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Kiowa The Kiowa are a nation of Native Americans who lived mostly in the plains of west Texas, Oklahoma and eastern New Mexico at the time of the arrival of Europeans. Today the Kiowa Tribe is federally recognized, with about 12,000 members living in southwestern Oklahoma.
Kiowa music The Kiowa are a Native American tribe. Their traditional music is strongly focused on dancing, such as the Sun Dance (k'aw-tow), when the people gather to build a lodge out of cottonwood trees; courtship is a traditional part of k'aw-tow celebrations, and this facet is often reflected in the music.
Kip (unit) In the United States, a kip is sometimes a unit of weight that equals 1,000 avoirdupois pounds (used to compute shipping charges), or more often a unit of force that equals 1,000 pounds force (used to measure engineering loads). Its symbol is kip.
Kip Bouknight Kip Bouknight (born November 16, 1978 in Columbia, SC)is a baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization. In 2000 while at the University of South Carolina he won the Golden Spikes Award as the nation's top amateur player.
Kip Hladky Kipling ("Kip") Hladky (born May 15, 1960 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former field hockey player from Canada, who participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he finished in tenth place with the Men's National Team .
Kip Kinkel Kipland Philip Kinkel (born August 30, 1982) became Oregon's youngest ever person to receive what is considered a life sentence, after killing his parents, and soon afterwards two of his classmates while wounding 25 at his local high school, where his father had worked for 30 years. He was 15 years old at the time of the incident, and had a history of clinical depression.
Kip McKean Thomas "Kip" McKean (born May 31, 1954) is a Christian preacher, religion reformer, a formerly influential leader in the Boston Church of Christ, which evolved into an organization known as the International Churches of Christ. Currently he is the minister of the Portland International Church of Christ and the "International Christian Church" organization.
Kip Miller Kip Charles Miller (born June 11, 1969 in Lansing, Michigan) is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing for the American Hockey League Grand Rapids Griffins. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques as their 4th-round pick in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, 72nd overall.
Kip Selbach Albert Karl (Kip) Selbach (March 24 1872 - February 17 1956) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1894 through 1906, he played for the Washington Senators (NL) (1894-1898), Cincinnati Reds (1899), New York Giants (1900-1901), Baltimore Orioles (1902), Washington Senators (AL) (1903-1904) and Boston Red Sox (1904-1906).
Kip-up The Kip-up is an acrobatic move employed in martial arts, breakdancing, professional wrestling and gymnastics which takes a person from a supine position directly to his feet. From a lying position, the subject draws his (straight) legs into his chest, rolls back slightly, then kicks up.
Kipchaks Kipchaks (also spelled as Kypchaks, Qipchaqs, Qypchaqs) (, Karachay-Balkar: Къыпчакъ, , Kazakh: Қыпшақ, Kumyk: Къыпчакъ, Nogai: Кыпчак, Chinese: 钦察, Qīnchá, Turkish: Kıpçak) were an ancient Turkic people, first mentioned in the historical chronicles of Central Asia in the 1st millennium BC. The western Kipchaks were known as Cumans (Kuman, Kuns) in Western Europe and Polovtsy (Polovtsians) in Russia and Ukraine, or by other names, most of which have the meaning "pale", or "sallow".
Kipchaks in Georgia Kipchaks are an ancient nomadic Turkic people who occupied large territories from Central Asia to Eastern Europe. They played an important role in the history of many nations of living in the region, Georgia among them.
Kipling (Accessories) Founded in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1987 and named after the British author Rudyard Kipling, Kipling is a company known especially for its line of nylon handbags, backpacks, luggage and accessories distinguished by their round rubber logo and furry monkey keychain. They could be described as similar to Prada's line of pricey nylon bags, except for less expensive and more casual.
Kipling (VIVA) Kipling, or Kipling Avenue is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened on October 16, 2005, on the intersection of Kipling Avenue and Highway 7 in Vaughan, Ontario.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Kiplinger's Personal Finance is a magazine that has been continuously published, on a monthly basis, from 1947 to the present day. It was the nation's first personal finance magazine, and prides itself on delivering "sound, unbiased advice in clear, concise language".
