List of people with given name Katherine

This is a list of notable individuals named Katherine or Catherine.

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Katherine of Bavaria, the eldest child of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria

Katherine of England, the fifth child of Henry III

Catherine of Braganza (1638 – 1705), Queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Catherine the Great (1729 – 1796), Empress of Russia

Katherine of Ledbury, Gloucestershire-born noblewoman of the 13th century

Katherine of Sutton, Benedictine nun

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Katherine Aaslestad (1961–2021), American scholar

Katherine Langhorne Adams (1885–1977), American painter and printmaker

Katherine B. Aguon (born 1931), Guamanian educator and politician

Katherine Aidala, American physicist

Katherine Albert (1902–1970), American screenwriter, playwright, and TV writer

Katherine Albrecht (born 1968), consumer privacy advocate

Katherine Alvarado (born 1991), Costa Rican footballer

Katherine Alvarado (taekwondo) (born 1988), Costa Rican taekwondo practitioner

Katherine Anderson (1944–2023), American singer

Katherine McCall Anderson (1866–1924), leading civilian and military matron

Katherine Angel, British academic and writer

Katherine Applegate (born 1956), American young adult and children's fiction writer

Katherine Araniello (1965–2019), London-based live art, performance and video artist

Katherine Archuleta (born 1949), American teacher and a political executive

Katherine Arden (born 1987), American novelist

Katherine Arnoldi (born 1951), American writer and graphic novelist

Catherine Arnott (1858–1942), British medical doctor and suffragette

Katherine Ashenburg, Canadian writer

Katherine August-deWilde (born 1948), American business executive, board member, and philanthropist

Katherine Aumer (born 1981), American social psychologist

Katherine Austen (1629–1683), English diarist and poet

Katherine Ayres, American writer of children's literature

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Katherine Bacon (1896–1982), English classical pianist and faculty member

Katherine Baicker (born 1971), American health economist

Katherine Bailess, American actress, singer, and dancer

Katherine Balderston (1895–1979), American scholar of 18th-century English literature

Katherine Reed Balentine (1875–1934), American suffragist

Katherine Bankole-Medina, professor of history

Katherine Barbeau, professor

Katherine Barber (1959–2021), British-born Canadian lexicographer

Katherine Barnardiston (?–1633), English patron of puritanism

Katherine J. Barr (1871/1872–1931), American nurse and community leader

Katherine Barrell, Canadian actress, writer, producer, and director

Katherine Bashford (1885–1953), American landscape architect

Katherine Bates (born 1982), Australian former track and road cyclist

Katherine Bathurst (1862–1933), British Inspector of schools

Katherine Beckett, American sociologist

Katherine Behar, American new media and performance artist and writer

Katherine Arthur Behenna (1860–1926), Scottish-born portrait miniaturist, poet, spiritualist, and suffragist

Katherine Bellenden (1497–1568), courtier working in the wardrobe of James V of Scotland

Katherine Belov (born 1973), Australian geneticist, professor of comparative genomics

Katherine Bennell-Pegg (born 1984), Australian astronaut

Katherine Bergeron (born 1958), American musicologist and academic administrator

Katherine, Lady Berkeley (?–1385), English benefactor and school founder

Katherine Bernhardt (born 1975), artist

Katherine M. Bidegaray (born 1960), American lawyer

Katherine Bitting (1869–1937), food chemist for the United States Department of Agriculture

Katherine M. H. Blackford (1875–1958), American pioneering writer

Katherine Devereux Blake (1858–1950), American educator, peace activist, women's rights activist, and writer

Katherine Russell Bleecker (1893–1996), American filmmaker in the silent film era

Katherine Bloodgood (1871–1967), American contralto singer and vaudeville performer

