Caroline (given name)

Caroline

Gender	Female
Other names
Related names	Carolyn, Carol, Carolina, Charlotte

Caroline is a feminine given name, derived from the masculine name Charles. Common nicknames and variations include Callie, Cara, Carol, Carole, Carolina, Carolyn, Carly, Carrie, and Caz.

Academics and science

• Caroline Bedell Thomas (1904–1997), American cardiologist
• Caroline Bell, professor of psychological medicine in New Zealand
• Caroline Bowen (born 1944), New Zealand speech pathologist
• Caroline Brettell (born 1950), Canadian cultural anthropologist
• Caroline Brown Bourland (1871–1956), American professor
• Caroline Bruzelius, American art historian
• Caroline Matilda Dodson (1845–1898), American physician
• Caroline Finch, Australian statistician
• Caroline Furness Jayne (1873–1909), American ethnologist
• Caroline Breese Hall (1939–2012), American pediatrician
• Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), German astronomer
• Caroline Herzenberg (born 1932), American physicist
• Caroline Pellew (1882–1963), British geneticist
• Caroline Langat Thoruwa, Kenyan chemist
• Caroline Uhler (born 1983), Swiss statistician

Activism

• Caroline Archer (1922–1978), Aboriginal Australian activist and telephonist
• Caroline Brown Buell (1843–1927), American activist
• Caroline Chisholm (1808–1877), Australian social reformer
• Caroline M. Clark Woodward (1840–1924), American activist and writer
• Caroline Criado Perez (born 1984), Brazilian–English feminist author, activist and journalist
• Caroline Dayer (born 1978), Swiss feminist educator and writer
• Caroline LeCount (c. 1846–1923), American educator and civil rights activist
• Caroline Lowder Downing, British suffragette, sister of Edith Downing
• Caroline Healey Dall (1822–1912), American feminist writer, transcendentalist, and reformer
• Caroline Killeen (1926–2014), American activist
• Caroline Marmon Fesler (1878–1960), American philanthropist and patron of art and music
• Caroline Moorehead (born 1944), English human rights journalist and biographer
• Caroline Mwatha (died 2019), Kenyan human rights activist
• Caroline Severance (1820–1914), American abolitionist, suffragist, and the founder of women's clubs

Aristocracy

Empresses consort

• Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792–1873), Empress of Austria by marriage to Francis I of Austria

Queens consort

• Caroline of Ansbach (1683–1737), British queen consort of King George II
• Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796–1881), Danish queen consort of King Christian VIII
• Caroline of Baden (1776–1841), first Queen consort of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
• Caroline Bonaparte (1782–1839), queen consort of Joachim, King of Naples
• Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821), queen consort of George IV of the United Kingdom
• Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751–1775), British monarch, sister of King George III and Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian VII

Princesses

• Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (1713–1757), Hannover princess, daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach
• Caroline, Princess of Hanover (born 1957), formerly heir presumptive to the throne of Monaco, daughter of Grace Kelly
• Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1746–1821)
• Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1723–1783), consort of Baden, artist, collector, salonist and scientist
• Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg (1714–1741), Princess of Condé by marriage to Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon
• Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen (1762–1823), daughter of Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, and wife of Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
• Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1786–1816), princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912–1995), Danish monarch

Other aristocrats

• Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1734–1810), German countess
• Caroline, Countess of Cranbrook (born 1935), English aristocrat and food activist
• Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704–1774), Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken by marriage to Christian III of Zweibrücken
• Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721–1774), Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt by marriage to Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
• Caroline Lacroix (1883–1948), mistress of Leopold II of Belgium
• Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1819–1887), Polish noblewoman associated with Franz Liszt

