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Cate McGregor

Cate McGregor (Catherine Elizabeth McGregor AM, born 1956) is an Australian writer, cricket commentator, and former Army and RAAF officer, known for her 2012 gender transition, speechwriting for Chief of Army David Morrison, and transgender advocacy.

Catechism

A catechism is a summary of religious doctrine arranged as questions and answers for teaching the faith, a genre spanning Luther's 1529 catechisms, the 1566 Roman Catechism, and the 1992 Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Catechism of the Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Catechism, is the official reference text of Catholic doctrine, approved by Pope John Paul II in 1992.

Categorical imperative

Kant's categorical imperative, from the 1785 Groundwork, is the unconditional supreme moral principle binding all rational agents, formulated as universal law, humanity, and kingdom of ends.

Categorical proposition

Categorical proposition: the A, E, I, O subject-copula-predicate forms of Aristotelian logic (All/No/Some S are P), basis of the syllogism and square of opposition, with disputed existential import versus modern predicate logic.

Category management

Category management, also known as commodity management, is a retail and supplier process that manages groups of related products as strategic business units, developed by Brian Harris around 1989.

Category Ventures

Category Ventures is a San Francisco venture capital firm led by founding partner Villi Iltchev, investing at pre-seed and seed stage in enterprise software from a roughly $158 million debut fund.

Caterina di Meo Lippi

Caterina di Meo Lippi, Tuscan orphan identified by Kemp and Pallanti (2017) as Leonardo da Vinci's mother; gave birth April 15, 1452 to Ser Piero's illegitimate son, married Accattabriga, later died in Milan; slave identity disputed by Vecce.

Caterina Sforza

Caterina Sforza (c. 1463–1509) was an Italian ruler who governed Forlì and Imola as regent for her son after the assassination of her husband, Girolamo Riario, in 1488. A daughter of Galeazzo.

Catfishing

Catfishing is creating a false online identity to deceive someone, often romantically; also called romance scamming. Named from the 2010 documentary Catfish; FBI-reported US losses reached about $1 billion in 2021.

Cath Maige Tuired

Cath Maige Tuired, "The Second Battle of Mag Tuired", is a medieval Irish saga of the Mythological Cycle telling how the Tuatha Dé Danann defeated the Fomoire, culminating in Lug killing his grandfather Balor with a sling stone.

Catharina Haynes

Catharina Haynes, born 1963 in Melbourne, Florida, is an American circuit judge on the Fifth Circuit since 2008, appointed by George W. Bush after seven years as a Dallas state district judge.

Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs

Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs (1767–1837), Swedish noblewoman, daughter of Hans Gustaf Hjort af Ornäs, married 1803 Colonel Adrian Hertzenhjelm; accused in 1837 of being imprisoned by him over thirty years at Ramsnäsholm, Dalarna, until her death.

Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (born 2003, The Hague), eldest child of King Willem-Alexander, heir apparent to the Dutch throne since 2013, first Princess of Orange, Council of State member, studies law at Amsterdam.

Catharine A. MacKinnon

Catharine A. MacKinnon (born 1946) is an American feminist legal scholar, Elizabeth A. Long Professor Emerita at Michigan Law and Harvard visiting professor. Pioneered sexual harassment law as sex discrimination, drafted anti-pornography ordinances with Andrea Dworkin, and won Kadic v. Karadzic, recognizing rape as genocide.

Catharine Titi (Κατερίνα Τιτή)

Catharine Titi is a legal scholar and Research Associate Professor at CNRS–CERSA. Her work focuses on international investment law, investor-state dispute settlement, and cultural heritage.

Catharism

Catharism, also known as the Albigensian heresy, was a dualist Christian movement condemned in western Europe between about 1150 and 1350, destroyed by the Albigensian Crusade.

Cathay

Cathay, the medieval European name for China, derives from Khitan, the people who founded the Liao dynasty (907–1125). Survives as Russian Kitay; popularized by Marco Polo; identified with China by Martini.

Cathay Innovation

Cathay Innovation is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 within the Cathay Capital family, investing $5–100 million in Series A, B, and late-stage startups.

Cathedra

A cathedra, also called the episcopal chair, is the chair or throne of a bishop in his cathedral church, from which the church takes its name.

Catherine Austin Fitts

Catherine Austin Fitts is an American former investment banker and HUD official turned financial commentator, known for her Hamilton Securities dispute with HUD and claims about $21 trillion in undocumentable government transactions.

Catherine Bertini

Catherine Bertini, born 1950, is an American public administrator who led the UN World Food Programme from 1992 to 2002 and won the 2003 World Food Prize.

Catherine Blakespear

Catherine Blakespear is an American Democratic politician and California state senator for the 38th district, covering northern San Diego and southern Orange County, elected in 2022 after six years as mayor of Encinitas.

Catherine C. Eagles

Catherine C. Eagles, also known as Catherine Caldwell Eagles, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Catherine Carey

Catherine Carey (Katherine Carey, Catherine Knollys, c. 1524–1569), daughter of Mary Boleyn and William Carey, first cousin of Elizabeth I, Chief Lady of the Bedchamber; her possible paternity by Henry VIII remains debated.

Catherine Chabaud

Catherine Chabaud is a French politician appointed Minister delegate for the Sea and Fisheries in February 2026, whose portfolio includes aid to fishermen facing rising fuel prices.

Catherine Connolly

Catherine Connolly is an Irish politician who is President of Ireland, elected on a campaign in which foreign affairs featured prominently, after serving as deputy speaker of the Dáil.

Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada Democratic senator since 2017 and former two-term Nevada attorney general (2007-2015); first Latina in the US Senate, narrowly reelected in 2022 over Adam Laxalt.

Catherine Crump

Catherine Crump is an American legal scholar and civil liberties litigator specializing in government surveillance and privacy law, and a professor at UC Berkeley School of Law.

Catherine D. Perry

Catherine D. Perry is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994.