Kiplyn Davis Kiplyn Davis (born July 1 1979) was a 15-year-old high school student who was reported missing on May 2 1995 in Spanish Fork, Utah. Davis, a sophomore, was last seen at Spanish Fork High School, where she attended her early driver's education class, her morning classes and was seen at lunchtime in the school's cafeteria with her friends and classmates.
Kipp Lynn Academy KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School in the United States provides an environment where the students of Lynn, Massachusetts may develop the academic skills, intellectual habits, and character traits necessary to maximize their potential in high school, college, and the world beyond. KIPP Lynn is modeled after the nationally-recognized Knowledge Is Power Program in the South Bronx, New York and Houston, Texas.
Kippah A kippah (, also kipah, kipa, kippa, plural kippot; , yarmlke, yarmulke, yarmulka, yarmelke, less commonly called kapel) is a thin, usually slightly-rounded cloth skullcap worn by observant Jews (usually men, but not always; see below).
Kippax Centre, Australian Capital Territory Kippax Centre is a designated group centre located in the Canberra suburb of Holt. Named after cricketer Alan Kippax, it serves a sizable area of suburban Belconnen, including the suburbs of Higgins, Holt, Latham and Macgregor.
Kippax Plantation Kippax Plantation was located on the south bank of the Appomattox River in what is today the City of Hopewell, in southeast Virginia. Kippax Plantation is considered to be a well-preserved archaeological site that is also well documented.
Kippax Uniting Church Kippax Uniting Church and Community Centre is part of the Uniting Church in Australia's Presbytery of the Canberra Region. The church and its community centre are located in the West Belconnen District in the suburb of Holt, Australian Capital Territory, adjacent to the Group Centre shopping complex, Kippax Fair.
Kipper the Dog Kipper the Dog is a character in a series of books for preschool age children by Mick Inkpen. The books have 34 titles (as of July 2005), have sold over 8 million copies, and have been translated into over 20 languages.
Kippie Moeketsi Kippie ‘Morolong’ Moeketsi (1925-1983) was a legendary South African saxophonist and jazz musician. Born into a musical Johannesburg family, Moeketsi was the youngest of four brothers, each of whom played an instrument.
Kippure Kippure is a granite mountain in Ireland, that straddles the County Dublin and County Wicklow borders. Due to its proximity to Dublin, fine views over Dublin Bay and the Howth peninsula, convenient access, and easy terrain, Kippure is a popular place for hill walking and outdoor leisure activities, especially on the weekends.
Kippy Brown Kippy Brown (born March 6, 1955 in Sweetwater, Tennessee) was born in Sweetwater, Tenn. Biographical information on Kippy Brown was a collegiate level starting quarterback forMemphis State and has coached in various capacities on both the collegiate and professional levels.
Kiprich Kiprich (born Marlon Plunkett in Waterhouse, Jamaica), formerly known as Crazy Kid, is a popular dancehall deejay. He, like his mentor Elephant Man, is a member of the Alliance, a group of Gangsta-themed deejays.
Kipunji The Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) is a species of Old World monkey that lives in the highland forests of Tanzania. Also known as the Highland Mangabey, it is about three feet long and has long brown fur, which stands in tufts on the sides and top of its head.
Kir Bulychev Kir Bulychev or Bulychyov (Russian: Кир Булычёв) (October 18, 1934—September 5, 2003) was a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheyko (И́горь Все́володович Може́йко), who was a Russian science fiction writer and historian. He received a Master's degree in 1965 and a Ph.
Kira Bulten Kira Bulten (born May 12, 1973 in Elburg, Gelderland) is a former breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she was eliminated in the heats of the 100m and 200m Breaststroke.
Kira Eggers Kira Eggers is a beautiful, naturally busty model who is from Copenhagen, Denmark. She was born on November 29, 1974 and has been featured in many soft-core/artsy-fartsy types of late night cable entertainment.
Kira Hall Kira Hall is associate professor of linguistics and anthropology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is best-known for her contributions to research on language and identity within sociocultural linguistics, namely the tactics of intersubjectivity framework developed with Mary Bucholtz.
Kira Ivanova Kira Valentinovna Ivanova () (January 10 1963 — December 21 2001) was a figure skater from the former Soviet Union whose senior international career ran from 1979 to 1988. While she had won medals at several international events, such as World Junuior Championships, Enia Challenge Cup, and Moscow News Trophy, her true breakthrough on the international skating scene came with a bronze medal at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Kira Jordan Kira Jordan is a Croatian dance act found in 2003 by Naomi Cinune / DJ Naomi, Niki Leinso and Keyra (in 2006 Kira X. changed his solo name into Keyra), they released their first record in 2004 on Croatian trance label Standin Records, after that they we're also signed to VSL Records in Latvia.
