Pauline is a female given name. It was originally the
French form of
Paulina, a female version of Paulinus, a variant of
Paulus meaning ''the little'', hence ''the younger''.
The corresponding form for the name in Italian is Paolina (Paula corresponds to Paola). In Russian, the corresponding names are Павли́на (pronounced Pavlína) and Поли́на (pronounced poleenah). A Finnish form of the name is Pauliina; in Greece it is (Paulina, pronounced Pavleena or Paulina, Poleena). In French, other diminutives of
Paula exist, namely Paulette and Pauletta.
People
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Pauline Adams (1874–1958), Irish-American suffragist
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Pauline Ado (b. 1991), French professional surfer
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Pauline Alderman (1893–1983), US musicologist and composer
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Pauline Allen (b. 1948), Australian scholar of early Christianity
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Pauline Allen-Dean, Bahamian banker
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Pauline Amelinckx (b. 1995), Filipina model
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Pauline Amos, British performance artist
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Pauline Armitage, Northern Ireland politician
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Pauline Ashwell, pseudonym of British author Pauline Whitby (1928-2015)
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Pauline Auzou (1775–1835), French painter
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Pauline Morrow Austin (1916–2011), US meteorologist
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Pauline Baards, a stage name of Italian actor Paola Barbara (1912–1989)
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Pauline Bart (1930–2021), American sociologist
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Pauline Irene Batebe, Ugandan engineer
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Pauline Baynes
Pauline Diana Baynes (9 September 1922 – 1 August 2008) was an English illustrator, author, and commercial artist. She contributed drawings and paintings to more than 200 books, mostly in the children's genre. She was the first illustrator ...
(1922–2008), English illustrator
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Pauline Bebe (b. 1965), French rabbi
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Pauline Bell (1912-2010), winner of the second Scripps National Spelling Bee champion
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Pauline Benda
Simone Le Bargy (3 April 1877 – 17 October 1985), born Pauline Benda but better known by her stage and pen name, Madame Simone, was a French people, French actress and woman of letters.
Biography
Born into a Parisian family of Jewish bourgeoi ...
(1877–1985), French actress better known as Simone Le Bargy
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Pauline Bennett (b. 1964), British DJ and rapper also known as Jazzi P
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Pauline Bern (b. 1952), New Zealand jeweller
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Pauline Betz (1919–2011), US professional tennis player
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Pauline Bewick
Pauline Bewick (4 September 1935 – 28 July 2022) was an English-born Irish artist.
Bewick was born in Northumberland, England on 4 September 1935, and with her mother Alice ('Harry') and sister Hazel, moved many times between England and Ire ...
(1935–2022), Irish artist
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Pauline Bird-Hart (b. 1957), British rower
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Pauline Biscarat (b. 1989), French rugby sevens player
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Pauline Black (b. 1953), English singer
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Pauline Bøgelund (b. 1996), Danish handball player
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Pauline Bonaparte (1780–1825), Italian noble
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Pauline Boty (1938–1966), British painter
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Pauline Boutal (1894–1992), French-born Canadian artist, theatrical designer, actress and educator
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Pauline Bremer (b. 1996), German footballer
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Pauline Browes (b. 1938), Canadian politician
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Pauline Powell Burns (1872–1912), African-American artist
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Pauline Cafferkey, Scottish nurse
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Pauline Cassin Caro (1828/34/35 - 1901), French novelist
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Pauline Chalamet (b. 1992), American actress, writer, and director
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Pauline Chan Bo-Lin (1973–2002), Hong Kong actress
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Pauline Clarke (1921–2013), English author
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Pauline Atherton Cochrane (b. 1929), American librarian
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Pauline Collins (b. 1940), English actress
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Pauline Cope (b. 1969), English footballer
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Pauline Marie Armande Craven (1808–1891), French author
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Pauline Croze (b. 1979), French singer and musician
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Pauline Curley (1903–2000), American actress
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Pauline Curnier Jardin (b. 1980), French visual artist
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Pauline Cushman (1833–1893), US actress and spy
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Pauline Davis (politician) (1917–1995), US politician
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Pauline Davis-Thompson (b. 1966), Bahamian sprinter
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Pauline de Ahna (1863–1950), German singer
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Pauline de Lézardière (1754–1835), French historian
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Pauline de Meulan (1773–1827), French writer
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Pauline de Rothschild (1908–1976), writer and fashion designer
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Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord (1820–1890), French noble
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Pauline Déroulède (born 1990), French wheelchair tennis player
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Pauline Donalda (1882–1970), Canadian singer
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Pauline Ducruet (b. 1994), Monegasque noble
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Pauline Dunwell Partridge (1879–1944), American writer
*Dame
Pauline Engel
Dame Sister Pauline Frances Engel (10 September 1930 – 15 November 2017) was a New Zealand educator and Roman Catholic religious sister. A member of the Sisters of Mercy, she served as the third principal of Carmel College. Prior to running ...
