Ortrud is a feminine given name, with variant forms Ortraud and Ortrude. Ortrud may refer to: * Ortrud, a character in Richard Wagner's opera ''

Lohengrin Lohengrin () is a character in German Arthurian literature. The son of Parzival (Percival), he is a knight of the Holy Grail sent in a boat pulled by swans to rescue a maiden who can never ask his identity. His story, which first appears in Wo ...

'' * (1938–1999), German film actress * Ortrud Mavrin, a character in Anthony Powell's second novel '' Venusberg'' (1932) *

Ortrud Oellermann Ortrud R. Oellermann is a South African mathematician specializing in graph theory. She is a professor of mathematics at the University of Winnipeg. Education and career Oellermann was born in Vryheid. She earned a bachelor's degree, ''cum laude ...

(active from 1981), South African mathematician *

551 Ortrud 551 Ortrud is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is located in the Main Belt. In light of the practice of the discover c. 1904 to name his asteroids after female characters in opera, it is likely that Ortrud is named after a character in Richar ...

, a main-belt asteroid

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