# Kathryn > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kathryn > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kathryn.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn > Source revision: 1350200293 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Katherine_(given_name)).[http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/k/origin-and-meaning-of-kathryn.htm MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Kathryn] It may refer to: In '''television and film''': * [Kathryn Beaumont](/source/Kathryn_Beaumont) (born 1938), English voice actress and school teacher best known for her Disney animation film works * [Kathryn Bernardo](/source/Kathryn_Bernardo) (born 1996), Filipina actress and recording artist * [Kathryn Bigelow](/source/Kathryn_Bigelow) (born 1951), American film director, first woman to win the Academy Award, BAFTA, and DGA award for Best Director * [Kathryn Busby](/source/Kathryn_Busby), American television and film executive * [Kathryn Cressida](/source/Kathryn_Cressida) also known as "Kat" Cressida (born 1968), American voice actress * [Kathryn Crosby](/source/Kathryn_Crosby) (1933 – 2024), American actress and singer who performed her most memorable roles under her birth-name Kathryn Grant * [Kathryn Drysdale](/source/Kathryn_Drysdale) (born 1981), English actress * [Kathryn Eames](/source/Kathryn_Eames) (1908 – 2004), American screen, stage, and television actress * [Kathryn Erbe](/source/Kathryn_Erbe) (born 1966), American actress best known for her lead role as Detective Eames on ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' * [Kathryn Grayson](/source/Kathryn_Grayson) (1922 – 2010), American lead actress and operatic soprano singer with MGM and Warner Brothers * [Kathryn Hahn](/source/Kathryn_Hahn) (born 1974), American actress best known for her role as Lily Lebowski on ''Crossing Jordan'' * [Kathryn Hess](/source/Kathryn_Hess) (born 1967), American mathematician * [Kathryn Joosten](/source/Kathryn_Joosten) (1939 – 2012), American actress known for roles on ''The West Wing'' and ''Desperate Housewives'' * [Kathryn Kinley](/source/Kathryn_Morris) (born 1965), American television personality, journalist and musical theater actress * [Kathryn McGuire](/source/Kathryn_McGuire) (1903 – 1978), American silent-film actress and dancer * [Kathryn Morris](/source/Kathryn_Morris) (born 1969), American actress best known for her lead role as Detective Lilly Rush on ''Cold Case'' * [Kathryn Leigh Scott](/source/Kathryn_Leigh_Scott) (born 1943), American television and film actress known for her roles in the soap opera ''Dark Shadows'' In '''science''': * [Kathryn Albers](/source/Kathryn_Albers), American professor of neurobiology and medicine * [Kathryn Paige Harden](/source/Kathryn_Paige_Harden), American psychologist and behavior geneticist * [Kathryn P. Hire](/source/Kathryn_P._Hire) (born 1959), American astronaut with over 381 hours in space * [Kathryn Mann](/source/Kathryn_Mann), mathematician * [Kathryn S. McKinley](/source/Kathryn_S._McKinley), American computer scientist * [Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan](/source/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](/source/Kathryn_C._Thornton) (born 1952), American astronaut with over 975 hours in space In '''music''': * [Kathryn Calder](/source/Kathryn_Calder), Canadian singer-songwriter and member of The New Pornographers * [Kathryn Dawn Lang](/source/k.d._lang) (k.d. lang) (born 1961), Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter * [Kathryn Roberts](/source/Kathryn_Roberts), an English folk singer * [Kathryn Scott](/source/Kathryn_Scott_(singer)), Northern Irish singer * Kathryn Bint, an English singer originally from Chicago, stage name [One Little Plane](/source/One_Little_Plane) * [Kathryn Tickell](/source/Kathryn_Tickell), (born 1967), English player of the Northumbrian smallpipes and fiddle In '''literature''': * [Kathryn Deans](/source/Kathryn_Deans), Australian children's fantasy author * [Kathryn H. Kidd](/source/Kathryn_H._Kidd), American novelist * [Kathryn Hulme](/source/Kathryn_Hulme) (1900 – 1981), American author best known for ''The Nun's Story'' * [Kathryn Johnson](/source/Kathryn_Johnson_(journalist)) (1926 – 2019), American journalist{{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](/source/The_National_Herald) |pages=8 |volume=23 |issue=1151}}{{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}} * [Kathryn Schulz](/source/Kathryn_Schulz), American freelance writer and journalist * [Kathryn Stockett](/source/Kathryn_Stockett), American novelist * [Kathryn Tucker Windham](/source/Kathryn_Tucker_Windham) (1918 – 2011), American storyteller, author, photographer and journalist In '''politics''': * [Kathryn I. Bowers](/source/Kathryn_I._Bowers) (1943–2015), American politician and Democratic former member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 33rd district * [Kathryn Epton](/source/Kathryn_Epton) (1912–1998), American politician * [Kathryn Garcia](/source/Kathryn_Garcia) (born 1970), Commissioner of the [New York City Sanitation Department](/source/New_York_City_Sanitation_Department) * [Kathryn Joyce Gorriceta](/source/Kathryn_Joyce_Gorriceta) (born 1980), Filipino politician * [Kathryn E. Granahan](/source/Kathryn_E._Granahan) née O'Hay (1894 – 1979), American Democratic U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 32nd Treasurer of the United States * [Kathryn Hay](/source/Kathryn_Hay) (born 1975), Tasmanian Labor politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the electorate of Bass * [Kathryn Malstrom](/source/Kathryn_Malstrom) (1888–1961), American politician * [Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy](/source/Kathryn_O'Loughlin_McCarthy) née O'Loughlin (1894 – 1952), American Democratic politician and first female U.S. Representative from Kansas * [Kathryn Stone](/source/Kathryn_Stone) (born 1963), British politician * [Kathryn H. Stone](/source/Kathryn_H._Stone) (1906–1995), American politician from Virginia In '''sports''': * [Kathryn Ainsworth](/source/Kathryn_Ainsworth), Australian netballer * [Kathryn Binns](/source/Kathryn_Binns) later became Kathryn Davis (born 1958), English long-distance runner of marathons and half marathon events * [Kathryn Colin](/source/Kathryn_Colin) (born 1974), American Olympic contender and Pan American Games medalist in canoeing * [Kathryn Sandercock](/source/Kathryn_Sandercock) (born 2000), American softball player * [Kathryn Teasdale](/source/Kathryn_Teasdale) (1964–2016), Canadian auto racing driver * [Kathryn Westbeld](/source/Kathryn_Westbeld) (born 1996), American basketball player In '''other fields''': * [Kathryn Janeway](/source/Kathryn_Janeway), fictional Federation starship captain of the USS ''Voyager'' in ''Star Trek: Voyager'' and admiral in ''Star Trek: Nemesis'' * [Kathryn Morgan](/source/Kathryn_Morgan) (born 1988), American ballet dancer * [Kathryn Parsons](/source/Kathryn_Parsons) (born 1982), British tech entrepreneur * [Kathryn Shaw](/source/Kathryn_Shaw), Canadian theatre actor and director '''Events''' * [Shooting of Kathryn Steinle](/source/Shooting_of_Kathryn_Steinle), a 2015 incident in San Francisco ==See also== * [Katherine](/source/Katherine_(given_name)) * [Catherine](/source/Catherine_(disambiguation)) * [Cathryn](/source/Cathryn) * [Lake Kathryn (disambiguation)](/source/Lake_Kathryn_(disambiguation)) ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} {{given name}} Category:English feminine given names Category:Feminine given names Category:English given names Category:Given names of Greek language origin --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kathryn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn?action=history)). 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