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	Kim may refer to: Generic uses as a name Kim (Korean name) Kim (Korean name) Kim is the most common Korean name in Korea. The name is common in both modern-day North Korea and South Korea. The Chinese character used for the name means "gold," and although the character is usually pronounced "geum" in Korea, it is pronounced "gim" when used for the family name and names of some cities, e.g., Gimhae and Gimpo... , is the most common family name in Korea The Vietnamese spelling of the family name Jin Jin (surname) Jin is a Chinese family name. It literally means "gold" and is No. 29 of the Hundred Family Surnames. The surname is also used in Vietnam and Korea, where it is pronounced Kim.... A short form of, or nickname for Kimberly Kimberly (given name) Kimberly , originally used as an English language surname, is both a male and female given name.... , Kimball Kimball (given name) Kimball is a relatively common Kimball - it is also a given name, although relatively rare. It seems probable it may have originated as a variant of "Kimberly ", which is of Old English origin, and is given the meaning "Cyneburg's field", or "forest" or "from the meadow/fortress".... and other similar given names of either gender A Scandinavian male given name, originally short for Joakim (Joachim Joachim Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and therefore is ascribed the title of "forebearer of God", in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Anglican traditions.... ) Kim, an acronymic name Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries This article gives the general understanding of naming conventions in the Russian language as well as in languages affected by Russian linguistics tradition.... ("Kommunistichesky International Molodyozhi" - 'Youth Communist International') used in the early years of the Soviet Union Kim (people) Kim (people) The Kim are a people of Chad, who mainly inhabit four villages in the Mayo-Kebbi Est region. The 1993 RGPH census reported a total population of 15,354 in Chad.... , a people of Chad Sports Anthony Kim Anthony Kim Anthony Ha-Jin Kim is an United States professional golfer.A Korean American, Kim was born in Los Angeles and resides in Dallas, Texas. He attended La Quinta High School in La Quinta, California.... , PGA golfer Ashida Kim Ashida Kim Ashida Kim is the pseudonym of an individual who has authored a series of books on ninjitsu training. Kim operates the DOJO Academy, which he describes as ?an internationally famous martial arts fraternity?.... , controversial martial arts expert Birdie Kim Birdie Kim Birdie Kim is a South Korean golfer. Her career highlight is winning the 2005 U.S. Women's Open Championship at Cherry Hills Country Club. In the last round, she was tied for the lead on the 18th hole.... , LPGA golfer Byung-Hyun Kim Byung-Hyun Kim Byung-Hyun Kim a.k.a BK is a free agent right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Previously, he played for the Arizona Diamondbacks , Boston Red Sox , Colorado Rockies , and Florida Marlins .... , baseball player Christina Kim Christina Kim Christina Kim is a Korean American professional golfer, currently playing on the United States LPGA Tour. She is known for her animated and vocal style of play, as well as her flamboyant dress and the Kangol berets she often wears.... , LPGA golfer Mi Hyun Kim Mi Hyun Kim Mi Hyun Kim is a professional golfer from South Korea. She turned professional in 1996 and won 11 events on the LPGA of Korea Tour between 1996 and 1999.... , LPGA golfer Nellie Kim Nellie Kim Nellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet Union gymnast who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics.... , USSR gymnast Kimothy "Kim" Batiste Kim Batiste Kimothy Emil Batiste is a former Major League Baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants , both of the National League.... , American baseball player Kim Bokamper Kim Bokamper Kim Bokamper is a former American Football linebacker who played his entire nine year career with the National Football League Miami Dolphins from 1977 in sports to 1985 in sports.... , American football player Kim Buker Kim Buker Kim Buker is a field hockey player from Canada, who was first selected with the Canada women's national field hockey team for the 2002 European Tour .... , Canadian field hockey player Kim Clijsters Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a retired Belgian tennis player. She is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked player in singles and in doubles.... , Belgian world-class tennis player Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert is a former Belgium Sprint Athletics .Her closest brush with a world title came in running 4/100 of a second behind three-time champion Gail Devers at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics.... , Belgian sprint athlete Kim Hagger Kim Hagger Kimberly Hagger is a retired England heptathlete. She competed in the long jump as well.AchievementsReferences... , English track and field athlete Kim Källström Kim Källström Kim K?llstr?m* is a left-footed Swedish midfielder playing for the Sweden national football team and Olympique Lyonnais. He has a powerful shot, which once knocked out his team-mate Andreas Isaksson during training prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.... , Swedish footballer Kim Rhode Kim Rhode Kimberly "Kim" Susan Rhode is an United States Double Trap and Olympic Skeet shooter. A California native, she is a two-time Olympic Games gold medal winner and six-time national champion in double trap.... , skeet shooter Rikidozan Rikidozan , better known as Rikidozan , was a Korean Professional wrestling, known as the "Father of Professional wrestling in Japan" and one of the most influential men in wrestling history.... (Kim Sin-Nak), professional wrestler Kim Yu-Na, Korean figure skater Kim Carlos Henrique Dias Carlos Henrique Dias, nicknamed Kim is a Brazil professional football player, currently with Al-Arabi Sports Club.External links... (Carlos Henrique Dias), Brazilian footballer Politics Harry Kim (politician) Harry Kim (politician) Harry Kim is a former Mayor of Hawaii of Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States. Hawaii County is also known as the Big Island. He was elected in 2000.... , the first Korean American mayor elected in the United States Kim Beazley Kim Beazley Kim Christian Beazley, Order of Australia , son of Kim Edward Beazley, is an Australian politician and academic, who was Leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1996 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2006.... , Australian politician, son of Kim Edward Beazley Kim Edward Beazley Kim Edward Beazley Kim Edward Beazley, Order of Australia , known as simply Kim Beazley during his career, Australian politician, was Minister for Education in the government of Gough Whitlam and a Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for 32 years, from 1945 to 1977.... , Australian politician Kim Campbell Kim Campbell Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, Queen's Counsel was the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993 to November 4, 1993 .... , first and only (to date) female Canadian Prime Minister Kim Dae-jung, former South Korean president Kim Gu Kim Gu Kim Gu , the sixth and last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, was a leader of Korean independence movement against the Korea under Japanese rule that lasted from 1910 to 1945 and a reunification activist who had struggled for the independent Korean reunification since its Division of Korea in 1945.... , last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea Kim Il-sung Kim Il-sung Kim Il-sung was the president and absolute ruler of North Korea from its founding in early 1948 until his death, when he was succeeded by his son Kim Jong-il.... , former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-il is the de facto leader of the North Korea. He is the Chairman of the National Defense Commission of North Korea, Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea .... , North Korean leader Kim Yong-il Kim Yong-il Kim Yong-Il is the current Premier of North Korea. He was elected as Premier by the 5th session of the 11th Supreme People's Assembly in April 2007, replacing Pak Pong-ju.... , Premier of North Korea Kim Yong-nam Kim Yong-nam Kim Yong-nam is a top North Korean official. He has been de facto head of state since 1998, and he previously served as foreign minister from 1983 to 1998.... , President of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea Kim Young-sam Kim Young-sam Kim Young-sam was the first civilian President of South Korea since a series of dictatorships beginning with Park Chung-hee. Kim Young-sam was inaugurated on 25 February 1993 and served a single 5-year term.... , former South Korean president Artists André Kim André Kim Andre Kim is a South Korea fashion designer based in Seoul, South Korea. He is known predominantly for his evening and wedding gown collections.... , fashion designer Andy Kim Andy Kim Andy Kim is a Canada pop singer and songwriter.... , singer Daniel Dae Kim Daniel Dae Kim Daniel Dae Kim is an American actor, perhaps best known for playing Jin-Soo Kwon on the television series Lost .... , American actor Hyung-tae Kim Hyung-tae Kim Hyung-Tae Kim is a Korean artist. He has designed characters for video games such as the Magna Carta series and the later installments of the War of Genesis series .... , Korean artist Jacqueline Kim Jacqueline Kim Jacqueline Joan Kim is an American film, theatre and television actress and filmmaker.... , actress Lil' Kim Lil' Kim Kimberly Denise Jones , better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is a Grammy Award winning, American multi-platinum rapper and singer. Her 2005 album, The Naked Truth , was awarded the 5 mics award from The Source magazine, making it the first album by any female rapper to achieve that rating.... , singer Scott Kim Scott Kim Scott Kim is an United States puzzle and computer game designer, artist, and author. He started writing an occasional "Boggler" column for Discover magazine in 1990, and became an exclusive columnist in 1999, and created hundreds of other puzzles for magazines such as Scientific American and Games , as well as thousands of puz... , artist and puzzle maker Yuliy Kim Yuliy Kim Yuliy Chersanovich Kim is one of Russia's foremost bard s and playwrights. His most famous works, encompassing everything from mild humor to biting political satire, include songs for movies such as Bumbarash, The Twelve Chairs , and An Ordinary Miracle, as well as the songs "The Brave Captain," "The Black Sea," "The Whale-Fish... , Russian singer and songwriter Yu Yeon Kim Yu Yeon Kim Yu Yeon Kim is an independent curator based in New York City, USA and Seoul, Korea. She has curated and been a commissioner of many distinguished international exhibitions of contemporary art.... , international curator Kim Appleby Kim Appleby Kim Appleby , is a mixed-race England singer, songwriter and actor. She participated in the duet Mel and Kim, with her sister Melanie Appleby, until her sister's death from cancer.... , British singer Kim Basinger Kim Basinger 'Kimila Ann "Kim" Basinger' is an United States film actor and former fashion model.She won multiple best supporting actress awards for her role in the 1997 film L.A.... , actress Kim Carnes Kim Carnes Kim Carnes is a Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter. She is noted for her distinctive, raspy voice which she attributes to many hours spent singing in smoky bars and nightclub.... , singer Kim Cattrall Kim Cattrall Kim Victoria Cattrall is an England-Canada actress. She is known for her role as Samantha Jones in the HBO comedy/romance series Sex and the City, and for her leading roles in the 1980s films Police Academy and Mannequin .... , actress Kim Chiu Kim Chiu Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu is a Chinese Filipino actress. She was born on April 19, 1990. She was the first Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition, beating 14 other teenage housemates at the Aliw Theater, Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Pasay City on June 3, 2006, with a total of 41.4% or 626,562 votes.... , teen actress in the Philippines Kim Deal Kim Deal Kimberly Ann Deal is an United States singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of the alternative rock band the Pixies. Deal first joined the Pixies in January 1986 as the band's bassist, adopting the stage name Mrs.... , musician Kim Deitch Kim Deitch Kim Deitch is an United States comics artist. He was an important figure in the underground comix movement of the 1960s, regularly contributing comical, psychedelia-tinged comic strips to New York City's premier underground newspaper, The East Village Other, beginning in 1967.... , comic book artist Kim Fields Kim Fields Kim Victoria Fields is an United States actor. She is best known for her roles as List of characters from The Facts of Life#Tootie Ramsey on the long-running NBC sitcom The Facts of Life , and as Regine Hunter on the FOX sitcom Living Single.... , actress Kim Gordon Kim Gordon Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, vocalist, and artist. She sings, plays Bass guitar and guitar in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth.... , musician Kim Hee-sun Kim Hee-sun Kim Hee-sun is a South Korean actress from Seoul who has been acting in Korean TV dramas and films for over a decade.Kim debuted on TV as a year 11 student and later majored in Drama at Chung-Ang University.... , actress and singer Kim Hyun Jung Kim Hyun Jung Kim Hyun Jung is a K-pop singer. Commonly known as the Korean dance-pop queen, she is most famous for energetic dance tunes with influences from traditional Korean melodies.... , Korean pop singer Kim Mitchell Kim Mitchell Joseph Kim Mitchell is a Canada guitarist. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to lead a solo career.... , musician and radio personality Kim Moyes Kim Moyes Kim Moyes is one half of a Sydney electronica two-piece, The Presets. He plays keyboard and drums. He also played Moog synthesizer for Sydney band Prop.... , Australian musician Kim Novak Kim Novak Kim Novak is an United States actor who was one of her nation's most popular movie stars in the late 1950s. She is best known for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo .... , actress Kim Petersen, also known as King Diamond, singer Kim Tae-Hee Kim Tae Hee Kim Tae-hee is a South Korean actress from Ulsan. Kim, who received a bachelor degree in fashion designing at the Seoul National University, rose to stardom via her portrayal of the evil stepsister in the popular Seoul Broadcasting System TV series Stairway to Heaven .... , actress Kim Thayil Kim Thayil Kim Thayil is best known as the guitarist for Seattle, Washington-based grunge band Soundgarden, which he founded with Chris Cornell and Hiro Yamamoto in 1984.... , lead guitarist for Soundgarden Soundgarden Soundgarden was an American Rock music band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by lead singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto.... Kim Wilde Kim Wilde Kim Wilde is an England pop singer.Wilde burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the new wave music classic "Kids in America ", which hit number two in the UK Singles Chart.... , singer Kim Yoon-jin Kim Yoon-jin 'Yunjin Kim' is a Korean film and theatre actor, best known in the English-speaking world for her role as Sun-Hwa Kwon on the American Broadcasting Company television Lost .... , Korean-American actress Other people Jaegwon Kim Jaegwon Kim Jaegwon Kim is a Korean-born United States philosopher currently working at Brown University. He is best known for his work on Problem of mental causation and the Mind-body dichotomy.... , philosopher Kim Jaegyu Kim Jaegyu Kim Jaegyu was a retired Republic of Korea Army Lieutenant General and intelligence officer.He was most famous for, while Director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Park Chung-hee assassination, who had been one of his closest friends for a long time, on October 26, 1979.... , South Korean military and intelligence officer Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kimberly Noel "Kim" Kardashian is an American celebutante, socialite, fashion model, actress, apparel retailer, and television personality. She is perhaps best known for her social life, sex tape scandal, feud with radio personality Ana Kasparian, and her role on the E! reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians.... , personality Kim Komando Kim Komando Kim Komando is the radio host of an United States talk radio program based on the popularity of personal computers, the use of the Internet, and the complexities of consumer electronics.... , American talk-radio program host. Kim Peek Kim Peek Kim Peek is a savant syndrome though he is not autistic; he likely has FG syndrome. He has a photographic or eidetic memory and developmental disabilities, possibly resulting from congenital brain abnormalities.... , savant Kim Soon-kwon Kim Soon-kwon Kim Soon-kwon is a South Korean maize specialist employed by Kyungpook National University. Although there is no support, some have claimed that he was nominated to Nobel Prize in 1992, 1993 and again in 1996.... , South Korean maize specialist Kim Sun-il Kim Sun-il Kim Sun-il was a South Korean Translation and Christianity missionary who was kidnapped and killed by Islamic extremists in Iraq.Kim was fluent in Arabic language, holding a graduate degree in that language from Seoul's Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in February 2003.... , a man beheaded in Iraq Kim Philby Kim Philby Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby or H.A.R. Philby , was a high-ranking member of British military intelligence. A socialism, he served as an NKVD and KGB operative.... , British spy and defector to the Soviet Union Kim List of Book of Mormon people This list is intended as a quick reference for individuals mentioned in The Book of Mormon.... , a Jaredite Jaredite The Jaredites are a people written of in the Book of Mormon, principally in the Book of Ether. In the Book of Ether, the Jaredites are described as the descendants of Jared and his brother, at the time of the Tower of Babel.... king in the Book of Mormon Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the churches of the Latter Day Saint Movement. It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr.... In entertainment Kim (novel) Kim (novel) *Kim* is a novel by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in McClure's from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassell's Magazine from January to November 1901, and first published in book form by Macmillan Publishers in October 1901.... , a novel by Rudyard Kipling Kim (film) Kim (film) *Kim* is a 1950 in film adventure film made by MGM. It was directed by Victor Saville and produced by Leon Gordon from a screenplay by Helen Deutsch, Leon Gordon and Richard Schayer, based on the Kim by Rudyard Kipling.... , a film by MGM