King (given name)

King is the given name or nickname of:

Given name

 * King Baggot (1879–1948), American actor, director and screenwriter
 * King Bruce (1922–1997), Ghanaian musician
 * King C. Gillette (1855–1932), American businessman
 * King Fisher (1854–1884), American Old West gunslinger
 * King Floyd (1945–2006), American soul singer and songwriter
 * M. King Hubbert (1903–1989), American geologist, the originator of the theory of peak oil
 * King Lysen (1942–2017), American politician
 * King O'Malley (1854–1953), Australian politician
 * King Parsons (born 1949), American professional wrestler
 * King Rice (born 1968), American basketball coach and former player
 * King G. Staples (1851–1910), American politician
 * King Vidor (1894–1982), American film director, producer and screenwriter

Nickname

 * Joe Carrasco (born 1953), American Tex-Mex new wave guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
 * Robert Carter I (1662/63–1732), businessman, planter and colonist in Virginia
 * King Clancy (1903–1986), Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive
 * King Kelly (1857–1894), American baseball player and manager
 * King Moody (1929–2001), American actor and comedian
 * King Oliver (1885–1938), African-American jazz cornet player and bandleader

Fictional characters

 * King Bradley, a main antagonist in the anime/manga series Fullmetal Alchemist
 * King Dedede, a character of the Kirby video game franchise
 * King Hippo, a boxer from the Punch-Out!! video game franchise
 * King K. Rool, the main antagonist in Nintendo's Donkey Kong video game franchise
 * King Clawthorne, one of the main characters of the animated series The Owl House
 * King Kong, a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla