Therese or Thérèse is a variant of the feminine given name Teresa. It may refer to:
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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, camogie 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 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 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
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 Chronik eines Frauenlebens, 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