Caterina Assandra (c. 1590 – after 1618) was an Italian composer and Benedictine nun. In her surviving motet book, Motetti a due a tre voci op.2, Assandra alludes to her birthplace being in the Province of Pavia. She became famous as an organist and published various works during her lifetime. Her work Motetti a due, was dedicated to G.B. Biglia, the Bishop of Pavia, and was first recognized by publisher Lomazzo. Although Assandra had accumulated a substantial reputation for her works as a composer, even reaching outside the borders of Italy, she was at times confused with another 18th-century composer with the same name.
Caterina Reminy Scorsone is a Canadian actress. Scorsone is best known for her roles on television. She starred as lead character in the Lifetime crime drama series, Missing from 2003 to 2006. She is best known for her role as Amelia Shepherd in the ABC medical dramas Private Practice and Grey's Anatomy. Scorsone also has starred in a number of television films, most notably Alice and sung with her husband Rob Giles "I Play In Your Band".
Caterina Medici, aka Catherine de Medici, is a famous bearer of this name. She was the daughter of Lorenzo Medici and Madeleine de la Toure d'Auverne, originally named Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de Medici. When she went to marry Henry II of France, then only Dauphin, at the age of fourteen, "Caterina" was Gallicized to "Catherine", and she was known for the rest of her life as Catherine de Medicis. When Henry died in 1559, and Catherine's three sons, Francis, Charles, and Henry, each took the throne in turn, in all three cases, it was Catherine who held the real power.