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Karen Smith Karen Smith (born January 30, 1979 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is a former field hockey midfield player from Australia, who earned a total number of 257 international caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored 45 goals. Nicknamed Rowdy, she was first selected in the Australian Senior Team in February 1996 for the international series in Adelaide.
Karen Synon Karen Margaret Synon (September 15, 1959) was an Australian Senator for the state of Victoria. Synon was appointed to the Senate on May 13 1997, however she was defeated at the 1998 election and her term ended on June 30 1999.
Karen Tei Yamashita Born January 8, 1951 in Oakland, California, Karen Tei Yamashita is a Japanese American writer and Associate Professor of Literature at University of California, Santa Cruz, where she teaches creative writing and Asian American Literature. Her works, several of which contain elements of magic realism, include Circle K Cycles (2001), Tropic of Orange (1997), Brazil-Maru (1992), and Through the Arc of the Rainforest (1990).
Karen Thomas Karen Thomas co-hosted The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime from the second season onwards with Jim Lange, and filled in as a guest dealer on the Bob Eubanks version of Card Sharks for a week in late 1988 while regular dealer Lacey Pemberton was on maternity leave.
Karen Tighe Karen Tighe (pronounced "tie") is an Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio and television sports presenter. She grew up and was educated in Sydney where she joined the ABC sports department as a television reporter and presenter in 1989.
Karen Traviss Karen Traviss is a science fiction author and full-time novelist from Wiltshire, England. Originally from the Portsmouth area, Traviss worked as both a journalist and defence correspondent before turning her attention to writing fiction.
Karen Tuttle Karen Tuttle is an American viola teacher who is famous for her "coordination" technique, which emphasizes being comfortable while playing your instrument. She was originally a violinist who chose to become a violist when she wanted to study with William Primrose, whose technique and ease in playing the viola she greatly admired.
Karen van Wirdum Karen Tracey van Wirdum (born April 9, 1971 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. She won the silver medal in the 100m Freestyle at the 1990 and the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.
Karen Vick Interim Chief Karen Vick is a character on the American dramedy Psych played by Kirsten Nelson. She was impressed by Shawn Spencer's display of psychic-like insight into her police officer's lives after she tried to arrest him for being an accomplice in a series of crimes which were solved with Shawn's tips.
Karen Walker (designer) Karen Walker is a noted New Zealand fashion designer, whose customers include Madonna and Kelly Osbourne. She left school, after attending Epsom Girls Grammar School in 1988 to begin her fashion training, graduating in 1990.
Karen Wetterhahn Karen Wetterhahn (1949 - June 8 1997) was a well-known professor of chemistry at Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire, United States) specializing in toxic metal exposure. On August 14 1996 while working with an organic mercury compound called dimethylmercury, she spilled a drop or two on her latex glove.
Karen Wheaton Karen Harris Wheaton Towe is a Pentecostal minister and gospel singer. Born "Karen Harris", she grew up in a Pentecostal family in Hamilton, Alabama where she was active in church music from an early age.
Karen Wilkin Karen Wilkin is a New York-based independent curator and critic specializing in 20th century modernism. Educated at Barnard College and Columbia University, she was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and a Fulbright Scholarship, to Rome.
Karen Young (British singer) Karen Young (born January 1, 1947) is a British-born singer who had a 1969 hit in the UK singles chart with "Nobody's Child". She had other singles released between 1965 to 1971 before retiring from the music business in 1974.
Karen Zerby Karen Elva Zerby (born in Camden, New Jersey on 31 July, 1946) is the current leader of the Children of God, a new religious movement. She legally changed her name to Katherine Rianna Smith in 1997, and uses the pseudonyms Maria David, Maria Berg, Maria Fontaine, Mama Maria and Queen Maria.
Karen Zoid Karen Zoid (born Karen Louise Greeff) is a female South African rock artist with both vocal and guitar talent. She is also an acclaimed songwriter with 42 of her songs released over her three EMI albums (23 in English, 19 in Afrikaans).
Karen-Christine Friele Karen Christine ("Kim") Friele (born May 27 1935) is a Norwegian gay rights activist, famous for being the first Norwegian to admit to her sexuality. She acted as the leader for the previously secret organization Forbundet av 1948 between 1966 and 1971, and as its secretary general until 1989.
Karen-Ni Karen-Ni was the country of the Red Karens, a collection of small states, formerly independent, but was the feudatory to Burma (now Myanmar). The states were bounded on the north by the Shan states of Mong Pai, Hsatung and Mawkmai.
Karen, Kenya Karen is a suburb of Nairobi in Kenya, lying south west of the city centre. Named after Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa, who settled in the area, it borders the Ngong Road Forest and is home to the Ngong Racecourse.
Karena Johnson Karena Marcelle Johnson (born August 25, 1972) is a British Theatrical Director/Programmer. She is Britain's only black female theatrical Director/Programmer, who first started working at London's Oval House Theatre.
Karenna Gore Schiff Karenna Gore Schiff (born August 6, 1973) is the eldest daughter of former Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore. She was named after the protagonist in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, which Tipper read during her pregnancy.
Karenni States The Karenni States is the name formerly given to the three states of Kantarawadi (3161 square miles, pop (1931) 30,677), Kyebogyi (790 square miles, pop (1931) 14,282) and Bawlake (568 square miles, pop (1931) 13,802), located south of the Federated Shan States and east of British Burma.
Karewit In Wendish mythology Karewit is the protector of the town of Korzenica (nowadays Garz) on Rugia. Depicted alone, his naked statue has a head with two faces, an oxen's head on his chest and a rooster's head on his belly.
Karfi Karfi, Crete, (also Karphi) is a little-visited archaeological site high in the Dikti Mountains that is akin to Machu Picchu for the Minoan civilization. When the warlike mixed group conventionally referred to as Dorians arrived in Crete from the Peloponnese after ca 1100 BCE, archaeological reconstructions suggest that they would have found the Minoan people living along with the Mycenaeans, surviving as an underclass.
Karg (Masters of the Universe) Karg is a character in the 1987 movie Masters of the Universe by Cannon Films. The movie was based upon Mattel's best-selling toy line of the same name, although Karg was a brand new character created by the film's writers, who never had an accompanying action figure.
Kargil District The contemporary district of Kargil (Hindi: करगिल ; ) was one of the districts of Ladakh Wazarat/Province before the Partition of Ladakh in 1947. The other two districts of Ladakh Wazarat were Skardo Baltistan and Leh Central Ladakh.
Kargil town Kargil is a town, which serves as the headquarters of Kargil District in Jammu and Kashmir of India. It is located 60km and 204km from Drass and Srinagar to the west respectively, 234km from Leh to the east, 240km from Padum to the southeast and 1047km to Delhi in the south.
Kargoth In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Kargoth, more commonly known as Saint Kargoth, is a death knight of great power. He is also known as "the Betrayer", and "King of the Death Knights.
Karhade Brahmin Karhade Brahmins (Karhádé Bráhmeņ) form the smallest of the four major sub-castes of Maharashtrian Brahmins, the other three being Deshastha Brahmins, Saraswat Brahmins and Konkanastha Brahmins. The word Karhade is perhaps derived from Karhatak, an ancient region in India that included present day south Maharashtra and northern Karnataka.
Karhunen-Loève theorem In the theory of stochastic processes, the Karhunen-Loève theorem (named after Kari Karhunen and Michel Loève) is a representation of a stochastic process as an infinite linear combination of orthogonal functions, analogous to a Fourier series representation of a function on a bounded interval. In contrast to a Fourier series where the coefficients are real numbers and the expansion basis consists of sinusoidal functions (that is, sine and cosine functions), the coefficients in the Karhunen-Loève theorem are random variables and the expansion basis depends on the process.
Karhuryhmä The Karhuryhmä (Bear Group) (officially called Valmiusyksikkö - Readiness Unit) is the SWAT-equivalent unit of the Finnish police. It was formed after the Munich massacre in 1972 to provide security for the CSCE Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe of 1975 which was held in Helsinki.
Karch Kiraly Charles Frederick Kiraly, better known as Karch Kiraly (born November 3, 1960 in Jackson, Michigan), is an American volleyball player who is the only person to have won Olympic gold medals in both the indoor and beach versions of the sport. Kiraly is a resident of Hermosa Beach, California.
Karcher Mall Karcher Mall is an indoor shopping mall in Nampa, Idaho which was built in 1965. It was the first indoor shopping venue in the Treasure Valley, and the only one for several decades until the Boise Towne Square Mall was built in 1988 in Boise.
