Beatriz (, ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese female first name. It corresponds to the Latin name
Beatrix
Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from ''Viatrix'', a feminine form of the Late Latin name ''Viator'' which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word ''beatus'' or "bles ...
and the English and Italian name Beatrice. The name in Latin means 'brings joy' and in other languages also means 'she who brings others happiness'.
Given name
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Infanta Beatriz of Spain
Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Princess of Civitella-Cesi (''Beatriz Isabel Federica Alfonsa Eugénie Cristina Maria Teresia Bienvenida Ladislàa de Borbón y Battenberg''; 22 June 1909 – 22 November 2002) was a daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain ...
(1909–2002), daughter of Spain's King Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie of Battenburg
* Beatriz de Suabia (1203–1235), Queen of Castile and Queen of Leon
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Beatriz de Dia
The Comtessa de Dia (Countess of Die), possibly named Beatritz or Isoarda (fl. c. 1175 or c. 1212), was a trobairitz (female troubadour).
She is only known as the ''comtessa de Dia'' in contemporary documents, but was most likely the daughter o ...
(born c. 1140), the most famous of the trobairitz, female troubadours
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Beatriz Allende
Beatriz Patricia Ximena Allende Bussi (, , ; 8 September 1942 – 11 October 1977) was a Chilean Socialist politician, revolutionary and surgeon. She was the daughter of former president of Chile Salvador Allende and his wife, Hortensia Bussi.
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(1943–1977), Chilean Socialist politician and revolutionary
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Beatriz Pereira Alvim
Beatriz Pereira de Alvim (1380–1414) was a Portuguese noblewoman, the only child of Nuno Álvares Pereira and his wife Leonor de Alvim.
On 8 November 1401, she married Afonso, Count of Barcelos, illegitimate son of king John I of Portugal. Sh ...
Beatriz Colomina Beatriz Colomina (born 1952) is an architecture historian, theorist and curator. She is the founding director of the Program in Media and Modernity at Princeton University, the Howard Crosby Butler Professor of the History of Architecture and Direct ...
, architecture historian
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Beatriz Corredor
Beatriz Corredor Sierra (b. Madrid, 1 July 1968) is a Spanish lawyer and politician serving as Member of the Congress of Deputies and chair of the Committee on Justice since 2019. Outside of her parliamentary duties, she chairs the Pablo Iglesia ...
(born 1968), Spanish lawyer and politician
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Beatriz Costa
Beatriz Costa (born Beatriz da Conceição, 14 December 1907 – 15 April 1996) was a Portuguese actress, the best-known actress of the golden age of Portuguese cinema. She was the author of several books.
Filmography
* '' A Aldeia da Roupa ...
(1907–1996), Portuguese actress
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Beatriz Cruz
Beatriz Cruz Nazario (born June 15, 1980) is a Puerto Rican female track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport take ...
(born 1980), retired track and field athlete
* Beatriz Parra Durango (born 1940), Ecuadorian classical soprano
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Beatriz Enríquez de Arana
Beatriz Enríquez de Arana (1465–1521?) was the mistress of Christopher Columbus and mother of Ferdinand Columbus, Columbus's natural son, whom he later officially recognized.
Biography
Beatriz was born in the small village of Santa Maria of ...
(1467–1521), the mistress of Christopher Columbus
* Beatriz Fajardo de Mendoza y de Guzmán (1619–1678), Baroness of Polop and Benidorm
* Gigi Fernández (born 1964), former tennis player
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Beatriz Fernández
Beatriz Fernández Ibáñez (born 19 March 1985) is a former Spanish handball player who was member of the Spanish national team.
Fernández played on the Spanish team at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship, where Spain reached ...
(born 1985), Spanish handball player
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Beatriz Galindo
Beatriz Galindo, sometimes spelled Beatrix and also known as La Latina ( – 23 November 1535), was a Spanish Latinist and educator. She was a writer, humanist and a teacher of Queen Isabella of Castile and her children. She was one of the mos ...
(c. 1465–1534), Spanish physician and educator
* Beatriz Gomes (born 1979), Portuguese sprint canoer
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Beatriz Guido
Beatriz Guido (13 December 1924 – 4 March 1988) was an Argentine novelist and screenwriter.
Biography
Guido was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, the daughter of architect Ángel Guido (renowned as the creator of the National Flag Memorial ...
(1924–1988), Argentine novelist and screenwriter
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Beatriz Jaguaribe
Beatriz Jaguaribe is a professor of comparative communications in the School of Communications at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Jaguaribe has written on race and visual culture in co ...
, Brazilian communications professor and editor
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Beatriz Lucero Lhuillier
Beatriz Lucero-Lhuillier, born Beatriz Lucero and more popularly known as Bea Lucero, is a Filipino former athlete and Olympian. She won a bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics in taekwondo, a demonstration sports at the Games.
