Caroline (given name)

Caroline

Gender	Female
Other names
Related names	Carolyn, Carol, Carolina

Template:Charles Caroline is a female given name, derived from the male name Karl (Charles). Common nicknames and variations include Caz, Carole, Carol, Carolyn, Carly and Carrie.

List of people

17th century

• Caroline of Ansbach (1683–1737), British queen consort of King George II

18th century

• Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796–1881), Danish queen consort of King Christian VIII
• Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792–1873), Empress of Austria by marriage to Francis I of Austria
• Caroline of Baden (1776–1841), first Queen consort of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
• Caroline Bardua (1781–1864), German painter
• 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
• Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (1713–1757), Hannover princess, daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach
• Caroline Gibert, or Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz (1793–1879), French stage actress and later Princess Consort and regent de facto of Monaco
• Caroline Howard Gilman (1794–1888), American writer
• Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), German astronomer
• Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1746–1821)
• Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg (1714–1741), Princess of Condé by marriage to Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon
• Lady Caroline Lamb (1785–1828), Anglo-Irish writer
• Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1734–1810), German countess
• Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1723–1783), consort of Baden, artist, scientist, collector and salonist
• Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1786–1816), princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• 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
• Caroline Müller (1755–1826), Danish-Swedish opera singer
• Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793–1878), Swedish composer
• Caroline Schelling (1763–1809), German intellectual and writer
• Caroline Henrietta Sheridan (1770–1851), English novelist
• Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1854), English poet
• Caroline von Wolzogen (1763–1847), German novelist and biographer
• Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721–1774), Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt by marriage to Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

19th century

• Caroline Abraham (1809–1877), New Zealand artist
• Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (1830–1908), American socialite
• Caroline Birley (1851–1907), English geologist, fossil collector and children's author
• Caroline Shawk Brooks (1840–1913), American sculptor
• Caroline Brown Buell (1843–1927), American activist
• Caroline Nichols Churchill (1833–1926), American writer, newspaper editor, and suffragist
• Caroline Bartlett Crane (1858-1935), American Unitarian minister, suffragist, educator, journalist, and sanitation reformer
• Caroline Chesebro (1825–1873), American writer
• Caroline Chisholm (1808–1877), Australian social reformer
• Caroline Clive (1801–1873), English writer
• Caroline Healey Dall (1822–1912), American feminist writer, transcendentalist, and reformer
• Caroline Matilda Dodson (1845–1898), American physician
• Caroline Alice Elgar (1848–1920), English writer and poet
• Caroline Marmon Fesler (1878–1960), American philanthropist and patron of art and music
• Caroline Freeman (1856–1914), English educator and first woman to graduate from the University of Otago
• Caroline Leigh Gascoigne (1813–1883), British poet, writer
• Caroline Gordon (1895–1981), American novelist and literary critic
• 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 Dana Howe (1824–1907), American writer of prose, poetry, hymns
• Caroline Howard Jervey (1823–1877), American author, poet
• Caroline Starr Balestier Kipling (1862–1939), American wife of writer Rudyard Kipling
• Caroline Lacroix (1883–1948), mistress of Leopold II of Belgium
• Caroline Alice Lejeune (1897–1973), British writer, best known for serving as the film critic for The Observer from 1928 to 1960
• Caroline May (1820-1895), English-American poet and editor
• Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704–1774), Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken by marriage to Christian III of Zweibrücken
• Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen (1762–1823), daughter of Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, and wife of Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
• Caroline Norton (1808–1877), English writer and social reformer
• Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (1869–1943), American congresswoman
• Caroline Pellew (1882–1???), British geneticist
• Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer (1812–1894), American poet, biographer, editor
• Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1819–1887), Polish noblewoman associated with Franz Liszt
• Caroline Severance (1820–1914), American abolitionist, suffragist, and the founder of women's clubs
• Caroline Skeel (1872–1951), British historian
• Caroline Spencer (1861–1928), American physician and suffragist
• Caroline Townshend (1878–1944), British stained glass artist of the Arts and Crafts Movement
• Caroline Weldon (1844–1921), Swiss-American artist and activist with the National Indian Defense
• Caroline Marshall Woodward (1828–1890), American author

