König
König (/ˈkeɪnɪɡ/; German pronunciation: [ˈkøːnɪɡ] or [ˈkøːnɪç]) is the German word for king. In German and other languages applying the umlaut, the transliterations König, Koenig and Kœnig, when referring to a surname, all occur. As a surname in English language, the use Koenig is usual, and sometimes incorrectly Konig.
As a name, it may refer to:
People
A to F
- Adrianus Antonie Henri Willem König (1867–1944), Dutch politician
- Alexander Koenig (1858–1940), German naturalist
- Alexander König (born 1966), German skater
- Alfons König (1898–1944), Wehrmacht officer during World War II
- Andrew Koenig (actor) (1968–2010), American actor
- Andrew Koenig (politician) (born 1982), American politician in Missouri
- Andrew Koenig (programmer), American computer scientist and author
- Anna Leonore König (1771–1854), Swedish singer
- Arthur König (1856–1901), German physician and researcher into optics
- Arthur König (luger), Italian luger
- Charles Konig (1774–1851), German-born British naturalist
- Charles Frédéric Koenig (1797-1874), French politician
- Claës König (1885–1961), Swedish horse rider
- Dénes Kőnig (1884–1944), Hungarian mathematician (son of Gyula Kőnig)
- Dieter König (1931–1991), hydroplane racer, manufacturer of Konig two stroke engines
- Elazar Mordechai Koenig (born 1945), Israeli Hasidic rabbi
- Ernst König (1908–1986), Wehrmacht officer during World War II
- Eugen König (1896–1985), Wehrmacht officer during World War II
- Ezra Koenig (born 1984), American musician, singer/guitarist from Vampire Weekend
- Franz König (1905–2004), Cardinal, Archbishop of Vienna
- Franz König (surgeon), (1832–1910), German surgeon
- Franz Niklaus König (1765–1832), Swiss painter
- Franz Koenigs (1881–1941), German-Dutch banker and art collector
- Fred Koenig (1931–1993), American baseball player and coach
- Friedrich Koenig (1774–1833), German inventor
- Friedrich König (painter) (1857–1941), Austrian artist
- Friedrich Eduard König (1846–1936), German Protestant theologian and Semitic scholar
- Fritz Koenig (born 1924), German artist and sculptor
G to M
- Gabriela König (born 1952), German politician
- Gaspard Koenig (born 1982), French writer and philosopher
- Gedaliah Aharon Koenig, Israeli Hasidic rabbi
- George Konig (1856–1913), American politician
- Gottfried Michael Koenig (born 1926), German-Dutch contemporary composer
- Gyula Kőnig (1849–1913), also known as Julius König, Hungarian mathematician
- Harold G. Koenig, American psychiatrist
- Imre König (1899–1992), Hungarian chess master
- Jan Latham Koenig (born 1953), English conductor
- Johann Friedrich König (1619–1664), German Lutheran theologian
- Johann Gerhard König (1728–1785), German botanist active in India
- Johann Samuel König (1712–1757), German mathematician
- Joseph König (1819–1900), German theologian
- Joseph König (chemist) (1843–1930), German chemist
- Juan Ramón Koenig (1623–1709) Peruvian scientist
- Julian Koenig (born 1921), American advertising executive
- Karl König (1902–1966), Austrian paediatrician
- Kip Koenig, American film and television producer and screenwriter
- Laird Koenig, American author
- Leopold König, Czech professional road cyclist
- Lothar Koenigs (born 1965), German conductor
- Ludolf König (1280s–1347 or 1348), Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
- Mark Koenig (1904–1993), American baseball player
- Marie Pierre Kœnig (1898–1970), French army officer and politician
- Miroslav König (born 1972), Slovak footballer
N to Z
- Oliver Koenig (born 1981), German track and field athlete
- Paul König (1867–1933), German merchant navy officer
- Pierre Koenig (1925–2004), American architect
- Ralf König (born 1960), German comic artist
- Reinhard König (1909–1998), German chief engineer on a U-boat in World War II
- Regina König, German luger
- René König (1906–1992), German sociologist.
- Robbie Koenig (born 1971), South African tennis player, later tennis broadcaster
- Robert Koenig (sculptor) (born 1961), British sculptor
- Robert Koenig (filmmaker) (born 1975), American film director, producer, writer and editor
- Robert König (1885-1979), Austrian mathematician
- Ronny König (born 1983), German footballer
- Rudolph Koenig (Karl Rudolph Koenig) (1832–1901), German acoustical physicist
- Rudolf König (1865–1927), Austrian merchant, amateur astronomer and selenographer
- Samuel S. Koenig (1872–1955), Hungarian-American lawyer and politician
- Sven Koenig (cricketer) (born 1973), South African cricketer
- Swen König (born 1985), Swiss footballer
- Sven Koenig (computer scientist), German-American computer scientist
- Todd Koenig (born 1985), American football player
- Trevor Koenig (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
- Walter Koenig (born 1936), American actor
- Wilhelm König, German archaeologist
- Vroni König-Salmi (born 1969), Swiss orienteerer
- Wolf Koenig, German-Canadian film director, producer, animator and cinematographer
Fictional people
- Eric Koenig, character in the Marvel Comics Universe
- Erwin König (died 1942), apocryphal World War II German sniper
- John Koenig, in the science fiction television series Space: 1999
Places
- 3815 König, asteroid
- König (crater), lunar crater named after Rudolf König
- König Glacier, South Georgia
- Koenig Valley, Antarctica
- Bad König, spa town in Hesse, Germany
- Museum Koenig, natural history museum in Bonn, Germany, named after Alexander Koenig
- König Pilsener Arena, sports centre in Oberhausen, Germany
- König Palast, sports venue in Krefeld, Germany
- Koenig, Missouri, a community in the United States
Science
- 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 (Johann Samuel König)
- König's lemma in graph theory, named after Dénes Kőnig
- Abbe–Koenig prism, reflecting prism used to invert an image, named after Albert König (1871−1946)
- Koenig's manometric flame apparatus, physical instrument used to visualize sound waves, invented by Rudolph Koenig
- Koenigs–Knorr reaction, substitution reaction of a glycosyl halide with an alcohol to give a glycoside
- König's syndrome, syndrome of abdominal pain in relation to meals, named after Franz König (surgeon)
Businesses
- Koenig & Bauer, German company that makes printing presses
- König Brauerei, brewery in Duisburg, Germany and its beer König Pilsener
- König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei, brewery in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
Products
- König-class battleship, German battleship class at the time of World War I
- SMS König, lead ship of that class
- SMS König Albert, German battleship at the time of World War I
- SMS König Wilhelm (1868), frigate of the Prussian navy
- SS König Albert, German ocean liner at the time of World War I
- Formula König, a formula racing series active from 1988 to 2004
- König SC 430, König SD 570, aircraft engines designed by Dieter König
Other
- Koenig Memorandum, Israeli government document of 1976
- König, song by Nico from the album Camera Obscura (album)