Thyra is a female given name, variant of
Tyra Tyra may refer to:
Places
*Tyra Field, a gas field in the North Sea
**Tyra West – F3 pipeline, a pipeline running from Tyra Field
*Tyra (Třinec), a village near Třinec, Czech Republic, now administratively a part of this town
* Tyra river, alte ...
. Notable people with the name include:
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Thyra
Thyra, also known as Thorvi or Thyre, was a Danish queen, spouse of King Gorm the Old of Denmark, the first historically recognized King of Denmark, who reigned from to his death . (c.936-958), Danish queen
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Thyra of Denmark (1853-1933), Danish daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hessel-Kassel
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Thyra of Denmark (1880–1945), Danish daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark and Louise of Sweden
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Thyra Alleyne (1875-1954), second daughter of Forster Alleyne of Clifton and Barbados
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Thyra Bethell
Thyra Talvase Bethell (née Beetham, 5 December 1882 – 16 November 1972) was a New Zealand Red Cross organizer and women's community leader. She was born at Brancepeth Station, Wairarapa, New Zealand, on 5 December 1882.
In 1918, Bethell w ...
(1876-1972),
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
organizer
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Thyra J. Edwards
Thyra Johnson Edwards (December 25, 1897 – July 9, 1953) was an African-American educator, social worker, journalist, labor and civil rights activist, and women's rights activist. Pan-Africanist, and communist.
Early life
Thyra Johnson Edwards ...
(1897-1953), American journalist
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Thyra Eibe
Thyra Eibe (3 November 1866 – 4 January 1955) was a Danish mathematician and translator, the first woman to earn a mathematics degree from the University of Copenhagen. She is known for her translation of Euclid's '' Elements'' into the Danish ...
(1866-1955), Danish mathematician
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Thyra Frank
Thyra Frank (born 10 May 1952) is a Danish nurse and politician.
She was born in Skørping to Jens Kristian Frank and Anna Nystrup Frank, and is married to Peter Camillo Rasmussen. She was elected member of Folketinget for the Liberal Alliance ...
(born 1952), Danish nurse
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Thyra Manicus-Hansen
Thyra Beate Christiane Manicus-Hansen (7 September 1872 – 29 August 1954) was a Danish ceramist and trade unionist. As head of the ''Keramisk Malerforening'' (Ceramic Painters Union), she successfully pressed for better pay and working condition ...
(1872-1906), Danish artist
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Thyra Schmidt
Thyra Schmidt (1974) is a German visual artist.
Life and work
Schmidt studied fine arts from 1996 to 2000 at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover, under Peter Tuma, and in 1999/2000 at the Hiroshima City University, Faculty ...
(born 1974), German artist
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Thyra Stevenson
Thyra Kay Stevenson (September 4, 1944 – May 11, 2020) was an American politician from Idaho. She was a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives from District 6 in the A seat, dying in office.
Early life and education
Stevenson wa ...
(1944-2020), American politician
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Thyra Thomson
Thyra Godfrey Thomson (July 30, 1916 – June 11, 2013) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Wyoming, who served as a Republican as the Wyoming Secretary of State from 1963 to 1987.
Background
Thyra Godfrey Thomson was born on J ...
(1916-2013), American politician
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Thyra von Westernhagen
Princess Heinrich of Hanover (née Thyra von Westernhagen; born 14 August 1973) is a German forester. As the wife of Prince Heinrich of Hanover, she is a princess of the House of Hanover.
Early life and family
Thyra von Westernhagen was bor ...
(born 1973), German forester
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Thyra Samter Winslow
Thyra Samter Winslow (March 15, 1886 – December 2, 1961) was an American short story writer, novelist, and film story writer, who published over 200 stories during her career, frequently for magazines such as ''The Smart Set'', ''The American M ...
(1885-1961), American short story writer
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