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s ''Koenig'' and ''Kœnig'', when referring to a surname, also occur. As a surname in English, the use of ''Koenig'' is usual, and sometimes also ''Konig''. Notable people with the name include:

People

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* Adam Koenig (born 1971), American politician *

Adrianus König Adrianus Antonie Henri Willem König (13 February 1867, Maastricht – 6 February 1944, The Hague) was a Dutch politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective posi ...

(1867–1944), Dutch politician * Aislinn Konig (born 1998), Canadian basketball player *

Alexander Koenig Alexander Ferdinand Koenig (20 February 1858 – 16 July 1940) was a German natural history, naturalist and zoologist. Making use of the family wealth earned from the sugar business, he went on collection expeditions and founded what is now k ...

(1858–1940), German naturalist *

Alexander König Alexander König (born 23 August 1966) is a German figure skating coach and former competitor. Competing in pairs with Peggy Schwarz, he became the 1988 European bronze medalist and placed seventh at three Winter Olympics. As a single skater, h ...

(born 1966), German skater * Alfons König (1898–1944), Wehrmacht officer during World War II *

Alfred König Alfred König, also known as Ali Ferit Gören and Alfred Göring (born 2 October 1913 – 1987), was an Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter. He was Austrian national champion in the 200m juniors in 1932, the 400m in 1936, the 4x100m relay in 1937, ...

(1913–1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter *

Andrew Koenig Joshua Andrew Koenig (; August 17, 1968 – February 16, 2010) was an American character actor, film director, editor, writer, and human rights activist. He was known for his role as Richard "Boner" Stabone in ''Growing Pains''. Early li ...

(1968–2010), American actor *

Andrew Koenig (politician) Andrew P. Koenig (born December 21, 1982) is an American politician who has served in the Missouri Senate since 2017. Koenig, a Republican, is a former member of the Missouri House of Representatives and a small business owner. From 2009 to 2012 ...

(born 1982), American politician in Missouri *

Andrew Koenig (programmer) Andrew Richard Koenig (; born June 1952) is a former AT&T and Bell Labs researcher and programmer. He is the author of '' C Traps and Pitfalls'' and co-author (with Barbara Moo) of ''Accelerated C++'' and ''Ruminations on C++'', and his name is ...

, American computer scientist and author * Anna Leonore König (1771–1854), Swedish singer *

Arthur König Arthur Peter König (1856 – 1901) is a German physicist specialized in optics. In 1886, he published an empirical determination of the spectral sensitivity of the human rod and cone sensors with Conrad Dietrici. Biography Born with congen ...

(1856–1901), German physician and researcher into optics * Bronson Koenig (born 1994), American basketball player *

Charles Konig Charles Dietrich Eberhard Konig or Karl Dietrich Eberhard König, Royal Guelphic Order, KH (1774 – 6 September 1851) was a German natural history, naturalist. He was born in Braunschweig, Brunswick and educated at University of Göttingen, ...

(1774–1851), German-born British naturalist *

Claës König Claës Henrik Magnus König (15 January 1885 – 25 November 1961) was a Swedish nobleman, officer, Crown Equerry (1935–1946) and horse rider, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he and his ho ...

(1885–1961), Swedish horse rider * Dave Konig (born 1962), American comedian *

Dénes Kőnig Dénes Kőnig (September 21, 1884 – October 19, 1944) was a Hungarian mathematician of Hungarian Jewish heritage who worked in and wrote the first textbook on the field of graph theory. Biography Kőnig was born in Budapest, the son of mathemat ...

(1884–1944), Hungarian mathematician, son of Gyula *

Dieter König Dieter König (19 May 1931 – 17 August 1991) raced hydroplanes and was also responsible for manufacturing the engines that powered them. During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s his "König" engines dominated the sport. The engines were manufactured ...

(1931–1991), hydroplane racer, manufacturer of Konig two stroke engines *

Doris König Doris König (born 25 June 1957 in Kiel) is a German judge, jurisprudent and public law scholar who serves as the Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (). Career Between 1975 and 1980, König studied law and at the Un ...

(born 1957), judge, jurisprudent and public law scholar who serves as the Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany *

Elazar Mordechai Koenig Elazar Mordechai Koenig (; October 15, 1945 – December 31, 2018) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and the spiritual leader of the Breslov Hasidic community in Safed, Israel. Early life Elazar Mordechai Koenig was born in Jerusalem to Rabbi Gedal ...

(1945–2018), Israeli Hasidic rabbi *

Ernst König __NOTOC__ Ernst König (12 August 1908 – 3 March 1986) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Awards and decorations * Iron Cross ...

(1908–1986), Wehrmacht officer during World War II *

Erwin König Erwin König was reported to have been a German Heer Officer in the ''Wehrmacht'' the regular military of Germany or was an Officer in the Waffen-SS who was a sniper killed by the Soviet sniper Vasily Zaitsev during the Battle of Stalingrad. D ...

Eugen König __NOTOC__ Eugen König (19 September 1896 – 8 April 1985) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Awards and decorations * Iron Cross ...

(1896–1985), Wehrmacht officer during World War II *

Ezra Koenig Ezra Michael Koenig ( ; born April 8, 1984) is an American musician, record producer, and radio personality. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of indie rock band Vampire Weekend. Additionally, Koenig is the creator of the ...

(born 1984), American musician, singer/guitarist in Vampire Weekend *

Franz König Franz König (3 August 1905 – 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope Joh ...

(1905–2004), Cardinal, Archbishop of Vienna *

Franz König (surgeon) Franz König (10 February 1832 – 12 December 1910) was a German surgeon. The son of a physician, he was born in Rotenburg an der Fulda. In 1855 he received his doctorate from the University of Marburg, and was later district wound surgeon (' ...

(1832–1910), German surgeon *

Franz Niklaus König Franz Niklaus König (1765–1832) was a Swiss painter of genre art and portraits. After studying under Tiberius and Marquard Wocher, Sigmund Freudenberger and Balthasar Anton Dunker, he made a name for himself through dress pictures, rural ge ...

(1765–1832), Swiss painter *

Franz Koenigs Franz Wilhelm Koenigs (3 September 1881 – 6 May 1941) was a German banker and art collector. Biography Koenigs was born on 3 September 1881 in , Prussia, Germany, to . Koenigs became director of banks Delbrück Schickler & Co in Berlin, De ...

(1881–1941), German-Dutch banker and art collector *

Fred Koenig Fred Carl Koenig (April 27, 1931 – January 12, 1993) was an American first baseman and manager in minor league baseball and a coach and farm system director at the Major League level. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Koenig threw and batted righ ...

(1931–1993), American baseball player and coach *

Friedrich Koenig Friedrich Koenig (17 April 1774 – 17 January 1833) was a German inventor best known for his slow speed steam-powered printing press, which he built together with watchmaker Andreas Friedrich Bauer. This new style of printing press could p ...

(1774–1833), German inventor * Friedrich König (painter) (1857–1941), Austrian artist *

Friedrich Eduard König Friedrich Eduard König (November 15, 1846 – February 10, 1936, Bonn) was a German Lutheran divine and Semitic scholar. Biography He was born at Reichenbach im Vogtland and was educated at the University of Leipzig (1867–71). Afterwards, he ...

(1846–1936), German Protestant theologian and Semitic scholar *

Fritz Koenig Fritz Koenig (; 20 June 1924 – 22 February 2017) was a German sculptor, considered one of the most important international German sculpture, sculptors of the 20th century. Koenig's main work and most famous work is ''The Sphere''. The wor ...

(1924–2017), German artist and sculptor

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Gabriela König Gabriela König (born 8 October 1952 in Osnabrück Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnaburg'') is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern ...

