King is the given name or nickname of:
Given name King Ambers (born 1999), Canadian football player King Baggot (1879–1948), American actor, director and screenwriter King Bruce (1922–1997), Ghanaian musician King C. Gillette (1855–1932), American businessman King Fisher (1854–1884), American Old West gunslinger King Floyd (1945–2006), American soul singer and songwriter King Green (born 1986), American professional mixed martial artist King Lysen (1942–2017), American politician King Mack (born 2004), American football player King O'Malley (1854–1953), Australian politician King Parsons (born 1949), American professional wrestler King Rice (born 1968), American basketball coach and former player King G. Staples (1851–1910), American politician King Vidor (1894–1982), American film director, producer and screenwriter
Nickname King Clancy (1903–1986), Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive King Kelly (1857–1894), American baseball player and manager King Moody (1929–2001), American actor and comedian King Oliver (1885–1938), African-American jazz cornet player and bandleader
Fictional characters King Bradley, a main antagonist in the anime/manga series Fullmetal Alchemist King Dedede, in the Kirby video game franchise King Hippo, a boxer from the Punch-Out!! video game franchise King K. Rool, the main antagonist in Nintendo's Donkey Kong video game franchise King Clawthorne, one of the main characters of the animated series The Owl House King Kong, a giant monster resembling a gorilla