# Annette (given name)

Annette or Anette is a given name that is the diminutive of Anna or Anne, and has been used as a name of its own since the Industrial Age. In Greek, the variant Anneta is used.
Notable people with the name include:

## People named Annette

* Annette Abbott Adams (1877–1956), American lawyer and judge
* Annette A. Aguilar (born 1957), American drummer
* Annette Aiello (born 1941), American entomologist and botanist
* Annette Allcock (1923–2001), British artist
* Annette Andre (born 1939), Australian actress
* Annette Arkeketa, American dramatist
* Annette Ashberry (also known as Anne Ashberry) (1894–1990), British engineer, gardener and author
* Annette Auguste (died 2020), Haitian folk singer and activist
* Annette Bach, German actress
* Annette Bade (1900–1975), American showgirl and actress
* Annette Badland (born 1950), British actress
* Annette Baier (1929–2012), New Zealand philosopher
* Annette Baker Fox (c. 1912–2011), American international relations scholar
* Annette Barbier (1950–2017), American artist and educator
* Annette Kar Baxter (1926–1983), American women’s history expert, professor and author
* Annette Bear-Crawford (1853–1899), Australian suffragist
* Annette Beard (born 1943), American singer
* Annette Beautrais, New Zealand suicidologist
* Annette Beck-Sickinger (born 1960), German biochemist
* Annette Becker (born 1953), French historian
* Annette Bening (born 1958), American actress
* Annette Benson, British actress
* Annette Bergbo (born 1953), Ålandic politician and journalist
* Annette Beutler (born 1976), Swiss cyclist
* Annette Beveridge (1842–1929), British orientalist
* Annette Bezor (1950–2020), Australian painter
* Annette Bjelkevik (born 1978), Norwegian speed skater
* Annette Bjergfeldt, Danish singer, songwriter and author
* Annette Böckler (born 1966), German scholar of Judaism and librarian
* Annette Brander (born 1993), Australia international rugby league footballer
* Annette Braun (1884–1978), American entomologist
* Annette Brissett, Jamaican reggae singer
* Annette Broadrick (born 1938), American novelist
* Annette Brooke (born 1947), British politician
* Annette E. Brown (born 1950), retired Rear Admiral of the United States Navy
* Annette Smith Burgess (1899–1962), American medical illustrator
* Annette Byrne, Irish physiologist and researcher
* Annette Calud (born 1963), American actress
* Annette Campbell (born 1961), British weightlifter
* Annette Carell (1926–1967), American actress
* Annette Carlén-Karlsson (born 1956), Swedish speed skater
* Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, American art curator
* Annette Carson (born 1940), British non-fiction writer and biographer
* Annette Carter (1941–2025), American politician
* Annette Cascone, American author and screenwriter
* Annette Chalut (1924–2021), French physician
* Annette Chaparro (born 1967), American politician
* Annette Charles (1948–2011), American actress, dancer and educator
* Annette Clark, American academic administrator
* Annette Clarke, Irish sportswoman
* Annette Clarke (producer), Canadian film producer
* Annette Cleveland, American politician from Washington state
* Annette Clifford (1881–1968), New Zealand landlord
* Annette Coe (born 1954), British tennis player
* Annette Cone-Skelton, American artist
* Annette Conlon, American singer-songwriter
* Annette Cooper (born 1953), British Church of England priest
* Annette Corcoran, American artist
* Annette Cottle, American volleyball player and coach
* Annette Court (born 1962), British businesswoman
* Annette Cowley-Nel (born 1967), South African swimmer
* Annette Crosbie (born 1934), Scottish actor
* Annette Daniels (1961–2004), American opera singer
* Annette Dasch (born 1976), German soprano
* Annette Dashofy, American author
* Annette DeFoe (1890–1960), American actress
* Annette Del Zoppo (1936–2001), American photographer
* Annette Dittert, German author and filmmaker
* Annette Dobmeier (born 1968), German fencer
* Annette Dobson (born 1945), Australian biostatistician researcher and professor
* Annette Dolphin, British Professor of Pharmacology
* Annette Drummond (born 1984), Scottish cricketer
* Annette Dubas (born 1956), American politician from Nebraska
* Annette Ducharme, Canadian musician and songwriter
* Annette Duetz (born 1993), Dutch competitive sailor
* Annette Dytrt (born 1983), German figure skater