Kari Ann Peniche Kari Ann Peniche (born March 20, 1984) is a beauty queen from Gresham, Oregon, who has competed at Miss Teen USA and held the Miss United States Teen title. She was stripped of her title after appearing nude in the November 2004 issue of Playboy Magazine.
Kari Corbett Kari Corbett is a young Scottish actress most famous for her role in BBC drama Monarch of the Glen as bartender Zoë and for her roles in Jeopardy and River City. Corbett is 5'2" and has brown hair and eyes and has been trained at the Scottish Youth Theatre and Langside College, Glasgow.
Kari Edwards kari edwards (d. 2006) was a poet, artist and gender activist, winner of New Langton Art's Bay Area Award in literature (2002); was the author of have been blue for charity, BlazeVox (2006); obedience, Factory School (2005); iduna, O Books (2003); a day in the life of p.
Kari Enqvist Kari-Pekka Enqvist (born February 16 1954 in Lahti, Finland) is a professor of cosmology in the Department of Physical Sciences at the University of Helsinki. Enqvist got his PhD in theoretical physics in 1983.
Kari Gjesteby Kari Gjesteby (born 1947) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was personal secretary to the Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs 1974-1976, state secretary to the Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1976-1978, and to the Minister of Finance 1979-1981.
Kari Haakana Kari Haakana (b. November 8, 1973 in Outokumpu, Finland) is a professional ice hockey defenceman who has spent the majority of his career in Scandinavia, with the exception of brief stints in Germany and in the Edmonton Oilers player development system in North America.
Kari Kairamo Kari Kairamo (December 31, 1932 near Kotka in Finland, – December 11, 1988 in Espoo, Finland) was a CEO of Nokia and a significant and popular person in the industry, who was also actively involved in Finland's foreign policy.
Kari Kamiya Hikari "Kari" Kamiya, known as Hikari Yagami (八神 ヒカリ Yagami Hikari) in Japan, is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02. She is usually called "Kari" in the English versions.
Kari Mannerla Kari Mannerla (January 9, 1930, Helsinki, Finland – July 12, 2006, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish board and card game designer. The most famous game designed by Mannerla is the board game Afrikan tähti (the star of Africa), the idea of which he began to develop in 1949.
Kari Michaelsen Kari Michaelsen (born Kari Markusen on November 3, 1961 in New York City) is an American actress, best known for her role as Katie Kanisky on the television sitcom Gimme a Break!. She played the role from 1981 to 1986.
Kari Peitsamo Kari Juhani Valdemar Peitsamo (born 26 August 1957 in Nokia, Finland) is a Finnish musician who style has changed along the years from acoustic avant-garde pop to electric rock. His probably best-known song is 'Kauppaopiston naiset' from 1977.
Kari S. Tikka Kari Sulo Tikka (born 21 August 1944 in Lahti - died 25 May 2006 in Helsinki) was a Finnish legal scholar. He was Professor of Finance Law at the University of Helsinki and one of Finland's leading experts on taxation.
Kari Suomalainen Kari Suomalainen (October 15, 1920 - August 10, 1999) was Finland's most famous political cartoonist. His first cartoon appeared in the start of the year 1950, showing an infant boy (the symbol of the New Year) contemplating between two toys: a tank and a dove carrying an olive branch.
Kari Traa Kari Traa (born January 28, 1974 in Voss, Norway) is a Norwegian freestyle skier. She won the Olympic title in the moguls event at the 2002 Winter Olympics, finished second at the 2006 games, and finished third at the 1998 games.
Kariba Kariba is a town in Mashonaland West province, Zimbabwe, located close to the Kariba Dam at the northwestern end of Lake Kariba, near the Zambian border. According to the 1982 Population Census, the town had a population of 12,357.
Kariba Dam The Kariba Dam is a hydroelectric dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It controls 40% of the total runoff of the Zambezi River, thus changing the downstream ecology quite dramatically.
Karigane Junichi Karigane Junichi (雁金準一; 1879-1959) was a Japanese professional go player. One of the strongest players of the first part of the twentieth century, and involved in 1926 in the most celebrated match and game of the period of unification of Japan, he had an ultimately unsuccessful career.
