Kathy

Not to be confused with Kathie, Kathi, Cathie, or Cathy (given name).

Not to be confused with Katie, Katy, Kati, or Cati.

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 1962), 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)