Caroline (given name)

Caroline is a feminine given name, derived from the male Charles. Common nicknames and variations include Callie, Carol, Carole, Carolina, Carolyn, Carly, Carrie, and Caz.

Academics and science

 * Caroline Bedell Thomas (1904–1997), American cardiologist
 * Caroline Bowen (born 1944), New Zealand speech pathologist
 * Caroline Brettell (born 1950), Canadian cultural anthropologist
 * Caroline Brown Bourland (1871–1956), American professor
 * Caroline Bruzelius, American art historian
 * Caroline Matilda Dodson (1845–1898), American physician
 * Caroline Finch, Australian statistician
 * Caroline Furness Jayne (1873–1909), American ethnologist
 * Caroline Breese Hall (1939–2012), American pediatrician
 * Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), German astronomer
 * Caroline Herzenberg (born 1932), American physicist
 * Caroline Pellew (1882–1963), British geneticist
 * Caroline Langat Thoruwa, Kenyan chemist
 * Caroline Uhler (born 1983), Swiss statistician

Activism

 * Caroline Archer (1922–1978), Aboriginal Australian activist and telephonist
 * Caroline Brown Buell (1843–1927), American activist
 * Caroline Chisholm (1808–1877), Australian social reformer
 * Caroline M. Clark Woodward (1840–1924), American activist and writer
 * Caroline Criado Perez (born 1984), Brazilian–English feminist author, activist and journalist
 * Caroline Dayer (born 1978), Swiss feminist educator and writer
 * Caroline LeCount (c. 1846–1923), American educator and civil rights activist
 * Caroline Lowder Downing, British suffragette, sister of Edith Downing
 * Caroline Healey Dall (1822–1912), American feminist writer, transcendentalist, and reformer
 * Caroline Killeen (1926–2014), American activist
 * Caroline Marmon Fesler (1878–1960), American philanthropist and patron of art and music
 * Caroline Moorehead (born 1944), English human rights journalist and biographer
 * Caroline Mwatha (died 2019), Kenyan human rights activist
 * Caroline Severance (1820–1914), American abolitionist, suffragist, and the founder of women's clubs

Empresses consort

 * Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792–1873), Empress of Austria by marriage to Francis I of Austria

Queens consort

 * Caroline of Ansbach (1683–1737), British queen consort of King George II
 * Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796–1881), Danish queen consort of King Christian VIII
 * Caroline of Baden (1776–1841), first Queen consort of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
 * Caroline Bonaparte (1782–1839), queen consort of Joachim, King of Naples
 * Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821), queen consort of George IV of the United Kingdom
 * Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751–1775), British monarch, sister of King George III and Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian VII

Princesses

 * Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (1713–1757), Hannover princess, daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach
 * Caroline, Princess of Hanover (born 1957), formerly heir presumptive to the throne of Monaco, daughter of Grace Kelly
 * Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1746–1821)
 * Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1723–1783), consort of Baden, artist, collector, salonist and scientist
 * Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg (1714–1741), Princess of Condé by marriage to Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon
 * Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen (1762–1823), daughter of Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, and wife of Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
 * Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1786–1816), princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912–1995), Danish monarch

Other aristocrats

 * Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1734–1810), German countess
 * Caroline, Countess of Cranbrook (born 1935), English aristocrat and food activist
 * Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704–1774), Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken by marriage to Christian III of Zweibrücken
 * Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721–1774), Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt by marriage to Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 * Caroline Lacroix (1883–1948), mistress of Leopold II of Belgium
 * Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1819–1887), Polish noblewoman associated with Franz Liszt

