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Karen Jarrett
Karen Jarrett (nee Smedley, formerly Karen Angle), born 1972, is an American wrestling manager and personality; Kurt Angle's on-screen wife in TNA from 2007, Jeff Jarrett's wife since 2010, GFW co-founder, and AEW manager since 2023.
Karen Jean Meech
Karen Jean Meech is an American planetary astronomer and astrobiologist at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy, best known for leading the study of ʻOumuamua, the first known interstellar object.
Karen Josephson
Karen Josephson (Karen Julia Josephson, born 1964), American synchronized swimmer; identical twin of Sarah Josephson. Won duet silver at 1988 Seoul and duet gold at 1992 Barcelona Olympics for the USA.
Karen K. Caldwell
Karen K. Caldwell, born 1956, is an American jurist who served as a US district judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2001 to 2022.
Karen K. Gleason
Karen K. Gleason is an American chemical engineer and MIT professor, emerita, known for developing initiated chemical vapor deposition, a dry method for growing polymer films on surfaces.
Karen Khachanov
Karen Khachanov, Russian tennis player born 1996, career-high ATP No. 8, 2018 Paris Masters champion over Djokovic, 2022 US Open and 2023 Australian Open semifinalist, Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist.
Karen Kilgariff
Karen Kilgariff (born 1970, Petaluma, California) is an American comedian, writer, and podcast host, co-host of My Favorite Murder with Georgia Hardstark, former Ellen head writer, Mr. Show cast member, and CEO of Exactly Right Media.
Karen L Schulze
Karen L Schulze is a Drosophila geneticist who co-created public fruit fly resources, including the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project disruption collection and the MiMIC and T2A-GAL4 tagging libraries.
Karen L. Christman
Karen L. Christman is an American bioengineer at UC San Diego who develops injectable hydrogels for tissue repair, especially in the heart, and co-founded Ventrix.
Karen L. Henderson
Karen LeCraft Henderson, born 1944, is an American jurist on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 1990, appointed by President George H.W. Bush.
Karen L. Wooley
Karen L. Wooley is an American polymer chemist, a University Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University since 2009, known for degradable polymers built from natural products.
Karen Lancaume
Karen Lancaume (Karine Bach, 1973-2005), French adult film actress who played Nadine in Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi's censored 2000 film Baise-moi; died by suicide in Paris at 32.
Karen Legg
Karen Legg, later Legg-Crumpler, is a British freestyle swimmer, born in 1978, who won world 4×200 m relay titles and competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Karen Lynn Gorney
Karen Lynn Gorney (born 1945) is an American actress known as Stephanie Mangano in Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Tara Martin on ABC's All My Children.
Karen M. Vásquez
Karen M. Vásquez, also published as Karen M. Vasquez, is a molecular biologist and pharmacologist at the University of Texas at Austin who studies genome instability and DNA repair.
Karen M. Williams
Karen M. Williams, also known as Karen McGlashan Williams, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in New Jersey since 2021.
Karen Malina White
Karen Malina White (born 1965, Philadelphia) is an American actress known for Lean on Me (1989), Charmaine Brown on The Cosby Show and A Different World, Nicolette Vandross on Malcolm & Eddie, and voicing Dijonay Jones in The Proud Family franchise.
Karen Margrethe Harup
Karen Margrethe Harup-Petersen was a Danish swimmer who won gold in the 100 m backstroke and two silvers at the 1948 London Olympics, then entered the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1975.
Karen Marsden
Karen Marsden (born 1962) is an Australian field hockey goalkeeper, OAM, who won gold with the Hockeyroos at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 1994 Dublin World Cup, and the 1993 Champions Trophy, playing 68 internationals.
Karen Matthews
Karen Matthews is an American psychosocial epidemiologist at the University of Pittsburgh, known for research on stress physiology and menopause in cardiovascular risk in women.
Karen Mayne
Karen Mayne, Democratic Utah state senator from West Valley City who served 2008 to 2023 representing Districts 5 and 12, led the Senate minority as Minority Leader, and resigned for health reasons in January 2023.
Karen McDougal
Karen McDougal, American model and columnist, Playboy Miss December 1997 and 1998 Playmate of the Year, later fitness model and BII advocate, known for the 2016 $150,000 National Enquirer catch-and-kill contract over her alleged affair with Donald Trump.
Karen McKee
Karen McKee is a chemical engineer from Northern Ireland who joined ExxonMobil in 1990 and rose to president of Product Solutions and corporate vice president, retiring in 2025.
Karen McMahon
Karen McMahon is an American Democratic politician elected in 2018 to the New York State Assembly's 146th district, covering Amherst and Williamsville in Erie County, after nearly 30 years as a law clerk.
Karen Moe Thornton
Karen Moe Thornton (Karen Patricia Moe, later Humphreys), American swimmer born 1953, won 1972 Olympic 200m butterfly gold in world record 2:15.57, set four 200 fly world records, and coached Cal Berkeley women 1978-1992.
Karen Mok
Karen Mok (莫文蔚), born 1970 in Hong Kong as Karen Joy Morris, is a Cantopop/Mandopop singer and actress. Debut 1993 album Karen; Fallen Angels HK Film Award; multiple Golden Melody Awards; Guinness Lhasa concert record; first female solo Bird's Nest concert.
Karen Moras
Karen Moras (Karen Lynne Moras-Stephenson), Australian swimmer born 1954 in Ryde, NSW; 1968 Olympic 400m freestyle bronze at 14, world records in 400m and 800m freestyle, and three golds at the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
Karen Morley
Karen Morley, born Mildred Linton, was an American actress of the early 1930s whose films included Scarface, Mata Hari, and Dinner at Eight before she was blacklisted.
Karen Muir
Karen Muir was a South African backstroke swimmer who set about 18 world records between 1965 and 1969, becoming the youngest world record holder in any sport.
Karen Mulder
Karen Mulder, Dutch supermodel of the 1990s, Elite Look of the Year runner-up, nine-time Vogue cover model, and original Victoria's Secret Angel who wore the first Angel wings in 1998; her 2001 abuse allegations went unpursued, and she returned to modeling in 2026.