Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 hero
Karen Memery 2015 Karen Memory 
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
1 character
(character) Karen 2005 Karen
Fictional Characters from Television:
9 characters
Karen Spencer 1987 The Bold and the Beautiful
Karen Arnold 1988 The Wonder Years
Karen Foster 1991 Step by Step
Rachel Green (middle name Karen) 1994 Friends
Karen Walker 1998 Will & Grace
Karen Sammler 1999 Once and Again
Karen Hayes 2001 24
Karen McCluskey 2004 Desperate Housewives
Karen Darling 2007 Dirty Sexy Money
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms:
4 storms, 2 hurricanes
Storm Karen 1989
Storm Karen 1995
Hurricane Karen 2001
Hurricane Karen 2007
Storm Karen 2013
Storm Karen 2019
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
10 actors
Karen Morley 1909-2003
Karen Black 1939-2013
Floella Benjamin (middle name Karen) 1949-
Karen Allen 1951-
Karen Dotrice 1955-
Julie White (middle name Karen) 1961-
Karen David 1979-
Karen Gillan 1987-
Lucy Hale (a.k.a. Karen) 1989-
Karen Fukuhara 1992-
Notable Athletes:
1 tennis
(tennis) Karen Khachanov 1996-
Notable Musicians:
3 singers
Karen Carpenter 1950-1983
Lil' Mo (middle name Karen) 1978-
Karen David 1979-
Notable Writers:
1 author, 1 author/poet
Karen Blixen 1885-1962
Louise Erdrich (a.k.a. Karen) 1954-
Olympic Medalists:
3 bronze, 3 silver, 1 gold, 1 gold/silver, 1 silver/gold
(gold/silver) Karen Harup 1948 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Karen Moras 1968 swimming - 400 m freestyle
(gold) Karen Patricia Moe 1972 swimming - 200 m butterfly
(silver) Karen Phillips 1984 swimming - 200 m butterfly
(silver/gold) Karen Josephson 1988; 1992 synchronized swimming - duet
(bronze) Karen Forkel 1992 javelin throw
(silver) Karen Fonteyne 1996 synchronized swimming - team
(silver) Karen Clark 1996 synchronized swimming - team
(bronze) Ilisaine David (middle name Karen) 2000 basketball
Other Leaders:
1 prime minister
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan 2016-2018 Armenia
Pulitzer Award Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Louise Erdrich (a.k.a. Karen) 2021 The Night Watchman