| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Other names | |
| Related names | Carolyn, Carol, Carolina, Charlotte |
Caroline is a female given name, derived from the male name Karl (Charles). Common nicknames and variations include Caz, Callie, Carole, Carol, Carolyn, Carly and Carrie.
Academics and science
- Caroline Bedell Thomas (1904–1997), American cardiologist
- 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 Ashley (born 1958), Scottish television actress
- 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 Marshall Woodward (1828–1890), American author
- Caroline May (1820–1895), English-American poet and editor
- 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 (d. 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 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 Cruveillier (born 1998), French boxer
- 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 Heron (born 1990), Scottish footballer
- 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 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)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.