Kathryn is a feminine given name and comes from the Greek meaning for 'pure'. It is a variant of Katherine.[ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Kathryn] It may refer to:
In television and film:
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Kathryn Beaumont (born 1938), English voice actress and school teacher best known for her Disney animation film works
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Kathryn Bernardo (born 1996), Filipina actress and recording artist
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Kathryn Bigelow (born 1951), American film director, first woman to win the Academy Award, BAFTA, and DGA award for Best Director
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Kathryn Busby, American television and film executive
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Kathryn Cressida also known as "Kat" Cressida (born 1968), American voice actress
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Kathryn Crosby (1933 – 2024), American actress and singer who performed her most memorable roles under her birth-name Kathryn Grant
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Kathryn Drysdale (born 1981), English actress
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Kathryn Eames (1908 – 2004), American screen, stage, and television actress
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Kathryn Erbe (born 1966), American actress best known for her lead role as Detective Eames on Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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Kathryn Grayson (1922 – 2010), American lead actress and operatic soprano singer with MGM and Warner Brothers
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Kathryn Hahn (born 1974), American actress best known for her role as Lily Lebowski on Crossing Jordan
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Kathryn Hess (born 1967), American mathematician
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Kathryn Joosten (1939 – 2012), American actress known for roles on The West Wing and Desperate Housewives
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Kathryn Morris (born 1965), American television personality, journalist and musical theater actress
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Kathryn McGuire (1903 – 1978), American silent-film actress and dancer
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Kathryn Morris (born 1969), American actress best known for her lead role as Detective Lilly Rush on Cold Case
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Kathryn Leigh Scott (born 1943), American television and film actress known for her roles in the soap opera Dark Shadows
In astronomy:
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Kathryn P. Hire (born 1959), American astronaut with over 381 hours in space
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Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born 1951), in 1984 became the first American woman to walk in space, and with 532 hours in space
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Kathryn C. Thornton (born 1952), American astronaut with over 975 hours in space
In music:
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Kathryn Calder, Canadian singer-songwriter and member of The New Pornographers
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Kathryn Dawn Lang (k.d. lang) (born 1961), Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter
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Kathryn Roberts, English folk singer
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Kathryn Scott (b. 1974), a singer-songwriter of Contemporary Christian music Northern Ireland
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Kathryn Tickell, (born 1967), English player of the Northumbrian smallpipes and fiddle
In literature:
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Kathryn Deans, Australian children's fantasy author
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Kathryn H. Kidd, Orson Scott Card's co-author in writing a novel named Lovelock
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Kathryn Hulme (1900 – 1981), American author best known for The Nun's Story
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Kathryn Schulz, American freelance writer and journalist
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Kathryn Stockett, American novelist
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Kathryn Tucker Windham (1918 – 2011), American storyteller, author, photographer and journalist
In politics:
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Kathryn I. Bowers (1943–2015), American politician and Democratic former member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 33rd district
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Kathryn Garcia (born 1970), Commissioner of the New York City Sanitation Department
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Kathryn E. Granahan née O'Hay (1894 – 1979), American Democratic U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 32nd Treasurer of the United States
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Kathryn Hay (born 1975), Tasmanian Labor politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the electorate of Bass
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Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy née O'Loughlin (1894 – 1952), American Democratic politician and first female U.S. Representative from Kansas
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Kathryn Stone (born 1963), British politician
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Kathryn H. Stone (1906–1995), American politician from Virginia
In sports:
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Kathryn Ainsworth, Australian netballer
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Kathryn Binns later became Kathryn Davis (born 1958), English long-distance runner of marathons and half marathon events
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Kathryn Colin "Kathy" Colin (born 1974), American Olympic contender and Pan American Games medalist in canoeing
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Kathryn Teasdale (1964–2016), Canadian auto racing driver
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Kathryn Westbeld (born 1996), American basketball player
In other fields:
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Kathryn Myricks, Citizen of the world, entrepreneur, teacher of life, Princeton honorary degree, wife, and mother.
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Kathryn Janeway, fictional Federation starship captain of the USS Voyager in Star Trek: Voyager and admiral in Star Trek: Nemesis
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Kathryn Howard
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Kathryn Mann, mathematician
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Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist
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Kathryn Morgan (born 1988), American ballet dancer
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Kathryn Parsons (born 1982), British tech entrepreneur
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Kathryn Shaw, Canadian theatre actor and director
Events
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Shooting of Kathryn Steinle, a 2015 incident in San Francisco carried out by illegal immigrant Jose Inez Garcia Zarate
See also
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Katherine
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Catherine
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Cathryn
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Lake Kathryn (disambiguation)
