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Kate Ross Kate Ross (1956 - 1998) was an American mystery author who wrote four books set in Regency-era England about dandy Julian Kestrel. The novels in the series are Cut to the Quick (1994), A Broken Vessel (1995), Whom the Gods Love (1996), and The Devil in Music (1998), which received an Agatha Award.
Kate Rusby Kate Rusby (born 1 December 1973) is a folk singer and songwriter from Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. She has headlined various United Kingdom national folk festivals, and is regarded as one of the most famous English folk singers of contemporary times.
Kate Santley Kate Santley (1837 - 1923) was an American-born English actress, singer, comedienne, and theatre manager. Her brother was the English baritone, Sir Charles Santley, famous in Wagner's Flying Dutchman among other roles.
Kate Saunders As a journalist Kate Saunders has had a lengthy career writing for a string of national newspapers and magazines in the UK including The Sunday Times, Sunday Express, Daily Telegraph, She and Cosmopolitan. She has also been a regular contributor with appearances on the Radio 4 programmes Woman's Hour, Start the Week and Kaleidoscope.
Kate Seredy Kate Seredy (10 November 1896 – 7 March 1975) was a Hungarian-born writer of children's books, written in the English language. She moved from Budapest to the United States in 1922 with an art teacher's diploma from Academy of Arts, Budapest.
Kate Sessions Kate (Katherine) Olivia Sessions (November 8, 1857–March 24, 1940) was an American botanist, horticulturalist, and landscape architect closely associated with the city of San Diego, California and known as the "Mother of Balboa Park".
Kate Sharpley Library The Kate Sharpley Library, or KSL, is a library dedicated to anarchist texts and history. Started in 1979 and reorganized in 1991, it currently holds around ten thousand English language volumes, pamphlets and periodicals.
Kate Sheppard Katherine Wilson Sheppard (10 March 1847 – 13 July 1934) was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, and is the country's most famous suffragette. Because New Zealand was the first country to introduce universal suffrage, Sheppard's work had a considerable impact on women's suffrage movements in other countries.
Kate Shortt (musician) Kate Shortt is a pianist, cello player, song writer and comedian. Since training as a professional musician at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama she has performed her cabaret style sets at the Edinburgh Fringe as well as the Hackney Vortex Club, the King's Head Islington, Jermyn Street Theatre and the Covent Garden Festival Club.
Kate Silverton Kate Silverton (born August 4 1970) is an English television presenter, currently presenting BBC Breakfast on weekday mornings alongside Dermot Murnaghan or Bill Turnbull. She is standing in for regular presenter Sian Williams during the period of her maternity leave.
Kate Soper Kate Soper is a British philosopher and the author of and contributor to over a dozen books on feminism and Continental Philosophy, addressing the works of Jean-Paul Sartre, Karl Marx and Simone de Beauvoir, among others. She has also been involved in several environmentalist and peace movements in both the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe and some of her work addresses ecological issues.
Kate Starbird Kate Starbird (born Catherine Evelyn Starbird on July 30, 1975 in West Point, New York) is a professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She currently is with the Indiana Fever team.
Kate Stewart Kate Stewart of Boston, Massachusetts has performed in venues across the United States with various bands (The K8 Stewart Experience, Love Patrol, The X-OT-X, CIN, The Jim Bellemy Band). The bands included members of Ray Charles’ Orchestra, Sprirt, Reflex, Unit 4 Plus 2, The Boxtops, and Christy.
Kate ter Horst Kate ter Horst (July 6 1906, Amsterdam - February 21 1992, Oosterbeek) was a Dutch nurse - later a doctor - who tended wounded and dying Allied soldiers during the Battle of Arnhem. Her British patients nicknamed her the Angel of Arnhem.
Kate Taylor Kate Taylor (born August 15, 1949) is an American folk singer and singer-songwriter, originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where her father was a medical professor at the University of North Carolina.
Kate Todd Kate Todd (born on December 12, 1987 in Barrie, Ontario, Canada) is an actress and musician, most famous for her role as Lily ("Shady Lane") Randall in the Canadian television series, Radio Free Roscoe. She can sing and play guitar, like her character in Radio Free Roscoe.
Kate Trolove Katherine ("Kate") Jill Trolove (born August 4, 1967 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eight position with the National Women's Field Hockey Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She was also a member of the squad that won the bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
Kate Vaiden Kate Vaiden (1986) is a novel by Reynolds Price about a white woman from the American South who, after a teenage pregnancy, abandons her son shortly after giving birth to him and who does not get in touch with him for four decades.
Kate Webster Kate Webster is a broadcast journalist and is currently a news correspondent for ITV Yorkshire's Calendar News, having formally being one of the lead anchor newsreaders on ITV Border's flagship news programme, Lookaround.
Kate Wheeler Kate Wheeler is a Canadian daytime news anchor for CTV Newsnet since February 2001. One of Canada's most respected television journalists, Wheeler began her career at CFTO in Toronto, as a reporter where she would become an anchor the following year and the weekend news anchor in 1990.
Kate White Kate White is the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine and writes the opening section for the magazine every month entitled "Behind the Scenes at Cosmopolitan." She is the author of the best-selling Bailey Weggins mystery novels, for which she has received critical acclaim.
Kate Wilkinson Kate Wilkinson (born October 25, 1916, San Francisco, California; died February 9, 1993, New York, NY) was an actress in the United States, best known for her roles as Viola Stapleton in the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, a role she played from 1976 to 1981, and Clara Hudson on the NBC soap opera Another World, which she played from 1987 to 1989.
Kate Ziegler Kate Ziegler (born June 27, 1988 in Fairfax, Virginia) is a distance swimmer from the United States, who won two golden medals at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal. She is also the second woman in history to break the 16 minute barrier in the 1500 meter freestyle in 15:55.
Katedralskolan Katedralskolan (Swedish; "the Cathedral School") is the name, or part of the name, of several Swedish language schools in Sweden and Finland, each of which traces its origin to a medieval cathedral school or a 17th century gymnasium near a cathedral:
Katedralskolan in Linköping Katedralskolan (literally The Cathedral School), in Linköping, Sweden, is a secondary school which offers Swedish programmes in Social Sciences and Natural Sciences as well as the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme which was started in 2001. The very first class to graduate with IB Diplomas from the school, in 2004, achieved the highest average score in Sweden with 36.
Kateel Kateel is a temple town in the Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, India, about 29 kilometres away from Mangalore. It is considered a holy city in Hinduism; the deity at the temple in Kateel is Durga Parameshwari.
Kategoria superiore The Albanian First Division of football (soccer) was born in 1930 in co-operation with the Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek, EPO). From the next year until now it has been organized by the Albanian Association which was founded in 1931 by EPO.
Katehaki station Katehaki is an Attiko Metro Blue Line (Line 3) station, located at "Katehaki Avenue" and "Mesoghion Avenue". It is close to the Hellenic Ministry of Public Order (Υπουργείο Δημοσίας Τάξης) and also to the Goudi Badminton Olympic Complex.
Katelyn Faber Katelyn Kristine Faber (born June 18, 1985 in Colorado) is a woman who accused NBA star player Kobe Bryant of rape in July 2003. Under the Colorado state rape shield law, her name was not officially disclosed by the court until after the case was dismissed in September 2004.
Kateřina Jacques Kateřina Jacques (born June 2, 1971) is a Czech Green Party politician. She was elected to the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in the June 2006 election, representing the Prague electoral district.
Kateřina Neumannová Kateřina Neumannová (born February 15, 1973 in Písek, Czechoslovakia now Czech Republic) is a Czech cross country skier. She originally did flatwater canoeing and downhill skiing before moving to cross country skiing at sixteen.
Kater's pendulum Kater's pendulum is a reversible pendulum designed and built by Captain Henry Kater in 1817 to measure the acceleration of free fall so that gravity may be calculated without knowledge of the pendulum's centre of gravity and radius of gyration.
Katerfelto Katerfelto was the name of a famous (possibly mythical) stallion that lived on Exmoor in the early nineteenth century. Its name was possibly derived from the quack doctor Gustavus Katterfelto, and it, in turn, lent its name to other horses bred on Exmoor in later years.
Kateri Tekakwitha Kateri Tekakwitha (1656 – April 17, 1680), the daughter of a Mohawk warrior and a Christian Algonquin woman, was born in the Mohawk fortress of Ossernenon near present-day Auriesville, New York. At the age of 4 smallpox swept through Ossernenon, and Tekakwitha was left with unsightly scars and poor eyesight.
Katerina Georgiadou Katerina Georgiadou (Greek: Κατερίνα Γεωργιάδου) is a Greek fashion model who has appeared in numerous fashion magazines and international events. In 2002 she won the title of Miss Hellas (Greek:Miss Ελλάς) at the Miss Star Hellas pageant and went on to represented Miss Greece in the Miss World pageant held in London.
