 | | Dmitri Kabalevsky | Composer | Colas Breugnon | 1904 | 1987 |
 | | Jane Kaczmarek | Actor | Pleasantville | 1955 | |
| | | Pauline Kael | Critic | American film critic-The New Yorker | 1919 | 2001 |
 | | Bert Kaempfert | Musician | Strangers in the Night | 1923 | 1980 |
 |  | Franz Kafka | Novelist | Metamorphosis | 1883 | 1924 |
 | | Mauricio Kagel | Composer | Absurdist composer | 1931 | |
| | | Irving Kahal | Songwriter | | 1903 | 1942 |
 | | Frida Kahlo | Painter | Mexican painter | 1907 | 1954 |
| | | Gus Kahn | Songwriter | I'll See You in My Dreams | 1886 | 1941 |
| |  | Louis Kahn | Architect | Prominent architect | 1901 | 1974 |
| | | Madeline Kahn | Actor | Young Frankenstein | 1942 | 1999 |
| | | Roger Wolfe Kahn | Musician | Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra | 1907 | 1962 |
 | | Chiang Kai-shek | Head of State | President of Nationalist China | 1887 | 1975 |
| | | Tim Kaine | Politician | Governor of Virginia | 1958 | |
| | | Henry J. Kaiser | Business | | 1882 | 1967 |
 | | Robert Kajanus | Composer | Finnish conductor and composer | 1856 | 1933 |
| | | Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov | Military | Inventor of Russia's semiautomatic rifle | 1919 | |
| | | Vasily Kalinnikov | Composer | Symphony No. 1 in G mino | 1866 | 1901 |
| | | Jan Kalivoda | Composer | | 1801 | 1866 |
 | | Emmerich Kalman | Composer | Hungarian composer of operettas | 1882 | 1953 |
| | | Bert Kalmar | Songwriter | | 1884 | 1947 |
| | | Michael Kamen | Musician | | 1948 | 2003 |
| | | Heinrich Kaminski | Composer | | 1886 | 1946 |
 | | Giya Kancheli | Composer | Georgian composer resident in Belgium | 1935 | |
| | | John Kander | Composer | Caberet | 1927 | |
| | | Bob Kane | Cartoonist | Creator of the original Batman comic | 1915 | 1998 |
| | | Garson Kanin | Screenwriter | It Should Happen to You | 1912 | 1999 |
| | | Immanuel Kant | Philosopher | Critique of Pure Reason | 1724 | 1804 |
| | | Rosabeth Moss Kanter | Educator | 1977 study of tokenism | 1943 | |
| | | William Kapell | Pianist | Khachaturian's Piano Concerto | 1922 | 1953 |
| | | Mitchell Kapor | Business | Founder of Lotus, Co-founder EFF | 1950 | |
| | | Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger | Composer | | 1580 | 1651 |
 | | Mieczysław Karłowicz | Composer | Polish composer and conductor | 1876 | 1909 |
| | | Herbert von Karajan | Conductor | | 1908 | 1989 |
| | | Kim Kardashian | Socialite | Friend of Paris Hilton | 1980 | |
| | | Sigfrid Karg-Elert | Composer | German composer | 1877 | 1933 |
 | | Islam Karimov | Head of State | President of Uzbekistan, 1990-present | 1938 | |
 | | Boris Karloff | Actor | Horror actor | 1887 | 1969 |
 | | Alvin Karpis | Criminal | Former Public Enemy #1 | 1907 | 1979 |
 | | Alphonse Karr | Critic | Voyage autour de mon jardin | 1808 | 1890 |
| | | Alex Karras | Actor | Mongo, dad on Webster | 1935 | |
 | | Yousuf Karsh | Photographer | Portrait photographer | 1908 | 2002 |
 | | Garry Kasparov | Chess Player | Grand Master chess player | 1963 | |
| | | Tolga Katas | Music Producer | Sending All My Love | 1966 | |
