Kato is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
People with the given name
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Kato Khandwala
Suketo Khandwala (1970/1971 – April 25, 2018), known professionally as Kato Khandwala, was an American record producer, songwriter, mixer, and engineer. He worked with many different artists such as Blondie (band), Blondie, Paramore, My Chemica ...
(died 2018), American record producer and audio engineer
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Kató Lomb
Kató Lomb (8 February 19099 June 2003) was a Hungary, Hungarian interpreter, translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world.
Originally educated in chemistry and physics, her interest soon led her to languages. Native i ...
, Hungarian interpreter
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Kato Serwanga (born 1976), American football player
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Kato Kaelin
Brian Gerard "Kato" Kaelin (born March 9, 1959) is an American actor and radio and television personality. A friend of Nicole Brown Simpson, Kaelin is best known for serving as a witness in the O. J. Simpson murder trial in 1995, receiving con ...
, an American radio and television personality
People with the surname
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Ameril Umbra Kato
Ameril Umbra Kato (18 May 1946 – 14 April 2015) was a Filipino Islamic militant who was the founder of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a group which seceded from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). He joined the MILF in o ...
, Filipino fighter
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David Kato
David Kato Kisule ( – 26 January 2011) was a Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement and described as "Uganda's first openly gay man". He served as advocacy officer for Sexual Minorities ...
, Ugandan activist
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Satori Kato (born 1847), Japanese inventor of
instant coffee
Instant coffee is a beverage derived from brewed coffee beans that enables people to quickly prepare hot coffee by adding hot water or milk to coffee solids in powdered or crystallized form and stirring. The product was first invented in Inver ...
*, Japanese politician
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Sergio Kato (born 1960), Brazilian-American actor
Fictional characters
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Hikaru Katō, Star Trek character
*Kato Fransen, the main character of the fourth season of the Belgian series ''
wtFOCK
''WtFOCK'' (stylised as ''wtFOCK'', pronounced as wha-teh-fock) is a Flemish teen drama web series broadcast by Play4 that follows the lives of teenagers in Antwerp. Broadcast was then taken over by Belgian streaming services Play More, , and in ...
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*Kato Hoeven, the victim in the Belgian noir TV series ''
Beau Séjour
Beau may refer to:
*Beau (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name, nickname or surname
*Beau (guitarist) (born 1946), songwriter and 12-string guitar specialist
*Beau (grape), another name for the Italian wine grape Tr ...
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See also
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Cato (disambiguation)
Cato typically refers to either Cato the Elder or Cato the Younger, both of the Porcii Catones family of Rome.
It may also refer to:
People Ancient Romans
* Porcii Catones, a plebeian family at Ancient Rome
* Cato the Elder (Cato Maior) or "the ...
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Japanese-language surnames