Kariganur Kariganur, also known as Karignur, is a village in Channagiri Taluk, Davangere District, Karnataka, India. Kariganur is well known for farming and for giving birth to one of the most famous humorous and witty thinkers, the former chief minister of Karnataka late J H Patel.
Karim El Mejjati Karim El Mejjati (born October 30, 1967 in Morocco) was one of two new additions to the United States FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list, introduced by October 8, 2003. FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism Archive, Internet Archive Wayback Machine, October 8, 2003 He was being sought for questioning in connection with possible threats against the United States.
Karim GarcĂ­a Gustavo Karim GarcĂ­a (born October 29, 1975 in Ciudad ObregĂłn, Mexico) is a utility outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies in Major League Baseball. GarcĂ­a played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1995-1997), Arizona Diamondbacks (1998), Detroit Tigers (1999-2000), Baltimore Orioles (2000), Cleveland Indians (2000-2001), New York Yankees (2002-2003) and New York Mets (2004).
Karim Masimov Karim KajimqanĂĽly Masimov (; ) born in 1965 in Tselinograd, Kazakh SSR now Astana, Kazakhstan)Kazakhstan moves to name new PM United Press International has served as Prime Minister in the Government of Kazakhstan since 10 January 2007.Kazakhstan appoints new PM TVNZ
Karim Pakradouni Karim Pakradouni (Arabic: كريم بقرادوني), born in Beirut on August 18 1944, is a Lebanese-Maronite Christian attorney. He has been a leading figure in the Kataeb Party since 1968 when he became head of its student wing.
Karim Touzani Karim Jaidi Touzani (Arabic: كريم جاعدي طوزاني) (born 11 September 1980, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch professional footballer of Moroccan descent, currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen.
Karim Ziani Karim Ziani () (born August 17, 1982 in Sèvres, France) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing for FC Sochaux in Ligue 1. His family originally comes from Bejaia in the Kabylie region of Algeria.
Karima Adebibe Karima Adebibe (born 14 February, 1985 in London, England), an English actress and model of Moroccan and Irish descent from Bethnal Green in east London, is the latest person to don the famous Tomb Raider outfit of guns and shorts. Karima is the first person actually entrusted to "be" Lara Croft, meaning that she is allowed to speak as the character, rather than just pose.
Karimata islands The Karimata islands are a chain of small islands off the west coast of Indonesian Borneo, the largest of which is (Pulau) Karimata, being about 20 km across (east-west), and situated at . Karimata has a wide range of ecosystems, from mangroves and tropical rain forest in the lowlands to montane shrubland on the summit of the c.
Karimnagar Karimnagar is a town and a Municipal Corporation in Karimnagar district is in the northern Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Karimnagar District, located on the bank of river Manair, a tributary of river Godavari.
Karin Adelmund Karin Yvonne Irene Jansen (Karin) Adelmund (Rotterdam, March 18, 1949 – Amsterdam, October 21, 2005) was a Dutch member of parliament (from 1994 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2005) and former staatssecretaris (Junior minister) of Education, Culture and Science (from 1998 to 2002).
Karin Alvtegen Karin Alvtegen (born June 8, 1965, Huskvarna, Sweden) is a Swedish writer of crime fiction. Her psychological thrillers are generally set in her native Sweden, and so far three of the books have been translated into English: Missing, Betrayal and Guilt.
Karin Brienesse Karin Brienesse (born July 17, 1969 in Breda, Noord-Brabant) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. There she won the silver medal with the Dutch 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team, behind East Germany.
Karin Cluster The Karin Cluster is a group of at least 90 asteroids in the Koronis family in the main belt. What makes them special is that scientists have used the orbits of 13 members to calculate backwards until they were all found to share the same orbit — that of the parent body from which they all originated.
Karin Knorr Karin Knorr-Cetina (also Karin Knorr Cetina) (born July 19, 1944 in Graz, Austria) is a German sociologist well known for the books The Manufacture of Knowledge: An Essay on the Constructivist and Contextual Nature of Science (1981) and Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge (1999), her work on epistemology and Social constructionism, and more recently her contribution to the Social studies of finance.Karin Knorr is professor of the Theory of Sociology at the Universität Konstanz and guest professor at University of Chicago.
Karin Lamberg-Skog Karin Lamberg-Skog is a former Swedish cross country skier who competed during the 1980's. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and finished 18th in the 10 km event at those championships.
