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Pauline is a female given name. It was originally the
French French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), ...
form of
Paulina Paulina or Paullina (, ) is a common female given name Latin. Paulina was a name shared by the mother, sister, and niece of the Roman Emperor, Roman emperor Hadrian. Paulina Major, mother of Hadrian (Domitia) Paulina (or Paullina) Major (''Ma ...
, 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

* Pauline Adams (1874–1958), Irish-American suffragist * Pauline Ado (b. 1991), French professional surfer *
Pauline Alderman Edith Pauline Alderman (January 16, 1893 – October 11, 1983) was an American musicologist and composer. She was the founder and the first Chairwoman of the Department of Music History and Literature (musicology) at the University of Southern Ca ...
(1893–1983), US musicologist and composer * Pauline Allen (b. 1948), Australian scholar of early Christianity * Pauline Allen-Dean, Bahamian banker *
Pauline Amelinckx Pauline Cucharo Amelinckx (; born August 26, 1995) is a Filipina beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2023#Appointments, Miss Supranational Philippines 2023. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Supranatio ...
(b. 1995), Filipina model * Pauline Amos, British performance artist * Pauline Armitage, Northern Ireland politician * Pauline Ashwell, pseudonym of British author Pauline Whitby (1928-2015) * Pauline Auzou (1775–1835), French painter * Pauline Morrow Austin (1916–2011), US meteorologist * Pauline Baards, a stage name of Italian actor Paola Barbara (1912–1989) * Pauline Bart (1930–2021), American sociologist * Pauline Irene Batebe, Ugandan engineer *
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 * Pauline Bebe (b. 1965), French rabbi * Pauline Bell (1912-2010), winner of the second Scripps National Spelling Bee champion *
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 * Pauline Bennett (b. 1964), British DJ and rapper also known as Jazzi P * Pauline Bern (b. 1952), New Zealand jeweller *
Pauline Betz Pauline May Betz Addie (née Betz, August 6, 1919 – May 31, 2011) was an American professional tennis player. She won five Grand Slam singles titles and was the runner-up on three other occasions. Jack Kramer called her the second best femal ...
(1919–2011), US professional tennis player *
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 * Pauline Bird-Hart (b. 1957), British rower *
Pauline Biscarat Pauline Biscarat (born 8 May 1989) is a French rugby sevens player. She was selected as a member of the France women's national rugby sevens team to the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI O ...
(b. 1989), French rugby sevens player *
Pauline Black Belinda Magnus (born 23 October 1953), better known as Pauline Black (), is an English singer, actress and author. In a music career spanning over 40 years, Black came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the 2 Tone ska reviva ...
(b. 1953), English singer * Pauline Bøgelund (b. 1996), Danish handball player *
Pauline Bonaparte Paula Maria Bonaparte Leclerc Borghese (, ; 20 October 1780 – 9 June 1825), better known as Pauline Bonaparte, was an imperial French princess, the first sovereign Duchess of Guastalla, and the princess consort of Sulmona and Rossano. She was th ...
(1780–1825), Italian noble *
Pauline Boty Pauline Boty (6 March 1938 – 1 July 1966) was a British painter and co-founder of the 1960s' British Pop art movement of which she was the only acknowledged female member. Boty's paintings and collages often demonstrate a joy in self-assured f ...
(1938–1966), British painter * Pauline Boutal (1894–1992), French-born Canadian artist, theatrical designer, actress and educator *
Pauline Bremer Pauline Marie Bremer (; born 10 April 1996) is a German Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln (women), 1. FC Köln and the Germany women's national football ...
(b. 1996), German footballer * Pauline Browes (b. 1938), Canadian politician * Pauline Powell Burns (1872–1912), African-American artist *
Pauline Cafferkey Pauline Cafferkey is a Scottish nurse and aid worker who contracted Ebola virus disease in 2014 while working in Sierra Leone as part of the medical aid effort during the West African Ebola virus epidemic. She survived the illness. Initial admi ...
