Kathleen (given name)

Kathleen is a female 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). Kathleen was the 8th most popular girls' name in Ireland in 1911,^[3] but by 1965 it had sunk to number 18.^[4]

• Kathleen Raine, British poet
• Kathleen (K.A.) Tucker, Canadian author
• Kathleen Winsor, American author
• The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics (1892), the second poetry collection of William Butler Yeats
• Kathleen Vereecken, Belgian writer
• Kathleen O'Meara, Irish-French Catholic writer
• Kathleen (K. M.) Peyton, British author

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

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

• 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
• Kathleen Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn

• Kathleen Fleur Anderson, British politician, known as Fleur Anderson
• Kathleen Blanco, former Governor of Louisiana
• Kathleen Brown, Californian politician
• Kathalijne Buitenweg, Dutch politician
• Kathleen (Kathy) Hochul, Governor of New York
• Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania Attorney General convicted of felony perjury
• Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
• Kathleen Lynch, Irish politician
• Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture of the United States
• Kathleen Ollerenshaw, British mathematician and politician
• Kathleen O'Meara, Irish politician
• Kathleen Paquette, American politician
• Kathleen Sebelius, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, former Governor of Kansas
• Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario

• Kathleen Fontaine, American physicist and ethicist
• Kathleen Hall Jamieson, American professor of communications
• Kathleen R. Johnson, American paleoclimatologist
• Kathleen Kenyon, British archaeologist
• Kathleen Lamborn, American biostatistician
• Kathleen Culhane Lathbury, was a British biochemist
• Kathleen Lonsdale, British crystallographer
• Kathleen Madden, American mathematician
• Kathleen Martínez, Dominican archaeologist, lawyer, and diplomat
• Kathleen I. Pritchard, Canadian oncologist
• Kathleen Rasmussen, American nutritionist
• Kathleen Treseder, American ecologist

• Kathleen Comley, British Paralympic archer
• Kathleen Dawson (born 1997), Scottish swimmer
• Kathleen Ledecky, American Olympic swimmer
• Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy, Australian wheelchair basketball player
• Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete

• Kathleen Barr, Canadian voice actress
• Kathleen Byron, British actress
• Kathleen Delaney, American voice actress
• Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates, American actress
• Kathleen Freeman, American character actress
• Kate Hackett, American actress (Kathleen Hackett)
• Kathleen Harrison, British character actress
• Kathleen Hepburn, Canadian screenwriter and film director
• Kathleen Herles, American voice actress
• Kathleen Kennedy, movie producer
• Kathleen de Leon Jones, retired Filipina-Australian singer and actress, original member of Hi-5
• Kathleen Madigan, American Stand-up Comedian
• Kathleen McDermott, Scottish actress
• Kathleen Noone, American actress
• Kathleen Quinlan, American actress
• Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress
• Kathleen Turner, American film actress, director, and producer
• Kathleen Warner (born Davis), Trinidadian actress and radio personality, also known as "Aunty Kay"
• Kathleen York, American actress
• Kathy Griffin (born Kathleen Mary Griffin), American comedian, actress, and television personality
• Kate Walsh (born Kathleen Erin Walsh), American actress

• Kat Slater, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders

• Kathleen M. Butler, project manager for the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
• Kathleen Mary Burrow, Australian physiotherapist, businesswoman, Catholic lay leader
• Kathleen O'Toole, police commissioner of Boston, Massachusetts
• Kathleen Salmond, New Zealand artist
• Kathleen Scott, British sculptor
• Kathleen Wrasama, Ethiopian-born British community organiser
• Kathleen Zellner, American attorney

• I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen

• Caitlín
• Cathleen