Dorothea
Dorothea is a female given name from Greek Δωροθέα meaning "God's Gift". It may refer to:People
- Dorothea Binz, German concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
- Dorothea Brooking, British children's television producer and director
- Dorothea Dix, American social activist
- Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player
- Dorothea Dunckel, Swedish playwright
- Dorothea Erxleben, first woman doctor in Germany
- Dorothea Fairbridge, South African novelist
- Dorothea Gerard, Scottish novelist
- Dorothea Hoffman, Swedish hat maker
- Dorothea Jordan, Irish actress and mistress of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom
- Dorothea Kalpakidou, Greek discus thrower
- Dorothea Krag, Danish postmaster
- Dorothea Lange, American documentary photographer and photojournalist
- Dorothea Lasky, American poet
- Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet and writer
- Dorothea Macnee British socialite and mother of Patrick Macnee
- Dorothea Maria Lösch, Swedish marine captain
- Dorothea Ostrelska Swedish court dwarf
- Dorothea Puente, American serial killer
- Dorothea Tanning, American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer
- Dorothea Viehmann, German storyteller
- Dorothea Wierer, Italian biathlete
- Dorothea Wyss married Niklaus von Flüe, the patron saint of Switzerland
- Dorothée French singer and television presenter
- Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer, Dutch writer
- Dorota Nieznalska, Polish artist
- Dorotea Bucca, Italian physician
- Dorotea van Fornenbergh, Dutch stage actress
- Doda,, Polish singer-songwriter and actress
- Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, whose middle name is Dorothea
- Christina Doreothea Stuart, Norwegian artist
Saints
- Dorothea of Alexandria, martyr
- Dorothea of Caesarea, martyr, patron saint of florists
- Dorothea of Montau, Roman Catholic saint, hermitess and visionary
Aristocracy
- Archduchess Dorothea of Austria, Archduchess and Princess of Austria and Princess of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany
- Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, Duchess of Parma
- Dorotea Gonzaga, duchess consort of Milan
- Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach, last Countess of Hanau
- Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst by marriage
- Dorothea Maria of Anhalt, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
- Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, German princess
- Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
- Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst, princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
- Dorothea of Brandenburg
- Dorothea of Bulgaria, Queen of Bosnia
- Dorothea of Denmark
- Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen consort of Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway
- Dorothea of Saxony, Saxon princess
- Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg
- Dorothea Susanne of Simmern, princess of the Electoral Palatinate, and Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage
- Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Countess of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Princess Dorothea of Courland, Baltic German noblewoman
- Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach by marriage
Fictional characters
- Dorothea Arnault, a famous songstress and student in the monastery in Fire Emblem Three Houses
- Dorothea Brooke, the heroine in the novel Middlemarch
- Dorotea, woman discovered in the Sierra Morena by Cardenio in Cervantes' Don Quixote
Nautical
- HMS Santa Dorothea, frigate
- USS Dorothea, gunboat
- USS Dorothea L. Dix, transport ship
