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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 Adam Koenig (born February 22, 1971) is an American politician serving as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 69th district. Education Koenig graduated from Covington Catholic High School in 1989. He earned a Bachelor of ...

(born 1971), American politician *

Adrianus König Adrianus Antonie Henri Willem König (13 February 1867, Maastricht – 6 February 1944, The Hague) was a Dutch politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. P ...

(1867–1944), Dutch politician *

Aislinn Konig Aislinn "Ace" Konig is a Canadian-Austrian professional basketball player for the Flammes Carolo Basket of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball and the Canada women's national basketball team. A switch-up guard and a reliable, consistent three-poin ...

* Alexander Koenig (1858–1940), German naturalist * Alexander König (born 1966), German skater * Alfons König (1898–1944), Wehrmacht officer during World War II * Alfred König (1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter * Andrew Koenig (1968–2010), American actor * Andrew Koenig (politician) (born 1982), American politician in Missouri * Andrew Koenig (programmer), 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 (1774–1851), German-born British naturalist * Claës König (1885–1961), Swedish horse rider *

Dave Konig Dave Konig is an American comedian and actor. He has made appearances on Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Crashing (U.S. TV series), The Blacklist, and The Enemy Within. He is also the author of a novel, ''Good Luck Mr. Gorsky'', about "1980s, pre-Giulia ...

(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 Elazar Mordechai Koenig () (October 15, 1945 – December 31, 2018) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and the spiritual leader of the Breslov Hasidic community in Safed, Israel. Early life Elazar Mordechai Koenig was born in Jerusalem to Rabbi Geda ...

(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 C ...

(1908–1986), Wehrmacht officer during World War II * Erwin König * Eugen König (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) (1832–1910), German surgeon *

Franz Niklaus König Franz Niklaus König (1765–1832) was a Swiss painter of genre art and portraits. After studying under Tiberius and Marquard Wocher, Sigmund Freudenberger and Balthasar Anton Dunker, he made a name for himself through dress pictures, rural genr ...

(1765–1832), Swiss painter *

Franz Koenigs Franz Wilhelm Koenigs (3 September 1881 – 6 May 1941) was an international banker and art collector. Biography Koenigs was born a German citizen, his father was a German Banker; his mother Johanna Bunge was of Dutch descent. Franz Koenigs t ...

(1881–1941), German-Dutch banker and art collector * Fred Koenig (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 press ...

(1774–1833), German inventor *

Friedrich König (painter) Friedrich König (20 December 1857 in Vienna – 11 March 1941 in Vienna) was an Austrian painter, illustrator and designer. Life König was the son of a Viennese postman. He spent two years at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule, then studied at ...

(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 Gabriela König (born 8 October 1952 in Osnabrück) is a German politician for the Free Democratic Party. She joined the Lower Saxon Landtag The Lower Saxon Landtag () or the Parliament of Lower Saxony is the state diet of the German state ...

(born 1952), German politician *

Gedaliah Aharon Koenig Gedaliah Aharon Koenig (5 May 1921 – 7 July 1980), an Israeli rabbi and Breslover Hasid in Jerusalem, Israel, was the driving force behind the establishment of the Breslov community in Safed, which was led by his son, Rabbi Elazar Mordechai ...

, Israeli Hasidic rabbi * George Konig (1856–1913), American politician * Gottfried Michael Koenig (1926–2021), German-Dutch composer * Gyula Kőnig (1849–1913), also known as Julius König, Hungarian mathematician *

Harold G. Koenig Harold G. Koenig is a psychiatrist on the faculty of Duke University. His ideas have been covered in ''Newsweek'' and other news media with regard to religion, spirituality and health, a focus of some of his research and clinical practice. Temp ...

, American psychiatrist *

Herbert D. Koenig Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

(1933-2018), Doctor of Osteopathy * Imre König (1899–1992), Hungarian chess master * Jan Latham-Koenig (born 1953), English conductor *

Jared Koenig Jared Tyler Koenig (born January 24, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. Amateur career Koenig grew up in Aptos, California and attended Aptos High School. Koenig began his college baseball career ...

(born 1994), American baseball player *

Jörn König Jörn König (born 22 October 1967) is a German politician. Born in Berlin, he represents Alternative for Germany (AfD). Jörn König has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2017. Life He became member o ...

