König

König (/ˈkeɪnɪɡ/; German: [ˈkøːnɪç]) is the German word for "king".^[1] In German and other languages applying the umlaut, the transliterations 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

A to F

• Adam Koenig (born 1971), American politician
• Adrianus König (1867–1944), Dutch politician
• Aislinn Konig
• Alexander Koenig (1858–1940), German naturalist
• Alexander König (born 1966), German skater
• Alfons König (1898–1944), Wehrmacht officer during World War II
• Alfred König (1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter
• Andrew Koenig (1968–2010), American actor
• Andrew Koenig (politician) (born 1982), American politician in Missouri
• Andrew Koenig (programmer), American computer scientist and author
• Anna Leonore König (1771–1854), Swedish singer
• Arthur König (1856–1901), German physician and researcher into optics
• Bronson Koenig (born 1994), American basketball player
• Charles Konig (1774–1851), German-born British naturalist
• Claës König (1885–1961), Swedish horse rider
• Dave Konig (born 1962), American comedian
• Dénes Kőnig (1884–1944), Hungarian mathematician, son of Gyula
• Dieter König (1931–1991), hydroplane racer, manufacturer of Konig two stroke engines
• Doris König (born 1957), judge, jurisprudent and public law scholar who serves as the Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
• Elazar Mordechai Koenig (1945–2018), Israeli Hasidic rabbi
• Ernst König (1908–1986), Wehrmacht officer during World War II
• Erwin König
• Eugen König (1896–1985), Wehrmacht officer during World War II
• Ezra Koenig (born 1984), American musician, singer/guitarist in Vampire Weekend
• Franz König (1905–2004), Cardinal, Archbishop of Vienna
• Franz König (surgeon) (1832–1910), German surgeon
• Franz Niklaus König (1765–1832), Swiss painter
• Franz Koenigs (1881–1941), German-Dutch banker and art collector
• Fred Koenig (1931–1993), American baseball player and coach
• Friedrich Koenig (1774–1833), German inventor
• Friedrich König (painter) (1857–1941), Austrian artist
• Friedrich Eduard König (1846–1936), German Protestant theologian and Semitic scholar
• Fritz Koenig (1924–2017), German artist and sculptor

G to M

• Gabriela König (born 1952), German politician
• Gedaliah Aharon Koenig, Israeli Hasidic rabbi
• George Konig (1856–1913), American politician
• Gottfried Michael Koenig (1926–2021), German-Dutch composer
• Gyula Kőnig (1849–1913), also known as Julius König, Hungarian mathematician
• Harold G. Koenig, American psychiatrist
• Herbert D. Koenig (1933-2018), Doctor of Osteopathy
• Imre König (1899–1992), Hungarian chess master
• Jan Latham-Koenig (born 1953), English conductor
• Jared Koenig (born 1994), American baseball player
• Jörn König (born 1967), German politician
• Johann König (painter) (1586–1642), German painter
• Johann Friedrich König (1619–1664), German Lutheran theologian
• Johann Balthasar König (1691–1758), German composer
• Johann Samuel König (1712–1757), German mathematician
• Johann Gerhard König (1728–1785), German botanist active in India
• Johann König (gymnast) (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) (1819–1900), German theologian
• Joseph König (chemist) (1843–1930), German chemist
• Juan Ramón Koenig (1623–1709) Peruvian scientist
• Julian Koenig (1921–2014), American advertising executive
• Karl König (1902–1966), Austrian paediatrician
• Kip Koenig, American film and television producer and screenwriter
• Laird Koenig (1927–2023), American author
• Lea Koenig (born 1929), Israeli actor
• Leo von König (1871–1944), German painter
• Leopold König (born 1987), Czech road cyclist
• Lothar Koenigs (born 1965), German conductor
• Mark Koenig (1904–1993), American baseball player
• Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898–1970), French army officer and politician
• Miroslav König (born 1972), Slovak football player
• Morris Koenig (1883–1939), Hungarian-American lawyer and judge

N to Z

• Oliver Koenig (born 1981), German athlete
• Ove König (1950–2020), Swedish speed skater
• Paul König (1867–1933), German merchant navy officer
• Paul König (Scouting)
• Peter Konig
• Pia König (born 1993), Austrian tennis player
• Pierre Koenig (1925–2004), American architect
• Ralf König (born 1960), German comic artist
• Regina König, German luger
• René König (1906–1992), German sociologist
• Robbie Koenig (born 1971), South African tennis player and broadcaster
• Robert Koenig (sculptor) (born 1961), British sculptor
• Robert Koenig (filmmaker) (born 1975), American film director, producer, writer and editor
• Robert König (1885–1979), Austrian mathematician
• Ronny König (born 1983), German football player
• Rudolph Koenig (1832–1901), German acoustical physicist
• Rudolf König (1865–1927), Austrian merchant, astronomer and selenographer
• Samuel S. Koenig (1872–1955), Hungarian-American lawyer and politician
• Sarah Koenig (born 1969), American journalist
• Stephanie Koenig, American actress and writer
• Sven Koenig (computer scientist), German-American computer scientist
• Sven Koenig (cricketer) (born 1973), South African cricketer
• Swen König (born 1985), Swiss football player
• Todd Koenig (born 1985), American football player
• Trevor Koenig (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
• Vroni König-Salmi (born 1969), Swiss orienteerer
• Walter Koenig (born 1936), American actor
• William Edward Koenig (born 1956), American Catholic bishop
• Willy Koenig of Koenig Specials
• Wolf Koenig (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, character in the Marvel Comics Universe
• Erwin König (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

See also

• King (surname)

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References

Surname list

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