List of Famous people named Karen

Karen Horney was a German psychoanalyst who practiced in the United States during her later career. Her theories questioned some traditional Freudian views. This was particularly true of her theories of sexuality and of the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis. She is credited with founding feminist psychology in response to Freud's theory of penis envy. She disagreed with Freud about inherent differences in the psychology of men and women, and she traced such differences to society and culture rather than biology. As such, she is often classified as neo-Freudian.

Karen Traviss is a science fiction author from Wiltshire, England. She is the author of the Wess'Har series, and is also known for writing tie-in material based on Star Wars, Gears of War, Halo, and G.I. Joe. Her work crosses various forms of media including novels, short stories, comics, and video games.

Karen Koster is an Irish-Dutch television presenter, known for her work on Xposé and Ireland AM.

Karen Kopins Shaw is an American actress and former model.

Karen Simensen married name Klæboe was a Norwegian figure skater. She won a bronze medal at the 1927 World Figure Skating Championships, and competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics where she placed sixteenth.