(born 1967), German politician * Johann König (painter) (1586–1642), German painter *

Johann Friedrich König Johann Friedrich König (also: ''Köning''; 16 October 1619 – 15 September 1664) was a German Lutheran theologian, born in Dresden. From 1656 he was a professor at the university of Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and Uni ...

(1619–1664), German Lutheran theologian *

Johann Balthasar König Johann Balthasar König (baptised 28 January 1691 – buried 2 April 1758) was a German Baroque composer, especially of hymn melodies, having published a hymnal with 1,913 melodies. He was the church musician at Frankfurt's main Protestant church, ...

(1691–1758), German composer *

Johann Samuel König Johann Samuel König (31 July 1712 – 21 August 1757) was a German mathematician. Biography Johann Bernoulli instructed both König and Pierre Louis Maupertuis as pupils during the same period. König is remembered largely for his disagreements ...

(1712–1757), German mathematician * Johann Gerhard König (1728–1785), German botanist active in India *

Johann König (gymnast) Johann König (born 21 September 1932) is an Austrian gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, ...

(born 1932), Austrian gymnast * Johann König (art dealer) (born 1981), German art dealer *

John Koenig (diplomat) John M. Koenig (born September 24, 1958) is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Cyprus from 2012 to 2015. Early life and education Koenig was born in Tacoma, Washington. As a teenager, he visited Pakistan with a fa ...

, American diplomat *John Koenig, the creator of ''

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows ''The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows'' is a website and YouTube channel, created by John Koenig, that coins and defines neologisms for emotions that do not have a descriptive term. The dictionary includes verbal entries on the website with paragrap ...

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Joseph König (theologian) Joseph König (7 September 1819, at , Grand Duchy of Baden – 22 June 1900, at Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and Biblical exegete. Life He was ordained to the priesthood in 1845. In 1847 König was ''privatdoz ...

(1819–1900), German theologian *

Joseph König (chemist) Franz Joseph König (15 November 1843 – 12 April 1930) was a German chemist noted among other things as the founder of German food chemistry. He developed many analytical techniques and created the foundations for the modern quality control of foo ...

(1843–1930), German chemist *

Juan Ramón Koenig Juan Ramón Koenig (1623 Mechelen - 19 July 1709 Lima, Peru) was a Peruvian scientist. Biography He was a priest, and came to Peru in 1655, in the company of the viceroy, the Count of Alba de Aliste, who appointed him chaplain of the hospital of E ...

(1623–1709) Peruvian scientist * Julian Koenig (1921–2014), American advertising executive * Karl König (1902–1966), Austrian paediatrician * Kip Koenig, American film and television producer and screenwriter * Laird Koenig (born 1927), American author *

Lea Koenig Lea Koenig (or Lia Koenig; he, ליא קניג; born Lea Kamien; 30 November 1929) is an Israeli actress,
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(born 1929), Israeli actor *

Leo von König Leo Freiherr von König (1871-1944) was a German painter and member of the Berlin Secession. Biography Leo was the eldest son of Götz von König, a military officer who later became a General of the Cavalry, and his wife Baroness Hertha von Cr ...

(1871–1944), German painter * Leopold König (born 1987), Czech road cyclist * Lothar Koenigs (born 1965), German conductor * Mark Koenig (1904–1993), American baseball player * Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898–1970), French army officer and politician * Miroslav König (born 1972), Slovak football player * Morris Koenig (1883–1939), Hungarian-American lawyer and judge

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Oliver Koenig Oliver Koenig (born 31 January 1981) is a German sprinter and long jumper. As a sprinter he finished eighth in the 200 metres in the 2002 IAAF World Cup. In the long jump he competed at the 2006 European Championships without reaching the final. ...

(born 1981), German athlete *

Ove König Nils Ove König (25 June 1950 – 23 July 2020) was a Swedish speed skater. He won a silver medal at the 1971 World Sprint Championships and finished seventh in the 500 m event at the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially ...

(1950–2020), Swedish speed skater * Paul König (1867–1933), German merchant navy officer *

Paul König (Scouting) Dr. Paul König served as the International Commissioner of the Ring deutscher Pfadfinderverbände and led the German contingent to the 9th World Scout Jamboree.John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. ...

