Therese or Thérèse is a variant of the feminine given name Teresa. It may refer to:
Persons
Therese Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773–1839), member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a Duchess of Mecklenburg Therese of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1728–1778), German noblewoman Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, (1792–1854), queen of Bavaria Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg (1815 – 1871), Duchess Peter of Oldenburg Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg (1836 – 1914), Duchess of Dalarna Therese Alshammar (born 1977), Swedish swimmer Therese Björk (born 1981), Swedish footballer Therese Borssén (born 1984), Swedish skier Therese Brandl (1902–1948), Nazi concentration camp guard. Convicted of crimes against humanity after the war and executed Therese Brophy, player Therese Crawford (born 1976), American volleyball player Therese Elssler (1808–1878), Austrian dancer and baroness Therese Giehse (1898–1975), German actress Therese Grankvist (born 1977), Swedish singer and songwriter also known as Drömhus and Therese Therese Grob (1798–1875), first love of the composer Franz Schubert Therese Grünbaum (1791–1876), Austrian soprano and opera singer Therese Holbein von Holbeinsberg (1785–1859), Austrian landscape painter and etcher Therese Huber (1764–1829), German author Therese Johaug (born 1988), Norwegian cross-country skier Therese Lundin (footballer) (born 1979), Swedish footballer Therèse Lundin (swimmer) (born 1970), Swedish swimmer Therese Maher, camogie player Therese Malfatti (1792–1851), Austrian musician and friend of Ludwig van Beethoven Therese Malten (real name Therese Müller) (1855–1930), German dramatic soprano Therese Maron (1725–1806), German painter Therese Murray (born 1947), American state legislator Therese Neumann (1898–1962), German Catholic mystic and stigmatic Therese Peche (1806–1882), German-born Austrian stage actress Therese Schnabel (1876–1959), German contralto Therese Sjölander (born 1981), Swedish ice hockey player Therese Sjögran (born 1977), known as Terre, Swedish football (soccer) player Therese Studer (1862-1931), German labour activist Therese Svendsen (born 1989), Swedish swimmer Therese Torgersson (born 1976), Swedish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist Therese Vogl (1845–1921), German operatic soprano Therese Zenz (1932–2019), German sprint canoer
Therése Therése O'Callaghan, camogie player
Thérèse Princess Thérèse of France (1736–1744), French Princesse du Sang Thérèse Aillaud (1931–2015), French politician Thérèse Albert (c. 1805–1846), French actress Thérèse Blondeau (1913–2013), French swimmer Thérèse Bonney (1894–1978), American photographer and publicist Thérèse Brenet (born 1935), French composer Thérèse Casgrain (1896–1981), feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada Thérèse Caval (1750–1795), French revolutionary Thérèse Chardin, French hairstylist and celebrity Thérèse Coffey (born 1971), English politician Thérèse Couderc, also known as St. Theresa Couderc (1805–1885), co-founder of the Sisters of the Cenacle, a Catholic religious order Thérèse Daviau (1946–2002), Quebec, Canada politician, an attorney and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec Thérèse Delpech (1948–2012), French intellectual and writer Thérèse Dion (1927–2020), popularly known as Maman Dion, Québécois television personality, and the mother of pop singer Céline Dion Thérèse Dorny (1891–1976), French film and theatre actress Thérèse Elfforss (1823–1905), Swedish actress and theatre director Thérèse Karlsson (born 1972), Finnish soprano singer and actor Thérèse Lavoie-Roux (1928–2009), Quebec politician and Canadian Senator Thérèse Levasseur (1721–1801), domestic partner of French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau Thérèse Liotard (1946–2026), French actress Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897), French saint Thérèse McMurray (born 1947), Irish-British television actress Thérèse Meyer (born 1948), Swiss politician Thérèse Oulton (born 1953), English painter Thérèse Peltier (1873–1926), French sculptor and aviator Thérèse Quentin (1929–2015), French actress Thérèse Rein (born 1958), Australian entrepreneur and founder of Ingeus Thérèse Schwartze (1851–1918), Dutch portrait painter Thérèse Sita-Bella (1933–2006), Cameroonian filmmaker, pilot, journalist Thérèse Steinmetz (born 1933), Dutch singer Thérèse Tietjens (1831–1877), opera and oratorio soprano singer Thérèse Tréfouël (1892–1978), French biochemist Thérèse Vanier (1923–2014), veteran and medical doctor Thérèse Wartel (1814–1865), French pianist, music educator, composer and critic
Fictional characters Thérèse Defarge, a villain in Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities Thérèse, Massenet's 1906 opera the title character of Therese (novel), or , a 1928 novel by Arthur Schnitzler the title character of Thérèse the Philosopher, a 1748 French novel ascribed to Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens the title character of Thérèse Raquin, an 1867 novel and an 1873 play by the French writer Émile Zola the title character of: Thérèse Desqueyroux (novel), a 1927 novel by François Mauriac Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962 film), an adaptation of the novel Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012 film), an adaptation of the novel
See also Mother Teresa Saint Therese (disambiguation) Marie Thérèse (disambiguation) Maria Theresa (disambiguation) Teréz Brunszvik (1775–1861), member of the Hungarian nobility, pedagogue Tess (disambiguation)