Catherine wheel may refer to:

• wheel or breaking wheel, an instrument of torturous execution originally associated with Catherine of Alexandria
• Catherine wheel (firework), a firework that rotates when lit

• Catherine Wheel (band), 1990s British alternative rock band
• The Catherine Wheel (dance) a 1981 dance by Twyla Tharp, with music by David Byrne, filmed by the BBC in 1983
  • The Catherine Wheel (album), a 1981 recording of David Byrne's musical score commissioned by Twyla Tharp for the dance
• "Catherine Wheels", a song by Crowded House from the 1993 album Together Alone
• "Catherine Wheel", a song by Dieselboy/Skynet from the 2006 album The Human Resource
• "Catherine Wheel", a song by Megan Washington from the 2020 album Batflowers
• "Katherine Wheel", a song by HIM from the 2010 album Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice
• The Catherine Wheel, a 1949 crime novel by Patricia Wentworth
• The Catherine Wheel, a 1952 novel by Jean Stafford

• Catherine wheel (window), a type of spoked circular window
• Catherine-wheel pincushion (Leucospermum catherinae), a flowering evergreen
• Messier 99, a spiral galaxy that is also known as St. Catherine's Wheel

• Pinwheel (disambiguation)