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s ''Koenig'' and ''Kœnig'', when referring to a surname, also occur. As a surname in English, the use of ''Koenig'' is usual, and sometimes also ''Konig''. Notable people with the name include:

People

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* Adam Koenig (born 1971), American politician * Adrianus König (1867–1944), Dutch politician * Aislinn Konig *

Alexander Koenig Alexander Ferdinand Koenig (20 February 1858 – 16 July 1940) was a German naturalist and zoologist. Koenig was born at St Petersburg, Russia where his father was a successful merchant. He grew up in Bonn. Koenig became interested in nat ...

(1858–1940), German naturalist *

Alexander König Alexander König (born 23 August 1966) is a German figure skating coach and former competitor. Competing in pairs with Peggy Schwarz, he became the 1988 European bronze medalist and placed seventh at three Winter Olympics. As a single skater, he ...

(born 1966), German skater * Alfons König (1898–1944), Wehrmacht officer during World War II *

Alfred König Alfred König, also known as Ali Ferit Gören and Alfred Göring (born 2 October 1913-1987), was an Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter. He was Austrian national champion in the 200m juniors in 1932, the 400m in 1936, the 4x100m relay in 1937, and ...

(1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter * Andrew Koenig (1968–2010), American actor *

Andrew Koenig (politician) Andrew P. Koenig (born December 21, 1982) is an American politician who since 2017 has served in the Missouri Senate. Koenig is a former member of the Missouri House of Representatives as well as a small business owner. He represented the 88th d ...

(born 1982), American politician in Missouri *

Andrew Koenig (programmer) Andrew Richard Koenig (; born June 1952) is a former AT&T and Bell Labs researcher and programmer. He is the author of '' C Traps and Pitfalls'' and co-author (with Barbara Moo) of ''Accelerated C++'' and ''Ruminations on C++'', and his name is a ...

, American computer scientist and author * Anna Leonore König (1771–1854), Swedish singer * Arthur König (1856–1901), German physician and researcher into optics * Bronson Koenig (born 1994), American basketball player *

Charles Konig Charles Dietrich Eberhard Konig or Karl Dietrich Eberhard König, KH (1774 – 6 September 1851) was a German naturalist. He was born in Brunswick and educated at Göttingen. He came to England at the end of 1800 to organize the collection ...

(1774–1851), German-born British naturalist *

Claës König Claës Henrik Magnus König (15 January 1885 – 25 November 1961) was a Swedish nobleman, officer, Crown Equerry (1935–1946) and horse rider, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he and his ho ...

(1885–1961), Swedish horse rider * Dave Konig (born 1962), American comedian * Dénes Kőnig (1884–1944), Hungarian mathematician, son of Gyula *

Dieter König Dieter König (19 May 1931 – 17 August 1991) raced hydroplanes and was also responsible for manufacturing the engines that powered them. During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s his "König" engines dominated the sport. The engines were manufactured in ...

(1931–1991), hydroplane racer, manufacturer of Konig two stroke engines * Elazar Mordechai Koenig (born 1945), Israeli Hasidic rabbi *

Ernst König __NOTOC__ Ernst König (12 August 1908 – 3 March 1986) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Awards and decorations * Iron Cross ...

(1908–1986), Wehrmacht officer during World War II *

Erwin König Erwin König was a German ''Wehrmacht'' sniper reportedly killed by the Soviet sniper Vasily Zaytsev during the Battle of Stalingrad. König is mentioned both in Zaytsev's memoirs ''Notes of a Sniper'' (a "Major Konings", potentially '' SS'') an ...

Eugen König __NOTOC__ Eugen König (19 September 1896 – 8 April 1985) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Awards and decorations * Iron Cross ...

(1896–1985), Wehrmacht officer during World War II *

Ezra Koenig Ezra Michael Koenig ( ; born April 8, 1984) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and internet radio personality. He is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of indie rock band Vampire Weekend. Additio ...

(born 1984), American musician, singer/guitarist in Vampire Weekend *

Franz König Franz König (3 August 1905 – 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope John ...

(1905–2004), Cardinal, Archbishop of Vienna *

Franz König (surgeon) Franz König (10 February 1832 – 12 December 1910) was a German surgeon. The son of a physician, he was born in Rotenburg an der Fulda. In 1855 he received his doctorate from the University of Marburg, and was later district wound surgeon (' ...

(1832–1910), German surgeon * Franz Niklaus König (1765–1832), Swiss painter * Franz Koenigs (1881–1941), German-Dutch banker and art collector *

Fred Koenig Fred Carl Koenig (April 27, 1931 – January 12, 1993) was an American first baseman and manager in minor league baseball and a coach and farm system director at the Major League level. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Koenig threw and batted ri ...

(1931–1993), American baseball player and coach *

Friedrich Koenig Friedrich Gottlob Koenig (17 April 1774 – 17 January 1833) was a German inventor best known for his high-speed steam-powered printing press, which he built together with watchmaker Andreas Friedrich Bauer. This new style of printing pre ...