* Annette Echikunwoke (born 1996), Nigerian-American hammer thrower
* Annette Eddie-Callagain (born 1953), American lawyer
* Annette Edmondson (born 1991), Australian cyclist
* Annette Eick (1909–2010), Jewish lesbian writer
* Annette Ekblom, English actress
* Annette Ellis (born 1946), Australian politician
* Annette Evans (born 1944), Scottish lawn bowls player
* Annette Faße (born 1947), German politician
* Annette Fellows (born 1955), Australian cricketer
* Annette Ferguson, Scottish observational astrophysicist
* Annette Finch (born 1980), Australian rugby union player
* Annette Finnigan (c. 1873–1940), American suffragist and philanthropist
* Annette Hoyt Flanders, American landscape architect
* Annette Focks (born 1964), German musician and film score composer
* Annette Frederiksen (1954–2022), Danish association football player
* Annette Freyberg-Inan, German political scientist
* Annette Frier (born 1974), German actress and comedian
* Annette Fuentes, American journalist
* Annette Fugmann-Heesing (born 1955), German politician
* Annette Funicello (1942–2013), American actress and singer
* Annette Georges, Seychellois politician and lawyer
* Annette Gerritsen (born 1985), Dutch speed skater
* Annette Gigon (born 1959), Swiss architect
* Annette Glenn (born 1963), American politician
* Annette Gordon-Reed (born 1958), American historian
* Annette Gough, Australian academic
* Annette Groth (born 1954), German politician
* Annette Groth (born 1952), Norwegian journalist
* Annette Grüters-Kieslich (born 1954), German pediatrician
* Annette Gulley (born 1964), Australian tennis player
* Annette Haas (1912–2002), French pianist
* Annette Hadding (born 1975), German swimmer
* Annette Hagre, Swedish ten-pin bowler
* Annette Hakonsen (born 1962), Danish darts player
* Annette Hamilton, Australian cultural anthropologist
* Annette Hamm, Canadian news anchor and reporter
* Annette Hanshaw (1901–1985), American jazz singer
* Annette Harnack (born 1958), German high jumper
* Annette Haven (born 1954), American pornographic film actress and erotic dancer
* Annette Heffernan (born 1962), New Zealand netball international
* Annette Henderson, psychology professor in New Zealand
* Annette Henninger, German political scientist
* Annette Herfkens (born 1961), Dutch-Venezuelan sole survivor
* Annette Herscovics (c. 1938–2008), scientist at McGill University
* Annette Hohn (born 1966), German rower
* Annette Holmberg-Jansson (born 1969), Finnish politician
* Annette Huber-Klawitter (born 1967), German mathematician
* Annette Hug (born 1970), Swiss author
* Annette Humpe (born 1950), German songwriter, pop singer, and record producer
* Annette Huntington, New Zealand nursing academic
* Annette Hurley (born 1955), Australian politician
* Annette Huygens Tholen (born 1966), Australian beach volleyball player
* Annette Imhausen (born 1970), German historian of ancient Egyptian mathematics
* Annette Insdorf, American film historian
* Annette Jahns (1958–2020), German contralto
* Annette P. Jimerson, American painter
* Annette Johnson (1928–2017), New Zealand alpine skier
* Annette Jones, New Zealand architect and urban designer
* Annette Jørgensen (born 1966), Danish swimmer
* Annette Jörnlind (born 1967), Swedish female curler
* Annette Malm Justad (born 1958), Norwegian businessperson
* Annette Kansy (born 1955), German figure skater
* Annette Karmiloff-Smith (1938–2016), developmental psychologist
* Annette Kaufman (1914–2016), American pianist and author
* Annette Kellerman (1886–1975), Australian swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress and writer
* Annette Kennedy, Past President of the International Council of Nurses
* Annette Kerr (1920–2013), Scottish actress
* Annette Kim, American academic and urban planner
* Annette King (born 1947), New Zealand politician
* Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953), American novelist
* Annette Klug (born 1969), German fencer
* Annette Kolb (1870–1967), the working name of German author and pacifist Anna Mathilde Kolb
* Annette Kolb (born 1983), German tennis player
* Annette Kolodny (1941–2019), American academic
* Annette Kouamba Matondo, Congolese film director and journalist
* Annette Krier (born 1937), Luxembourgish gymnast
* Annette Kroon, Dutch cricketer
* Annette Kruisbrink (born 1958), Dutch classical guitarist and composer