20th century

• Caroline, Countess of Cranbrook (born 1935), English aristocrat and food activist
• Caroline, Princess of Hanover (born 1957), formerly heir presumptive to the throne of Monaco, daughter of Grace Kelly
• Caroline Abbé (born 1988), Swiss footballer
• Caroline Abadie (born 1976), French politician
• Caroline Aherne (1963–2016), British comedian, actress and writer
• Caroline Ansell (born 1971), British politician
• Caroline Anthonypillai (1908–2009), Sri Lankan trade unionist and founder of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
• Caroline Ashley (born 1958), Scottish television actress
• Caroline Bancroft (1900–1985), American journalist and Ziegfeld Folly
• Lady Caroline Blackwood (1931–1996), English writer
• Caroline Bird (disambiguation)
• Caroline Bittencourt (1981–2019), Brazilian model and television presenter
• Caroline Brady (1905–1980), American philologist
• Caroline Burckle (born 1986), American swimmer
• Caroline Byrne (1970–1995), Australian model
• Caroline Catz, English film, television, narrator, theatre and radio actress
• Caroline Cooney (born 1947), American author
• Caroline D'Amore (born 1984), American model and actress
• Caroline Delas (born 1980), French rower
• Caroline Desbiens, Canadian politician
• Caroline Dhenin (born 1973), French tennis player
• Caroline Donald, British journalist and author
• Caroline Fayard (born 1978), American politician from Louisiana
• Caroline Fiat (born 1977), French politician
• Caroline Finch, Australian statistician
• Caroline Flack (1979–2020), British television presenter
• Caroline Flint (born 1961), British politician
• Caroline Foot (born 1965), British butterfly swimmer
• Caroline Garcia (born 1993), Dhenin's French compatriot and tennis player
• Caroline Ganley (1879–1966), British politician
• Caroline Gooding (1959–2014), British solicitor and disability rights activist
• Caroline Graham (born 1931), English author and screenwriter
• Caroline Grills (c.1888–1960), Australian serial killer
• Caroline Heron (born 1990), Scottish footballer
• Caroline Herzenberg (born 1932), American physicist
• Caroline Johnson (born 1977), British politician
• Caroline Jones (born 1955), British politician
• Caroline Kennedy (born 1957), American author and attorney, the daughter and only surviving child of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
• Caroline 'Kitty' Kenney (1880 – 1952), sister of Annie Kenney, and British suffragette hunger striker
• Caroline Killeen (born 1926), American activist
• Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson (1918–2005), American fashion consultant, businesswoman and philanthropist
• Caroline Lowder Downing (alive in 1912), British suffragette, sister of Edith Downing
• Caroline Lucas (born 1960), British politician
• Caroline Lufkin (born 1981), Okinawan-American musician
• Caroline Myss (born 1952), American self-help, spirituality and mysticism author
• Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912–1995), Danish monarch
• Caroline Moorehead(born 1944), English human rights journalist and biographe
• Caroline Quentin (born 1960), British actress and television presenter
• Caroline Rhea (born 1964), Canadian actor
• Caroline Shaw (born 1982), American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer'
• Caroline Smith (1906–1994), American Olympic diver
• Caroline St-Hilaire (born 1969), Canadian politician from Quebec
• Caroline Stoll (born 1960), American former tennis player
• Caroline Sunshine (born 1995), American actress, singer, and civil servant
• Caroline Szyber (born 1981), Swedish politician
• Caroline Trentini (born 1987), Brazilian fashion model
• Caroline Uhler (born 1983), Swiss statistician
• Caroline Vis (born 1970), Dutch former tennis player
• Caroline Weir (born 1995), Scottish footballer
• Caroline Wensink (born 1984), Dutch volleyball player
• Caroline Wilson (born 1960), Australian journalist
• Caroline Winberg (born 1985), Swedish model
• Caroline Wittrin (born 1968), Canadian former hammer thrower
• Caroline Wozniacki (born 1990), Danish tennis player
• Caroline Zhang (born 1993), American figure skater

Fictional characters

• 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, character from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
• Caroline Brady, character 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
• Caroline Spencer Forrester, former character on the American CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Caroline Spencer, current character on the American CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Coraline Jones, the protagonist of the novel Coraline (sometimes miscalled Caroline)

See also

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