König

König is the German language word for King. Family names derived from König are also spelled without the umlaut ö as Koenig or without correct transliteration of the umlaut just as Konig.

People named König or Konig

• Arthur König (1856-1901), German physician
• Charles Konig (1774-1851), German-born British naturalist
• Dénes Kőnig (1884-1944), Hungarian mathematician and son of Gyula Kőnig
• Dieter Konig, hydroplane racer, manufacturer of Konig two stroke engines
• Elazar Mordechai Koenig, Breslov rabbi and leader in Safed, Israel
• Franz König, (1905-2004), Cardinal, Archbishop of Vienna
• Franz König, (1832-1910), German surgeon
• Friedrich Eduard König, German Protestant theologian; born in Reichenbach, Saxony
• Friedrich Wilhelm König, Czech-German linguist[1]
• Gabriel Xavier Paul Koenigs (1858–1931), French mathematician
• Gedaliah Aharon Koenig, Breslov rabbi and leader in Jerusalem
• Gyula Kőnig, also known as Julius König, Hungarian mathematician; born in Raab
• Johann König (born 1972), German comedian
• Johann Gerhard König (1728–1785) German botanist in India
• Johann Samuel König (1712–1757), German mathematician
• Joseph König (1819-1900), German theologian
• Karl Rudolf König (1832-1901), German physicist
• Ralf König, German comic artist
• Rudolf König (1865–1927) was an Austrian merchant, amateur astronomer and selenographer
• Wilhelm König, German archaeologist

People named Koenig

• Albert König (1871−1946) German optician, designer of the König eyepiece
• Alexander Koenig (1858-1940), German naturalist
• Andrew Koenig, U.S. computer scientist and author
• Ezra Koenig, American musician, singer/guitarist from Vampire Weekend
• Friedrich Koenig (1774-1833), German inventor
• Fritz Koenig (born 1924), German artist and sculptor
• Gottfried Michael Koenig (born 1926), German-Dutch contemporary composer
• Josh Andrew Koenig, American actor
• Julian Koenig, American advertising executive
• Marie Pierre Koenig (1898-1970), French marshal
• Pierre Koenig (1925-2004), American architect
• Robbie Koenig, South African touring tennis professional during the 1990s
• Sven Koenig, a computer scientist
• Walter Koenig (born 1936), U.S. actor

Other uses

• Commander John Koenig, leader of Moonbase Alpha, fictional character in Space: 1999 played by Martin Landau
• Tolle Koenig, fictional character in the anime series Gundam Seed
• Koenig Specials, German based tuner of luxury sportscars
• The Koenig Memorandum, Israeli government document of 1976
• König type of eyepiece named after designer Albert König
• 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
• König's lemma in graph theory, named after Dénes Kőnig
• König (crater), a lunar crater named after Rudolf König
• SMS König, German battleship, and König class battleships
• König-Brauerei, beer brewery and its beer König Pilsener
• Erwin König, WWII German Sniper
• König, Italian manufacturer of vehicle snow chains. A subsidiary of the Thule corporation group of companies.
• König, Manufacturer of two stroke engines used in outboard motors, motorcycles and road racing sidecars.
• König Komfort- und Rennsitze GmbH, Ilsfeld, Germany, based company providing luxury and racing seats for automobiles and other uses
  • Formula König (de:Formel König), from 1988 to 2003 an entry level single seater series sponsored by the company, with Michael Schumacher winning in 1988
• Koenig lookup, a method used in the C++ programming language to look up unqualified function names. Also known as argument dependent lookup (ADL).

See also

• Königsberg (disambiguation)