Peter Konig Peter Hans Konig, more correctly König, (born 16 October 1931) is an Austrian-born retired sportsman. Konig was a prominent rugby union player for Leicester Tigers between 1952 and 1960 and played one first class game for Leicestershire Count ...

Pia König Pia König (; born 14 May 1993) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. König has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 306, achieved on 21 September 2015 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 316, reached on 27 February 2017 ...

(born 1993), Austrian tennis player * Pierre Koenig (1925–2004), American architect * Ralf König (born 1960), German comic artist *

Regina König Regina König is a West German former luger who competed in the late 1970s. She was the first women's singles Luge World Cup The Luge World Cup season is a yearly competition first organized by the International Luge Federation The Inter ...

, 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 o ...

(1906–1992), German sociologist * Robbie Koenig (born 1971), South African tennis player and broadcaster * Robert Koenig (sculptor) (born 1961), British sculptor * Robert Koenig (filmmaker) (born 1975), American film director, producer, writer and editor * Robert König (1885–1979), Austrian mathematician *

Ronny König Ronny König (born 2 June 1983) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for FSV Zwickau. Career König was born in Lichtenstein, East Germany. He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for SV ...

(born 1983), German football player *

Rudolph Koenig Karl Rudolph Koenig (26 November 18322 October 1901) was born in Königsberg of Prussia. Koenig was a businessman, instrument maker, and Germany, German physicist, chiefly concerned with Acoustics, acoustic phenomena. He was best known for design ...

(1832–1901), German acoustical physicist *

Rudolf König Rudolf König (18 August 1865 – 30 January 1927) was an Austrian merchant, amateur astronomer and selenographer. Biography König was born in Vienna and received his technical education in Leipzig. He was the son of Georg König, a fur bu ...

(1865–1927), Austrian merchant, astronomer and selenographer *

Samuel S. Koenig Samuel S. Koenig (September 7, 1872 Kingdom of Hungary – March 1955 Manhattan, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician. Life He came to the United States as a small boy with his parents, and they settled in New York City. He atten ...

(1872–1955), Hungarian-American lawyer and politician * Sarah Koenig (born 1969), American journalist * Stephanie Koenig, American actress and writer *

Sven Koenig (computer scientist) Sven Koenig is a full professor in computer science at the University of Southern California. He received an M.S. degree in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991 and a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mell ...

, German-American computer scientist *

Sven Koenig (cricketer) Sven Gaetan Koenig (born 9 December 1973 in Durban, South Africa) is a South African cricketer. Koenig was educated at Hilton College and the University of Cape Town. He played representative cricket for Ntl Nuff (1989–1991) and South Afri ...

(born 1973), South African cricketer *

Swen König Swen König (born 3 September 1985) is a retired Swiss football goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeper coach of Switzerland national football team.Todd Koenig Todd Koenig (born November 27, 1985) is a former American football safety. He was originally signed by the Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2008, but was cut from the roster on May 6. He played college football at Ohio. High school car ...

(born 1985), American football player * Trevor Koenig (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player *

Vroni König-Salmi Vroni König-Salmi (born 9 July 1969) is a Swiss orienteering competitor. She won the 2001 Sprint distance World Orienteering Championships, and is two times Relay World Champion, from 2003 and 2005, as member of the Swiss winning teams. Als ...

(born 1969), Swiss orienteerer * Walter Koenig (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 Can ...

(1927–2014), German-Canadian film director, producer, animator and cinematographer *

Xavier Koenig Xavier Koenig (7 August 1984 – 30 May 2019) was a Mauritian squash player. He has represented Mauritius at the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and 2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremo ...

(born 1984), Mauritian squash player

Fictional people

* Tolle Koenig, a fictional character in the anime ''Gundam SEED'' * Eric Koenig, character in the Marvel Comics Universe * Erwin König (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 ''Mister'', usually written in its contracted form ''Mr.'' or ''Mr'', is a commonly used English honorific for men without a higher honorific, or professional title, or any of various designations of office. The title 'Mr' derived from earlier ...

the high school Drama teacher, from the cut-for-time SNL sketch, played by Will Ferrell

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