Katharina is a feminine given name. It is a German form of

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Katharina Bellowitsch Katharina "Kati" Bellowitsch (born 13 June 1974) is an Austrian radio and TV presenter. Career Born in Graz, Styria, Bellowitsch trained as a primary school teacher before becoming, in 1996, a presenter at a commercial radio station in Styria ...

, Austrian radio and TV presenter *

Katharina Mückstein Katharina Mückstein (born 1982) is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and producer. Narrative films Mückstein wrote and directed include '' Talea'' (2013) and '' L'Animale'' (2018). She also wrote and produced the documentaries '' Three Fa ...

, Austrian film director *

Katharina Thalbach Katharina Thalbach (; actually ''Katharina Joachim genannt Thalbach''; born 19 January 1954) is a German actress and stage director. She played theatre at the Berliner Ensemble and at the Volksbühne Berlin, and was actress in the film ''The T ...

, German actress and film director *

Katherine Pierce ''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American fantasy-drama television series which was first broadcast on The CW from 2009 to 2017, airing 171 episodes over 8 seasons. Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec adapted the TV series from L.J. Smith's no ...

, a character in ''

The Vampire Diaries ''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith. The series premiered on The CW on September 10, ...

'' originally named Katharina Petrova. In artistry: *

Katharina Fröhlich Katharina "Kathie" Fröhlich (10 June 1800 – 3 March 1879) was engaged to Franz Grillparzer for 50 years. She founded the Schwestern-Fröhlich-Stiftung in Vienna, and became a patron of artists and writers. Life Katharina Fröhlich was bor ...

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Katharina Rapp Katharina Rapp (born 1948) is a German artist. Katharina Rapp was born in war-torn southern Germany. After completing her high school education, she moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne, then to London where she met her husband. She later move ...

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Katharina Baunach Katharina Baunach (born 18 January 1989) is a German former footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. She was first called up to play in the German national team in February 2009. Honours Club Bayern München * Frauen-Bundesliga: ...

, German footballer *

Katharina Dalton Katharina Dalton (11 November 1916 – 17 September 2004) was a British physician and pioneer in the research of premenstrual stress syndrome (PMS), coining the term, treating many women and testifying as an expert witness in influential court c ...

, British physician and pioneer in the research of

premenstrual stress syndrome Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) refers to emotional and physical symptoms that regularly occur in the one to two weeks before the start of each menstrual period. Symptoms resolve around the time menstrual bleeding begins. Different women experienc ...

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Katharina Klafsky Katharina Klafsky (19 September 1855 – 22 September 1896) was a Hungarian operatic singer whose acclaimed international career was cut short by a chronic illness which proved fatal. Klafsky was born at Szent-János, Wieselburg, of humble pare ...

, Hungarian operatic singer *

Katharina von Bora Katharina von Bora (; 29 January 1499 – 20 December 1552), after her wedding Katharina Luther, also referred to as "die Lutherin" ("the Lutheress"), was the wife of Martin Luther, German reformer and a seminal figure of the Protestant Reform ...

, German Catholic nun who was an early convert to

Protestantism Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

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Katharina von Zimmern Katharina von Zimmern (1478 – 17 August 1547), also known as the imperial abbess of Zürich and Katharina von Reischach, was the last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey in Zürich. Early life Katharina von Zimmern was born in 1478 in the ...

(1478-1547), last abbess of the

Fraumünster Abbey The Fraumünster (; lit. in en, Women's Minster, but often wrongly translated to urLady Minster) is a church in Zürich which was built on the remains of a former abbey for aristocratic women which was founded in 853 by Louis the German for h ...

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