Celestine

Celestine is a given name and a surname.

People

Given name

• Pope Celestine I (died 432)
• Pope Celestine II (died 1144)
• Pope Celestine III (c. 1106–1198)
• Pope Celestine IV (died 1241)
• Pope Celestine V (1215–1296)
• Antipope Celestine II, antipope for one day (16–17 December 1124)
• Celestine Babayaro (born 1978), Nigerian former footballer
• Celestine Damiano (1911–1967), American Roman Catholic prelate
• Celestine Edwards (c. 1857–1894), political activist
• Célestine Galli-Marié (1840–1905), French mezzo-soprano who created the title role in the opera Carmen
• Celestine Gonzaga-Soriano (born 1984), Filipina singer, host and actress better known as Toni Gonzaga
• Célestine Guynemer de la Hailandière (1798–1882), French-born American Roman Catholic prelate
• Celestine Tate Harrington (1956–1998), quadriplegic street musician known for playing the keyboard with her lips and tongue
• Célestine Hitiura Vaite (born 1966), French-Polynesian writer
• Celestine Iwendi, Nigerian artificial intelligence academic
• Célestine "Tina" Knowles (born 1954), American businesswoman and fashion designer and the mother of Beyonce Knowles and Solange Knowles
• Celestine Lazarus (born 1992), Nigerian professional footballer
• Célestine N'Drin (born 1963), Côte d'Ivoire runner who specialized in the 400 and 800 metres
• Celestine Omehia (born 1959), Nigerian politician
• Celestine Onwuliri (1952–2012), Nigerian academic and university professor of Parasitology
• Celestine Sibley (1914–1999), Southern American author, journalist, and syndicated columnist
• Celestine Ukwu (1940–1977), Igbo highlife musician

Surname

• Enzo Célestine (born 1997), French professional footballer
• James Celestine (born 1973), Bermudian cricketer

Fictional characters

• Célestine (Mirbeau), main character and narrator of the French novel The Diary of a Chambermaid, by Octave Mirbeau
• Celestine Tavernier, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Celestine Groht, a fictional character in the anime Gundam SEED DESTINY

Pseudonyms

• Catharina van Rees (1831-1915), author, editor and composer known by the pseudonym Celéstine

Other uses

• Celestines, a branch of the Benedictine Order of monks
• Celestine Nuns, another name for nuns of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
• Celestine (mineral), a mineral, also known as celestite, found worldwide
• Celestine, Indiana, a town in Dubois County, Indiana
• La Celestine (Carlota Valdivia), a 1904 painting from Picasso's Blue Period
• Celestine (album) by Filipino singer Toni Gonzaga, released in May, 2014
• Ernest and Celestine, animated French film, 2012

See also

• Celestin, a character in the anime film Ah! My Goddess: The Movie
• Celestina (disambiguation)
• Celestino
• Celandine (disambiguation)