Arts

• Caroline Aaron (born 1952), American actress
• Caroline Abraham (1809–1877), New Zealand artist
• Caroline Adderson (born 1963), Canadian novelist and short story writer
• Caroline Aherne (1963–2016), British comedian, actress and writer
• Caroline Ailin (born 1989), Norwegian singer and songwriter
• Caroline Amiguet (born 1977), French actress and model
• Caroline Armington (1875–1939), Canadian painter
• Caroline Bardua (1781–1864), German painter
• Caroline Baron, American film producer and philanthropist
• Caroline Becker (1826–1881), Finnish photographer
• Caroline Beil (born 1966), German actress and television presenter
• Caroline Bergvall (born 1962) German–born French–Norwegian poet
• Caroline Birley (1851–1907), English geologist, fossil collector and children's author
• Lady Caroline Blackwood (1931–1996), English writer
• Caroline Bliss (born 1961), English actress
• Caroline Brazier, Australian actress
• Caroline Burke (1913–1964), American actress, art collector, writer, and television and theater producer
• Caroline Caddy (born 1944), Australian poet
• Caroline Carleton (1811–1874), English–born Australian poet
• Caroline Catz, English film, television, narrator, theatre and radio actress
• Caroline Champetier (born 1954), French cinematographer
• Caroline Chariot-Dayez (born 1958), Belgian painter
• Caroline Charrière (1825–1873), Swiss composer and conductor
• Caroline Chesebro (1825–1873), American writer
• Caroline Chevin (born 1974), Swiss soul singer
• Caroline Chikezie (born 1974), Nigerian–English actress
• Caroline Chomienne (1957–2020), French film director
• Caroline Clive (1801–1873), English writer
• Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947), American author
• Caroline Corr (born 1973), Irish drummer
• Caroline Craig (born 1975), Australian actress
• Caroline Crawford (born 1949), American actress and singer
• Caroline Crawley (1963–2016), English singer
• Caroline D'Amore (born 1984), American model and actress
• Caroline Demmer (1845–1898), German–Austrian actress and singer
• Caroline Dhavernas (born 1978), Canadian actress
• Caroline Dowdeswell (born 1945), English actress
• Caroline Ducey (born 1976), French actress
• Caroline Dumas (born 1935), French soprano
• Caroline Duprez (1832–1875), French soprano
• Caroline Alice Elgar (1848–1920), English writer and poet
• Caroline Leigh Gascoigne (1813–1883), British poet and writer
• Caroline Gordon (1895–1981), American novelist and literary critic
• Caroline Hardaker (born 1986), English poet and novelist
• Caroline Howard Gilman (1794–1888), American writer
• Caroline Howard Jervey (1823–1877), American author and poet
• Caroline Dana Howe (1824–1907), American poet and writer
• Caroline Innerbichler, American stage actress
• Caroline Alice Lejeune (1897–1973), British writer
• Caroline Lufkin (born 1981), Okinawan-American musician
• Caroline Marbouty (1803–1890), French writer
• Caroline Marshall Woodward (1828–1890), American author
• Caroline May (1820–1895), English-American poet and editor
• Caroline Miner Smith, known as Siiickbrain, American singer and model
• Caroline Myss (born 1952), American self-help, spirituality and mysticism author
• Caroline Néron (born 1973), Canadian actress
• Caroline Polachek (born 1985), American musician
• Caroline Quentin (born 1960), British actress and television presenter
• Caroline Rannersberger (born 1961), Australian visual artist
• Caroline Keating Reed (died 1954), American pianist and music teacher
• Caroline Rhea (born 1964), Canadian actress
• Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793–1878), Swedish composer
• Caroline M. Sawyer (1812–1894), American poet, biographer and editor
• Caroline Shaw (born 1982), American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
• Caroline Shawk Brooks (1840–1913), American sculptor
• Caroline Henrietta Sheridan (1770–1851), English novelist
• Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1854), English poet
• Caroline Townshend (1878–1944), British stained glass artist of the Arts and Crafts Movement
• Caroline Valpy (1804–1884), a British-New Zealand artist
• Caroline von Wolzogen (1763–1847), German novelist and biographer
• Caroline Weldon (1844–1921), Swiss-American artist and activist with the National Indian Defense

Law and politics

• Caroline Abadie (born 1976), French politician
• Caroline Ansell (born 1971), British politician
• Caroline Casagrande (born 1976), American government official
• Caroline A. Crenshaw, American attorney
• Caroline Desbiens, Canadian politician
• Caroline Fiat (born 1977), French politician
• Caroline Flint (born 1961), British politician
• Caroline Ganley (1879–1966), British politician
• Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (1869–1943), American congresswoman
• Caroline Johnson (born 1977), British politician
• Caroline Lucas (born 1960), British politician
• Caroline St-Hilaire (born 1969), Canadian politician from Quebec
• Caroline Szyber (born 1981), Swedish politician
• Caroline Van Zile, American lawyer and politician

Sports

• Caroline Abbé (born 1988), Swiss footballer
• Caroline Allen (born 1992), American motorcycle racer
• Caroline Arft (born 1996), German canoeist
• Caroline Atkins (born 1981), English cricket coach and former player
• Caroline Barrs (born 1964), English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder
• Caroline Buchanan (born 1990), Australian cyclist
• Caroline Burckle (born 1986), American swimmer
• Caroline Chepkurui (born 1990), Kenyan steeplechase runner
• Caroline Chepkwony (born 1985), Kenyan long distance runner
• Caroline Chew (equestrian) (born 1992), Singaporean equestrian athlete and solicitor
• Caroline Clark (born 1990), American female water polo player
• Caroline Cruveillier (born 1998), French boxer
• Caroline Curren (born 1962), Australian judoka
• Caroline Delas (born 1980), French rower
• Caroline Dhenin (born 1973), French tennis player
• Caroline Dolehide (born 1998), American tennis player
• Caroline Foot (born 1965), British butterfly swimmer
• Caroline Fritze (born 2000), German judoka
• Caroline Hedwall (born 1989), Swedish professional golfer
• Caroline Heron (born 1990), Scottish footballer
• Caroline Knop (born 1996), volleyball player
• Caroline Lalive (born 1979), American former alpine skier
• Caroline Masson (born 1989), German professional golfer
• Caroline Nyaga (born 1993), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Caroline Powell (equestrian) (born 1973), New Zealand equestrian
• Caroline Seger (born 1985), Swedish footballer
• Caroline Stoll (born 1960), American tennis player
• Caroline Vis (born 1970), Dutch tennis player
• Caroline Weir (born 1995), Scottish footballer
• Caroline Wensink (born 1984), Dutch volleyball player
• Caroline Wittrin (born 1968), Canadian hammer thrower
• Caroline Wozniacki (born 1990), Danish tennis player
• Caroline Zhang (born 1993), American figure skater