| | | Phil Katz | Computer Programmer | Creator of PKZIP | 1962 | 2000 |
 | | Lionel Kauffman | | | 0000 | |
| | | Andy Kaufman | Actor | Comic, prankster, professional wrestler | 1949 | 1984 |
| | | George S. Kaufman | Playwright | You Can't Take It With You | 1889 | 1961 |
| | | Irving R. Kaufman | Judge | Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals | 1910 | 1992 |
| | | Philip Kaufman | Film Director | The Right Stuff | 1936 | |
| | | Bill Kaulitz | Singer | Lead vocalist, Tokio Hotel | 1989 | |
| | | Tom Kaulitz | Guitarist | Guitarist, Tokio Hotel | 1989 | |
 | | Kenneth Kaunda | Head of State | President of Zambia 1964-91 | 1924 | |
| | | Julie Kavner | Actor | Marge on The Simpsons | 1950 | |
| | | Alan Kay | Computer Programmer | Father of Object-Oriented Programming | 1940 | |
| | | Hershy Kay | Composer | On the Town (original 1944 orchestrations) | 1919 | 1981 |
| | | Danny Kaye | Actor | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 1913 | 1987 |
| | | Sammy Kaye | Musician | Bandleader and songwriter | 1910 | 1987 |
| | | Stubby Kaye | Actor | Guys and Dolls | 1918 | 1997 |
| | | Elia Kazan | Film Director | A Streetcar Named Desire | 1909 | 2003 |
 | | Nikos Kazantzakis | Novelist | | 1883 | 1957 |
| | | Alfred Kazin | Critic | | 1915 | 1998 |
| | | Bil Keane | Cartoonist | Family Circus cartoonist | 1922 | |
 | | Paul Keating | Head of State | 24th Prime Minister of Australia 1991-96 | 1944 | |
| | | Buster Keaton | Actor | The General | 1895 | 1966 |
| | | Diane Keaton | Actor | Annie Hall | 1946 | |
| | | Michael Keaton | Actor | Batman | 1951 | |
| | | Michael Keaton | Actor | Batman | 1951 | |
| | | John Keats | Poet | English romantic poet | 1795 | 1821 |
 | | Nigel Keay | Composer | | 1955 | |
| | | Howard Keel | Actor | Clayton Farlow on Dallas | 1919 | 2004 |
| | | Ruby Keeler | Actor | 42nd Street | 1909 | 1993 |
| | | Constance Keene | Pianist | | 1921 | 2005 |
| | | Bob Keeshan | TV Personality | Captain Kangaroo | 1927 | 2004 |
| | | Stacy Keibler | Actor | Former professional wrestler | 1979 | |
| | | Garrison Keillor | Radio Personality | A Prairie Home Companion | 1942 | |
| | | Brian Keith | Actor | Uncle Bill on Family Affair | 1921 | 1997 |
| | | Toby Keith | Country Musician | Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue | 1961 | |
| | | August Kekule | Chemist | Founder of the theory of chemical structure | 1829 | 1896 |
| | | Kelis | Singer | Milkshake | 1979 | |
| | | Helen Keller | Activist | Deaf and blind activist | 1880 | 1968 |
| | | Elijah Kelley | Actor | Hairspray | 1986 | |
| | | Will Kellogg | Business | Inventor of corn flakes | 1860 | 1951 |
| | | Dan Kelly | Musician | | 0000 | 9999 |
| | | E. M. Kelly | | | 0000 | |
| | | Gene Kelly | Actor | Singin' in the Rain | 1912 | 1996 |
 | | Grace Kelly | Actor | American-born Princess of Monaco | 1929 | 1982 |
| | | Jack Kelly | Actor | Bart Maverick | 1927 | 1992 |
| | | Jean Louisa Kelly | Actor | Kim Warner on Yes, Dear | 1972 | |
| | | John W. Kelly | Songwriter | Throw Him Down, McCloskey | 0000 | |
| | | Minka Kelly | Actor | Friday Night Lights | 1980 | |
