Caterina is a feminine given name which is an Italian form of the name Katherine.^[1] Notable people with the name include:

In music:

• Caterina Assandra, Italian composer and Benedictine nun
• Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and folk music historian
• Caterina Caselli, Italian singer and music producer
• Caterina Cavalieri, Austrian soprano
• Caterina Jarboro, pioneering African American opera singer
• Caterina Valente, French-born singer and dancer

In education:

• Caterina Mieras, teacher at the Teacher Training School of the Balearic Islands

In acting:

• Caterina Murino, Italian actress
• Caterina Scorsone, Canadian actress

In sports:

• Kateřina Baďurová, Czech pole vaulter
• Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player

In other fields:

• Caterina Appiani, lady of Piombino
• Caterina Consani, Italian mathematician
• Caterina dei Virgi, aristocratic Bolognese woman raised in the court of Bologna
• Caterina Fake, American businesswoman and entrepreneur
• Caterina Sforza, countess of Forlì

In literature:

• Caterina "Hornet" Grimani, character in Cornelia Funke's novel The Thief Lord

Songs about people named Caterina

• "Caterina" by Perry Como, 1962
• "Aman Caterina mou" by Haris Alexiou
• "Caterina Caterinaki" by Michalis Rakintzis
• "Pame gia ypno Caterina" by Giannis Poulopoulos
• "Vgainei i Caterina" by Aliki Vougiouklaki and Lavrentis Dianellos
• "Aummo Aummo" by Renzo Arbore

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