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König is the German language word for King. Family names derived from König are also spelled without the umlaut ö as Koenig or without correct transliteration of the umlaut just as Konig.
[edit] People named König or Konig
- Arthur König (1856-1901), German physician
- Charles Konig (1774-1851), German-born British naturalist
- Dénes Kőnig (1884-1944), Hungarian mathematician and son of Gyula Kőnig
- Dieter Konig, hydroplane racer
- Franz König (1905-2004), Cardinal, Archbishop of Vienna
- Friedrich Eduard König, German Protestant theologian; born in Reichenbach, Saxony
- Friedrich Wilhelm König, Czech-German linguist
- Gyula Kőnig, also known as Julius König, Hungarian mathematician; born in Raab
- Karl Rudolf König (1832-1901), German physicist
- Ralf König, German comic artist
- Rudolf König (1865–1927) was an Austrian merchant, amateur astronomer and selenographer
- Wilhelm König, German archaeologist
[edit] People named Koenig
- Alexander Koenig (1858-1940), German naturalist
- Andrew Koenig, U.S. computer scientist and author
- Friedrich Koenig (1774-1833), German inventor
- Fritz Koenig (born 1924), German artist and sculptor
- Gottfried Michael Koenig (born 1926), German-Dutch contemporary composer
- Josh Andrew Koenig, U.S. actor
- Marie Pierre Koenig (1898-1970), French marshal
- Pierre Koenig (1925-2004), American architect
- Walter Koenig (born 1936), U.S. actor
- Walter O. Koenig (born 1957), German scholar and researcher
[edit] Other use
- Commander John Koenig, leader of Moonbase Alpha, fictional character in Space: 1999 played by Martin Landau
- Tolle Koenig, fictional character in the anime series Gundam Seed
- Koenig Specials, cult Ferrari Tuner based in Munich
- The Koenig Memorandum, Israeli government document of 1976
- König's theorem (set theory), named after Gyula Kőnig
- König's theorem (graph theory), named after Dénes Kőnig
- König's theorem (kinetics)
- König's lemma in graph theory, named after Dénes Kőnig
- König (crater), a lunar crater named after Rudolf König
- SMS König, German battleship, and König class battleships
- König-Brauerei, beer brewery and its beer König Pilsener
- Erwin König, WWII German Sniper
- König, Manufacturer of two stroke engines used in outboard motors, motorcycles and road racing sidecars.
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