Kater, besides meaning ''tomcat'' or ''hangover'' in

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

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German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

, is the surname of the following people: *

Fritz Kater Fritz Kater (1861–1945) was a German trade unionist, publisher, and anarcho-syndicalist. He was active in the Free Association of German Trade Unions (FVdG) and its successor organization, the Free Workers' Union of Germany. He edited the FVdG's ...

, German trade unionist *

Henry Kater Henry Kater FRS, FRAS (16 April 1777 – 26 April 1835) was a British physicist of German descent. Early life He was born at Bristol. At first he intended to study law; but he gave up the idea on his father's death in 1794. He entered th ...

, German-British physicist *

Michael Hans Kater Michael Hans Kater (born July 4, 1937) is a German-Canadian historian of Nazism. He is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of history at York University, Toronto, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Early life and education Kater w ...

, German-Canadian historian * Norman William Kater (1861–1930), Australian physician pastoralist politician *

Peter Kater Peter Kater (born May 28, 1958) is a German-born American pianist, composer and Grammy Award winner. When he was four, he moved with his family from Germany to New Jersey. He studied classical piano at an early age. In 1977 when he was eighteen ...

, American pianist

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