In literature •
Kate Atkinson (born 1951), English author •
Kate Atkinson Bell (1907–2003), American educator •
Kate Langley Bosher (18651932), American novelist from Virginia •
Kate Cann (born 1954), English journalist and author •
Kate Chopin (18501904), American author •
Kate DiCamillo (born 1964), American children's author •
Kate Elliott (born 1958), pen name of American fantasy and science fiction writer Alis A. Rasmussen •
Kate Field (18381896), American journalist and actress •
Kate Greenaway (18461901), English author •
Kate E. Griswold (18601923), American editor, publisher, proprietor •
Kate Simpson Hayes (18561945), Canadian writer, teacher, milliner, legislative librarian •
Kate McCulley (born 1984) American travel blogger •
Kate McMullan (born 1947), American author of children's books •
Kate Millett (19342017), American feminist writer and activist •
Kate Mosse (born 1961), English author and broadcaster •
Kate Hevner Mueller (1898–1984), American psychologist and educator • •
Kate O'Brien (18971974), Irish novelist •
Kate Rushin (born 1951), American, Black lesbian poet •
Kate Sanborn (18391917), American author, teacher, lecturer •
Kate Seelye, American journalist specializing in coverage of the Middle East •
Kate Brownlee Sherwood (18411914), American poet, journalist, translator •
Kate Stone (18411907), American diarist •
Kate L. Turabian (18931987), American non-fiction writer and educator •
Kate Brew Vaughn (18731933), American author •
Kate Vitasek (born 1968), American author and educator •
Kate Walker (born 1950), popular British romance writer •
Kate Douglas Wiggin (18561923), American educator, author of children's stories
In music •
Kate Alexa (born 1988), Australian singer •
Kate Bush (born 1958), English singer-songwriter •
Kate Calvin (18561936), American academic, first music professor at Montana State College •
Kate Ceberano (born 1966), Australian jazz singer • Kate Coppola, one half of American country music duo
Kate & Kacey •
Kate DeAraugo (born 1985), Australian singer-songwriter and talent show contestant •
Kate Guldbrandsen (born 1965), Norwegian singer •
Kate Hall (born 1983), Danish and English singer •
Kate Havnevik (born 1975), Norwegian singer-songwriter •
Kate Maberly (born 1982), English singer-songwriter and actress •
Kate Markowitz (born 1956), American singer-songwriter and backup singer •
Kate McGarrigle (19462010), Canadian folk music singer-songwriter •
Kate Miller-Heidke (born 1981), Australian singer-songwriter and actress •
Moonshine Kate (19091992), American country and folk guitarist and banjo player •
Kate Nash (born 1987), English singer-songwriter •
Kate Pierson (born 1948), American singer and musician •
Kate Ryan (born 1980), Belgian singer-songwriter •
Kate Rusby (born 1973), English folk singer-songwriter •
Kate Smith (19071986), American singer •
Kate Taylor (born 1949), American singer and songwriter •
Kate Tunstall (known as KT Tunstall) (born 1975), Scottish singer-songwriter •
Kate Voegele (born 1986), American singer-songwriter and actress •
Kate Wolf (19421986), American folk singer-songwriter
In sport and athletics •
Kate Achter, American basketball coach •
Katie Allen (field hockey) (born 1974), Australian Olympic field hockey player •
Kate Allen (triathlete) (born 1970), Australian triathlete •
Kate Allenby (born 1974), British Modern Pentathlete •
Kate Delson (born 2005), American para-snowboarder •
Kate Fagan (born 1981), American sports reporter • •
Kate Foster, (born 1985) British Olympic snowboarder •
Kate Gaze (born 1990), Australian basketball player •
Kate Gillou (18871964), French Olympic tennis player •
Kate Gray (born 2006), American freestyle skier •
Kate Hall (born 1997), American track & field athlete known for long jump and sprint •
Kate Horne (born 1954), Canadian curler •
Kate Howarth (soccer) (born 1991), American soccer player •
Kate Howey (born 1973), English judoka •
Kate Hwang (born 1980), American para athlete •
Kate Jobson (born 1937), Swedish swimmer •
Kate Kelly (camogie), Wexford camogie (a hurling variant) player •
Kate Koval (born 2006) Ukrainian basketball player •
