Tanja ( sr, Тања) is a feminine given name. It may refer to:

Mononyms

*''Tanja'' (born 1983), Russian-Estonian singer, also known as

Tanja Mihhailova Tatjana Mihhailova-Saar (russian: Татьяна Михайлова, born 19 June 1983), better known as Tanja or Tanja Mihhailova is a Russian-Estonian pop singer and actress. She was born in Kaliningrad, Russia, and has lived in Estonia from ...

Given name

Tanja Andrejeva Tanja Andrejeva ( mk, Тања Андрејева) (born 17 June 1978 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) is a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian Team handball, handball goalkeeper who plays for ŽRK Metalurg and for the Macedonia women's natio ...

(born 1978), Macedonian handball player *

Tanja Bogosavljević Tanja Bogosavljević (born sr-cyr, тања Богосављевић; April 24, 1989) is a Serbian handballer playing in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League for Muratpaşa Bld. SK and the Serbia national team. The -tall sportswoman is pla ...

(born 1989), Serbian handball player *

Tanja Bošković Tanja Bošković ( sr-Cyrl, Тања Бошковић; born 27 June 1953) is a Serbian actress. She has performed in more than forty films since 1974. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boskovic, Tanja Serbian ...

(born 1953), Serbian actress *

Tanja Carovska Tanja Tzarovska ( mk, Тања Царовска, ; born 19 March 1980 in Resen (town), Resen, Republic of Macedonia, North Macedonia) is a Macedonian singer, songwriter, and composer. Style Her style is described as belonging to the Music of Sou ...

, Macedonian singer, songwriter, and composer *

Tanja Chub Tanya or Tanja Chub (born 16 May 1970, Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian-born Dutch draughts player. She won a silver medal for Draughts at the 1st World Mind Sports Games. References

1970 births Living people Dutch draughts players Players of i ...

(born 1970), Ukrainian-Dutch draughts player *

Tanja Damaske Tanja Damaske (born 16 November 1971 in East Berlin) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1998 European Championships. A year earlier she earned a br ...

(born 1971), German javelin thrower *

Tanja Dickenscheid Tanja Roswitha Dickenscheid (born 17 June 1969 in Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz) is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the national squad that won the silver medal at the Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics, ...

(born 1969), German field hockey player *

Tanja Dragić Tanja Dragić ( sr-cyr, Тања Драгић, born May 15, 1991) is a Paralympian athlete from Serbia competing mainly in category F12/13 javelin events. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London London is the capital and Li ...

(born 1991), Serbian Paralympian athlete *

Tanja Eisenschmid Tanja Eisenschmid (born 20 April 1993) is a German ice hockey player and member of the German national team, playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Djurgårdens IF Hockey Dam. She attended the University of North Dakota and ...

(born 1993), German ice hockey player *

Tanja Eisner Tatjana (Tanja) Eisner (née Lobova, born 1980) is a German and Ukrainian mathematician specializing in functional analysis, operator theory as well as ergodic theory and its connection to number theory. She is a professor of mathematics at Leipzi ...

(born 1980), Ukrainian and German mathematician *

Tanja Fajon Tanja Fajon (born May 9, 1971) is a Slovenian politician, leader of Social Democrats, part of the Party of European Socialists and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Slovenia. She has served as the minister of foreign and europ ...

(born 1971), Slovenian politician and a journalist *

Tanja Frieden Tanja Frieden (born 6 February 1976, in Bern) is a Swiss snowboarder. She won a gold medal in the inaugural Snowboard Cross competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics. In the Snowboard Cross finals at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Frieden was in secon ...

(born 1976), Swiss snowboarder *

Tanja Godina Tanja Godina (born 21 September 1971 in Maribor) is a retired female backstroke swimming, backstroke swimmer from Slovenia. She was the only woman in the Slovenian Swimming Squad (five swimmers) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, an ...

(born 1970), Slovenian backstroke swimmer *

Tanja Hart Tanja Hart (born 24 January 1974 in Marktheidenfeld) is a retired female volleyball player from Germany, who made her debut for the German Women's National Team in 1995. She represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, ...

(born 1974), German volleyball player *

Tanja Hess Tanja Hess is a German bobsledder who competed in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the two-woman event at the 2001 FIBT World Championships in Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadi ...

, German bobsledder *

Tanja Jacobs Tanja Jacobs is a Belgian-born Canadian actress and theatre director. She originated the role of Constance Ledbelly in Anne-Marie MacDonald's ''Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).'' Early life Jacobs was born in Belgium to German parents ...

, Canadian actor and director *

Tanja Jadnanansing Tanja Malti Jadnanansing (born 26 April 1967) is a Dutch politician and former television presenter and communication employee. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid), she was an MP from 17 June 2010 to 7 September 2016. She was ...

