Kang may refer to:

Places

Kang Kalan Kang Kalan is a village in Shahkot in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located from Shahkot, from Nakodar, from district headquarter Jalandhar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpa ...

, Punjab *

Kang District Kang District is a district of Nimruz Province in Afghanistan. It has a population of about 13,514 , which is 60% ethnic Pashtun, 25% Baloch, and 15% Tajik. See also *Districts of Afghanistan The districts of Afghanistan, known as ''wules ...

, Afghanistan *

Kang, Botswana Kang is a village in Kgalagadi District of Botswana. It is situated in the Kalahari Desert and lies on the Trans-Kalahari Highway between Ghanzi in the north and Sekoma in the south. Kang also provides access to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Par ...

, a village *

Kang County Kang County or Kangxian () is a county in the southeast of Gansu province, China. It is under the administration of Longnan City. The county was formed in 1928 as Wudu County, but renamed to Kang County the next year, named after the northern Zhou ...

, Gansu, China * Kang, Isfahan, Iran, a village * Kang, Kerman, Iran, a village * Kang, Razavi Khorasan, Iran, a village *

Kham Kham (; ) is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in the northeast, and Ü-Tsang in central Tibet. The original residents of Kham are called Khampas (), and were governed locally by chieftains and monasteries. Kham ...

(康), also transliterated as Kang, an area of eastern Tibet and western Sichuan *

Kangju Kangju (; Eastern Han Chinese: ''kʰɑŋ-kɨɑ'' < *''khâŋ-ka'' (c. 140 BCE)) was the Chinese name of a kingdom in Central Asia during the first half of t ...

, an ancient kingdom in Central Asia *

Xikang Xikang (also Sikang or Hsikang) was a nominal province formed by the Republic of China in 1939 on the initiative of prominent Sichuan warlord Liu Wenhui and continued by the early People's Republic of China. Thei idea was to form a single unif ...

, a province of the Republic of China from 1939 to 1955

People

Royalty

* Tai Kang (reigned 2117–2088 BC), third sovereign of the Xia Dynasty * King Kang of Zhou (reigned 1020-996 BC or 1005-978 BC), third sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty *

King Kang of Chu King Kang of Chu (, died 545 BC) was from 559 to 545 BC the king of Chu, a major power during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. Born Xiong Zhao (), he succeeded his father King Gong of Chu. His reign was marked by constant wars wi ...

(died 545 BC), in ancient China *

Duke Kang of Qi Duke Kang of Qi (; died 379 BC) was from 404 to 386 BC the titular ruler of the State of Qi during the early Warring States period of ancient China. His personal name was Lü Dai (呂貸), ancestral name Jiang ( 姜), and Duke Kang was his posthu ...

(died 379 BC), titular ruler of Qi * Emperor Kang of Jin (322-344), of the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Surname

Kang (Chinese surname) Kang (康, pinyin: Kāng) is a Chinese surname. It is considered one of the "Nine Sogdian Surnames," and in this context it is derived from the city of Samarkand. It is the 88th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. 989(1989). Ech ...

, a Chinese surname (康) *

Kang (Korean surname) Kang is a Korean family name. All together, the holders of this name number are 1,176,847 in South Korea, according to the 2015 national census, ranking 6th largest Korean family name.; While the name "Kang" can actually represent any of the 5 d ...

, a common Korean surname (강; 姜) * C.S. Eliot Kang (born 1962), American diplomat and member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service *

Eugene Kang Eugene Kang (born 1984) was the Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to President Barack Obama. Eugene Kang is an Ann Arbor native who attended Greenhills School before enrolling at the University of Michigan. At Michigan, K ...

(born 1984), Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to U.S. President Barack Obama * Jimmy Kang, American music producer and executive * Kristi Kang (born 1984), American voice actress affiliated with Funimation * Kang Kek Iew (1942–2020), leader of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge, convicted of crimes against humanity * David Kang, an Australian barrister and gunman

Characters

Kang and Kodos Kang and Kodos Johnson are a duo of fictional recurring characters in the animated television series ''The Simpsons''. Kang is voiced by Harry Shearer and Kodos by Dan Castellaneta. They are green, perpetually drooling, octopus-like aliens from ...

, green one-eyed aliens in ''The Simpsons'' * Kang the Conqueror, a Marvel Comics supervillain * Kang (''Star Trek''), a Klingon warrior in ''Star Trek'' television series *

Liu Kang Liu Kang is a fictional character in the ''Mortal Kombat'' fighting game series by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios. Depicted as Earthrealm's greatest warrior and champion, he is generally the main hero of the series. He debuted in the ori ...

, a character in the ''Mortal Kombat'' series *

Meng Kang Meng may refer to: * Meng (surname) (孟), a Chinese surname * Master of Engineering (MEng or M.Eng.), an academic or professional master's degree in the field of engineering * , "M with hook", letter used in the International Phonetic Alphabet * ...

, a character in the ''Water Margin'' * Kang the Mad, a character in ''

Jade Empire ''Jade Empire'' is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare, originally published by Microsoft Game Studios in 2005 as an Xbox exclusive. It was later ported to Microsoft Windows personal computers (PC) and published by 2K Games in 2007. ...

'' 2005 video game * Kang Tongbi or Widow Kang, a character in ''

The Years of Rice and Salt ''The Years of Rice and Salt'' is an alternate history novel by American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, published in 2002. The novel explores how world history might have been different if the Black Death plague had killed 99 per ...

'' 2002 counterfactual novel * Suzie Kang, an object-tracker in ''

The Lost Room ''The Lost Room'' is a 2006 science fiction television miniseries that aired on the Syfy Channel in the United States. The series revolves around the titular room and some of the everyday items from that room which possess unusual powers. The sh ...

'' mini-series * The Kangs, two warring gangs in the "

Paradise Towers ''Paradise Towers'' is the second serial of the 24th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 5 to 26 October 1987. In the serial, Kroagnon, the incorporeal arc ...

" 1987 ''Doctor Who'' episode

Other uses

* Kang, the star Kappa Virginis * Kang bed-stove *

K'ang jo fu Rolf Cahn (August 14, 1924 – August 1, 1994) was an American folk musician, martial arts teacher, author, and social activist. Born in Germany, he and his family, who were Jewish, fled from Adolf Hitler's oppression and arrived in the United Stat ...

or the kang, a self-defense technique *

KANG-LD KANG-LD (channel 31) is a low-power television station in San Angelo, Texas, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language UniMás network. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside Univision Univision () is an American S ...

, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US *

KEUS-LD KEUS-LD (channel 41) is a low-power television station in San Angelo, Texas, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language Univision network. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside UniMás affiliate KANG-LD (channel 31). Th ...

, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US, formerly KANG-CA * KANG-TV, a TV station in Waco, Texas, sold to KWTX-TV {{disambiguation, callsign, given name, geo