Samuel King is the name of:
- Sam King (1911–2003), full name Samuel Leonard King, English professional golfer
- Samuel King (minister) (19th century), Presbyterian minister
- Samuel Archer King (19th century), balloonist
- Samuel Pailthorpe King (1916–2010), American lawyer and judge on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
- Samuel Ward King (1786–1851), Governor of Rhode Island
- Samuel Wilder King (1886–1959), eleventh Territorial Governor of Hawai'i
Famous quotes containing the words samuel and/or king:
“...the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.”
—Bible: Hebrew, 1 Samuel 2:3.
“When Prince William [later King William IV] was at Cork in 1787, an old officer ... dined with him, and happened to say he had been forty years in the service. The Prince with a sneer asked what he had learnt in those forty years. The old gentleman justly offended, said, “Sir, I have learnt, when I am no longer fit to fight, to make as good a retreat as I can” —and walked out of the room.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)