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. Antoņina is a Latvian alternate form of Antonia in use in Latvia. Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

Arts

Antonina Houbraken Antonina Houbraken (30 May 1686 – December 1736) was an 18th-century Dutch draughtswoman who is known for her many topographical drawings of Dutch sites. She also drew landscapes. She is recorded as a skilled portraitist. Life Antonina ...

(1686 – 1736), Dutch draughtswoman * Antonina Koptiaeva (1909 - 1991), Soviet novelist * Antonina Kymytval (1938 - 2015), Russian writer *

Antonina Liedtke Antonina Liedtke, aka Nina, is a Polish science fiction writer and a technical editor. Life She became known in Poland with her short story ''CyberJoly Drim'' (''Fenix (magazine), Fenix'', 1(80) 1999). Her other stories include ''Psychika ofiary'' ...

, Polish writer * Antonina Niemiryczowa (1702–1780), Polish poet *

Antonina Riasanovsky Antonina Riasanovsky (March 8, 1895 – February 1985) was a Russian Empire-born writer who, under the pen name Nina Fedorova, wrote ''The Family'', the tenth highest selling fiction book in the United States 1940. The book won the 1940 $10,000 f ...

(1895 – 1985), Russian author * Antonina Rzhevskaya (1861 – 1934), Russian painter * Antonina Żabińska (1908 – 1971), was a Polish writer

Entertainment

* Antonina Abarinova (1842 – 1901), Russian opera singer * Antonina Girycz (born 1939), Polish actress * Antonina Hoffmann (1842 – 1897), Polish theatre actress * Antonina Krzysztoń (born 1954), Polish singer-songwriter * Antonina Matviyenko (born 1981), Ukrainian singer *

Antonina Miliukova Antonina Ivanovna Miliukova (russian: Антонина Ивановна Милюкова; – ) was the wife of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky from 1877 until his death in 1893. After marriage she was known as Antonina Tchaikovskaya. ...

(1848 – 1917), wife of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky * Antonina Nezhdanova (1873 – 1950), Russian opera singer *

Antonina Prusinowska Antonina Prusinowska, or ''Pruszanowska'', or ''Prosinowska'' (fl. 1767), was a Polish stage actress. She was the first native actress in Poland. Prusinowska was employed as a member of the pioneer group of actors engaged upon the foundation of th ...

(fl. 1767), Polish stage actress * Antonina Shuranova (1936 – 2003), Russian actress *Antonina Szumowska, birthname of Antoinette Szumowska (1868 — 1938), Polish pianist

Military/War

* Antonina Khudyakova (1917 – 1998), Soviet Air Force officer *

Antonina Lebedeva Antonina Vasilevna Lebedeva (russian: Антонина Васильевна Лебедева; 29 March 1916 – 17 July 1943) was one of the few female fighter pilots to have made a shootdown, having shot down a Bf 109 in 1943 before she was ki ...

(1916 – 1943), Soviet Air Force officer * Antonina Makarova (1921 – 1979), Soviet war criminal * Antonina Petrova (1915 – 1941), Soviet partisan and medic * Antonina Tomaszewska (1814 – 1883), Polish noblewoman and rebel * Antonina Wyrzykowska (1916 – 2011), Polish Righteous Among the Nations honoree *

Antonina Zubkova Antonina Leontievna Zubkova (; 12 October 1920 — 13 November 1950) was a captain and squadron navigator in the women's 125th Guards Dive Bomber Regiment during World War II who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Prewar life Zubk ...

(1920 – 1950), Soviet Air Force officer

Politics

* Antonina Kravchuk (born 1935), Ukrainian First Lady *

Antonina Stoyanova Antonina Stoyanova ( bg, Антонина Стоянова), née Naydenova, is a Bulgarian IP lawyer, diplomat and social activist, who was the First Lady of Bulgaria between 1997 and 2002, as the wife of the President Petar Stoyanov. She receiv ...

(born 1952), Bulgarian IP lawyer, diplomat and social activist, who was the Bulgarian First Lady * Antonina Uccello (born 1922), American politician

Science

Antonina Borissova Antonina Georgievna Borissova (1903–1970) was a Soviet botanist, specialising in the flora of the deserts and semi-desert of central Asia. Borissova authored 195 land plant species names, the ninth-highest number of such names authored by any ...