, Scottish nurse * Pauline Cassin Caro (1828/34/35 - 1901), French novelist * Pauline Chalamet (b. 1992), American actress, writer, and director * Pauline Chan Bo-Lin (1973–2002), Hong Kong actress * Pauline Clarke (1921–2013), English author * Pauline Atherton Cochrane (b. 1929), American librarian *
Pauline Collins Pauline Collins (born 3 September 1940) is a British actress who first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1971–1973) and its spin-off '' Thomas & Sarah'' (1979). In 1992, she published her autobiography ' ...
(b. 1940), English actress * Pauline Cope (b. 1969), English footballer *
Pauline Marie Armande Craven Pauline Marie Armande Aglaé Craven (''née'' Ferron de La Ferronnays; 12 April 1808 – 1 April 1891) was a French writer. Early life She was born in London, the daughter of comte Auguste, comte de La Ferronays, Auguste de La Ferronnays, a Britt ...
(1808–1891), French author * Pauline Croze (b. 1979), French singer and musician *
Pauline Curley Pauline Curley (December 19, 1903 – December 11, 2000) was a vaudeville and silent film actress from Holyoke, Massachusetts. Her film career spanned much of the silent era, from 1915 to 1928. Early years Pauline Curley was born in Holyoke, M ...
(1903–2000), American actress * Pauline Curnier Jardin (b. 1980), French visual artist * Pauline Cushman (1833–1893), US actress and spy * Pauline Davis (politician) (1917–1995), US politician *
Pauline Davis-Thompson Pauline Elaine Davis-Thompson (born 9 July 1966) is a former Bahamian sprinter. She competed at five Olympics, a rarity for a track and field athlete. She won her first medal at her fourth Olympics and her first gold medals at her fifth Olymp ...
(b. 1966), Bahamian sprinter * Pauline de Ahna (1863–1950), German singer * Pauline de Lézardière (1754–1835), French historian * Pauline de Meulan (1773–1827), French writer *
Pauline de Rothschild Pauline, Baroness de Rothschild (née Potter; December 31, 1908 – March 8, 1976) was an American fashion designer, writer and, with her second husband, a translator of both Elizabethan poetry and the plays of Christopher Fry.Philippe de Rothsch ...
(1908–1976), writer and fashion designer *
Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord Joséphine Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord, Marquise de Castellane (29 December 1820 12 October 1890) was a French noblewoman. Early life Joséphine Pauline was born in Paris on 29 December 1820. She was the third legitimate child of the Edmo ...
(1820–1890), French noble *
Pauline Déroulède Pauline Déroulède (born 30 December 1990) is a French wheelchair tennis player, she was 2023 French Open wheelchair singles quarterfinalist and 2023 French Open wheelchair doubles semi-finalist with Katharina Krüger. Her highest world ranking ...
(born 1990), French wheelchair tennis player * Pauline Donalda (1882–1970), Canadian singer *
Pauline Ducruet Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet (born 4 May 1994) is a Monegasque diver, designer and niece of Prince Albert II of Monaco, through her mother, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco. Early life Ducruet was born on 4 May 1994 at Princess Grace Hospital Cent ...
(b. 1994), Monegasque noble * 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 * Pauline Fisk (1948–2015), British children's author *
Pauline Flanagan Pauline Flanagan (29 June 1925 – 28 June 2003) was an Irish-born actress who had a long career on stage, she was best known in the United States for her role as Annie Colleary, on the television soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'' in 1979 and again i ...
(1925–2003), Irish actress * Pauline Fréchette (1889-1943), poet, dramatist, journalist, nun *
Pauline Frederick Pauline Frederick (born Pauline Beatrice Libbey; August 12, 1883 – September 19, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. Early life Frederick was born Pauline Beatrice Libbey (later changed to Libby) in Boston in 1883 (some sources stat ...
