Christine is feminine given name of Greek origin. It is a name in regular usage in French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Irish, and Scottish cultures,Campbell, Mike "Meaning, Origin, and History of the Name Kristine." ''Behind the Name.'' Accessed on August 1, 2010. and it is often associated with the meaning "Follower of Christ." Variants include: '' Christina'', '' Kristin'', '' Kristina'', '' Kristine'', '' Kristen'', ''
Kirsten
Kirsten is both a given name and a surname.
Given name
Kirsten is a female given name. It is a Scandinavian form of the names Christina and Christine.Krystyna'' (Poland), ''
Kristiina
Kristiina is an Estonian and Finnish feminine given name. It is a cognate of the English and French given name Christine. Tiina is often used as a diminutive of Kristiina.
People named Kristiina include:
* Kristiina Brask (born 1990), Finnish p ...
'' (Estonia & Finland), and ''
Cristina
Cristina is a female given name, and it is also a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Cristina (daughter of Edward the Exile), 11th-century English princess
*Cristina (singer), Cristina Monet-Palaci (1956–2020), American s ...
'' (Spain, Portugal, Central & South America).
In
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
and
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
, the cognate is ''
Kristiina
Kristiina is an Estonian and Finnish feminine given name. It is a cognate of the English and French given name Christine. Tiina is often used as a diminutive of Kristiina.
People named Kristiina include:
* Kristiina Brask (born 1990), Finnish p ...
''. It is a popular name; for example, in 1968, it was the 14th most frequently-given name for girls in the United States.
Translations
* کریستین (
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
)
* كريستين (
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
Bulgarian
Bulgarian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
)
* Χριστίνα (Christina, Hristina) (
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
)
* ક્રિસ્ટીન (Krisṭīna) (
Gujarati
Gujarati may refer to:
* something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India
* Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat
* Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
* Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub ...
)
* כריסטין (
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
)
* क्रिस्टीन (Krisṭīna) (
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
)
* Cristina (
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
)
* クリスティーヌ (Kurisutīnu), クリスティーン (Kurisutīn) (
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
)
* 克莉丝汀(kèlìsītīng) (
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
)
* கிரிஸ்தீன் (Krisṭin) (
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
)
* ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಟಿನ್ (Krisṭin) (
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
)
* 크리스틴 (Keuriseutin) (
Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
)
* Krystyna (
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
)
* Kristýna (
Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
* Czech, ...
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
)
* Cristina (Kristina) (
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
)
* ქრისტინე (Georgian)
* Христина (
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
Generally, the name Christine or Christina is given in Christ's honor and in reference to Saint
Christina of Bolsena
Christina of Bolsena, also known as Christine, or in the Eastern Orthodox Church as Christina the Great Martyr, is venerated as a Christian martyr of the third century. Archaeological excavations of an underground cemetery constructed over her to ...
(feast day: 24 July). There are other saints named Christine or Christina, including Christine of Persia (feast day: 13-14 March); Christina of Ancyra (feast day: 18 May), et alia.
Christina of Bolsena
Christina of Bolsena, also known as Christine, or in the Eastern Orthodox Church as Christina the Great Martyr, is venerated as a Christian martyr of the third century. Archaeological excavations of an underground cemetery constructed over her to ...
: feast day on 24 July
*
Saint Christina of Persia
Christina (Syriac: ܟܪܣܛܝܢܐ, ''Kresṭīnā''),Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al."Christine Yazdouy (text) — ܟܪܣܛܝܢܐ ܝܙܕܘܝ "in ''Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica'' (2015). born Yazdoi (fl. 6th century), was ...
: feast day, 13-14 March
* Saint Christina of Ancyra: feast day, 18 May
Christine Gardner
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E ...
Christine Albanel
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Early career
Albanel is agrégé in classica ...
(born 1955), a French civil servant, former Minister for Culture and Communication
*
Christine Antorini
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Christine Arguello
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(born 1955), a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
* Christine Aschbacher (born 1983), Austrian politician
* Dame
Christine Beasley
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Career
Beasley was educated at Westcliff High School for Girls, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. She began training in 1962 at the R ...
(born 1944), British nurse and NHS healthcare administrator
*
Christine Boutin
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(born 1944), French politician, former Minister of Housing and Urban Development, former representative of Yvelines
*
Christine Boyle
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, Canadian politician
*
Christine Butler
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Early life
She attended Nels ...
(1943–2017), British politician
*
Christine Chapman
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She has not held senior government posts and has been described as "one of ...
Christine Grahame
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(born 1944), British politician
*
Christine Gregoire
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(born 1947), American politician from
Washington state
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*
Christine Grice
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Career
Grice studied at University of Canterbury for a Bachelor of La ...
