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Kaetlyn Osmond (December 5, 1995 -) is a Canadian female figure skater. She won the silver medal in the figure skating team competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, the gold medal in the figure skating team competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and the bronze medal in the women's single skating event. She was also the 2018 World Championship champion and the 2017 World Championship runner-up.

Katharine Way (English: Katharine Way, February 20, 1902 - December 9, 1995), an American physicist, focused on the research of nuclear technology and related data during her lifetime. During World War II, she participated in the Manhattan Project and worked at the Metallurgical Laboratory, the predecessor of Argonne National Laboratory. After the war, Katherine Way joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology and founded the Nuclear Data Project, specializing in the compilation and sharing of nuclear data. In 1968, she left the program to join Duke University as an adjunct professor.

Kathryn Ann Bigelow (Kathryn Ann Bigelow, November 27, 1951 -), born in California, United States, is an American film director and the first female winner of the Academy Award for Best Director. She mainly directs films in the science fiction, action and horror genres. Her two most recent films, "The Hurt Locker" and "Osama Bin Laden," have received critical acclaim, with Bigelow winning the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, beating out her ex-husband James Cameron's blockbuster "Avatar" for the former. She is the fourth female director in history to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director (the other three are Lina Wertmüller for "Seven Beauties" in 1976, New Zealand director Jane Camping for "The Pianist and Her Lover" in 1993, and Sofia Coppola for "Love, No Translation" in 2003), and the first female director to win this honor.

Kathleen Turner (English: Kathleen Turner, June 19, 1954-), female, American actress. Won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

Katharine Houghton Hepburn (English: Katharine Houghton Hepburn, May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003) was a very influential American actress in Hollywood for more than sixty years. From radio to stage, television to movies, from screwball comedies to literary dramas, she appeared in a variety of works. She has won the Academy Award for Best Actress four times and been nominated eight times. In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) named her the most outstanding actress in the century of classical Hollywood films. Known for her strong independence and distinctive personality, Hepburn devoted her life to promoting women's rights. Hepburn was born into a wealthy Connecticut family with progressive parents, and began acting while attending Bryn Mawr College. Her performance on Broadway was well received and attracted the attention of Hollywood. Her first film debut was very successful, and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in the third film "Morning Glory" she starred in. However, many of the films she participated in since then have become box-office poisons, culminating in "Brotherhood" with Cary Grant. The film received unanimous praise from critics, but also ended in a dismal commercial outcome. Determined to create her own comeback, Hepburn bought out her contract with RKO Pictures and left Hollywood. She obtained the film adaptation rights of "Philadelphia Story" and then transferred them to MGM on the condition that she would star in the film. The success of the movie "Philadelphia Story" brought her back to Hollywood's A-list actress status, and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the third time. James Stewart also won the only Oscar in his life for this film. Today, both "Bringing Up" and "Philadelphia" are recognized as comedy masterpieces of all time. After entering the 1940s, Hepburn began a collaboration with Spencer Tracy that lasted for more than a quarter of a century, co-starring in nine films. In the second half of his life, Hepburn continued to challenge himself, actively participating in Shakespearean drama productions and starring in various literary roles. She found a niche playing middle-aged single women, and The African Queen earned her another Academy Award nomination. "Summertime" was another work that brought both fame and fortune to Hepburn, earning her an eighth Academy Award nomination. Since then, she has won the Academy Award for Best Actress three times for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", "The Lion in Winter" and "On Golden Pond". After entering the 1970s, Hepburn began to participate in TV movies, which became the focus of her later acting career. In 1994, the 87-year-old Hepburn appeared on the big screen for the last time. Since then, she has stopped participating in performances, and her physical condition has gradually deteriorated.

Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman OAM (English: Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, February 16, 1973 -), Australian Aboriginal track and field athlete. Freeman won the silver medal in the 400 meters at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, and then won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Her personal best time, ranked eighth in history, was 48.63 seconds at the 1996 Olympics.