(1883–1938), US actor * Pauline Frost, Canadian politician *
Pauline Gardiner Pauline Mona Gardiner (née Wayman, born 27 September 1947) is a former New Zealand Member of Parliament, first for the New Zealand National Party and then for United New Zealand. She was married to soldier, writer and public servant Wira Gard ...
(b. 1947), New Zealand politician *
Pauline Garon Marie Pauline Garon (September 9, 1900 – August 30, 1965) was a Canadian silent film, feature film, and stage actress. Early life Marie Pauline Garon was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on September 9, 1898, the daughter of Pierre-Auguste Ga ...
(1900–1965), US actor *
Pauline Gedge Pauline Gedge (born December 11, 1945) is a Canadian novelist best known for her historical fiction novels, including the best-selling ''Child of the Morning'', ''The Eagle and the Raven'', her fantasy novel ''Stargate'', and her Egyptian trilogies ...
(b. 1945), Canadian novelist *
Pauline Green Dame Pauline Green, (born 8 December 1948) is a former Labour and Co-operative Member of the European Parliament and former Leader of the Parliamentary Group of the Party of European Socialists (PES). As leader of the Parliamentary Group of t ...
(b. 1948), European politician * Pauline Gregg (1909–2006), British historian *
Pauline Hanson Pauline Lee Hanson (''née'' Seccombe, formerly Zagorski; born 27 May 1954) is an Australian politician who is the founder and leader of One Nation, a right-wing populist political party. Hanson has represented Queensland in the Australian S ...
(b. 1954), Australian politician *
Pauline Heßler Pauline Eichhorn (; born 13 September 1998) is a German ski jumper. She has competed at World Cup level since the 2014/15 season, with her best individual result being 18th place in Pyeongchang on 15 February 2017. At the Junior World Champio ...
(b. 1998), German ski jumper * Pauline Holdstock (b. 1948), British-Canadian writer * Pauline Hopkins (1859–1930), African-American novelist * Pauline von Hügel (1858-1901), Italian-born Austrian baroness; British writer, philanthropist * Pauline Jacobus (1840–1930), US studio potter *
Pauline-Marie Jaricot Pauline Marie Jaricot (22 July 1799 – 9 January 1862) was a French member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. She also was the founder of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith and the Association of the Living Rosary. Pope John XXIII ra ...
(1799–1862), French founder of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith and the Living Rosary Association. * Pauline Jewett (1922–1992), Canadian politician * E. Pauline Johnson (1861–1913), Canadian writer and performer *
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 *
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 *
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 * Pauline Koner (1912–2001), US dancer and choreographer * Pauline Konga (b. 1970), Kenyan runner * Pauline Kingi (b. 1951), Māori community leader * Pauline LaFon Gore (1912–2004), mother of former US Vice President Al Gore and the wife of former US Senator Albert Gore Sr. *
Pauline Lafont Pauline Lafont (6 April 196311 August 1988) was a French actress. She was the daughter of film star Bernadette Lafont and Diourka Medveczky, a Hungarian sculptor. Born Pauline Aïda Simone Medveczky in Nîmes, France, she died in a hiking acc ...
(1963–1988), French actor *
Pauline Lecarpentier Pauline Denise Lecarpentier (born May 1997) is a French freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She won the gold medal in her event at the 202 ...
(b. 1997), French freestyle wrestler * Pauline Lefèvre-Utile (1830–1922) founded the
LU (biscuits) Lefèvre-Utile, better known worldwide by the initials LU, was a French manufacturer brand of biscuits, emblematic of the city of Nantes. The brand is now part of US confectionery company Mondelēz International since 2012, after splitting of it ...
company in 1854. * Pauline Arnoux MacArthur (1867–1941), American clubwoman and writer * Pauline Gracia Beery Mack (1891–1974), US chemist *
Pauline Maier Pauline Alice Maier (née Rubbelke; April 27, 1938 – August 12, 2013) was a historian of the American Revolution, whose work also addressed the late colonial period and the history of the United States after the end of the Revolutionary War. ...
