Kun may refer to:

People with the surname

András Kun András Kun, O.F.M. (9 November 1911 – 19 September 1945 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Roman Catholic priest of the Franciscan Order. During the Holocaust in Hungary, Kun was also the commander of an Anti-Semitic death squad for the Arrow C ...

, Franciscan priest * Béla Kun, Hungarian communist politician *

Éva Kun Éva Kun (7 November 1917 – 2 April 1982) was a Hungarian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as Lon ...

, Hungarian fencer *

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 * Roland Kun, Nauruan politician * Ruben Kun, President of Nauru (1996–1997) *

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–) *

Russell Kun Russell Effaney Kun (born 24 May 1966) is a political figure from the Pacific nation of Nauru and former powerlifter. Background In the May 2003 elections Kun stood for the Parliament of Nauru, and was duly was elected to represent the Ubeni ...

, Nauruan politician

People with the given name or nickname

Cai Xukun Cai Xukun (born August 2, 1998), better known by the Mononymous person, mononym Kun (stylized as KUN), is a Chinese singer-songwriter, dancer and rapper. He debuted as a member of SWIN and its sub-unit SWIN-S on October 18, 2016, after participa ...

Chinese singer, debut from idol producer on the 6th April 2018 * Cao Kun (1862–1938), President of the Republic of China * Chen Kun, Chinese actor and singer *

Chen Kun (baseball) Chen Kun (; born 5 March 1980 in Panzhihua, Sichuan, China) is a Chinese baseball player who was a member of Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He also played for China at the 1999 Asian Baseball Championship, 2005 Konami Cup Asia Series ...

, Chinese baseball player *

Chunyu Kun Chunyu Kun () (4th century BC) was a wit, Confucian philosopher, emissary, and official during the Chinese Warring States period. He was a contemporary and colleague of Mencius. In the Records of the Grand Historian, Chunyu Kun appears in Linzi, ...

, Confucian philosopher and official *

Feng Kun Feng Kun (; born 28 December 1978 in Beijing) is a retired China women's national volleyball team setter and captain. She was awarded MVP and Best Setter award at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where China won the gold medal in volleyball. ...

, Chinese female volleyball player * Hu Kun, Chinese violinist and conductor *

Huang Kun Huang Kun (; September 2, 1919 – July 6, 2005) was a Chinese physicist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award (the highest science award in China) by President Jia ...

, Chinese physicist *

Jiang Kun (disambiguation) Jiang Kun may refer to: *Jiang Kun (comedian) (born 1950), Chinese comedian *Jiang Kun (footballer) Jiang Kun (; born 2 August 1979 in Wuhan, Hubei) is a Chinese professional footballer. He has also been capped four times by China. Club career ...

, several people * Lee Kwan or Li Kun, Chinese actor * Li Kun, Chinese footballer *

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 *

Wang Kun (disambiguation) Wang Kun may refer to: * Wang Kun (singer) (1925–2014), Chinese opera singer, actress, and musical director * Wang Kun (footballer) Wang Kun (, born October 20, 1985 in Zhangjiakou, Hebei) is a female Chinese football (soccer) player who compe ...

, 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 playe ...

Kun Yang Kun Yang (; born 1967), is a Chinese physicist. In 1994 he got his Ph.D. in the condensed matter theory from the Indiana University. Three years later he worked as a postdoc at Princeton University and two years later became Sherman Fairchild's s ...

, Chinese physicist * Yang Kun, Chinese singer-songwriter * Zhao Kun, Chinese swimmer *

Qian Kun NCT (; an acronym for Neo Culture Technology) is a South Korean boy band formed by SM Entertainment and introduced in January 2016. The group consists of 23 members and divided into four different sub-units: NCT U, NCT 127, NCT Dream, and WayV. I ...

, 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 ...

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* 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 * P.Eng. ...

, two forms of a creature from Chinese mythology * Kunqu or Kun Opera, a Chinese opera genre * kun ( 君), a Japanese honorific *

Kun (Islamic term) Kun () is an Arabic word for the act of "wikt:manifest, manifesting", "existence, existing" or "being" and consisting of the letters Kaph and Nun (letter). In the Qur'an, Allah commands the universe to "Be, and it is, be" ("''kun!''" ), so that it ...

(كن), meaning manifesting, existing or being *

Kaunas Airport Kaunas Fluxus Airport ( lt, Kauno tarptautinis oro uostas), is the second-busiest civil airport in Lithuania after Vilnius Airport and the fourth-busiest in the Baltic states. The airport is located in the central part of the country, north ...

, Lithuania, IATA code *

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 * Kun'yomi, reading of Japanese Kanji characters

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