Kaley Christine Cuoco (English: Kaley Christine Cuoco, pronunciation: /ˈkeɪliː ˈkwoʊkoʊ/ KAY-lee KWOH-koh; November 30, 1985 -), American actress. She made her first appearance as Bridget Hennessy on the Emmy Award-winning sitcom 8 Simple Rules. She then played Billie Jenkins in the final season of the supernatural drama Charmed. She later became globally famous thanks to her role as Penny in The Big Bang Theory. The actors of the show have won many awards including the 62nd Emmy Awards, the 68th and 69th Golden Globe Awards, and the 2012 American People's Choice Award. This work has also become the most acclaimed comedy among audiences aged 18 to 49. Cuoco's success in the television industry also led to her emergence in the film industry. She has appeared in films such as Lucky 13 (2005), The Penthouse (2010), Hop (2011) and The Last Ride.

Kylie Kristen Jenner (English: Kylie Kristen Jenner, August 10, 1997 -) is an American television personality, model, socialite and businesswoman. Kylie first appeared on the screen in the US reality show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" on the E! channel. In 2017, she launched her own reality show "The Private Life of Kelly."

Kaylee Rochelle McKeown (English: Kaylee Rochelle McKeown, born on July 12, 2001 in Redcliffe, Queensland) is an Australian female swimmer who specializes in backstroke. Her sister, Taylor McKeown, is also a competitive swimmer. Kelly suffered from asthma when she was a child. In order to cure her disease, and because there happened to be a swimming pool at home, she began to practice swimming. In 2021, she represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won gold medals in the women's 100m backstroke, women's 200m backstroke and women's 4×100m medley relay.

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (English: Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, October 25, 1984 -), whose stage name is Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter and television show judge. Perry is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of more than 151 million records worldwide. Known for her influence on pop music and camp-inspired fashion, she has been hailed as the "Queen of Camp" by Vogue and Rolling Stone. Perry was the world's highest-paid female singer in 2015 and 2018, and was named one of the greatest pop stars of the 21st century by Billboard. In 2001, Perry signed with Red Mountain Records and released her debut studio album, Katie Hudson, which was commercially unsuccessful. The following year Red Mountain Records folded, and she moved to Los Angeles to venture into secular music and began working with producers Glenn Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin. After being abandoned by Island Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, Perry signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007. In June 2008, Perry became an instant hit with the single "Hot and Cold" from his pop-rock style second album "The Party" and the controversial gay-themed single "Kissed a Girl". Her third album, Days of Our Lives, broke into disco territory and spawned the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles "California Girls," "Fireworks," "Alien Breed" and "The Weekend," as well as the number three single "You're the One Leaving." In March 2012, she released a reissue of her album "The Sweethearts: The Complete Records of Sweethearts", which spawned the singles "Be Yourself" and "Absolutely Awake". His fourth album "Prism" was released in 2013 and was influenced by pop and dance music. She became the first female singer to have multiple videos with 1 billion views on Vevo, among which the videos for the songs "Listen to Me Roar" and "Dark Horse" each received more than 4 billion views. In songs such as "Fireworks" and "Listen to My Roar", she emphasized the themes of self-improvement and self-esteem. Known for her quirky and hilarious personal style, Perry's fashions incorporate bright colors and food themes. Her concerts feature elaborate stages and costumes. On August 28, 2020, "Smile" was officially released. Perry has received numerous awards, including four Guinness World Records, and was listed by Forbes from 2011 to 2015.

Carey Price (English: Carey Price, August 16, 1987 -), Canadian men's ice hockey player, the field position is goalkeeper. He represented the Canadian national team in the 2014 Winter Olympics ice hockey competition and won a gold medal.

Kevin Feige, PGA (English: Kevin Feige, /ˌfaɪɡiː/; FY-ghee, June 2, 1973 -), American male producer and president of Marvel Studios. His films have a combined global box office of more than $14 billion. And it ranks first in the history of cumulative box office revenue in the United States. He is also the most successful filmmaker in history. In April 2015, it was announced that his contract with Marvel Studios would expire in 2018. In October 2019, he became chief creative director of Marvel Entertainment. In December 2019, Kevin Feige was selected into the 2019 "Bloomberg 50" list published by Bloomberg.

Keith Maurice Ellison (English: Keith Maurice Ellison, August 4, 1963 -) is an American lawyer and politician of African descent. He is currently the Attorney General of Minnesota and a former federal representative. He was elected to represent the 5th District (the district where Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota) is located. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmers-Labor Party. He is the first Islamic congressman in the history of the United States and the first African-American congressman in the history of Minnesota. Born into a Catholic family, he converted to Islam while attending Wayne State University.

