Catharina is a feminine given name, the Dutch and

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spelling of the name Catherine. In the Netherlands, people use a great number of short forms in daily life, including ''Carine'', ''Catelijne'', ''Cato'', ''Ina'', ''Ineke'', ''Kaat'', ''Kaatje'', ''Karen'', ''Karin'', ''Katja'', ''Katrien'', ''Katrijn'', ''Kitty'', ''Nienke'', ''Rina'', ''Tineke'', ''Tiny'', ''Toos'', ''Trijn'', ''Trijntje'', and many others. People with the name include:

Academics, science

* Catharina C.J.H. "Catrien" Bijleveld (born 1958), Dutch criminologist * Catharina Halkes (1920–2011), Dutch theologian and feminist * Catharina Jantina "Catherine" de Jong (born 1956), Dutch anesthesiologist, drug rehab physician and intensivist * Catharina Geertruida "Catrien" Santing (born 1958), Dutch medievalist *

Catharina Stroppel Catharina Stroppel (born 1971) is a German mathematician whose research concerns representation theory, low-dimensional topology, and category theory. She is a professor of mathematics at the University of Bonn, and vice-coordinator of the Hausd ...

(born 1971), German mathematician * A.P. Catharina "Catharine" van Tussenbroek (1852–1925), Dutch physician and feminist

Arts

Catharina Ahlgren Catharina Ahlgren (1734 – c. 1800) was a Swedish proto- feminist poet and publisher, and one of the first identifiable female journalists in Sweden. She was the publisher and chief editor of a number of different women's periodicals in Stoc ...

(1734–c. 1800), Swedish feminist writer, poet, translator, editor and journalist * Catharina Backer (1689–1766), Dutch art collector and painter * Catharina S.F. "Kate" Bisschop-Swift (1834–1928), English-born Dutch painter *

Catharina Both-van der Eem ''Catharina Both van der Eem'' is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1620 and now in Louvre Museum. It is considered a pendant portrait to the ''Portrait of Paulus van Beresteyn'', in the same museum. Painting Simi ...

(1589–1666), Haarlem citizen painted by Frans Hals *

Catharina Chen Catharina Chen (born 1985) is a Norwegian classical violinist of Chinese ancestry. She has soloed since age 8. Life Chen was born in 1985 in Norway. Her father introduced her to the violin when she was five and played solo at age eight. Her tutor ...

(born 1985), Norwegian classical violinist * Catharina A.P.A. "Kitty" Courbois (1937–2017), Dutch actress *

Catharina Irma Dessaur Andreas Burnier, born Catharina Irma Dessaur (3 July 1931 – 18 September 2002) was a Dutch writer. Burnier has published poetry, lectures, books and articles, many of which address homosexuality, in order to emphasize women's problems in a male ...

(1931–2002), Dutch writer with the pseudonym Andreas Burnier *

Catharina Jacoba Abrahamina Enschedé Catharina Jacoba Abrahamina Enschedé (1828 – 1883) was a 19th-century Dutch painter. Biography She was born in Haarlem as the sister of the later art collector, city archivist, and museum consultant Adriaan Justus Enschedé. She was prob ...

(1828–1883), Dutch painter * Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633–1694), Austrian poet * Catharina "Nina" Hagen (born 1955), German singer, songwriter, and actress * Catharina van Hemessen (1528–aft.1567), Flemish portrait painter *

Catharina Hooft Catharina Pietersdr Hooft (28 December 1618 – 30 September 1691) was a woman of the Dutch Golden Age. She became famous at a very early age, when she was painted by Frans Hals. At the age of sixteen she married Cornelis de Graeff, nin ...

(1618–1691), Dutch patrician painted by Frans Hals * Catharina Hooghsae (1607–1685), Dutch patrician painted by Rembrandt *

Catharina van Knibbergen Catharina Knibbergen was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography According to the RKD she was influenced by Bartholomeus Breenbergh and was perhaps the daughter of the painter François van Knibbergen (born 1596/97).

(1630–1675), Dutch landscape painter * Catharina Lescaille (1649–1711), Dutch poet, translator and publisher *

Catharina Oostfries Catharina Oostfries, or Trijntje Sieuwerts (1636–1708) was a Dutch Golden Age glass painter. Biography Oostfries was born in Nieuwkoop. According to Houbraken she kept up her drawing and glass painting into her seventies.