Others

• Caroline Anthonypillai (1908–2009), Sri Lankan trade unionist and founder of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
• Caroline Arnott (1859–1933), English philanthropist
• Caroline Starr Balestier Kipling (1862–1939), wife of writer Rudyard Kipling
• Caroline Bancroft (1900–1985), American journalist and Ziegfeld Folly
• Caroline Bartlett Crane (1858–1935), American Unitarian minister, suffragist, educator, journalist, and sanitation reformer
• Caroline Bittencourt (1981–2019), Brazilian model and television presenter
• Caroline Blake (1835–1919), Irish hotelier and landlord
• Caroline Brady (1905–1980), American philologist
• Caroline Brasch Nielsen (born 1993), Danish fashion model
• Caroline Burghardt (1834–1922, Civil War nurse
• Caroline Byrne (1970–1995), Australian model
• Caroline Calloway (born 1991), American internet personality
• Caroline Cameron (born 1990), Canadian television sportscaster
• Caroline Donald, British journalist and author
• Caroline Flack (1979–2020), English television presenter
• Caroline Freeman (1856–1914), English educator and first woman to graduate from the University of Otago
• Caroline Garcia (born 1993), Dhenin's French compatriot and tennis player
• Caroline Girvan (born 1984), Irish fitness trainer and YouTuber
• Caroline Gooding (1959–2014), British solicitor and disability rights activist
• Caroline Grills (c. 1888 – 1960), Australian serial killer
• Caroline Harrison (1832–1892), American first wife to the 23rd President of the United States Benjamin Harrison and founder of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
• Caroline Haslett (1895–1957), English electrical engineer, electricity industry administrator and champion of women's rights
• Caroline Hazard (1856–1945), American educator, philanthropist, and author
• Caroline Kennedy (born 1957), American author and attorney, the daughter and only surviving child of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
• Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson (1918–2005), American fashion consultant, businesswoman and philanthropist
• Caroline Mary Luard (1850–1908), British murder victim
• Caroline Nichols Churchill (1833–1926), American newspaper editor, suffragist and writer
• Caroline Norton (1808–1877), English writer and social reformer
• Caroline Schelling (1763–1809), German intellectual and writer
• Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (1830–1908), American socialite
• Caroline Skeel (1872–1951), British historian
• Caroline Spencer (1861–1928), American physician and suffragist
• Caroline Sunshine (born 1995), American actress, singer, and civil servant
• Caroline Trentini (born 1987), Brazilian fashion model
• Caroline Winberg (born 1985), Swedish model

Fictional characters

• Caroline, in the 1994 American black-comedy movie The Ref
• Caroline Abbott, American Girl character
• Caroline Alessi, former character on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Caroline Beaufort, the mother of scientist Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein
• Caroline Bingley, from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
• Caroline Brady, on the American soap opera Days of our Lives
• Carrie Brady Reed or Caroline Anna Brady-Reed, character on the American soap opera Days of our Lives
• Cara Castillo or Carolyn Castllio, character on the American soap opera All My Children
• Carly Benson Corinthos-Jacks or Caroline Leigh Benson Corinthos-Jacks, character on the American soap opera General Hospital
• Caroline Farrell, the original identity of main character Echo on the TV series Dollhouse
• Caroline Forbes, one of the protagonists on the TV series The Vampire Diaries
• Coraline Jones, the protagonist of the novel Coraline (sometimes miscalled Caroline)
• Caroline Lindstrom, in 2001 American independent comedy-drama movie Little Secrets
• Caroline Anne "Carol" Seaver, a character in the American television sitcom Growing Pains
• Caroline Spencer, current character on the American CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Caroline Spencer Forrester, former character on the American CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Caroline Weldon, a character in the American sitcom Living Dolls

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Caroline
• All pages with titles containing Caroline
• Caroline (disambiguation)
• Caro (given name)
• Carolina (name)
• Coraline (disambiguation)
• Carolyne
• Karoline
• Karolina (disambiguation)