Kang may refer to:

Places

  • Kang Kalan, Punjab
  • Kang District, Afghanistan
  • Kang, Botswana, a village
  • Kang County, Gansu, China
  • Kang, Isfahan, Iran, a village
  • Kang, Kerman, Iran, a village
  • Kang, Razavi Khorasan, Iran, a village
  • Kham (康), also transliterated as Kang, an area of eastern Tibet and western Sichuan
  • Kangju, an ancient kingdom in Central Asia
  • Xikang, a province of the Republic of China from 1939 to 1955

People

Royalty

  • Tai Kang (reigned 2117–2088 BC), third sovereign of the Xia Dynasty
  • King Kang of Zhou (reigned 1020-996 BC or 1005-978 BC), third sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty
  • King Kang of Chu (died 545 BC), in ancient China
  • Duke Kang of Qi (died 379 BC), titular ruler of Qi
  • Emperor Kang of Jin (322-344), of the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Surname

  • Kang (Chinese surname), a Chinese surname (康)
  • Kang (Korean surname), a common Korean surname (강; 姜)
  • Anne Kang, a Canadian politician
  • C.S. Eliot Kang (born 1962), American diplomat and member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service
  • David Kang, an Australian barrister and gunman
  • Eugene Kang (born 1984), Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to U.S. President Barack Obama
  • Jimmy Kang, American music producer and executive
  • Kang Kek Iew (1942–2020), leader of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge, convicted of crimes against humanity
  • Kristi Kang (born 1984), American voice actress affiliated with Funimation
  • Maggie Kang, Korean-Canadian film director

Characters

  • Kang and Kodos, green one-eyed aliens in The Simpsons
  • Kang the Conqueror, a Marvel Comics supervillain
  • Kang (Star Trek), a Klingon warrior in Star Trek television series
  • The Kangs, two warring gangs in the "Paradise Towers" 1987 Doctor Who episode
  • Liu Kang, a character in the Mortal Kombat series
  • Kang the Mad, a character in Jade Empire 2005 video game
  • Meng Kang, a character in the Water Margin
  • Suzie Kang, an object-tracker in The Lost Room mini-series
  • Kang Tongbi or Widow Kang, a character in The Years of Rice and Salt 2002 counterfactual novel

Other uses

  • Kang, the star Kappa Virginis
  • Kang bed-stove
  • K'ang jo fu or the kang, a self-defense technique
  • KANG-LD, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US
  • KEUS-LD, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US, formerly KANG-CA
  • KANG-TV, a TV station in Waco, Texas, US
  • Android Open Kang Project, a smartphone operating system