Kang
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kang may refer to:
Places
[edit ]Historical
[edit ]Present
[edit ]Iran
[edit ]- Kang, Isfahan, a village
- Kang, Kerman, a village
- Kang, Razavi Khorasan, a village
Elsewhere
[edit ]- Kang District, Afghanistan
- Kang, Botswana, a village
- Kang County, Gansu, China
- Kang Kalan, Punjab, India
People
[edit ]Royalty
[edit ]- Tai Kang (reigned 2117–2088 BC), third sovereign of the Xia Dynasty
- King Kang of Zhou (reigned 1020-996 BC or 1005-978 BC), third sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty
- King Kang of Chu (died 545 BC), in ancient China
- Duke Kang of Qi (died 379 BC), titular ruler of Qi
- Emperor Kang of Jin (322-344), of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
Surname
[edit ]- Kang (Chinese surname), a Chinese surname (康)
- Kang (Korean surname), a common Korean surname (강; 姜)
- David Kang, an Australian barrister and gunman
- Eugene Kang (born 1984), Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to U.S. President Barack Obama
- Jimmy Kang, American music producer and executive
- Kang Kek Iew (1942–2020), leader of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge, convicted of crimes against humanity
- Kristi Kang (born 1984), American voice actress affiliated with Funimation
Characters
[edit ]- Kang and Kodos, green one-eyed aliens in The Simpsons
- Kang the Conqueror, a Marvel Comics supervillain
- Kang (Star Trek), a Klingon warrior in Star Trek television series
- The Kangs, two warring gangs in the "Paradise Towers" 1987 Doctor Who episode
- Liu Kang, a character in the Mortal Kombat series
- Kang the Mad, a character in Jade Empire 2005 video game
- Meng Kang, a character in the Water Margin
- Suzie Kang, an object-tracker in The Lost Room mini-series
- Kang Tongbi or Widow Kang, a character in The Years of Rice and Salt 2002 counterfactual novel
Other uses
[edit ]- Kang, the star Kappa Virginis
- Kang bed-stove
- K'ang jo fu or the kang, a self-defense technique
- KANG-LD, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US
- KEUS-LD, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US, formerly KANG-CA
- KANG-TV, a TV station in Waco, Texas, US
- Android Open Kang Project, a smartphone operating system
Topics referred to by the same term
Disambiguation icon
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kang.
If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kang&oldid=1365243655"