Kim

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Kim may refer to:

Generic uses as a name

* Kim (Korean name) (김), is the most common family name in Korea
* The Vietnamese spelling of the family name Jin
* A short form of, or nickname for Kimberly, Kimball and other similar given names of "either" gender
* A Scandinavian male given name, originally short for Joakim (Joachim)
* Kim, an acronymic name used in the early years of the Soviet Union
* Kim (people), a people of Chad

ports

* Anthony Kim, PGA golfer
* Ashida Kim, controversial martial arts expert
* Birdie Kim, LPGA golfer
* Byung-Hyun Kim, baseball player
* Christina Kim, LPGA golfer
* Mi Hyun Kim, LPGA golfer
* Nellie Kim, USSR gymnast
* Kimothy "Kim" Batiste, American baseball player
* Kim Bokamper, American football player
* Kim Clijsters, Belgian world-class tennis player
* Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprint athlete
* Kim Hagger, English track and field athlete
* Kim Källström, Swedish footballer
* Kim Rhode, skeet shooter
* Rikidozan (Kim Sin-Nak), professional wrestler
* Kim Yu-Na, Korean figure skater

Politics

* Harry Kim (politician), the first Korean American mayor elected in the United States
* Kim Beazley, Australian politician, son of ...
* Kim Beazley, sr, Australian politic
* Kim Campbell, first and only (to date) female Canadian Prime Minister
* Kim Dae-jung, Former South Korean president
* Kim Gu, politician
* Kim Il-sung, Former North Korean leader
* Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader
* Kim Yong-il, Premier of North Korea
* Kim Yong-nam, President of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea
* Kim Young-sam, Former South Korean president

Artists

* André Kim, fashion designer
* Andy Kim, singer
* Daniel Dae Kim, American actor
* Hyung-tae Kim, Korean artist
* Jacqueline Kim, actress
* Lil' Kim, singer
* Scott Kim, artist and puzzle maker
* Yuliy Kim, Russian singer and songwriter
* Yu Yeon Kim, international curator
* Kim Appleby, British singer
* Kim Basinger, actress
* Kim Carnes, singer
* Kim Cattrall, actress
* Kim Chiu, teen actress in the Philippines
* Kim Deal, musician
* Kim Deitch, comic book artist
* Kim Fields, actress
* Kim Gordon, musician
* Kim Hee-sun, actress and singer
* Kim Hyun Jung, Korean pop singer
* Kim Mitchell, musician and radio personality
* Kim Moyes, Australian musician
* Kim Novak, actress
* Kim Petersen, also known as King Diamond, singer
* Kim Tae-Hee, actress
* Kim Thayil, Lead Guitarist for Soundgarden
* Kim Wilde, singer
* Kim Yoon-jin, Korean-American actress

Other people

* Jaegwon Kim, philosopher
* Kim Jaegyu, South Korean military and intelligence officer
* Kim Kardashian, personality
* Kim Komando, American talk-radio program host.
* Kim Peek, savant
* Kim Soon-kwon, South Korean maize specialist
* Kim Sun-il, a man beheaded in Iraq
* Kim Philby, British spy and defector to the Soviet Union
* Kim, a Jaredite king in the Book of Mormon

Literary creations and fictional characters

* "Kim" (novel), a novel by Rudyard Kipling
* "Kim" (film), a film by MGM starring Errol Flynn
* "Kim" (TV film), a 1984 British made-for-television film by London Films
* "Kim Possible", an animated television series about a teenage crimefighter of the same name
* "Kim (song)", a song from Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP", aimed at his wife Kim Mathers
* Harry Kim (Star Trek), a fictional character on the American television series "Star Trek: Voyager"
* Kim Bauer, a fictional character in the TV series "24"
* Kim Chin, a fictional character from "Class of 3000"
* Kim Craig, a fictional character in the Australian sitcom "Kath & Kim"
* Kim Day-Fattibene, a fictional character in the American version of "Kath & Kim"
* Kim Kaphwan, a fictional character in the "Fatal Fury" and "The King of Fighters" games. Also, his relatives shares this same name: Kim Dong Hwan, Kim Jae Hoon (sons of Kaphwan) and Kim Sue Il (descendant)
* Kim Kelly, a fictional character in the television series "Freaks and Geeks", played by Busy Phillips
*Kimberly Wallace, Fictional character played by Cameron Diaz in the movie "My Best Friend's Wedding".

Places

* Kim, Colorado, United States
* Kosovo i Metohija, Serbia (often abbrevated KiM)

Things

* Khim, musical instrument from Thailand and Cambodia
* Gim (Korean food), a seaweed also known as laver
* KIM-1, microcomputer kit from the 1970s
* Kingdom Identity Ministries, a white-supremacist Christian Identity Church

ee also

* Kimball
* Kimberley (disambiguation)
* Kimberly (disambiguation)
* Kimiko