König

König (German pronunciation: [ˈkøːnɪç]) is the German word for king. In German and other languages that use the umlaut the spellings König and Koenig are interchangeable. As a surname in English-language use Koenig is usual, or occasionally the umlaut is simply dropped, giving the form Konig. In English it may be pronounced /ˈkeɪnɪɡ/ or /ˈkeɪnɪɡ/.

The name may refer to:

As surname, males

A to F

• Adrianus Antonie Henri Willem König (1867–1944), Dutch politician
• Alexander Koenig (1858–1940), German naturalist
• Alexander König (born 1966), German skater
• Alfons König (1898–1944), Wehrmacht officer during World War II
• Andrew Koenig (actor) (1968–2010), American actor
• Andrew Koenig (politician) (born 1982), American politician in Missouri
• Andrew Koenig (programmer), American computer scientist and author
• Anna Leonore König (1771–1854), Swedish singer
• Arthur König (1856–1901), German physician and researcher into optics
• Arthur König (luger), Italian luger
• Charles Konig (1774–1851), German-born British naturalist
• Claës König (1885–1961), Swedish horse rider
• Dénes Kőnig (1884–1944), Hungarian mathematician (son of Gyula Kőnig)
• Dieter König (1931–1991), hydroplane racer, manufacturer of Konig two stroke engines
• Elazar Mordechai Koenig (born 1945), Israeli Hasidic rabbi
• Ernst König (1908–1986), Wehrmacht officer during World War II
• Eugen König (1896–1985), Wehrmacht officer during World War II
• Ezra Koenig (born 1984), American musician, singer/guitarist from Vampire Weekend
• Franz König (1905–2004), Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna
• Franz König (surgeon), (1832–1910), German surgeon
• Franz Niklaus König (1765–1832), Swiss painter
• Franz Koenigs (1881–1941), German-Dutch banker and art collector
• Fred Koenig (1931–1993), American baseball player and coach
• Friedrich Koenig (1774–1833), German inventor
• Friedrich Eduard König (1846–1936), German Protestant theologian and Semitic scholar
• Fritz Koenig (born 1924), German artist and sculptor

G to M

• Gabriela König (born 1952), German politician
• Gedaliah Aharon Koenig, Israeli Hasidic rabbi
• George Konig (1856–1913), American politician
• Gottfried Michael Koenig (born 1926), German-Dutch contemporary composer
• Gyula Kőnig (1849–1913), also known as Julius König, Hungarian mathematician
• Harold G. Koenig, American psychiatrist
• Imre König (1899–1992), Hungarian chess master
• Jan Latham Koenig (born 1953), English conductor
• Johann Friedrich König (1619–1664), German Lutheran theologian
• Johann Gerhard König (1728–1785), German botanist active in India
• Johann Samuel König (1712–1757), German mathematician
• Joseph König (1819–1900), German theologian
• Juan Ramón Koenig (1623–1709) Peruvian scientist
• Julian Koenig (born 1921), American advertising executive
• Karl König (1902–1966), Austrian paediatrician
• Kip Koenig, American film and television producer and screenwriter
• Laird Koenig, American author
• Lothar Koenigs (born 1965), German conductor
• Ludolf König (1280s–1347 or 1348), Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
• Mark Koenig (1904–1993), American baseball player
• Marie Pierre Kœnig (1898–1970), French army officer and politician
• Miroslav König (born 1972), Slovak footballer

N to Z

• Oliver Koenig (born 1981), German track and field athlete
• Paul König (1867–1933), German merchant navy officer
• Pierre Koenig (1925–2004), American architect
• Ralf König (born 1960), German comic artist
• Reinhard König (1909–1998), German chief engineer on a U-boat in World War II
• Regina König, German luger
• René König (1906–1992), German sociologist.
• Robbie Koenig (born 1971), South African tennis player, later tennis broadcaster
• Robert Koenig (sculptor) (born 1961), British sculptor
• Robert Koenig (filmmaker) (born 1975), American film director, producer, writer and editor
• Ronny König (born 1983), German footballer
• Rudolph Koenig (Karl Rudolph Koenig) (1832–1901), German acoustical physicist
• Rudolf König (1865–1927), Austrian merchant, amateur astronomer and selenographer
• Samuel S. Koenig (1872–1955), Hungarian-American lawyer and politician
• Sven Koenig (cricketer) (born 1973), South African cricketer
• Swen König (born 1985), Swiss footballer
• Sven Koenig (computer scientist), German-American computer scientist
• Todd Koenig (born 1985), American football player
• Trevor Koenig (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
• Walter Koenig (born 1936), American actor
• Wilhelm König, German archaeologist
• Vroni König-Salmi (born 1969), Swiss orienteerer
• Wolf Koenig, German-Canadian film director, producer, animator and cinematographer

Fictional

• Eric Koenig, character in the Marvel Comics Universe
• Erwin König (died 1942), apocryphal World War II German sniper
• John Koenig, in the science fiction television series Space: 1999

Businesses

• Koenig & Bauer, German company that makes printing presses
• König Brauerei, brewery in Duisburg, Germany and its beer König Pilsener
• König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei, brewery in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany

Places

• 3815 König, asteroid
• König (crater), lunar crater named after Rudolf König
• König Glacier, South Georgia
• Koenig Valley, Antactica
• Bad König, spa town in Hesse, Germany
• Museum Koenig, natural history museum in Bonn, Germany, named after Alexander Koenig
• König Pilsener Arena, sports centre in Oberhausen, Germany
• König Palast, sports venue in Krefeld, Germany

Ships, cars and engines

• König class battleship, German battleship at the time of World War I
  • SMS König, a ship of that class
• SMS König Albert, German battleship at the time of World War I
• SMS König Wilhelm (1868), frigate of the Prussian navy
• SS König Albert, German ocean liner at the time of World War I
• Formula König, a formula racing series active from 1988 to 2004
• König SC 430, König SD 570, aircraft engines designed by Dieter König

In mathematics and science

• König's theorem (set theory), named after Gyula Kőnig
• König's theorem (graph theory), named after Dénes Kőnig
• König's theorem (kinetics), named after Samuel König (Johann Samuel König)
• König's lemma in graph theory, named after Dénes Kőnig
• Abbe–Koenig prism, reflecting prism used to invert an image, named after Albert König (1871−1946)
• Koenig's manometric flame apparatus, physical instrument used to visualize sound waves, invented by Rudolph Koenig
• Koenigs–Knorr reaction, substitution reaction of a glycosyl halide with an alcohol to give a glycoside
• König's syndrome, syndrome of abdominal pain in relation to meals, named after Franz König (surgeon)

Other uses

• Koenig Memorandum, Israeli government document of 1976

See also

• King (surname)
• Königsberg (disambiguation)