Katja is a feminine given name. In Germany, the Netherlands, Flanders, and Scandinavia, it is a pet form of

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People with the first name Katja

Actresses

Katja Flint Katja Flint (born 11 November 1959 in Stadthagen, Lower Saxony) is a German actress. She has appeared in over 100 film and television productions since 1982. Among her more notable roles is Marlene Dietrich in the film biopic '' Marlene'' (200 ...

(born 1959), German actress *

Katja Herbers Katja Mira Herbers (born 19 October 1980) is a Dutch actress. She is best known for portraying Dr. Helen Prins on the WGN America drama series ''Manhattan'' (2014–2015), Emily Grace in the HBO science fiction drama series ''Westworld'' (2018� ...

(born 1980), Dutch actress * Katja Medbøe (1945–1996), Norwegian actress *

Katja Riemann Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann (, born 1 November 1963) is a German actress. The daughter of two teachers, Riemann grew up in Weyhe, near Bremen. After high school she went to Hamburg to study music and theater. She is the mother of actress Paula ...

(born 1963), German actress *

Katja Schuurman Katja Schuurman (born 19 February 1975) is a Dutch actress, singer and television personality. Early life Schuurman grew up as the eldest daughter of a Dutch people, Dutch father and a Curaçao-born Surinamese mother of mixed Dutch, Chinese, In ...

(born 1975), Dutch actress, singer and television personality * Katja Woywood (born 1971), German actress, former child star * Katja Zoch (born 1961), American voice actress

Musicians

* Katja Andy (1906–2013), German-American pianist *

Katja Ebstein Katja Ebstein (born Karin Witkiewicz; 9 March 1945) is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf (now Gniewków, Poland). She achieved success with songs such as "Theater (song), Theater" and "Es war einmal ein Jäger". She was married to , w ...

(born 1945), German singer * Katja Glieson, Australian recording artist

Politicians

* Katja Adler (born 1974), German politician *

Katja Boh Katja Boh (1929–2008) was a Slovenian sociologist, diplomat and politician. Early life and career She was born in a wealthy middle class family in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now the capital of Slovenia). Her father was an Austrian Jew w ...

(1929–2008), Slovenian sociologist, diplomat, politician *

Katja Kipping Katja Kipping (born 18 January 1978) is a German politician of The Left (Germany), The Left party. She was a member of the Bundestag representing Saxony from 2005 to 2021, a federal co-leader of The Left from 2012 to 2021 alongside Bernd Riexinge ...

(born 1978), German politician, chairwoman of the Left Party *

Katja Husen Katja Husen (12 June 1976 – 28 June 2022) was a German biologist and politician. A member of Alliance 90/The Greens, she was speaker of the party's youth organisation, Green Youth, and served in the Hamburg Parliament from 2004 to 2008. She ...

(1976–2022), German politician * Katja Suding (born 1975), German politician

Athletes

* Katja Demut (born 1983), German triple jumper * Katja Dieckow (born 1984), German diver *

Katja Ebbinghaus Katja Ebbinghaus (née Burgemeister, born 6 January 1948) is a former professional tennis player from Germany, active from 1969 to 1982. She reached five Grand Slam quarterfinals in singles, and a Grand Slam final in doubles, and played for West ...

(born 1948), German tennis player *

Katja Gerber Katja Gerber (born 13 December 1975) is a German judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本� ...

(born 1975), German judoka *

Katja Haller Katja Haller (born 12 January 1981) is an Italian professional biathlete, who has been competing on the World Cup circuit since the 2001–02 season. She has had one second-place and one third-place finishes in World Cup races. She has also comp ...

(born 1981), Italian professional biathlete *

Katja Keller Katja Keller (born 9 August 1980, in Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a German heptathlete. Her personal best is 6130 points, achieved in May 2005 in Götzis Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The Alpine Rhine valley municipali ...

(born 1980), German heptathlete *

Katja Koren Katja Koren Miklavec (born 6 August 1975) is a former Slovenian alpine skier. Born in Maribor, she won a bronze medal in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. She took her sole World Cup win at the age of 18 in a Super-G in Flachau in Dec ...

(born 1975), former Slovenian alpine skier *

Katja Kraus Katja Kraus (born 23 November 1970, in Offenbach am Main) is a German former football player and official. She was the first German woman to be a board member of a Fußball-Bundesliga club, Hamburger SV. Early life Kraus was born in Offenbach ...

(born 1970), German footballer *

Katja Langkeit Katja Langkeit (born 1983) is a German former team handball player. She plays on the German national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. She won the German Bundesliga in 2006 with HC Leipzig HC L ...