Katerina Manabi Katerina Manabi (Greek:Κατερίνα Μανάβη), is a fashion model in Greece, her face appearing on the covers of numerious fashion magazines and fashion events. She is currently being represented by Image Management.
Katerina Michalopoulou Katerina Michalopoulou, in Greek: Κατερίνα Μιχαλοπούλου, was the winner of the B Miss Hellas (Greek: Β Μις Ελλάς) in the Miss Star Hellas Pageant in 1991. She went on to compete in Dakar, Senegal for the 1991 Miss Europe beauty pageant and came in 1st runner up.
Katerina Moutsatsou Born 1972 in Monterey, CA, USA, multi-talented Greek actress Katerina Moutsatsou (alias Katerina Muchachos or Katerina Moutsatsos) studied in Paris and gratuated from PARIS III- SORBONNE UNIVERSITY. She holds a MAITRISE in "THEATER ARTS AND ACTING" and a D.
Katerina Stikoudi Katerina Stikoudi also spelled Aikaterini Stikoudi, (Greek: Κατερίνα Στικούδη) born 1986 in Komotini, in 2005 she won the title Miss Hellas (Greek:Miss Ελλάς) at the Miss Star Hellas pageant and had the chance to represented Greece at the Miss World pageant. Aside from beauty pageants and modeling Katerina is a children's swimming instructor and has a medical degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School in Thessaloniki.
Katerina Vasilivna Bilokur Katerina Vasilivna Bilokur (born December 7, 1900 in the area currently known as Kiev Oblast; died 1961) was a Ukrainian folk artist. After an unpromising start, her works became known in the late 1930s and 1940s for their interest in nature.
Kateryna Yushchenko Kateryna Mykhaylivna Yushchenko (, born September 1, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois; maiden name: Chumachenko; father: Mikhailo (1917-1998); mother: Sofia (1927-)) is the current and second wife of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. She is a Ukrainian-American and a former official with the U.
Kath Day-Knight Kathleen Darleen Day-Knight is a fictional character featured in the Australian television series, Kath & Kim. Kath spends most of her time doing housework, being supportive of her husband and daughter's second best friend, and disciplining her self absorbed, lazy and ever complaining 24 and five-quarter year old daughter, Kim Craig.
Kathaleeya McIntosh Kathaleeya McIntosh (Thai: คัทลียา แมคอินทอช) (also known as Mam) (born November 10, 1972 in Bangkok, Thailand), is a Thai actress and a television host in a popular talkshow, Samakhom Chomdao. She was the lead actress in many Thai lakorns in the 1990s-2000s including Wanjai Thailand (“Sweet Darling of Thailand”), Khwamsongcham Mai Hua Jai Derm (“New Memory but Same Old Heart”), and Yak Yud Tawan Wai Thi Plai Fa (“Yearning to Stop the Sun at the Horizon”).
Kathalijne Buitenweg Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (born 27 March 1970 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Green Left, which is part of the European Greens, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
Katharevousa Katharevousa (, ) is a form of the Greek language, created during the early 19th century by Adamantios Korais (1748-1833). A graduate of the university of Montpellier in 1788, Korais spent most of his life as an expatriate in Paris.
Katharina Mann Katharina "Katia" Hedwig Mann-Pringsheim (July 24, 1883–April 25, 1980) was the youngest child and only daughter (among four sons) of the Jewish mathematician and artist Alfred Pringsheim and his wife Hedwig Dohm Pringsheim, who was an actress in Berlin before her marriage. Katia was also a granddaughter of the writer and women's right activist Hedwig Dohm.
Katharina von Bora Katharina (Katherine) von Bora (January 29, 1499 - December 20, 1552) was a German Catholic nun who became the wife of Martin Luther, the leader of the Protestant Reformation, who often fondly called her "my Lord Katie." Very little is known about her beyond what is found in the writings of Luther himself and some of his contemporaries.
Katharine Anthony Katharine Susan Anthony (Sometimes also spelled Katherine) (27 November 1877, Roseville, Logan County, Arkansas - 20 November 1965, New York City) was an US biographer best known for "The Lambs" (1945), a controversial study of the British writers Charles and Mary Lamb.