Katherine Blundell, professor of astrophysics

Katherine Dow Blyton (born 1964), English actress

Katherine Bobak, Canadian pair skater

Katherine Boehret (born 1980), columnist

Katherine Boo (born 1964), American investigative journalist

Katherine Borden, Canadian researcher

Catherine Borghi (born 1976), Swiss alpine skier

Katherine Bourke, Australian lawyer and judge

Katherine Bowling (born 1955), painter

Katherine Boyer, Métis artist

Katherine Boyle, zooarchaeologist

Katherine Bracken, official of the Foreign Service Officers (FSO) for the US Department of State

Katherine Bradford (born 1942), American artist

Katherine Brading (born 1970), philosopher of science and historian of science

Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk (1519–1580), English noblewoman

Katherine Briçonnet (1494–1526), French noblewoman

Katherine Ruth Bridges (born 1954), American landscape architect

Katherine Brooks (born 1976), American film writer and director

Katherine Brown (psychologist), professor

Katherine Brown (cricketer) (born 1953), English former cricketer

Katherine Whelan Brown (1872–1942), the first female Democrat elected to the New Jersey State Legislature

Katherine Browning (1864–1946), New Zealand teacher

Katherine Brunson, professor and zooarchaeologist

Katherine Bryan (born 1982), British flautist

Katherine Jane Bryant (born 1974), American television costume designer

Katherine Bucknell (born 1957), American scholar and novelist

Katherine Alice Burke (1875–1924), British chemist

Katherine Burton (1887–1969), American Roman Catholic convert

Katherine Butler (1914–2000), Irish nun

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Katherine Calder (born 1980), cross-country skier

Katherine Calvin (born 1980s), NASA's chief scientist and senior climate advisor

Katherine Campbell, Countess of Crawford (?–1578), Scottish noblewoman

Katherine Campbell (accused witch) (1677–1697), maidservant accused of theft and witchcraft

Katherine Canavan (born 1949), United States diplomat

Katherine Cannon (born 1953), American actress

Katherine Cassavetes (1906–1983), American actress

Katherine Castillo (born 1996), Panamanian footballer

Katherine Center (born 1972), American author

Katherine Chancellor, fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless

Katherine Agnes Chandler (1865–1930), botanist and writer

Katherine Miranda Chang (born 1994), Peruvian former tennis player

Katherine Garrison Chapin (1890–1977), American poet, librettist, and playwright

Katherine Chappell (1985–2015), American film visual effects editor

Katherine Chen, Taiwanese professor

Katherine Sui Fun Cheung, Chinese aviator

Katherine Chidley, English Puritan activist and controversialist

Katherine Chon, co-founder of Polaris Project in the United States

Katherine Choy (1927–1958), American artist

Katherine Richardson Christensen (born 1954), professor in biological oceanography

Katherine Christie, South African politician

Katherine Chronis, American performance artist

Katherine Ciesinski (born 1950), American mezzo-soprano, stage director, and voice professor

Katherine Clark (born 1963), American lawyer and politician

Katherine Clerides (born 1949), activist for the peaceful reunification of Cyprus

Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton (1592–1637), English-born Scottish peer

Katherine Mary Clutterbuck (1860–1946), Anglican nun

Katherine M. Cohen (1859–1914), American sculptor

Katherine Cole, American wine writer and journalist

Katherine K. Coleman, American Republican politician

Katherine Collins, Canadian-born cartoonist, writer, media personality, stage performer, and composer

Katherine Compton (1849–1928), English actress

Katherine Conolly (1662–1752), Irish political hostess, landowner, and philanthropist

Katherine Eleanor Conway (1853–1927), American journalist, editor, and poet

Katherine M. Cook (1876–1962), American educator and government official

Katherine Copeland (born 1990), retired British Olympic Gold Medal winning rower

Katherine Copely (born 1988), former American-born Ice Dancer

Katherine Copsey, Australian politician

Katherine Corey (1660–1692), English actress of the Restoration era

Katherine Courtauld (1856–1935), British farmer and suffragist

Katherine Ortega Courtney, American psychologist and author

Katherine Mayo Cowan (1883–1975), the first woman mayor in North Carolina

Katherine Cowley, American author

Katherine Laird Cox (1887–1938), the daughter of a British socialist stockbroker

Katherine L. Craig (1876–1934), educator and textbook writer

Katherine Craven (1906–1984), member of the Boston City Council

Katherine B. Crawford (born 1966), American historian

Katherine Creag (1973–2021), Filipino-American television journalist

Katherine Cross (1899–1917), Oklahoma woman

Katherine A. Crytzer (born 1984), United States district judge

Katherine Cuff, Canadian economist

Katherine Cullen (born 1968), American biologist

Katherine Curry, American professor

Katherine Whitney Curtis (1897–1980), American swimmer and physical education instructor