(1938–2013), US historian * Pauline Mailhac (1858–1946), Austrian-German opera singer * Pauline Félicité de Mailly (1712–1741), French noble *
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 *
Pauline Mills McGibbon Pauline Mills McGibbon (21 October 1910 – 14 December 2001) served as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1974 to 1980. In addition to being the first woman to occupy that position, she was also the first woman to serve as a vi ...
(1910–2001), Canadian politician *
Pauline McLynn Pauline McLynn (born 11 July 1962) is an Irish character actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Mrs. Doyle in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted'', Libby Croker in the Channel 4 comedy drama '' Shameless'', Tip Haddem in the BBC ...
(b. 1962), Irish actor * Pauline McNeill (b. 1962) Scottish politician *
Pauline Melville Pauline Melville FRSL (born 1948) is an English-Guyanese writer and former actress of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry, who is currently based in London, England. Among awards she has received for her writing – which encompasses short sto ...
(b. 1948), Guyanese-born writer and actor *
Pauline Menczer Pauline Menczer (born 21 May 1970) is an Australian surfer. She was Women's World Champion for Professional Surfing in 1993. Surfing career Menczer started surfing aged 12 in about 1982. She won the 1988 women's amateur world title at the co ...
(b. 1970), Australian surfer *
Pauline Mendoza Pauline Bianca Cruz Esquieres (born October 5, 1999), known professionally as Pauline Mendoza (), is a Filipino actress. She is also known for her various roles in '' Little Nanay'' (2015), '' That's My Amboy'' (2016), ''My Love from the Star'' ...
(b. 1999), Filipina actress and model *
Pauline von Metternich Pauline Clémentine Marie Walburga, Princess of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein (''née'' Countess Pauline Sándor de Szlavnicza; 25 February 1836 – 28 September 1921) was an Austrians, Austrian socialite, mainly active in Vienna and Paris. Kn ...
(1836–1921), Austrian socialite * Anna Milder-Hauptmann (1785–1838), Austrian singer *
Pauline Moran Pauline Moran (born 26 August 1947) is an English actress, best known for her role as Miss Felicity Lemon in the British television series ''Agatha Christie's Poirot''. She trained at several schools, including the National Youth Theatre and t ...
(b. 1947), English actor *
Pauline Musters Pauline Musters (February 26, 1878 – March 1, 1895) was a Dutch woman. She is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the shortest woman ever recorded, standing at only tall. Life Musters was born in 1878 in Ossendrecht in North Br ...
(1876–1895), the shortest woman ever recorded * Pauline Ngan Po-ling, Chinese politician * Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones (b. 1939), BBC Governor and Chairman of the British Joint Intelligence Committee *
Pauline Newstone Pauline Newstone (August 13, 1943 – May 5, 2023) was a Canadian voice actress best known as the voice of Airazor in the animated series '' Beast Wars'' and as Frieza in the English Ocean Productions and Westwood dubs of ''Dragon Ball Z''. S ...
, Canadian voice actor *
Pauline Nyiramasuhuko Pauline Nyiramasuhuko (born 1 April 1946) is a Rwandan politician who was the Minister for Family Welfare and the Advancement of Women. She was convicted of having incited troops and militia to carry out rape during the Rwandan genocide of ...
(b. 1946), Rwandan politician and war criminal *
Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center ...
(1932–2016), US composer and accordionist * Pauline O'Neill (disambiguation) ** Pauline O'Neill (sister), first president of Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana ** Pauline O'Neill (suffrage leader) (1865–1961), suffrage leader, Arizona state legislator, and widow of Buckey O'Neill * Princess Pauline of Orange-Nassau (1800–1806), Dutch noble *
Pauline Pantsdown Simon Hunt, sometimes known as Pauline Pantsdown (born c. 1962), is an Australian drag queen for Australian Senate candidate who parodied Pauline Hanson, a controversial member of federal parliament, in 1997 and 2016. His birth name was Simon Hun ...
