Famous people with the initials WK March 12, 2026

Ukrainian boxer (born 1976)

Jurassic Park

Wladimir Klitschko

Wiz Khalifa

American rapper (born 1987)

Wilhelm Keitel

German field marshal (1882–1946)

William Katt

American actor and musician (born 1951)

William #31

Wassily Kandinski

avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866–1944)

Walter Koenig

American actor and screenwriter

Walter #11

Werner Klemperer

German-American actor and musician

William Kristol

American writer

William #88

#10

Wab Kinew

Canadian politician

#11

William Lyon Mackenzie King

10th Prime Minister of Canada (1874–1950)

William #97

#12

William Kidd

Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean

William #105

#13

Willy Kambwala

French and DR Congolese footballer (born 2004)

#14

Will Keen

British actor

#15

William Kamkwamba

Malawian inventor and author

William #141

#16

Willem de Kooning

Dutch painter

#17

Warren Kole

vice president of the United States from March to April 1853 (1786–1853)

The Avengers

#18

Will Knightley

British actor

#19

William R. King

William #155

#20

Will Keane

Irish-English footballer (born 1993)

#21

Will Keith Kellogg

American businessman

#22

Wasim Khan

English cricketer

#23

Walker Kessler

American basketball player

#24

Will Kemp

English actor

#25

William Kentridge

South African artist

William #196

#26

William Kunstler

American lawyer and civil rights activist (1919-1995)

#27

Walter Kirn

American novelist

Walter #49

#28

Will Kirby

American reality television personality

#29

Walter Stanley Keane

American plagiarist

Walter #52

#30

Wim Kok

Dutch trade unionist and politician

#31

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

British physicist and engineer (1824-1907)

#32

William Kemmler

American murderer

#33

Wolf Kahler

German actor

Raiders of the Lost Ark

#34

Wong Ka Kui

Hong Kong singer-songwriter

#35

Wisdom Kaye

American fashion influencer

#36

Wellington Koo

Republic of China diplomat

#37

Will Klein

American baseball player

#38

Wendy Kilbourne

US actor and lawyer

#39

Wanda Klaff

Nazi concentration camp guard

#40

William Kent Krueger

author | novelist

#41

Willie Kgositsile

South African poet and journalist

#42

Walter Kaufmann

American philosopher

Walter #78

#43

Wally Kurth

American singer and television performer

#44

William Karlsson

Swedish ice hockey player

#45

William IV of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 1830 to 1837

#46

Walter Kennedy

American politician

Walter #91

#47

Wynton Kelly

American jazz pianist

#48

Ward Kimball

American animator

#49

Walter Krueger

American soldier and general officer

Walter #103

#50

Wang Kai

Chinese actor

Wang #27

#51

Winthrop Niles Kellogg

American comparative psychologist

#52

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz

Polish politician and deputy

#53

William King

American founding member of the Commodores

#54

Winfried Kretschmann

Canadian author (1935-2016)

#55

W. P. Kinsella

#56

Walter Kutschmann

German SS officer

Walter #109

#57

William Kumuyi

Nigerian clergyman and academic

#58

Wolfgang Kapp

Prussian civil servant and journalist. Nominal leader of the Kapp-Putsch

#59

Wright King

American lawyer and politician

#60

William W. Knight

#61

Wolfgang Kindl

Austrian luger

#62

Wolfgang Kroll

German-Chinese physicist

#63

Wacław Kiełtyka

Polish musician and composer

#64

Wyatt Knight

American executive in the automotive industry | commissioned as a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army during WWII to help direct industrial production

#65

William S. Knudsen

#66

William Kennedy

American writer and journalist

#67

Werner Kniesek

Austrian murderer

#68

Wojciech Kilar

Polish composer

#69

Wilhelm Kube

German-American psychologist and phenomenologist

#70

Werner Krauss

actor

#71

William J. Knight

American politician

#72

Wim Kieft

Dutch footballer

#73

Wolfgang Köhler

#74

Wael Kfoury

Lebanese singer

#75

William Kempe

English actor and dancer

#76

Witold Kiełtyka

Polish musician

#77

Wajahat Saeed Khan

Pakistani multimedia journalist

#78

Wladimir Köppen

German meteorologist

#79

Walther Kadow

German murder victim (1860-1923)

#80

Walter Knott

Amusement park developer

Walter #155

#81

Wafaa El Kilani

Egyptian television presenter

#82

Wahbi Khazri

Tunisian association football player

#83

Walt Kelly

American cartoonist

#84

William Kent

painter | landscape architect

#85

Wilhelm Kempff

German musician

#86

Walter Krüger

American nonprofit executive

Walter #163

#87

Wendy Kopp

#88

Walter Krivitsky

Soviet spy

Walter #166

#89

Walter Kwok

Hong Kong businessman

Walter #169

#90

William Donald Kelley

American dentist (1925-2005)

