Katja is a feminine given name. In Germany, the Netherlands, Flanders, and Scandinavia, it is a pet form of

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Music

Katja Andy Katja Andy (born Käthe Aschaffenburg; 23 May 1907 – 30 December 2013) was a German-American classical pianist and piano professor. Biography Youth and first career steps in Germany Katja Andy was born Käthe Aschaffenburg in 1907 in Mönchengl ...

(1906–2013), German-American pianist *

Katja Ebstein Katja Ebstein (born Karin Witkiewicz; 9 March 1945) is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf (now Gniewków, Poland). She achieved success with songs such as "Theater (song), Theater" and "Es war einmal ein Jäger". She was married to , w ...

(born 1945), German singer *

Katja Glieson Katja-Angelique Glieson (born 19 August 1996), better known as Katja Glieson, is an Australian-German singer from Melbourne. She first gained recognition in 2014 for playing 'Elsa (Disney), Elsa' in the YouTube video ''Princess Rap Battle'', w ...

, Australian recording artist *

Katja Schuurman Katja Schuurman (born 19 February 1975) is a Dutch actress, singer and television personality. Early life She grew up as the eldest daughter of a Dutch father and a Surinamese mother, born in Curaçao. Her sister Birgit is also a singer and a ...

(born 1975), Dutch actress, singer and television personality

Modelling

Katja Shchekina Katja Shchekina (russian: Катя Щекина, (b. May 18, 1986) is a Russian model. Early life and career Katja was born in 1986 in Perm, Russia to a Russian father and a mother of Komi and Hungarian descent. The rumors of her mother bein ...

(born 1986), Russian supermodel

Politics

* Katja Adler (born 1974), German politician *

Katja Boh Katja Boh (1929–2008) was a Slovenian sociologist, diplomat and politician. Early life and career She was born in a wealthy middle class family in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now the capital of Slovenia). Her father was an Austrian Jew w ...

(1929–2008), Slovenian sociologist, diplomat, politician *

Katja Kipping Katja Kipping (born 18 January 1978) is a German politician of The Left party who is serving as Senator for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs in the Berlin state government since December 2021. She was previously a member of the Bundestag ...

(born 1978), German politician, chairwoman of the Left Party *

Katja Husen Katja Husen (12 June 1976 – 28 June 2022) was a German biologist and politician. A member of Alliance 90/The Greens, she was speaker of the party's youth organisation, Green Youth, and served in the Hamburg Parliament from 2004 to 2008. She ...

(1976–2022), German politician *

Katja Suding Katja Suding (born 30 December 1975, in Vechta) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) was a member of the German Bundestag from 2017 to 2021. She served as chairwoman of her party's parliamentary group in the Hamburgische B ...

(born 1975), German politician

Sports

Katja Demut Katja Demut (born 21 December 1983) is a German track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump. She has represented Germany internationally at the European Athletics Indoor Championships and at the 2009 World Championships in Athleti ...

(born 1983), German triple jumper *

Katja Dieckow Katja Dieckow (born 9 September 1984) is a German diver. She competed in the 3 m springboard at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 3 m springboard at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Dieckow has won a total of two silver and five bronze medals at the Eur ...

(born 1984), German diver *

Katja Ebbinghaus Katja Ebbinghaus (née Burgemeister, born 6 January 1948) is a former professional tennis player from Germany, active from 1969 to 1982. She reached five Grand Slam quarterfinals in singles, and a Grand Slam final in doubles, and played for West ...

(born 1948), German tennis player * Katja Gerber (born 1975), German judoka *

Katja Haller Katja Haller (born 12 January 1981) is an Italian professional biathlete, who has been competing on the World Cup circuit since the 2001–02 season. She has had one second place and one third-place finishes in World Cup races. She has also comp ...

(born 1981), Italian professional biathlete * Katja Keller (born 1980), German heptathlete *

Katja Koren Katja Koren Miklavec (born 6 August 1975) is a former Slovenian alpine skier. Born in Maribor, she won a bronze medal in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. She took her sole World Cup win at the age of 18 in a Super-G in Flachau in Dec ...

(born 1975), former Slovenian alpine skier * Katja Kraus (born 1970), German former footballer *

Katja Langkeit Katja Langkeit (born 1983) is a German team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball ...

(born 1983), German team handball player *

Katja Lehto Katja Maarit Lehto (born 14 August 1972) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player. She played with the Finnish national ice hockey team throughout the 1990s and won a bronze medal at the inaugural Olympic women's ice hockey tournament at the 199 ...

, Finnish female ice hockey player *

Katja Mayer Katja Mayer (born 4 January 1968 in Augsburg) is a former German triathlete and Ironman winner (1999). Biography Mayer studied sports science and mathematics at the universities of Munich and Augsburg. In 1996, she graduated in mathematics and ...

(born 1968), German triathlete *

Katja Nass Katja Nass (born 26 November 1968) is a German former fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team épée events at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and als ...

