kelp greenling
- n common food and sport fish of western coast of North America
kenyata
- n Kenyan statesman and the first president of independent Kenya (1893-1978)
kelly
- n United States circus clown (1898-1979)
- n United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982)
- n United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996)
keller
- n United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak; Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968)