Colette (given name)

Colette is a French feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Colette of Corbie (1381–1447), Roman Catholic Saint
• Colette Alliot-Lugaz (born 1947), French soprano
• Colette Appel (born 1986), American pair skater
• Colette Audry (1906–1990), French novelist, screenwriter and critic
• Colette Avital (born 1939), Israeli diplomat and politician
• Colette Baron-Reid (born 1958), Canadian spiritual medium
• Colette Besson (1946–2005), French athlete
• Colette Bonheur (real name: Colette Chailler, 1927–1966), Quebec singer
• Colette Boky (born 1935), French-Canadian operatic soprano
• Colette Boos-John (born 1969), German politician
• Colette Bourgonje (born 1962), Paralympic cross-country skier and athlete
• Colette Brand (born 1967), Swiss freestyle skier and Olympic medallist
• Colette Brosset (1922–2007), French actress, writer and choreographer
• Colette Brown (born 1969), British actress
• Colette Bryce (born 1970), Irish poet
• Colette Burson (born 1970), American screenwriter
• Colette Caillat (1921–2007), French professor of Sanskrit and comparative grammar
• Colette Capdevielle (born 1958), French politician
• Colette Capriles, Venezuelan academic
• Colette Carr (born 1991), American recording artist, rapper and songwriter
• Colette Deréal (1927–1988), French actress and singer
• Colette Descombes, French film actress
• Colette Doherty, Irish poker player
• Colette Fitzpatrick, Irish news anchor for TV3 Ireland
• Colette Flesch (born 1937), Luxembourgish politician and fencer
• Colette Giudicelli (1943–2020), French politician and a member of the Senate of France
• Colette Gouvion, French journalist and author
• Colette Guillaumin (1934–2017), French sociologist
• Colette Hiller, American actress
• Colette Hume, Welsh education correspondent for BBC Wales Today
• Colette Inez (1931–2018), American poet and composer
• Colette de Jouvenel (1913–1981), the daughter of French writer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette and her second husband, Henri de Jouvenel
• Colette Justine (born 1952), French multimedia artist
• Colette Khoury (born c. 1931), Syrian novelist and poet
• Colette Langlade (born 1956), member of the National Assembly of France
• Colette Le Moal (born 1932), member of the National Assembly of France
• Colette Mann (born 1950), Australian actress
• Colette Marchand (1925–2015), French dancer and actress
• Colette Marino (born 1975), American house music DJ and vocalist
• Colette McSorley, Irish camogie player
• Colette Mélot (born 1947), member of the Senate of France
• Colette Nelson (born 1974), IFBB American professional bodybuilder
• Colette O'Neil (1937–2021), Scott actress
• Colette O'Niel (aka Lady Constance Malleson, 1895–1975), British writer and actress
• Colette Pechekhonova (born 1980), Russian fashion model
• Colette Peignot (1903–1938), French author
• Colette Renard (1924–2010), French actress and singer
• Colette Revenu (born 1944), French fencer
• Colette Reynaud (1872–1965), French feminist, socialist and pacifist journalist
• Colette Richard (1924–2020), French actress
• Colette Rolland (born 1943), French computer scientist
• Colette Rosambert, French tennis player
• Colette Rossant (1932–2023), French-American cookbook author, journalist, translator and restaurateur
• Colette Roy-Laroche (born 1943), Canadian politician
• Colette Sénami Agossou Houeto (born 1939), Beninese educator and a feminist poet
• Colette Solomon, South African policy researcher and women's rights activist
• Colette Trudeau (born 1985), Canadian singer and songwriter
• Colette van den Keere (1568–1629), Dutch engraver
• Rocio Colette Acuña Calzada (born 1982), aka Colettea, Mexican singer and contestant of La Academia

Fictional characters

• Colette, a character from Brawl Stars
• Colette Brunel, character in Tales of Symphonia
• Colette Ferro, character from the 1986 movie Aliens
• Colette Flaherty, character in EastEnders in Ireland
• Colette Green, character in the videogame Half-Life: Decay
• Colette Hankinson, character in Coronation Street
• Colette Tatou, character in the film Ratatouille
• Colette Marchant, from the 2019 movie Dumbo (2019 film)
• Colette, one of the Thea Sisters from France in Thea Stilton

See also

• Colette (disambiguation)