Arts and Music

• Katherine Jackson
  • Member of the Jackson Family (see list of Members of the Jackson Family)
• Katherine McCoy
  • American graphic designer and educator (see list of Graphic Designers)

Leadership

• Katherine Edgar Byron (born 1903, died 1976)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Maryland (see list of Women in the House of Representatives)
• Katherine Langley (born 1888, died 1948)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Kentucky, 1927-31 (see list of Women in the House of Representatives)

Miscellaneous

• Katherine Couric (born 1957)

  American television newscaster.

  • Former Girl Scout (see list of Former Girl Scouts)
• Katherine Potthast
  • 1982 Rose Queen (see list of Tournament of Roses, Rose Bowl Queens)
• Katherine Siva Saubel (born 1920)

  Native American ethnoanthropologist.

  • Member of National Women''s Hall of Fame (see list of National Women's Hall of Fame Members)
• Katherine Shindle

  An AIDS awareness educator

  • Miss America 1998 Winner, representing the State of Illinois (see list of Miss America Winners)
• Katherine Filene Shouse
  • 1977 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)

Science and Philosophy

• Katherine B. Blodgett

  American chemist.

  • 1951 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal (see list of Chemists)
• Katherine Esau
  • 1989 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)

Sports

• Katherine Rawls

  American swimmer.

  • 1937 Associated Press Athlete of the Year (see list of Associated Press Athletes of the Year)
• Katherine Switzer

  American runner.

  • 1974 New York Marathon champion (see list of New York Marathon Winners)

Stage and Screen

• Katherine Bell

  Fictional character.

  • Character on the soap opera ''''General Hospital'''' (see list of Characters on ''General Hospital'')
• Katherine Cannon (born 1953)

  American actress.

  • Portrays Felice Martin (see list of Actors on ''Beverly Hills 90210'')
• Katherine Dunham (born 1912)

  American dancer and choreographer. First American to organize a professional black dance troupe.

  • 1983 Kennedy Center Honors recipient (see list of Kennedy Center Honors Recipients)
• Katherine Helmond (born 1934)

  American actress.

  • Portrayed Jessica Tate (see list of Actors on ''Soap'')
• Katherine Kelly Lang

  American actress.

  • Actress on soap opera ''''The Bold and the Beautiful'''' (see list of Performers on ''The Bold and The Beautiful'')
• Katherine MacDonald
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Katherine MacGregor
  • Portrayed Harriet Oleson (see list of Actors on ''Little House on the Prairie'')
• Katherine Pulaski

  Fictional character. Substitute chief medical officer aboard the starship Enterprise.

  • Portrayed by Diana Muldaur (see list of Characters on ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'')
• Katherine Chancellor Sterling

  Fictional character.

  • Character on the soap opera ''''The Young and the Restless'''' (see list of Characters on ''The Young and the Restless'')

The Literary World

• Katherine Ellison
  • 1986 Pulitzer Prize winner for International Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting)
• Katherine
  • Lady attending the princess of France in Love''s Labor''s Lost (see list of Shakespearean Characters)
• Katherine Mansfield (born 1888, died 1923)

  New Zealand short-story writer.

  • Wrote The Garden Party and Other Stories (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
• Katherine Paterson
  • Two-time Newbery Medal winner, in 1978 for Bridge to Terabithia and in 1981 for Jacob Have I Loved (see list of Newbery Medal Winners)
  • Author of Bridge to Terabithia, and The Great Gilly Hopkins (see list of Authors of some of the most frequently banned books between 1990-99, in the United States)
• Katherine Philips (born 1631, died 1664)

  English poet.

  • Wrote Letters of Orinda to Poliarchus (see list of Writers of the 17th Century)
• Katherine Anne Porter (born 1890, died 1980)

  American novelist and short-story writer.

  • 1966 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction, for Collected Stories (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
  • 1966 National Book Award winner for Fiction, for The Collected Stories (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Fiction)
  • Author of the 1962 best-selling novel Ship of Fools (see list of Bestselling Fiction Authors in the U.S.)