, stage name of Australian satirist Simon Hunt * Pauline Parker (b. 1938), New Zealander murderer *
Pauline Parmentier Pauline Parmentier (; born 31 January 1986) is a French former tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 40, which she attained on 21 July 2008. On 30 April 2012, she peaked at No. 89 on the WTA doubles rankings. She won four singl ...
(b. 1986), French tennis player * Pauline-Euphrosine Paul (1803–1877), French ballet dancer also known as Madame Montessu *
Pauline Pearce Pauline Pearce is a British Liberal Democrat campaigner and anti- knife crime activist. Pearce came to prominence during the 2011 England riots, featuring in a viral video in which she chastised rioters, leading her to be dubbed the Heroine of Hack ...
, British activist * Pauline Periwinkle (1863–1916), American journalist, poet, teacher, feminist *
Pauline Perlmutter Steinem Pauline Perlmutter Steinem (August 4, 1864 — January 5, 1940) was a Jewish American suffragist born in Poland. In 1904, she became the first woman to be elected to the Board of Education in Toledo, Ohio, as well as to any public office there, th ...
(1864–1940), American suffragist *
Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark (née Welch; born 15 October 1931) is an educator, educationist, academic, and activist. She is a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician and was for 25 years a working member of the British H ...
(b. 1931), British politician *
Pauline Pfeiffer Pauline Marie Pfeiffer (July 22, 1895 – October 1, 1951) was an American journalist and the second wife of writer Ernest Hemingway.Harris, Peggy (Associated Press) (30 July 2000)Ernest Hemingway Museum Popular in Quiet Farm Town ''The Tusca ...
(1895-1951), American journalist * Pauline Phelps (1870-1963), American writer *
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 *
Pauline Picard Pauline Picard (; April 27, 1947 – June 29, 2009) was a Canadian politician. She was the Bloc Québécois (BQ) Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Drummond from 1993 to 2008. Born in Saint-Gabriel-de-Kamouraska, she was an admi ...
(1947–2009), Canadian politician * Pauline Polaire, Italian actor * Pauline Prior-Pitt, British poet *
Pauline Quirke Pauline Perpetua Sheen (née Quirke; born 8 July 1959) is a retired English actress. She began her career with roles on various television series, before fronting her own comedy sketch show, ''Pauline's Quirkes'', in 1976. She later starred as ...
(b. 1959), English actress * Pauline Reade (d. 1963), British murder victim * Pauline Réage, pseudonym of French journalist Anne Desclos (1907–1998) * Pauline Richards, Canadian political candidate * Pauline Robertson (b. 1968), retired Scottish field hockey player *
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 * Pauline Roland (1805—1852), French feminist and socialist * Pauline Dohn Rudolph (1865–1934), US painter * Pauline Sabin (1887–1955), US prohibition repeal leader and Republican party official *
Pauline Scanlon Pauline Scanlon (born in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland) is a singer of contemporary and traditional Irish music. Dingle is in the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht, which is an area where the population's first language is Irish. Scanlon has been singing ...
, Irish singer * Pauline Schmidt (1865–1944), Danish magician * Pauline Agassiz Shaw (1841–1917), US philanthropist and social reformer *
Pauline Small Pauline Small (November 30, 1924 – March 9, 2005) was the first woman to be elected to office in the Crow Tribe of Montana. In 1966 she was elected to Vice-Secretary of the Crow Tribal Council, holding office ''de facto'' to 1972, and se ...
(1924–2005), Crow tribal politician * Pauline Smith (1882–1959), South African novelist *
Pauline Stainer Pauline Anita Stainer (''née'' Rogers, born 5 March 1941) is an English poet. She was born Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. She left the city to study at St Anne's College, Oxford, where she took a degree in English. After Oxford she comp ...
