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Kevin Christopher Randleman (August 10, 1971 – February 11, 2016) was an American mixed martial artist, amateur and professional wrestler, and former UFC Heavyweight Champion. Randleman's background was in collegiate wrestling, in which he became a…
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Kevin Maurice Saunderson (born September 5, 1964) is an American electronic dance music DJ and record producer. He is famous for being a member of a trio, along with Juan Atkins and Derrick May, who came to be known as The Belleville Three and is often…
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Kevin Warren Sumlin (born August 3, 1964) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach for the Dallas Renegades of the United Football League (UFL). Sumlin served as the head football coach at the University of Houston from 2008 to 2011,…
1959–
Kevin Willmott (born August 31, 1959) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for work focusing on black issues including writing and directing Ninth Street, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, and Bunker Hill. His The Only Good…
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Kevin Young (born November 8, 1970) is an American poet and the former director of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture. Author of 11 books and editor of eight others, Young previously served as Director of…
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Joseph Keyshawn Johnson (born July 22, 1972) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football for the USC Trojans, and earned All-American honors twice. He…
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Khalia Braswell is an American computer scientist, educator, and technologist. She is the founder and former executive director of INTech Camp for Girls, created to encourage girls of color to pursue learning about technology. Braswell earned a Doctor of…
1948–2001
Khalid Abdul Muhammad (born Harold Moore Jr.; January 12, 1948 – February 17, 2001) was an American black nationalist and activist who became a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam and later the New Black Panther Party. After a racially inflammatory…
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Khalid Ali Kareem (born April 28, 1998) is an American professional football defensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and was selected by the…
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Khalif Ehmad Barnes (born April 21, 1982) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies and was selected by the Jacksonville…
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Khalil Gibran Muhammad (born April 27, 1972) is an American academic. He is the inaugural Professor of African American Studies and Public Affairs at the African American studies department and Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at…
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Khalil Mack (Kah-leel; born February 22, 1991) is an American professional football outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Buffalo Bulls and was selected by the Oakland…
1977–
Khalilah Brooks (born September 10, 1977) is a Canadian children's educator, most noted as the creator and star of the television series Aunty B's House. Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Brooks spent much of her childhood in foster care. As an adult…
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Khamani Griffin (born August 1, 1998) is an American educator and former actor. He is best known for portraying Bobby James on the UPN/The CW sitcom All of Us as well as Tolee in the animated television series Ni Hao, Kai-Lan. He starred as Ben Hinton in…
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Khem Xavier Birch (born September 28, 1992) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Aris Thessaloniki of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroCup. He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and the UNLV Runnin' Rebels.
1973–
Kenneth Leonard "Ki-Jana" Carter ( kee-JAWN-ə); born September 12, 1973) is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany…
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Kienus P. Boulware is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for Allen University, positions he has held since 2024. Boulware served as the head football coach at Winston-Salem State University in…
1983–
Kieron Robert Nnamdi Achara MBE (born 3 July 1983) is a Scottish professional basketball player who last played for the Glasgow Rocks. He is a 6-foot-10-inch (2.08 m) forward who played college basketball at Duquesne University and represented Scotland and…
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Kiese Laymon (born August 15, 1974, in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American writer. He is a professor of English and Creative Writing at Rice University. He is the author of three full-length books: a novel, Long Division (2013), and two memoirs, How to…
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Kiki Baker Barnes is an American college athletics administrator and former women's college basketball coach. She is the commissioner of the HBCU Athletic Conference (HBCUAC)—formerly known as the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC)—a position she has…
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Kiki Petrosino (born 1979) is an American poet and professor of poetry. She currently teaches at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Kiara Shaelene "Kiki" Pickett (born April 30, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder or defender for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal,…
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Kalyssa Priscilla "Kiki" Van Zanten (born 25 August 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the United States, she represents Jamaica internationally. She…
1960–
Kim Cliett Long (born 10 December 1960) is an American author and educator who served as a professor of Organizational Management at Wiley University.
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