(born 1967), Dutch politician, television presenter and communication employee * Tanja Kari, Finnish Paralympic cross-country skier *

Tanja Karišik-Košarac Tanja Karišik-Košarac (; née Karišik; born July 23, 1991) is a cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier and Biathlon, biathlete from Bosnia and Herzegovina who has competed since 2009. She finished 72nd in the 10 km event at the 2 ...

(born 1991), Bosnian cross country skier *

Tanja Karpela Tanja Tellervo Karpela (''née'' Vienonen; ''previously'' Karpela and Saarela; born 22 August 1970) is a Finnish former politician. As a beauty queen, she was Miss Finland in 1991. She was a Member of Parliament from 1999 to 2011 and served in ...

(born 1970), Finnish politician and former Miss Finland *

Tanja Kiridžić Tanja Kiridžić (born 1986) is a Croatian team handball player. She plays on the Croatia women's national handball team, Croatian national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. In 2013/14 is player of S ...

(born 1986), Croatian handball player *

Tanja Karišik Tanja ( sr, Тања) is a feminine given name. It may refer to: Mononyms *''Tanja'' (born 1983), Russian-Estonian singer, also known as Tanja Mihhailova Given name *Tanja Andrejeva (born 1978), Macedonian handball player * Tanja Bogosavljević ...

(born 1991), cross country skier and athlete from Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Tanja Klein Tanja Klein (born 20 November 1969 in Munich, Germany) is a track and road cyclist who represented Austria. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics on the road in the women's road race and women's trial and on the track in the women's points ...

(born 1969), German track and road cyclist *

Tanja Kolbe Tanja Kolbe (born 7 September 1990) is a German former competitive ice dancer. With Stefano Caruso, she won seven international medals and two German national silver medals. They placed eighth at the 2013 European Championships and competed at ...

(born 1990), German ice dancer *

Tanja Kostić Tanja Kostić ( sr, Тања Костић, translit=Tanja Kostić; born November 10, 1972) is a Sweden, Swedish retired women's basketball player best known for playing with the Oregon State Beavers from 1993 to 1996. She won a EuroLeague Women in 1 ...

(born 1972), Serbian-Swedish women's basketball player *

Tanja Kreil Tanja Kreil (born 1977) is a German electrician notable for filing a lawsuit against the ''Bundeswehr'' (Germany's armed forces) with European Court of Justice that forced the German military to allow women to join the armed forces. Following the ...

(born 1977), German electrician *

Tanja Krienke Tanja Krienke (born 13 December 1972) is a former competitive figure skater for East Germany. She is the 1990 World Junior bronze medalist, 1989 Karl Schäfer Memorial silver medalist, and 1990 East German East Germany, officially the Ger ...

(born 1972), former competitive figure skater for East Germany *

Tanja Liedtke Tanja Michaela Karin Liedtke (6 October 1977 – 17 August 2007) was a German-born professional choreographer and dancer. She was most noted as a dancer, choreographer and director of contemporary dance in Australia and Europe. Early life ...

(1977–2007), German-born professional choreographer and dancer *

Tanja Lorentzon Tanja Mirjam Cecilia Lorentzon (née Tanja Mirjam Cecilia Koukonen; born 25 September 1971), previously known as Tanja Svedjeström, is a Sweden-Finnish actress and dramatist of Finnish descent. Internationally, she is probably best known for he ...

(born 1971), Sweden-Finnish actress *

Tanja Mayer Tanja Mayer (born 2 July 1993) is a Swiss athlete and bobsledder. She competed in heptathlon at the junior level and started competing in bobsleigh in 2013. Bobsleigh On 26 January 2014, Tanja Mayer, along with Swiss pilot Fabienne Meyer, won th ...

(born 1993), Swiss athlete and bobsledder *

(born 1983), Russian-Estonian singer, known as Tanja *

Tanja Milanović Tanja Milanović (born June 15, 1977) is a former handballer from Serbia, playing left back. She set her career in October 2010. Among the clubs she played for are ŽORK "Napredak" Kruševac, Madeira Andebol SAD, Randers HK, FC Midtjylland ...

(born 1977), Serbian handballer *

Tanja Miletić Oručević Tanja Miletić Oručević (born 6 February 1970) is a Bosnian theatre director, academic lecturer, and translator. Life and career She was born in 1970 in Sarajevo and has graduated in 1999 from the drama directing department of the AST National ...

(born 1970), Bosnian theatre director, academic lecturer, and translator *

Tanja Morel Tanja Morel (born October 14, 1975) is a Swiss skeleton racer who has competed since 1998. She finished seventh in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Zanoletti's best finish at the FIBT World Championships The IBS ...

(born 1975), Swiss skeleton race *

Tanja Nijmeijer Tanja Nijmeijer (; born 13 February 1978), also known as Alexandra Nariño, is a Dutch former guerrilla fighter and English teacher who has been a member of the Colombian guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) since 2002. ...