Arts

 * Caroline Aaron (born 1952), American actress
 * Caroline Abraham (1809–1877), New Zealand artist
 * Caroline Adderson (born 1963), Canadian novelist and short story writer
 * Caroline Aherne (1963–2016), British comedian, actress and writer
 * Caroline Ailin (born 1989), Norwegian singer and songwriter
 * Caroline Amiguet (born 1977), French actress and model
 * Caroline Armington (1875–1939), Canadian painter
 * Caroline Bardua (1781–1864), German painter
 * Caroline Baron, American film producer and philanthropist
 * Caroline Becker (1826–1881), Finnish photographer
 * Caroline Beil (born 1966), German actress and television presenter
 * Caroline Bergvall (born 1962) German–born French–Norwegian poet
 * Caroline Birley (1851–1907), English geologist, fossil collector and children's author
 * Lady Caroline Blackwood (1931–1996), English writer
 * Caroline Bliss (born 1961), English actress
 * Caroline Brazier, Australian actress
 * Caroline Burke (1913–1964), American actress, art collector, writer, and television and theater producer
 * Caroline Caddy (born 1944), Australian poet
 * Caroline Carleton (1811–1874), English–born Australian poet
 * Caroline Catz, English film, television, narrator, theatre and radio actress
 * Caroline Champetier (born 1954), French cinematographer
 * Caroline Chariot-Dayez (born 1958), Belgian painter
 * Caroline Charrière (1825–1873), Swiss composer and conductor
 * Caroline Chesebro (1825–1873), American writer
 * Caroline Chevin (born 1974), Swiss soul singer
 * Caroline Chikezie (born 1974), Nigerian–English actress
 * Caroline Chomienne (1957–2020), French film director
 * Caroline Clive (1801–1873), English writer
 * Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947), American author
 * Caroline Corr (born 1973), Irish drummer
 * Caroline Craig (born 1975), Australian actress
 * Caroline Crawford (born 1949), American actress and singer
 * Caroline Crawley (1963–2016), English singer
 * Caroline D'Amore (born 1984), American model and actress
 * Caroline Demmer (1845–1898), German–Austrian actress and singer
 * Caroline Dhavernas (born 1978), Canadian actress
 * Caroline Dowdeswell (born 1945), English actress
 * Caroline Ducey (born 1976), French actress
 * Caroline Dumas (born 1935), French soprano
 * Caroline Duprez (1832–1875), French soprano
 * Caroline Alice Elgar (1848–1920), English writer and poet
 * Caroline Leigh Gascoigne (1813–1883), British poet and writer
 * Caroline Gordon (1895–1981), American novelist and literary critic
 * Caroline Hardaker (born 1986), English poet and novelist
 * Caroline Howard Gilman (1794–1888), American writer
 * Caroline Howard Jervey (1823–1877), American author and poet
 * Caroline Dana Howe (1824–1907), American poet and writer
 * Caroline Innerbichler, American stage actress
 * Caroline Alice Lejeune (1897–1973), British writer
 * Caroline Lufkin (born 1981), Okinawan-American musician
 * Caroline Marbouty (1803–1890), French writer
 * Caroline Marshall Woodward (1828–1890), American author
 * Caroline May (1820–1895), English-American poet and editor
 * Caroline Miner Smith, known as Siiickbrain, American singer and model
 * Caroline Myss (born 1952), American self-help, spirituality and mysticism author
 * Caroline Néron (born 1973), Canadian actress
 * Caroline Polachek (born 1985), American musician
 * Caroline Quentin (born 1960), British actress and television presenter
 * Caroline Rannersberger (born 1961), Australian visual artist
 * Caroline Keating Reed (died 1954), American pianist and music teacher
 * Caroline Rhea (born 1964), Canadian actress
 * Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793–1878), Swedish composer
 * Caroline M. Sawyer (1812–1894), American poet, biographer and editor
 * Caroline Shaw (born 1982), American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
 * Caroline Shawk Brooks (1840–1913), American sculptor
 * Caroline Henrietta Sheridan (1770–1851), English novelist
 * Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1854), English poet
 * Caroline Townshend (1878–1944), British stained glass artist of the Arts and Crafts Movement
 * Caroline Valpy (1804–1884), a British-New Zealand artist
 * Caroline von Wolzogen (1763–1847), German novelist and biographer
 * Caroline Weldon (1844–1921), Swiss-American artist and activist with the National Indian Defense

Law and politics

 * Caroline Abadie (born 1976), French politician
 * Caroline Ansell (born 1971), British politician
 * Caroline Casagrande (born 1976), American government official
 * Caroline A. Crenshaw, American attorney
 * Caroline Desbiens, Canadian politician
 * Caroline Fiat (born 1977), French politician
 * Caroline Flint (born 1961), British politician
 * Caroline Ganley (1879–1966), British politician
 * Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (1869–1943), American congresswoman
 * Caroline Johnson (born 1977), British politician
 * Caroline Lucas (born 1960), British politician
 * Caroline St-Hilaire (born 1969), Canadian politician from Quebec
 * Caroline Szyber (born 1981), Swedish politician
 * Caroline Van Zile, American lawyer and politician

