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Helena is the
Latin form of
Helen . People with this name include:
Ancients
Mononyms
Helen of Troy , ak. in Latin as Helena, a figure in Greek mythology
Helena of Egypt , 4th century BC painter
Helena of Adiabene (died c. 56), Assyrian queen
Helena, mother of Constantine I (died 330), Roman empress and a Christian saint
Helena (wife of Julian) (died 360), Roman empress
Helena (niece of Justin II) , niece of Empress Sophia of the Byzantine Empire
Helena (daughter of Alypius) , (960s–
c. 989)
Byzantine empress consort
Helena (daughter of Robert Guiscard) (fl. 1076–1081, born Olympias), fiancée of Constantine Doukas
Saint Helena of Serbia (died 1314), Serbian queen
Full names
Helena Lekapene , c.910–961) daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos and empress consort of Constantine VII
Helena Kantakouzene , (1333-1396) daughter of John VI Kantakouzenos and empress consort of John V Palaiologos
Helena Dragaš ,
c. 1372–1450) daughter of Konstantin Dejanović and empress consort of Manuel II Palaiologos
Modern
Helena Basilova (born 1983), classical pianist
Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891), Russian writer
Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966), English actress
Helena Braun (1903–1990), German soprano
Helena Chan (born 1989), Hong Kong-Swedish presenter and fashion model
Helena Christensen (born 1968), Danish model
Helena Cobban (born 1952), British-born American writer
Helena Coleman (1860—1953), Canadian poet, music teacher, and writer
Helena Deland Canadian songwriter, composer, singer and musician
Helena Espinosa Berea (ca.1895–ca.1960), Mexican academic
Helena Gloag (1909–1973), Scottish actress
Helena Guergis (born 1969), Canadian politician
Helena Janeczek (born 1964), author
Helena Josefsson (born 1978), Swedish singer
Helena Kadare (born 1943), Albanian author
Helena Kmieć (1991–2017), Polish missionary
Helena Chmura Kraemer (fl. 1960s–2010s), American biostatistician
Helena Krzemieniewska (1878–1966), Polish botanist and microbiologist
Helena Laine (born 1955), Finnish athlete
Helena Lehtinen , Finnish jeweller and teacher
Helena Lisická (1930–2009), Czech ethnographer and writer of fairy tales and legends
Helena Malheim (1716–1795), Swedish midwife
Helena Margaretha Van Dielen (1774–1841) Dutch painter
Helena Matheopoulos , Greek journalist, author, and opera authority
Helena Mattsson (born 1984), Swedish actress
Helena Merten (born 1995), Australian high diver
Helena Modjeska (1840–1909), Polish actress
Helena Molony (1884–1967), Irish labor activist
Helena Moreno (born 1977), American television reporter
Helena Moreno (actress) (born 1989), Angolan actress
Helena Noguerra (born 1969), Belgian actress and singer
Helena Norberg-Hodge , Swedish linguist and writer
Helena Normanton (1882–1957) first female
barrister in the United Kingdom.
Helena Nyblom (1843–1926), Swedish author
Helena Paparizou (born 1982), Greek-Swedish singer and songwriter
Helena Pueyo (born 2001), Spanish basketball player
Helena Ramsay (2001–2018), one of the 17 victims who was killed in the
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Helena Ranaldi (born 1966), Brazilian actress
Helena Rasiowa (1917–1994), Polish mathematician
Helena Resano (born 1974), Spanish journalist
Helena Rojo (born 1944), Mexican actress
Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965), Polish industrialist
Helena Sanders (1911–1997), Cornish humanitarian, cultural activist, politician and, poet
Helena Amélia Oehler Stemmer (1927–2016), Brazilian
civil engineer and university professor.
Helena Suková (born 1965), Czech tennis player
Gelena Topilina (born 1994), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
Gelena Velikanova (1922–1998), Soviet pop singer
Helena Vildová (born 1972), Czech tennis player
Helena Vondráčková (born 1947), Czech singer
Helena Wong (politician) (born 1959), former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Kowloon West constituency
Helena Wong (weightlifter) (born 1988), Singaporean weightlifter
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846–1923), daughter of Queen Victoria
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870–1948)
Heloísa Helena (politician) (born 1962), Brazilian politician
Princess Helena of Nassau (1831–1888), Princess consort of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861–1922), Duchess of Albany
Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1899–1948) , Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
Lady Helena Gibbs (1899–1969), relative of the
British royal family
Fictional characters
Helena, fictional character in the 1921 science fiction play R.U.R. (
Rossum's Universal Robots ) by Karel Čapek
Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream ) , fictional character in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Helena, fictional character in the 1993 film
Boxing Helena
Helena Adams, a survivor in the video game
Identity V
Helena Cassadine , fictional character in the television series General Hospital
Helena Douglas , a fictional character in the
Dead or Alive video game series
Helena (Encantadia) , fictional character in the television series Encantadia
Helena Harper , fictional character in the video game
Resident Evil 6
Helena Kurcewicz , fictional character in the 1884 novel With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Helena Peabody , fictional character in the television series The L Word
Helena Ravenclaw , also known as the Grey Lady, fictional character in the Harry Potter series
Helena Russell , fictional character in the television series Space: 1999
Helena Wu, fictional character in the mystery teen drama The Society
Helena, girlfriend to Hercules in
The Mighty Hercules animated series from the 1960s
Helena Manning, fictional character in the television series
Orphan Black
Helena, a vampire in the
Hellsing animated TV-series from 2001
Huntress (Helena Wayne) , DC comics superhero (debuted 1977)
Huntress (Helena Bertinelli) , DC comics superhero (debuted 1989)
See also