A number of important people have gone by the name of Philip King:
- Philip Gidley King (1758-1808), Governor of New South Wales 1800-1806
- Philip Parker King (1793-1856), son of Phillip Gidley King, explorer
- Philip King (author) is the author of the farce See How They Run (1945).
- Phil King, former bass guitar player for Lush.
- Philip King (musician) founder of Irish folk group Scullion
- Philip King (teacher) from Birmingham speaks nine languages
- Phillip King (born 1934), sculptor and past president of the Royal Academy