Catherine Bush, CBE (English: Catherine Bush, July 30, 1958 -), British female singer, songwriter, pianist, dancer and record producer. Bush's blend of eclectic and experimental musical styles, eclectic lyrics, performances and lyrical themes have influenced artists of all styles. She has been nominated for 13 BRIT Awards, winning Best British Female Vocalist in 1987, and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards. In 2002, Bush was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for outstanding contribution to British music. In recognition of his services to music, Bush was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honors. She has been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times, in 2018, 2021 and 2022.

Kathleen Coleman Goble Johnson, whose real name is Cleola Catherine Gowan, was born in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia, United States. She is a mathematician and physicist. The success of the United States' first and subsequent manned space flights was largely due to its computational data in the field of aerospace dynamics. Catherine Johnson has worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), for 35 years. She is good at performing a large number of complex manual calculations with the assistance of digital computer programming. She is considered one of the first African-American female scientists to work at NASA.

Kaillie Humphries, OLY (English: Kaillie Humphries, September 4, 1985 -), Canadian and American female bobsleigh athlete. She represented Canada in the bobsleigh competition at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, winning two gold medals and a bronze medal. Winning the women's single bobsleigh gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing is the first gold medal for this event in the history of the Winter Olympics.

Daolang (June 22, 1971 -), formerly known as Luo Lin, was born in Zizhong, Sichuan, and is a Hakka. Mainland Chinese male singer, songwriter, and music producer. He made his debut in 2004 with the album "The First Snow in 2002".

Diao Yinan (December 6, 1968 -), Chinese film director and screenwriter, was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. He graduated from the Department of Drama Literature of the Central Academy of Drama in 1991 and is a sixth-generation film director in China.

Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Spanish: Ernesto "Che" Guevara; May 14, 1928 - October 9, 1967), nicknamed El Che or Che, was born in Rosario, Argentina. He was one of the core figures of the Cuban revolution, an international communist revolutionary, military theorist, doctor, writer, and guerrilla leader. As a young medical student, Guevara enthusiastically rode his motorcycle and traveled throughout Latin America, shocked by the ubiquity of poverty he witnessed firsthand. What he saw and heard during these travels led him to conclude that deep-rooted social inequality everywhere was the result of state monopoly capitalism, neocolonialism and imperialism, and that the only remedy was world revolution. This belief inspired him to intervene in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman; Arbenz was eventually overthrown in the 1954 Guatemala coup, secretly instigated by the CIA, ending Guatemala's extraordinary social changes at the time. Later, Guevara met Raul Castro and Fidel Castro in Mexico City, joined their July 26 Movement, embraced the ideal of overthrowing the pro-American dictator Fulgencio Batista, and landed in Cuba on the Granma. Guevara soon rose to prominence in the rebel army, was promoted to colonel commander, and played a key role in the guerrilla war against Batista's dictatorship. After the success of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, he was granted Cuban citizenship. Guevara played an important role in the Cuban revolutionary government, including retrialing and executing war criminals, presiding over land reform as Minister of Industry, serving as chairman of the National Bank, director of instruction of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Cuban Socialist Revolutionary Unity Party, and traveling across the globe as a diplomat promoting Cuban socialism. The militia troops trained by Guevara also repelled American mercenaries during the Bay of Pigs invasion and brought Soviet nuclear ballistic missiles to Cuba, which subsequently triggered the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. In addition, he is also a writer and diarist with sharp writing and rich creations. He is the author of the far-reaching military theory work "Guerrilla Warfare" and the travel diary "Motorcycle Diary" about his travels in America when he was young. Guevara left Cuba in 1965 and went to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bolivia to fight guerrilla wars against imperialism. There are different explanations for why he left Cuba. The mainstream view is that he left Cuba voluntarily to continue

Czesław Miłosz (Polish: Czesław Miłosz, June 30, 1911 - August 14, 2004), a Polish-American, was born in present-day Lithuania. He was a famous Polish poet, translator, essayist and diplomat. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. He was also a dissident during Poland's socialist period. Died in Krakow in 2004.