| | | Patsy Kelly | Actor | Freaky Friday | 1910 | 1981 |
| | | R. Kelly | Singer/Songwriter | Trapped In The Closet | 1967 | |
| | | Roberto Kelly | Baseball | MLB outfielder | 1964 | |
| | | Walt Kelly | Cartoonist | Creator of Pogo | 1913 | 1973 |
 | | Lord Kelvin | Physicist | Illustrated 2nd Law of Thermodynamics | 1824 | 1907 |
| | | Hal Kemp | Jazz Musician | Alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, compose | 1905 | 1940 |
| | | Martin Kemp | Musician | Spandau Ballet | 1961 | |
| | | Rudolf Kempe | Conductor | | 1910 | 1976 |
| | | Thomas ŕ Kempis | Religion | Imitation of Christ | 1380 | 1471 |
| | | Felicity Kendal | Actor | The Good Life | 1946 | |
| | | Eddie Kendricks | Singer | The Temptations | 1939 | 1992 |
| | | Burt Kennedy | Film Director | Support Your Local Sheriff | 1922 | 2001 |
| | | D. James Kennedy | Religion | Truths That Transform, Coral Ridge Ministries | 1930 | 2007 |
| | | Edward M. Kennedy | Politician | United States Senator. | 1932 | |
| | | Eugene Kennedy | Author | The Unhealed Wound: The Church and Human Sexuality | 1928 | |
| | | Harry Kennedy | Songwriter | | 0000 | 1894 |
| | | Jimmy Kennedy | Songwriter | | 1902 | 1984 |
| | | John F. Kennedy | President | 35th US President, 1961-63 | 1917 | 1963 |
| | | Joseph P. Kennedy | Business | Patriarch of the Kennedy clan | 1888 | 1969 |
| | | Nigel Kennedy | Violinist | British 'punk' violinist | 1956 | |
| | | Robert F. Kennedy | Politician | Slain Presidential candidate | 1925 | 1968 |
| | | Rose Kennedy | Relative | Mother of John, Robert, and Teddy Kennedy | 1890 | 1995 |
| | | Rosemary Kennedy | Relative | JFK's sister | 1918 | 2005 |
| | | Doug Kenney | Comic | National Lampoon cofounder | 1946 | |
| | | Elizabeth Kenny | Scientist | Innovative treatment of Poliomyelitis | 1880 | 1952 |
| | | Patsy Kensit | Actor | Absolute Beginners | 1968 | |
| | | Corita Kent | Artist | | 1918 | 1986 |
| | | William Kent | Architect | Influential landscape gardener | 1685 | 1748 |
| | | Stan Kenton | Jazz Musician | Jazz bandleader | 1911 | 1979 |
 | | Jomo Kenyatta | Head of State | President of Kenya 1964-78 | 1892 | 1978 |
| | | Johannes Kepler | Astronomer | Laws of Planetary Motion | 1571 | 1630 |
| | | Freddie Keppard | Musician | | 1890 | 1933 |
| | | Meredith Kercher | Victim | Stabbed to death in her bedroom | 1985 | 2007 |
| | | Jerome Kern | Composer | Show Boat | 1885 | 1945 |
| | | Jack Kerouac | Novelist | On the Road | 1922 | 1969 |
| | | Deborah Kerr | Actor | From Here to Eternity | 1921 | 2007 |
| | | Graham Kerr | Chef | The Galloping Gourmet | 1934 | |
| | | Jean Kerr | Author | Please Don't Eat The Daisies | 1922 | 2003 |
| | | Walter Kerr | Critic | New York Times drama critic | 1913 | 1995 |
| | | John Kerry | Politician | US Senator from Massachusetts | 1943 | |
| |  | Teresa Heinz Kerry | Relative | John Kerry's rich wife | 1938 | |
| | | Ken Kesey | Novelist | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1935 | 2001 |
| | | Barney Kessel | Jazz Musician | Be-bop guitarist | 1923 | 2004 |
