King (given name)

King is the given name or nickname of:

Given name

• King Baggot (1879–1948), American actor, director and screenwriter
• King Bruce (1922–1997), Ghanaian musician
• King C. Gillette (1855–1932), American businessman
• King Fisher (1854–1884), American Old West gunslinger
• King Floyd (1945–2006), American soul singer and songwriter
• M. King Hubbert (1903–1989), American geologist, the originator of the theory of peak oil
• King Lysen (1942–2017), American politician
• King O'Malley (1854–1953), Australian politician
• King Parsons (born 1949), American professional wrestler
• King Rice (born 1968), American basketball coach and former player
• King G. Staples (1851–1910), American politician
• King Vidor (1894–1982), American film director, producer and screenwriter

Nickname

• Joe Carrasco (born 1953), American Tex-Mex new wave guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
• Robert Carter I (1662/63–1732), businessman, planter and colonist in Virginia
• King Clancy (1903–1986), Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive
• King Kelly (1857–1894), American baseball player and manager
• King Moody (1929–2001), American actor and comedian
• King Oliver (1885–1938), African-American jazz cornet player and bandleader

Fictional characters

• King Bradley, a main antagonist in the anime/manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
• King Dedede, in the Kirby video game franchise
• King Hippo, a boxer from the Punch-Out!! video game franchise
• King K. Rool, the main antagonist in Nintendo's Donkey Kong video game franchise
• King Clawthorne, one of the main characters of the animated series The Owl House
• King Kong, a giant monster resembling a gorilla