(1930–2017), New Zealand educator and Catholic nun
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Pauline Fisk (1948–2015), British children's author
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Pauline Flanagan (1925–2003), Irish actress
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Pauline Fréchette (1889-1943), poet, dramatist, journalist, nun
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Pauline Frederick (1883–1938), US actor
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Pauline Frost, Canadian politician
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Pauline Gardiner (b. 1947), New Zealand politician
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Pauline Garon (1900–1965), US actor
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Pauline Gedge (b. 1945), Canadian novelist
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Pauline Green (b. 1948), European politician
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Pauline Gregg (1909–2006), British historian
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Pauline Hanson (b. 1954), Australian politician
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Pauline Heßler (b. 1998), German ski jumper
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Pauline Holdstock (b. 1948), British-Canadian writer
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Pauline Hopkins (1859–1930), African-American novelist
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Pauline von Hügel (1858-1901), Italian-born Austrian baroness; British writer, philanthropist
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Pauline Jacobus (1840–1930), US studio potter
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Pauline-Marie Jaricot (1799–1862), French founder of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith and the Living Rosary Association.
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Pauline Jewett (1922–1992), Canadian politician
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E. Pauline Johnson (1861–1913), Canadian writer and performer
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Pauline Johnson (actress)
Pauline Johnson (3 November 1899 – 13 February 1947) was an English film actress. She was a leading lady of British films during the silent era.
She was born Katherine Johnson in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England and died in Dorset, ...
(1899–1947), English film actor
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Pauline Julien
Pauline Julien, (May 23, 1928October 1, 1998), nicknamed "La Renarde", was a singer, songwriter, actress, feminist activist and Quebec sovereigntist.
Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec,Christian Rioux and Betty Nygaard King."Pauline Julien" ''Th ...
(1928–1998), Canadian singer
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Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael (; June 19, 1919 – September 3, 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for ''The New Yorker'' from 1968 to 1991. Known for her "witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused" reviews, Kael often defied the conse ...
(1919–2001), US film critic
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Pauline Koner (1912–2001), US dancer and choreographer
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Pauline Konga (b. 1970), Kenyan runner
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Pauline Kingi (b. 1951), Māori community leader
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Pauline LaFon Gore (1912–2004), mother of former US Vice President Al Gore and the wife of former US Senator Albert Gore Sr.
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Pauline Lafont (1963–1988), French actor
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Pauline Lecarpentier (b. 1997), French freestyle wrestler
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Pauline Lefèvre-Utile (1830–1922) founded the
LU (biscuits) company in 1854.
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Pauline Arnoux MacArthur (1867–1941), American clubwoman and writer
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Pauline Gracia Beery Mack (1891–1974), US chemist
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Pauline Maier (1938–2013), US historian
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Pauline Mailhac (1858–1946), Austrian-German opera singer
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Pauline Félicité de Mailly (1712–1741), French noble
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Pauline Marois
Pauline Marois (; born March 29, 1949) is a retired Canadian politician, who served as the 30th premier of Quebec from 2012 to 2014. Marois had been a Member of the National Assembly (Quebec), member of the National Assembly in various ridings ...
(b. 1949), Canadian politician
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Pauline Mills McGibbon (1910–2001), Canadian politician
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Pauline McLynn (b. 1962), Irish actor
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Pauline McNeill (b. 1962) Scottish politician
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Pauline Melville (b. 1948), Guyanese-born writer and actor
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Pauline Menczer (b. 1970), Australian surfer
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Pauline Mendoza (b. 1999), Filipina actress and model
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Pauline von Metternich (1836–1921), Austrian socialite
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Anna Milder-Hauptmann (1785–1838), Austrian singer
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Pauline Moran (b. 1947), English actor
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Pauline Musters (1876–1895), the shortest woman ever recorded
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Pauline Ngan Po-ling, Chinese politician
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Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones (b. 1939), BBC Governor and Chairman of the British Joint Intelligence Committee
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Pauline Newstone, Canadian voice actor
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Pauline Nyiramasuhuko (b. 1946), Rwandan politician and war criminal
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Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016), US composer and accordionist
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Pauline O'Neill (disambiguation)
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Pauline O'Neill (sister), first president of Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana
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Pauline O'Neill (suffrage leader) (1865–1961), suffrage leader, Arizona state legislator, and widow of Buckey O'Neill
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Princess Pauline of Orange-Nassau (1800–1806), Dutch noble
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Pauline Pantsdown, stage name of Australian satirist Simon Hunt
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Pauline Parker (b. 1938), New Zealander murderer
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Pauline Parmentier (b. 1986), French tennis player
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Pauline-Euphrosine Paul (1803–1877), French ballet dancer also known as Madame Montessu
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Pauline Pearce, British activist
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Pauline Periwinkle (1863–1916), American journalist, poet, teacher, feminist
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Pauline Perlmutter Steinem (1864–1940), American suffragist
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Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark (b. 1931), British politician
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Pauline Pfeiffer (1895-1951), American journalist
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Pauline Phelps (1870-1963), American writer
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Pauline Phillips
Pauline Esther Phillips (born Friedman; July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013), also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known Dear Abby, ''Dear Abby'' newspaper column in 1956. It beca ...
