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People

In sports

Kathy Bald Katherine Ann Bald (born December 19, 1963) is a former competitive freestyle swimmer from Canada. She was affiliated with the University of Toronto. Bald competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The ...

(Born 1963), Canadian freestyle swimmer *

Kathy May Kathy May Fritz (born June 18, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player. She reached three Grand Slam quarterfinals, once at the US Open in 1978 and twice at the French Open in 1977 and 1978. She won seven WTA singles titles duri ...

(Born 1956), American tennis player *

Kathy Radzuweit Kathy Radzuweit (born March 2, 1982) is a German retired volleyball player, who was a member of the German Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in ...

(Born 1980), German volleyball player *

Kathy Smallwood-Cook Kathryn Jane Cook (née Smallwood; born 3 May 1960) is a former athlete, specialising in sprint and sprint relays. She is one of the most successful female sprinters in British athletics history. She is three-times an Olympic bronze medallist ...

(Born 1960), British Olympic athlete *

Kathy Sheehy Kathy Sheehy (born April 26, 1970), nicknamed "Gubba", is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics#Women.27s medallists, 2000 Summer Olympics and was inducted into the USA Water Polo Ha ...

(Born 1970), American water polo player * Kathy Tough (Born 1969), Canadian volleyball player *

Kathy Watt Kathryn ("Kathy") Ann Watt (born 11 September 1964) is an Australian racing cyclist who won two medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain (gold in the road race, and silver in the pursuit). She has won 24 national championships ...

(Born 1964), Australian female cycle racer *

Kathy Weston Kathleen "Kathy" Stella Weston (born May 19, 1958, in Reno, Nevada) is a retired female middle-distance runner from the United States. She set her personal best (2.00.73) in the women's 800 metres at the 1976 Olympic trials. She was also a member ...

(Born 1958), American middle distance runner *

Kathy Foster (basketball) Kathryn Joy Foster (born 7 May 1960) is an Australian former basketball player. Biography Foster played for the Australia women's national basketball team, national team between 1981 and 1988, competing at the Basketball at the 1984 Summer Ol ...

(Born 1960), Australian basketball player

In television and film

Kathy Bates Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress. Kathy Bates filmography, Her work spans over five decades, and List of awards and nominations received by Kathy Bates, her accolades include an Academy Awards, Academy Award, t ...

(Born 1948), American actress and director *

Kathy Burke Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke (born 13 June 1964) is an English actress and comedian. She appeared in sketch shows such as '' French and Saunders'' (1988–1999), played a recurring role as Magda on the BBC sitcom '' Absolutely Fabulous'' (1992� ...

(Born 1964), British actress *

Kathy Chow Kathy Chow Hoi-mei (; 6 December 1966 – 11 December 2023), or Kathy Chau Hoi-mei, was a Hong Kong actress and singer who was widely known for her leading roles in Hong Kong TVB series during the late 1980s to 1990s such as The Breaking Point ...

(1966–2023), Hong Kong actress and singer *

Kathy Garver Kathy Garver (born Kathleen Marie Garver; December 13, 1945) is an American actress most remembered for having portrayed the teenaged orphan, Catherine "Cissy" Davis, on the popular 1960s CBS sitcom ''Family Affair''. Before that, she was cast ...

, American television, stage, screen, and voice actress *

Kathy Greenwood Kathryn Greenwood (born March 21, 1962) is a Canadian actress and comedian. She appeared on the American version of ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' numerous times, and played Grace Bailey on the Canadian television drama series '' Wind at My Back ...

(Born 1962), Canadian comedian and actress *

Kathy Griffin Kathleen Mary Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American comedian and actress who has starred in television series, comedy specials and has released multiple comedy albums. In 2007 and 2008, Griffin won Primetime Emmy Awards for her rea ...

(Born 1960), American stand-up comedian ** ''Kathy'' (TV series), a talk show hosted by Griffin *

Kathy Hilton Kathleen Elizabeth Hilton ( Avanzino; born March 13, 1959) is an American socialite, fashion designer, actress, and television personality. She is the mother of socialite Paris Hilton and fashion designer Nicky HiltonBooth MooreSpecial occasion ...

(Born 1959), American actress, celebrity and socialite *

Kathy Long Kathy Long (born April 21, 1964) is an American kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and actress. Kathy Long Biography">USA Dojo >> Kathy Long BiographyURL accessed on October 7, 2010from the original on August 16, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. She ha ...

(Born 1964), American actress, kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter *

Kathy Najimy Kathy Ann Najimy ( ; ; born February 6, 1957) is an American actress and activist. She was first nationally known for her feminist play ''The Kathy and Mo Show'', which she wrote and performed with Mo Gaffney. On film, she is best known for her ...

