# 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
### Ancient world
#### Queens of Ancient Egypt

* Cleopatra I Syra (c. 204–176 BC), princess of the Seleucid Empire by birth, and queen of Egypt by marriage
* Cleopatra II of Egypt (c. 185–116 BC), queen (and briefly sole ruler) of 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), queen of Egypt
* Cleopatra VI of Egypt (died c. 57 BC), queen of Egypt (possibly Cleopatra V)
* Cleopatra VII Philopator, also known as simply Cleopatra (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. between 135 and 130 – 69 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
* Cleopatra the Physician (1st century AD), Greek physician and author
* Saint Cleopatra (3rd and 4th century AD, d. 319 or 327), Christian saint
* Cleopatra the Alchemist (3rd or 4th century AD), Greek alchemist, author and philosopher

### Modern world

* Cleopatra, Hereditary Princess of Oettingen-Spielberg (born 1987), German-Chilean actress, model, and aristocrat
* Cleopatra Borel (born 1979), female shot putter from Trinidad and Tobago
* Cleopatra Broumand (born 1944/1945), Iranian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur
* Cleopatra Coleman (born 1987), Australian actress
* Cleo Demetriou (born 2001), Cyprus-born actress
* Cleopatra Higgins (born 1982), British singer
* Cleopatra Koheirwe (born 1982), Ugandan actress, writer, singer and personality
* Cleopatra Mathis (born 1947), American poet and professor
* Cleopatra Pantazi (born 1963), Greek singer
* Cleopatra Stratan (born 2002), Moldovan singer
* Cleopatra Tawo (died 2017), Nigerian radio personality
* 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