Katharine Blake Katharine Blake (born 1970) is a British singer, songwriter and musician originally from London. She was the lead singer of Miranda Sex Garden, and is a founding member, singer and musical director of the musical group the Mediaeval Baebes.
Katharine Burdekin Katharine Burdekin (born Katharine Penelope Cade) (1896-1963) was a British novelist who wrote speculative fiction dealing with political, social, and spiritual issues. She was the sister of Rowena Cade, creator of the Minack Theatre in Cornwall.
Katharine Bushnell Katharine Bushnell (born Sophia Caroline Bushnell) (February 5, 1856 - January 26, 1946) was a Christian writer, missionary doctor to China, and social activist. Of particular interest to her was the status of women in the Bible which she believed had been mistranslated and misinterpreted and was a forerunner of feminist theology.
Katharine Felton Katharine Conway “Kitty” Felton (1873 - 1940) is a name that became synonymous with social work for her innovative reforms over the 40 years of her tenure as head of Associated Charities in San Francisco beginning at the turn of the 19th century.
Katharine Graham Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 – July 17, 2001) was an American publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, for more than two decades, overseeing its most famous period, the Watergate coverage that eventually lead to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
Katharine Gun Katharine Teresa Gun (born Katharine Teresa Harwood in 1974) is a former translator for Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a British intelligence agency. In 2003, she became publicly known for leaking top-secret information to the press concerning alleged illegal activities by the United States and the United Kingdom in their push for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Katharine Holabird Katharine Holabird (born January 23 1948, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American-born, British-based children's writer, best known for creating the popular adventures of Angelina Ballerina, the ballet-dancing mouse.
Katharine Jeanette Bush Katharine Jeanette Bush (1855-1937) was an American zoölogist. She was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and was educated in the public and private schools of New Haven, Connecticut She was the first woman to receive a Ph.
Katharine Lady Berkeley's School Katharine Lady Berkeley's School is a state comprehensive school near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire for ages eleven to 18. It was founded in 1384 and is therefore one of the oldest surviving schools in England.
Katharine Macmillan, Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden Katharine Macmillan, Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden, DBE (born as The Honourable Katharine Margaret Alice Ormsby-Gore on 4 January 1921) is the daughter of the 4th Baron Harlech and grand-daughter of the 4th Marquess of Salisbury.
Katharine Merry Katharine Merry (born September 21, 1974 at Dunchurch near Rugby, England) is a British female sprinter, who is most notable for winning an Olympic bronze medal for the 400 metre sprint at the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, Australia.
Katharine O'Shea Katharine O'Shea, also known as Katie O'Shea, Kitty O'Shea or following her second marriage Katharine Parnell (1845–5 February 1921) was an English woman whose relationship over many years with Charles Stewart Parnell eventually caused his political downfall.
Katharine Sergeant Angell White Katharine Sergeant Angell White (September 17, 1892 – July 20, 1977) was a writer and the fiction editor for The New Yorker magazine. In her obituary, printed in The New Yorker in 1977, William Shawn wrote that "More than any other editor except Harold Ross himself, Katharine White gave The New Yorker its shape, and set it on its course.
Katharine Tynan Katharine Tynan (January 23, 1861–April 2 1931) was a prolific Irish-born writer, known mainly for her novels and poetry. After her marriage in 1898 to the writer and barrister Henry Albert Hinkson (1865–1919) she usually wrote under the name Katharine Tynan Hinkson (or Katharine Tynan-Hinkson or Katharine Hinkson-Tynan).
Katharine Whitehorn Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn (born 1926) is a very quotable British journalist, writer, and columnist known for her wit and humor and as a keen observer of women in their times. She was educated at Roedean School, Brighton and Newnham College, Cambridge.
Katharine, The Duchess of Kent The Duchess of Kent (Katharine Lucy Mary Windsor; born Worsley, 22 February 1933) is a member of the British Royal Family, the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a grandson of King George V and cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
Katharsis: A Fact-Based Account of Alternate History Katharsis : A Fact-Based Account of Alternate History is a comic book-manga written by Michael Westerman and published by Americanime Productions in early 2006. The story blends factual history with fiction, involving dark magic and eugenic engineering, demons and politics.
Kathavatthu Kathavatthu (Pāli), literally "Points of Controversy", is one of the seven books in the Theravada Abhidhamma Pitaka. According to tradition, this work was compiled by the venerable Moggaliputta Tissa in his role as leader of the Third Council, which took place sometime in the 3rd Century BCE.
