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Kathryn V. Anderson

Kathryn V. Anderson (1952–2020) was an American developmental geneticist who showed that the Toll gene patterns the fruit fly body axis, work later linked to innate immunity.

Kathryn Walker

Kathryn Walker (born 1943, Philadelphia) is an American stage, TV, and film actress; Emmy winner for The Adams Chronicles (1976), known for Slap Shot, Rich Kids, Neighbors, D.A.R.Y.L., James Taylor's ex-wife, and author of A Stopover in Venice.

Kathryn Whaler

Kathryn (Kathy) Whaler is a British geophysicist, Professor of Geophysics at Edinburgh since 1994, the first woman elected to a UK geophysics chair and IUGG president.

Kaththi (கத்தி)

Kaththi (கத்தி, Knife) is a 2014 Tamil action drama directed by A.R. Murugadoss, starring Vijay in a dual role as convict Kathiresan and activist Jeevanandham, with Samantha and Neil Nitin Mukesh; produced by Lyca Productions, released Diwali 2014, grossing ₹130 crore and winning Filmfare Best Film and Best Director.

Kaththi Sandai

Kaththi Sandai (கத்தி சண்டை), Telugu title Okkadochadu, is a 2016 Tamil action comedy directed by Suraj, starring Vishal and Tamannaah Bhatia, with Vadivelu's comeback role; released 23 December 2016 to poor reviews.

Kathu Cobra Show

The Kathu Cobra Show is a small interactive snake show in the Kathu district of Phuket, Thailand, where handlers invite visitors to hold king cobras, pythons, and native Thai snakes.

Kathu Solar Park

Kathu Solar Park is a 100 MW concentrated solar power plant near Kathu in South Africa's Northern Cape, in commercial operation since 2019 with molten salt storage.

Kathy Acker

Kathy Acker (1947-1997) was an American experimental novelist and performance artist of punk feminism, known for Blood and Guts in High School and Empire of the Senseless and for cut-up collage and plagiarism of Genet, Burroughs, and Gibson.

Kathy Baker

Kathy Baker, born Katherine Whitton Baker in Midland, Texas, is an American actress best known for playing Dr. Jill Brock on the Emmy-winning series Picket Fences.

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates (Kathleen Doyle Bates, born 1948, Memphis) is an American actress who won the Best Actress Oscar for Misery (1990), two Emmys (Two and a Half Men, American Horror Story: Coven), and now stars in CBS's Matlock.

Kathy Beale

Kathy Beale (Katherine Elizabeth Beale, née Hills; also Mitchell, Sullivan, Cotton) is a fictional EastEnders character played by Gillian Taylforth since the 1985 debut episode, killed off in 2006 and resurrected in 2015 after faking her death in an insurance scam.

Kathy Boudin

Kathy Boudin (May 19, 1943 – May 1, 2022), Weather Underground radical, 11-year fugitive after the 1970 Greenwich Village townhouse bombing, imprisoned 22 years for the 1981 Brink's robbery, later Columbia criminal justice scholar.

Kathy Burke

Kathy Burke (born 1964) is an English actor, director and writer from Islington, London, known as Waynetta Slob and Perry with Harry Enfield, Linda in Gimme Gimme Gimme, Cannes Best Actress winner for Nil by Mouth (1997), and director of Holding (2022).

Kathy Castor

Kathy Castor is an American Democratic politician serving as U.S. Representative for Florida's 14th District since 2013, previously representing the 11th District from 2007 to 2013.

Kathy Chen

Kathy Chen (Chen Hua) is a venture capital investor who has been Managing Partner and CFO of SB China Capital (SBCVC) since 2010 and a director of GDS Holdings since 2011.

Kathy D. Miller

Kathy D. Miller, also published as Kathy Miller, is an American medical oncologist at Indiana University School of Medicine who led the 2007 E2100 breast cancer trial.

Kathy Ellis

Kathy Ellis (Kathleen Ellis, later Landgraf, Greer), American swimmer born 1946 in Indianapolis, Riviera Club; won 2 gold and 2 bronze medals in four events at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and held the 100 m butterfly world record.

Kathy Etchingham

Kathy Etchingham (Kathleen Mary Etchingham, born 1946, Derby) is a 1960s London club DJ, Jimi Hendrix's girlfriend 1966-1969, inspiration for The Wind Cries Mary, memoirist of Through Gypsy Eyes (1998), and libel case winner.

Kathy Garver

Kathy Garver (Kathleen Marie Allison Garver, born 1945) is an American actress known as Cissy Davis on CBS's Family Affair (1966-71), the voice of Firestar in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, an audiobook narrator with four Audie Awards, and a 2026 Grammy nominee.

Kathy Gibbons

Kathy Gibbons was an American middle- and long-distance runner from Phoenix who set a 10,000 meter world best in 1971 and made the 1972 US Olympic Team.

Kathy Griffin

Kathy Griffin (Kathleen Mary Griffin, born 1961) is an American stand-up comedian and actress, two-time Emmy winner for My Life on the D-List, 2014 Grammy winner, Guinness record holder for televised stand-up specials, derailed by the 2017 Trump-head photo and touring again.

Kathy Hammond

Kathy Hammond (Kathleen Hammond, born 1951, Sacramento) is an American sprinter, 1972 Munich Olympic bronze medalist at 400 m (51.64) and 4x400m relay silver medalist, a seven-time American record holder and 2018 National Track & Field Hall of Fame inductee.

Kathy Heddy

Kathy Heddy (Kathryn Jean Heddy, Kathy Heddy-Drum), American swimmer born 1958 in Syracuse, New York; 1976 Olympic fifth-place 400 m freestyler, 1975 world 200 m medley champion and four-time Pan American gold medalist.

Kathy Hilton

Kathy Hilton (Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino, born 1959) is an American socialite, designer, and reality TV personality, mother of Paris and Nicky Hilton, sister of Kyle Richards, and RHOBH recurring cast member since 2021.

Kathy Hochul

Kathy Hochul, 57th and first female Governor of New York since August 2021, former lieutenant governor, Erie County Clerk, and one-term congresswoman from NY-26; known for housing, transit, climate, and data center policies.

Kathy Hogan

Kathy Hogan is an American Democratic politician from Fargo who served in the North Dakota House from 2009 to 2018, the Senate since 2019, and as Minority Leader from 2023.

Kathy Ireland

Kathy Ireland is an American former model who founded kathy ireland Worldwide in 1993, a brand-licensing business with retail sales estimated at $3.1 billion in 2021.

Kathy Jane Ehrig

Kathy Jane Ehrig is an American-born Australian geometallurgist who has worked on BHP's Olympic Dam for over 30 years and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2023.

Kathy Jennings

Kathy Jennings is an American Democratic politician and attorney serving as Delaware's 46th attorney general since 2019, after careers as a prosecutor and county administrator.

Kathy K. Griendling

Kathy K. Griendling is a vascular biologist and the R. Wayne Alexander Professor of Medicine at Emory University, known for defining the role of NADPH oxidases in vascular disease.