(1903 – 1970), Russian botanist * Antonina Dvoryanets (1952 – 2014), Ukrainian hydraulic engineer and political activist * Antonina Pirozhkova (1909 – 2010), Russian civil engineer *

Antonina Pojarkova Antonina Ivanovna Pojarkova (1897–1980) was a Russian expert on the flora of the Caucasus, with a particular interest in ferns and seed plants. Pojarkova authored 230 land plant species names, the eighth-highest number of such names authored b ...

(1897 – 1980), Russian botanist *

Antonina Prikhot'ko Antonina Fedorivna Prykhotko (; 26 April 1906, Pyatigorsk – 29 September 1995, Kyiv), was a Soviet and Ukrainian experimental physicist. She was an Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and is known for her fundamental co ...

(1906 – 1995), Russian physicist

Sports

* Antonina Dragašević (born 1948), Bulgarian chess player * Antonina Dubinina (born 1996), Serbian figure skater * Antonina Ivanova (1932 – 2006), Soviet shot putter * Antonina Koshel (born 1954), Soviet artistic gymnast * Antonina Krivoshapka (born 1987), Russian middle-distance athlete *

Antonina Latinik-Rieger Antonina Latinik-Rieger (17 October 1906 – 18 October 1989) was a Polish Fencing, fencer, first champion of Poland in woman's foil fencing, teacher, and an official of the Kraków Curia (Catholic Church), Curia. Biography She was born in 190 ...

(1906 – 1989), Polish fencer * Antonina Lazareva (born 1941), Soviet high jump athlete * Antonina Melnikova (born 1958), Belarusian canoer * Antonina Nastoburko (born 1959), Ukrainian sprint athlete * Antonina Ordina (born 1962), Swedish cross country skier *

Antonina Popova Antonina Nikolayevna Popova (russian: Антони́на Никола́eвна Попо́ва; née Zolotukhina; born 25 April 1935) is a Soviet athlete. She competed in the women's discus throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer O ...

(born 1935), Soviet discus athlete * Antonina Pustovit (born 1955), Ukrainian former rower *

Antonina Rubtsova Antonina Rubtsova (born ) is a Kazakhstani female volleyball player. She was part of the Kazakhstan women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix The 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix was a women's vo ...

(born 1984), Kazakhstani volleyball player * Antonina Rudenko (born 1950), Soviet swimmer * Antonina Ryzhova (born 1934), Soviet volleyball player * Antonina Seredina (1929 – 2016), Russian sprint canoeist *

Antonina Shevchenko Antonina Shevchenko (russian: Антонина Анатольевна Шевченко; born ) is a Kyrgyzstani and Peruvian Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial artist currently competing in the flyweight division of the UFC. She is the older sis ...

(born 1984), Kyrgyzstani Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial artist *

Antonina Skorobogatchenko Antonina Vitalyevna Skorobogatchenko ( rus, Антонина Витальевна Скоробогатченко, , ɐntɐˈnʲinə skərəbɐˈɡatɕːɪnkə; born 14 February 1999) is a Russian handballer for HBC CSKA Moscow and the Russian na ...

(born 1999), Russian handballer * Antonina Yefremova (born 1981), Ukrainian middle-distance athlete * Antonina Zelikovich (born 1958), Russian rower * Antonina Zetova (born 1973), Bulgarian volleyball player

Other

Antonina (wife of Belisarius) Antonina ( el, Ἀντωνίνα, c. 495 – after 565) was a Byzantine patrikia and wife of the general Belisarius. Her influence over her husband was great; Procopius features her as dominating Belisarius.Martindale, Jones & Morris (1992), p. 91� ...

(c. 495 – after 565), Byzantine patrikia and wife of Belisarius * Antonina Bludova (1813 – 1891), Russian philanthropist and lady-in-waiting * Antonina W. Bouis, American translator * Blessed Antonina De Angelis (1880 – 1962), Italian Roman Catholic * Antonina Kłoskowska (1919 – 2001), Polish sociologist *

Antonina Roxa Antonina Roxa was one of the first Falkland Islanders whose residence in the islands predated the British return in 1833. Roxa first travelled to the islands in 1830 and was part of Luis Vernet's original colony. After the British return she ...

(c. 1807 – 1869), Falkland Island colonist *Saint Antonina of Antonina and Alexander (died 313), Roman martyr

Middle name

* Hanna Antonina Wojcik Slak (born 1975), Polish-born Slovenian film director and screenwriter * Blessed Maria Antonina Kratochwil (1881 – 1942), Austro-Hungarian Catholic saint * Rachel Fanny Antonina Lee (1770s – 1829), British kidnap victim

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