Karin Moroder Karin Moroder (born November 30, 1974) is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5km relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and finished 26th in the Individual sprint at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Karin nødgaard Karin Nødgaard, is a member of the honourable Danish party, Dansk Folkeparti German: Dänisches Volkspartei, she is very found of horses, her role in the pary is unknown at the moment, though she holds certain points.
Karin Pilsäter Anna Karin Pilsäter (born 24 June 1960) is a Swedish politician with the Liberal People's Party. She is a member of the Riksdag since 1991, representing Stockholm County, and her party's spokesperson on economic policy since January 2002.
Karin Sham Poo Born December 18, 1943, Karin Sham Poo was the first female Senior Vice President in banking of Norway in 1980. She was later recruited to UNICEF, and became its Deputy Executive Director based in New York City.
Karin Shifrin Karin Shifrin (born 1979 in Jerusalem, Israel) is an Israeli opera soprano. She performs in Germany, Austria, Italy and Israel under conductors Zubin Mehta, Shlomo Minz, and Daniel Inbal in concerts of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Teatro Di Bolognia Symphonic Orchestra and with other orchestras in Israel and abroad.
Karin Slaughter Karin Slaughter, is a highly praised US author who debuted with her novel Blindsighted in 2001. It became an international success and made the Dagger Award shortlist for "Best Thriller Debut" of 2001.
Karin Sowada Karin Nicole Sowada (born November 1, 1961) is an Australian politician and archaeologist. She served two tumultous years as an Australian Democrats member of the Australian Senate between 1991 and 1993, after being appointed to serve out the term of resigned Democrat Senator Paul McLean.
Karin's Face Karin's Face (Swedish title: Karins ansikte) is a 14-minute film directed by Ingmar Bergman focusing on Bergman's mother, Karin. The film consists of still photos of Bergman's family members shown over a simple musical score with no narration.
Karina Falcon Bilingual Mexican Writer and Poet born in 1984. She has done fascinating researches into Greek Mythology, Iconography, Women's role in Religion and the Sacred; as well as the Abjected Body and the Monster in Literature.
Karine A The Karin A (also Karine A) was a 4,000 ton freighter intercepted by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on January 3, 2002 carrying a wide variety of weapons. While the ship itself was worth an estimated $400,000 and the civilian cargo used to conceal the weapons approximately $3,000,000, the weapons were reportedly purchased for approximately $15,000,000.
Karine Gambier Karine Gambier was an adult film star that worked primarily in Europe for a period of just over ten years (1975 to 1986). Her unbridled eroticism, plantinum blonde hair and fleshy good looks made her a minor sensation for a time.
Karinkuzhi Karinkuzhi is located in the southern side of Karinkuzhi river on the Payyanur-Pulingome state highway in the Kerala district of India. Karinkuzhi is primarily an agricultural area and it was selected as one of the ‘Ela’s during the great green revolution.
Karion Istomin Karion Istomin (Russian: Карион Истомин) (Late 1640s, Kursk - no earlier than 1718, Moscow) was a Russian poet, translator, and one of the first Muscovite enlighteners (student of Simeon Polotsky).
Karipur Karipur is a small town in Malapuram district of Kerala, south India. The place is best-known as the site of the international airport of Kozhikode (Calicut International Airport), serving the needs of travellers in the north Kerala region.
Karita Bekkemellem Karita Bekkemellem (born January 15, 1965 in Lillehammer) is a Norwegian politician and the current Norwegian minister of Children and Equality Affairs in the second cabinet Stoltenberg. She belongs to the Norwegian Labour Party, where she leads the women's network.
Karitane Shoal Karitane Shoal is a shoal located in the Pacific Ocean south of the Cook Islands. Despite the fact that it is submerged under nine metres of water, it is claimed as "territory" by the Dominion of Melchizedek, a micronation known for involvement in large scale banking fraud.
Karius og Baktus Karius og Baktus (ISBN 0961539410) is a Norwegian book for children written and illustrated by Thorbjørn Egner. The book was first published in 1949 and produced as a 15 minute "dukkefilm" by Ivo Caprino in 1955.
Karivela Karivela is a festival in which many volunteers paint in black with charcoal (Kari in Malayalam language) and walk through the streets, this festival is conducted as part of other festivals, like Nemmara Vela, Kuthira Vela etc. These men usually controls the people who come to watch the festival.
