Katharina is a feminine given name. It is a German form of
Katherine
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.
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In television and film:
*Katharina Bellowitsch
Katharina "Kati" Bellowitsch (born 13 June 1974) is an Austrian radio and TV presenter.
Career
Born in Graz, Styria, Bellowitsch trained as a primary school teacher before becoming, in 1996, a presenter at a commercial radio station in Styria ' ...
, Austrian radio and TV presenter
* Katharina Mückstein, Austrian film director
*Katharina Thalbach
Katharina Thalbach (; actually ''Katharina Joachim genannt Thalbach''; born 19 January 1954) is a German actress and stage director. She played theatre at the Berliner Ensemble and at the Volksbühne Berlin, and was actress in the film ''The T ...
, German actress and film director
*Katherine Pierce
''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American fantasy-drama television series which was first broadcast on The CW from 2009 to 2017, airing 171 episodes over 8 seasons. Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec adapted the TV series from L.J. Smith's no ...
, a character in ''The Vampire Diaries
''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith. The series premiered on The CW on September 10, ...
'' originally named Katharina Petrova.
In artistry:
* Katharina Fröhlich, lover of Franz Grillparzer
* Katharina Rapp, German artist
In other fields:
* Katharina Baunach, German footballer
* Katharina Dalton, British physician and pioneer in the research of premenstrual stress syndrome.
* Katharina Klafsky, Hungarian operatic singer
*Katharina von Bora
Katharina von Bora (; 29 January 1499 – 20 December 1552), after her wedding Katharina Luther, also referred to as "die Lutherin" ("the Lutheress"), was the wife of Martin Luther, German reformer and a seminal figure of the Protestant Refor ...
, German Catholic nun who was an early convert to Protestantism
Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...
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*Katharina von Zimmern
Katharina von Zimmern (1478 – 17 August 1547), also known as the imperial abbess of Zürich and Katharina von Reischach, was the last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey in Zürich.
Early life
Katharina von Zimmern was born in 1478 in the ...
(1478-1547), last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey
See also
* 320 Katharina, small Main belt asteroid
*'' Katharina'', a genus of chiton mollusc in the family Mopaliidae
* The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, 1974 novel by Heinrich Böll
Heinrich Theodor Böll (; 21 December 1917 – 16 July 1985) was a German writer. Considered one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers, Böll is a recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize (1967) and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1972). ...
*Catherina (and similar spellings)
Catherina is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Dona Catherina of Kandy (died 1613), ruling Queen of Kandy in 1581
* Catherina Boevey (1669–1726), English philanthropist
* Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch, (1785–1858), Au ...
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