Kate Krēsliņa (born 1996), Latvian basketball player •
Kate Ludik (born 1993), Mauritian badminton player •
Kate Markgraf (born 1976), American soccer player •
Kate Martin (born 2000), American basketball player •
Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe (born 1979), New Zealand basketball player •
Kate Pace (born 1969), Canadian alpine skier •
Kate Reed (born 1982), British long-distance runner •
Kate Reilly (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player •
Kate Richardson (gymnast) (born 1984), Canadian artistic gymnast •
Kate Richardson-Walsh (born 1980), Olympic Medal winning English field hockey player •
Kate Sanderson (born 2000), Canadian Olympic swimmer •
Kate Shoemaker (born 1987), American Paralympic equestrian •
Kate Starre (born 1971), Australian field hockey player •
Kate Wilson-Smith (born 1979), Australian badminton player
In film, television and stage •
Kate Adie (born 1945), English television news correspondent •
Kate Arnell (born 1983), British children's TV presenter •
Kate Atkinson (actress) (born 1972), Australian actress •
Kate Beckinsale (born 1973), English actress •
Kate Beirness (born 1984), Canadian television sportscaster •
Kate Bell (Australian actress) (born 1983), Australian actress in film and television •
Kate Bell (British actress) (born 1981), British actress, known for her role in the television series
Grange Hill •
Kate Berlant (born 1987), American comedian and actress •
Kate Bolduan (born 1983), American journalist and news anchor •
Kate Bosworth (born 1983), American actress •
Kate Box (born 1979), Australian actress •
Kate Bristol (born 1990), American voice actress •
Kate Burton (actress) (born 1957), British-American actress •
Kate Capshaw (born 1953), American actress •
Kate del Castillo (born 1972), Mexican actress •
Kate Cayley, Canadian writer and theatre director •
Kate Copstick, Scottish actress and director •
Kate Fleming (1965–2006), American actress •
Kate Garraway (born 1967), English television and radio presenter •
Kate Gerbeau (born 1968), English television presenter and newsreader •
Kate Gosselin (born 1975), American television personality •
Kate Hackett, American actress •
Kate Hall, American television soap opera writer •
Kate Harrington (19021978), American actress •
Kate Hennig (born 1961 or 1962), Canadian actress and playwright •
Kate Henshaw (born 1961), Nigerian actress •
Kate Hewlett (born 1976), Canadian actress •
Kate Horn (1826–1896), Canadian stage actress and director •
Kate Hudson (born 1979), American actress •
Kate Humble (born 1968), British television presenter •
Kate Isitt, English actress •
Kate Jackson (born 1948), American actress •
Catherine Kamau (born 1987), Kenyan award-winning actress popularly known as "Kate Actress" •
Kate Lawler (born 1980), English television presenter and Big Brother winner •
Kate Lonergan (born 1962), English actress •
Kate Lushington, Canadian theatre artist and teacher •
Kate Mara (born 1983), American actress •
Kate McCartney (born 1979 or 1980), Australian comedian, actress, and producer, one of
the Kates, with Kate McLennan •
Kate McKinnon (born 1984), American actress and comedian •
Kate McLennan (born c.1980), Australian comedian, actress, and producer •
Kate Micucci (born 1980), American actress, comedian and musician •
Kate Mulgrew (born 1955), American actress •
Kate O'Mara (19392014), English actress •
Kate Phillips (born 1989), English actress •
Kate Ritchie (born 1978), Australian actress and radio personality •
Kate Smith (presenter), Northern Irish journalist and television presenter •
Kate Steinberg, American internet and television personality •
Kate Sullivan (born 1976), American television show host and anchor •
Kate Thornton (born 1973), English journalist and television presenter •
Kate Todd (born 1987), Canadian actress •
Kate Tsui (born 1979), Hong Kong actress •
Kate Valdez (born 2000), Filipino actress •
Kate Vernon (born 1961), Canadian actress •
Kate Walsh (actress) (born 1967), American actress •
Kate Walsh (businesswoman) (born 1981), British television presenter •
Kate Winslet (born 1975), English actress