Karjat, India Karjat is an extended suburb of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, with a population of 2,17,363. Tourism, Adventure Sports, Higher Education, Film Shooting, Retailing, Plantation and Spa Hospitality are the main occupations.
Karkadann The Kargadan (English: Rhinoceros, Persian: كرگدن "Lord of the Desert") was a mythical unicorn-like creature said to live on the grassy plains of India, Persia and North Africa. The kargadan was an extremely ferocious beast, driving away from its territory animals as big as the elephant.
Karkala Karkala is a place in Udupi district, Karnataka, India, and is located about 40 km from Udupi and about 450 km from Bangalore. The name Karkala has been derived from the Kannada word karikallu, meaning black stones.
Karki (Azerbaijan) Karki (also known as Kyarki or Tigranashen) is an exclave of Azerbaijan's Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic. It is part of the Sadarak rayon and is completely surrounded by Armenia and has been controlled by it since its invasion during the Nagorno-Karabakh War in May 1992.
Karkin language Karkin (also called Los Carquines in Spanish) was a Utian language in the Ohlone/Costanoan language family that was spoken in Northern California by one division of the Ohlone (also known as Costanoans) who lived in the Carquinez Strait region. It is only documented from a single vocabulary obtained in the late 1700's, and has probably not been spoken for 200 years.
Karkinagri Karkinagri (or Karkinagrio) The picturesque village of Karkinagri stands solitary by the promontory of "Pappas" in the southwestern tip of Ikaria, Greece. It has about 300 permanent inhabitants, but in summertime the population increases substantially.
Karkinos In Greek mythology, Karkinos (a transliteration of the Greek word for Crab), was a crab that came to the aid of the Lernaean Hydra as it battled Heracles. Karkinos bit Heracles in the foot, but was crushed beneath the hero's heel.
Karkor Karkor - foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of Jordan (), not far beyond Succoth and Penuel, to the south. Here Gideon overtook and routed a fugitive band of Midianites under Zebah and Zalmunna, whom he took captive.
Karkotaka Karkotaka (Sanskrit: कर्कोटक) was a naga king, who bit Nala at the request of Indra, transforming Nala into a twisted and ugly shape. Karkotaka had deceived Narada who cursed him due to which he could not move a step.
Karl "Tubby" Lohmann Inspector Karl "Tubby" Lohmann is a fictional character, played by Otto Wernicke, in two Fritz Lang movies; He first in M, where he proved so popular he was brought back in The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.
Karl Aage Hansen Karl Aage Hansen (July 4, 1921 - November 23, 1990) was a Danish football player, who won a bronze medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He scored 17 goals in 22 games for the Danish national team, and was Danish team captain on 17 occasions.
Karl Abraham Karl Abraham (3 May, 1877 - 25 December, 1925) was an early German psychoanalyst, and a correspondent of Sigmund Freud. He founded the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute, and was the president of the International Psychoanalytical Association from 1914 to 1918 and again in 1925.
Karl Adams (baseball player) Karl Tutwiler Adams (August 11 1891 - September 17 1967) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the National League for the Cincinnati Reds (1914) and Chicago Cubs (1915). He compiled a 1-9 won-lost record in his brief career.
Karl Adolph Gjellerup Karl Gjellerup (June 2, 1857 - October 13, 1919) was a Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917. He belonged to the Modern Break-Through.
Karl Albrecht Karl Hans Albrecht (born 1920 in Essen, Germany) is a German entrepreneur who founded the discount supermarket chain, Aldi, with his brother Theo. He is among the richest men in the world, with an estimated net worth of $17.
Karl Albrecht Habsburg-Lothringen Karl Albrecht Habsburg-Lothringen (Karl Albrecht Nikolaus Leo Gratianus von Österreich, later Karl Albrecht Habsburg-Lothringen, since 1919 – Karol Olbracht Habsburg-Lotaryński, since 1949 – Karl von Habsburg-Altenburg; * 18 December 1888 in Pula, † 17 March 1951 in Östervik near Stockholm, Sweden) was an Austrian archduke, the oldest son of archduke Karl Stephan Habsburg and Maria Theresia von Österreich-Toskana, Żywiec landowner, an officer of Austrian (k.u.
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