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Kathir (கதிர்)
Kathir (கதிர்) names several Tamil cinema figures: an actor known for Pariyerum Perumal and Vikram Vedha, a 1990s romantic-film director who worked with A.R. Rahman, and cinematographer S.R. Kathir of Subramaniapuram and Jai Bhim.
Kathir (கதீர்) (actor)
Kathir (கதீர்; born 1992) is an Indian Tamil-language film actor, real name L. K. Vignesh, known for Pariyerum Perumal (2018), Vikram Vedha, Suzhal: The Vortex, and his 2025 Malayalam debut Meesha.
Kathir Anand
D. M. Kathir Anand is an Indian politician of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam who represents Vellore, Tamil Nadu, in the Lok Sabha, first elected in 2019.
Kathleen A. Dracup
Kathleen A. Dracup is an American cardiovascular nursing scientist and Dean Emerita of the UCSF School of Nursing, known for research on heart disease patients and their families.
Kathleen A. McCormick
Kathleen A. McCormick is an American nurse-scientist and nursing-informatics leader, a National Academy of Medicine member who co-authors the Essentials of Nursing Informatics textbook with Virginia Saba.
Kathleen Baker
Kathleen Baker, American swimmer born 1997 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; 2016 Olympic gold (4x100 medley relay) and silver (100 backstroke), former world record holder in the 100 back (58.00) and medley relay.
Kathleen Barr
Kathleen Barr (born 1967, Toronto) is a Canadian voice actress known for Dot Matrix in ReBoot, Wheezie in Dragon Tales, Kevin and Marie Kanker in Ed, Edd n Eddy, and Trixie and Queen Chrysalis in My Little Pony; distinct from Katelyn Barr.
Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle (born 1948, Portsmouth, Ohio) is an American lyric coloratura soprano, a Met star from 1977, fired in 1994 for unprofessional actions, five Grammys, returned 2016 and 2024 with spirituals.
Kathleen Beller
Kathleen Beller (born 1956) is an American actress known for Kirby Anders on Dynasty, her Golden Globe-nominated role in Promises in the Dark, and her film debut in The Godfather Part II; married to Thomas Dolby since 1988.
Kathleen Bergeron
Kathleen Bergeron, known as Kate Bergeron, is an American mechanical engineer who is vice president of hardware engineering at Apple and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2022.
Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (1942–2019), Democratic governor of Louisiana from January 2004 to January 2008 and the state's first woman governor; earlier state representative, Public Service Commission chair, and lieutenant governor; led Louisiana through Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Kathleen Bradley
Kathleen Bradley (born 1951) is an American actress, model, singer, and author, the first permanent African-American model on The Price Is Right (1990-2000) and Mrs. Parker in Friday (1995), later a memoirist.
Kathleen Brennan
Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits's wife since 1980, is his co-writer and co-producer, shaping albums from Swordfishtrombones (1983, uncredited) through Mule Variations (1999); former Zoetrope scriptwriter, subject of "Jersey Girl".
Kathleen Brown
Kathleen Brown (born 1945), California state treasurer 1991-1995, daughter of Pat Brown and sister of Jerry Brown, Democratic nominee who lost the 1994 California gubernatorial election to Pete Wilson by 15 points.
Kathleen Buhle
Kathleen Buhle, American nonprofit executive and author, ex-wife of Hunter Biden (married 1993-2017), author of the 2022 Crown memoir If We Break, founder of The House at 1229, colon cancer survivor, 2024 trial witness.
Kathleen C. Taylor
Kathleen C. Taylor is an American physical chemist who joined General Motors in 1970, researched automotive exhaust catalysis, and received the American Chemical Society's 1989 Garvan Medal.
Kathleen Cardone
Kathleen Cardone, born 1953, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Texas since 2003, appointed by George W. Bush.
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington
Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, Marchioness of Hartington (1920–1948), sister of President John F. Kennedy, married William Cavendish, heir to the Duke of Devonshire, in 1944, was widowed within four months, and died in a 1948 plane crash in France.
Kathleen Coen Buckwalter
Kathleen Coen ("Kitty") Buckwalter is an American gerontological nursing scientist and University of Iowa professor emerita, elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 1999.
Kathleen Collins
Kathleen Collins is an American molecular biologist at UC Berkeley known for defining the composition, function, and structure of telomerase and for engineering retroelement proteins for genome editing.
Kathleen Dawson
Kathleen Mary Dawson (born 1997, Kirkcaldy, Scotland) is a British backstroke swimmer, University of Stirling, who won Tokyo 2020 mixed medley relay gold in world-record 3:37.58 and holds the 100m backstroke European record of 58.08.
Kathleen DuVal
Kathleen DuVal (born 1970) is an American historian at UNC Chapel Hill specializing in early American and Native American history; her book Native Nations won the 2025 Pulitzer, Bancroft, Cundill, and Mark Lynton prizes.
Kathleen Folbigg
Kathleen Megan Folbigg, Australian woman convicted in 2003 of killing her four children (Caleb, Patrick, Sarah, Laura), pardoned June 2023 and acquitted December 2023 after CALM2 genetic evidence showed natural causes were possible.
Kathleen Freeman
Kathleen Freeman (1919 or 1923 – 2001), American character actress from Chicago; vaudeville child performer, film debut 1948, known for Singin' in the Rain, The Blues Brothers' Sister Mary Stigmata, Jerry Lewis comedies, and Shrek.
Kathleen Gainor Andreoli
Kathleen Gainor Andreoli was an American nurse educator who served as Dean of the College of Nursing at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago from 1987 to 2005.
Kathleen H. Burns
Kathleen H. Burns is an American cancer geneticist and pathologist who chairs the Department of Pathology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and studies transposable elements in cancer.
Kathleen Hanna
Kathleen Hanna (born 1968), frontwoman of Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and The Julie Ruin, is an American punk singer and riot grrrl co-founder; her 2024 memoir Rebel Girl became a New York Times bestseller.
Kathleen Heddle
Kathleen Heddle was a Canadian rower who won three gold medals and one bronze at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, becoming with Marnie McBean the first Canadians to win three Summer Olympic golds.
Kathleen I. Pritchard
Kathleen I. Pritchard is a Canadian medical oncologist and clinical trials scientist at Sunnybrook in Toronto who chaired Canada's breast cancer trials group from 1984 to 2007.
Kathleen Kennedy (producer)
Kathleen Kennedy (born 1953), American film producer; co-founder of Amblin Entertainment and The Kennedy/Marshall Company; president of Lucasfilm 2012-2026 overseeing Star Wars under Disney; Thalberg Award recipient.