Kathy is a feminine given name. It is a pet form of Katherine, Kathleen and their related forms.[1] Kathy may refer to:
In sports
- Kathy Bald, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- Kathy May, American tennis player
- Kathy Radzuweit, German volleyball player
- Kathy Smallwood-Cook, British Olympic athlete
- Kathy Sheehy, American water polo player
- Kathy Tough, Canadian volleyball player
- Kathy Watt, Australian female cycle racer
- Kathy Weston, American middle distance runner
- Kathy Foster (basketball), Australian basketball player
- Kathy Liu, British footballer
In television and film
- Kathy Bates, American actress and director
- Kathy Burke, British actress
- Kathy Garver, American television, stage, screen, and voice actress
- Kathy Greenwood, Canadian comedian and actress
- Kathy Griffin, American stand-up comedian
- Kathy (TV series), a talk show hosted by Griffin
- Kathy Hilton, American actress, celebrity and socialite
- Kathy Long, American actress, kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter
- Kathy Staff, British actress born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
In music
- Kathy Foster (musician), American musician
- Kathy Leander, Swiss singer
- Kathy Linden, American pop singer
- Kathy Mattea, American country singer
- Kathy Valentine, American bassist for the all-girl pop band The Go-Gos
- Kathy Young, American pop singer
In politics
- Kathy Cox (born 1964), American politician
- Ahmed Kathrada (1929–2017), South African 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
In literature
- Kathy Acker, American sex-positive feminist writer
- 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 Carter, fictional character in the 1959-1964 Marvel comic book Kathy
- Kathy Beale, fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Kathy, fictional character from Barney and Friends played by Lauren King
- Kathy Seldon, fictional character in the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain
In other fields
- Kathy Butterly, American sculptor
- Kathy Ireland, American model
- 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)