(born 1952), German politician * Gedaliah Aharon Koenig, Israeli Hasidic rabbi * George Konig (1856–1913), American politician *

Gottfried Michael Koenig Gottfried Michael Koenig (5 October 1926 – 30 December 2021)"In Memoriam Got ...

(1926–2021), German-Dutch composer *

Gyula Kőnig Gyula Kőnig (16 December 1849 – 8 April 1913) was a mathematician from Hungary. His mathematical publications in German appeared under the name Julius König. His son Dénes Kőnig was a graph theorist. Biography Gyula Kőnig was active lite ...

(1849–1913), also known as Julius König, Hungarian mathematician *

Hannes Koenig Hannes Koenig (born 2001) is a German athlete who competes in trampoline gymnastics. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Trampoline Championships The 2024 European Championships in Trampoline, Double-Mini-Tramoline and Tumbling (29th ...

(born 2001), German gymnast * Harold G. Koenig, American psychiatrist * Herbert D. Koenig (1933–2018), Doctor of Osteopathy *

Imre König Imre König (Koenig) aka Mirko Kenig (February 9, 1901, Kula – September 9, 1992, Santa Monica, California) was a chess master representing Yugoslavia and Great Britain. He was born in Kula, and also lived in Austria, England and the USA du ...

(1899–1992), Hungarian chess master *

Jan Latham-Koenig Jan Betrand Latham-Koenig, (born December 1953) is a British conductor and sex offender. He conducted all of the BBC ensembles, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He was appointed an OBE for services to Rus ...

(born 1953), English conductor * Jared Koenig (born 1994), American baseball player * Jörn König (born 1967), German politician *

Johann König (painter) Johann König (21 October 1586 – 4 March 1642) was a German painter. He was a follower of Adam Elsheimer. He is known primarily for his painted copper panels. Life König was born in Nuremberg in 1586, the son of goldsmith Arnold König. His k ...

(1586–1642), German painter *

Johann Friedrich König Johann Friedrich König (also: ''Köning''; 16 October 1619 – 15 September 1664) was a German Lutheran theologian, born in Dresden. From 1656 he was a professor at the university of Rostock Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Rozt ...

(1619–1664), German Lutheran theologian *

Johann Balthasar König Johann Balthasar König (baptised 28 January 1691 – buried 2 April 1758) was a German Baroque composer, especially of hymn melodies, having published a hymnal with 1,913 melodies. He was the church musician at Frankfurt's main Protestant church ...

(1691–1758), German composer * Johann Samuel König (1712–1757), German mathematician *

Johann Gerhard König Johann Gerhard König (29 November 1728 – 26 June 1785) was a Baltic Germans, Baltic German botanist and physician who served in the Tranquebar Mission, India before joining service under the Nawab of Arcot, and then the English East India Compan ...

(1728–1785), German botanist active in India *

Johann König (gymnast) Johann König (born 21 September 1932) is an Austrian gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), we ...

(1932–2020), Austrian gymnast * Johann König (art dealer) (born 1981), German art dealer * John Koenig (diplomat), American diplomat *John Koenig, the creator of '' The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows'' *

Joseph König (theologian) Joseph König (7 September 1819, at , Grand Duchy of Baden – 22 June 1900, at Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and Biblical exegete. Life He was ordained to the priesthood in 1845. In 1847 König was ''privatdoz ...

(1819–1900), German theologian * Joseph König (chemist) (1843–1930), German chemist *

Juan Ramón Koenig Juan Ramón Koenig (1623 Mechelen - 19 July 1709 Lima, Peru) was a Peruvian scientist. Biography He was a priest and came to Peru in 1655 in the company of the viceroy, the Count of Alba de Aliste, who appointed him chaplain of the hospital of Esp ...

(1623–1709) Peruvian scientist *

Julian Koenig Julian Norman Koenig (; April 22, 1921 – June 12, 2014) was an American copywriter. He was inducted into The One Club Creative Hall of Fame in 1966. Koenig worked on advertising campaigns for companies including for Timex ("Timex: It takes a ...

(1921–2014), American advertising executive *

Karl König Karl König (25 September 1902 – 27 March 1966) was an Austrian paediatrician who founded the Camphill Movement, an international movement of therapeutic intentional community, intentional communities for those with special needs or disabilitie ...

(1902–1966), Austrian paediatrician *

Kip Koenig Kip Koenig is an American film and television producer and screenwriter. Koenig's most notable work has been on medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'', for which he has served as supervising producer and consulting producer for dozens of episodes, and h ...

, American film and television producer and screenwriter * Klaus König (1934–2025), German operatic tenor * Laird Koenig (1927–2023), American author * Lea Koenig (born 1929), Israeli actor * Leo von König (1871–1944), German painter *

Leopold König Leopold König (born 15 November 1987) is a Czech Republic, Czech former professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the , , and teams. Since retiring, he has acted as the race director for ...

(born 1987), Czech road cyclist *

Lothar Koenigs Lothar Koenigs (born 1965 in Aachen, Germany) is a German conductor. Biography Koenigs grew up in Aachen, in West Germany; as a young boy, he was a chorister at Aachen Cathedral, where he sang all of Anton Bruckner's masses and motets, and develop ...

(born 1965), German conductor *

Mark Koenig Mark Anthony Koenig (July 19, 1904 – April 22, 1993) was an American baseball shortstop who played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played with the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and New York G ...

(1904–1993), American baseball player *

Marie-Pierre Kœnig Marie Joseph Pierre François Kœnig or Koenig (10 October 1898 – 2 September 1970) was a French general during World War II during which he commanded a Free French Brigade at the Battle of Bir Hakeim in North Africa in 1942. He started a poli ...

(1898–1970), French army officer and politician * Miroslav König (born 1972), Slovak football player *

Morris Koenig Morris Koenig (March 13, 1883 – December 1, 1939) was a Hungarian-born Jewish-American lawyer and judge from New York City. Life Koenig was born on March 13, 1883, in Eger, Hungary, the son of Joseph Koenig and Rose Schwartz. He immigrated to ...

(1883–1939), Hungarian-American lawyer and judge

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* Oliver Koenig (born 1981), German athlete *

Ove König Nils Ove König (25 June 1950 – 23 July 2020) was a Swedish speed skater. He won a silver medal at the 1971 World Sprint Championships and finished seventh in the 500 m event at the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially ...

(1950–2020), Swedish speed skater * Paul König (1867–1933), German merchant navy officer * Paul König (Scouting) *

Peter Konig Peter Hans Konig, more correctly König, (born 16 October 1931) is an Austrian-born retired sportsman. Konig was a prominent rugby union player for Leicester Tigers between 1952 and 1960 and played one first class game for Leicestershire Count ...

Pia König Pia König (; born 14 May 1993) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. König has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 306, achieved on 21 September 2015 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 316, reached on 27 February 2017 ...

(born 1993), Austrian tennis player *

Pierre Koenig Pierre Francis Koenig (October 17, 1925 – April 4, 2004) was an American architect and a Professor of Architecture at the University of Southern California. He taught at the USC School of Architecture from 1964 until his death in 2004. H ...

(1925–2004), American architect * Ralf König (born 1960), German comic artist *

Regina König Regina König is a West German former luger who competed in the late 1970s. She was the first women's singles Luge World Cup The Luge World Cup season is a yearly competition first organized by the International Luge Federation since 1977� ...

, German luger *

René König René König (5 July 1906 – 21 March 1992) was a German sociologist. He was very influential on West German sociology after 1949. Biography Born in Magdeburg, he 1925 took up Philosophy, Psychology, Ethnology, and Islamic Studies at the Unive ...

