Therese or Thérèse is a variant of the feminine given name

Teresa Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; ) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Classical Greek, Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or rea ...

. It may refer to:

Persons

Therese

* Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773–1839), member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a Duchess of Mecklenburg * Therese of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1728–1778), German noblewoman *

Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen Therese Charlotte Luise of Saxony-Hildburghausen (8 July 1792 – 26 October 1854) was queen of Bavaria as the wife of King Ludwig I. Oktoberfest was created in honour of their wedding and is still celebrated annually on Theresienwiese in Mu ...

, (1792–1854), queen of Bavaria * Therese Alshammar (born 1977), Swedish swimmer * Therese Björk (born 1981), Swedish footballer * Therese Borssén (born 1984), Swedish skier * Therese Brandl (1902–1948), Nazi concentration camp guard. Convicted of crimes against humanity after the war and executed * Therese Brophy, player *

Therese Crawford Therese Crawford (born August 6, 1976) is a retired American volleyball player. She played as an outside hitter and was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team. Major international competition * 2006 – World Grand Prix ...

(born 1976), American volleyball player *

Therese Elssler Therese Elssler (; 5 April 1808, Vienna - 19 November 1878, Merano) was a dancer. The sisters Therese and Fanny Elssler were both dancers, the former born in 1808, the latter in 1810, both in the Vienna suburb of Gumpendorf. They were daught ...

(1808–1878), Austrian dancer and baroness * Therese Giehse (1898–1975), German actress * Therese Grankvist (born 1977), Swedish singer and songwriter also known as Drömhus and Therese *

Therese Grob Therese Grob (16 November 1798 – 17 March 1875) was a singer and friend of the composer Franz Schubert in his teenage years. He wrote many songs for her. Later in life, he declared that he had wanted to marry her. Therese was the daughter of H ...

(1798–1875), first love of the composer Franz Schubert * Therese Grünbaum (1791–1876), Austrian soprano and opera singer * Therese Holbein von Holbeinsberg (1785–1859), Austrian landscape painter and etcher * Therese Huber (1764–1829), German author *

Therese Johaug Therese Johaug (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier from the village of Dalsbygda in Os Municipality. In World Ski Championships she won ten individual gold medals along with four gold medals in relays, and she is a ...

(born 1988), Norwegian cross-country skier *

Therese Lundin (footballer) Therese Lundin (born March 3, 1979) is a Swedes, Swedish former Association football, football Forward (association football), forward who played for FC Rosengård, Malmö FF and the Sweden women's national football team, Swedish national team. S ...

(born 1979), Swedish footballer * Therèse Lundin (swimmer) (born 1970), Swedish swimmer * Therese Maher, camogie player * Therese Malfatti (1792–1851), Austrian musician and friend of Ludwig van Beethoven * Therese Malten (real name Therese Müller) (1855–1930), German dramatic soprano * Therese Maron (1725–1806), German painter * Therese Murray (born 1947), American state legislator *

Therese Neumann Therese Neumann (9 April 1898 – 18 September 1962) was a German Roman Catholic, Catholic Christian mysticism, mystic and Stigmata, stigmatic. Neumann has been considered Servant of God by the Catholic Church since 2005. She was born in the vil ...

(1898–1962), German Catholic mystic and stigmatic *

Therese Schnabel Therese Behr-Schnabel (''née'' Behr; 14 September 1876 – 30 January 1959) was a German contralto. She was best known for her interpretations of lieder. Life Therese Behr was born to interior designer Carl Behr and his wife Lina Behr (née Zen ...

(1876–1959), German contralto *

Therese Sjölander Eva Therése Sjölander (born 4 May 1981 in Sollefteå, Sweden) is an ice hockey player from Sweden. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. References External linksSweden thrashes It ...

(born 1981), Swedish ice hockey player *

Therese Sjögran Kerstin Ingrid Therese Sjögran (born 8 April 1977) is a Swedish Association football, football manager and coach, and former player as a midfielder for Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård and the Sweden women's national football team, Sweden nati ...

(born 1977), known as Terre, Swedish football (soccer) player *

Therese Svendsen Therese Svendsen (born Malmö, 13 March 1989) is a Swedish swimmer representing SK Ran. Biography She is a former holder of the Swedish record in short-course 200 m backstroke, and swam for Sweden at the 2007 World Championships (backstroke ...

(born 1989), Swedish swimmer *

Therese Torgersson Therese Torgersson (born 28 March 1976 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. She won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of ...

(born 1976), Swedish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist * Therese Vogl (1845–1921), German operatic soprano * Therese Zenz (1932–2019), German sprint canoer

Therése

* Therése O'Callaghan, camogie player

Thérèse

* Princess Thérèse of France (1736–1744), French Princesse du Sang * Thérèse Albert (c. 1805–1846), French actress * Thérèse Blondeau (1913–2013), French swimmer * Thérèse Bonney (1894–1978), American photographer and publicist * Thérèse Brenet (born 1935), French composer * Thérèse Casgrain (1896–1981), feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada * Thérèse Caval (1750–1795), French revolutionary * Thérèse Chardin, French hairstylist and celebrity * Thérèse Coffey (born 1971), English politician * Thérèse Couderc, also known as St. Theresa Couderc (1805–1885), co-founder of the Sisters of the Cenacle, a Catholic religious order * Thérèse Daviau (1946–2002), Quebec, Canada politician, an attorney and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec * Thérèse Delpech (1948–2012), French intellectual and writer * Thérèse Dion (1927–2020), popularly known as Maman Dion, Québécois television personality, and the mother of pop singer Céline Dion * Thérèse Dorny (1891–1976), French film and theatre actress * Thérèse Elfforss (1823–1905), Swedish actress and theatre director * Thérèse Karlsson (born 1972), Finnish soprano singer and actor * Thérèse Lavoie-Roux (1928–2009), Quebec politician and Canadian Senator * Thérèse Levasseur (1721–1801), domestic partner of French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau * Thérèse Liotard (born 1949), French actress *

Thérèse of Lisieux Thérèse of Lisieux (born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), religious name, in religion Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was a French Discalced Carmelites, Discalced Carmelite who is widely v ...

(1873–1897), French saint * Thérèse Meyer (born 1948), Swiss politician * Thérèse McMurray (born 1945), British television actor * Thérèse Oulton (born 1953), English painter * Thérèse Peltier (1873–1926), French sculptor and aviator * Thérèse Quentin (1929–2015), French actress * Thérèse Rein (born 1958), Australian entrepreneur and founder of Ingeus * Thérèse Schwartze (1851–1918), Dutch portrait painter * Thérèse Sita-Bella (1933–2006), Cameroonian filmmaker, pilot, journalist * Thérèse Steinmetz (born 1933), Dutch singer * Thérèse Tietjens (1831–1877), opera and oratorio soprano singer * Thérèse Vanier (1923–2014), veteran and medical doctor * Thérèse Wartel (1814–1865), French pianist, music educator, composer and critic

Fictional characters

* Thérèse Defarge, a villain in Charles Dickens' novel ''A Tale of Two Cities'' * Thérèse, Massenet's 1906 opera *the title character of ''Therese'' (novel), or ', a 1928 novel by Arthur Schnitzler *the title character of '' Thérèse the Philosopher'', a 1748 French novel ascribed to Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens *the title character of '' Thérèse Raquin'', an 1867 novel and an 1873 play by the French writer Émile Zola *the title character of: ** ''Thérèse Desqueyroux'' (novel), a 1927 novel by François Mauriac ** ''Thérèse Desqueyroux'' (1962 film), an adaptation of the novel ** ''Thérèse Desqueyroux'' (2012 film), an adaptation of the novel

Persons

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Fictional characters

See also