{{About|the name|the city in North Dakota|Kathryn, North Dakota}} {{Infobox given name | name = Kathryn | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Female | meaning = "Pure" | region = | origin = | related names = Catherine, Katherine | footnotes = }} '''Kathryn''' is a feminine given name and comes from the Greek meaning for 'pure'. It is a variant of Katherine.<ref>[http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/k/origin-and-meaning-of-kathryn.htm MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Kathryn]</ref> It may refer to:
In '''television and film''': * Kathryn Beaumont (born 1938), English voice actress and school teacher best known for her Disney animation film works * Kathryn Bernardo (born 1996), Filipina actress and recording artist * Kathryn Bigelow (born 1951), American film director, first woman to win the Academy Award, BAFTA, and DGA award for Best Director * Kathryn Busby, American television and film executive * Kathryn Cressida also known as "Kat" Cressida (born 1968), American voice actress * Kathryn Crosby (1933 – 2024), American actress and singer who performed her most memorable roles under her birth-name Kathryn Grant * Kathryn Drysdale (born 1981), English actress * Kathryn Eames (1908 – 2004), American screen, stage, and television actress * Kathryn Erbe (born 1966), American actress best known for her lead role as Detective Eames on ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' * Kathryn Grayson (1922 – 2010), American lead actress and operatic soprano singer with MGM and Warner Brothers * Kathryn Hahn (born 1974), American actress best known for her role as Lily Lebowski on ''Crossing Jordan'' * Kathryn Hess (born 1967), American mathematician * Kathryn Joosten (1939 – 2012), American actress known for roles on ''The West Wing'' and ''Desperate Housewives'' * Kathryn Kinley (born 1965), American television personality, journalist and musical theater actress * Kathryn McGuire (1903 – 1978), American silent-film actress and dancer * Kathryn Morris (born 1969), American actress best known for her lead role as Detective Lilly Rush on ''Cold Case'' * Kathryn Leigh Scott (born 1943), American television and film actress known for her roles in the soap opera ''Dark Shadows''
In '''science''': * Kathryn Albers, American professor of neurobiology and medicine * Kathryn Paige Harden, American psychologist and behavior geneticist * Kathryn P. Hire (born 1959), American astronaut with over 381 hours in space * Kathryn Mann, mathematician * Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist * Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born 1951), in 1984 became the first American woman to walk in space, and with 532 hours in space * Kathryn C. Thornton (born 1952), American astronaut with over 975 hours in space
In '''music''': * Kathryn Calder, Canadian singer-songwriter and member of The New Pornographers * Kathryn Dawn Lang (k.d. lang) (born 1961), Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter * Kathryn Roberts, an English folk singer * Kathryn Scott, Northern Irish singer * Kathryn Bint, an English singer originally from Chicago, stage name One Little Plane * Kathryn Tickell, (born 1967), English player of the Northumbrian smallpipes and fiddle
In '''literature''': * Kathryn Deans, Australian children's fantasy author * Kathryn H. Kidd, American novelist * Kathryn Hulme (1900 – 1981), American author best known for ''The Nun's Story'' * Kathryn Johnson (1926 – 2019), American journalist<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=November 2019 |title=AP Civil Rights Reporter Kathryn Johnson (Giannakopoulos) is Mourned |url=https://cdnth.thenationalherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1151_22_11191.pdf |work=The National Herald |pages=8 |volume=23 |issue=1151}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Dickerson |first=Caitlin |author-link=Caitlin Dickerson |date=2019-12-23 |title=Kathryn Johnson, a Reporter With a Gift for Gaining Trust |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/23/magazine/kathryn-johnson-death.html |access-date=2025-11-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * Kathryn Schulz, American freelance writer and journalist * Kathryn Stockett, American novelist * Kathryn Tucker Windham (1918 – 2011), American storyteller, author, photographer and journalist
In '''politics''': * Kathryn I. Bowers (1943–2015), American politician and Democratic former member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 33rd district * Kathryn Epton (1912–1998), American politician * Kathryn Garcia (born 1970), Commissioner of the New York City Sanitation Department * Kathryn Joyce Gorriceta (born 1980), Filipino politician * Kathryn E. Granahan née O'Hay (1894 – 1979), American Democratic U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 32nd Treasurer of the United States * Kathryn Hay (born 1975), Tasmanian Labor politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the electorate of Bass * Kathryn Malstrom (1888–1961), American politician * Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy née O'Loughlin (1894 – 1952), American Democratic politician and first female U.S. Representative from Kansas * Kathryn Stone (born 1963), British politician * Kathryn H. Stone (1906–1995), American politician from Virginia
In '''sports''': * Kathryn Ainsworth, Australian netballer * Kathryn Binns later became Kathryn Davis (born 1958), English long-distance runner of marathons and half marathon events * Kathryn Colin (born 1974), American Olympic contender and Pan American Games medalist in canoeing * Kathryn Sandercock (born 2000), American softball player * Kathryn Teasdale (1964–2016), Canadian auto racing driver * Kathryn Westbeld (born 1996), American basketball player
In '''other fields''': * Kathryn Janeway, fictional Federation starship captain of the USS ''Voyager'' in ''Star Trek: Voyager'' and admiral in ''Star Trek: Nemesis'' * Kathryn Morgan (born 1988), American ballet dancer * Kathryn Parsons (born 1982), British tech entrepreneur * Kathryn Shaw, Canadian theatre actor and director
'''Events''' * Shooting of Kathryn Steinle, a 2015 incident in San Francisco
==See also== * Katherine * Catherine * Cathryn * Lake Kathryn (disambiguation)
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
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