King is a surname of English, Scottish and French origin. The English name comes from Old English cyning (tribal leader), which may derive from Proto-Germanic kuningaz.
The Irish surname King is associated with County Galway and was often given to Irish-American immigrants as an anglicized form of the surname Conroy, among others.
The Scottish surname King is a sept of the Clan Gregor / MacGregor.
The French surname King is associated with orphanages in France where children were given the last name Roi/Roy [French for King], as they were called the King's children. For example, the Filles de Roi, or King's girls, were young girls who were given a dowry by the King and sent to Quebec in the 16th century. For immigrants to the United States, the name was then Americanised to King.
Arts and music
Allyn King (1899–1930), American stage and film actress
B.B. King (1925-2015), American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
Ben E. King (1938-2015), American singer
Bertie King (1912–1981), Jamaican jazz and mento musician
Bianca King (born 1985), Filipina actor
Bill King (1927-2005), American radio announcer
Brett King (1920-1999), American actor and businessman
Carole King, American singer and songwriter
Dennis King, actor
Earl King (1934-2003), American blues singer-songwriter
Freddie King (1934-1976), American blues guitarist
Georgia King, actress
Héctor King, Mexican recording artist
Inge King (1915-2016), German-born Australian sculptor
Jazzy (or Jasmina) King, German-English singer
Jessie Marion King, Scottish painter and illustrator
Jonathan King, British musician and record producer
Jonathan King (film director), New Zealand film director
Kerry King (born 1964), American rock musician
Mabel King (1932-1999), American film, stage, and television actor
Marcia Gygli King (1931-2011), American artist
Mollie King (born 1987), British singer
Pee Wee King (1914-2000), American country music singer
Raj King, a television presenter played by Aatif Nawaz in the British web series Corner Shop Show.
Regina King (born 1971), American actor
Rowena King (born 1970), British actor
Ruby (or Natasha) King, German-English singer
Sidney E. King (1906-2002), American painter
Solomon King (1930–2005), American singer
Tara King, fictional character in The Avengers television series
Teddi King (1929-1977), American jazz and pop vocalist
Wayne King (1901-1985), American musician, singer, songwriter and orchestral leader
Wright King (born 1923), American actor
Ernest King (1878–1956), US Navy admiral
Politics and government
Adam King (1783–1835), former US Representative from Pennsylvania
Alveda King (born 1951), American politician and minister
Angela King (1938-2007), Jamaican diplomat
Bruce King (1924–2009), former governor of New Mexico
Coretta Scott King, American civil rights leader and widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Frederick King (born 1923), Canadian House of Commons member
Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader
Owen King (Wisconsin) (1845-1932), American politician and businessman
Ralph E. King (1902-1974), American physician and Louisiana state senator
William Lyon Mackenzie King, 10th prime minister of Canada
Leonard William King (1869-1919), English archaeologist
Lester Charles King (1907–1989), English geomorphologist
Adam King (born 1995), Scottish footballer
Alex King (basketball) (born 1985), German basketballer
Barry King (decathlete) (born 1945), British Olympic decathlete, corporate director and author
Barry King (tennis) (born 1985), Irish tennis player
Bernard King (born 1956), American basketball player
Billie Jean King (born 1943), American tennis player
Cathy King, Canadian curler
Collis King, former West Indian cricketer
Dana M. King, American college sports coach
D. J. King (born 1984), Canadian professional ice hockey player
Dolly King (1916–1969), American basketball player
Don King (born 1931), American boxing promoter
Don King (born 1960), American surfing photographer
Dwight King (born 1989), Canadian professional ice hockey player
Emmit King (born 1959), American sprinter
Ernie King (1903–1993), English footballer who played for Southampton
Gordon King, American football player
Kim King, American college football player
Lamar King (born 1975), American football player
Ledley King (born 1980), English footballer
Lilly King (born 1997), American swimmer
Marlon King (born 1980), Jamaican footballer
Reggie King (born 1957), American basketball player
Sam King (1911-2003), professional golfer
Savannah King (born 1992), Canadian freestyle swimmer
Shaun King (American football), American football player and sports commentator
Shawn King (basketball), (born 1982), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines basketball player
Syd King (1873-1933), English footballer and manager
Vania King (born 1989), American tennis player
W. J. King (1864-1934), American college football coach
Francis King (1923-2011), British novelist, poet, and short story writer
Grace King, American author
Harold R. "Hal" King, American suspense novelist
Stephen King, American horror author
Basil King (1859–1928), Canadian clergy and novelist
Beverly Sedgwick King (1876–1935), philatelist of New York City
Karen Leigh King (born 1954), American academic
Kelly King (born 1948), American businesswoman
Rodney King (1965–2012), American man beaten by Los Angeles police
Willford I. King, American statistician and economist
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