Louisa may refer to:

Places

;Australia *

Louisa Island (Tasmania) Louisa Island is an island with a short sandy tombolo, located adjacent to the South West Tasmania, south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. The irregularly shaped island is part of the Maatsuyker Islands, Maatsuyker Islands Group, and compr ...

;Canada * Louisa or Lac-Louisa, a community in

Wentworth, Quebec Wentworth is a township municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, north-west of Lachute. Its population centres are Louisa and Dunany. Geography The township is in the foothi ...

;Malaysia * Louisa Reef,

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...

;United States * Louisa, Kentucky * Louisa, Missouri * Louisa, Virginia * Louisa County, Iowa *

Louisa County, Virginia Louisa County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,596. The county seat is Louisa. History Prior to colonial settlement, the area comprising Louisa County was occupied by severa ...

;Belgium * Louisa - Square in Brussels and metro station, next to Palace de Justice, see

Avenue Louise The () or (Dutch) is a major thoroughfare in Brussels, Belgium. It is located in the southern part of the City of Brussels, on the border with the municipality of Ixelles, where it runs south–east from the to the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kame ...

Other

* HMS ''Louisa'', the name of four ships of the Royal Navy * ''Louisa'' (ship), United States ship of the 1800s * ''Louisa'' (film), 1950 film starring Ronald Reagan

People with the given name

* Louisa of Great Britain (1749–1768) *

Louisa, Countess of Craven Louisa, Countess of Craven, originally Louisa Brunton (1785?–1860) was an English actress. Birth and background Her father, John Brunton (1741-1819), son of a soap dealer in Norwich, was at one time a grocer in Drury Lane. He became an actor, ...

, originally Louisa Brunton (1785?–1860), English actress * Louisa (singer) (born Louisa Johnson, 1998), English singer *

Louisa Adams Louisa Catherine Adams ( ''née'' Johnson; February 12, 1775 – May 15, 1852) was the First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829 during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. Early life Adams was born on February 12, 1775, in the City ...

(1775–1852), First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829 *

Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (; November 29, 1832March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel ''Little Women'' (1868) and its sequels ''Little Men'' (1871) and ''Jo's Boys'' (1886). Raised in ...

(1832–1888), American novelist, short story writer and poet * Louisa Rose Allen, English singer and songwriter known as Foxes *

Louisa Beaufort Louisa Catherine Beaufort (1781 - 1863) was an Irish antiquarian, author and artist. Family Beaufort was the daughter of Rev Daniel Augustus Beaufort and Mary Waller. Her grandfather was from the Huguenot community in London and moved to Ir ...

(1781–1863), Irish antiquarian, author and artist *

Louisa Dow Benton Louisa Dwight Benton ( Dow; March 23, 1831 – December 7, 1895) was a 19th-century American linguist, translator, and letter writer. She became physically disabled from rheumatism, unable to walk, and lost almost the entire use of her hands. S ...

(1831–1895), American linguist and letter writer *

Louisa Bertman Louisa Bertman is a digital activist, feminist, illustratoranimator GIF artist and filmmaker living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a visual narrative artist her work pushes illustrations, gifs, animated shorts, and visual narratives in conjunct ...

, Jewish American illustrator, animator, visual narrative artist specializing in social and political advocacy *

Louisa Burns Louisa Burns ( 1869–1958) was an American osteopathic physician and researcher in osteopathic medicine. Education Burns was born in Indiana in 1869. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in 1892 from the Borden Institutehttps://www.aacom. ...

(c.1869–1958), American osteopathic physician *

Louisa Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Louisa Frederica Augusta Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, formerly Louisa Montagu, Duchess of Manchester (born Luise Friederike Auguste, Countess von Alten; 15 June 1832 – 15 July 1911), was a German-born British aristocrat sometimes referred ...

Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck Caroline Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck (née Burnaby; baptised 5 December 18326 July 1918) was the maternal grandmother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, great-grandmother of Elizabeth II, and great-great-grandmother of King Charles III. Early lif ...

(1832–1918) *

Louisa Chafee Louisa Chafee (born September 24, 1991) is an American competitive sailor. She represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the mixed Nacra 17, where she finished 8th overall. She is the daughter of former Rhod ...

(born 1991), American competitive sailor *

Louisa Clein Louisa Clein (born 6 July 1979) is a British actress, known for portraying the role of Maya Stepney in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. Life and career Clein was born in Poole, Dorset to Jewish parents, Peter and Channa Clein (née Salomonson ...

(born 1979), English actress *

Lady Louisa Conolly Lady Louisa Conolly (5 December 1743 – August 1821) was an English-born Irish noblewoman. She was the third of the famous Lennox Sisters, and was notable among them for leading a wholly uncontroversial life filled with good works. Biograph ...

(1743–1821), Irish noblewoman *

Louisa Knapp Curtis Louisa Knapp Curtis (October 21, 1851 – February 25, 1910), (also known as Louisa Knapp), was an American columnist and the first editor of the ''Ladies' Home Journal'' from 1883 to 1889. It became one of the most popular magazines published i ...

(1851–1910), Columnist and first editor of the Ladies Home Journal *

Louisa Emily Dobrée Louisa Emily Dobrée (c. 1852 – 1917) was a 19th-century-born French-Irish Catholic writer of novels, fugitive articles, short stories, and juvenile literature. Her non-fiction subjects ranged from home nursing, domestic and personal hygiene, e ...