| | | Hank Ketcham | Cartoonist | Dennis the Menace | 1920 | 2001 |
| | | Albert Ketčlbey | Composer | In a Monastery Garden | 1875 | 1959 |
| | | Charles Kettering | Inventor | Invented the electric starter | 1876 | 1958 |
 | | Ellen Key | Author | Swedish feminist write | 1849 | 1926 |
| | | Ellen Key | Author | Love and Marriage | 1849 | 1926 |
| | | Francis Scott Key | Poet | The Star-Spangled Banner | 1779 | 1843 |
| | | Evelyn Keyes | Actor | Gone with the Wind | 1919 | 2008 |
| | | Jr. Keyes | Author | Living Love | 1921 | 1995 |
| | | John Maynard Keynes | Economist | Economist advocated deficit necessity | 1883 | 1946 |
| | | Alicia Keys | Musician | Fallin' | 1981 | |
 | | Aram Khachaturian | Composer | Gayane | 1903 | 1978 |
| | | Ibn Khaldun | Historian | Muqaddimah | 1332 | 1406 |
 | | Ibn Khaldun | Historian | Muqaddimah (known as Prolegomenon in Latin). | 1332 | 1406 |
 | | Ayub Khan | Head of State | President of Pakistan, 1958-69 | 1907 | 1974 |
 | | Genghis Khan | Royalty | World's most successful conqueror | 1162 | 1227 |
| | | Kublai Khan | Royalty | Mongol Emperor 1260-71 | 1215 | 1294 |
 | | Omar Khayyam | Mathematician | Rubaiyat | 1048 | 1131 |
| | | Ruhollah Khomeini | Religion | Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran | 1900 | 1989 |
| | | Igor Khoroshev | Musician | Keyboard Player - Yes | 1965 | |
| | | Tikhon Khrennikov | Composer | Union of Soviet Composers | 1913 | 2007 |
| | | Nikita Khrushchev | Head of State | Deposed dictator of the Soviet Union | 1894 | 1971 |
| | | Kid Rock | Musician | Rocker for Middle America | 1971 | |
| | | Jason Kidd | Basketball | Point guard, New Jersey Nets | 1973 | |
| | | Michael Kidd | Dancer | Award-winning choreographer | 1915 | 2007 |
| | | Margot Kidder | Actor | Lois Lane in the Superman movie | 1948 | |
| | | Nicole Kidman | Actor | Moulin Rouge | 1967 | |
| | | Anthony Kiedis | Musician | Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman | 1962 | |
| | | Friedrich Kiel | Composer | German composer and music teacher | 1821 | 1885 |
| | | Richard Kiel | Actor | "Jaws" in Moonraker | 1939 | |
| | | Wilhelm Kienzl | Composer | Austrian opera composer | 1857 | 1941 |
 | | Soren Kierkegaard | Philosopher | Father of existentialism | 1813 | 1855 |
| | | Laura Kightlinger | Comic | Will & Grace | 1969 | |
| | | Wojciech Kilar | Composer | | 1932 | |
| | | Craig Kilborn | Talk Show Host | Host The Daily Show 1996-98 | 1962 | |
| | | Percy Kilbride | Actor | Pa Kettle | 1888 | 1964 |
| | | Jean-Claude Killy | Skiing | Won 3 gold medals skiing at Grenoble '68 | 1943 | |
| | | Joyce Kilmer | Poet | Trees | 1886 | 1918 |
| | | Val Kilmer | Actor | Real Genius | 1959 | |
| | | Lemmy Kilmister | Bassist | Motörhead | 1945 | |
| | | James J. Kilpatrick | Columnist | Nationally syndicated columnist since 1964 | 1920 | |
| | | Emily Kimbrough | Author | Film scripts for television and motion pictures. | 1899 | 1998 |
| | | Bradley Kincaid | Singer | American folk singer | 1895 | 1989 |
| | | King Lizzard | Actor | | 1957 | |
| | | Alan King | Comic | Jewish comic and Friars Club fixture | 1927 | 2004 |
