Ilse is a Germanic feminine

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. It is technically a German diminutive of Elisabeth, functioning as a given name in its own right chiefly in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, South Africa and all of the Scandinavian countries including Finland.

People named Ilse

People with the given name Ilse include: *

Ilse Aichinger Ilse Aichinger (1 November 1921 – 11 November 2016) was an Austrians, Austrian writer known for her accounts of her persecution by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry.

(1921–2016), Austrian writer * Ilse Everlien Berardo (born 1955), German theologian *

Ilse Bing Ilse Bing (23 March 1899 – 10 March 1998) was a German avant-garde and commercial photographer who produced pioneering monochrome images during the inter-war era. Biography Background and early life Ilse Bing was born into a wealthy Jewis ...

(1899–1998), German photographer *

Ilse Braun Ilse Braun (18 June 1909 – 28 June 1979) was one of two sisters of Eva Braun. Born in Munich, Ilse was the oldest daughter of school teacher Friedrich "Fritz" Braun and seamstress Franziska "Fanny" Kronberger. She became the sister-in-law of Na ...

(1909–1979), one of two sisters of Eva Braun *

Ilse DeLange Ilse Annoeska de Lange (born 13 May 1977), better known as Ilse DeLange, is a Dutch country and pop rock singer-songwriter. In 1998, she gained fame with her single 'I'm Not So Tough', which later became multiple platinum in The Netherlands. O ...

(born 1977), Dutch singer *

Ilse Dörffeldt Ilse Dörffeldt (23 March 1912 – 14 September 1992) was a German sprinter who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Her 4 × 100 m team set a world record in the semifinals and led the final until a missed exchange in the final leg. She was pa ...

(1912–1992), German Olympic sprinter * Ilse Fischer (born 1975), Austrian mathematician *

Ilse Fürstenberg Ilse Fürstenberg (12 December 1907, in Berlin – 16 December 1976, in Basel) was a German actress, working on stage, screen, television and as voice actress. Selected filmography * ''The Blue Angel'' (1930) - Raths Wirtschafterin / Maid * '' M ...

(1907–1976), German actress * Ilse Geldhof (born 1973), Belgian racing cyclist * Ilse Gradwohl (born 1943), Mexican painter * Ilse Hellman (1908–1998), Austrian-British psychoanalyst *

Ilse Heylen Ilse Heylen (born 21 March 1977, Edegem) is a Belgian judoka. She won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Heylen competed in the Half-lightweight (52 kg). She won her first tw ...

(born 1977), Belgian judoka *

Ilse Kaschube Ilse Kaschube (later Zeisler, born 25 June 1953 in Altentreptow, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is an East German canoe sprinter who competed in the early 1970s. She won a silver medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. ...

(born 1953), East German sprint canoer *

Ilse Koch Ilse Koch (22 September 1906 – 1 September 1967) was a German war criminal who committed atrocities while her husband Karl-Otto Koch was commandant at Buchenwald concentration camp, Buchenwald. Though Ilse Koch had no official position in the N ...

(1906–1967), one of the first prominent Nazis to be tried by the U.S. military * Ilse Saris (born 1975), Dutch politician * Ilse María Olivo Schweinfurth (born 1965), Venezuelan-Mexican singer and actress * Ilse Thiele (1920–2010), East German politician *

Ilse Vaessen Ilse Vaessen (born 15 April 1986) is a Dutch badminton player. Her international career has been hindered by a severe knee injury. She now is the manager of the "topbadminton" department of the Dutch Badminton Association "Badminton Nederland". Sh ...

(born 1986), Dutch badminton player *

Ilse van der Meijden Ilse Suzanne van der Meijden (born 22 October 1988) is a water polo player of the Netherlands who represents the Dutch national team in international competitions.

(born 1988), Dutch water polo player *

Ilse Werner Ilse Werner (; born Ilse Charlotte Still, 11 July 1921 – 8 August 2005) was a Dutch-German actress, singer, and musical whistler. Life She was born in Batavia (present-day Jakarta, Indonesia) to a Dutch father, merchant and plantation owne ...

(1921–2005), Dutch actress and singer Fictional characters named Ilse include: *

Princess Ilse Princess Ilse ( or ''Prinzeß Ilse'') is the name of a popular tourist destination in the Ilse valley near the town of Ilsenburg in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. The spot was named after the River Ilse, which rises on the highest mountain ...

, a legendary princess of the Harz mountains in Germany * Ilse Burnley, a major character in the ''

Emily of New Moon ''Emily of New Moon'' is the first in a series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery about a Canadian orphan girl growing up in Prince Edward Island. Montgomery is also the author of ''Anne of Green Gables'' series. It was first published in 1923. ...

'' trilogy and its adaptations. * Ilse Langnar, a character from the ''

Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to a ...

'' manga. * Ilse Neumann, character in the play '' Spring Awakening'', and later adaptations * Ilse Witch, character in several books of the '' Shannara series''

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