Lev Davidovich Trotsky ; November 7, 1879 - August 21, 1940), whose surname was Bronshteyn (Russian: Бронштейн, Romanized: Bronshteyn), a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, thinker, and journalist. During the October Revolution, Trotsky served as a member of the Central Politburo of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (Bolsheviks) and chairman of the Petrograd Soviet. After the founding of Soviet Russia, he served as the Soviet People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and a member of the Russian Constituent Assembly. He later served as the Soviet People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs and Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Committee. He presided over the establishment of the Soviet Red Army and became the de facto commander-in-chief. He is known as the "Father of the Red Army." He led the Bolsheviks to win the Russian Civil War (1917-1923) and made great military exploits. However, after the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, he was excluded from the leadership core of the Soviet Communist Party (Bolsheviks) by Joseph Stalin at the 15th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1927. From 1929, he went into exile overseas and went to Europe. In 1938, the World Socialist Revolutionary Party (Fourth International) was formed, and it still ideologically competes with left-wing organizations such as the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Communist Party of China. On August 20, 1940, he was assassinated in Mexico City by Ramon McCard, an agent sent by Stalin. He died the next day. In August 1988, the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party rehabilitated Trotsky. Trotsky regarded himself as a "Bolshevik-Leninist", an advocate of orthodox Marxism and an advocate of revolutionary Marxism. The Marxist political theory he proposed and developed is called Trotskyism.

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian novelist, philosopher, political thinker, non-violent Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He is the most influential member of the Tolstoy family.

Lev Davidovich Landau (Russian: Лев Дави́дович Ланда́у, Romanized: Lev Davidovich Landau, January 22, 1908 - April 1, 1968) was a Soviet physicist, the founder of condensed matter physics, and one of the leaders of Soviet science. He was also good at many branches of theoretical physics and made major contributions in many fields of theoretical physics. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his pioneering theories about condensed matter, especially liquid helium." He opposed the dictatorship of the Soviet Communist Party and was imprisoned for counterrevolutionary crimes. In 1962, Landau, who was still active at the forefront of research, was involved in a serious car accident. His ability to work was impaired and his physical condition deteriorated significantly. He died six years later. Many years after Landau's death, Alexey Abrikosov and Vitaly Ginzburg also won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003 for the theories of superconductors and superfluids they jointly established with Landau in their early years.

Vladimir Il'yich Ulyanov (Russian: Владимир Ильич Ульянов, Romanized: Vladimir Il'yich Ul'yanov (April 22, 1870 - January 21, 1924), commonly known as Lenin (Ленин, Romanized: Lenin), was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and thinker. He was the main founder of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union, the founder of the Bolshevik Party, and the main leader of the October Revolution. He served as Chairman of Soviet Russia and the People's Commissar of the Soviet Union (1917-1924). The government he led won the Russian Civil War and established a democratic centralist socialist country under the leadership of the Bolsheviks (later the Communist Party of the Soviet Union). Lenin's ideological system is based on Marxism, and the political theory he developed is called "Leninism." Lenin was born into a middle-class family in Simbirsk (today's Ulyanovsk). After his brother Alexander Ulyanov was executed by the Tsar in 1887, he decided to embrace the political stance of revolutionary socialism. He received a law degree after being expelled from the Kazan Imperial University for his participation in protests against the tsarist autocracy in the Russian Empire. In 1893, he moved to St. Petersburg and became a senior cadre of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, advocating Marxism. In 1897, he was arrested on charges of sedition and was exiled to Shushenskoye for three years, during which time he married Nadezhda Krupskaya. He later moved to Western Europe and became a famous party theorist through his publications. In 1903, he played a key role in the ideological split in the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, leading the Bolsheviks against Yuri Martov's Mensheviks. He inspired the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 1905 and later campaigned to turn World War I into a proletarian revolution across Europe; as a Marxist, he believed that this would overthrow the capitalist mode of production and replace it with a socialist society. In 1917, the Russian February Revolution overthrew the Tsar and established the Russian Provisional Government, and Lenin returned to Russia. He later led the October Revolution, which enabled the Bolsheviks to overthrow the new regime and establish Soviet Russia. After the success of the revolution, the Bolsheviks led by Lenin formed the Council of People's Commissars (the highest administrative body), with some power held by the democratically elected All-Russian Congress of Soviets. A new government was elected for the Russian Constituent Assembly but was later deposed. After signing the Closing Ceremony with the Allied Powers