Kun may refer to:
People with the surname
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András Kun, Franciscan priest
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Béla Kun
Béla Kun (born Béla Kohn; 20 February 1886 – 29 August 1938) was a Hungarian communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919. After attending Franz Joseph University at Kolozsvár (today Cluj-Napo ...
, Hungarian communist politician
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Éva Kun, Hungarian fencer
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Kun Can
Kun Can (髡殘) (1612 to after 1674) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and painter during Ming and Qing dynasties. He hailed from Hunan, but spent most of his life in Nanjing. He became a Chan Buddhist monk at an early age and in Nanjing was abbot of ...
, Chinese painter
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Roland Kun
Roland Tullen Kun (born 6 May 1970) is a Nauruan politician and Member of Parliament.
Political career
MP and Minister
Kun was elected in 2004 to serve as a Member of the Parliament of Nauru and served as Minister of Justice.
Kun was elected ...
, Nauruan politician
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Ruben Kun
HE Ruben James Kun (30 March 1942 – 21 September 2014) was a political figure from the Pacific nation of Nauru and was president of the Republic of Nauru.
Early career
Kun was a lawyer before becoming a political figure.
He was the minist ...
, President of Nauru (1996–1997)
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Russ Kun
Russ Joseph Kun (born 8 September 1975) is a Nauruan politician who has been president of Nauru since being elected in the 2022 presidential election.
He has served as a member of parliament for Ubenide since 2013.
Biography
Kun was born on ...
, President of Nauru (2022–)
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Russell Kun, Nauruan politician
People with the given name or nickname
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Cai Xukun Chinese singer, debut from idol producer on the 6th April 2018
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Cao Kun
General Cao Kun (; courtesy name: Zhongshan () (December 12, 1862 – May 15, 1938) was a Chinese warlord and politician, who served the President of the Republic of China from 1923 to 1924, as well as the military leader of the Zhili clique ...
(1862–1938), President of the Republic of China
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Chen Kun
Chen Kun (; born February 4, 1976), sometimes credited as Aloys Chen, is a Chinese actor and singer. He gained recognition from television dramas ''Love Story in Shanghai'' and ''The Story of a Noble Family'' and rose to international prominence wi ...
, Chinese actor and singer
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Chen Kun (baseball), Chinese baseball player
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Chunyu Kun, Confucian philosopher and official
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Feng Kun, Chinese female volleyball player
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Hu Kun
Hu Kun ( Chinese: 胡坤) (born 1963) is a Chinese violinist and conductor.
Biography
Hu Kun was born in China just before the Cultural Revolution and started playing violin and piano at age of six with his parents. He moved to Beijing in the 197 ...
, Chinese violinist and conductor
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Huang Kun, Chinese physicist
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Jiang Kun (disambiguation), several people
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Lee Kwan
Lee Kwan or Li Kun (18 February 1930 – 12 March 2008) was a Chinese actor.
He joined Shaw Brothers in 1957 and acted in Mandarin films. He later played supporting roles in Bruce Lee's ''The Big Boss'' and ''Fist of Fury''. Later he became ...
or Li Kun, Chinese actor
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Li Kun, Chinese footballer
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Lu Kun
Lu Kun (17721835; courtesy name Jingzhi, ''hao'' Houshan 厚山), was a Chinese politician of the Qing dynasty. He was a student of politician and scholar Ruan Yuan. He was born in Zhuozhou Prefecture (涿州 modern day Zhuozhou City, Hebei pro ...
(1772–1835), Chinese Qing Dynasty official
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Wang Kun (disambiguation), several people
*Kun Agüero, nickname of Argentine footballer
Sergio Agüero
Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo (born 2 June 1988), also known as Kun Agüero, is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest play ...
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Kun Yang, Chinese physicist
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Yang Kun
Yang Kun (; born 18 December 1972) is a Chinese singer-songwriter. He was one of the judges of TV talent show '' The Voice of China'' during the first season and third season of the show. He was on the first season of ''Sing My Song'' and was a c ...
, Chinese singer-songwriter
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Zhao Kun
Zhao Kun (; born 10 January 1973) is a Chinese former swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Gam ...
, Chinese swimmer
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Qian Kun, Chinese singer-songwriter, part of
NCT and leader of
WayV
WayV ( zh, s=威神V, hp=WēiShén V; an initialism for We are your Vision) is a Chinese boy band and the fourth overall sub-unit of the South Korean boy band NCT, managed by SM Entertainment's Chinese sub-label, Label V. The group is composed o ...
Other uses
* Kun (
鯤) and
Peng
Peng may refer to:
* Peng (surname) (彭), a Chinese name
* Peng (state) (大彭), a state during the late Shang dynasty
* Peng (mythology) (鵬), a legendary Chinese creature
* ''Peng!'', 1992 album by Stereolab
* ''PENG!'', a 2005 comic
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, two forms of a creature from Chinese mythology
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Kunqu
Kunqu (), also known as Kunju (), K'un-ch'ü, Kun opera or Kunqu Opera, is one of the oldest extant forms of Chinese opera. Kunqu is one of the oldest traditional operas of the Han nationality, and is also a treasure of Chinese traditional cult ...
or Kun Opera, a Chinese opera genre
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kun (
君), a Japanese honorific
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Kun (Islamic term)
Kun () is an Arabic word for the act of " manifesting", " existing" or "being" and consisting of the letters Kaph and Nun (letter). In the Qur'an, Allah
Allah (; ar, الله, translit=Allāh, ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the ...
(كن), meaning manifesting, existing or being
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Kaunas Airport, Lithuania, IATA code
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Kun Peak
The Kun Peak is a part of Nun Kun mountain massif in Ladakh, India. It is the second highest summit of the massif with elevation of in the western Himalayan Range, located near the Suru valley, on the road connecting Kargil and Zanskar. It is ...
, in the Nun Kun mountain massif, Ladakh, India
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Kun'yomi
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequen ...
, reading of Japanese Kanji characters
See also
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Kuns
The Kuns or Kuny (Russian Куны) are a Turkic ethnic group of Eastern Europe that may have originally been synonymous with the Cumans: both peoples are known in Hungarian as ''Kunok'' and a region of Hungary traditionally inhabited by Cumans ...
, a Nomadic group in Eurasia
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Khun (disambiguation)
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