Stanley Kubrick

(1928-1999). American film director and producer.

Lisa Marie Diane Kudrow

(1963-Alive). American television actress. Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, 1998.

Maxine Kumin

(1925-Alive). American poet. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1973. Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress, 1981-1982.

Madeleine May Kunin

(1933-Alive). Swiss/American politician and diplomat. Democratic Governor of Vermont, 1985-1991. Deputy U.S. Secretary of Education, 1993-1996. U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1996-1999.

Stanley Jasspon Kunitz

(1905-2006). American poet. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1959. Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress, 1974-1976. National Book Award, 1995. Poet Laureate of the United States, 2000.

Mark Kurlansky

(December 7, 1948, Hartford, Connecticut-Alive). Journalist. Author of The White Man in the Tree, and Other Stories.

Daniel Charles Kurtzer

(1949-Alive). U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, 1997-2001; U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 2001-2005

Ellen Kushner

(Alive). Author of fantasy novels. Host, Sound & Spirit, National Public Radio.

Rabbi Harold S. Kushner

Brooklyn, New York-Alive). Conservative Jewish Rabbi and Author. Ordained Rabbi, Jewish Theological Seminary, 1960. Rabbi, Temple Israel, Natick, Massachusetts, 1966-1991, Rabbi Emeritus, 1991-Current. Author, When Bad Things Happen to Good People (1981).

Rabbi Lawrence Kushner

(1943-Alive). Reform Rabbi and author. Ordained Rabbi, 1969. Originated the idea of synagogue havurot. Led development of the first gender-neutral prayerbook. Commentator on National Public Radio.