(1636–1708), Dutch glass painter *

Catharina Peeters Catharina Peeters (1615–1676) was the sister of Bonaventuur Peeters, Jan Peeters I, and Gillis Peeters. They were all Flemish Baroque painters noted for painting seascapes. Biography Few details of her life are known. According to the RKD, ...

(1615–1676), Flemish seascape painter * Catharina Pepijn (1619–1688), Flemish portrait painter *

Catharina Pratten Catharina Josepha Pratten (15 November 1824 – 10 October 1895) was a German guitar virtuoso, composer and teacher, also known as Madame Sidney Pratten. She was born Catharina Josepha Pelzer in Mülheim on the 15 November 1824,see Nicoletta C ...

(1821–1895), German guitar virtuoso, composer and teacher *

Catharina Questiers Catharina Questiers (21 November 16313 February 1669) was a Dutch poet and dramatist. Along with Cornelia van der Veer and Katharyne Lescailje she was the most successful female Dutch poet of the second half of the 17th century. Her brother Da ...

(1631–1669), Dutch poet and dramatist *

Catharina van Rennes Catharina van Rennes (2 August 1858, Utrecht – 23 September 1940, Amsterdam) was a Dutch music educator, soprano singer and composer. Van Rennes was the daughter of Jan van Rennes and Marianna Josepha de Jong. Among her tutors were Richard H ...

(1858–1940), Dutch music educator, soprano and composer *

Catharina Julia Roeters van Lennep Catharina Julia Roeters van Lennep (1813–1883) was a Dutch artist. Life She was born in 1813 in Almelo, the daughter of the merchant, also consul in Königsberg, Jacob Roeters van Lennep and Johanna Hermina Coster. She was educated at the Roy ...

(1813–1883), Dutch still life painter *

Catharina Rozee Katharina, or Catharina Rozee (1632, Leiden – 1682, Leiden), was a Dutch Golden Age artist. She is remembered for her ability to create exceptionally realistic images in the medium of embroidery. Biography Rozee was born in the city of Leid ...

(1632–1682), Dutch embroidery artist * Catharina Smith (fl.1807–1815), English novelist and actress *

Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarck Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarck (29 January 1744, Stockholm - 1813 Sundsbergs gård, Kyrkslätt), was a Swedish-Finnish writer and poet. Her play ''Dianas fest'' (The Feast of Diana) from 1775 is referred to as the first original work of its kind ...

(1744–1813), Swedish-Finnish writer and poet *

Catharina Torenberg Catharina Margareta Torenberg, also referred to as ''Katariina Torenberg-Annell'' (1787 - 1866), was a Finnish violinist. She was the daughter of the organist builder Karl Torenberg. She debuted in Åbo in 1802, and was active as a concert violinis ...

(1787–1866), Finnish violinist *

Catharina Jacoba van Velde Jacoba van Velde (10 May 1903, in The Hague – 7 September 1985, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer, translator, and dramaturge. Her first novel, ''"De grote zaal"'' (''The Great Hall''), appeared in the literary journal ''Querido'' in 1953 and was ...

(1903–1985), Dutch novelist *

Catharina Ykens Catarina Ykens (born 1659) was a Flemish still life painter. She was born in Antwerp into a family of painters as the daughter of Johannes Ykens and his second wife Barbara Brekevelt. She was the sister of Peter Ykens.Catharina Bråkenhielm Catharina Bråkenhielm (born 1956) is a Swedish social democratic politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and crea ...

(born 1956), Swedish social democratic politician * Catharina Isabella "Ien" Dales (1931–1994), Dutch politician, Minister of the Interior *

Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd Catharina Sabine Maria Laurine Elmsäter-Svärd (born 23 November 1965) is a Swedish politician who was Minister for Infrastructure from 2010 to 2014. A member of the Moderate Party, she was an MP of the Swedish Riksdag for Stockholm County fro ...

(born 1965), Swedish politician, Minister for Infrastructure * Catharina E.G. "Karien" van Gennip (born 1968), Dutch CDA politician * j. Catharina "Tineke" Huizinga (born 1960), Dutch politician, Minister of Environment * Catharina J.E. "Nine" Kooiman (born 1980), Dutch politician and social worker. *

Catharina Stopia Catharina Stopia (died after 2 April 1657) was the first female diplomat in Sweden, and Sweden's first ambassador to Russia during her tenure in office 1632–1634. Stopia's father was the city doctor of Riga, Zacharias Stopius. In 1620, she m ...

(fl. 1620–1657), Swedish ambassador to Russia * Catharina "Cathy" Ubels-Veen (1928–2015), Dutch Evangelical politician

Royalty, nobility, court

* Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (born 2003), Crown princess of the Netherlands *

Catharina Belgica of Nassau Catharina Belgica of Nassau (31 July 1578 – 12 April 1648) was a countess of Hanau-Münzenberg by marriage to Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg. She was regent of Hanau-Münzenberg during the minority of her son from 1612 until 1 ...

(1578–1648), Flemish-born consort and regent of Hanau-Münzenberg *

Catharina van Gelre Catherine of Guelders (ca. 1440 – Guelders, January 25, 1497), was regent of the Duchy of Guelders between 1477 and 1492. First for her brother during his absence, and then for her nephew. Life Catherine of Guelders was the fourth and youngest ...

(ca.1440–1497), regent of the Duchy of Guelders * Catharina Anna Grandon de Hochepied (1767–1803), Hungarian-Swedish noble *

Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs (6 January 1767 – 11 January 1837) was a Swedish noblewoman and the victim of a murder case which was famous in contemporary Sweden. She died after having been subjected to abuse by her spouse and confined in a sin ...

(1767–1837), Swedish noblewoman and murder victim * Catharina van Holland (c.1280–1328), daughter of Floris V, Count of Holland *

Catharina Ebba Horn Catharina Ebba Horn af Åminne, (27 May 1720 – 12 September 1781 in Jakobsberg), was a Swedish noble and the second official royal mistress of King Frederick I of Sweden from 1745 to 1748. She was one of two official royal mistresses in Sweden. ...

(1720–1781), Swedish noble and mistress of king Frederick I of Swede *

Catharina van Kleef Catharina is a feminine given name, the Dutch and Swedish spelling of the name Catherine. In the Netherlands, people use a great number of short forms in daily life, including ''Carine'', ''Catelijne'', ''Cato'', ''Ina'', ''Ineke'', ''Kaat'', ''Kaat ...

(1417–1479), Duchess of Guelders *

Catharina Månsdotter Catharina is a feminine given name, the Dutch and Swedish spelling of the name Catherine. In the Netherlands, people use a great number of short forms in daily life, including ''Carine'', ''Catelijne'', ''Cato'', ''Ina'', ''Ineke'', ''Kaat'', ''Kaat ...

(1550–1612), Queen of Sweden *

Catharina van Nassau Catherine of Nassau-Dillenburg (29 December 1543 at Dillenburg Castle in Dillenburg – 25 December 1624 in Arnstadt) was a daughter of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and his second wife, Juliana of Stolberg. She was a sister of William the ...

(1543–1624), sister of William I the Silent *

Catharina Rickert Catharina von Wartenberg ''née'' Rickert ( Emmerich, 1674 – The Hague, 1734), known as "Catharina, Reichsgräfin von Wartenberg" or ''Madame'' de Wartenberg, was the official royal mistress of king Frederick I of Prussia between 1696 and 1711. L ...

(1674–1734), official royal mistress of Frederick I of Prussia * H. Catharina L. "Trina" Schneider (1856–1918), Baltic-German tutor at the court of Tsar Nicholas II * Catharina Wallenstedt (1627–1719), Swedish maid of honour to Queen Christina and letter writer * Catharina of Württemberg (1783–1835), Russian-born queen consort of Westphalia

Sports

* Catharina Johanna "Toos" Beumer (born 1947), Dutch swimmer * Catharina Clasina "Rini" Dobber (born 1943), Dutch swimmer * Catharina Petronella "Catrien" Eijken (born 1961), Dutch synchronized swimmer * Catharina "Toos" van den Ende (born 1945), Dutch rower *

Catharina Felser Catharina Felser (born 2 October 1982) is a German race car driving, driver born in Siegburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Catharina started her career in karting during 1997, moving up to Austrian Formula Ford in 2000. Her performances there resulted i ...

