Caterina is a feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
which is an
Italian and
Catalan form of the name ''
Katherine''.
Notable people with the name include:
In music:
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Caterina Assandra, Italian composer and Benedictine nun
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Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and folk music historian
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Caterina Caselli, Italian singer, actress and music producer
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Caterina Cavalieri, Austrian soprano
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Caterina Jarboro
Caterina Jarboro (July 24, 1898 – August 13, 1986) was an American opera singer. She was the first female black opera singer to sing with a major company, twenty-two years before Marian Anderson's début at the Metropolitan Opera.
Biograp ...
, pioneering African American opera singer
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Caterina Valente, Italian-born singer, dancer, and actress
In education:
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Caterina Mieras, teacher at the Teacher Training School of the Balearic Islands
In acting:
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Caterina Murino, Italian actress
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Caterina Scorsone
Caterina Scorsone (born October 16, 1981) is a Canadian-American actress. She is best known for playing Dr. Amelia Shepherd on the ABC medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2010–present) and its spin-offs ''Private Practice'' (2010–2013) and ''St ...
, Canadian actress
In sports:
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Kateřina Baďurová
Kateřina Baďurová (; born 18 December 1982 in Ostrava), also known as Kateřina Janků, is a Czech former pole vaulter.
She finished twelfth at the 2004 Olympic Games. She also competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the Europ ...
, Czech pole vaulter
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Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
In other fields:
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Caterina Appiani, lady of Piombino
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Caterina Consani, Italian mathematician
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Caterina dei Virgi
Catherine of Bologna aterina de' Vigri(8 September 1413 – 9 March 1463)Stephen Donovan (1908). "St. Catherine of Bologna". In ''Catholic Encyclopedia''. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company. was an Italian Poor Clare, writer, teacher, mystic ...
, aristocratic Bolognese woman raised in the court of Bologna
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Caterina Fake, American businesswoman and entrepreneur
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Caterina Sforza, countess of
Forlì
In literature:
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Caterina "Hornet" Grimani, character in
Cornelia Funke's novel ''
The Thief Lord
''The Thief Lord'' is a children's novel written by Cornelia Funke. It was published in Germany in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002 for The Chicken House, a division of Scholastic publishing company. It was Funke's fir ...
''
Songs about Caterina
*''Aman Caterina mou'' by
Haris Alexiou
*''Caterina'' by
Perry Como
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing ...
*''Caterina Caterinaki'' by
Michalis Rakintzis
*''Pame gia ypno Caterina'' by
Giannis Poulopoulos
Giannis Poulopoulos (Greek: Γιάννης Πουλόπουλος, a.k.a. John Poulopoulos; 29 June 1941 – 23 August 2020) was a Greek singer-songwriter, who had several hits in Greece during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In terms of total al ...
*''Vgainei i Caterina'' by
Aliki Vougiouklaki and
Lavrentis Dianellos
Lavrentis Dianellos (Greek: Λαυρέντης Διανέλλος; 1911 – 16 September 1978) was a Greek actor. From 1948 to 1975, he appeared in 200 films, leading one reviewer to call him "ubiquitous."
Indicative filmography
* ''The Germans ...
*''Aummo Aummo'' by
Renzo Arbore
Lorenzo Giovanni "Renzo" Arbore (; born 24 June 1937) is an Italian television host, singer, actor and film director.
Career
Arbore became nationally recognized as radio anchor man, together with Gianni Boncompagni, in the late 1960s, with ...
References
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Italian feminine given names