Cleopatra (given name)
Cleopatra is a feminine given name. It was the name of various characters in Greek Mythology and was frequently used among Royal dynasties in the Hellenistic period. It may refer to:
People
Queens of Ancient Egypt
- Cleopatra I Syra (c. 204–176 BC), princess of the Seleucid Empire and by marriage, queen of Ptolemaic Egypt
- Cleopatra II of Egypt (c. 185–116 BC), queen (and briefly sole ruler) of Ptolemaic Egypt
- Cleopatra III of Egypt (169–101 BC), queen of Egypt
- Cleopatra IV of Egypt (c. 138–135 BC), queen of Egypt
- Berenice III of Egypt (120-80 BC), queen of Egypt also known as Cleopatra and Cleopatra Berenice
- Cleopatra V of Egypt (died c. 69/68 BC or c. 57 BC), Egyptian Ptolemaic queen
- Cleopatra VI of Egypt, Egyptian Ptolemaic queen (possibly Cleopatra V)
- Cleopatra (Cleopatra VII Philopator) (69–30 BC), last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
Other
- Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon (4th century BC), wife of Philip II of Macedon
- Cleopatra of Macedon (c. 356–308 BC), queen of Epirus, sister of Alexander the Great, daughter of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias of Epirus
- Cleopatra Thea (c. 164–121 BC), daughter of Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VI Philometor
- Cleopatra Selene of Syria (c. 135–130 BC), daughter of Cleopatra III and Ptolemy VIII Physcon
- Cleopatra of Pontus (110–after 58 BC), wife of Tigranes the Great
- Cleopatra of Jerusalem (1st century BC), wife of Herod the Great
- Cleopatra Selene II (40–5 BC), daughter of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony
- Saint Cleopatra (3rd and 4th century, d. 319 or 327), Christian saint
- Cleopatra the Alchemist (3rd or 4th century), Greek alchemist, author and philosopher
Modern world
- Cleo von Adelsheim (born 1987), German-Chilean actress
- Cleopatra Birrenbach Persian-American fashion designer and entrepreneur
- Cleopatra Borel (born 1979), female shot putter from Trinidad and Tobago
- Cleopatra Coleman (born 1987), Australian actress
- Cleo Demetriou (born 2001), Cyprus-born actress
- Cleopatra Koheirwe (born 1982), Ugandan actress, writer, singer and personality
- Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947), American poet and professor
- Cleopatra Stratan (born 2002), Moldovan singer
- Cleopatra Tawo (d. 2017), a radio personality from Nigeria
- Cleopatra Tucker (born 1943), American politician
Fictional characters
- the protagonist of the blaxploitation films Cleopatra Jones (1973) and Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)
- Cleopatra Wong, the protagonist of three films: They Call Her Cleopatra Wong (1978), Dynamite Johnson (1979) and Devil's Angels (1980)
- Cleopatra (Rome character), in the historical drama series Rome
- Cleopatra, in the animated sitcom Clone High
- Cleopatra, the protagonist of the television series Cleopatra 2525, which aired from 2000 to 2001
- Cleopatra Funnie, in the animated television series Doug
- Cleopatra Corns, the protagonist of the manga series Cleopatra DC
- Cleopatra, important poet and lawmaker in the future world of Robert Graves' Seven Days in New Crete
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