List of Famous people named Katharine

Similar names: Katharina, Katarina. Here are some famous Katharines:

Katharine McPhee

First Name Katharine
Born on March 25, 1984 (age 40)
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Katharine Hope McPhee Foster is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. In May 2006, she was the runner-up on the fifth season of American Idol.

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Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Houghton Hepburn
First Name Katharine
Born on May 12, 1907
Died on June 29, 2003 (aged 96)
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an American actress of film, stage, and television. Known for her headstrong independence and spirited personality, Hepburn's career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned more than 60 years. She cultivated a screen persona that matched this public image, and regularly played strong-willed, sophisticated women. Her work came in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and she received four Academy Awards for Best Actress—a record for any performer, plus eight further nominations. In 1999, Hepburn was named by the American Film Institute the greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema.

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Katharine, Duchess of Kent

First Name Katharine,
Born on February 22, 1933 (age 91)

Katharine, Duchess of Kent, is a member of the British royal family. Her husband, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Katharine Ross

Katharine Juliet Ross

Katharine Juliet Ross is an American film, stage, and television actress. Her accolades include one Academy Award nomination, one BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. A native of Los Angeles, Ross spent most of her early life in the San Francisco Bay area. After attending Santa Rosa Junior College for one year, Ross joined The Actors Workshop in San Francisco, and began appearing in theatrical productions.

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Katharine Graham

Katharine Meyer
First Name Katharine
Born on June 16, 1917
Died on July 17, 2001 (aged 84)

Katharine Meyer Graham was an American publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. She was the first twentieth century female publisher of a major American newspaper. Graham's memoir, Personal History, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998.

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Katharine Gun

First Name Katharine
Born on January 1, 1974 (age 50)

Katharine Teresa Gun is a British linguist who worked as a translator for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). In 2003, she leaked top-secret information to The Observer, concerning a request by the United States for compromising intelligence on diplomats from member states of the 2003 Security Council, who were due to vote on a second United Nations resolution on the prospective 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Katharine Dexter McCormick

Katharine Moore Dexter
First Name Katharine
Born on August 27, 1875
Died on December 28, 1967 (aged 92)

Katharine Dexter McCormick was a U.S. suffragist, philanthropist and, after her husband's death, heir to a substantial part of the McCormick family fortune. She funded most of the research necessary to develop the first birth control pill.

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Katharine Isabelle

First Name Katharine
Born on November 2, 1981 (age 43)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Katharine Isobel Murray, known professionally as Katharine Isabelle, is a Canadian actress. She has been described as a scream queen due to her roles in various horror films. She started her acting career in 1989, playing a cameo role in the television series MacGyver. She gained fame for the role of Ginger Fitzgerald in the films Ginger Snaps, Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed, and Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning.

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Katharine Houghton

First Name Katharine
Born on March 10, 1945 (age 79)

Katharine Houghton is an American actress and playwright. She portrayed Joanna "Joey" Drayton, a white woman who brings home her black fiancé to meet her parents, in the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Katharine Hepburn, who played the mother of Houghton's character in the film, was Houghton's aunt. She is also known for her role as Kanna, Katara and Sokka’s grandmother in the film The Last Airbender (2010).

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Katharine Russell, Viscountess Amberley

First Name Katharine
Born on April 3, 1842
Died on June 28, 1874 (aged 32)

Katharine Louisa Russell, Viscountess Amberley, often referred to as Kate, was a British suffragist and an early advocate of birth control in the United Kingdom. She was the mother of the philosopher Bertrand Russell.

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