(born 1983), German handball player *

Katja Lehto Katja Maarit Lehto (born 14 August 1972) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player. She played with the Finnish national ice hockey team throughout the 1990s and won a bronze medal at the inaugural Olympic women's ice hockey tournament at the 199 ...

, Finnish ice hockey player *

Katja Mayer Katja Mayer (born 4 January 1968 in Augsburg) is a former German triathlete and Ironman winner (1999). Biography Mayer studied sports science and mathematics at the universities of Munich and Augsburg. In 1996, she graduated in mathematics and ...

(born 1968), German triathlete *

Katja Nass Katja Nass (born 26 November 1968) is a German former fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team épée events at the 1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * Jan ...

(born 1968), German fencer *

Katja Nyberg Katja Johanna Alice Nyberg (born 24 August 1979) is a Naturalization, naturalized Norwegian former team handball, handball player. She played 99 games and scored 321 goals for the Norway women's national handball team, Norwegian national team d ...

(born 1979), (naturalized) Norwegian handball player * Katja Požun (born 1993), Slovenian ski jumper * Katja Rajaniemi, Finnish ski-orienteering competitor *

Katja Riipi Katja Hannele Riipi (born 26 October 1975) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former member of the Finnish national ice hockey team. She won an Olympic bronze medal representing Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 ...

, Finnish ice hockey player *

Katja Roose Katja Roose (born 27 March 1981) is a Dutch female professional kite surfing, kite surfer. Biography Early life Playing with wind and water is something Roose grew up with. Her parents took her out sailing when she was just three weeks old. At ...

(born 1981), Dutch professional kite surfer * Katja Schroffenegger, Italian football goalkeeper * Katja Schülke (born 1984), German handball player *

Katja Seizinger Katja Seizinger (; born 10 May 1972) is a German former World Cup alpine ski racing champion. She is her country's most successful alpine skier. Biography Born in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Seizinger won three Olympic gold and two bronze ...

(born 1972), German alpine skier * Katja Tengel (born 1981), German sprinter * Katja Trödthandl, Austrian football midfielder *

Katja Višnar Katja Višnar (born 21 March 1984) is a Slovenian, former cross-country skier who competed between 2002 and 2020. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 11th in the team sprint, 15th in the 4 × 5 km relay, and 16th in the in ...

(born 1984), Slovenian cross-country skier * Katja Ziliox (born 1970), German swimmer

Miscellaneous

Katja von der Bey Katja von der Bey (born 1962 in Remscheid) is a German art historian and feminist. As managing director of the largest women's co-operative in Germany, she fights for gender equality in the economy. Life and achievements Katja von der Bey studie ...

(born 1962), German art historian and feminist * Katja Fennel, marine biologist *

Katja von Garnier Katja von Garnier (born 15 December 1966) is a German film director. Biography von Garnier was born in Wiesbaden. From 1989 to 1994, she studied at the University of Television and Film Munich. Her 1993 practice film ''Making Up!'' was shown in t ...

(born 1966), German film director *

Katja Hoyer Katja Hoyer (born 1985) is a German-British historian, journalist and writer. Life and career Hoyer was born in Guben, East Germany, where her mother was a teacher and her father an East German military officer. She received a Master's degree f ...

(born 1985), German historian and writer * Katja Kallio (born 1968), Finnish novelist, journalist, columnist and screenwriter * Katja Mragowska (born 1975), Polish-German artist * Katja Oxman (born 1942), German-born American visual artist * Katja Pettersson, Swedish designer *

Katja Rahlwes Katja Rahlwes (born 1967, Frankfurt, Germany) is a German fashion photographer, based in Paris. Biography Katja Rahlwes born in Frankfurt Germany (3rd of december 1967) is a fine-Art and fashion photographer, moved to Paris in 1987 to study fas ...

(born 1967), German fashion photographer * Katja Shchekina (born 1986), Russian supermodel *

Katja Špur Katja Špur (20 November 1908 – 18 December 1991) was a Yugoslav journalist, writer, poet and translator. She wrote poetry, children's books and contributed articles to numerous journals, newspapers and children's magazines. She won the Levsti ...

(1908–1991), Slovene journalist, writer, poet, translator * Katja Thater (born 1966), German poker player * Katja Tukiainen (born 1969), Finnish artist

Fictional characters

*Katja, an antagonist in the Swedish adventure game *Katja Brandner, a character on the German soap opera

Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") is a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mall ...

*Katja Hertz, a playable character in the Korean MOBA

Eternal Return Eternal return (or eternal recurrence) is a philosophical concept which states that time repeats itself in an infinite loop, and that exactly the same events will continue to occur in exactly the same way, over and over again, for eternity. I ...

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