(born 1957), American actress, comedian, director, writer, producer and activist *

Kathy Staff Kathy Staff (born Minnie Higginbottom; 12 July 1928 – 13 December 2008) was an English actress known for her work on British television. She is best known for her portrayal of Nora Batty in ''Last of the Summer Wine'', the longest running si ...

(1928–2008), British actress born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom *

Kathy Yuen Kathy Yuen, better known as Tong Yee is an actress from Hong Kong. She is signed under the Emperor Entertainment Group label. She was cast as a helper girl in '' Beautiful Cooking'' in 2006 prior to becoming an actress. In 2021, Kathy announced h ...

, better known as Tong Yee, actress from Hong Kong

In music

Kathy Foster (musician) Kathleen Michelle "Kathy" Foster is an American musician best known as the bassist for the indie rock band The Thermals and drummer for the All Girl Summer Fun Band. Foster was raised Catholic in Sunnyvale, California and moved to Portland, O ...

, American musician *

Kathy Kirby Kathy Kirby (born Catherine Ethel O'Rourke; 20 October 1938 – 20 May 2011) was an English singer. She is best known for her cover version of Doris Day's " Secret Love" and for representing the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision Song C ...

(1938–2011), British singer *

Kathy Leander Switzerland has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 65 times since its debut at the first contest in , missing only four contests because of being relegated due to poor results the previous year: , , , and . Switzerland hosted the i ...

(Born 1963), Swiss singer *

Kathy Linden Kathy Linden (born 1938) (died 2024) is an American pop singer from Moorestown Township, New Jersey. She grew up in Burlington, New Jersey. Biography Linden scored two big hits on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 late in the 1950s. The first w ...

(Born 1938), American pop singer *

Kathy Mattea Kathleen Alice Mattea (born June 21, 1959) is an American country music and bluegrass singer. Active since 1984 as a recording artist, she has charted more than 30 singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts, including four that reac ...

(Born 1959), American country singer *

Kathy Valentine Kathryn Valentine (born January 7, 1959) is an American musician who is the bassist for the rock band the Go-Go's. She has maintained a career in music through songwriting, recording, performing and touring as well as additional academic and cre ...

(Born 1959), American bassist for the all-girl pop band The Go-Gos *

Kathy Young Kathy Young (born October 21, 1945) is an American musician; she was a teen pop singer during the early 1960s, whose rendition of " A Thousand Stars", at age 15, rose to No. 3 on ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Biography A native of Southern C ...

(Born 1945), American pop singer

In politics

* Kathy Cox (born 1964), American politician *

Kathy Hochul Kathleen Hochul ( ; ; born August 27, 1958) is an American politician and lawyer who has served since 2021 as the 57th governor of New York. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she is New York's List of female ...

(born 1958), American politician *

Kathy Shaw Kathleen "Kathy" Shaw is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives since December 7, 2022. She represents Maine's 88th House district. Electoral history She was elected on November 8, 2022, in the ...

, American politician * Kathy Stanton (active since 2000), Sinn Féin Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly in North Belfast *

Kathy Sullivan (Australian politician) Kathryn Jean Martin Sullivan Order of Australia, AM (born 8 March 1942) is an Australian former politician. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party, she was a Australian Senate, Senator for Queensland from 1974 to 1984 and a mem ...

(born 1942), Australian politician *

Kathy Whitmire Kathryn Jean Whitmire (née Niederhofer; born August 15, 1946) is an American politician, businesswoman, and accountant best known as the first woman to serve as Mayor of Houston, serving for five consecutive two-year terms from 1982 to 1992. Fr ...

(born 1946), American politician *

Kathy Wolfe Moore Kathy Wolfe Moore (born March 6, 1957) was a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 36th district. She is the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and the House Committee on Legislative Budget ...

(born 1957), American politician *

Ahmed Kathrada Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada OMSG (21 August 1929 – 28 March 2017), sometimes known by the nickname "Kathy", was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist. Kathrada's involvement in the anti-apartheid activities of the African Natio ...

(1929–2017), South African politician

In literature

Kathy Acker Kathy Acker (April 18, 1947 isputed– November 30, 1997) was an American experimental novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, critic, performance artist, and postmodernist writer, known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that deal ...

, American sex-positive feminist writer *

Kathy Evans Katherine Margaret Evans (24 October 1948 – 17 November 2003) was an English journalist and women's rights activist in Islamic countries. She was a reporter of events occurring in the Middle East for The Daily Star (Lebanon), ''The Daily Star'' ...