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Katherine Neel Dale, American medical missionary

Katherine Davidson (1845–1925), Church of Scotland deaconess

Katherine Kennicott Davis (1892–1980), American composer

Katherine Dawn (1896–1984), American actress

Katherine Day (1889–1976), Canadian artist

Katherine Delahunt-O'Byrnes (1956–2015), the first woman to become a Circuit Court judge in Ireland

Katherine DeMille (1911–1995), Canadian-born American actress

Katherine Demuth, American professor

Katherine J. Denby, professor

Katherine DePaul, American talent manager

Katherine Ann Dettwyler (born 1955), American anthropologist

Katherine Deves (born 1977/1978), Australian lawyer

Katherine Devlin, Northern Irish actress

Katherine Dewar (1943–2026), Canadian historian

Katherine Dhanani, American diplomat

Katherine Diamond (born 1954), American architect

Katherine Dieckmann, American film and music video director

Katherine Dienes, New Zealand-born organist, conductor and composer

Katherine Dodds, Canadian writer

Katherine Sturges Dodge (1890–1979), American writer and illustrator

Katherine Doherty, American business reporter

Katherine Douglas (rower) (born 1989), Scottish rower

Katherine Downes, English television presenter

Katherine Downie (born 1996), Australian Paralympian

Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877–1952), American artist

Katherine Fischer Drew (1923–2023), American historian

Katherine Rotan Drinker (1888–1956), American physician

Catherine Dubois (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player

Katherine Duffy (1944–2015), the first liaison to the gay and lesbian community in Chicago

Katherine Dumar (born 1993), Colombian taekwondo practitioner

Katherine Dunbabin, archaeologist

Katherine Duncan-Jones (1941–2022), English literature and Shakespeare scholar

Katherine Dunham (1909–2006), American dancer

Katherine Dunn (1945–2016), American novelist

Katherine Doyley Dyer (1585–1654), woman who placed an epitaph on her husband's tomb

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Katherine East, Canadian–British actress

Katherine Eban (born 1966/1967), American investigative journalist and author

Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, Caymanian politician

Katherine G. Ecob (1887–1971), American psychologist and educator

Katherine Edgcumbe (?–1553), English aristocrat and courtier

Katherine Philips Edson (1870–1933), American reformer and social activist

Katherine Rose Egan (1861–1951), Australian charity worker

Katherine Elkins, professor of humanities and comparative literature

Katherine Ellice (1813–1864), Scottish diarist and artist

Katherine Pollak Ellickson (1905–1996), American labor economist

Katherine Ellis (born 1965), English electronica vocalist and songwriter

Katherine Ellison (born 1957), American author

Katherine Emery (1906–1980), American stage and film actress

Katherine Emmet (1878–1960), American actress

Katherine Endacott (born 1980), former British sprinter

Katherine Endicott (1882–1967), American philanthropist

Katherine Esau (1898–1997), pioneering German-American botanist

Katherine Escobar, Colombian model and actress

Katherine Espín (born 1991/1992), Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder

Katherine Ettl (1911–1993), American sculptor

Katherine Everett (1872–1954), Anglo-Irish writer, memorist, and designer of houses and gardens

Katherine Ewel (born 1944), professor emeritus

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Katherine Faber (born 1953), American materials scientist

Katherine Polk Failla (born 1969), United States district judge

Katherine G. Farley, Chair of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City

