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Kathy is a feminine given name. It is a pet form of Katherine, Kathleen and their related forms.MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Kathy
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In sports

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Kathy Bald Katherine Ann Bald (born December 19, 1963) is a former competitive freestyle swimming, freestyle swimming (sport), swimmer from Canada. She was affiliated with the University of Toronto. Bald competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer ...
, 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 durin ...
, American tennis player *
Kathy Radzuweit Kathy Radzuweit (born March 2, 1982 in East-Berlin) is a retired German volleyball player, who was a member of the German Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She played at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Champion ...
, German volleyball player *
Kathy Smallwood-Cook Kathryn Jane Cook (née Smallwood; born 3 May 1960) is a former elite 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 med ...
, 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 2000 Summer Olympics and was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame in 2010. Kathy attended San Diego State Uni ...
, American water polo player *
Kathy Tough Kathy Tough (born February 22, 1969 in Calgary, Alberta) is a retired volleyball Player (game), player from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she ended up in tenth place with the Cana ...
, Canadian volleyball player * Kathy Watt, Australian female cycle racer * Kathy Weston, American middle distance runner *
Kathy Foster (basketball) Kathryn Joy (Kathy) Foster (born 7 May 1960) is a former Australian women's basketball player. Biography Foster played for the national team between 1981 and 1988, competing at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.Kathy Bates, American actress and director * Kathy Burke, British actress * Kathy Garver, American television, stage, screen, and voice actress * Kathy Greenwood, Canadian comedian and actress *
Kathy Griffin Kathleen Mary Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American comedian and actress who has starred in television comedy specials and has released comedy albums. In 2007 and 2008, Griffin won Primetime Emmy Awards for her reality show '' Kathy ...
, American stand-up comedian ** ''Kathy'' (TV series), a talk show hosted by Griffin * Kathy Hilton, 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 ...
, American actress, kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter * Kathy Staff, British actress born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom


In music

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Kathy Foster (musician) Kathleen "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, Oregon in 199 ...
, American musician * Kathy Kirby, British singer * Kathy Leander, Swiss singer *
Kathy Linden Kathy Linden (born 1938) is an American pop singer from Moorestown Township, New Jersey. She grew up in Burlington, New Jersey. Linden scored two big hits on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 late in the 1950s. The first was " Billy", a song origin ...
, American pop singer * Kathy Mattea, American country singer * Kathy Valentine, American bassist for the all-girl pop band The Go-Gos * Kathy Young, American pop singer


In politics

* Kathy Cox (born 1964), American politician * Kathy Hochul (born 1958), American politician * Kathy Stanton (active since 2000), Sinn Féin Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly in North Belfast * Kathy Sullivan (Australian politician) (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 The following is a list of people who have served as mayor of t ...
(born 1946), American politician *
Kathy Wolfe Moore Kathy Wolfe Moore (born March 6, 1957) is 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 (1929–2017), South African politician


In literature

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Kathy Acker Kathy Acker (April 18, 1947 isputed– November 30, 1997) was an American experimental novelist, playwright, essayist, and postmodernist writer, known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that dealt with themes such as childhood trau ...
, 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'', the ''Financial Times'' ...
(1948–2003), English journalist and women's right activist *
Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner Kathy is a feminine given name. It is a pet form of Katherine, Kathleen and their related forms. Kathy may refer to: In sports *Kathy Bald, Canadian freestyle swimmer *Kathy May, American tennis player *Kathy Radzuweit, German volleyball player ...
, 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, Roman Catholic position following the ...
, 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 edi ...
, Canadian children's writer *
Kathy Tyers Kathy Tyers is an American science fiction author. Biography Kathy Tyers Gillin (née Moore) was born and raised in Long Beach, California. She obtained a degree in microbiology from Montana State University, where she met her first husband, Mar ...
, American author *
Kathy Sierra Kathy Sierra (born 1957) is an American computer programmer, programming Teacher, instructor and video game developer, game developer. Education and career Sierra attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a major in exercise physiology and spent 10 ...
, author of Head First programming tutorial series, blogger, and game developer


In fiction

*Kathy Anderson, fictional character in the popular American TV and radio sitcom '' Father Knows Best'' *
Kathy Barnes Kathy Barnes is a fictional character from the Television in the United Kingdom, British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Sarah Jane Buckley. Kathy arrived in November 2005. In October 2007, it was announced that Kathy had been wri ...
, fictional character in the long-running Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' *Kathy Carter, fictional character in the 1959-1964 Marvel comic book ''Kathy'' * Kathy Beale, fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *Kathy, fictional character from '' Barney & Friends'' played by Lauren King *Kathy Seldon, 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 and Cyd Charis ...
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In other fields

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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 A ...
, American sculptor * Kathy Ireland, 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 stars. They are between 13,000 and 220,000 light years from the Sun, and are considered som ...
(born 1972), Venezuelan astrophysicist


Songs about Kathy

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Kathy's Song (disambiguation) Kathy's Song can refer to: * Kathy's Song (Simon & Garfunkel song), "Kathy's Song", a song by Paul Simon that is included on Paul Simon's album ''The Paul Simon Songbook'' and on Simon & Garfunkel's album ''Sounds of Silence (album), Sounds of Silen ...
*"Kathy's Waltz" by The Dave Brubeck Quartet from the album ''
Time Out Time-out, Time Out, or timeout may refer to: Time * Time-out (sport), in various sports, a break in play, called by a team * Television timeout, a break in sporting action so that a commercial break may be taken * Timeout (computing), an enginee ...
'' *"Kathy with a K's Song" by Bright Eyes from the album '' Oh Holy Fools''


Or see

* Catherina (and similar spellings)


References

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