Kathleen (given name)

Kathleen is a given name, used in English and Irish-language communities. Sometimes spelled Cathleen, it is an Anglicized form of Caitlín, the Irish form of Cateline, which was the Old French form of Catherine.^[1][2] It ultimately derives from the Greek name Aikaterine, the meaning of which is highly debated (see Katherine).

Literature

• Kathleen Raine, British poetess
• Kathleen Winsor, American author
• The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics, the second poetry collection of William Butler Yeats
• Joanne Kathleen (J.K.) Rowling, British author

Military

• Kathleen Best, director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps
• Kathleen Soliah, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army

Music

• Kathleen Sergerie, Québécoise pop singer
• Kathleen Battle, American soprano
• Kathleen Edwards, Canadian singer-songwriter
• Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna, Dominican-American R&B singer
• Kathleen Ferrier, British contralto, after whom the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Award is named
• Kathleen Hanna, American musician

Peeresses

• Kathleen Pelham-Clinton, Duchess of Newcastle, dog breeder
• Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, the second daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and a sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
• Kathleen Simon, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist
• Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British peer
• Kathleen Manners, Duchess of Rutland

Politics

• Kathleen Blanco, former Governor of Louisiana
• Kathleen Brown, Californian politician
• Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
• Kathleen Lynch (politician), Irish politician
• Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture of the United States
• Kathleen Ollerenshaw, British mathematician and politician
• Kathleen O'Meara, Irish politician
• Kathleen Sebelius, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, former Governor of Kansas
• Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario

Science

• Kathleen Hall Jamieson, American professor of communications
• Kathleen Kenyon, British archaeologist
• Kathleen Lonsdale, British crystallographer
• Kathleen I. Pritchard, head of oncology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto

Sports

• Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete
• Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy, Australian wheelchair basketball player

Television and film

• Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates, American actress
• Kathleen Freeman, American character actress
• Kathleen Harrison, British character actress
• Kathleen Kennedy, movie producer
• Kathleen Noone, American soap opera actress
• Kathleen Quinlan, American actress
• Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress
• Kathleen Turner, American film actress, director, and producer
• Kathy Griffin (born Kathleen Mary Griffin), American comedian, actress, and television personality
• Kate Walsh (born Kathleen Erin Walsh), American actress

Other

• Kathleen O'Toole, police commissioner of Boston, Massachusetts

References

See also

• Caitlín
• Cathleen