(1906–1992), German sociologist *

Robbie Koenig Robert Louis Koenig ( ; born 5 July 1971) is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa who is now a tennis commentator and analyst. He won five doubles titles and reached the semifinals of the 1998 US Open men's doubles competiti ...

(born 1971), South African tennis player and broadcaster * Robert Koenig (sculptor) (born 1961), British sculptor *

Robert Koenig (filmmaker) Robert Koenig (born July 9, 1975 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American film director, producer, writer and editor. Koenig directed the documentary film "Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army", which won ...

(born 1975), American film director, producer, writer and editor * Robert König (1885–1979), Austrian mathematician *

Ronny König Ronny König (born 2 June 1983) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career König was born in Lichtenstein, East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a co ...

(born 1983), German football player * Rudolph Koenig (1832–1901), German acoustical physicist *

Rudolf König Rudolf König (18 August 1865 – 30 January 1927) was an Austrian merchant, amateur astronomer and selenography, selenographer. Biography König was born in Vienna and received his technical education in Leipzig. He was the son of Georg Kö ...

(1865–1927), Austrian merchant, astronomer and selenographer * Samuel S. Koenig (1872–1955), Hungarian-American lawyer and politician *

Sarah Koenig Sarah Koenig (; born July 9, 1969, in New York City) is an American journalist, public radio personality, former producer of the television and radio program ''This American Life'', and the host and executive producer of the podcast '' Serial''. ...

(born 1969), American journalist *

Stephanie Koenig Stephanie Koenig is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her roles as Karen in '' The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo'', Sabrina Oznowich in '' The Flight Attendant'', Fran Frask in '' Lessons in Chemistry'', and Gwen in ' ...

, American actress and writer *

Sven Koenig (computer scientist) Sven Koenig is a full professor in computer science at the University of California, Irvine. He received an M.S. degree in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991 and a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mell ...

, German-American computer scientist * Sven Koenig (cricketer) (born 1973), South African cricketer *

Swen König Swen König (born 3 September 1985) is a retired Swiss football goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeper coach of Switzerland national football team.Todd Koenig Todd Koenig (born November 27, 1985) is a former American football safety. He was originally signed by the Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2008, but was cut from the roster on May 6. He played college football at Ohio. High school career ...

(born 1985), American football player * Trevor Koenig (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player *

Vroni König-Salmi Vroni König-Salmi (born 9 July 1969) is a Switzerland, Swiss orienteering competitor and world champion. Career König-Salmi won the 2001 Sprint distance World Orienteering Championships, and is two times Relay World Champion, from 2003 and ...

(born 1969), Swiss orienteerer *

Walter Koenig Walter Marvin Koenig (; born September 14, 1936) is an American actor and screenwriter. He began acting professionally in the mid-1960s and quickly rose to prominence for his supporting role as Ensign Pavel Chekov in '' Star Trek: The Original ...

(born 1936), American actor * William Edward Koenig (born 1956), American Catholic bishop *Willy Koenig of Koenig Specials *

Wolf Koenig Wolf Koenig (October 17, 1927 – June 26, 2014) was a Canadian film director, producer, animator, cinematographer, and a pioneer in Direct Cinema at the National Film Board of Canada. Early life Born in Dresden, Germany, Koenig emigrated to C ...

(1927–2014), German-Canadian film director, producer, animator and cinematographer * Xavier Koenig (born 1984), Mauritian squash player

Fictional people

* Tolle Koenig, a fictional character in the anime ''Gundam SEED'' *

Eric Koenig Eric Koenig is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in '' Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos'' #27 (February 1966) and he was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Dick Ayers. He is ...

, character in the Marvel Comics Universe *

(died 1942), apocryphal World War II German sniper * John Koenig (''Space: 1999''), a fictional character in the TV series ''Space: 1999'' *Karin Koenig, from the video game '' Shadow Hearts: Covenant'' * Mr. Koenig the high school Drama teacher, from the cut-for-time SNL sketch, played by Will Ferrell

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