(born 1968), German fencer *

Katja Nyberg Katja Johanna Alice Nyberg (born 24 August 1979) is a naturalized Norwegian handball player, currently retired. She played 99 games and scored 321 goals for the Norwegian national team during her career. With the Norwegian team she won a gold ...

(born 1979), (naturalized) Norwegian team handball player *

Katja Požun Katja Požun (born 7 April 1993) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. Požun made her World Cup debut on 3 December 2011 in Lillehammer, Norway. She reached the World Cup individual podium twice. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she placed eleventh ...

(born 1993), Slovenian ski jumper *

Katja Rajaniemi Katja Rajaniemi is a Finnish ski-orienteering competitor. She won a bronze medal in the ''sprint'' at the 2005 World Ski Orienteering Championships The World Ski Orienteering Championships (Ski-WOC) is the official event to award the title ...

, Finnish ski-orienteering competitor *

Katja Riipi Katja Hannele Riipi (born 26 October 1975) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former member of the Finnish national ice hockey team. She won an Olympic bronze medal representing Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 ...

, Finnish female ice hockey player *

Katja Roose Katja Roose (born 27 March 1981) is a Dutch female professional kite surfer. Biography Early life Playing with wind and water is something Roose grew up with. Her parents took her out sailing when she was just three weeks old. At her first bod ...

(born 1981), Dutch female professional kite surfer *

Katja Schroffenegger Katja Schroffenegger (born 28 April 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italy women's national team. Club career She previously played for FC Südtirol in Serie A. On 19 Ju ...

, Italian football goalkeeper *

Katja Schülke Katja Kramarczyk (née Schülke) (born 18 March 1984) is a German retired handball player for Bayer 04 Leverkusen (handball) and the German national team. She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Wome ...

(born 1984), German team handball player *

Katja Seizinger Katja Seizinger (; born 10 May 1972) is a former World Cup alpine ski racing champion, Germany's most successful alpine skier. Biography Born in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Seizinger won three Olympic gold and two bronze medals, and won ...

(born 1972), German alpine skier * Katja Tengel (born 1981), German sprinter * Katja Trödthandl, Austrian football midfielder *

Katja Višnar Katja Višnar (born 21 March 1984) is a Slovenian, former cross-country skier who competed between 2002 and 2020. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 11th in the team sprint, 15th in the 4 × 5 km relay, and 16th in the ind ...

(born 1984), Slovenian cross-country skier * Katja Ziliox (born 1970), retired German swimmer

Other fields

* Katja Danowski ( de) (born 1974), German actress * Katja Fennel, marine biologist * Katja Flint (born 1959), German actress *

Katja Herbers Katja Mira Herbers (born 19 October 1980) is a Dutch actress. She is best known for portraying Dr. Helen Prins on the WGN America drama series ''Manhattan'' (2014–2015), Emily Grace in the HBO science fiction drama series ''Westworld'' (2018� ...

(born 1980), Dutch actress * Katja Kallio (born 1968), Finnish novelist, journalist, columnist and screenwriter * (born 1979), German pornographic actress * Katja Lange-Müller (born 1951), German writer *

Katja Medbøe Katja Maria Riosianu Medbøe (3 December 1945 – c. 13 November 1996) was a Norwegian actress. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1968, and acted both at Den Nationale Scene and at the National Theatre. ...

(1945–1996), Norwegian actress * Katja Mragowska (born 1975), Polish-German artist * Katja Pettersson, Swedish designer *

Katja Rahlwes Katja Rahlwes (born 1967, Frankfurt, Germany) is a German fashion photographer, based in Paris. Biography Katja Rahlwes left Germany at the age of 16 for London and then moved to Paris in 1988 to study fashion design at Studio Berçot, Paris. ...

(born 1967), German fashion photographer *

Katja Riemann Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann (, born 1 November 1963) is a German actress. The daughter of two teachers, Riemann grew up in Weyhe, near Bremen. After high school she went to Hamburg to study music and theater. She is the mother of actress Paula ...

(born 1963), German actress *

(born 1975), Dutch television personality * Katja Špur (1908–1991), Slovene journalist, writer, poet, translator *

(born 1975), German politician *

Katja Thater Katja Thater (; born 14 July 1966 in Hamburg) is a German professional poker player and horse breeder. She is married to another poker professional, Jan von Halle. Her popularity in Germany comes from the wide coverage on local television of ...

(born 1966), German poker player * Katja Tukiainen (born 1969), Finnish artist *

Katja von Garnier Katja von Garnier (born 15 December 1966, in Wiesbaden) is a German film director. Biography From 1989 to 1994, she studied at the University of Television and Film Munich. Her 1993 practice film '' Making Up!'' was shown in theatres all over Ger ...

(born 1966), German film director * Katja Woywood (born 1971), German actress, former child star * Katja Zoch (born 1961), American voice actress

Fictional

Katja Brandner ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mal ...

, fictional character on German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe'' *Katja Obinger, German clone on the television series'' Orphan Blac'' *Northern Crown Katja, fictional fighter in '' Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō'' spinoff

References

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