Kang may refer to:

Places

Kang Kalan Kang Kalan is a village in Shahkot, India, Shahkot in Jalandhar district of Punjab, India, Punjab States and territories of India, State, India. It is located from Shahkot, India, Shahkot, from Nakodar, from district headquarter Jalandhar and ...

, Punjab *

Kang District Kang District ( Balochi: , Dari: ) is a district of Nimruz Province in Afghanistan. It has a population of about 13,514 , which is 70% ethnic Baloch, 15% Pashtun, and 15% Tajik. Notable people * Rouh Gul Khairzad (born 1974), politician Se ...

, Afghanistan * Kang, Botswana, a village * Kang County, 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 Tibet, Tibetan regions, the others being Domey also known as Amdo in the northeast, and Ü-Tsang in central Tibet. The official name of this Tibetan region/province is Dotoe (). The original residents of ...

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

Kangju Kangju (; Eastern Han Chinese: ''kʰɑŋ-kɨɑ'' standard Chinese ''Kāngjū''), proposes that it was an Iranian word meaning "stone", and compares it to Pashto ''kā́ṇay'' "stone". Joseph Marquart, Omeljan Pritsak and Peter B. Golde ...

, an ancient kingdom in Central Asia *

Xikang Xikang (formerly romanized as Sikang or Hsikang, or 'Kham to the west f Sichuan) was a nominal province formed by the Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China in 1939 on the initiative of prominent Sichuan warlord Liu Wenhui and re ...

, 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 King Kang of Zhou (; died 996/78 BC), personal name Ji Zhao, was the third king King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exer ...

(reigned 1020-996 BC or 1005-978 BC), third sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty * King Kang of Chu (died 545 BC), in ancient China *

Duke Kang of Qi Duke Kang of Qi (), personal name Lü Dai, was Gong (title), duke of the Qi (state), Qi state from 404 BC to 386 BC. He was the final Qi ruler from the Jiang clan. The throne of Qi was thereafter usurped by the Tian clan, thus ending the Jiang Qi ...

(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 the 88th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. 989(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. . * Kang Senghui ( ...

, 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 5 different ...

, 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, ...

(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 Kang Kek Iew, also spelled Kaing Guek Eav ( ; 17 November 1942 – 2 September 2020), '' alias'' Comrade Duch ( ) or Hang Pin, was a Cambodian convicted war criminal and member of the Khmer Rouge movement, which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from ...

(1942–2020), leader of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge, convicted of crimes against humanity *

David Kang David Kang (born 1970) is an Australian barrister. In 1994, he fired two blank shots from a starting pistol at Charles, Prince of Wales (now Ki ...

, an Australian barrister and gunman *

Anne Kang Anne Kang ( zh, t=康安禮; born 1977) is a Taiwanese-born Canadian politician who has represented the electoral district of Burnaby-Deer Lake in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2017. A member of the British Columbia New ...

, a Canadian politician

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 alien ...

, green one-eyed aliens in ''The Simpsons'' *

Kang the Conqueror Kang the Conqueror (Nathaniel Richards) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in '' Fantastic Four'' #19 (October 1963) as Rama-Tut, an ...

, a Marvel Comics supervillain * Kang (''Star Trek''), a Klingon warrior in ''Star Trek'' television series *

Liu Kang Liu Kang () is a fictional character of the ''Mortal Kombat'' fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios. Depicted as Earthrealm's greatest warrior and champion, he debuted in the Mortal Kombat (1992 video game), original 1 ...

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

Meng Kang Meng Kang is a fictional character in '' Water Margin'', one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature. Nicknamed "Jade Flagpole", he ranks 70th among the 108 Stars of Destiny and 34th among the 72 Earthly Fiends. Background Tal ...

, 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 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 pe ...

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

The Lost Room ''The Lost Room'' is a 2006 supernatural 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 show ...

'' mini-series * The Kangs, two warring gangs in the " Paradise Towers" 1987 ''Doctor Who'' episode

Other uses

* Kang, the star Kappa Virginis * Kang bed-stove * K'ang jo fu or the kang, a self-defense technique * KANG-LD, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US * KEUS-LD, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US, formerly KANG-CA * KANG-TV, a TV station in Waco, Texas, US * Android Open Kang Project, a smartphone operating system {{disambiguation, callsign, given name, geo