Famous People with Name Katharine

Katharine Meyer Graham            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Katharine Meyer Graham: 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 led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Her memoir, Personal History, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998.

Katharine Isabelle            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Katharine Isabelle: She was a leading child actor in the 1990s, starring in movies such as Hocus Pocus (1993), Now and Then (1995), and Alaska (1996). Since the 1990s she has moved on to more mature roles, in films such as American Beauty (1999) and Ghost World (2001).Birch was born in Los Angeles, California, the eldest child of Jack Birch and Carol Connors. Both her parents (who have managed her career and remain her managers right up to the present day) were former adult film actors; her mother appeared in the pornographic film Deep Throat.[1] Birch, who has a brother named Bolt Birch, is of Jewish, Nordic, and Italian descent

Katharine Hope McPhee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Katharine Hope McPhee: McPhee was persuaded by Nick Cokas and her parents to try out for American Idol. She auditioned in San Francisco, and sang "God Bless the Child", originally performed by Billie Holiday. Paula Abdul said that McPhee was "absolutely beautiful", Randy Jackson hailed her audition as potentially the best so far that season, and Simon Cowell complimented her for being "current" and her audition being "absolutely fantastic".

Katharine "Kerry" Close            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Katharine "Kerry" Close: was, at the age of 13, the winner of the 79th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. (held from May 31 to June 1, 2006).[1] She correctly spelled the words "kundalini" and "Ursprache" (the winning word) to become the first female to win the spelling bee since 1999. She was also the first to win the title on a prime time telecast, when the final round was aired live on the ABC network. Close received more than $40,000 in prizes from the bee. At age 13, this was her fifth and final competition in the spelling bee.

Katharine Burr Blodgett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Katharine Burr Blodgett: was the first woman to get her Ph.D. in Physics from University of Cambridge in 1926. After receiving her master's degree, she was hired by General Electric, where she invented low-reflectance "invisible" glass.Blodgett was hired by General Electric as a research scientist as soon as she had received her Master's degree in 1920. She was the first female to work as a scientist for General Electric Laboratory in Schenectady, New York. During her research, she often worked with Dr. Langmuir, who had previously worked with her father. Blodgett and Langmuir worked on monomolecular coatings designed to cover surfaces of water, metal, or glass. These special coatings were oily and could be deposited in layers only a few nanometers thick. It wasn’t until the 1930’s that she discovered uses for the coatings, however.