, New Zealand lawyer and jurist
*
Christine Gwyther
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(born 1959), Welsh politician
*
Christine Hogarth
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, Canadian politician
*
Christine Humphreys
Christine Mary Humphreys, Baroness Humphreys, is a Welsh Liberal Democrats peer and leader of the party's group in the House of Lords.
Humphreys is also a former President of the Welsh Liberal Democrats and was a Member of the Welsh Assembly for ...
, Welsh politician
*
Christine Jardine
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(born 1960), British politician
* Christine Johnson (born 1968), American politician from
Utah
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Illinois
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Christine Labrie
Christine Labrie is a Canadians, Canadian politician. She was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 Quebec general election, 2018 provincial electionChristine Lagarde
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(born 1956), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
*
Christine Lambrecht
Christine Lambrecht (born 19 June 1965) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the Federal Minister of Defence in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since December 2021.
In the gov ...
(born 1965), German politician
*
Christine Lieberknecht
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(born 1958), a German politician
*
Christine McCafferty
Christine McCafferty (''née'' Livesley; born 14 October 1945) is a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Calder Valley from 1997 to 2010 when she retired.
Early life
Born in Manchester, she attended Whalley R ...
(born 1945), British politician
*
Christine Melnick
Christine "Chris" Melnick (born 1950) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a cabinet minister in the governments led by New Democratic Party (NDP) Premiers Gary Doer and Greg Selinger.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Melnick receiv ...
(born 1950), Canadian politician
* Christine Moore (born 1983), Canadian politician
*
Christine Normandin
Christine Normandin (born April 30, 1984) is a Canadian politician, who was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 election. She represents the electoral district of Saint-Jean as a member of the Bloc Québécois.
She was ...
, Canadian politician
*
Christine O'Donnell
Christine Therese O'Donnell (born August 27, 1969) is an American conservative activist in the Tea Party movement best known for her 2010 campaign for the United States Senate seat from Delaware vacated by Joe Biden.
O'Donnell was born in Phi ...
(born 1969), American activist
* Christine Poulin, Canadian politician from
Montreal
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*
Christine Razanamahasoa
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, Malagasy politician
*
Christine Russell
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(born 1945), British politician
* Christine Schwarz-Fuchs (born 1974), Austrian entrepreneur and politician
*
Christine Sinicki
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(born 1960), American politician
*
Christine Stewart
Christine Susan Stewart, (January 3, 1941 – April 25, 2015) was a Canadian politician. She served three terms as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Northumberland in Ontario. During her career she held the cabinet position ...
(1941–2015), Canadian politician
*
Christine St-Pierre
Christine St-Pierre (born June 10, 1953, in Saint-Roch des Aulnaies, Quebec) is a Canadian journalist and politician, who was MNA for the Montreal provincial riding of Acadie from 2007 to 2022 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
Life a ...
(born 1958), Canadian politician and journalist
* Christine Teunissen (born 1985), a Dutch Senator
* Christine A. Varney (born 1955), an American lawyer; former U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the United States Department of Justice and Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
* Christine Todd Whitman (born 1946), American politician
Females in sports
*
Christine Adams (athlete)
Christine Adams (born 28 February 1974, Georgsmarienhütte) is a German pole vaulter. She won a silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships.
Her personal best is 4.42 metr ...
(born 1974), a German pole vaulter
*
Christine Amertil
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Achievements
* 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – bronze m ...
(born 1979,) a Bahamian athlete competing mainly in the 400 metres
*
Christine Arron
Christine Arron (born 13 September 1973) is a former track and field sprinter, who competed internationally for France in the 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay. She is one of the ten fastest female 100 metres spri ...
(born 1973), a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France
*
Christine Bannon-Rodrigues
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Biography
A student of Don Rodrigues, Bannon-Rodrigues is a 9th degree black belt, she holds 9 World Champions ...
(born 1966), an American martial artist and actress
* Christine Beck (born 1974), a German football referee and former player
*
Christine Boudrias
Christine-Isabel Boudrias (born September 3, 1972, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics and in the 1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as t ...
(born 1972), a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1994 & 1998 Winter Olympics
*
Christine Brennan
Christine Brennan (born May 14, 1958) is a sports columnist for ''USA Today'', a commentator on ABC News, CNN, PBS NewsHour and NPR, and a best-selling author. She was the first female sports reporter for the ''Miami Herald'' in 1981, the first ...
(born 1958), an American sports columnist, TV and radio commentator, and speaker
* Christine Cook (born 1970), a retired field hockey defender from England
*
Christine Envall
Christine Envall (born 28 November 1972) is an Australian professional bodybuilder and nutritionist.