starring Errol Flynn Kim (TV film) Kim (TV film) Kim is a 1984 United Kingdom television film directed by John Howard Davies and based on Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim . The film stars Peter O'Toole, Bryan Brown, John Rhys-Davies, Nadira , Jalal Agha, Raj Kapoor and Ravi Sheth in the title role.... , a 1984 British made-for-television film by London Films Kim Possible Kim Possible *Kim Possible* is an Emmy Award-winning United States animated television series about a teenage crime fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day.... , an animated television series Kim Possible (character) Kim Possible (character) Kimberly Ann Possible is the title character from Disney Channel animated television series Kim Possible.Kim debuted in the series opening episode in June 2002, and starred in all 65 episodes of Season 1-3.... , teenage crime fighter heroine of the series "Kim (song) Kim (song) "Kim" is a controversial song by Eminem which is the 16th track in his third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP, which was released in 2000.... ", a song from Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP, aimed at his wife Kim Mathers Harry Kim (Star Trek) Harry Kim (Star Trek) Ensign Harry Kim, played by Garrett Wang, is a character in the television series Star Trek: Voyager. He serves as the USS Voyager 's operations officer.... , a fictional character on the American television series Star Trek: Voyager Kim Bauer Kim Bauer Kim Bauer is a fictional character played by Elisha Cuthbert on the television series 24 .... , a fictional character in the TV series 24 Kim Chin Kim Chin Kim Chin may refer to:* Kim Chin , a main character in the television series Class of 3000* Kim Chin Kyung , professor of economics... , a fictional character from Class of 3000 Kim Craig Kim Craig Kimberly Diane "Kim" Craig is a fictional character in the Australian sitcom Kath & Kim, portrayed by Gina Riley. Kimberly is a community phone center operator who, despite her "people skills", would rather complain and harass her mother, even after moving back in with her.... , a fictional character in the Australian sitcom Kath & Kim Kim Day-Fattibene, a fictional character in the American version of Kath & Kim Kath & Kim (U.S. TV series) *Kath & Kim* is an United States version of the award-winning Australian television Kath & Kim of the same name. It will also air on E! Network in Canada; the premiere dates in other parts of the world are not yet announced.... Kim Kaphwan Kim Kaphwan Kap-hwan Kim , usually written surname first as Kim Kap-hwan, is a character in both the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series by SNK.... , 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 Freaks and Geeks *Freaks and Geeks* is an United States television series, created by Paul Feig and Television producer by Judd Apatow, that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season.... , played by Busy Phillips Kimberly Wallace, fictional character in the movie My Best Friend's Wedding My Best Friend's Wedding *My Best Friend's Wedding* is a 1997 in film romantic comedy film from TriStar Pictures, directed by P. J. Hogan.It stars Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Dermot Mulroney, Rupert Everett and Rachel Griffiths.... , played by Cameron Diaz Places Kim, Colorado Kim, Colorado The Town of Kim is a Colorado municipalities#Statutory_Town located in Las Animas County, Colorado, Colorado, United States. The population was 65 at the U.S.... , United States Kosovo i Metohija, Serbia (often abbrevated KiM) Things Khim Khim The *khim* is a hammered dulcimer from Music of Thailand and Music of Cambodia. It is made of wood and trapezoidal in shape, with numerous brass strings.... , musical instrument from Thailand and Cambodia Gim (food) Gim (food) *Gim* , sometimes spelled *kim, is a Culture of Korea-style edible seaweed in the genus Porphyra, similar to the Wales-style Laver and Japan-style nori.... , a seaweed also known as laver KIM-1 KIM-1 The KIM-1, short for Keyboard Input Monitor, was a small MOS Technology 6502-based microcomputer kit developed and produced by MOS Technology and launched in 1975.... , microcomputer kit from the 1970s Kingdom Identity Ministries Kingdom Identity Ministries Kingdom Identity Ministries* is a Christian Identity outreach ministry based in Harrison, Arkansas advocating racism, anti-Semitism and execution of homosexuals.... , a white-supremacist Christian Identity Church See also Kimball Kimball Kimball may refer to:PeopleKimball Kimball PlacesUnited States* Kimball, Minnesota* Kimball, Nebraska* Kimball, South Dakota... Kimberley (disambiguation) Kimberly (disambiguation) Kimiko Kimiko Kimiko is a Japanese name Grammatical gender#Personal names personal name, and may refer to:...