Katherine Levin Farrell (1857–1951), American artist

Katherine Feeney (radio presenter), Australian radio presenter

Katherine Feinstein (born 1957), American attorney

Katherine Ferrara, American engineer

Katherine Ferrers (1634–1660), English gentlewoman

Katherine Cutler Ficken (1911–1968), American architect

Katherine Firth (born 1979), Australian poet

Katherine Fisk (1860s–1926), American contralto

Katherine Fitzgerald, Lady of Hy-Carbery (1452–1506), Anglo-Irish noblewoman

Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Irish-born American molecular biologist and virologist

Katherine Flegal, American epidemiologist

Katherine Elizabeth Fleming, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust

Katherine Fletcher (born 1976), British Conservative Party politician

Katherine Stewart Flippin (1906–1996), special educator

Katherine A. Flores (born 1953), family physician

Katherine Flowers (1896–1982), African American dancer

Katherine Fok (born 1941), former Hong Kong government official

Katherine A. Foley (1889–1981), Irish-American politician

Catherine Fookes (born 1970), British politician

Katherine Forbes-Smith, Bahamian lawyer and politician

Katherine Emmons Force (1891–1956), American real estate investor

Katherine B. Forrest (born 1964), New York law firm partner

Katherine V. Forrest (born 1939), Canadian-born American writer

Katherine Forsyth, Scottish historian

Katherine P. Frank, American literary scholar

Katherine Franke, American legal scholar

Katherine Franz (born 1972), chair of the department of chemistry at Duke University

Katherine Frazier (1882–1944), American musician

Katherine H. Freeman, professor

Katherine Freese (born 1957), theoretical astrophysicist

Katherine Freund (born 1950), American activist

Katherine Fryer (1910–2017), English artist

Katherine Fugate (born 1965), American film/television writer and producer

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Katherine Gallagher (born 1935), Australian poet

Catherine Galliford (1966–2025), Canadian police officer

Katherine Garrett-Cox (born 1967), British business executive

Katherine Gehl (born 1966), American businesswoman

Katherine Gell (1624–1671), religious patron

Catherine Alicia Georges (born 1944), American nurse

Katherine Gili (born 1948), British sculptor

Katherine Glass (born 1947), American actress

Katherine Glessner (born 1986), American rower

Katherine Godwin (1917–2015), the first lady of Virginia (1966–1970; 1974–1978)

Katherine Hancock Goode (1872–1928), teacher, teacher educator, administrator, and state legislator in Illinois

Katherine L. Gordon, Canadian poet

Katherine Gottlieb, president and chief executive officer

Katherine Govier (born 1948), Canadian novelist and essayist

Katherine Grable, American gymnast

Katherine Grainger (born 1975), Scottish former rower

Katherine FitzGerald, Viscountess Grandison (1660–1725), wealthy Irish heiress

Katherine Whyte Grant (1845–1928), Scottish writer

Katherine Gray (born 1965), Canadian glass artist and professor

Katherine L. Gregory (born 1961), the first female flag officer in the United States Navy Civil Engineer Corps

Katherine C. Grier, American historian and author

Katherine Griffith (1876–1921), American character actress

Katherine Van Allen Grinnell (1839–1917), American lecturer

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Katherine Haataja (born 1969), Finnish-Swedish mezzo-soprano and entrepreneur

Katherine Hadford (born 1989), Hungarian-American former competitive figure skater

Katherine Hagedorn (1961–2013), American ethnomusicologist

Katherine Haik (born 2000), American model and beauty queen

Katherine Hajjar, American pediatrician, cell biologist, and academic administrator

Katherine Hale (1874–1956), Canadian poet, critic, and short story writer

Katherine Spencer Halpern (1913–2004), American anthropologist and educator

Katherine Halvorsen, American statistician and statistics educator

Katherine Hamilton (1863–1932), women's suffrage activist

Katherine Hammack (born 1959), the former United States assistant secretary of the Army