Early life and education
Christine Envall was born in 1972 in Queensland, Australia. Her hometown is Bendigo, Victoria
Bendigo ( ) is a ...
(born 1972), an Australian professional bodybuilder
* Christine Girard (born 1985), a Canadian weightlifter who was the first Canadian female to win a medal in weightlifting
* Christine Mboma (born 2003), a Namibian runner
*
Christine Nesbitt
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(born 1985), a retired Canadian long track speed skater and former Olympic 1000m champion
* Christine Ohuruogu (born 1984), a British track and field athlete and former Olympic 400m Champion
*
Christine Truman
Christine Clara Truman Janes (born 16 January 1941) is a former tennis player from the United Kingdom who was active from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. She won a singles Grand Slam title at the French Championships in 1959 and was a finalist a ...
(born 1941), a British tennis player and French Open Champion
* Christine Sinclair (born 1983), a Canadian football player who is currently a member of the Canadian National Soccer Team
Males in sports
*
Christine Michael
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Early years
A native o ...
(born 1990), an American football player running back
Christine Amor
Christine Debra Amor (born 1952) is an Australian actress of stage, television and film.
Career
Amor was born in Brisbane, Queensland. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). She has acted extensively in television gu ...
(born 1952), an Australian actress
*
Christine Andreas
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Biography
Andreas was born in Camden, New Jersey, to James Francis Andreas, a systems analyst, and Teresa Cecilia Genovese Andreas. She graduated from Suffe ...
(born 1951), an American actress and singer
*
Christine Angot
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Life
Born Pierrette Marie-Clotilde Schwartz (Schwartz being her mother's name) in Châteauroux, Indre, she is perhaps best known for her 1999 novel ''L'I ...
(born 1959), a French writer, novelist and playwright
* Christine Anu (born 1970), an Australian pop singer
* Christine Arnothy (born 1930), a French writer
*
Christine Auten
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Auten performs the voice of Esdeath, the main antagonist from the popular anime ''Akame ga K ...
(born 1969), an American voice actress and script-writer
*
Christine Baranski
Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American actress. She is a 15-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 1995 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the sitcom ''Cybill'' ...
(born 1952), an American stage and screen actress
*
Christine Barkhuizen le Roux
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(1959–2020), South African writer
* Christine Beatty (born 1958), an American writer, musician and transgender activist
*
Christine Bleakley
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(born 1979), a Northern Irish television presenter
*
Christine Bottomley
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Early life
Born in Rochdale and grew up in an apartment above the family's chemist shop. She went to several local youth drama groups before embarking on a course at the Royal S ...
(born 1979), a British actress
*
Christine Brewer
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Biography
Brewer grew up in the Mississippi River town of Grand Tower, Illinois. She attended McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois and concentrated on music educ ...
(born 1955), an American soprano
*
Christine Brodbeck
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Biography
Brodbeck wa ...
(born 1950), Swiss dancer and author
*
Christine Brooke-Rose
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(born 1923), a British writer and literary critic
* Christine Brubaker, Canadian actor and director
* Christine Cavanaugh (1963–2014), American voice actress
*
Christine Evangelista
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(born 1986), an American actress
*
Christine Fernandes
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Early life
Christine was born in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Maria Helena and Antônio, Brazilian parents. She was bo ...
(born 1968), a Brazilian actress
*
Christine Hà
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Early and personal life
Hà was born a ...
(born 1979), an American chef, writer, and TV host
*
Christine Lahti
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(born 1950), an actress and film director
* Christine Lakin (born 1979), an American actress
*
Christine and the Queens
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, or ''Chris''; stage-name of Héloïse Adélaïde Letissier (born 1988), French musician and producer
*
Christine McVie
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McVie was a member of several bands, nota ...
(1943–2022), a British rock singer, keyboardist and songwriter
*
Christine Neubauer
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Life and work Background and education
Christine Neubauer is the daughter of a printer. Her ancestors came from Munich, Lower Bavaria and Swabia. She attended ...
(born 1962), a German actress
*
Christine Ockrent
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She interviewed Amir Abbas Hoveyda, the former Iranian prime minister, in Evin prison after the Islamic revolution in 197 ...
(born 1944), Belgian journalist and presenter of French television
*
Christine Roche
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Biography
Chris ...
(born 1939), French-Canadian illustrator, cartoonist, teacher and filmmaker
*
Christine Shevchenko
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Early life
Born in the Odessa, Ukraine, her father was a ...
(born 1988), Ukrainian-American ballet dancer
*
Christine Taylor
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(born 1971), an American actress
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Christine Woods
Christine Woods (born September 3, 1983) is an American actress who notably appeared in the HBO series ''Hello Ladies''. She previously portrayed FBI Special Agent Janis Hawk in the ABC series ''FlashForward''.
