Kang

Kang may refer to:

Places

• Kang, Afghanistan
• Kang, Botswana
• Kang County, Gansu, China

People

Royalty

• King Kang of Zhou (reigned 1020-996 BC or 1005-978 BC), third sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty
• Tai Kang (reigned 2117–2088 BC), third sovereign of the Xia Dynasty

Surname

• Kang (Chinese name), a Chinese surname 康. original surname "Kang" from Wei (state) of Zhou Dynasty
• Kang is common of Jiang (surname)(姜) in Korea
• Kang (Korean name), a Korean surname
  • 姜, Jiang or Chiang in Mandarin, Geung or Jeung in Cantonese-Minnan
  • 江, Jiang in Mandarin, Gong in Cantonese, Gang in Korean-middle Chinese
  • 强, Jiang in Mandarin, Geung in Cantonese
  • 剛, Kang or Gang in Mandarin-Korean, Gong in Cantonese
  • 康, Kang or Gang in Mandarin-Korean, Hong in Cantonese
  • 彊, Qiang or Jiang in Mandarin, Geung in Cantonese
  • 岡, Kang or Gang in Korean-Mandarin, Gong in Cantonese
• Kang (Punjabi), a surname from the Jatt caste/Sikh religion
• Kang Chol-Hwan (born 1968), defector from North Korea
• Kang Kek Iew (born 1942), former leader of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge, convicted of crimes against humanity
• Kang Chul (born 1971), South Korean coach and former footballer
• Kang Min-Soo (born 1986), South Korean footballer
• Kang Sheng (1898–1975), high ranking official in the People's Republic of China
• Kang Soo-yeon (born 1966), South Korean actress
• Kang Tongbi (1887–1969), social activist from the early Republic of China period, Kang Youwei's daughter
• Kang Youwei (1858–1927), reformist political figure from the late Qing dynasty
• Darshan Kang, Canadian politician
• Eugene Kang (born 1984), Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to U.S. President Barack Obama
• Sung Kang (born 1972), American actor
• Tim Kang (born 1973), American actor
• Younghill Kang (1903–1972), Asian American writer

Given name

• Feng Kang (1920–1993), Chinese mathematician and scientist
• Gongsun Kang (died 221), general of the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China
• Lu Kang (226–274), advisor and general for Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms era

Characters

• Kang and Kodos, green one-eyed aliens in The Simpsons
• Kang the Conqueror, a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Kang (Star Trek), a Klingon warrior in Star Trek television series
• Liu Kang, a character in the Mortal Kombat series
• Meng Kang, a character in the Water Margin
• Kang the Mad, a character in Jade Empire 2005 video game
• Kang Tongbi or Widow Kang, a character in The Years of Rice and Salt 2002 counterfactual novel
• Suzie Kang, an object-tracker in The Lost Room mini-series
• The Kangs, two warring gangs in the "Paradise Towers" 1987 Doctor Who episode

Other

• Kang bed-stove
• KANG-CA, a low-power television station licensed to San Angelo, Texas, United States
• Käng - A name given to a particular style of hardcore punk, especially from Sweden
• Kang - A term used for stealing others intellectual property and claiming it as your own. (ie. When a developer uses another developer's work, and then publishes the end product as their own.)