# Kathryn

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