(born 1982), German race car driver *

Catharina Glassér-Bjerner Catharina Glassér-Bjerner (born 16 February 1964 in Grycksbo) is a Sweden, Swedish former Alpine skiing, alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics. External links

* * 1964 births Living people Swedish female alpine skiers Olym ...

(born 1964), Swedish alpine skier * Catharina C.M. "Kitty" van Haperen (born 1976), Dutch athlete and bobsledder * Catharina Maria "Toos" van der Klaauw (1915–2011), Dutch fencer * Catharina B.J. "Tineke" Lagerberg (born 1941), Dutch swimmer *

Catharina Lindgren Margit Catharina Lindgren (born 10 May 1963), known as Catarina Lindgren, is a Swedish figure skating coach, choreographer, and former competitor. She is a four-time (1981–1984) Swedish Figure Skating Championships, Swedish national champion. S ...

(born 1963), Swedish figure skater *

Catharina Neelissen Catharina Eline Maria "Catalien" Neelissen (born 4 November 1961 in Haarlem, North Holland) is a former international rower from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Eights at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Califo ...

(born 1961), Dutch rower * Catharina Wilhelmina "Tini" Wagner (1919–2004), Dutch swimmer

Other

Catharina Besselman Catharina Besselman (1678-1702), was an influential Dutch colonist in the Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indone ...

(1678-1702), Dutch colonist in the Dutch East Indies *

Catharina Bröms Catharina "Karin" Bröms (1665–1735), was a Swedish ironmaster. She was the owner of the Wij iron works at Ockelbo between 1686 (formally 1708) and 1735. She founded and acquired additional iron works and eventually owned the larger part of Ockel ...

(1665–1735), Swedish iron master *

Catharina de Chasseur Catharina de Chasseur also known as Catherine le Sasseure and Catherine Dechassoir (1490 - 1541), was a Dutch counterfeiter. She was the central figure of a famous criminal court case which has often been referenced in Dutch literature. She was or ...

(1490–1541), Dutch counterfeiter *

Catharina Cramer Catharina Geertruida Schrader (1656–1746), also known as the Frisian Midwife (from the Dutch province Friesland), was a successful Dutch midwife in the Early Modern Era, known for her detailed notebooks and memoirs relating the numerous births ...

(1656–1746), Dutch midwife * Catharina "Carin" du Rietz (1766–1788), Swedish Royal Guard soldier * Catharina Cornelia Hodshon (1768–1829), Dutch heiress and regent of almshouses *

Catharina Egges Catharina Egges (1750 - 1824), was a Dutch publisher. Between 1781 and 1824, she managed the publishing company '' Algemeene bibliotheek''. See also * List of women printers and publishers before 1800 The list of women printers and publisher ...

(1750–1824), Dutch publisher *

Catharina Freymann Catharina Freymann (16 September 1708 – 12 December 1791) was a Norwegian educator and pietist leader. Catharina Maria Freymann was born in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway). She was the daughter of Wenzel Freymann and Karen Bartholomeusdatter. He ...

(1708–1791), Norwegian pietist leader *

Catharina de Grebber Catharina de Grebber (1496 – after 1515) was a Dutch woman. She is known as the victim of a famous case of kidnapping and rape in the Netherlands in 1515. The case was widely famed in the contemporary Netherlands, where it was published and popula ...

(born 1498), Dutch kidnapping victim *

Catharina Elisabet Grubb Catharina Elisabet Grubb (February 8, 1721 – March 31, 1788) was a Finnish industrialist. She was the daughter of merchant Nils Grubb from Stockholm and Gunnila Grubb and sister of Michael Grubb and married to merchant, industrialist and shipowne ...

(1721–1788), Swedish-Finnish industrialist * Catharina Haynes (born 1963), United States Circuit Judge *

Catharina Herman Catharina Herman (died after 1604) was a Dutch heroine of the Eighty Years' War. She was hailed in history as a role model of marital fidelity. She was from Medemblik and married to a soldier whose name has been lost. In 1600, her spouse was sent ...

