Katia is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Katya.

Notable people with this name

Actresses and models

* Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress * Katia Margaritoglou, Greek fashion model and beauty contestant * Katia Winter (born 1983), Swedish actress

Athletes

* Katia Belabas (born 1996), Algerian sailor * Katia Benth (born 1985), French sprinting athlete * Katia Gutiérrez (born 1989), Mexican boxer * Kátia Lopes (born 1973), Brazilian volleyball player *

Katia Piccolini Katia Piccolini (born 15 January 1973) is a former tennis player from Italy, who competed on the WTA Tour from 1988 to 1999. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 37 in July 1991 and competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer ...

(born 1973), Italian female tennis player * Kátia Cilene Teixeira (born 1977), Brazilian female footballer * Katia Zini (born 1981), Italian short track speed skater

Musicians and singers

Katia Escalera Katia Giselle Escalera is a Bolivian operatic soprano. A native of Cochabamba, Escalera has been an Adler Fellowship, Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera, winner of the Aspen Summer Music Festival's Concerto Competition, and placed first in t ...

, Bolivian soprano * Katia Labèque (born 1950), French piano player * Katia Ricciarelli (born 1946), Italian soprano * Katia Skanavi (born 1971), Russian pianist of Greek descent * Katia Zuccarelli, Canadian singer of Italian descent

Writers

* Katia Kapovich (born 1960), Russian poet now living in the United States * Katia Noyes, American author

Other people

* Kátia Abreu (born 1962), Brazilian politician * Katia Bellillo (born 1951), Italian politician * Katia Krafft (1942–1991), French volcanologist who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen * Katia Mann (1883–1980), wife of the German writer Thomas Mann * Katia Sycara, Greek-American research professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University

Fictional characters

*Katia Anderson, one of the supporting characters in '' Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box'' *Katia, in ''Low Winter Sun'' (U.S. TV series) *Katia Jaakkola, the kidnapping victim in the "Doll House" arc of ''Bordertown'' (Finnish TV series)

References

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