# Kathy

Kathy is a feminine given name. It is a pet form of Katherine, Kathleen and their related forms. Kathy may refer to:

## In sports

* Kathy Bald (Born 1963), Canadian freestyle swimmer
* Kathy May (Born 1956), American tennis player
* Kathy Radzuweit (Born 1980), German volleyball player
* Kathy Smallwood-Cook (Born 1960), British Olympic athlete
* Kathy Sheehy (Born 1970), American water polo player
* Kathy Tough (Born 1969), Canadian volleyball player
* Kathy Watt (Born 1964), Australian female cycle racer
* Kathy Weston (Born 1958), American middle distance runner
* Kathy Foster (basketball) (Born 1960), Australian basketball player

## In television and film

* Kathy Bates (Born 1948), American actress and director
* Kathy Burke (Born 1964), British actress
* Kathy Garver, American television, stage, screen, and voice actress
* Kathy Greenwood (Born 1962), Canadian comedian and actress
* Kathy Griffin (Born 1960), American stand-up comedian
** Kathy (TV series), a talk show hosted by Griffin
* Kathy Hilton (Born 1959), American actress, celebrity and socialite
* Kathy Long (Born 1964), American actress, kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter
* Kathy Najimy (born 1957), American actress, comedian, director, writer, producer and activist
* Kathy Staff (1928–2008), British actress born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

## In music

* Kathy Foster (musician), American musician
* Kathy Kirby (1938–2011), British singer
* Kathy Leander (Born 1963), Swiss singer
* Kathy Linden (Born 1938), American pop singer
* Kathy Mattea (Born 1959), American country singer
* Kathy Valentine (Born 1959), American bassist for the all-girl pop band The Go-Gos
* Kathy Young (Born 1945), American pop singer

## In politics

* Kathy Cox (born 1964), American politician
* Kathy Hochul (born 1958), American politician
* Kathy Shaw, American politician
* Kathy Stanton (active since 2000), Sinn Féin Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly in North Belfast
* Kathy Sullivan (Australian politician) (born 1942), Australian politician
* Kathy Whitmire (born 1946), American politician
* Kathy Wolfe Moore (born 1957), American politician
* Ahmed Kathrada (1929–2017), South African politician

## In literature

* Kathy Acker, American sex-positive feminist writer
* Kathy Evans (1948–2003), English journalist and women's right activist
* Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, poet from Marshall Islands
* Kathy Lette, (born 11 November 1958), British author
* Kathy Shaidle, Canadian author, columnist, poet and blogger
* Kathy Stinson, Canadian children's writer
* Kathy Tyers, American author
* Kathy Sierra, author of Head First programming tutorial series, blogger, and game developer

## In fiction

* Kathy Anderson, a fictional character in the popular American TV and radio sitcom Father Knows Best
* Kathy Barnes, a fictional character in the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks
* Kathy Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Kathy Carter, a fictional character in the 1959–1964 Marvel comic book Kathy
* Kathy Reilly, a fictional character in the 2019 Millarworld comic series Chrononauts: Futureshock
* Kathy Seldon, a fictional character in the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain
* Kathy, a fictional character from Barney & Friends played by Lauren King
* Kathy, a character in TV sitcom Friends, played by Paget Brewster

## In other fields

* Kathy Bonney (died 1987), American murder victim
* Kathy Butterly (Born 1963), American sculptor
* Kathy Ireland (Born 1963), American model
* Kathy Slade (born 1966), Canadian artist
* Kathy Vivas (born 1972), Venezuelan astrophysicist

## Songs about Kathy

* Kathy's Song by Paul Simon
* "Kathy's Waltz" by The Dave Brubeck Quartet from the album Time Out
* "Kathy with a K's Song" by Bright Eyes from the album Oh Holy Fools

## Or see

* Catherina (and similar spellings)