| | | B. B. King | Musician | King of the Blues | 1925 | |
| | | Ben E. King | Singer/Songwriter | Stand By Me | 1938 | |
| | | Billie Jean King | Tennis | Defeated Bobby Riggs in '73 Battle of the Sexes | 1943 | |
| | | Carole King | Singer/Songwriter | It Might As Well Rain Until September | 1942 | |
| | | Don King | Boxing | Boxing promoter | 1931 | |
| | | Earl King | Musician | | 1934 | 2003 |
| | | Evelyn King | Singer | Shame | 1960 | |
| | | Karl King | Composer | Barnum and Bailey's Favorite | 1891 | 1971 |
| | | Kerry King | Musician | | 1964 | |
| | | Martin Luther King | Activist | African American civil rights activist | 1929 | 1968 |
| | | Pee Wee King | Country Musician | | 1914 | 2000 |
| | | Stephen King | Novelist | The Shining | 1947 | |
| | | Wayne King | Musician | Waltz King | 1901 | 1985 |
| | | Ben Kingsley | Actor | Gandhi | 1943 | |
| | | Charles Kingsley | Novelist | The Water-Babies | 1819 | 1875 |
| | | Barbara Kingsolver | Author | Prodigal Summer | 1955 | |
| | | Maxine Hong Kingston | Author | The Woman Warrior | 1940 | |
| | | Kathy Kinney | Actor | Mimi on The Drew Carey Show | 1954 | |
| | | Neil Kinnock | Politician | | 1942 | |
| | | Alfred Kinsey | Scientist | Sexual Behavior in the Human Male | 1894 | 1956 |
| | | Klaus Kinski | Actor | Nosferatu the Vampyre | 1926 | 1991 |
| | | Rudyard Kipling | Author | The Jungle Book | 1865 | 1936 |
| | | Bruno Kirby | Actor | When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers | 1949 | 2006 |
| | | Jack Kirby | Cartoonist | Captain America | 1917 | 1994 |
| | | Gustav Kirchhoff | Physicist | Theory of spectrum analysis | 1824 | 1887 |
| | | Leon Kirchner | Composer | Third String Quartet | 1919 | |
| | | James Kirk | Actor | Travis Deosdade on Edgemont | 1986 | |
| | | Lisa Kirk | Actor | Lois Lane/Bianca in Kiss Me, Kate | 1925 | 1990 |
| | | Phyllis Kirk | Actor | House of Wax | 1927 | 2006 |
| | | Tommy Kirk | Actor | The Mickey Mouse Club | 1941 | |
| | | Lane Kirkland | Labor Leader | AFL-CIO President, 1979-95 | 1922 | 1999 |
| | | Sally Kirkland | Actor | Jeanette in ED TV | 1944 | |
| | | Jeanne Kirkpatrick | Government | Reagan's UN Ambassador | 1926 | 2006 |
| | | Lincoln Kirstein | Author | Co-Founder, New York City Ballet | 1907 | 1996 |
| | | Henry Kissinger | Government | US Secretary of State 1973-77 | 1923 | |
| | | Tawny Kitaen | Actor | Bachelor Party | 1961 | |
| | | Taylor Kitsch | Actor | Friday Night Lights | 1981 | |
| | | Eartha Kitt | Singer | Catwoman | 1927 | |
| | | Walter Kittredge | Songwriter | Tenting on the Old Camp Ground | 1834 | 1905 |
| | | Dylan Klebold | Criminal | Columbine Massacre | 1981 | 1999 |
 | | Paul Klee | Painter | German-Swiss abstract painter | 1879 | 1940 |
| | | Carlos Kleiber | Conductor | | 1930 | 2004 |
| | | Erich Kleiber | Conductor | Austrian-born conductor. | 1890 | 1956 |
| | | Joe Klein | Journalist | Anonymous author of Primary Colors | 1946 | |
| | | Otto Klemperer | Conductor | | 1885 | 1973 |
| | | B. Kliban | Cartoonist | Cat | 1935 | 1990 |
| | | Kevin Kline | Actor | A Fish Called Wanda | 1947 | |
