Carolyn

Carolyn is a female given name, a variant of Caroline. Other spellings include Karolyn, Carolyne, Carolynn or Carolynne. Caroline itself is one of the feminine forms of Charles.

List of notable people

 * Carolyn Bennett (born 1950), Canadian politician
 * Carolyn Bertozzi (born 1966), American chemist and Nobel laureate
 * Carolyn Bertram (born 1976), Canadian politician
 * Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (1966–1999), wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
 * Carolyn Beug (1952–2001), American filmmaker
 * Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (born 1964), Canadian politician
 * Carolyn Brown (choreographer) (born 1927), American dancer, choreographer, and writer
 * Carolyn Brown (newsreader), English newsreader
 * Carolyn Cassady (1923–2013), American writer and wife of Neal Cassady
 * C. J. Cherryh (Carolyn Janice Cherryh; born 1942), American science fiction and fantasy writer
 * Carolyn Chiechi (born 1943), judge of the United States Tax Court
 * Carolyn Cooper (born 1959), Jamaican author and literary scholar
 * Carolyn Davidson, several people
 * Carolyn Eaton (1964–1982), American murder victim
 * Carolyn Fe, Filipina singer and actress
 * Carolyn Forché (born 1950), American poet, editor, translator and human rights advocate
 * Carolyn Franklin (1944–1988), American singer and songwriter, sister of Aretha Franklin
 * Carolyn Gates, professor of veterinary science
 * Carolyn Gray, Canadian Playwright
 * Carolyn Harris (born 1960), British politician
 * Carolyn Lynnet Harris (1948–1994), American librarian
 * Carolyn Wilson Harris (1849–1910), American lichenologist
 * Carolyn Hart (born 1936), American mystery writer
 * Carolyn Hax (born 1966), American writer and advice columnist
 * Carolyn Hennesy (born 1962), American actress
 * Carolyn Price Horton (1909–2001), American bookbinder and conservator
 * Carolyn Hunt (born 1937), American educator, politician, and First Lady of North Carolina
 * Carolyn Dawn Johnson (born 1971), Canadian country music singer-songwriter
 * Carolyn Jones (1930–1983), American actress
 * Carolyn Jones (politician), Canadian politician
 * Carolyn Jones-Young (born 1969), American basketball player
 * Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (born 1945), American politician
 * Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014), Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet
 * Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946), American poet
 * Carolyn Lawrence (born 1967), American voice actress
 * Carolyn Leigh (1926–1983), American lyricist
 * Carolyn Ringer Lepre, American academic administrator
 * Carolyn Lynch (1946–2015), American philanthropist
 * Carolyn Mahoney (born 1946), American mathematician
 * Carolyn Maloney (born 1946), American politician
 * Carolyn Martin (born 1951), American academic, author and president of Amherst College
 * Carolyn McCarthy (born 1944), American politician
 * Carolyn McCormick (born 1959), American actress
 * Carolyn McCurdie, British-born New Zealand author
 * Carolyn D. Meadows (born 1938), American activist
 * Carolyn Merchant (born 1936), American ecofeminist
 * Carolyn Morris (1925–1996), pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
 * Carolyn Omine, American television writer and producer
 * Carolyn Miller Parr (born 1937), judge of the United States Tax Court
 * Carolyn Parrish (born 1946), Canadian politician
 * Carolyn Porco (born 1953), American planetary scientist
 * Carolyn Reidy (1949–2020), president and CEO of the American publishing company Simon & Schuster
 * Carolyn See (1934–2016), American author and reviewer
 * Carolyn Seymour (born 1947), English actress
 * Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929–2021), American astronomer
 * Carolyn Stewart-Olsen (born 1946), Canadian politician
 * Carolyn Watkinson (born 1949), English mezzo-soprano singer
 * Carolyn D. Wright (1949–2016), American poet
 * Carolyn Yarnell (born 1961), American composer and visual artist

In fiction

 * Carolyn Barek, on the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent
 * Carolyn Keene, pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew and The Dana Girls mystery stories
 * Carolyn Stoddard, from the soap opera Dark Shadows
 * Princess Carolyn, from the adult animation series Bojack Horseman
 * Carolyn Trainer, a supervillain from Marvel Comics, also known as Lady Octopus