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Këlcyra, Muhamet “Hilmi” (?-?)
Kelley, Harriet C. (1884-1974)
Kennedy, Albert Joseph (1879-1968)
Kieffer, Henri Louis Grandlienard (1878-1964)
Kieldsen, F. K. (?-?)
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Kilmer, Angelique Parsons (1869-1954)
Kingsbury, John Adams (1876-1956)
Kirchwey, Freda (1893-1976)
Kittredge, Mabel Hyde (1867-1955)
Kliefoth, Alfred Will (1889-1969)
Kolb, Annette (1870-1967)
Korrodi, Eduard (1885-1955)
Kosnick, Heinrich Bruno Karl (1886-?)
Kühn-Frobenius, Lenore (1878-1955)
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Lane, Margaret Motherwell Johnson (1886-1971)
Lansing, Elfleda, Haecker (1874-?)
Lansingh, Van Rensselaer Killianse (1873-1956)
Larson, Lewis E. (1874-1953)
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