(1948–2003), English journalist and women's right activist * Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, poet from Marshall Islands * Kathy Lette, (born 11 November 1958), British author *

Kathy Shaidle Kathy Shaidle (7 May 1964 – 9 January 2021) was a Canadian author, columnist, poet and blogger. A self-described "anarcho-peacenik" in the early years of her writing career, she moved to a conservative, Catholic Church in Canada, Roman Cathol ...

, Canadian author, columnist, poet and blogger *

Kathy Stinson Kathy Stinson (born 1952) is a Canadian children's writer. Life Stinson was born in Toronto, taught elementary school there and studied at the University of Toronto. She lives in Rockwood, Ontario with her partner Peter Carver, a retired edit ...

, Canadian children's writer *

Kathy Tyers Kathy Tyers is an American science fiction author. Tyers, born in Long Beach, California, is a microbiology graduate and a certified K-12 education in the United States, K-12 teacher. She began her writing career in the early 1980s, publishing h ...

, American author *

Kathy Sierra Kathy Sierra (born 1957) is an American computer programmer, programming Teacher, instructor, video game developer, game developer, author, and the curator of Intrinzen Education and career Sierra attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a major in ...

, author of Head First programming tutorial series, blogger, and game developer

In other fields

* Kathy Bonney (died 1987), American murder victim *

Kathy Butterly Kathy Butterly is an American sculptor born in Amityville, New York, in 1963. She lives and works in New York City. Butterly received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1986 and her Master of Fine ...

(Born 1963), American sculptor *

Kathy Ireland Kathleen Marie Ireland (born March 20, 1963) is an American actress, author, entrepreneur, fashion designer, philanthropist, and former fashion model. Ireland was a supermodel in the 1980s and 1990s, initially known for appearing in 13 consecut ...

(Born 1963), American model * Kathy Slade (born 1966), Canadian artist *

Kathy Vivas Anna Katherina Vivas (born 1972) is a Venezuelan astrophysicist recognized for her investigations of and finding up to 100 new and very distant RR Lyrae variable, RR Lyrae stars. They are between 13,000 and 220,000 light years from the Sun, and a ...

(born 1972), Venezuelan astrophysicist

Fictional characters

* Kathy Anderson, a fictional character in the popular American TV and radio sitcom ''

Father Knows Best ''Father Knows Best'' is an American sitcom starring Robert Young (actor), Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray (actor), Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six ...

'' *

Kathy Barnes Kathy Barnes is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Sarah Jane Buckley. Kathy arrived in October 2005. In October 2007, it was announced that Kathy had been written out of the serial and would l ...

, a fictional character in the long-running Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' *

Kathy Beale Kathy Beale (also Mitchell, Sullivan and Cotton) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Gillian Taylforth. Portrayed as "an attractive, bright, caring and highly moral woman", Kathy is one of the serial's ori ...

, a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Kathy Carter, a fictional character in the 1959–1964

Marvel Marvel may refer to: Business * Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company ** Marvel Comics, the primary imprint of Marvel Entertainment ** Marvel Universe, a fictional shared universe ** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics ...

comic book ''Kathy'' * Kathy Reilly, a fictional character in the 2019 Millarworld comic series ''Chrononauts: Futureshock'' * Kathy Seldon, a fictional character in the 1952 film ''

Singin' in the Rain ''Singin' in the Rain'' is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Rita Moreno a ...

'' * Kathy, a fictional character from ''

Barney & Friends ''Barney & Friends'' is an American children's television series created by Sheryl Leach targeted at children ages two to five. The flagship production of the ''Barney'' franchise, it originally aired on PBS under the PBS Kids brand from Ap ...

'' played by Lauren King * Kathy, a character in TV sitcom ''

Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane (producer), David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting List of Friends episodes, ten seasons. With an ensemble cast ...

'', played by

Paget Brewster Paget Valerie Brewster ( ; born March 10, 1969) is an American actress. She first received recognition for her recurring role as Kathy on the fourth season of ''Friends''. She gained wider recognition as FBI Supervisory Special Agent Emily Pre ...

Songs about Kathy

Kathy's Song "Kathy's Song" is a song originally by Paul Simon from his 1965 debut album ''The Paul Simon Songbook''. It was re-recorded for Simon & Garfunkel's second album ''Sounds of Silence'', released in 1966. It has been described as one of Simon's most ...

by Paul Simon *"Kathy's Waltz" by The Dave Brubeck Quartet from the album '' Time Out'' *"Kathy with a K's Song" by Bright Eyes from the album ''

Oh Holy Fools ''Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance & Bright Eyes'' is a split EP by Son, Ambulance and Bright Eyes, released in 2001 by Saddle Creek Records. All of the songs by Bright Eyes on the EP can also be found on their EP '' Don't Be Fright ...

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