Kathem Al Saher Kadim Al Sahir (Arabic:كاظم الساهر), or Kazem Al Saher, (born on September 12, 1961 in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq) has established himself as one of the biggest singer in the Arab World, having sold more than 30 million albums since the start of his career. Ranging from big romantic ballads to more political work, from pop to Arab classical, he's covered the spectrum of music with the kind of success not seen since the heyday of Umm Kalthum.
Katherine Katherine is a given name for a female, derived from the Greek name Αικατερίνη (Aikaterinē), of debated origin and meaning. Katharine is an alternative form, more popular in the United States than in Britain, altered by folk etymology to resemble the Greek word katharos, "pure".
Katherine (novel) Anya Seton's Katherine is a historical novel based largely on facts. It tells the story of the historically-important love affair between the titular Katherine and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and son of King Edward III.
Katherine Albrecht Katherine Albrecht is an American Harvard doctoral candidate and the founder of CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering), a national consumer organization created in 1999 to educate consumer-citizens about shopper surveillance. She is a consumer privacy advocate and anti-RFID spokesperson.
Katherine Anne Porter Katherine Anne Porter (15 May 1890 – 18 September 1980) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. She is known for her penetrating insight; her works deal with dark themes such as betrayal, death and the origin of human evil.
Katherine Bailess Katherine Bailess (b. April 24, 1980 in Vicksburg, Mississippi) is an American actress best known for playing the role of Erica Marsh on the CW's hit show One Tree Hill, and Life and Death Brigade member Stephanie on Gilmore Girls.
Katherine Blodgett Katharine Blodgett,Born in Schenectady, NY (1898 – 1979) was the first female scientist hired at General Electric's research lab in 1917, where she assisted Irving Langmuir in his work with monomolecular coatings. Blodgett developed a practical application of Langmuir's theories, adding layers of these compounds to glass to cut reflected glare.
Katherine Bond Katherine Grace Bond (born 10 February 1963) is a writer from Duvall, Washington. She is the author of the children's book Legend of the Valentine and two collections of poetry: Yielding to Calliope and The Sudden Drown of Knowing.
Katherine Canavan Katherine Canavan is the current United States Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana. She is the former Director of the Foreign Service Institute (2001-2005), former Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, and former Managing Director of Overseas Citizen Services (OCS) in the Bureau of Consular Affairs.
Katherine Carr Katherine Fox Carr is an American politician from Indiana, who has ran as the Democratic candidate for Congress from the 5th congressional district in Indiana for the past three election cycles. She lost the 2006 race by just over 60,000 votes compaired to losing by well over 85,000 votes in the 2002 midterm election.
Katherine Delmar Burke School Katherine Delmar Burke School, also called KDBS, was founded in 1908 and was named after Katherine Burke. The school was formerly named Miss Burke's School and included a high school which is now known as San Francisco University High School.
Katherine Dunham Company The Katherine Dunham Company, a troupe of dancers, singers, actors and musicians, was the first African American modern dance company. It descended from Ballet Negre, a student troupe founded by Katherine Dunham, which later became the Negro Dance Troupe.
Katherine FitzGerald, Countess of Desmond Katherine FitzGerald, Countess of Desmond (died 1604) was a noblewoman of the Anglo-Norman FitzGerald dynasty in Ireland and was referred to as "the old Countess of Desmond", owing to her longevity. She lived during the Tudor period (from the late 15th to the early 17th centuries), and achieved fame through certain well-known English writers (including Sir Walter Raleigh), who variously estimated her age at death at 140 years, and in excess of 120 years.
Katherine G. Langley Katherine Gudger Langley (14 February 1888—15 August 1948) was an American politician. Langley was member of United States House of Representatives from Kentucky during the Seventieth and Seventy-first sessions of Congress.
Katherine Hanley Katherine Hanley is currently Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia. She was appointed to that post in 2006 by Governor Tim Kaine following the Virginia General Assembly's rejection of his first nominee, state AFL-CIO President Daniel G.
Katherine Hanson Katherine Hanson is a prominent feminist in the United States, who has accomplished much for her cause. In the 1990s, she was the head of an organization known as the Women's Educational Equity Act Publishing Center, which was known for producing educational material for American schools that was considered by the organization to be 'gender-fair' (meaning non-biased towards men).
Katherine Harris Katherine Harris (born April 5, 1957, Key West, Florida) is a Republican Florida politician. Harris served as Secretary of State of Florida, gaining national attention for her role in validating Florida's votes in the 2000 U.
