1987, he held the school record for most assists with 768 including 86 assists in NCAA Tournament play. While in school, he played for the US national team in the 1986 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal.

Is a Republican member of the Colorado Senate, representing the 2nd District since 2002. Previously

Is a Republican member of the Colorado Senate, representing the 2nd District since 2002. Previously he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002.Senator Kester has the largest district, geographically. Senator Kester previous

Was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77. He

Was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77. He was a prominent poet of the New York School of poetry, a loose group of poets including Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery that eschewed contemporary introspec

Is an American former professional basketball player. A 5-foot-10-inch (1.8 m) guard, he is notable

Is an American former professional basketball player. A 5-foot-10-inch (1.8 m) guard, he is notable for popularizing the jump shot as an alternative to the two-handed, flat-footed set shot.Sailors grew up on a farm in Wyoming, where he developed his effective jump shot while playing against his 6'4" older brother Bud. He eventually brought his skills to the University of Wyoming, and in 1943 he led the Cowboys to the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. Sailors was named the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player for his efforts.

(born July 6, 1963 in Cincinnati, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball player. At the age of 24, Johnso

(born July 6, 1963 in Cincinnati, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball player. At the age of 24, Johnson broke into the big leagues on July 10, 1987, with the St. Louis Cardinals after being drafted by them in the 6th round of the 1984 amateur draft. In 1987 Johnson, playing for the Louisville Redbirds, was the American Association Most Valuable Player. From 1988-95 Johnson played for the Chicago Whi

Is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s.

Is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s.

Is an American pioneer of computer science notable for his work with the B programming language and

Is an American pioneer of computer science notable for his work with the B programming language and his shepherding the Unix and Plan 9 operating systems.

Burns was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and went on to graduate from Pioneer High School in Ann A

Burns was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and went on to graduate from Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1975, and went on to be one of the co-founders of Florentine Films. The recipient of more than 20 honorary

American professional basketball player currently with the Denver Nuggets in the NBA.

American professional basketball player currently with the Denver Nuggets in the NBA.

Was an American businessman, best known for his role in the widely-reported corruption scandal that

Was an American businessman, best known for his role in the widely-reported corruption scandal that led to the downfall of Enron Corporation. Lay and Enron became synonymous with corporate abuse and accounting fraud when the scandal broke in 2001

(born June 1, 1942 in Oxnard, California) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball. He bat

(born June 1, 1942 in Oxnard, California) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball. He batted and threw right handed.

(born May 18, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop/second baseman.

(born May 18, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop/second baseman. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent on June 3, 1957 and played for the Pirates (1957, 1959), Kansas City Athletics (1960), Los Angeles Angels (1961), and Washington Senators (1962, 1965-66).

Is a former American football linebacker in the NFL who is now the pastor of the Antioch Bible Churc

Is a former American football linebacker in the NFL who is now the pastor of the Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Washington, where he has been since 1985.

Also known during his life as Ken Pike, was an American linguist and anthropologist. He was the orig

Also known during his life as Ken Pike, was an American linguist and anthropologist. He was the originator of the theory of tagmemics and coiner of the terms "emic" and "etic".Pike is best known for his distinction between the emic and the etic. "Emic" (as in "phonemics") refers to the subjective understanding and account of meaning in the sounds of languages, while "etic" (as in phonetics") refers to the objective study of those sounds. Pike argued that only native speakers are competent judges of emic descriptions, and are thus crucial in providing data for linguistic research, while investigators from outside the linguistic group apply scientific methods in the analysis of language, producing etic descriptions which are verifiable and reproducible. Pike himself carried out studies of indigenous languages in Australia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Ghana, Java, Mexico, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, the Philippines, and Peru.

Is a former American football running back in the National Football League who played for the Cincin

Is a former American football running back in the National Football League who played for the Cincinnati Bengals and later the Washington Redskins and the New Orleans Saints. His nickname, "Ki-Jana", is from a character in the movie Shaft in Africa and Carter has gone by that name since his birth.

Is a former American and Canadian football player who played in the National Football League from 19

Is a former American and Canadian football player who played in the National Football League from 1950–1953, the Canadian Football League from 1954–1959, and the American Football League in 1960. He played in college at Oregon State University and was drafted in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 1950 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns

Was a linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studied the syntax, lexicon and phon

Was a linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studied the syntax, lexicon and phonology of a huge variety of unstudied and often endangered languages -- especially indigenous languages of North America, Central America and Australia. Languages investigated by Hale include Navajo, Tohono O'odham, Warlpiri, and Ulwa, among many others.Hale was born in Evanston, Illinois. When he was six his family moved to a ranch near Canelo in southern Arizona. He was a student at the University of Arizona from 1952 and obtained his PhD from Indiana University Bloomington in 1959 (thesis A Papago grammar). He taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1961-63 and at the University of Arizona, Tucson in 1963-66. From 1967 he held a sequence of appointments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until his retirement in 1999.

(born May 31, 1967 in East Chicago, Indiana) is a free agent Major League Baseball outfielde

(born May 31, 1967 in East Chicago, Indiana) is a free agent Major League Baseball outfielde

Is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his stint with World Championship

Is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his stint with World Championship Wrestling, where he performed under the ring name Kenny Kaos and wrestled as a part of the tag team High Voltage with partner Robbie Rage. Stasiowski start

Is a retired Trinidadian and Tobagonian basketball player who played guard for the Buffalo Braves (1

Is a retired Trinidadian and Tobagonian basketball player who played guard for the Buffalo Braves (1973-76) and Atlanta Hawks (1976-78). He was a 6'3" (1.90 m), 180 lb (82 kg) guard.In 5 seasons he played in 322 games and played 7,637 minutes (23.7 per game), had a .441 field goal percentage (1,083 for 2,458), .789 free throw percentage (581 for 736), 640 rebounds (2.0 per game), 806 assists (2.5 per game), 407 steals (1.3 per game), 128 blocked shots (.4 per game) and 2,747 points (8.5 per game).