Kira Kirillovna of Russia Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia (May 9 1909 - September 8 1967) was the second daughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna. She married Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia.
Kira Nerys Colonel Kira Nerys was a character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. A Bajoran officer in the Bajoran Militia, she served as Captain Benjamin Sisko's first officer and Bajoran liaison officer on space station Deep Space Nine.
Kira O'Reilly Kira O'Reilly is a performance artist based in the UK. After graduating from Cardiff school of Art in 1998 she has been included in a number of performance art festivals throughout the UK and Europe, including at the Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University 1998, the National Review of Live Art, in Glasgow (1998, 2001, 2003), at Arnolfini in Bristol, at Home in London and at several European festivals including Break 21 Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2002 and the ANTI Contemporary Art Festival 2003, Kuopio, Finland.
Kirama Katibin Kirama Katibin (Arabic: كراما كاتبين), or honourable recorders, are two angels in Islam who record a person's good and bad deeds. If there is one type of deed more than the other this decides if one is sent to the Jannah or the Jahannam.
Kiran Bedi Kiran Bedi is an Indian police officer and is the first woman to join the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972. She was born on 9th June 1949 in Amritsar, Punjab state, India, and is one of the most celebrated and widely known police officers who ever served the Indian Police Force.
Kiran Chetry Kiran Chetry (born August 26, 1974 in Kathmandu, Nepal) is best known for her work as hostess of Fox and Friends weekend edition and Fox and Friends First on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday on the Fox News Channel. Kiran (whose name is Sanskrit for "rays of sunshine") grew up in Gaithersburg, Maryland and received a bachelor of arts in broadcast journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park's College of Journalism.
Kiran More Kiran Shankar More (pronounced Mo-ray) (born September 4, 1962 in Baroda, Gujarat, India) was the wicket-keeper for the Indian cricket team from 1984 to 1993. He was the Chairman of the Selection Committee of the BCCI.
Kiran Nagarkar Kiran Nagarkar, born in Mumbai in 1942, is an Indian author who has published fiction in both Marathi and English. His published work includes Cuckold, Ravan and Eddie, and Seven Sixes are Forty-Three (Saat Sakkam Trechalis).
Kirana Hill A range of mountains in central Punjab districts Sargodha and Jhang running across approximately 40 miles northwest in the region. It is said the last formation of hills in geographic history and are said to be the kind of hills found in Aravalli series Rajasthan.
Kirant Kirant or Kirat refers to the Kiranti group or Kirat confederation that includes the Rai, Limbu and Sunuwar ethnic groups of Nepal. The distinct Tibeto-Burman languages of the Rai, Limbu and Sunuwar are known as Kiranti.
Kiranti languages The Kiranti languages form a sub-group of the Tibeto-Burman language family, which is itself a branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages. The Kiranti family comprises thirty to forty languages spoken in the eastern Himalayas by ethnic Kiranti, principally in Nepal, but also, and to a lesser extent, in Bhutan and the extreme north of India.
Kirby (Nintendo) is a video game character in a series of video games published by Nintendo. He has been the star of a number of namesake games developed by HAL Laboratory, and has also become a popular anime character in recent years.
Kirby 23 The Kirby 23 sailboat was designed by Bruce Kirby and saw limited production circa 1985-1986. The hull from the very successful Sonar was modified to produce the Kirby 23 to enable it to complete in PHRF and MORC regattas.
Kirby Award The Jack Kirby Award for achievement in comic books was presented from 1985-1987 by Amazing Heroes magazine, and managed by Dave Olbrich. It is named after the pioneering writer and artist Jack Kirby, and voted on by comic-book professionals.
Kirby Company The Kirby Company is a subsidiary of the Scott Fetzer Company, part of the Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate overseen by Warren Buffett. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; it is a producer of vacuum cleaners and a multitude of home cleaning accessories.
Kirby dance Kirby dance is an ASCII text message of celebration. It has various forms but generally is a sequence of three or more character constructs representing the Nintendo video game character Kirby in different dance steps.
