Katharina is a feminine given name. It is a German form of Katherine. Notable people with this name include:
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Television and film
Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter
Katharina Mückstein, Austrian film director
Katharina Thalbach, German actress and film director
Katherine Pierce, a character in The Vampire Diaries originally named Katharina Petrova
Katharina Stark, German actress
Arts
Katharina Bergobzoomová (1755–1788), Czech opera singer
Katharina Fröhlich (1800–1879), Austrian lover of Franz Grillparzer, patron of artists and writers
Katharina Rapp (born 1948), German artist
Katja Oxman (born 1942), born Katharina Protassowsky, German-born American visual artist
Alpine skiers
Katharina Gallhuber, Austrian alpine skier
Katharina Huber, Austrian alpine skier
Katharina Liensberger, Austrian alpine skier
Katharina Truppe, Austrian alpine skier
Politics
Katharina Graf (1873–1936), Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria (SAI)
Katharina Kohl (born 1992), German politician
Katharina Kucharowits (born 1983), Austrian politician
Katharina Senge (born 1982), German politician
Katharina Slanina (born 1977), German politician
Other
Katharina Baunach, German footballer
Katharina Dalton, British physician and pioneer in the research of premenstrual stress syndrome
Katharina Klafsky, Hungarian operatic singer
Katharina von Bora, German Catholic nun who was an early convert to Protestantism
Katharina Franziska von Wattenwyl (1645–1714), Swiss spy
Katharina von Zimmern (1478–1547), Swiss last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey