Lillian, also spelled Lilian, Lilliann, or Lilliane, is a female

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, ''Lilian'' () is the male form of the name, while '' Liliane'' is the female form. The first time this name became popular was in the early 1700s, with the expansion of the

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around the world.

People

* Princess Lilian of Belgium (1916–2002), wife of King Leopold III of Belgium *

Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland (born Lillian May Davies, later Craig; 30 August 1915 – 10 March 2013), was a British fashion model who became a member of the Swedish royal family through her 1976 marriage to Prince Bertil, Duke ...

(1915–2013), wife of Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland of Sweden * Lillian B. Allen (1904–1994), Canadian painter *

Lillian Allen Lillian Allen (born 5 April 1951) is a Canadians, Canadian dub poetry, dub poet, writer and Juno Award winner. Biography Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, Spanish Town, Jamaica, she left that country in 1969, first moving to New York City, where ...

(born 1951), Canadian dub poet, musician, and writer *

Lillian Alling Lillian Alling (1896 – after 1929) was an Eastern European immigrant to the United States, who in the 1920s attempted a return by foot to her homeland. Her four-year-long journey started in New York, and went westward across Canada, then north t ...

, walked from New York state to the Bering Strait in the 1920s * Lilian Bennett (1922–2013), British businesswoman *

Lillian Boutté Lillian Theresa Boutté-l’Etienne (August 6, 1949 – May 23, 2025) was an American jazz and gospel singer. Early life and career As a child, Boutté won a singing contest at age eleven. She later received a bachelor's degree in music the ...

(1949–2025), American jazz singer *

Lilian Calmejane Lilian Calmejane (born 6 December 1992) is a French former professional road cyclist. He is best known for winning stages at the Tour de France in 2017 and the Vuelta a España in 2016. Career Born in Albi, Calmejane turned professional in 2016 ...

(born 1992), French cyclist *

Lillian Chrystall Lillian Jessie Chrystall (née Laidlaw; 1 March 1926 – 24 February 2022) was a New Zealand architect. She was the first woman to receive a national New Zealand Institute of Architects award. Biography Chrystall was born in the Auckland sub ...

(1926–2022), New Zealand architect * Lillian Cohen (1878–1949), American chemist and professor *

Lilian Constantini Lilian Constantini (September 26, 1902 – January 5, 1982) was a French silent actress in the 1920s and 1930s. Early life Liliane Louise Hélène Chapiro-Volpert was born on September 26, 1902, in Paris.

(1902–1982), born Liliane Chapiro-Volpert, French actress *

Lillian Copeland Lillian Copeland (née Drossin; November 24, 1904 – July 7, 1964) was an American track and field Olympic champion athlete, who excelled in discus, javelin throwing, and shot put, setting multiple world records. She has been called "the most s ...

(1904–1964), American Olympic discus champion; set world records in discus, javelin, and shot put *

Lillian Crombie Lillian Crombie (1958 – 3 January 2024), also known as "Aunty Lillian", was an Aboriginal Australian actress and dancer, known for her work on stage, film and television. Early life and education Lillian Crombie was born in 1958. She was of ...

(1958–2024), Australian actress and dancer * Lilian Dikmans (born 1985), Australian model, Muay Thai fighter *

Lillian Disney Lillian Marie Disney ( Bounds; February 15, 1899December 16, 1997) was an American ink artist at the Walt Disney Animation Studios and the wife of Walt Disney from 1925 until his death in 1966. Born in Spalding, Idaho, Disney graduated from hig ...

(1899–1997), widow of Walt Disney *

Lilian Edirisinghe Lilian Edirisinghe (born 19 May 1922 – died 26 December 1993 as ලිලියන් එදිරිසිංහ) inhala, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. One of the earliest pillars in Sri Lankan film histor ...

(1922–1993), Sri Lankan Sinhala actress *

Lillian Elidah Lillian Elidah is a Zambian chef, who is a graduate of the Cesar Ritz Culinary Arts Academy in Switzerland and now owns and runs her restaurant Twaala, in Lusaka, Zambia. Career Lillian Elidah was born in Lusaka, Zambia, but most of her childhoo ...

, Zambian chef *

Lillian Florsheim Lillian Florsheim (née Lillian Hyman; – ) was an American sculptor whose work was displayed in the Art Institute of Chicago and museums in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans. Early life and education Lillian Hyman was born on in New Orleans, ...

(1896–1988), American sculptor *

Lilian Fowler Elizabeth Lilian Maud Fowler MBE, JP (; 7 June 1886 – 11 May 1954) was an Australian politician. She was Australia's first female mayor, serving as mayor of Newtown, New South Wales, from 1937 to 1939. She later represented the seat of Newt ...

(1886–1954), Australian politician *

Lilian Garcia Lilián Annette Garcia (born August 19, 1966) is an American ring announcer, singer and podcaster. She is signed to WWE as a ring announcer for special events. She also announces for the Professional Fighters League (PFL).Doyle, Dave"Former WWE ...

(born 1966), American singer and ring announcer *

Lillian Gish Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American actress best known for her work in movies of the silent era. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was dubbed the "F ...

(1893–1993), American actress *

Lillian Greene-Chamberlain Lillian Greene-Chamberlain (born 1941) is an American educator and former track and field athlete. Since she began running at the age of 16 in 1957, she has had considerable success as an athlete. She was the first U.S. national champion in the 44 ...

(born 1941), American sprinter *

Lilian Greenwood Lilian Rachel Greenwood (born 26 March 1966) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham South since 2010, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future of Roads since July 2 ...

(born 1966), British politician *

Lilian Greuze Lilian Greuze (18901950) was a French model, and actress of the stage and screen. She was from Paris, France Theater ingenue (stock character) She was a protégé of Sarah Bernhardt and performed at the French Theater on West 44th Street in Manh ...

(1890–1950), French model *

Lilian Helder Lilian Maria Johanna Sibertha Helder (born 30 May 1973) is a Dutch politician and former lawyer. Life and career Helder was born in 1973 in Venlo, as an only child in Catholic family. She studied law at Radboud University Nijmegen. Helder work ...

(born 1973), Dutch politician *

Lillian Hellman Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, Prose, prose writer, Memoir, memoirist, and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway as well as her communist views and political activism. She was black ...

(1905–1984), American playwright * Lillian Herlein (1895–1971), American actress and singer * Lillian Hoban (1925–1998), American author *

Lilian Laslandes Lilian Laslandes (; born 4 September 1971) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. Between 1997 and 1999 he was capped seven times and scored three goals for the France national team. He ended his professional foot ...

(born 1971), French footballer *

Lillian Lawrence Lillian Lawrence (February 17, 1868 – May 7, 1926) was an American theatre and silent film actress. Her daughter Ethel Grey Terry was also an actress. Biography Lawrence was born in either Alexandria, Virginia or Alexander, West Virginia b ...

(1868–1926), American theatre and silent film actress *

Lilian Lee Li Pi-Hua (; born 1959 as 李碧華 Li Pi-Hua), also known as Lilian Lee, Lillian Lee and Lee Pik-wah, is a Hong Kong novelist, screenwriter and reporter. Lee's writing is known for blending traditional Chinese, supernatural and everyday ...

(born 1959), Chinese author * Lilian Mercedes Letona (1954–1983), Salvadoran guerrilla and revolutionary *

Lilian Leveridge Lilian Leveridge (15 April 1879 – 1953) was a British-born Canadian teacher who became a writer, particularly of poetry, later in her career. In addition to six volumes of verse, she contributed articles, poems and short stories to various perio ...

(1879–1953), teacher, writer *

Lillian Metge Lillian Margaret Metge (née Grubb; 22 June 1871 – 10 May 1954) was an Anglo-Irish suffragette and women's rights campaigner. She founded the Lisburn Suffrage Society, which she left to become a militant activist, leading on an explosion at t ...

née Grubb (1871–1954), Anglo-Irish suffragette and women's rights campaigner * Lilian Moore (1909–2004), American author of children's books, teacher and poet *

Lillian Nakate Lillian Nakate Segujja (born 11 August 1978) commonly Lillian Nakate, is a Ugandan civil engineer and politician who serves as the Parliament of Uganda, Member of Parliament representing the Luweero District, Luweero District Women' Constituency ...

(born 1978), Ugandan civil engineer and politician *

Lilian Ngoyi Lilian Masediba Matabane Ngoyi, "Ma Ngoyi", OMSG (25 September 1911 – 13 March 1980) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. She was the first woman elected to the executive committee of the African National Congress, and helped ...

(1911-1980), South African anti-apartheid activist *

Lillian Offitt Lillian Etta Offitt (November 4, 1938 – February 27, 2020) was an American blues and R&B singer. Biography Born in Gallatin, Tennessee in 1938 (or 1937), she studied at Tennessee State University, and visited the offices of Nashboro Recor ...

(1938–2020), American blues and R&B singer * Lillian Palmer (disambiguation), multiple people * Lillian Hoxie Picken (1852–1913), American educator and textbook compiler * Lilian Prunet (born 1978), French ice hockey player * Lillian Pulitzer Rousseau (1931–2013), American fashion designer *

Lillian Randolph Lillian Randolph (December 14, 1898 – September 12, 1980) was an American actress and singer, a veteran of radio, film, and television. She worked in entertainment from the 1930s until shortly before her death. She appeared in hundreds of radi ...