| | | Kevin Kline | Actor | A Fish Called Wanda | 1947 | |
| | | Scott Klopfenstein | Musician | | 1977 | |
| | | Heidi Klum | Model | | 1973 | |
| | | Philip M. Klutznick | Government | US Secretary of Commerce 1980-81 | 1907 | 1999 |
| | | Phoebe Knapp | Hymn Writer | Blessed Assurance | 1839 | 1908 |
| | | Rob Knauerhase | Computer Programmer | | 0000 | |
| | | Fletcher Knebel | Author | Seven Days in May | 1911 | 1993 |
| | | Hildegard Knef | Actor | The Murderers Are Among Us | 1925 | 2002 |
| | | Evel Knievel | Daredevil | Daredevil and one-time action figure | 1938 | |
| | | Bobby Knight | Basketball | Coach of Texas Tech and Indiana U | 1940 | |
| | | Ted Knight | Actor | Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore | 1923 | 1986 |
| | | Wayne Knight | Actor | Newman on Seinfeld | 1955 | |
| | | Keira Knightley | Actor | Bend It Like Beckham | 1985 | |
| | | Alfred A. Knopf | Publisher | American publisher of the 20th century | 1892 | 1984 |
| | | Mark Knopfler | Musician | Dire Straits | 1949 | |
| | | Don Knotts | Actor | Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show | 1925 | 2006 |
| | | Beyonce Knowles | Singer | Former Destiny's Child frontwoman | 1981 | |
| | | John Knowles | Novelist | A Separate Peace | 1926 | 2001 |
| | | Solange Knowles | Musician | Teen dancer and pop star | 1986 | |
| | | Alexander Knox | Actor | Wilson | 1907 | 1995 |
| | | Chuck Knox | Football | Head coach Seattle Seahawks 1983-1991 | 1932 | |
| | | Philander C. Knox | Government | US Secretary of State, 1909-13 | 1853 | 1921 |
| | | Ronald Knox | Religion | English theologian, priest and crime writer | 1888 | 1957 |
| | | Edward Koch | Politician | U.S. Congressman and the Mayor of New York City | 1924 | |
| | | Erland von Koch | Composer | Swedish composer | 1910 | |
| | | Robert Koch | Doctor | Discovered bacteria that causes tuberculosis | 1843 | 1910 |
| | | Ludwig Ritter von Köchel | Composer | Catalogued the works of Mozart | 1800 | 1877 |
| | | Cub Koda | Songwriter | Smokin' in the Boys' Room | 1948 | 2000 |
| | | Zoltan Kodaly | Composer | Psalmus Hungaricus | 1882 | 1967 |
| | | Charles Koechlin | Composer | Orchestrated Fauré's Pelléas et Mélisande suite | 1867 | 1950 |
| | | Ted Koehler | Songwriter | | 1894 | 1973 |
| | | Walter Koenig | Actor | Chekov on Star Trek | 1936 | |
| | | Arthur Koestler | Journalist | Darkness at Noon | 1905 | 1983 |
| | | Jan Koetsier | Conductor | Dutch composer and conductor | 1911 | 2006 |
 | | Kofi Annan | Government | Secretary General of the UN, 1997-2006 | 1938 | |
| | | Joonas Kokkonen | Composer | The Last Temptations | 1921 | 1996 |
| | | Oskar Kokoschka | Artist | | 1886 | 1980 |
| | | Kathe Kollwitz | Artist | German graphic aritst | 1867 | 1945 |
| | | Vladimir Komarov | Astronaut | Pilot of Soyuz 1 plunged to his death | 1927 | 1967 |
| | | Kiril Kondrashin | Conductor | | 1914 | 1981 |
| | | E. L. Konigsburg | Author | The View from Saturday | 1930 | |
| | | Lee Konitz | Jazz Musician | American jazz composer and alto saxophonist | 1927 | |
| | | Dean Koontz | Novelist | Demon Seed | 1945 | |