(fl. 1604), Dutch heroine of the Eighty Years' War *

Catharina Heybeek Catharina Heybeek (6 March 1764 – 26 May 1810) was a politically active Dutch journalist, feminist and editor. She was born in Rotterdam. Heybeek was arrested and sentenced to three years for Sedition in 1798. She belonged to the radical demo ...

(1764–1810), Dutch journalist, feminist and editor *

Catharina Justander Catharina Justander (Lempäälä, 1723 - Zeist, 5 October 1778) was a Finnish (Swedish) missionary. As a missionary, she played a leading role in spreading the Moravian Church in Stockholm (Sweden), Turku (Finland) and Zeist (The Netherlands), and ...

(1723–1778), Swedish-Finnish missionary *

Catharina Johanna Koek Catharina Johanna Koek (1763–1843), was a Dutch governor's wife. She is depicted in history as a typical example of the Dutch colonial customs in Dutch East Indies and how it was viewed by Europeans. She was the daughter of the official Joost Ko ...

(1763 - 1843), Dutch governor's wife * Catharina "Trijn" van Leemput (c.1530–1607), Dutch heroine of the Eighty Years' War *

Catharina Margaretha Linck Catharina is a feminine given name, the Dutch and Swedish spelling of the name Catherine. In the Netherlands, people use a great number of short forms in daily life, including ''Carine'', ''Catelijne'', ''Cato'', ''Ina'', ''Ineke'', ''Kaat'', ''Kaat ...

(died 1721), Prussian woman executed for sodomy * Catharina "Rina" Lodders (born 1942), Dutch model, Miss World 1962 *

Catharina Lysholm Catharina Lysholm ( Meincke; 1744 - 9 December 1815), was a Norwegian businesswoman and ship-owner. Catharina Meincke was born at Trondheim in Trøndelag, Norway. She was the daughter of merchant and office holder Hilmar Meincke (1710–1771) a ...

(1744–1815), Norwegian ship-owner *

Catharina Mulder Catharina Mulder (25 March 1723, in Rotterdam – 29 June 1798, in Rotterdam), also known as Kaat Mossel , was a Dutch orangist. She was a fishmonger, selling mussels in Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') ...

a.k.a. Kaat Mossel (1723–1798), Dutch Orangist activist *

Catharina Choi Nunes Catharina Choi Nunes (born 24 January 1990), also known by her Korean name Choi Song-ee (; also romanised as Choi Song-yi), is a South Korean and Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned both Miss Earth Korea 2013 and Mi ...

(born 1990), Korean-Brazilian model *

Catharina Roodzant Catharina (Toos) Roodzant (née Glimmerveen) (21 October 1896, Rotterdam – 24 February 1999) was a Dutch female chess master. She won thrice the female Dutch Chess Championship (1935, 1936 and 1938). Roodzant lost a match for the title to Fenny ...

(1896–1999), Dutch chess master *

Catharina Rose Catharina Rose d. after June 1587, was the heroine of the Spanish siege of Sluis during the Eighty Years' War. At the Spanish siege of the city of Sluis in Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern po ...

(fl. 1587), Dutch heroin in the Eighty Years' War *

Catharina de San Joan Catarina de San Juan (birth ca.1607/place unknown; death 5 January 1688, Puebla, Mexico) known as the China Poblana was an Asian slave who, according to legend, belonged to a noble family from India. She was brought to Mexico through the Spanish Ea ...

(1605–1688), India-born anchorite and visionary *

Catharina Serafin Catharina Serafin, was a Prussian lady who had an enchondroma removed from her cardiac region, leaving the chest wall open except from a thin skin layer. This allowed the German physician Hugo von Ziemssen in 1892 to do the first cardiac pacing ex ...

(fl. 1892), Prussian medical patient * Catharina Svensson (born 1982), Danish model, Miss Earth 2001 *

Catharina Wahllund Catharina Christina "Cajsa" Wahllund (1 May 1771, Värmland, Sweden – 13 July 1843, Helsinki) was a Swedish-born Finnish restaurateur. Wahllund moved from Sweden to Finland in 1810. She was the successful owner of a popular inn and restaurant ...

(1771–1843), Swedish-Finnish restaurateur