King (surname)
King is an English and Scottish surname.
Origins and variants
The English name may be related to the Old English word for a tribal leader, cyning, which derives from the Proto-Germanic kuningaz.[1]
The Scottish surname "King" is a sept of the Clan Gregor / MacGregor.
List of people with the surname
Disambiguation of common names with this surname
- Alan King (disambiguation)
- Albert King (disambiguation)
- Andrew or Andy King
- Anthony King (disambiguation)
- Ben King (disambiguation)
- Catherine King (disambiguation)
- Charles (Charlie, or Chuck) King
- Chris King (disambiguation)
- Daniel (or Dan, Danny) King
- David (or Dave, Davey) King
- Edward (Ed, or Eddie) King
- Eric King (disambiguation)
- Evelyn King (disambiguation)
- Frank King (disambiguation)
- Gary King (disambiguation)
- George King (disambiguation)
- Harry King (disambiguation)
- Helen King (disambiguation)
- Henry King (disambiguation)
- Howard (or Howie) King
- Ian King (disambiguation)
- James (Jim, or Jimmy) King
- Jack King (disambiguation)
- Jason King (disambiguation)
- Jeff (or Jeffrey) King
- Joe or Joseph King
- John (or Johnny) King
- Katie King (disambiguation)
- Kenneth King (or Ken, Kenny) King
- Kevin King (disambiguation)
- Larry King (disambiguation)
- Leonard (or Len) King
- Mark King (disambiguation)
- Mary King (disambiguation)
- Martin King (disambiguation)
- Matthew or Matt King
- Mervyn King (disambiguation)
- Michael (or Mike) King
- Paul King (disambiguation)
- Peter (or Pete) King
- Philip (or Phil) King
- Preston King (disambiguation)
- Ray King (disambiguation)
- Richard (or Rich) King
- Robert (or Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, or Robby) King
- Ross King (disambiguation)
- Rufus King (disambiguation)
- Simon King (disambiguation)
- Stephen, Steve or Steven King
- Susan King (disambiguation)
- Thomas (or Tom) King
- Tony King (disambiguation)
- William (or Bill, Billy, Will, Willie, Willy) King
Arts and music
- Albert King (1923–1992), American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Allyn King (1899–1930), American stage and film actress
- B.B. King (1925–2015), American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Ben E. King (1938–2015), American singer
- Bertie King (1912–1981), Jamaican jazz and mento musician
- Betty Jackson King (1928–1994), American musician and composer
- Bianca King (born 1985), Filipina actor
- Bill King (1927–2005), American radio announcer
- Brett King (1920–1999), American actor and businessman
- Carole King, American singer and songwriter
- Clydie King (1943–2019), American R&B singer, member of Ray Charles' backing group The Raelettes
- Dave King (born 1961), Irish vocalist
- David King (born 1970), American drummer
- Dennis King, actor
- Dorothy King (artist), British painter
- Earl King (1934–2003), American blues singer-songwriter
- Earline Heath King (1913–2011), American sculptor
- Emmett King (1865–1953), American actor
- Fay King (cartoonist) (1889 – presumed dead), American newspaper cartoonist
- Freddie King (1934–1976), American blues guitarist
- Georgia King, actress
- Hannah T. King (1808–1886), British-American writer
- Héctor King, Mexican recording artist
- Henry King (1886–1982), American film director
- Inge King (1915–2016), German-born Australian sculptor
- Jazzy (or Jasmina) King, German-English singer
- Jessie Marion King, Scottish painter and illustrator
- Jonathan King, British musician and record producer
- Jonathan King (film director), New Zealand film director
- Kerry King (born 1964), American rock musician
- Mabel King (1932–1999), American film, stage, and television actor
- Marcia Gygli King (1931–2011), American artist
- Mollie King (born 1987), British singer
- Pee Wee King (1914–2000), American country music singer
- Raj King, a television presenter played by Aatif Nawaz in the British web series Corner Shop Show.