| | | Mary Jo Kopechne | Victim | Dead woman in Ted Kennedy's car | 1940 | 1969 |
| | | Ted Koppel | Journalist | Nightline | 1940 | |
 | | Alberto Korda | Photographer | Photo of Che Guevara | 1928 | 2001 |
| | | Michael Korda | Novelist | Editor-in-Chief of Simon & Schuster | 1933 | |
| | | David Koresh | Religion | Branch Davidian cult leader | 1959 | 1993 |
| | | Harvey Korman | Comic | The Carol Burnett Show | 1927 | 2008 |
| | | Alexis Korner | Musician | | 1928 | 1984 |
| | | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Composer | | 1897 | 1957 |
| | | Sidney Korshak | Attorney | Hollywood's Lawyer | 1907 | 1996 |
| | | Charles Korvin | Actor | Interpol Calling | 1907 | 1998 |
| | | Alfred Korzybski | Philosopher | Theory of general semantics | 1879 | 1950 |
| | | Jerzy Kosinski | Author | Being There | 1933 | 1991 |
| | | Andre Kostelanetz | Conductor | Pioneer of easy listening music | 1901 | 1980 |
| | | Apollonia Kotero | Singer | Former Prince protégé | 1959 | |
| | | Franz Kotzwara | Composer | The Battle of Prague | 1730 | 1793 |
| | | Anna Kournikova | Tennis | | 1981 | |
| | | Serge Koussevitzky | Conductor | | 1874 | 1951 |
| | | Ernie Kovacs | Comic | Nairobi Trio | 1919 | 1962 |
| | | Killer Kowalski | Wrestling | Professional wrestler, 1947-76 | 1926 | 2008 |
| | | Leopold Kozeluch | Composer | | 1747 | 1818 |
| | | Uncle Kracker | Musician | American rock, country, and rap-rock musician | 1974 | |
| | | Emil Kraepelin | Psychiatrist | Founder of modern scientific psychiatry | 1856 | 1926 |
| | | William Kraft | Composer | Composer, percussionist | 1923 | |
| | | Diana Krall | Jazz Musician | Sultry jazz sensation | 1964 | |
| | | Hilton Kramer | Critic | The New Criterion | 1928 | |
| | | Larry Kramer | Playwright | The Normal Heart | 1935 | |
| | | Hans Krása | Composer | Brundibár | 1899 | 1944 |
 | | Alfredo Kraus | Singer | Tenor | 1927 | 1999 |
| | | Joseph Martin Kraus | Composer | The Swedish Mozart | 1756 | 1792 |
| | | Karl Kraus | Journalist | Die letzten Tage der Menschheit | 1874 | 1936 |
| | | Peter Krause | Actor | Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under | 1965 | |
| | | Alison Krauss | Country Musician | Alison Krauss & Union Station | 1971 | |
| | | Charles Krauthammer | Columnist | Washington Post columnist | 1950 | |
| | | Johann Ludwig Krebs | Composer | Composer of Organ Music | 1713 | 1780 |
| | | Fritz Kreisler | Composer | Austria-born American violinist and composer | 1875 | 1962 |
 | | Gidon Kremer | Violinist | | 1947 | |
| | | Ernst Krenek | Composer | Jonny spielt auf | 1900 | 1991 |
| | | S. S. Kresge | Business | Founder of K-Mart | 1867 | 1966 |
| | | Kristin Kreuk | Actor | Lana on Smallville | 1982 | |
| | | Conradin Kreutzer | Composer | Das Nachtlager von Granada | 1780 | 1849 |
| | | Rodolphe Kreutzer | Composer | Dedicatee of Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 9 in A | 1766 | 1831 |
 | | Franjo Krežma | Composer | Violinist and composer of prodigious talent | 1862 | 1881 |
| | | Robby Krieger | Guitarist | The Doors | 1946 | |
 | | Jiddu Krishnamurti | Religion | Theosophist guru | 1895 | 1986 |