Lucero graduated from ...
, Philippine athlete who won Olympic medals in gymnastics and taekwondo
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Beatriz Luengo
Beatriz Luengo González (born 23 December 1982) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and entrepreneur based in Miami. She gained international recognition by portraying Lola Fernández in the Antena 3 series ''One Step Forward'' ( ...
(born 1982), Spanish actress, singer and dancer
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Beatriz Manchón
Beatriz Manchón Portillo (born May 29, 1976 in Sevilla) is a Spanish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-1990s. She won fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 200 m: 1999, 20 ...
(born 1976), Spanish sprint canoer
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Beatriz Marinello Beatriz Mansilla Marinello (also known as Beatriz MacArthur; born May 14, 1964) is a Chilean-American chess player and chess official. She was a vice president of FIDE from 2010 to 2018. Marinello was previously president of the United States Chess ...
(born 1964), Chilean-born American chess player
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Beatriz Merino
Martha Beatriz Merino Lucero (born November 15, 1947) is a Peruvian lawyer, academic and politician who served as the first female Prime Minister of Peru, in 2003. She previously served as Senator and Congresswoman from 1990 until 2000. Followin ...
(born 1947), the only female prime minister of Peru
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Beatriz Michelena
Beatriz Michelena (February 22, 1890 – October 10, 1942) was a Venezuelan American actress and singer during the silent film era, known at the time for her operatic soprano voice and appearances in musical theatre. She was one of the few La ...
(1890–1942), American silent film actress
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Beatriz Milhazes
Beatriz Milhazes (born 1960) is a Brazilian artist. She is known for her work juxtaposing Brazilian cultural imagery and references to western Modernist painting.
Beatriz Milhazes is a Brazilian-born collage artist and painter known for her larg ...
(born 1960), Brazilian artist
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Beatriz Azurduy Palacios
Beatriz Azurduy-Palacios (b 1952 in Bolivia - July 20, 2003 in Havana, Cuba) was a Bolivian motion picture director. She was married and worked with Jorge Sanjinés for over 28 years.
Biography
Among the works she contributed to, either as produ ...
Beatriz Sarlo
Beatriz Sarlo (born 1942) is an Argentine literary and cultural critic. She was also founding editor of the cultural journal '' Punto de Vista'' ("Point of View"). She became an Order of Cultural Merit laureate in 2009.
Biography
Beatriz Sarlo ...
(born 1942), Argentine literary and cultural critic
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Beatriz Saw
Maria Beatriz Imperial Saw-Tan (born November 17, 1985), is a Filipino actress with Taiwanese descent. She won the second season of ''Pinoy Big Brother''.
On June 30, 2007 (day 126) after garnering about 1.5 million votes, or 30.29% of ...
(born 1985), one of the season 2 ''Pinoy Big Brother'' housemates
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Beatriz Segall
Beatriz de Toledo Segall (25 July 1926 – 5 September 2018) was a Brazilian actress. One of her most notable works is the role of Odete Roitman on the telenovela '' Vale Tudo'' (1988).Beatriz Segura (born 1975), Spanish actress
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Beatriz Sheridan
Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough, better known as Beatriz Sheridan (25 June 1934 – 30 April 2006) was a Mexican actress and director. A pioneer of the Mexican telenovelas and prominent figure of the Mexican theater of the 20th century, sh ...
(1934–2006), Mexican actress and director
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Ana Martín
Ana Beatriz Martínez Solórzano (born 14 May 1945), known professionally as Ana Martín, is a Mexican actress and model. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
She won the Miss Mexico title in 1963, whic ...
(born 1947), Mexican actress born Beatriz Solorzano
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Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Beatriz Eugenia Stix-Brunell (born 1993) is an American ballet dancer. Her career started with Morphoses when she was 14. She joined the Royal Ballet in 2010, was promoted to first soloist in 2016, and retired in 2021.
Early life
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(born 1993), American ballet dancer
* Beatriz Villacañas (born 1964), poet, essayist and literary critic
* Dona Beatriz (1684–1706), Congolese prophet known as Kimpa Vita
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Beatriz Zavala
María Beatriz Zavala Peniche (born October 23, 1957, in Mérida, Yucatán) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party who has served in the lower and upper house of the Mexican Congress. In 2006 Felipe Calderón designat ...
(born 1957), Mexican politician
Fictional characters
* Beatriz DaCosta, a DC Comics superhero with the alternate identities Green Fury and Green Flame
* Beatriz Aurora Pinzón Solano, the title character of the Colombian telenovela ''
Yo soy Betty, la fea
''Yo soy Betty, la fea'' (English: I am Betty, the Ugly one), often referred to simply as ''Betty, la fea'', is a Colombian telenovela written by Fernando Gaitán which was broadcast from 25 October 1999 to 8 May 2001 by RCN. More than a dozen ...