(b. 1941), English poet *
Pauline Starke Pauline Starke (January 10, 1901Some sources say she was born in 1900. – February 3, 1977) was an American silent-film actress. Early years Pauline Starke was born on January 10, 1901, in Joplin, Missouri, the daughter of George W. Starke a ...
(1901–1977), US actor * Pauline B. Story (1870–1952), American composer * Pauline Anna Strom, US composer and synthesist better known as Trans-Millenia Consort * Pauline Tallen (b. 1959), Nigerian politician * Pauline Tennant (1927–2008), British actress * Pauline Thompson (1942–2012), New Zealand painter * Pauline Thys (c.1836–1909), French composer and librettist * Pauline Tompkins (1918–2004), president of Cedar Crest College * Pauline Tratz (b. 1999), German gymnast * Pauline, Lady Trevelyan (1816–1866), English painter *
Pauline Trigère Pauline Trigère (November 4, 1908 – February 13, 2002) was a French and American couturière. She was famous in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. She designed novelties such as the jumpsuit, the sleeveless coat, the reversible ...
(1908–2002), Franco-American fashion designer * Pauline Tully, Irish politician * Pauline Turner, Scottish actress * Pauline van der Wildt (b. 1944), retired Dutch swimmer *
Pauline Vanier Pauline Vanier, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, PC, Order of Canada, CC, Venerable Order of Saint John, DStJ (''née'' Archer; March 28, 1898 – March 23, 1991) was a Canadian humanitarian who was married to Georges Vanier. Her husband was one ...
(1898–1991), Canadian vice-regal consort * Pauline (singer) (Pauline Vasseur) (b. 1988), French singer *
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 *
Pauline Wayne Pauline Wayne was a Holstein cow that belonged to William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States. Biography Also known as "Miss Wayne", Pauline was not Taft's first presidential cow: she replaced the lesser-known "Mooly Wooly ...
(b. ca 1906), US President Taft's cow *
Pauline Payne Whitney Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (March 21, 1874 – November 22, 1916), was an American heiress and a member of the prominent Whitney family. Early life She was born in New York City, New York, to William Collins Whitney and Flora (née Payne) Whitn ...
(1874–1916), US heiress * Pauline of Württemberg (disambiguation) **
Pauline Therese of Württemberg Pauline of Württemberg (4 September 1800 – 10 March 1873) was Queen consort of Württemberg, Queen of Württemberg by marriage to her first cousin William I of Württemberg, King William I of Württemberg. Early life Pauline Therese was b ...
(1800–1873), daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg and third wife of King William I of Württemberg **
Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810–1856) Princess Pauline Friederike Marie (25 February 1810, Stuttgart – 7 July 1856, Wiesbaden) was List of Nassau consorts, Duchess consort of Nassau from 1829 to 1839 as the second wife of William, Duke of Nassau. She was a member of the House of W ...
, daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg and second wife of William, Duke of Nassau **
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 * Pauline A. Young (1900–1991), African-American teacher, activist, and humanitarian


Fictional characters

*Ms. Pauline Fleming, a character from the 1988 film ''
Heathers ''Heathers'' is a 1988 American teen dark comedy crime film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann, in both of their respective film debuts. The film stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, K ...
'', and it's
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and TV adaptations *
Pauline Fowler Pauline Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders''. She was played by actress Wendy Richard between the first episode on 19 February 1985 and 25 December 2006. Pauline was created by scriptwriter Tony Holland an ...
, a character from the British
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''
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 ...
* Pauline, a character in
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's ''
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'' and ''Mario'' franchises


See also

* Pauline (disambiguation) (other meanings of the word Pauline) * The Perils of Pauline, a series of films *
Paulina Paulina or Paullina (, ) is a common female given name Latin. Paulina was a name shared by the mother, sister, and niece of the Roman Emperor, Roman emperor Hadrian. Paulina Major, mother of Hadrian (Domitia) Paulina (or Paullina) Major (''Ma ...
* Pavlina * *


External links


Lexikoneintrag über den Namen Pauline at vorname.com


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