(1898–1980), American actress and singer *

Lilian Rolfe Lilian Vera Rolfe, (26 April 1914 – 5 February 1945), code name Nadine, was an agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organisation in France during World War II. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage ...

(1914–1945), Allied secret agent in World War II * Lillian Smith (author) (1897–1966), American author * Lillian Carpenter Streeter (1854-1935), American social reformer, clubwoman, author *

Lilian Thuram Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien (; born 1 January 1972) is a French author, Philanthropy, philanthropist and former professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Widely regarded as one of the g ...

(born 1972), French footballer *

Lilian Uchtenhagen Lilian Uchtenhagen (7 September 1928 – 6 September 2016) was a Swiss politician and economist. She was one of the ten first women elected to the National Council (Switzerland), National Council, the Swiss Parliament's house and first women to b ...

(1928–2016), Swiss economist and politician * Lillian Vickers-Smith (1896–1971), Florida sports editor * Lilian Virgin (born 1939), Swedish politician *

Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer (''née'' Ella Lillian Wall; November 11, 1892 – August 8, 1986) was an American artist and architect, women's rights activist, and the first woman to serve in an office of the American Legion in California. She was ...

(1892–1986), American artist, architect, and women's rights activist *

Lillian Wald Lillian D. Wald (March 10, 1867 – September 1, 1940) was an American nurse, humanitarian and author. She strove for human rights and started American community nursing. She founded the Henry Street Settlement in New York City and was an early ...

(1867–1940), founder of American community nursing *

Lillian Walker Lillian Walker (April 21, 1887 – October 10, 1975), born Lillian Wolke, was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 170 films, most of them shorts, between 1909 and 1934. Biography ''Photoplay'' magazine's trade ...

(1887–1975), American actress *

Lilian Wells Lilian Wells (1911–2001) was an Australian church leader who served as president of the Congregational Union of Australia, and the first moderator of the New South Wales Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia. She was the only woman to serv ...

(1911-2001), Australian Congregational and Uniting Church of Australia church leader * Lillian Wheeler (1880–1905), Australian actress *

Lillian Worth Lillian Worth (born Lillian Burgher Murphy, June 24, 1884 – February 23, 1952) was an American actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1913 and 1937. Early life and career Lillian Burgher Murphy was born on June 24, 1884, in Brooklyn, New Y ...

(1884–1952), American actress *

Lillian Yarbo Lillian "Billie" Yarbo (born Lillian Yarbough; March 17, 1905 – June 12, 1996) was an American stage and screen actress, dancer, and singer. Early life Born Lillian Yarbough

(1905–1996), American actress, dancer and singer * Lillian Zinkant, Irish camogie player

Fictional characters

*Lilian, the secondary protagonist from the 2023 concept album ''

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'' by Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium *Lillian, a character in the American sitcom television series ''

Charles in Charge ''Charles in Charge'' is an American sitcom television series that premiered on October 3, 1984, on CBS. The series was a production of Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television and starred Sco ...

'' *Lilian, the English name of Yuriko from the 2004 animated series ''

Futari wa Pretty Cure , also sometimes stylized as ''PreCure'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the first installment in the '' Pretty Cure'' metaseries created by Izumi Todo. It aired on ANN, with 96 episodes across two ...

'' *Cure Lillian, a main character in the series ''

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'' * Lillian DeVille, from the Nickelodeon TV series ''Rugrats'' and ''All Grown Up!'' *

Lillian Kaushtupper Lillian Dolomite Kaushtupper is a fictional character on the Netflix original series ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,'' portrayed by Carol Kane. She is Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper) and Titus Andromedon's ( Titus Burgess) odd landlady and upstairs nei ...

, landlady of Kimmy and Titus in the Netflix original series ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' *

Queen Lillian This is a list of characters that appear in the ''Shrek'' franchise. Main *Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers in the films and Michael Gough in the video games, spin-offs, commercials and other media) is the titular character: a large, grumpy yet ca ...

, mother of Fiona in the ''Shrek'' movie series * Lillian Rearden, character in the book ''Atlas Shrugged'' * Lilly Truscott, from the ''Hannah Montana'' TV series *

Lillian van der Woodsen The following is a list of characters for The CW The CW Network, LLC (commonly referred to as The CW or simply CW) is an American commercial broadcast television network which is controlled by Nexstar Media Group through a 75% ownership int ...

, mother of Serena van der Woodsen in the ''Gossip Girl'' TV series *Lillian Garner, character in the book '' Beloved''

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