Sports

 * Caroline Abbé (born 1988), Swiss footballer
 * Caroline Allen (born 1992), American motorcycle racer
 * Caroline Arft (born 1996), German canoeist
 * Caroline Buchanan (born 1990), Australian cyclist
 * Caroline Burckle (born 1986), American swimmer
 * Caroline Chepkurui (born 1990), Kenyan steeplechase runner
 * Caroline Chepkwony (born 1985), Kenyan long distance runner
 * Caroline Cruveillier (born 1998), French boxer
 * Caroline Delas (born 1980), French rower
 * Caroline Dhenin (born 1973), French tennis player
 * Caroline Dolehide (born 1998), American tennis player
 * Caroline Foot (born 1965), British butterfly swimmer
 * Caroline Heron (born 1990), Scottish footballer
 * Caroline Seger (born 1985), Swedish footballer
 * Caroline Stoll (born 1960), American tennis player
 * Caroline Vis (born 1970), Dutch tennis player
 * Caroline Weir (born 1995), Scottish footballer
 * Caroline Wensink (born 1984), Dutch volleyball player
 * Caroline Wittrin (born 1968), Canadian hammer thrower
 * Caroline Wozniacki (born 1990), Danish tennis player
 * Caroline Zhang (born 1993), American figure skater
 * Caroline Zhang (born 1993), American figure skater

Others

 * Caroline Anthonypillai (1908–2009), Sri Lankan trade unionist and founder of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party
 * Caroline Arnott (1859–1933), English philanthropist
 * Caroline Starr Balestier Kipling (1862–1939), wife of writer Rudyard Kipling
 * Caroline Bancroft (1900–1985), American journalist and Ziegfeld Folly
 * Caroline Bartlett Crane (1858–1935), American Unitarian minister, suffragist, educator, journalist, and sanitation reformer
 * Caroline Bittencourt (1981–2019), Brazilian model and television presenter
 * Caroline Blake (1835–1919), Irish hotelier and landlord
 * Caroline Brady (1905–1980), American philologist
 * Caroline Brasch Nielsen (born 1993), Danish fashion model
 * Caroline Burghardt (1834–1922, Civil War nurse
 * Caroline Byrne (1970–1995), Australian model
 * Caroline Calloway (born 1991), American internet personality
 * Caroline Cameron (born 1990), Canadian television sportscaster
 * Caroline Donald, British journalist and author
 * Caroline Flack (1979–2020), English television presenter
 * Caroline Freeman (1856–1914), English educator and first woman to graduate from the University of Otago
 * Caroline Garcia (born 1993), Dhenin's French compatriot and tennis player
 * Caroline Girvan (born 1984), Irish fitness trainer and YouTuber
 * Caroline Gooding (1959–2014), British solicitor and disability rights activist
 * Caroline Grills (c. 1888 – 1960), Australian serial killer
 * Caroline Harrison (1832–1892), American first wife to the 23rd President of the United States Benjamin Harrison and founder of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
 * Caroline Haslett (1895–1957), English electrical engineer, electricity industry administrator and champion of women's rights
 * Caroline Hazard (1856–1945), American educator, philanthropist, and author
 * Caroline Kennedy (born 1957), American author and attorney, the daughter and only surviving child of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
 * Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson (1918–2005), American fashion consultant, businesswoman and philanthropist
 * Caroline Mary Luard (1850–1908), British murder victim
 * Caroline Nichols Churchill (1833–1926), American newspaper editor, suffragist and writer
 * Caroline Norton (1808–1877), English writer and social reformer
 * Caroline Schelling (1763–1809), German intellectual and writer
 * Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (1830–1908), American socialite
 * Caroline Skeel (1872–1951), British historian
 * Caroline Spencer (1861–1928), American physician and suffragist
 * Caroline Sunshine (born 1995), American actress, singer, and civil servant
 * Caroline Trentini (born 1987), Brazilian fashion model
 * Caroline Winberg (born 1985), Swedish model

Fictional characters

 * Caroline, in the 1994 American black-comedy movie The Ref
 * Caroline Abbott, American Girl character
 * Caroline Alessi, former character on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
 * Caroline Beaufort, the mother of scientist Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein
 * Caroline Bingley, from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
 * Caroline Brady, on the American soap opera Days of our Lives
 * Carrie Brady Reed or Caroline Anna Brady-Reed, character on the American soap opera Days of our Lives
 * Cara Castillo or Carolyn Castllio, character on the American soap opera All My Children
 * Carly Benson Corinthos-Jacks or Caroline Leigh Benson Corinthos-Jacks, character on the American soap opera General Hospital
 * Caroline Farrell, the original identity of main character Echo on the TV series Dollhouse
 * Caroline Forbes, one of the protagonists on the TV series The Vampire Diaries
 * Coraline Jones, the protagonist of the novel Coraline (sometimes miscalled Caroline)
 * Caroline Lindstrom, in 2001 American independent comedy-drama movie Little Secrets
 * Caroline Anne "Carol" Seaver, a character in the American television sitcom Growing Pains
 * Caroline Spencer, current character on the American CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
 * Caroline Spencer Forrester, former character on the American CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
 * Caroline Weldon, a character in the American sitcom Living Dolls