| | | Kris Kristofferson | Actor | | 1936 | |
| | | Irving Kristol | Educator | | 1920 | |
| | | Joan B. Kroc | Philanthropist | McDonald's widow | 1928 | 2003 |
| | | Ray Kroc | Business | Founder of the McDonald's restaurant chain | 1902 | 1984 |
| | | Steve Kroft | Journalist | 60 Minutes | 1945 | |
| | | William Kroll | Composer | Banjo and Fiddle | 1901 | 1980 |
| | | Franz Krommer | Composer | Moravian composer | 1759 | 1831 |
| | | Louis Kronenberger | Critic | Drama critic for Time Magazine from 1938 to 1961 | 1904 | 1980 |
| | | Peter Kropotkin | Anarchist | Libertarian anarchist revolutionary | 1842 | 1921 |
| | | KRS-One | Rapper | Started Boogie Down Productions label | 1965 | |
| | | Julius Albert Krug | Government | US Secretary of the Interior, 1946-49 | 1907 | 1970 |
| | | Gene Krupa | Drummer | Pioneering drummer | 1909 | 1973 |
| | | Alfried Krupp | Business | Nazi munitions maker, convicted war criminal | 1907 | 1967 |
| | | Joseph Wood Krutch | Critic | The Modern Temper | 1893 | 1970 |
| | | Jan Kubelík | Composer | | 1880 | 1940 |
| | | Rafael Kubelík | Conductor | Czech conductor and composer. | 1914 | 1996 |
| | | Elisabeth Kübler-Ross | Psychiatrist | On Death And Dying - Kübler-Ross model | 1926 | 2004 |
| | | Stanley Kubrick | Film Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1928 | 1999 |
| | | Dennis Kucinich | Politician | Congressman, Ohio 10th | 1946 | |
| | | Lisa Kudrow | Actor | Friends | 1963 | |
| | | Friedrich Kuhlau | Composer | Beethoven of the flute | 1786 | 1832 |
| | | Bowie Kuhn | Baseball | Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-84 | 1926 | 2007 |
| | | Maggie Kuhn | Activist | Founder of the Gray Panthers | 1905 | 1995 |
| | | Thomas Kuhn | Author | Structure of Scientific Revolutions | 1922 | 1996 |
| | | Nancy Kulp | Actor | Miss Jane Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies | 1921 | 1991 |
| | | Akshay Kumar | Actor | Main Khiladi Tu Anari | 1967 | |
| | | Maxine Kumin | Poet | Up Country | 1925 | |
| | | Milan Kundera | Novelist | | 1929 | |
| | | Mila Kunis | Actor | Jackie on That 70's Show | 1983 | |
| | | Luigi von Kunits | Conductor | | 1870 | 1931 |
| | | William Kunstler | Attorney | Civil rights attorney | 1919 | 1995 |
| | | Erich Kunzel | Conductor | | 1935 | |
| | | Irv Kupcinet | Columnist | Kup's Column | 1912 | 2003 |
| | | Meyer Kupferman | Composer | | 1926 | 2003 |
| | | Charles Kuralt | Journalist | On the Road | 1934 | 1997 |
 | | Chiaki Kuriyama | Actor | Japanese actress and model | 1984 | |
| | | Akira Kurosawa | Film Director | | 1910 | 1998 |
| | | György Kurtág | Composer | | 1926 | |
| | | Bill Kurtis | Journalist | American Justice | 1940 | |
| | | Swoosie Kurtz | Actor | A Shock to the System | 1944 | |
 | | Emir Kusturica | Film Director | Underground | 1954 | |
| | | Ashton Kutcher | Actor | | 1978 | |
 | | Abraham Kuyper | Head of State | Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1901-05 | 1837 | 1920 |
| | | Jon Kyl | | US Senator from Arizona | 1942 | |
| | | Kay Kyser | Musician | Bandleader | 1905 | 1985 |
