Katharina is a feminine given name. It is a German form of Katherine.[ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Katharina] Notable people with this name include:
Television and film
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Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter
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Katharina Mückstein, Austrian film director
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Katharina Thalbach, German actress and film director
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Katherine Pierce, a character in The Vampire Diaries originally named Katharina Petrova
Arts
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Katharina Bergobzoomová (1755–1788), Czech opera singer
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Katharina Fröhlich (1800–1879), Austrian lover of Franz Grillparzer, patron of artists and writers
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Katharina Rapp (born 1948), German artist
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Katja Oxman (born 1942), born Katharina Protassowsky, German-born American visual artist
Alpine skiers
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Katharina Gallhuber, Austrian alpine skier
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Katharina Huber, Austrian alpine skier
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Katharina Liensberger, Austrian alpine skier
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Katharina Truppe, Austrian alpine skier
Other
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Katharina Baunach, German footballer
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Katharina Dalton, British physician and pioneer in the research of premenstrual stress syndrome
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Katharina Klafsky, Hungarian operatic singer
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Katharina Kucharowits (born 1983), Austrian politician
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Katharina Slanina (born 1977), German politician
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Katharina von Bora, German Catholic nun who was an early convert to Protestantism
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Katharina Franziska von Wattenwyl (1645–1714), Swiss spy
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Katharina von Zimmern (1478–1547), Swiss last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey
See also
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320 Katharina, small Main belt asteroid
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Katharina, a genus of chiton mollusc in the family Mopaliidae
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The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, 1974 novel by Heinrich Böll
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Catherina (and similar spellings)
