Kim

Kim

Kim may refer to:

Generic uses as a name

• Kim (Korean name) (김), is the most common family name in Korea
• The Vietnamese spelling of the family name Jin
• A short form of, or nickname for Kimberly, Kimball and other similar given names of either gender
• A Scandinavian male given name, originally short for Joakim (Joachim)
• Kim, an acronymic name ("Kommunistichesky International Molodyozhi" - 'Youth Communist International') used in the early years of the Soviet Union
• Kim (people), a people of Chad

Sports

• Anthony Kim, PGA golfer
• Ashida Kim, controversial martial arts expert
• Birdie Kim, LPGA golfer
• Byung-Hyun Kim, baseball player
• Christina Kim, LPGA golfer
• Mi Hyun Kim, LPGA golfer
• Nellie Kim, USSR gymnast
• Kimothy "Kim" Batiste, American baseball player
• Kim Bokamper, American football player
• Kim Buker, Canadian field hockey player
• Kim Clijsters, Belgian world-class tennis player
• Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprint athlete
• Kim Hagger, English track and field athlete
• Kim Källström, Swedish footballer
• Kim Rhode, skeet shooter
• Rikidōzan (Kim Sin-Nak), professional wrestler
• Kim Yu-Na, Korean figure skater
• Kim (Carlos Henrique Dias), Brazilian footballer

Politics

• Harry Kim (politician), the first Korean American mayor elected in the United States
• Kim Beazley, Australian politician, son of Kim Edward Beazley
• Kim Edward Beazley, Australian politician
• Kim Campbell, first and only (to date) female Canadian Prime Minister
• Kim Dae-jung, former South Korean president
• Kim Gu, last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
• Kim Il-sung, former North Korean leader
• Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader
• Kim Yong-il, Premier of North Korea
• Kim Yong-nam, President of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea
• Kim Young-sam, former South Korean president

Artists

• André Kim, fashion designer
• Andy Kim, singer
• Daniel Dae Kim, American actor
• Hyung-tae Kim, Korean artist
• Jacqueline Kim, actress
• Lil' Kim, singer
• Scott Kim, artist and puzzle maker
• Yuliy Kim, Russian singer and songwriter
• Yu Yeon Kim, international curator
• Kim Appleby, British singer
• Kim Basinger, actress
• Kim Carnes, singer
• Kim Cattrall, actress
• Kim Chiu, teen actress in the Philippines
• Kim Deal, musician
• Kim Deitch, comic book artist
• Kim Fields, actress
• Kim Gordon, musician
• Kim Hee-sun, actress and singer
• Kim Hyun Jung, Korean pop singer
• Kim Mitchell, musician and radio personality
• Kim Moyes, Australian musician
• Kim Novak, actress
• Kim Petersen, also known as King Diamond, singer
• Kim Tae-Hee, actress
• Kim Thayil, lead guitarist for Soundgarden
• Kim Wilde, singer
• Kim Wyatt, singer and dancer
• Kim Yoon-jin, Korean-American actress
• Kim Critchfield, Photographer

Other people

• Jaegwon Kim, philosopher
• Kim Jaegyu, South Korean military and intelligence officer
• Kim Kardashian, personality
• Kim Komando, American talk-radio program host.
• Kim Peek, savant
• Kim Soon-kwon, South Korean maize specialist
• Kim Sun-il, a man beheaded in Iraq
• Kim Philby, British spy and defector to the Soviet Union
• Kim, a Jaredite king in the Book of Mormon

In entertainment

• Kim (novel), a novel by Rudyard Kipling
• Kim (film), a film by MGM starring Errol Flynn
• Kim (TV film), a 1984 British made-for-television film by London Films
• Kim Possible, an animated television series
  • Kim Possible (character), teenage crime fighter heroine of the series
• "Kim (song)", a song from Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP, aimed at his wife Kim Mathers
• Harry Kim (Star Trek), a fictional character on the American television series Star Trek: Voyager
• Kim Bauer, a fictional character in the TV series 24
• Kim Chin, a fictional character from Class of 3000
• Kim Craig, a fictional character in the Australian sitcom Kath & Kim
• Kim Day-Fattibene, a fictional character in the American version of Kath & Kim
• Kim Kaphwan, a fictional character in the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters games. His relatives share the same name: Kim Dong Hwan, Kim Jae Hoon (sons of Kaphwan) and Kim Sue Il (descendant)
• Kim Kelly, a fictional character in the television series Freaks and Geeks, played by Busy Phillips
• Kimberly Wallace, fictional character in the movie My Best Friend's Wedding, played by Cameron Diaz

Places

• Kim, Colorado, United States
• Kosovo i Metohija, Serbia (often abbrevated KiM)

Things

• Khim, musical instrument from Thailand and Cambodia
• Gim (food), a seaweed also known as laver
• KIM-1, microcomputer kit from the 1970s
• Kingdom Identity Ministries, a white-supremacist Christian Identity Church

See also

• Kimball
• Kimberley (disambiguation)
• Kimberly (disambiguation)
• Kimiko