King (disambiguation)

A king may be:

• A male monarch, or head of state
  • Germanic king for the origins of the word king and for the traditional kings of Germanic countries
  • High king or King of Kings
• King (chess), the most important piece in the game of chess
• King (playing card), a face card
• King (band), an eighties New Wave band
• King (crater), a lunar impact crater
• King magazine, a men's magazine for African-Americans
• USS King
• King size, a size of bed

A place:

• King, Ontario
• King, North Carolina
• King County, Washington
• Kings County, one of several counties worldwide
• Kingston, one of several cities

A person:

• List of people by name: King
• King, a character in the Tekken series

A broadcasting station:

• KING-FM
• KING-TV

King may also refer to:

• King Kong, a fictional gigantic gorilla
• King Midget, a car
• King Features Syndicate, a comic syndication company

The King

The title or nickname "The King" may refer to:

People

• Martin Luther King, American civil rights icon
• Michael Jackson, American popular artist ("The King of Pop")
• Elvis Presley, American rock and roll artist ("The King of Rock and Roll")
  • The King (singer), a Scottish singer who performs in the style of Elvis Presley
• Jack Kirby, comics artist and writer
• Jerry Lawler, professional wrestler
• Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league footballer
• Richard Petty, seven-time Nascar champion
• King Diamond, Heavy metal vocalist and his band from Denmark

Media titles

• The King (album), an album by British band Teenage Fanclub
• The King (film) , a 2005 movie by James Marsh
• The King is a song by Loreena McKennitt on her album To Drive the Cold Winter Away.
• "King" is the name of an upcoming album by rapper T.I. due out in 2006.