Kathy

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, fictional character in the popular American TV and radio sitcom Father Knows Best
 * Kathy Barnes, fictional character in the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks
 * Kathy Beale, fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
 * Kathy Carter, fictional character in the 1959–1964 Marvel comic book Kathy
 * Kathy Reilly, fictional character in the 2019 Millarworld comic series Chrononauts: Futureshock
 * Kathy Seldon, fictional character in the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain
 * Kathy, fictional character from Barney & Friends played by Lauren King

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 (disambiguation)
 * "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)