Namesakes
American First Ladies:
2 first ladies
Louisa Adams (middle name Catherine) 1825-1829 
Pat Nixon (middle name Catherine) 1969-1974
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actress
(actress) Catherine O'Hara 2020 Schitt's Creek
Fictional Characters from Books:
6 characters, 1 hero
Lady Catherine de Bourgh 1813 Pride and Prejudice
Catherine Bennet 1813 Pride and Prejudice
Catherine Morland 1817 Northanger Abbey
Kate Nickleby 1839 Nicholas Nickleby
Catherine Linton 1847 Wuthering Heights
Catherine Earnshaw 1847 Wuthering Heights
Catherine 1994 Catherine, Called Birdy
Fictional Characters from Television:
5 characters
Cathy Gale 1961 The Avengers
Elyse Keaton (middle name Catherine) 1982 Family Ties
Cate Banfield 1994 ER
Catherine Willows 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Catherine Weaver 2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Hall-of-Famers:
1 ice hockey
(ice hockey) Cammi Granato (a.k.a. Catherine) 2010
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
26 actors, 1 comedian/actor, 1 presenter/actor
Sara Haden (a.k.a. Catherine) 1898-1981
Rosalind Russell (a.k.a. Catherine) 1907-1976
Jo Van Fleet (a.k.a. Catherine) 1915-1996
Kate Harcourt 1927-
Marina Vlady (a.k.a. Catherine) 1938-
Catherine Deneuve 1943-
Catherine Schell 1944-
Catherine Spaak 1945-2022
Catherine Burns 1945-2019
Hayley Mills (middle name Catherine) 1946-
Catherine Hicks 1951-
Katey Sagal 1954-
Catherine Bach 1954-
Catherine O'Hara 1954-
Catherine Keener 1959-
Catherine Oxenberg 1961-
Rebecca Gibney (middle name Catherine) 1964-
Pamela Gidley (middle name Catherine) 1965-2018
Cathy Tyson 1965-
Sarita Choudhury (middle name Catherine) 1966-
Catherine Bell 1968-
Mary McCormack (middle name Catherine) 1969-
Cate Blanchett 1969-
Catherine Zeta-Jones 1969-
Catherine Tate 1969-
Bridget Regan (middle name Catherine) 1982-
Kate Bosworth 1983-
Billie Lourd (middle name Catherine) 1992-
Notable Artists:
1 sculptor/painter
Niki de Saint Phalle (a.k.a. Catherine) 1930-2002
Notable Athletes:
1 ice hockey, 1 tennis, 1 track
(ice hockey) Cammi Granato (a.k.a. Catherine) 1971-
(track) Cathy Freeman 1973-
(tennis) CiCi Bellis (a.k.a. Catherine) 1999-
Notable Musicians:
1 musician, 1 singer
Dusty Springfield (middle name Catherine) 1939-1999
Kate Bush 1958-
Notable Writers:
3 authors
Catherine Cookson 1906-1998
C. L. Moore (a.k.a. Catherine) 1911-1987
Kate Grenville 1950-
Olympic Medalists:
5 bronze, 5 gold, 3 silver, 1 silver/gold
(bronze) Catherine Gibson 1948 swimming - 400 m freestyle
(bronze) Jean Desforges (middle name Catherine) 1952 4x100 m relay
(gold) Catherine Hardy 1952 4x100 m relay
(gold) Cathy Carr 1972 swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(silver) Kathy McMillan 1976 long jump
(gold) Cathy Boswell 1984 basketball
(bronze) Catherine Poirot 1984 swimming - 100 m breaststroke
(bronze) Catherine Plewinski 1988; 1992 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 100 m butterfly
(silver/gold) Cathy Freeman 1996; 2000 400 m
(gold) Catherine Fox 1996 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(silver) Catherine Scott 2000 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Catherine Garceau 2000 synchronized swimming - team
(silver) Catherine Ndereba 2004; 2008 marathon
(gold) Catherine Ward 2010; 2014 ice hockey
Oscar Award Winners:
3 actresses
(actress) Jo Van Fleet (a.k.a. Catherine) 1956 East of Eden
(actress) Catherine Zeta-Jones 2003 Chicago
(actress) Cate Blanchett 2005 The Aviator
Other Royalty:
4 queen consorts, 1 princess
Catherine of Aragon 1509-1533 England
Catherine Howard 1540-1541 England
Catherine Parr 1543-1547 England
Catherine de' Medici 1547-1559 France
Catherine, Princess of Wales 2011- United Kingdom
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
2 musicians
Dusty Springfield (middle name Catherine) 1999
Kate Bush 2023
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars:
2 tsaritsas
Tsaritsa Yekaterina I (a.k.a. Catherine) 1725-1727
Tsaritsa Yekaterina II the Great (a.k.a. Catherine) 1762-1796
Saints:
10 saints, 6 blessed
Saint Catherine of Alexandria 282-307
Saint Katarina of Sweden (a.k.a. Catherine) 1330-1381
Saint Caterina of Siena (a.k.a. Catherine) 1347-1380
Saint Caterina of Bologna (a.k.a. Catherine) 1413-1463
Blessed Caterina of Pallanza (a.k.a. Catherine) 1437-1478
Saint Caterina of Genoa (a.k.a. Catherine) 1477-1510
Blessed Caterina of Racconigi (a.k.a. Catherine) 1486-1547
Saint Caterina de Ricci (a.k.a. Catherine) 1522-1589
Saint Catalina of Palma (a.k.a. Catherine) 1533-1574
Blessed Catherine de Saint-Augustin 1632-1668
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (a.k.a. Catherine) 1656-1680
Blessed Catherine Soiron 1742-1794
Blessed Catherine Jarrige 1754-1836
Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerick (middle name Catherine) 1774-1824
Saint Catherine Labouré 1806-1876
Saint Katharine Drexel (a.k.a. Catherine) 1858-1953
Shakespearian Characters:
2 characters
Katharine (a.k.a. Catherine) Love's Labour's Lost
Queen Katherine (a.k.a. Catherine) Henry VIII