This is a list of notable individuals named Katherine or Catherine.
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
A 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
B 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
C 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
D 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
E 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