(fl. ca. 1877–1917), French writer *

Louisa Lane Drew Louisa Lane Drew (January 10, 1820 – August 31, 1897) was an English-born American actress and theatre owner and an ancestor of the Barrymore acting family. Professionally she was often known as Mrs. John Drew. Life and career Louisa L ...

(1820–1897), English-born American actress * Louisa Durrell (1886–1964) * Louisa Frederici (1844–1921) *

Louisa Morton Greene Louisa Morton Greene (née Louisa Morton Willard; May 23, 1819 - March 5, 1900) was a 19th-century American reformer, writer, abolitionist, suffragist, women's rights worker, temperance worker, and Civil War relief worker, from Massachusetts. Th ...

, American social reformer *

Louisa Gould Louisa Eva Gould (7 October 1891 – February 1945) was a Jersey shopkeeper and a member of the British resistance movement in the Channel Islands during World War II. From 1942 until her arrest in 1944, Gould sheltered an escaped Soviet slave ...

, Jewish activist *

Louisa Harland Louisa Clare Harland (born 1993 or 1994) is an Irish actress. She is best known for her role as Orla McCool in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Derry Girls''. Early life Born in Dublin to a Northern Irish father, Harland has two older sisters, Katie and ...

, Irish actress *

Louisa Horton Louisa Fleetwood Horton (September 20, 1920 – January 25, 2008) was an American film, television and stage actress, who used her given name, Louisa Horton, professionally. She was the former wife of the late ''The Sting'' director, George Ro ...

(1920–2008), American film, television, and stage actress *

Louisa Jacobson Louisa Jacobson Gummer (born June 12, 1991) is an American actress and model. She is best known for playing Marian Brook on hit HBO series '' The Gilded Age''. Early life Jacobson was born in Los Angeles, California, on June 12, 1991, to actre ...

(born 1991), American actress *

Louisa Jane Hall Louisa Jane Hall (née Park; February 7, 1802 – September 8, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and literary critic. None of her poems appeared in print until after she was twenty; they were then published anonymously in the ''Literary Gazet ...

(1802–1892), American poet, essayist, literary critic * Louisa Vesterager Jespersen (died 2018), Danish female murder victim * Louisa Johnson, English singer * Louisa Krause (born 1986), American film, stage, and television actress *

Louisa Lawson Louisa Lawson (née Albury) (17 February 1848 – 12 August 1920) was an Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist. She was the mother of the poet and author Henry Lawson. Early life Louisa Albury was born on 17 February 1 ...

(1848–1920), Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist *

Louisa Lytton Louisa Claire Lytton (born 7 February 1989) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Ruby Allen in ''EastEnders'' and Beth Green in ''The Bill''. She also finished fourth in the fourth series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2006 ...

(born 1989), English actress and dancer *

Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord (December 3, 1810 – November 23, 1879) was an American plantation owner and author from South Carolina, best known as a political essayist in defense of slavery. McCord, the daughter of Langdon Cheves, was born in ...

(1810–1879), American writer * Louisa Moritz (1936–2019), Cuban-American actress and lawyer *

Louisa Starr Louisa Starr, later Louisa Canziani (1845–25 May 1909), was a British painter. Biography Starr was born in London and lived on Russell Square when she became a copyist at the British Museum.Louisa Maria Stuart (1692–1712), Princess Royal *

Louisa Swain Louisa Ann Swain (née Gardner; 1801 – January 25, 1880) was the first woman in the United States to vote in a General election (U.S.), general election. She cast her ballot on September 6, 1870, in Laramie, Wyoming. Biography Born Louisa An ...

(1801–1880) *

Louisa Thomas Louisa Thomas (born 1981) is an American writer and sports journalist. Life Thomas is the daughter of journalist and ''Newsweek'' editor Evan Thomas and Washington, D.C. attorney Oscie Thomas. Thomas graduated from Harvard University. She is ...

(born 1981), American writer and sports journalist * Louisa Caroline Huggins Tuthill (1799–1879), American children's book author * Louisa Wisseling, former member of Australian folk-influenced pop quartet ''

The Seekers The Seekers were an Australian folk-influenced pop quartet, originally formed in Melbourne in 1962. They were the first Australian pop music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States. They were ...

'' *

Louisa Young Louisa Young is a British novelist, songwriter, short-story writer, biographer and journalist, whose work has appeared in 32 languages. By 2023 she had published seven novels under her own name and five with her daughter, the actor Isabel Adomak ...

, British writer

Fictional characters

*Louisa Clarke, a character in the film ''

Me Before You ''Me Before You'' is a romance novel written by Jojo Moyes. The book was first published on 5 January 2012 in the United Kingdom. A sequel titled ''After You'' was released on 24 September 2015 through Pamela Dorman Books. A second sequel, ''St ...

'' * Louisa Musgrove, character in

Jane Austen Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...

's novel ''

Persuasion Persuasion or persuasion arts is an umbrella term for Social influence, influence. Persuasion can influence a person's Belief, beliefs, Attitude (psychology), attitudes, Intention, intentions, Motivation, motivations, or Behavior, behaviours. ...

''. *Louisa is the pen name of the eighteenth century English writer

Elizabeth Boyd Elizabeth Boyd (c. 1710 – 1745) was an English writer and poet who supported her family by writing novels, poetry, a play, and a periodical. She also wrote under the noms de plume Louisa or Eloisa. Boyd is one of three known members of the ...

(1710–1745)

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