(1918–2013), US writer of Dear Abby
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Pauline Picard (1947–2009), Canadian politician
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Pauline Polaire, Italian actor
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Pauline Prior-Pitt, British poet
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Pauline Quirke (b. 1959), English actress
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Pauline Reade (d. 1963), British murder victim
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Pauline Réage, pseudonym of French journalist Anne Desclos (1907–1998)
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Pauline Richards, Canadian political candidate
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Pauline Robertson (b. 1968), retired Scottish field hockey player
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Pauline Rochefort
Pauline Rochefort is a Canadian politician from the Liberal Party of Canada. She was elected Member of Parliament for Nipissing—Timiskaming in the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Rochefort graduated from École secondaire Algonquin in Nort ...
, Canadian politician
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Pauline Roland (1805—1852), French feminist and socialist
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Pauline Dohn Rudolph (1865–1934), US painter
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Pauline Sabin (1887–1955), US prohibition repeal leader and Republican party official
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Pauline Scanlon, Irish singer
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Pauline Schmidt (1865–1944), Danish magician
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Pauline Agassiz Shaw (1841–1917), US philanthropist and social reformer
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Pauline Small (1924–2005), Crow tribal politician
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Pauline Smith (1882–1959), South African novelist
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Pauline Stainer (b. 1941), English poet
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Pauline Starke (1901–1977), US actor
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Pauline B. Story (1870–1952), American composer
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Pauline Anna Strom, US composer and synthesist better known as Trans-Millenia Consort
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Pauline Tallen (b. 1959), Nigerian politician
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Pauline Tennant (1927–2008), British actress
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Pauline Thompson (1942–2012), New Zealand painter
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Pauline Thys (c.1836–1909), French composer and librettist
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Pauline Tompkins (1918–2004), president of Cedar Crest College
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Pauline Tratz (b. 1999), German gymnast
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Pauline, Lady Trevelyan (1816–1866), English painter
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Pauline Trigère (1908–2002), Franco-American fashion designer
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Pauline Tully, Irish politician
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Pauline Turner, Scottish actress
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Pauline van der Wildt (b. 1944), retired Dutch swimmer
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Pauline Vanier (1898–1991), Canadian vice-regal consort
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Pauline (singer) (Pauline Vasseur) (b. 1988), French singer
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Pauline Viardot
Pauline Viardot (; 18 July 1821 – 18 May 1910) was a French dramatic mezzo-soprano, composer and pedagogue of Spanish descent. Born Michelle Ferdinande Pauline García,FitzLyon, p. 15, referring to the baptismal name. Thbirth recorddigitized a ...
(1821–1910), French singer
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Pauline Wayne (b. ca 1906), US President Taft's cow
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Pauline Payne Whitney (1874–1916), US heiress
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Pauline of Württemberg (disambiguation)
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Pauline Therese of Württemberg (1800–1873), daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg and third wife of King William I of Württemberg
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Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810–1856), daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg and second wife of William, Duke of Nassau
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Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1877–1965)
Princess Pauline Olga Helene Emma of Württemberg (19 December 18777 May 1965) was the only child of William II of Württemberg and Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont to reach adulthood. Pauline was the wife of William Frederick, Prince of ...
, daughter of William II of Württemberg and wife of William Frederick, Prince of Wied
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Pauline A. Young (1900–1991), African-American teacher, activist, and humanitarian
Fictional characters
*Ms. Pauline Fleming, a character from the 1988 film ''
Heathers'', and it's
musical
Musical is the adjective of music.
Musical may also refer to:
* Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance
* Musical film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), charac ...
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TV adaptations
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Pauline Fowler, a character from the British
soap opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...
''
EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...
'', portrayed by
Wendy Richard
Wendy Richard (born Wendy Emerton; 20 July 1943 – 26 February 2009) was an English actress, best known for her television roles as Miss Shirley Brahms on the BBC sitcom ''Are You Being Served?'' from 1972 to 1985, and Pauline Fowler on the ...
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Pauline, a character in
Nintendo
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles.
The history of Nintendo began when craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi ...
's ''
Donkey Kong
is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo. It follows the adventures of Donkey Kong (character), Donkey Kong, a large, powerful gorilla, and other members of the List of Don ...
'' and
''Mario'' franchises
See also
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Pauline (disambiguation) (other meanings of the word Pauline)
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The Perils of Pauline, a series of films
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Paulina
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Pavlina
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External links
Lexikoneintrag über den Namen Pauline at vorname.com
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French feminine given names
Feminine given names