kenyata
- n Kenyan statesman and the first president of independent Kenya (1893-1978)
kennelly
- n United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents; independently of Oliver Heaviside he discovered the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1861-1939)
kennelly-heaviside layer
- n a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length
kennesaw mountain
- n battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston
kenneth bancroft clark
- n United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were discriminatory (1914-2005)