- Regina King (born 1971), American actor
- Rowena King (born 1970), British actor
- Ruby (or Natasha) King, German-English singer
- Sidney E. King (1906–2002), American painter
- Solomon King (1930–2005), American singer
- Tara King, fictional character in The Avengers television series
- Teddi King (1929–1977), American jazz and pop vocalist
- Wayne King (1901–1985), American musician, singer, songwriter and orchestral leader
- Wright King (1923–2018), American actor
Military
- Ernest King (1878–1956), US Navy admiral
Politics and government
- Adam King (1783–1835), former US Representative from Pennsylvania
- Alveda King (born 1951), American politician and minister
- Angela King (1938–2007), Jamaican diplomat
- Angus King (born 1944), U.S. senator and former Governor of Maine
- Bruce King (1924–2009), former governor of New Mexico
- Coretta Scott King, American civil rights leader and widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Frederick King (born 1923), Canadian House of Commons member
- Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader
- Owen King (Wisconsin) (1845–1932), American politician and businessman
- Ralph E. King (1902–1974), American physician and Louisiana state senator
- Thérèse King (1934–2015), Senegalese politician
- Thomas Starr King (1824–1864), American Universalist and Unitarian minister influential in California politics during the American Civil War.
- William Lyon Mackenzie King, 10th prime minister of Canada
Sciences
- Elizabeth Osborne King (1912-1966), American microbiologist
- Leonard William King (1869–1919), English archaeologist
- Lester Charles King (1907–1989), English geomorphologist
Sports
- Adam King (born 1995), Scottish footballer
- Alex King (basketball) (born 1985), German basketballer
- Barry King (decathlete) (born 1945), British Olympic decathlete, corporate director and author
- Barry King (tennis) (born 1985), Irish tennis player
- Bernard King (born 1956), American basketball player
- Billie Jean King (born 1943), American tennis player
- Cathy King, Canadian curler
- Collis King, former West Indian cricketer
- Dana M. King, American college sports coach
- Darian King (born 1992), Barbadian tennis player
- Desmond King (American football) (born 1994), American football player
- D. J. King (born 1984), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Dolly King (1916–1969), American basketball player
- Don King (born 1931), American boxing promoter
- Don King (born 1960), American surfing photographer
- Dwight King (born 1989), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Emmit King (born 1959), American sprinter
- Ernie King (1903–1993), English footballer who played for Southampton
- Evan King (born 1992), American tennis player
- Fay King (1922–1983), American football player
- Frances King (1980–2003), cricketer from New Zealand
- Gayl King, Canadian darts player
- Gordon King, American football player
- Jim King, American baseball player
- John King (racing driver), American NASCAR driver
- John King (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1940s
- Jordan King, British IndyCar driver
- Joshua King (born 1992), Norwegian footballer
- Kim King, American college football player
- Lamar King (born 1975), American football player
- Laurence Eastern "Laurie" King (1908–1992), Australian rules footballer
- Ledley King (born 1980), English footballer
- Lilly King (born 1997), American swimmer
- Louis King (basketball) (born 1999), American basketball player
- Marlon King (born 1980), Jamaican footballer
- Reggie King (born 1957), American basketball player
- Sam King (1911–2003), professional golfer
- Savannah King (born 1992), Canadian freestyle swimmer
- Shaun King (American football), American football player and sports commentator
- Shawn King (basketball), (born 1982), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines basketball player
- Syd King (1873–1933), English footballer and manager
- Vania King (born 1989), American tennis player
- W. J. King (1864–1934), American college football coach
Writing
- Francis King (1923–2011), British novelist, poet, and short story writer
- Georgiana Goddard King (1871–1939), American Hispanist and medievalist
- Grace King, American author
- Hannah T. King (1808–1886), British-American writer, pioneer
- Jessie Margaret King (1862–?), Scottish essayist, journalist, poet
- Stephen King, American horror author
Other
- Basil King (1859–1928), Canadian clergy and novelist
- Beverly Sedgwick King (1876–1935), philatelist of New York City
- Ginevra King (1898–1980), American socialite
- Jean Ledwith King (born 1924), American activist
- Karen Leigh King (born 1954), American academic
- Kelly King (born 1948), American businesswoman
- Lida Shaw King (1868–1932), American classicist and college dean
- Rodney King (1965–2012), American man beaten by Los Angeles police
- Ursula King (born 1938) German scholar of religion
- Willford I. King, American statistician and economist
See also
- Captain King (disambiguation)
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