Catherine (first name)

Catherine is a French and English female given name .

Origin and meaning

Catherine is the French equivalent of German Katharina - see there for details.

variants

The name shows the double name formation typical of French , including:

• Catherine-Charlotte
• Catherine-Dominique
• Marguerite-Catherine
• Marie-Catherine
• Louise-Catherine

Well-known namesake

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Catherine d'Alençon (before 1396 - 1462), second wife of Duke Ludwig VII of Bavaria-Ingolstadt
• Catherine Allégret (* 1946), French actress
• Catherine Alric (born 1954), French actress
• Catherine d'Amboise (1482–1549), French poet and patron
• Catherine Asaro (* 1955), American science fiction and fantasy author
• Catherine Ashton , Baroness Ashton of Upholland (* 1956), British Labor Party politician

B.

• Catherine Bach (* 1954), American actress
• Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues (1579–1633), mistress of Henry IV.
• Catherine Barton (1679–1739), Isaac Newton's half-niece
• Catherine Esther Beecher (1800–1878), American writer
• Catherine Belkhodja (* 1955), French actress and director
• Catherine Bell (* 1968), American actress
• Catherine Bellier (1614–1689), mistress of the French King Louis XIV.
• Catherine Éléonore Bénard (1740–1769), mistress of the French King Louis XV.
• Catherine Ann Berger (* 1965), Swiss film dramaturge and film critic
• Catherine Bernard (1662–1712), French writer and playwright
• Catherine Bode (* 1974), German actress
• Catherine Booth (1829–1890), wife of William Booth
• Catherine Borghi (* 1976), Swiss ski racer
• Catherine de Bourbon (1559–1604), sister of the French King Henry IV.
• Catherine Bréchignac (* 1946), French physicist
• Catherine Breillat (* 1948), writer, filmmaker, actress and professor
• Catherine de Brignole-Sale (1737–1813), Princess of Monaco and Condé
• Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816–1900), American philanthropist and advocate of astronomy
• Catherine Burns (1945–2019), American actress
• Catherine Lloyd Burns (born 1961), American actress

• Catherine Bush (* 1958), British musician, director and actress, best known under the stage name Kate Bush

• Catherine Bush (* 1961), Canadian writer
• Catherine Byrne (1896 / 97–1994), Irish politician
• Catherine Byrne (born 1956), Irish politician

C.

• Catherine Carey (1526–1568), Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England
• Catherine Carr (* 1954), American swimmer
• Catherine Clément (* 1939), French writer, feminist, philosopher and psychologist
• Catherine de Clèves, duchesse de Guise (1548–1633), Countess of Eu and Duchess of Guise
• Catherine Clinton (* 1952), British historian
• Catherine Grace Coleman (* 1960), American astronaut
• Catherine Colonna (* 1956), French politician and diplomat
• Catherine de Courtenay (around 1275–1307 / 1308), titular empress of Constantinople from 1283
• Catherine Crook de Camp (1907–2000), American writer

D.

• Catherine David (* 1954), French art historian and exhibition curator
• Catherine Deneuve (* 1943), French film actress
• Catherine Destivelle (* 1960), French alpinist
• Catherine Josephine Duchesnois (1777-1835), French actress and lover of Napoleon
• Catherine Durand (* 1971), French-Canadian singer and musician

E.

• Catherine Eddowes (1842–1888), fourth victim of "Jack the Ripper"

F.

• Catherine Filene Shouse (1896–1994), American writer, suffragette and art patron
• Catherine Flemming (* 1967), German film actress
• Catherine Fleury-Vachon (1966), French judoka
• Catherine Frot (* 1956), French theater and film actress

G

• Catherine Gayer (* 1937), American soprano
• Catherine Gore (1799–1861), English writer
• Catherine Grandison (around 1304 - 1349), mistress of the English King Edward III.
• Catherine Gray (1540–1568), sister of Queen Jane Gray

H

• Catherine Hardwicke (* 1955), American production designer, film director and screenwriter
• Catherine Hardy (1930–2017), American athlete and Olympic champion
• Catherine Hessling (1900–1979), French actress
• Catherine Hicks (* 1951), American film actress
• Catherine Hiegel (born 1946), French actress
• Catherine Howard (between 1521 and 1525-1542), fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England.

J

• Catherine Johnson (* 1957), British author
• Catherine Jourdan (1948–2011), French actress

K

• Catherine Kang (* 1987), Central African Taekwondoin
• Catherine Keener (born 1959), American actress
• Catherine Keipes (* 1985), Luxembourg national football player
• Catherine Kellner (* 1970), American actress and film producer
• Catherine Kirui (* 1976), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Catherine Kousmine (1904–1992), Swiss doctor

L.

• Catherine Labouré (1806–1876), religious and witness to an apparition of Mary
• Catherine Lefèbvre (1753–1835), Duchess of Danzig

M.

• Catherine Mabillard (* 1964), Swiss ski mountaineer
• Catherine Macaulay (1731–1791), English historian, suffragette and writer
• Catherine Malfitano (* 1948), American soprano
• Catherine McClements (born 1965), Australian actress
• Catherine McCormack (born 1972), British actress
• Catherine Mégret (* 1958), French politician
• Catherine Millet (* 1948), expert on modern art and editor-in-chief of Art Press magazine
• Catherine Monvoisin (around 1640–1680), French poisoner and serial killer
• Catherine Lucile Moore (1911–1987), science fiction and fantasy writer
• Catherine Mountbatten-Windsor (* 1982), Duchess of Cambridge, see Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
• Catherine Mühlemann (* 1966), media manager

N

• Catherine Namugala (* 1966), politician in Zambia
• Catherine Ndereba (* 1972), Kenyan long-distance runner

O

• Catherine O'Hara (* 1954), American actress and screenwriter
• Catherine Opie (* 1961), American artist
• Catherine Oxenberg (born 1961), American actress

P

• Catherine Pakenham (1773–1831), wife of the 1st Duke of Wellington
• Catherine Parr (1512–1548), sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII.
• Catherine Plewinski (* 1968), French swimmer

Q

• Catherine Quittet (* 1964), French ski racer

R.

• Catherine Raney (* 1980), American speed skater
• Catherine Ringer (* 1957), French actress, dancer and singer-songwriter
• Catherine Robbe-Grillet (* 1930), French writer, film actress and photographer
• Catherine Rouvel (born 1939), French actress

S.

• Catherine Schell (* 1944), Hungarian actress
• Catherine Amy Dawson Scott (1865–1934), English writer and founding member of the International PEN Club in London
• Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657–1717), mistress of King James II of England
• Catherine Ségurane , popular heroine of the city of Nice in the south of France
• Catherine Seville (1963–2016), British legal scholar
• Catherine Spaak (* 1945), Belgian-Italian actress and journalist
• Catherine Mary Stewart (born 1959), Canadian actress
• Catherine Stihler (* 1973), British MEP in the European Parliament
• Catherine Storr (1913–2001), English children's author
• Catherine Swynford (around 1350-1403), mistress and later wife of John of Gaunt

T

• Catherine Taylor (* 1989), British orienteer
• Catherine Trautmann (* 1951), French politician and member of the European Parliament

V

• Catherine de Valois (1401–1437), Queen of England
• Catherine de Valois-Courtenay (1301–1346), titular empress of Constantinople from 1308
• Catherine de Vivonne, Marquise de Rambouillet (1588–1665), owner of a literary salon in Paris
• Catherine Vogel (* 1981), German television and radio presenter

Z

• Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969), British actress