Kirby dots Kirby dots (sometimes Kirby Krackle) are an artistic convention in superhero and science fiction comic books and similar illustrations: a field of black, roughly circular dots that are used to represent negative space around unspecified kinds of energy. They are typically found in illustrations of explosions, the blasts from ray guns, and outer-space phenomena.
Kirby Doyle Kirby Doyle (November 27, 1932 - April 14, 2003) was a poet in the New American Poetry movement, the so-called "third generation" of American modernist poets. He was also one of the San Francisco Renaissance poets who preceded the Beat poets and laid the groundwork for Beat poetry in San Francisco.
Kirby Grindalythe Kirby Grindalythe is a village in North Yorkshire, located about eight miles southeast of Malton. The village is home to the Cranedale Centre, a residential Field Studies Centre providing courses in environmental subjects and outdoor education to people of all ages.
Kirby Hall Kirby Hall is an Elizabethan country house, located near Corby, Northamptonshire,England. Construction on the building began in 1570 based on the designs in French architectural pattern books and expanded in the classical style over the course of the decades.
Kirby Larson Kirby Larson is an award-winning author of a number of books for children, including Oppenheim Platinum Award-winner The Magic Kerchief, illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger. Hattie Big Sky, written by her, won a Newbery Honor in 2007.
Kirby Muxloe Castle Kirby Muxloe Castle, known also as Kirby Castle is an unfinished 15th century fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England. Begun in 1480 by William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, during the period of the Wars of the Roses, work stopped at the castle when he was executed in 1483 for treason by Richard III and it was never completed.
Kirby Park railway station Kirby Park railway station was a station on the Hooton to West Kirby which opened in 1894. Originally considered an experimental station, it was constructed primarily of timber 800m to the south of the current West Kirby Station and served largely as a school stop.
Kirby series bosses Here is a list of bosses in the Kirby series outside of King Dedede, Meta Knight, Nightmare, Dark Matter, Dark Mind, and Drawcia. These are characters that Kirby often faces at the end of a level, but not ones from the end of the game.
Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble is a Game Boy Color video game published by Nintendo that features a built-in tilt sensor. As with all Game Boy Color games, the Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, and Game Boy Player can play it as well (though there are some limitations with the Game Boy Advance SP and Game Boy Player).
Kirby's Animal Friends Kirby's Animal Friends are a group of fictional animals from the Kirby video game series. Their function is to aid Kirby with various unique abilities in Kirby's Dream Land 2 and Kirby's Dream Land 3, as well as having non-playable appearances in Kirby's Star Stacker and Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu.
Kirby: Fright to the Finish!! Kirby: Fright to the Finish— The Movie is a direct-to-video feature-length film released June 14, 2005 in the USA. Released by the Home Entertainment division of 4Kids Entertainment and Nelvana, the movie starred the popular Nintendo character Kirby.
Kirch (crater) Kirch is a small lunar impact crater in the eastern part of the Mare Imbrium, a large lunar mare in the northwest quadrant of the Moon. This is a relatively solitary formation with the nearest comparable crater being Piazzi Smyth crater to the northeast.
Kirchdorf an der Krems Kirchdorf an der Krems is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district Kirchdorf an der Krems. Apparently settled by 903, it has 4,104 inhabitants in a relitively small area of 3 square km, where the Steyr River and the River Enns intersect.
Kirchhoff Institute of Physics The Kirchhoff-Institut fĂĽr Physik (Kirchhoff Institute of Physics), built in 2002, is a research institute located in Heidelberg, Germany. It shares faculty with the physics and astronomy departments at the University of Heidelberg.
Kirchhoff's circuit laws Kirchhoff's circuit laws are a pair of laws that deal with the conservation of charge and energy in electrical circuits, and were first described in 1845 by Gustav Kirchhoff. Widely used in electrical engineering, they are also called Kirchhoff's rules or simply Kirchhoff's laws (see also Kirchhoff's laws for other meanings of that term).
Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation In thermodynamics, Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation, or Kirchhoff's law for short, is a general statement equating emission and absorption in heated objects, proposed by Gustav Kirchhoff in 1859 (and proved in 1861), following from general considerations of thermodynamic equilibrium.
Kirchhoff's theorem In the mathematical field of graph theory Kirchhoff's theorem or Kirchhoff's matrix tree theorem named after Gustav Kirchhoff is a theorem about the number of spanning trees in a graph. It is a generalization of Cayley's formula which provides the number of spanning trees in a complete graph.
