Katy Perry was born as Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California, U.S. The middle child of two pastors, Katy Perry has an older sister and younger brother.
Perry's Evangelical mother, Mary Hudson, grew up in Southern California, and had "a tempestuous 1st marriage in Zimbabwe".
Peryy's father was a West Coast scenester in the 1960s.
