Katia
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Katia is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Katya
Katya
Katya is a feminine given name. It is a very popular name in Russia. It is a Russian diminutive form of Yekaterina, which is a Russian form of Katherine. The name is sometimes used as an independent given name in the English-speaking world. In German, Dutch and Scandinavian languages it is spelled...

. Katia may refer to the following people:

In music:
  • Katia and Marielle Labèque
    Katia and Marielle Labèque
    The French sisters Labèque, Katia and Marielle , form an internationally known piano duo. They have performed and recorded most of the repertoire for two pianos, spanning the instrumental, chamber, and concerto genres encompassing musical periods from Baroque through contemporary.Katia and...

    , famous piano duo
  • Katia Ricciarelli
    Katia Ricciarelli
    -Biography:Born at Rovigo, Veneto, to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years when she studied music.She studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as Mimì in La bohème in Mantua in 1969,...

    , Italian soprano


In modelling:
  • Katia Corriveau, Canadian model
  • Katia Zygouli
    Katia Zygouli
    Ekaterini Zygouli , born July 4, 1978, is a Greek fashion model and occasional actress.-Career:Zygouli is considered as one of the highest-paid Greek models...

    , Greek supermodel


In sports:
  • Katia Benth
    Katia Benth
    Katia Benth is a retired sprinting athlete from French Guyana, who represented France in the international competitions.-Achievements:-References:...

    , French sprinting athlete
  • Kátia Cilene Teixeira da Silva
    Kátia Cilene Teixeira da Silva
    Kátia Cilene Teixeira da Silva , known simply as Kátia is a female Brazilian footballer.-Career:...

    , Brazilian female football (soccer) player
  • Kátia Lopes
    Kátia Lopes
    Kátia Andréia Caldeira Fonseca is a female volleyball player. She competed for Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There, she won the bronze medal with the Women's National Team.-References:...

    , Brazilian volleyball player
  • Katia Pisetsky
    Katia Pisetsky
    Katerina Yevgenyevna "Katia" Pisetsky is an Israeli rhythmic gymnast.-Biography:She is Jewish, and started rhythmic gymnastics at age 6 in Zaporozhie, after her parents enrolled her...

    , Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast born in the Ukraine
  • Katia Zini
    Katia Zini
    Katia Zini is an Italian short track speed skater who won bronze in the 3000m relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She also skated in the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics. She is a cousin of speed skater Mara Zini who was on the same medal winning relay.-References:...

    , Italian short track speed skater


In other fields:
  • Katia and Maurice Krafft
    Katia and Maurice Krafft
    Katia Krafft and her husband, Maurice Krafft were French volcanologists who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen, in Japan, on June 3, 1991. The Kraffts were known for being pioneers in filming, photographing and recording volcanoes, often getting within feet of lava flows...

    , French volcanologists who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen
  • Katia Coe
    Katia Coe
    Katia Coe is an American actress.-Career:Coe acted in ABC soap opera General Hospital as Jodie, a young girl who befriends Michael, who is an ignored by her divorced parents. It is later revealed that Jodie was a figment of Michael's imagination...

    , American actress
  • Katia Kapovich
    Katia Kapovich
    Katia Kapovich is a Russian poet now living in the United States. She writes in both Russian and English.-Life and career:...

    , Russian poet now living in the United States
  • Katia Mann, wife of German writer Thomas Mann
  • Katia Sycara
    Katia Sycara
    Katia Sycara is a Research Professor in the Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. She serves as the Sixth Century Chair in Computing Science at the University of Aberdeen. She directs the Intelligent Software Agents Lab at Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon...

    , a research professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
  • Katia Noyes
    Katia Noyes
    Katia Noyes is an American author whose works have appeared in many publications and anthologies. Her debut novel, Crashing America, was a Book Sense Notable Book in 2005, and was chosen as one of the Ten Best Gay/Lesbian Books of 2005 by Amazon.com and the UK's Rainbow Network.A third generation...

    , American author


In meteorology
  • Hurricane Katia
    Hurricane Katia (2011)
    Hurricane Katia was the eleventh named storm, second hurricane and second major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season. A Cape Verde-type hurricane, Katia developed from a tropical wave south of the Cape Verde Islands on August 29. Tracking west-northwestward, the system gradually...

    , a currently active tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean
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