Kirchliche Arbeit Alpirsbach Kirchliche Arbeit Alpirsbach is one of the organisations of the protestant Liturgical Movement in Germany and was previously called Alpirsbach Circle. Its center is Alpirsbach Abbey located near Freudenstadt in the Black Forest.
Kiri sute gomen Kiri sute gomen (斬り捨て御免 or 切り捨て御免 : literally, "authorisation to cut" or "authorisation to leave" (the body of the victim) is an old Japanese expression dating back to the feudal era right to execute and be excused. Samurai had the right to strike at anyone of a lower class who was compromising their honour; the attacked person would generally seek to defend himself.
Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa ONZ, AC, DBE (born March 6, 1944) is an internationally famous New Zealand opera singer. In 1981, she was seen and heard around the world by an estimated 600 million people when she sang Handel's "Let the Bright Seraphim" at the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.
Kirigami Kirigami is a variation of origami where the artist is allowed to make small cuts in the paper (from Japanese "Kiru" = to cut, "gami" = paper). This enables the artist to enhance the visual presentation of the artwork, at the expense of simplicity.
Kirikaeshi Kirikaeshi (切り返し:きりかえし), literally meaning "counter-cutting," is a kendo exercise, combining the practice of attacking and receiving strikes and is meant to develop physical strength, spirit, and vigor. It is a drill done with a partner that involves a succession of strikes to the head (men, in Japanese).
Kiriko Nananan Kiriko Nananan (魚喃キリコ Nananan Kiriko) is a mangaka famous for her realistic josei work featuring understated artwork with a sense of detachment. In addition she has affiliated herself with the "La nouvelle manga" movement.
Kirikou and the Sorceress Kirikou et la sorcière (Kirikou and the Sorceress in English) (1998) is a French animated film based on an African folk tale where a newborn boy saves his village by ridding the world of Karaba, the evil sorceress. The film is directed by Michel Ocelot.
Kiril Merdzhanski Kiril Merdzhanski (also transliterated Merjanski) () (born 30 July 1955 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian poet, playwright and translator from English. He graduated in History and Philosophy from Saint Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia.
Kiril Peychinovich Kiril Peychinovich (or Kiril Pejčinović; ; ) (c. 1770-17 March 1865) was a Bulgarian cleric, writer and enlightener, one of the first supporters of literature in modern Bulgarian (as opposed to Church Slavonic) and one of the early figures of the Bulgarian National Revival.
Kirill Moskalenko Kirill Semenovich Moskalenko (May 11, 1902–June 17, 1985) Marshal of the Soviet Union, Commander in Chief Strategic Missile Forces, Inspector General Ministry of Defense, born in village of Grishino, near Donetsk in Ukraine. Joined the Red Army in 1920, where he fought on various fronts during the Russian Civil War.
Kirill Vakhromeev Kirill Vakhromeev is the birth name of the current Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus Filaret. Born in 1935 in Moscow, RSFSR, Vakhromeev atteneded Moscow Theological Academy in 1954 after spending a year in the seminary.
Kirill Yeskov Kirill Yeskov (Russian: Кирилл Еськов) is a Russian writer and paleontologist. His most famous book is "The Last Ringbearer" (Russian: 'Posledny Koltsenosets', Polish: 'Ostatni Władca Pierścienia'), an alternative retelling of J.
Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery The Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (Russian: Кирилло-Белозерский монастырь), loosely translated in English as the Assumption monastery of St Cyril, used to be the largest monastery of Northern Russia. By the 20th century, the town of Kirillov had grown nearby.
Kirillov character formula In mathematics, for a Lie group G, the Kirillov orbit method gives a heuristic method in representation theory. It connects the Fourier transforms of coadjoint orbits, which lie in the dual space of the Lie algebra of G, to the infinitesimal characters of the irreducible representations.
Kirillov orbit theory The Kirillov orbit theory or the method of orbits establishes a correspondence between the set of unitary equivalence classes of irreducible representations of a Lie group and the orbits of the action of G on the dual of its Lie algebra mathfrak{g}^*. These orbits are also called coadjoint orbits.