Katherine Chancellor Katherine 'Kay' Shepard Reynolds Chancellor Thurston Sterling Sterling is a fictional character on CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. Kay is one of the only two original characters remaining from the show's early years (along with Jill Foster Abbott).
Katherine Chronis Katherine Chronis is an American performance artist who initiated the The Get Naked Project in August 2000. This involves her appearing naked in public throughout America and documenting these appearances with a series of photographs.
Katherine Knight Katherine Mary Knight (born 1956) is the first Australian woman to be jailed for the term of her natural life. She was convicted in October 2001 of the murder of her de facto husband, John Charles Thomas Price (born 1956), and is currently detained in Mulawa Correctional Centre.
Katherine Lady Berkeley's School Katharine Lady Berkeley's School is a state comprehensive school near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire for ages five to 18. It was founded in 1384 and is therefore one of the oldest surviving schools in England.
Katherine Lanpher Katherine Lanpher, born May 27, 1959, was until recently a talk radio personality, and previously an award-winning journalist and newspaper columnist for the Saint Paul Pioneer-Press. Her career includes internships with the Muskegon Chronicle, the Detroit Free Press and the Chicago Sun-Times, where she danced her way through an investigation of dance studios.
Katherine Lester Katherine R. Lester (born June 21, 1989), is an American from Gilford, Michigan who took an unauthorized trip to the Middle East in June, 2006, to meet Abdullah Jinzawi, a resident of Jericho who she met on MySpace.
Katherine MacLean Katherine Anne MacLean (born January 22, 1925) is an American science fiction author best known for her short stories of the 1950s which examined the impact of technological advances on individuals and society.
Katherine McClure Katherine McClure (born in Canada on April 16, 1981) was the 2005 Miss Earth Canada, and won the Miss Friendship title at the International competition in Manila, Philippines that year. Best known as Katie, this young lady began her pageantry career with the Miss Canada International pageant where she also won the coveted congeniality title.
Katherine Plunket Katherine Plunkett (November 22, 1820–October 14, 1932) was the oldest person in Irish history, and was thought to be, at the time, the oldest person in England too, though further reasearch revealed that Ada Rowe was older by 12 days. She was also the last person to die who saw Sir Walter Scott alive.
Katherine Prudhomme Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien (born on August 19, 1970 in Massachusetts, USA) is a conservative political activist, a New Hampshire home-schooling mother, and a Library Trustee for Derry, New Hampshire. She was the first female graduate of her trade high school's machinist program, and grew up to take a strong interest in politics.
Katherine Sophie Dreier Katherine Sophie Dreier (September 10, 1877 – March 29, 1952) was an artist and a patron of the arts. Her paintings were abstract with spiritual emphasis, and she was a member of the Abstraction-Création group.
Katherine Stinson Katherine Stinson (February 14, 1891, in Fort Payne, Alabama– July 8, 1977, in Santa Fe, New Mexico). She was the fourth woman in the United States to obtain a pilot's certificate, which she earned on July 24, 1912, at the age of 21.
Katherine VanderKaay Katherine VanderKaay (Katie VanderKaay) is the author of Girls Interrupted: Profiles of Female Palestinian Suicide Bombers, and a contributing author to "Terror in the Holy Land," a highly-acclaimed new work on the subject the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her work has been cited by the US State Department, and she was a guest presenter at the 2005 National Convention of the American Psychological Association.
Katherine Warren Katherine Warren (July 12, 1905 - July 17, 1965) was a film and television actress. She appeared in over 30 films and dozens of television programs including the films Jailhouse Rock, The Glenn Miller Story and The Caine Mutiny.
Katherine, Northern Territory Katherine () is a town with a population of around 10,000 situated 320 km southeast of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the third largest settlement in the territory after the capital Darwin and Alice Springs.
Katheryn of Berain Katheryn of Berain (Welsh, Catrin o Ferain) (1534–27 August 1591), sometimes called Mam Cymru ("mother of Wales") was a Welsh noblewoman noted for her four marriages and her extensive network of descendants and relations.
Kathiawar Kathiawar or Kathiawad (Gujarati: કાઠીયાવાડ ; ) is a peninsula in western India. It is part of Gujarat state, bounded on the north by the great wetland of the Rann of Kutch, on the northwest by the Gulf of Kutch, on the west and south by the Arabian Sea, and on the southeast and east by the Gulf of Cambay.

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