Annette is a given name that is the diminutive of Anna or Anne, and has been used as a name of its own since the Industrial Age. In

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People

Notable people with the name include: * Annette Abbott Adams (1877–1956), American lawyer and judge * Annette Allcock (1923–2001), British artist *

Annette Badland Annette Badland (born 26 August 1950) is an English actress known for a wide range of roles on television, radio, stage, and film. She is best known for her roles as Margaret Blaine in the BBC science fiction series '' Doctor Who'', Mrs. Glen ...

(born 1950), British actress *

Annette Bear-Crawford Annette Bear-Crawford (1853 – 7 June 1899) was a women's suffragist and federationist in Victoria. Early life Bear-Crawford was born in East Melbourne, her family was wealthy and she spent her childhood in Australia and England. She had ...

(1853–1899), Australian suffragist *

Annette Bening Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. She has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominati ...

(born 1958), American actress * Annette Brooke (born 1947), British politician * Annette Chaparro (born 1967), American politician *

Annette Cleveland Annette M. Cleveland (née Forbes, born 1962) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. She is a member of the Washington State Senate from the 49th legislative district. She was first elected to that office in November 2012 for a term be ...

, American politician from

Washington state Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washingto ...

* Annette Cottle, American volleyball player and coach *

Annette Dubas Annette M. Dubas (born February 5, 1956) is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska, who served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2007 to 2015. She was a candidate in the 2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election, but withdrew in November 2013. ...

(born 1956), American politician from

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the so ...

* Annette Dytrt (born 1983), German figure skater *

Annette Ellis Annette Louise Ellis (born 13 October 1946), Australian politician, was a Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from the Australian Capital Territory, from March 1996 to August 2010, representing the Division of Namadgi ...

(born 1946), Australian politician * Annette Fugmann-Heesing (born 1955), German politician *

Annette Funicello Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013) was an American actress and singer. Funicello began her professional career as a child performer at the age of twelve. She was one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the orig ...

(1942–2013), American actress and singer * Annette Glenn, American politician * Annette Groth (born 1954), German politician * Annette Groth (born 1952), Norwegian journalist * Annette Herfkens (born 1961), Dutch-Venezuelan sole survivor * Annette Holmberg-Jansson (born 1969), Finnish politician * Annette Humpe (born 1950), German songwriter, pop singer, and record producer *

Annette Hurley Annette Kay Hurley (born 23 March 1955) is a former Australian politician. Elected at the 2004 federal election, she was a Labor member of the Australian Senate from July 2005, representing the state of South Australia. She announced in July ...

(born 1955), Australian politician * Annette Imhausen (born 1970), German historian of ancient Egyptian mathematics * Annette King (born 1947), New Zealand politician * Annette Kolb (1870–1967), the working name of German author and pacifist Anna Mathilde Kolb * Annette Kolb (born 1983), German tennis player *

Annette Lovemore Annette Lovemore is a South African politician for the Democratic Alliance (DA), and the mayoral committee member (MMC) of infrastructure and engineering in the Nelson Mandela Bay coalition government that took office in 2016. She previously s ...

(born 1958), South African politician *

Annette Lu Annette Lu Hsiu-lien (; born 7 June 1944) is a Taiwanese politician. A feminist active in the tangwai movement, she joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 1990, and was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1992. Subsequently, she served as ...

(born 1944), Taiwanese politician * Annette Main (born 1951/1952), New Zealand politician * Annette Meeks (born 1960), American politician * Annette Nijs (born 1961), Dutch politician * Princess Annette of Orange-Nassau (born 1972), member of the Dutch nobility *

Annette Penhaligon Dame Annette Egerton, DBE (formerly Penhaligon, née Lidgey; born 9 February 1946) is a British politician. Annette Lidgey was born to Owen Bennett and Mabel (née Richards) Lidgey, and was educated at Truro Girls Grammar School, Truro. On 6 ...

(born 1946), British politician *

Annette Quijano Annette M. Quijano (, born July 4, 1962) is an American Democratic Party politician, who was selected by Union County Democrats to fill a vacancy to represent the 20th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly and has since been ...

(born 1962), American politician *

Annette Robinson Annette Robinson (born 1940) formerly represented the 56th district of the New York State Assembly, which includes most of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Crown Heights and Bushwick, Brooklyn, Bushwick, from 2002 to 2016. Early lif ...

, American politician *

Annette Schavan Annette Schavan (; born 10 June 1955) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She was the Federal Minister of Education and Research in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2005 to 2013, when she resigned foll ...

(born 1955), German politician * Annette Solange Georges (born 1957), Seychellois politician and lawyer * Annette Strauss (1924–1998), American politician *

Annette Steyn Annette Steyn (born 2 June 1969) is a South African retired politician, formerly a Member of the National Assembly for the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). Steyn was first elected to Parliament in 2009 and served in the Shadow Cab ...

(born 1969), South African politician *

Annette Sweeney Annette Sweeney (born December 9, 1957) is an American politician who is the Iowa State Senator for the 25th District. A Republican, she has been in the Iowa Senate since 2018, when she won a special election to replace Bill Dix after Dix res ...

(born 1957), American politician * Annette Sykes (born 1961), New Zealand activist and lawyer * Annette Taddeo (born 1967), American politician * Annette Thommessen (1932–1994), French-Norwegian human rights activist *

Annette Vilhelmsen Annette Lilja Vilhelmsen (born 24 October 1959) is a Danish politician who served as chairperson of the Socialist People's Party from 2012 to 2014. She served as Minister for Social Affairs and Integration from August 2013 to February 2014 and ...

(born 1959), Danish politician *

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff Baroness Anna Elisabeth Franziska Adolphine Wilhelmine Louise Maria von Droste zu Hülshoff, known as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (; 10 January 179724 May 1848), was a 19th-century German poet, novelist, and composer of Classical music. She was ...

(1797-1848), German writer *

Annette Werner Annette Werner (born 1966) is a German mathematician. Her research interests include diophantine geometry and the algebraic geometry of non-Archimedean ordered fields, including the study of buildings, Berkovich spaces, and tropical geometry. ...

(born 1966), German mathematician * Annette Polly Williams (1937–2014), American counselor, clerical worker and politician *

Annette Ziegler Annette Kingsland Ziegler (born March 6, 1964) is an American attorney and jurist serving as Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court since May 2021. She has been a member of the Court since 2007, and is generally regarded as being a part of i ...

(born 1964), American attorney and judge * Annette, Special Operations Executive codename for Yvonne Cormeau, a British spy during World War II

Fictional Characters

*Annette Fantine Dominic, a character from the video game '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' *Annette Pavlovna Scherer, a character from the Russian literary work ''

War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, translit=Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published ...

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