(born 1978), Dutch guerilla fighter *

Tanja Ostojić Tanja Ostojić (born 19 August 1972 in Užice, Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia) is a feminist performance artist. Her work draws inspiration from her own experience as a non-European Union citizen, a traveler and female artist. Ostojić has lived in S ...

(born 1972), performance artist from Yugoslavia *

Tanya Plibersek Tanya Joan Plibersek (born 2 December 1969) is an Australian politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labor Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2019. She has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sydney since 1998 ...

(born 1969), Australian politician *

Tanja Ribič Tanja Ribič (born 28 June 1968) is a Slovenian actress and singer. Biography Ribič graduated from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana. She has been a member of Ljubljana City Theatre since 1992. She represented ...

(born 1968), Slovenian actress and a singer *

Tanja Savić Tanja Savić ( sr-cyr, Тања Савић; born 20 March 1985) is a Serbian singer. Career In 2004, Savić auditioned for the first season of the singing competition show '' Zvezde Granda'', where she ultimately placed as the second runner-up. S ...

(born 1985), Serbian pop-folk singer *

Tanja Schärer Tanja Schärer (born 17 June 1989 in Schlieren) is a Swiss freestyle skier, specializing in aerials . Schärer competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Switzerland. She placed 19th in the qualifying round of the aerials, failing to advance to ...

(born 1989), Swiss freestyle skier *

Tanja Schmidt-Hennes Tanja Schmidt-Hennes (born 30 June 1971 in Attendorn) is a former German professional cyclist. She was part of the 2007 Team Flexpoint and the 2008 Team Specialized Designs for Women. She retired in 2009. Notable results ;2002 *3rd overall in ...

(born 1971), German professional cyclist *

Tanja Schneider Tanja Schneider (born 19 February 1974 in Lienz) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Nii ...

(born 1974), Austrian former alpine skier *

Tanja Schuck Tanja Schuck is a German canoe sprinter who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2006 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also other alternative names) is ...

, German sprint canoer *

Tanja Slater Tanja Slater (born 9 May 1978) is a road cyclist from United Kingdom. She represented her nation at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships The 2007 UCI Road World Championships took place in Stuttgart, Germany, between September 25 and September ...

(born 1978), road cyclist from United Kingdom *

Tanja Šmid Tanja Šmid (born 29 April 1990 in Kranj) is a Slovenian swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held ...

, Slovenian swimmer *

Tanja Tuomi Tanja Tuomi (born 4 May 1996 in Tampere) is a Finnish tennis player. Tuomi has a 2–2 record for Finland in Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the ...

(born 1996), Finnish tennis player *

Tanja Szewczenko Tanja Szewczenko (born 26 July 1977) is a German former figure skater and occasional actress. She is the 1994 World bronze medalist, 1997 Champions Series Final silver medalist, 1998 European bronze medalist, and 1993 World Junior bronze me ...

(born 1977), German figure skater and actress *

Tanja Vrabel Tanja Vrabel is a Slovenian football striker currently playing for Pomurje in the Slovenian League. She was the league's top scorer in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. She is a member of the Slovenian national team.Tanja Vučković Tanja Vučković ( sr-cyr, Тања Вучковић; born June 22, 1981) is a Serbian female handballer playing in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League for Zağnos SK and the Serbian national team. The -tall sportswoman plays in the back ...

(born 1981), Serbian handball player *

Tanja Wedhorn Tanja Wedhorn (born 14 December 1971 in Witten) is a German actress. She studied acting at the Berlin University of the Arts and lives in Berlin. She has two sons. Tanja Wedhorn became famous for her performance in the leading role of Germany' ...

(born 1971), German actress *

Tanja Wenzel Tanja Wenzel (born 27 July 1978) is a German film and telivision actress. She is best known for her performance as Isabell Mohr / Brandner in the soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television ...

(born 1978), German film and TV actress *

Tanja Žakelj Tanja Žakelj (born 15 September 1988) is a Slovenian racing cyclist, holder of multiple world- and European champion titles. She was born in Kranj. She competed in mountain biking at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Ol ...

(born 1988), Slovenian racing cyclist

Fictional characters

Tanja von Lahnstein Tanja von Lahnstein (née Wittkamp, formerly von Anstetten) is a fictional character from the German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)'', played by actress Miriam Lahnstein. She made her first appearance on-screen on 21 June 1995 and ...

, a fictional character from a German soap opera

Ships

Tanja (ship, 1959) The ''Tanja'' is an automobile ferry, built in 1959, that currently operates the Neu Darchau - Darchau ferry, Neu Darchau to Darchau Ferry across the Elbe river in Germany. The ship has previously carried the names ''Waal'' and ''Wijkse Veer''. ...

, a ferry used on the Elbe in Germany

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Fictional characters

Ships

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