Cleopatra (given name)

Cleopatra is a feminine given name. It was the name of various characters in Greek Mythology and was frequently used among Royal dynasties in the Hellenistic period. It may refer to:

Queens of Ancient Egypt

 * Cleopatra I Syra (c. 204–176 BC), princess of the Seleucid Empire by birth, and queen of Egypt by marriage
 * Cleopatra II of Egypt (c. 185–116 BC), queen (and briefly sole ruler) of Egypt
 * Cleopatra III of Egypt (169–101 BC), queen of Egypt
 * Cleopatra IV of Egypt (c. 138–135 BC), queen of Egypt
 * Berenice III of Egypt (120-80 BC), queen of Egypt, also known as Cleopatra and Cleopatra Berenice
 * Cleopatra V of Egypt (died c. 69/68 BC or c. 57 BC), queen of Egypt
 * Cleopatra VI of Egypt (died c. 57 BC), queen of Egypt (possibly Cleopatra V)
 * Cleopatra VII Philopator, also known as simply Cleopatra (69–30 BC), last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt

Other

 * Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon (4th century BC), wife of Philip II of Macedon
 * Cleopatra of Macedon (c. 356–308 BC), queen of Epirus, sister of Alexander the Great, daughter of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias of Epirus
 * Cleopatra Thea (c. 164–121 BC), daughter of Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VI Philometor
 * Cleopatra Selene of Syria (c. between 135 and 130 – 69 BC), daughter of Cleopatra III and Ptolemy VIII Physcon
 * Cleopatra of Pontus (110–after 58 BC), wife of Tigranes the Great
 * Cleopatra of Jerusalem (1st century BC), wife of Herod the Great
 * Cleopatra Selene II (40–5 BC), daughter of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony
 * Cleopatra the Physician (1st century AD), Greek physician and author
 * Saint Cleopatra (3rd and 4th century AD, d. 319 or 327), Christian saint
 * Cleopatra the Alchemist (3rd or 4th century AD), Greek alchemist, author and philosopher

Modern world

 * Cleopatra, Hereditary Princess of Oettingen-Spielberg (born 1987), German-Chilean actress, model, and aristocrat
 * Cleopatra Borel (born 1979), female shot putter from Trinidad and Tobago
 * Cleopatra Broumand (born 1944/1945), Iranian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur
 * Cleopatra Coleman (born 1987), Australian actress
 * Cleo Demetriou (born 2001), Cyprus-born actress
 * Cleopatra Higgins (born 1982), British singer
 * Cleopatra Koheirwe (born 1982), Ugandan actress, writer, singer and personality
 * Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947), American poet and professor
 * Cleopatra Pantazi (born 1963), Greek singer
 * Cleopatra Stratan (born 2002), Moldovan singer
 * Cleopatra Tawo (died 2017), Nigerian radio personality
 * Cleopatra Tucker (born 1943), American politician

Fictional characters

 * the protagonist of the blaxploitation films Cleopatra Jones (1973) and Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)
 * Cleopatra Wong, the protagonist of three films: They Call Her Cleopatra Wong (1978), Dynamite Johnson (1979) and Devil's Angels (1980)
 * Cleopatra (Rome character), in the historical drama series Rome
 * Cleopatra, in the animated sitcom Clone High
 * Cleopatra, the protagonist of the television series Cleopatra 2525, which aired from 2000 to 2001
 * Cleopatra Funnie, in the animated television series Doug
 * Cleopatra Corns, the protagonist of the manga series Cleopatra DC
 * Cleopatra, important poet and lawmaker in the future world of Robert Graves' Seven Days in New Crete