Angelika is a variant of

Angelica ''Angelica'' is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far north as Iceland, Lapland, and Greenland. They grow t ...

, derived from Latin ''angelicus'' meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek ''ἄγγελος'' (''ángelos'') – "messenger". The poets Boiardo and Ariosto used this name in their 'Orlando' poems (1495 and 1532), where it belongs to Orlando's love interest. It has been used as a given name since the 18th century. Angelika is used in Polish, German, Slovak and Czech. Notable people with the name include: *

Angelika Amon Angelika Amon (January 10, 1967 – October 29, 2020) was an Austrian American molecular and cell biologist, and the Kathleen and Curtis Marble Professor in Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachu ...

, Ph.D. (1967–2020), Austrian American molecular and cell biologist, professor at MIT *

Angelika Bachmann Angelika Bachmann (born 16 May 1979) is a former professional German tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player ...

(born 1979), professional German tennis player *

Angelika Bahmann Angelika Bahmann (born 1 April 1952 in Plauen) is a former East German slalom canoeist and trainer who competed in the 1970s. She won a gold medal in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Bahmann also won six medals in the ICF ...

(born 1952), East German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s *

Angelika Beer Angelika Beer (born 24 May 1957 in Kiel) is a German politician. 2004 to 2009 she was a Member of the European Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens, part of the European Greens. She was chair of the delegation for relations with Iran and a membe ...

(born 1957), German politician * Angelika Brunkhorst (born 1955), German politician and member of the FDP *

Angelika Buck Angelika Buck (born 9 June 1950) is a German former ice dancer who competed for West Germany. With her brother Erich Buck, she is the 1972 European champion, a four-time World medalist, and a six-time West German national champion. Career Ang ...

(born 1950), German figure skater *

Angelika Bunse-Gerstner Angelika Bunse-Gerstner (born 1951) is a German mathematician specializing in numerical linear algebra and control theory. Education and career Bunse-Gerstner earned her Ph.D. from Bielefeld University in 1978. Her dissertation, ''Der HR-Algorithm ...

, German mathematician *

Angelika Dünhaupt Angelika Dünhaupt (born 22 December 1946) is a German luger who competed representing West Germany during the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she originally finished sixth in the women's singles event, but w ...

(born 1946), West German luger * Angelika de la Cruz (born 1981), Filipina actress and singer * Angelika Handt (born 1954), retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres *

Angelika Hurwicz Angelika Hurwicz (22 April 1922, Berlin – 26 November 1999, Bergen) was a German actress and theatre director. She worked with Bertolt Brecht at his Berliner Ensemble company until 1958, when she moved to West Germany West Germany is the ...

(1922–1999), German actress and theatre director * Anna Maria Angelika Jansson (born 1958), Swedish crime writer and nurse from Gotland * Angelika Kallio (born 1972), Latvian-born Finnish model * Angelika Keilig-Hellmann (born 1954), German gymnast *

Angelika Kirchschlager Angelika Kirchschlager (born 24 November 1965, Salzburg) is an Austrian mezzo-soprano opera and lieder singer. Career Kirchschlager began her musical training at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where she studied percussion and piano. In 1984, she w ...

(born 1966), Austrian mezzo-soprano opera and lieder singer * Angelika Kirkhmaier, former Soviet ice dancer *

Angelika Kluk Peter Britton Tobin (27 August 1946 – 8 October 2022) was a Scottish convicted serial killer and sex offender who served a whole life order at HM Prison Edinburgh for three murders committed between 1991 and 2006. Police also investigated Tob ...

(1983–2006), Polish-born crime victim * Angelika Knipping (born 1961), retired female breaststroke swimmer from Germany *

Angelika Kratzer Angelika Kratzer is a professor emerita of linguistics in the department of linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Biography She was born in Germany, and received her PhD from the University of Konstanz in 1979, with a dissertat ...

, semanticist whose expertise includes modals, situation semantics, and the syntax-semantics interface * Angelika Machinek (1956–2006), German glider pilot *

Angelika Muharukua Angelika Kazetjindire Muharukua (12 January 1958 Opuwo, Kunene Region – 1 October 2017) was a Namibian politician. An ethnic Herero from northwestern Namibia, Muharukua joined the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) in 1979. She was ...

(born 1958), Namibian politician *

Angelika Neuner Angelika Neuner (born 23 December 1969) is an Austrian luger who competed from 1987 to 2002. Competing in four Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles event with a silver in 1992 and a bronze in 1998. Her younger sister, Doris, ...

(born 1969), Austrian luger who competed from 1987 to 2002 *

Angelika Niebler Angelika Niebler (née Rupertseder; born 18 February 1963) is a German lawyer and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1999. She is a member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, part of the Euro ...

(born 1963), German politician and MEP for Bavaria *

Angelika Noack Angelika Noack (born 20 October 1952) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. She was born in Angermünde. In 1976 she and her partner Sabine Dähne Sabine Dähne (born 2 ...

(born 1950), German rower *

Angelika Overath Angelika Overath (born 17 July 1957 in Karlsruhe) is a German author and journalist. Overath studied German literature, History, Italian Studies, and Cultural Studies at the University of Tübingen and wrote a PhD-thesis in 1986 about the colour ...

(born 1957), German author and journalist *

Angelika Raubal Angela Maria "Geli" Raubal (; 4 July 1908 – 18 September 1931) was an Austrian woman who was the half-niece of Adolf Hitler. Born in Linz, Austria-Hungary, she was the second child and eldest daughter of Leo Raubal Sr. and Hitler's half-sis ...

(1908–1931), Adolf Hitler's half-niece *

Angelika Schafferer Angelika Schafferer (born 1960) is an Austrian luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1978 FIL World Luge Championships in Imst, Austria. Schafferer also compet ...

(born 1960), Austrian luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s *

Angelika Speitel Angelika Speitel (born 12 February 1952) is a former member of the West German terrorist Red Army Faction (RAF). Life Speitel worked as a clerk in the office of lawyer Klaus Croissant, alongside her husband Volker Speitel (who was also an RAF t ...

(born 1952), former member of the West German terrorist Red Army Faction *

Angelika Tagwerker Angelika Tagwerker ( fl. 1990s) is an Austrian luger who competed in the early 1990s. She won the silver medal in the mixed team event at the 1991 FIL World Luge Championships in Winterberg, Germany Germany,, officially the Feder ...

( fl. 1990s), Austrian luger who competed in the early 1990s * Angelika Volquartz (born 1946), the mayor of Kiel, Germany * Anzhelika Valerievna (born 1978), fashion designer, Belarus * Angelika Volquartz (born 1946), the mayor of Kiel, Germany *

Anzhelika Savrayuk Anzhelika Savrayuk ( uk, Анжеліка Савраюк; born 23 August 1989 in Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian-born Italian rhythmic gymnast. Career Savrayuk has competed in two Olympic Games. She and the Italian group c ...

(born 1989), Ukrainian-Italian rhythmic gymnast

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