# Carolyn

Carolyn is a female given name, a variant of Caroline. Other spellings include Carolin, Karolyn, Carolyne, Carolynn or Carolynne. Caroline itself is one of the feminine forms of Charles.

## List of notable people

* Carolyn Bennett (born 1950), Canadian politician
* Carolyn Bertozzi (born 1966), American chemist and Nobel laureate
* Carolyn Bertram (born 1976), Canadian politician
* Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (1966–1999), wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
* Carolyn Beug (1952–2001), American filmmaker
* Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (born 1964), Canadian politician
* Carolyn Brown (choreographer) (born 1927), American dancer, choreographer, and writer
* Carolyn Brown (newsreader), English newsreader
* Carolyn Cassady (1923–2013), American writer and wife of Neal Cassady
* Carolyn Caton, American politician from Missouri
* C. J. Cherryh (Carolyn Janice Cherryh; born 1942), American science fiction and fantasy writer
* Carolyn Chiechi (born 1943), judge of the United States Tax Court
* Carolyn Cooper (born 1959), Jamaican author and literary scholar
* Carolyn Davidson, several people
* Carolyn Eaton (1964–1982), American murder victim
* Carolyn Fe, Filipina singer and actress
* Carolyn Forché (born 1950), American poet, editor, translator and human rights advocate
* Carolyn Franklin (1944–1988), American singer and songwriter, sister of Aretha Franklin
* Carolyn Bartlett Gast, American scientific illustrator
* Carolyn Gates, professor of veterinary science
* Carolyn Gray, Canadian Playwright
* Carolyn Harris (born 1960), British politician
* Carolyn Lynnet Harris (1948–1994), American librarian
* Carolyn Wilson Harris (1849–1910), American lichenologist
* Carolyn Hart (born 1936), American mystery writer
* Carolyn Hax (born 1966), American writer and advice columnist
* Carolyn Hennesy (born 1962), American actress
* Carolyn Price Horton (1909–2001), American bookbinder and conservator
* Carolyn Hunt (born 1937), American educator, politician, and First Lady of North Carolina
* Carolyn Dawn Johnson (born 1971), Canadian country music singer-songwriter
* Carolyn Jones (1930–1983), American actress
* Carolyn Jones (politician), Canadian politician
* Carolyn Jones-Young (born 1969), American basketball player
* Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (born 1945), American politician
* Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014), Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet
* Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946), American poet
* Carolyn Lawrence (born 1967), American voice actress
* Carolyn Leigh (1926–1983), American lyricist
* Carolyn Ringer Lepre, American academic administrator
* Carolyn Lynch (1946–2015), American philanthropist
* Carolyn Mahoney (born 1946), American mathematician
* Carolyn Maloney (born 1946), American politician
* Carolyn Martin (born 1951), American academic, author and president of Amherst College
* Carolyn McCarthy (born 1944), American politician
* Carolyn McCormick (born 1959), American actress
* Carolyn McCurdie, British-born New Zealand author
* Carolyn D. Meadows (born 1938), American activist
* Carolyn Merchant (born 1936), American ecofeminist
* Carolyn Morris (1925–1996), pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
* Carolyn Omine (fl. 1990s–2020s), American television writer and producer
* Carolyn Miller Parr (born 1937), judge of the United States Tax Court
* Carolyn Parrish (born 1946), Canadian politician
* Carolyn Porco (born 1953), American planetary scientist
* Carolyn Reidy (1949–2020), president and CEO of the American publishing company Simon & Schuster
* Carolyn See (1934–2016), American author and reviewer
* Carolyn Seymour (born 1947), English actress
* Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929–2021), American astronomer
* Carolyn Stewart-Olsen (born 1946), Canadian politician
* Carolyn Watkinson (born 1949), English mezzo-soprano singer
* Carolyn D. Wright (1949–2016), American poet
* Carolyn Yarnell (born 1961), American composer and visual artist

## In fiction

* Carolyn Barek, on the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent
* Carolyn Keene, pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew and The Dana Girls mystery stories
* Carolyn Stoddard, from the soap opera Dark Shadows
* Princess Carolyn, from the adult animation series Bojack Horseman
* Carolyn Trainer, a supervillain from Marvel Comics, also known as Lady Octopus