#91

Wilhelm von Knyphausen

Prussian soldier

#92

Wayan Koster

senior legislator for Indonesian Parliament

#93

Wanlov the Kubolor

Ghanaian musician

#94

William Kassouf

British poker player

#95

William Klein

artist

#96

Wayne Kellestine

Canadian outlaw biker and mass murderer

#97

Weldon Kees

American artist

#98

Walter Kohn

American physicist

Walter #178

#99

William Kircher

New Zealand actor

#100

Wolfgang von Kempelen

#101

Willy van der Kuijlen

Dutch footballer

#102

William Fife Knowland

American politician and newspaper publisher

#103

Wolfgang Ketterle

German physicist

#104

Willy van de Kerkhof

Dutch footballer

#105

Wong Ka Keung

Hong Kong singer

#106

Władysław Kozakiewicz

Polish pole vaulter

#107

Will Kymlicka

Canadian philosopher

#108

Wong Kei-ying

Chinese martial artist

#109

Willie Keeler

American baseball player

#110

Werner Kempf

American television personality

#111

William Kurelek

Canadian artist

#112

Wendy Kaufman

#113

Wilson Kipketer

Kenyan and Danish middle distance runner

#114

William A. Knowlton

United States general

#115

Warren Kinsella

Canadian politician

#116

Wan Kuzain

US association football player

#117

Wadah Khanfar

Palestinian journalist

#118

Walter Krupinski

German general and fighter pilot during World War II

#119

Wayne Kramer

South African-American screenwriter | film producer | storyboard artist and film director

#120

Wayne Kirkpatrick

American musician

#121

Willem Johan Kolff

Dutch medical researcher

#122

Walter Kasper

cardinal and bishop of the Catholic Church

#123

Walid Khalidi

Palestinian historian

#124

Wayne Krantz

American guitarist

#125

Waldemar Kita

Polish businessman

#126

William Kahan

Canadian mathematician and computer scientist

#127

Wan Kuzri

Malaysian footballer (born 2002)

#128

Wataru Katō

Japanese voice actor

#129

Wilhelm Koppe

American actress and singer

#130

Walter Kempowski

German writer

#131

Whitney Kershaw

#132

Wiesław Kukuła

Polish soldier

#133

Weini Kelati

Eritrean-American long-distance runner

#134

Weronika Książkiewicz

actress

#135

Wanuri Kahiu

Kenyan film director

#136

Wilhelm Keppler

first U.S. brain surgeon.

#137

William Williams Keen

#138

William Kitchiner

British food writer

#139

William Frederick Knight

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

#140

William F. Kernan

#141

Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg

Bohemian nobleman (1711-1794)

#142

Waibhav Anil Kale

Indian Army officer (1978–2024)

#143

Wade Kapszukiewicz

American politician | 58th and current Mayor of Toledo | Ohio

#144

Walter KannemanM

Argentinian footballer

#145

Wych Kaosayananda

Thai film director

#146

William Kamm

Australian child abuser

#147

Walter Kerr

American writer

#148

Wilfried Kanga

French association football player

#149

Wayne King

American musician

#150

Wellington Koo

Taiwanese politician

#151

Wieke Kaptein

Dutch football player

#152

Wojciech Korfanty

#153

Warren Keith

American mixed martial arts fighter

Fargo

#154

Will Kuluva

actor

#155

Wanweiroy Kharlukhi

Indian politician

#156

William Knight

#157

Wyatt Kaiser

American ice hockey player

#158

William Worge Kreü

Swedish ice hockey player

#159

Wolf Kahn

American artist

#160

William King

writer of a number of successful science-fiction and fantasy books

#161

Werner Kok

South African rugby player

#162

Wayne Koestenbaum

American writer

#163

Waqar Masood Khan

Pakistani bureaucrat

#164

Wei Koh

Founder of Revolution Watch and The Rake; Singapore-based watch journalist and entrepreneur

#165

William Kotzwinkle

Novelist | short story writer | children's writer | screenwriter

#166

Walter Klemperer

American chemist

#167

Walter Kingsford

British actor

#168

Walter Kitchener

British Army general

#169

William Kvist

Danish footballer

#170

Wai Kee-shun

Hong Kong businessman | publisher and sports figure (1933-2026)

#171

Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski

Union United States Army general

#172

William G. Kaelin

American university teacher

#173

Wojciech Kossak

Polish painter

#174

William Keighley

American actor and film director

#175

William Myron Keck

American businessman

#176

Wouter Koolmees

Dutch politician and civil servant

#177

Willem Kieft

Dutch colonial governor

#178

Walter Kohl

German entrepreneur | son of Helmut Kohl

#179

Wani Kayrie

Malaysian singer and actress

#180

Wong Soon Koh

Malaysian politician

#181

William Melvin Kelley

Novelist | short story writer

#182

William Pitt Kellogg

United States Senator and Governor of Louisiana

#183

Waldemar Kobus

German actor

#184

Walter Krämer