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Kristie Boering
Kristie Boering is an atmospheric chemist and Templeton Professor at UC Berkeley, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2018, known for isotope tracers of atmospheric chemistry.
Kristie L. Ebi
Kristie L. Ebi is an epidemiologist and University of Washington professor who has worked on climate change and health for over 30 years, including leading IPCC assessments.
Kristie Mewis
Kristie Mewis (Kristen Anne Mewis, born 1991), American midfielder, USWNT 53 caps, 2020 Olympic bronze, 2023 World Cup; sister of Sam Mewis; clubs FC Kansas City, Houston Dash, Gotham FC, West Ham.
Kristiina Tiina Lillak
Tiina Lillak (Ilse Kristiina Lillak, born 1961) is a Finnish javelin thrower, 1983 inaugural World champion (70.82 m) and 1984 Olympic silver medalist (69.00 m), who set two world records, best 74.76 m.
Kristijonas Donelaitis
Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714–1780) was a Lutheran pastor in Prussian Lithuania whose poem Metai, written about 1760–1770, is regarded as the founding work of Lithuanian secular literature.
Kristin A. Hogquist
Kristin A. Hogquist is an American immunologist at the University of Minnesota known for her work on T cell development in the thymus, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2022.
Kristin Armstrong
Kristin Armstrong (Kristin Armstrong-Savola, born 1973) is an American road cyclist, not related to Lance Armstrong, who won Olympic time trial gold in 2008, 2012, and 2016, the first cyclist to win one Olympic event three times.
Kristin Baldwin
Kristin K. Baldwin is a neuroscientist and Professor of Genetics and Development at Columbia University since 2020, known for reprogramming, cloning firsts, and 2024 hybrid-brain research.
Kristin Bauer van Straten
Kristin Bauer van Straten, born Kristin Neubauer in 1966 in Racine, Wisconsin, is an American actress known for vampire Pam on True Blood (2008–2014), Maleficent on Once Upon a Time, Seinfeld's Gillian, and animal welfare advocacy.
Kristin Bekkevold
Kristin Bekkevold (Bekkevold Sørum), Norwegian footballer born 1977 in Gjøvik; centre-back for Asker and Fart who won gold with Norway in women's football at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Kristin Branson
Kristin Branson is a computational biologist and Senior Group Leader at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus, known for JAABA, machine learning software that automatically annotates animal behavior from video.
Kristin C. Lewis
Kristin C. Lewis is a transportation scientist and Principal Technical Advisor for aviation fuels at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a PECASE recipient.
Kristin Cavallari
Kristin Cavallari (born 1987, Denver) is an American reality TV personality, designer, and author, known for Laguna Beach, The Hills, and Very Cavallari, founder of Uncommon James and New York Times bestselling author.
Kristin Chenoweth
Kristin Chenoweth (born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth, 1968, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma) is an American actress and singer, Tony winner for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, original Glinda in Wicked, and 2009 Emmy winner for Pushing Daisies.
Kristin Corrado
Kristin Corrado is an American politician and attorney serving as a Republican member of the New Jersey Senate from the 40th district since 2017, after serving as Passaic County Clerk.
Kristin Dassler-Alfheim
Kristin Dassler-Alfheim is an American Democratic politician who won a Wisconsin State Senate seat from the 18th district in 2024 after serving on the Appleton Common Council.
Kristin Davis
Kristin Davis (Kristin Landen Davis, born 1965) is an American actress known for Charlotte York in Sex and the City (1998–2004), its films, and And Just Like That...; earlier Brooke Armstrong on Melrose Place.
Kristin DeWitt
Kristin DeWitt, known as Kristy DeWitt, is an American physical chemist who led IARPA chemical-detection programs and joined the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in 2021.
Kristin Dolan
Kristin Dolan is an American media executive, CEO of AMC Networks since February 2023, former Cablevision COO through its $17.7B Altice sale, and founder of audience-measurement firm 605; wife of chairman James Dolan.
Kristin Fisher
Kristin Fisher, American Emmy-winning space and defense journalist; daughter of NASA astronauts Anna and William Fisher; Fox News White House correspondent 2015-2021, CNN Space and Defense Correspondent from July 2021, founder of The Endless Void YouTube channel in 2025.
Kristin Gagnier
Kristin Gagnier is an American cognitive psychologist and education researcher, a senior research scientist at AnLar who studies spatial thinking in science education and received the PECASE in 2025.
Kristin Gore
Kristin Gore (born 1977), American writer and daughter of Al Gore; comedy writer on Futurama and Saturday Night Live, author of Sammy's Hill, Sammy's House, and Sweet Jiminy, and co-director of The Beanie Bubble (2023).
Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah (born 1960), also known for The Nightingale, The Four Winds, The Women, is an American novelist and former lawyer with over 25 million books sold; The Nightingale film with the Fanning sisters arrives 2027 and The Fire publishes May 2027.
Kristin Herrera
Kristin Lisa Herrera (born 1989, Los Angeles) is an American former actress, best known as Dana Cruz in season 1 of Nickelodeon's Zoey 101, Lourdes Del Torro on General Hospital, and Gloria Munez in Freedom Writers (2007); she left acting after 2008.
Kristin Hersh
Kristin Hersh (born 1966, Atlanta) is an American singer-songwriter, Throwing Muses co-founder and 4AD's first American signing, also of 50 Foot Wave; her 13th solo album Sugar On Blackstone appeared on Fire Records in 2026.
Kristin Hook
Kristin Hook is an American politician, scientist, and former federal policy staffer who is the 2026 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in Texas's 21st congressional district.
Kristin Juszczyk
Kristin Juszczyk, self-taught American sportswear designer and wife of 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk; viral Taylor Swift puffer jacket led to a 2024 NFL licensing deal and her Off Season brand.
Kristin Kreuk
Kristin Kreuk (born 1982, Vancouver) is a Canadian actress known as Lana Lang on Smallville (2001–2011), Catherine Chandler in Beauty and the Beast, and lead of Burden of Truth and Murder in a Small Town.
Kristin L. Nichol
Kristin L. Nichol is an American physician-epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota and Minneapolis VA whose studies quantified how influenza vaccination reduces hospitalizations and deaths in elderly people.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter is a three-volume historical novel by the Norwegian author Sigrid Undset, published 1920 to 1922 and set in 14th-century Norway, key to her 1928 Nobel Prize.