(1774–1833), German inventor * Friedrich König (painter) (1857–1941), Austrian artist * Friedrich Eduard König (1846–1936), German Protestant theologian and Semitic scholar * Fritz Koenig (1924–2017), German artist and sculptor

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* Gabriela König (born 1952), German politician * Gedaliah Aharon Koenig, Israeli Hasidic rabbi * George Konig (1856–1913), American politician *

Gottfried Michael Koenig Gottfried Michael Koenig (5 October 1926 – 30 December 2021)"In Memoriam Got ...

(1926–2021), German-Dutch composer * Gyula Kőnig (1849–1913), also known as Julius König, Hungarian mathematician * Harold G. Koenig, American psychiatrist * Herbert D. Koenig (1933-2018), Doctor of Osteopathy *

Imre König Imre König (Koenig) aka Mirko Kenig (September 2, 1901, Gyula, Austria-Hungary – September 9, 1992, Santa Monica, California) was a chess master representing Yugoslavia and Great Britain. He was born in Gyula, Hungary, and also lived in Aust ...

(1899–1992), Hungarian chess master *

Jan Latham-Koenig Jan Betrand Latham-Koenig, (born 1953) is a British conductor. He was born in England, coming from French, Danish and Polish origins. He attended Highgate School and then studied at the Royal College of Music in London before he founded the Ko ...

(born 1953), English conductor * Jared Koenig (born 1994), American baseball player * Jörn König (born 1967), German politician *

Johann König (painter) Johann König (21 October 1586 – 4 March 1642) was a German painter. The son of a Nuremberg goldsmith, König was a follower of Adam Elsheimer. He is known today primarily because of his very finely painted copper panels. Life König was bor ...

(1586–1642), German painter * Johann Friedrich König (1619–1664), German Lutheran theologian * Johann Balthasar König (1691–1758), German composer * Johann Samuel König (1712–1757), German mathematician *

Johann Gerhard König Johann Gerhard König (29 November 1728 – 26 June 1785) was a Baltic German botanist and physician who served in the Tranquebar Mission, India before joining service under the Nawab of Arcot, and then the English East India Company. He collected ...

(1728–1785), German botanist active in India * Johann König (gymnast) (born 1932), Austrian gymnast *

Johann König (art dealer) Johann König (born 22 July 1981) is a German art dealer, and the founder of König Galerie. Since 2019 he has faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. König's attorney obtained an injunction (Az. 324 O 397/22) from the Hamburg Regional C ...

(born 1981), German art dealer * John Koenig (diplomat), American diplomat *John Koenig, the creator of '' The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows'' * Joseph König (theologian) (1819–1900), German theologian * Joseph König (chemist) (1843–1930), German chemist * Juan Ramón Koenig (1623–1709) Peruvian scientist *

Julian Koenig Julian Norman Koenig (; April 22, 1921 – June 12, 2014) was an American copywriter. He was inducted into The One Club Creative Hall of Fame in 1966. Early life and education Koenig was born to a Jewish family Karl König Karl König (25 September 1902 – 27 March 1966) was an Austrian paediatrician who founded the Camphill Movement, an international movement of therapeutic intentional communities for those with special needs or disabilities. Biography König ...

(1902–1966), Austrian paediatrician *

Kip Koenig Kip Koenig is an American film and television producer and screenwriter. Koenig's most notable work has been on medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'', for which he has served as supervising producer and consulting producer for dozens of episodes, and h ...

, American film and television producer and screenwriter * Laird Koenig (born 1927), American author * Lea Koenig (born 1929), Israeli actor * Leo von König (1871–1944), German painter *

Leopold König Leopold König (born 15 November 1987) is a Czech former professional road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the , , and teams. Since retiring, he has acted as the race director for the Czech Cycling Tour and the Cours ...

(born 1987), Czech road cyclist *

Lothar Koenigs Lothar Koenigs (born 1965 in Aachen, Germany) is a German conductor. Biography Koenigs grew up in Aachen, in West Germany; as a young boy, he was a chorister at Aachen Cathedral, where he sang all of Anton Bruckner's masses and motets, and dev ...

(born 1965), German conductor *

Mark Koenig Mark Anthony Koenig (July 19, 1904 – April 22, 1993) was an American baseball shortstop who played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played with the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and New Yor ...

(1904–1993), American baseball player *

Marie-Pierre Kœnig Marie Joseph Pierre François Kœnig or Koenig (10 October 1898 – 2 September 1970) was a French general during World War II during which he commanded a Free French Brigade at the Battle of Bir Hakeim in North Africa in 1942. He started a pol ...

(1898–1970), French army officer and politician *

Miroslav König Miroslav König (born 1 June 1972) is a retired Slovak football goalkeeper of German descent, who played during the 1990s and 2000s. He played for a number of clubs in Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Greece. Career König ...

(born 1972), Slovak football player *

Morris Koenig Morris Koenig (March 13, 1883 – December 1, 1939) was a Hungarian-born Jewish-American lawyer and judge from New York City. Life Koenig was born on March 13, 1883, in Eger, Hungary, the son of Joseph Koenig and Rose Schwartz. He immigrated to A ...

(1883–1939), Hungarian-American lawyer and judge

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* Oliver Koenig (born 1981), German athlete * Ove König (1950–2020), Swedish speed skater *

Paul König Paul Liebrecht König (March 20, 1867 – September 9, 1933) was a sailor and business executive. The son of a clergyman, married to an English wife from whom he separated for the duration of the war, he is most known for two visits he made to the ...

(1867–1933), German merchant navy officer * Paul König (Scouting) * Peter Konig * Pia König (born 1993), Austrian tennis player * Pierre Koenig (1925–2004), American architect *

Ralf König Ralf König (born 8 August 1960) is one of the best known and most commercially successful German comic book creators. His books have been translated into many languages. He has resided in Soest, Dortmund and Berlin and now lives in Cologne. B ...

(born 1960), German comic artist * Regina König, German luger *

René König René König (5 July 1906 – 21 March 1992) was a German sociologist. He was very influential on West German sociology after 1949. Born in Magdeburg, he 1925 took up Philosophy, Psychology, Ethnology, and Islamic Studies at the Universities of ...

(1906–1992), German sociologist *

Robbie Koenig Robbie Koenig ( ; born 5 July 1971) is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa who is now a tennis commentator and analyst. He won five doubles titles and reached the semifinals of the 1998 US Open men's doubles competition. Ko ...

(born 1971), South African tennis player and broadcaster * Robert Koenig (sculptor) (born 1961), British sculptor *

Robert Koenig (filmmaker) Robert Koenig (born July 9, 1975 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American film director, producer, writer and editor. Koenig directed the documentary film "Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army", which won ...

(born 1975), American film director, producer, writer and editor * Robert König (1885–1979), Austrian mathematician * Ronny König (born 1983), German football player * Rudolph Koenig (1832–1901), German acoustical physicist * Rudolf König (1865–1927), Austrian merchant, astronomer and selenographer * Samuel S. Koenig (1872–1955), Hungarian-American lawyer and politician *

Sarah Koenig Sarah Koenig (; born July 9, 1969 in New York City) is an American journalist, public radio personality, former producer of the television and radio program ''This American Life'', and the host and executive producer of the podcast '' Serial''. ...

(born 1969), American journalist * Stephanie Koenig, American actress and writer * Sven Koenig (computer scientist), German-American computer scientist * Sven Koenig (cricketer) (born 1973), South African cricketer *

Swen König Swen König (born 3 September 1985) is a retired Swiss football goalkeeper Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the for ...

(born 1985), Swiss football player * Todd Koenig (born 1985), American football player *

Trevor Koenig Trevor Koenig (born 10 December 1974) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He last played for the Dundee Stars in the UK Elite Ice Hockey League. Koenig was born in Edmonton, Alberta. Koenig currently coaches the Mighty Bulls' U7 a ...

(born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player * Vroni König-Salmi (born 1969), Swiss orienteerer *

Walter Koenig Walter Marvin Koenig (; born September 14, 1936) is an American actor and screenwriter. He began acting professionally in the mid 1960s and quickly rose to prominence for his supporting role as Ensign Pavel Chekov in ''Star Trek: The Original S ...

(born 1936), American actor *

William Edward Koenig William Edward Koenig (born August 17, 1956) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington in Delaware since 2021. Biography Early life William Koenig was born on ...

(born 1956), American Catholic bishop *

Wolf Koenig Wolf Koenig (October 17, 1927 – June 26, 2014) was a Canadian film director, producer, animator, cinematographer, and a pioneer in Direct Cinema at the National Film Board of Canada. Early life Born in Dresden, Germany, Koenig emigrated to Ca ...

(1927–2014), German-Canadian film director, producer, animator and cinematographer * Xavier Koenig (born 1984), Mauritian squash player

Fictional people

Tolle Koenig This is a list of fictional characters featured in the Cosmic Era (CE) timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. These characters appear in the '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' and ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'' anime television series, as well ...

, a fictional character in the anime ''Gundam SEED'' *

Eric Koenig Eric Koenig is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in '' Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos'' #27 (February 1966) and he was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Dick Ayers. He is ...

, character in the Marvel Comics Universe *

(died 1942), apocryphal World War II German sniper * John Koenig (''Space: 1999''), a fictional character in the TV series ''Space: 1999'' *Karin Koenig, from the video game '' Shadow Hearts: Covenant'' * Mr. Koenig the high school Drama teacher, from the cut-for-time SNL sketch, played by Will Ferrell

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