Early life
Woods was b ...
Christine Chubbuck
Christine "Chris" Chubbuck (August 24, 1944 – July 15, 1974) was an American television news reporter who worked for stations WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. She was the first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcas ...
(1944–1974), American news reporter who committed suicide on live television
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Christine Donnelly
The Aboriginal Dance Theatre Redfern (ADTR) is an Australian non-profit organisation providing cultural and dance programs for Aboriginal Australian, located in the Sydney suburb of Redfern. It was founded in 1979 by Christine Donnelly, who re ...
, founder and CEO of the Aboriginal Dance Theatre Redfern in Sydney, Australia
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Christine Falling
Christine Laverne Falling (née Slaughter; born March 12, 1963) is an American serial killer.
Life
Childhood and youth
Christine Laverne Slaughter was the youngest child in an unusual family; her father, Thomas, was 65 years old at the time ...
, American serial killer
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Christine Peterson
Christine Peterson is an American forecaster, and the co-founder of Foresight Institute. She is credited with suggesting the term "open source
Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistrib ...
, American forecaster
* Christine "Chris" Sizemore, American woman with dissociative identity disorder, inspired book ''
The Three Faces of Eve
''The Three Faces of Eve'' is a 1957 American film noir mystery drama film presented in CinemaScope, based on the book of the same name about the life of Chris Costner Sizemore, which was written by psychiatrists Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. ...
''
* Christine Wiedinmyer, research scientist in the Atmospheric Chemistry Division of the
National Center for Atmospheric Research
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Fictional characters
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Christine Appleby
Christine Appleby (née Hardman) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street''. She was played by Christine Hargreaves between 1960 and 1963.
Creation
Casting
Salford-born 21-year-old Christine Hargreaves ...
in the
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
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Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Origi ...
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...
soap opera ''
The Young and the Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wi ...
The New Adventures of Old Christine
''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' (often shortened to simply ''Old Christine'') is an American sitcom television series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell, a divorced mother doing her best to keep pace with those around her ...
Hollyoaks
''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on ...
''
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Christine Chapel
Christine Chapel is a fictional character who appears in all three seasons of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', as well as '' Star Trek: The Animated Series'' and the films '' Star Trek: The Motion ...
The Phantom of the Opera
''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierr ...
'', originally a novel by
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 186815 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel '' The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, ...
.
* Christine "Chris" Hargensen, antagonist of
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...
's ''
Carrie
Carrie may refer to:
People
* Carrie (name), a female given name and occasionally a surname
Places in the United States
* Carrie, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
* Carrie, Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Carrie Glacier, Olympic Nati ...
Maureen Jennings
Maureen Jennings (born 1939) is a British Canadian writer, most well known for the ''Detective Murdoch Series'', the basis for the television series ''Murdoch Mysteries''. She is credited as a Creative Consultant and occasionally writer for the ...
* Christine Malone, a character in the video games ''
TimeSplitters
''TimeSplitters'' is a series of first-person shooter video games developed by Free Radical Design. The games are often considered spiritual successors to '' GoldenEye 007'' and '' Perfect Dark'', due to overlapping elements in gameplay, design, ...
Degrassi
''Degrassi'' is a Canadian television franchise created by Kit Hood and Linda Schuyler in 1979. It is centred on a multigenerational teen drama about an ensemble cast of teenagers attending the namesake Toronto school as they navigate their ...
William March
William March (September 18, 1893 – May 15, 1954) was an American writer of psychological fiction and a highly decorated United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine. The author of six novels and four short-story collections, March was praised by ...
's novel ''
The Bad Seed
''The Bad Seed'' is a 1954 novel by American writer William March, the last of his major works published before his death.
Nominated for the 1955 National Book Award for Fiction, ''The Bad Seed'' tells the story of a mother's realization that h ...
Toni Morrison
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist. Her first novel, ''The Bluest Eye'', was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed '' So ...
's novel ''
Love
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''
* ''
Christine
Christine may refer to:
People
* Christine (name), a female given name
Film
* ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei''
* ''Christine'' (1983 film), based on King's novel of the same name
* ''Christine'' (1987 fil ...
'', novel by Stephen King about a demonic car; a 1983 film adaptation was produced
* Christine Booth, the daughter of Dr. Temperance Brennan and Seeley Booth in the TV show ''
Bones
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Christina (disambiguation) Christina may refer to:
People
* Christina (given name), shared by several people
* Christina (surname), shared by several people
Places
* Christina, Montana, unincorporated community, United States
* Christina, British Columbia, Canada
* Christ ...