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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, manufacturer of Konig two stroke engines
- Elazar Mordechai Koenig, Breslov rabbi and leader in Safed, Israel
- Franz König, (1905-2004), Cardinal, Archbishop of Vienna
- Franz König, (1832-1910), German surgeon
- Friedrich Eduard König, German Protestant theologian; born in Reichenbach, Saxony
- Friedrich Wilhelm König, Czech-German linguist
- Gedaliah Aharon Koenig, Breslov rabbi and leader in Jerusalem
- Gyula Kőnig, also known as Julius König, Hungarian mathematician; born in Raab
- Jason König, (1854-?), NBA Player, dissapeared after a game
- Johann König, German comedian
- Johann Samuel König (1712–1757), German mathematician
- 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
- Danielle Koenig, U.S. comedienne and actress
- Ezra Koenig, American musician, singer/guitarist from Vampire Weekend
- Friedrich Koenig (1774-1833), German inventor
- Fritz Koenig (born 1924), German artist and sculptor
- Gottfried Michael Koenig (born 1926), German-Dutch contemporary composer
- Johann Gerhard König (1728–1785) German botanist in India
- Josh Andrew Koenig, U.S. actor
- Marie Pierre Koenig (1898-1970), French marshal
- Pierre Koenig (1925-2004), American architect
- Robbie Koenig, South African touring tennis professional during the 1990s
- Walter Koenig (born 1936), U.S. actor
- Walter O. Koenig (born 1957), German scholar and researcher
[edit] Other uses
- 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
- The Koenig Memorandum, Israeli government document of 1976
- König type of eyepiece named after designer Albert König
- König's theorem (set theory), named after Gyula Kőnig
- König's theorem (graph theory), named after Dénes Kőnig
- König's theorem (kinetics), named after Samuel König
- 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, Italian manufacturer of vehicle snow chains. A subsidiary of the Thule_corporation group of companies.
- König, Manufacturer of two stroke engines used in outboard motors, motorcycles and road racing sidecars.
- König Komfort- und Rennsitze GmbH, Ilsfeld, Germany, based company providing luxury and racing seats for automobiles and other uses
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