In politics •
Katie Allen (politician) (1966–2025), Australian politician •
Kate Allsop, British politician •
Kate Bell (trade unionist), British trade unionist and Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress •
Kate Brandt, first American Chief Sustainability Officer •
Kate Brown (born 1960), American politician and attorney •
Kate Dearden, British politician •
Kate Foster (diplomat), British diplomat and ambassador •
Kate Gallego (born 1981), American mayor of Phoenix Arizona •
Kate Hoey (born 1946), British politician •
Kate Kelly (politician), Idaho state senator •
Kate Kelly (feminist) (born 1980), Washington, D.C. lawyer, and founder of Ordain Women •
Kate Knuth (born 1981), American Politician in Minnesota •
Kate Lewis, Grenadian politician •
Kate Middleton (born 1982), wife of William, Prince of Wales; now Catherine, Princess of Wales •
Kate Nicholl (born 1988), Northern Irish politician MLA and previous Lord Mayor of Belfast •
Kate O'Beirne (19492017), American conservative journalist and political commentator •
Kate Obenshain (born 1968), American journalist and conservative political commentator •
Kate Osamor (born 1968), British Labour Party politician •
Käte Selbmann (1906–1962), German teacher and politician •
Käte Strobel (19071996), German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) •
Kate Warner (born 1948), Australian politician •
Kate Elman Wilcott, Canadian politician
In fashion •
Kate Bartholomew (1868–1951), American hat designer •
Kate Grigorieva (born 1988), Russian supermodel •
Kate Moss (born 1974), English supermodel •
Kate Spade (19622018), American fashion designer and businesswoman •
Kate Upton (born 1992), American actress and model
In science •
Kate Allstadt, Geologist, seismologist of Pacific Northwest geologic hazards •
Kate Ervine, Canadian political scientist •
Kate Fenchel (19051983), German born Jewish mathematician •
Kate Duval Hughes (born 1837), American inventor and author •
Kate Hutton American seismologist based in California, nicknamed Earthquake Kate •
Kate Marvel, American climate scientist •
Kate Pickett (born 1965), British Professor of Epidemiology at the
University of York •
Kate Sessions (18571940), American botanist, horticulturalist, and landscape architect associated with San Diego •
Kate Yeo (born 2001), youth climate activist from Singapore.
Other •
Kate Allen (Amnesty International) (born 1955), director of Amnesty International UK •
Kate Walker Behan (1851–1918), American club leader and philanthropist •
Kate Bell (businesswoman), British businesswoman •
Big Nose Kate (18501940), Hungarian-born prostitute and longtime companion and common-law wife of Old West gunfighter Doc Holliday, born Mary Katherine Horony •
Kate Bisschop-Swift (18341928), Dutch painter •
Kate Booth (18581955), English Salvationist and evangelist, eldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth •
Kate Burton (aid worker) (born 1981), British aid worker who was kidnapped and released in the Gaza Strip in 2005 •
Kate Bushell (1983–1997), English murder victim •
Kate Fay, New Zealand chef and food writer based in
Auckland •
Kate M. Fox American lawyer, chief justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court •
Kate M. Gordon (18611932), American suffragist •
Kate Hall (18611918) British museum curator •
Kate Kelly (journalist) (born 1975), American journalist •
Kate Kelly (outlaw) (18631898), sister of outlaw Ned Kelly •
Kate Kelly (sculptor) (18821964), American-Hawaiian sculptor •
Kate Manicom (1893–1937), British suffragette and trade unionist •
Kate Nicholas (born 1991), Dog trainer and talent show contestant •
Kate Perugini (18391929), English painter •
Kate Serokolo, South African anti-apartheid activist •
Kate Sheppard (18481934), New Zealand suffragist •
Kate Steinitz (18891975), artist and scholar known as "the Mama of Dada" •
Kate Stoneman (18411925), American suffragist and lawyer •
Kate Tyrrell (18631921), Irish sea captain and owner of a shipping company •
Katie Walker (born 1969), British furniture designer •
Kate Warne (18331868), first female detective in the US ==Fictional characters==