Kirin Tor In the fictional Warcraft Universe, the Kirin Tor were the ruling body of the magocratic societies of Dalaran, based in the Violet Citadel, before the downfall of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Kirin Tor is also the name of a World of Warcraft server located in the central USA and of another server located in western Europe.
Kirishitan Kirishitan (吉利支丹, 切支丹) meant Christian(s) in Japanese and is today used as a historiographic term for Christians in Japan in the 16th and 17th centuries. This article overviews Christianity in Japan at the time.
Kiritimati Kiritimati—also called Christmas Island—is a Pacific Ocean atoll in the northern Line Islands and part of the Republic of Kiribati. The island has the greatest land area of any coral atoll in the world: 642 square kilometres (248 sq mi).
Kiriyama Prize The Kiriyama Prize is an international literary award given to books which will encourage greater understanding of and among the peoples and nations of the Pacific Rim and South Asia. The prize was established in 1996.
Kirjath-huzoth Kirjath-huzoth - city of streets, , a Moabite city, which some identify with Kirjathaim. Balak here received and entertained Balaam, whom he had invited from Pethor, among the "mountains of the east," beyond the Euphrates, to lay his ban upon the Israelites, whose progress he had no hope otherwise of arresting.
Kirk (TV series) Kirk is a television show which aired for two seasons on the WB between August 1995 and November 1997. The show revolved around Kirk Hartman, played by Kirk Cameron, an aspiring illustrator and recent college graduate living in Greenwich Village.
Kirk Acevedo Kirk Acevedo (born November 27, 1974 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor of Puerto Rican and Chinese descent, best known for his performances as Miguel Alvarez in Oz and Hector Salazar in Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
Kirk Baltz Kirk Baltz is an actor who has starred in film and on television. He is best known for his role as "Marvin Nash", an LAPD police officer in the famous torture scene of the 1992 Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs.
Kirk Bloodsworth Kirk Noble Bloodsworth was the first American to have been first convicted of murder (for the 1984 killing of a nine-year-old Maryland girl) and then, in 1993, exonerated by DNA fingerprinting. Kirk spent almost nine years in jail, two of which were on death row.
Kirk Bryan Kirk Bryan (22 July, 1888 in Albuquerque, New Mexico - 22 August, 1950 in Cody, Wyoming) was an American geologist. He worked primarily in arid climates, and was one of the pioneers in explaining the forces that formed landmasses in those areas.
Kirk Bullinger Kirk Bullinger (born October 28, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos (1998), Boston Red Sox (1999), Philadelphia Phillies (2000) and Houston Astros (2003-04). He batted and threw right handed.
Kirk Cashmere Kirk Cashmere (1955 – December 2, 2004) was a prominent civil rights attorney who helped make same-sex marriage a major issue in Hawaii, as well as a historian and pioneer of organized Judaism in the state.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin], his family moved to Hawaii when he was 5 years old.
Kirk Covington Kirk Covington is a drummer best-known for his work with the jazz fusion group Tribal Tech. Born in Midland, Texas, he attended the highly-regarded North Texas State University College of Music where he met bassist Gary Willis, with whom he later joined Tribal Tech.
Kirk Ella Kirk Ella is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England and is located around five miles west of the city of Kingston upon Hull. Together with West Ella it forms the civil parish of Kirk Ella and West Ella.
Kirk Fogg Kirk Fairbanks Fogg is an actor, writer, singer and director who was born in Los Angeles, California on November 17, 1960. He attended Eisenhower High School in Rialto, CA and played on the high school football team http://www.
Kirk Gibson Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28, 1957) is a former American two-sport athletic star, best known as a Major League Baseball player noted for his competitiveness and clutch hitting. Currently he serves as the bench coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Kirk Hanefeld Kirk Hanefeld (May 24, 1956 - ) is an American professional golfer from The International Golf Club in Bolton, Massachusetts. He is currently an active member of the Champions Tour, and has previously been a prominent name in the New England section of the PGA.
Kirk Haston Kirk Haston (born March 10 1979 in Lobelville, Tennessee) was a college and professional basketball player. He attended Perry County High School in Linden, Tennessee, where as a senior he was a part of the 37-0 Class A state championship team and was named Class A Mr.
Kirk Herbstreit Kirk Herbstreit (born August 19, 1969, is from Centerville, Ohio). He is an analyst for ESPN's College GameDay, a television program covering college football and a provider of color commentary during college football games on ESPN and ABC.

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