Katherine Hankey (1834–1911), English missionary and nurse

Katherine Hanley (born 1943), American Democratic politician in Virginia

Katherine Hannigan (born 1962), children's and young adults' writer

Katherine Hare (born 1978), English theatre director

Katherine Haringhton (born 1971), Venezuelan lawyer

Katherine Harkay, American physicist working on particle accelerators

Katherine Harley (1881–1961), American amateur golfer

Katherine Harley (suffragist) (1855–1917), suffragist

Katherine Harloe, professor of classics and director of the Institute of Classical Studies

Katherine Corri Harris (1890–1927), American actress and socialite

Katherine Harris (born 1957), American politician from Florida

Katherine Safford Harris, psychologist and speech scientist

Katherine Harrison, landowning widow

Katherine Hasselet, Flemish tapestry artist

Katherine Hastings, American poet

Katherine Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English noblewoman

Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings (1442–between January and March 25, 1504), noblewoman

Katherine Hattam, Australian artist

Katherine Hauptman (born 1970), Swedish archaeologist and museum researcher

Katherine Hawes (born 1969), English lawn and indoor bowler international

Katherine Hawley (1971–2021), British philosopher

Katherine Healy (born 1969), American former principal ballerina and actress

Katherine Heigl (born 1978), American actress

Katherine Heinrich (born 1954), mathematician

Katherine Heiny (born 1968), American writer

Katherine Helmond (1929–2019), American actress

Katherine Usher Henderson (1937–2022), college professor and administrator

Katherine Herring (1933–2018), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player

Catherine Hervieu (born 1958), French politician

Katherine Ruth Heyman (1877–1944), American pianist and composer

Katherine Hicks, Australian actress

Katherine A. High, American doctor-scientist

Katherine Hilgenberg (1920–1988), Broadway performer

Katherine Hilliker, American screenwriter and film editor

Katherine Hite, U.S. author and academic

Katherine Ho (born 1999), singer

Katherine A. Hoadley, American breast cancer researcher

Katherine Hobbs, former Ottawa city councillor

Katherine Hodgson (1889–1974), archaeologist

Katherine B. Hoffman (1914–2020), American chemist

Katherine Hollingsworth, former American Democratic politician

Katherine McLean Holmes (1849–1925), New Zealand painter

Katherine Holt (born 1977), British chemist

Katherine Hoover (1937–2018), American composer

Katherine Hopson (born 1982), British sailor

Katherine Horny (born 1969), former volleyball player

Katherine Hoskins (1909–1988), American poet

Katherine G. Howard (1898–1986), graduate of Smith College

Katherine Howe, American novelist

Katherine Howell, Australian crime writer

Katherine Hui (born 2005), American tennis player

Katherine Hupalo (1890–1974), actress

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Katherine Igoe, Irish actress

Katherine Ip (born 1995), American-born former Hong Kong tennis player

Katherine Isbister, game and human computer interaction researcher and designer

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Katherine Jackson (born 1930), the matriarch of the Jackson family

Katherine Jakeways, British comedian

Katherine Jansen, American historian

Katherine Jashinski (born 1982), conscientious objector

Katherine Jenkins (born 1980), Welsh singer

Katherine Jerkovic, Canadian film director

Katherine St. John, professor

Katherine Johnson (1918–2020), American mathematician

Katherine Joy, professor of earth sciences

Katherine Jungjohann, scientist and engineer

Katherine Justice (born 1942), American actress

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Katherine Kamhi (born 1964), American actress

Katherine Kane (politician) (1935–2013), American politician

Katherine Sophia Kane (1811–1886), Irish botanist

Katherine Anna Kang (born 1970), American video game designer

Katherine Karađorđević (born 1943), Serbian royal

Katherine Kath (1920–2012), French ballerina

Katherine Kazarian (born 1990), American politician

Katherine Kealoha, American prosecutor

Katherine Keating (1922–2009), American military servicewoman

Katherine Kellgren (1969–2018), American actress

Katherine C. Kelly (1924–2011), American activist

Katherine Kessey (born 1946), Australian actress

Katherine Keyes (born 1980), American epidemiologist

Katherine M King (1881–c.