* Annette Kuhn (born 1945), British academic
* Annette Kullenberg (1939–2021), Swedish writer and journalist
* Annette Kundu (born 1996), Kenyan footballer
* Annette Kurschus (born 1963), German Protestant theologian and pastor
* Annette Laming-Emperaire (1917–1977), French archaeologist
* Annette Lapointe (born 1978), Canadian writer
* Annette Lareau (born 1952), American sociologist
* Annette Wirén Larsen (born 1991), Danish handball player
* Annette Laursen (born 1975), Danish footballer
* Annette S. Lee, American astrophysicist, educator and artist
* Annette Lee (born 1992), Singaporean singer-songwriter
* Annette Lemieux (born 1957), American artist
* Annette Leo (born 1948), German historian and biographer
* Annette LeSiege (1947–2012), American composer
* Annette Lewis Phinazee (1920–1983), American librarian
* Annette Lind (born 1969), Danish politician
* Annette Lovemore (born 1958), South African politician
* Annette Lu (born 1944), Taiwanese politician
* Annette Lyon (born 1973), American novelist
* Annette Macarthur-Onslow (born 1933), Australian author/illustrator
* Annette Elizabeth Mahon (1918–2013), Irish pilot
* Annette Main (born 1951/1952), New Zealand politician
* Annette Mangaard, Danish/Canadian filmmaker
* Annette Markert, German classical mezzo-soprano and alto
* Annette Markham, American academic
* Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (born 1926), Senegalese writer
* Annette McCarthy (1958–2023), American actress
* Annette McGavigan, Northern Irish student, killed during the Troubles
* Annette Meakin (1867–1959), British travel author
* Annette Meeks (born 1960), American politician
* Annette Meeuvissen (1962–2004), German touring car driver
* Annette Melton (born 1988), Australian actress and television presenter
* Annette Merz (born 1965), German theologian
* Annette Messager (born 1943), French artist
* Annette Jacky Messomo (born 1993), Cameroonian footballer
* Annette Meyers (born 1934), American mystery writer
* Annette Michelson (1922–2018), American art film critic
* Annette Mills (1894–1955), English actress, dancer and broadcaster
* Annette Mills, Jamaican-New Zealand professor
* Annette Mogensen (born 1959), Danish footballer
* Annette Moreno (born 1972), American singer and songwriter
* Annette Muller (1933–2021), French writer and holocaust survivor
* Annette Nazareth (born 1956), American lawyer
* Annette Nellen, American lawyer and professor
* Annette Ngo Ndom (born 1985), Cameroonian footballer
* Annette Nijs (born 1961), Dutch politician
* Annette Lucile Noble (1844–1932), American novelist and travel writer
* Annette O'Connor, Canadian professor of nursing
* Annette O'Toole (born 1952), American actress
* Annette Obrestad (born 1988, Norwegian poker player
* Annette K. Olesen (born 1965), Danish screenwriter and director
* Princess Annette of Orange-Nassau (born 1972), member of the Dutch nobility
* Annette Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven (1909–1989), Irish historian
* Annette Oxenius (born 1968), Swiss immunologist and academic
* Annette Page (1932–2017), English ballerina
* Annette av Paul (born 1944), Swedish Canadian ballet dancer
* Annette Paul, New Zealand Salvation Army officer
* Annette Peacock, American jazz composer
* Annette Pearse, New Zealand art gallery curator and director
* Annette Pehnt, German writer and literary critic
* Annette Penhaligon (born 1946), British politician
* Annette Peters (born 1965), American long-distance runner
* Annette Peulvast-Bergeal (born 1946), French politician
* Annette Poivre (1917–1988), French actress
* Annette Potempa (born 1976), German gymnast
* Annette Poulsen (born 1969), Danish swimmer
* Annette Presley, New Zealand businesswoman
* Annette Quijano (born 1962), American politician
* Annette Reber (1964–2008), German stage director and dramaturge
* Annette Yoshiko Reed, religious studies academic
* Annette de la Renta (born 1939), French-American philanthropist
* Annette Richardson Dinwoodey (1906–2007), American singer
* Annette Robertson, English actress
* Annette Robinson (born 1940), American politician
* Annette Rogers (1913–2006), American sprinter and high jumper
* Annette Roozen (born 1976), Dutch Paralympic athlete
* Annette Roque (born 1966), Dutch model and equestrian
* Annette Rubinstein (1910–2007), American Marxist educator, literary critic and activist
* Annette Saint-Pierre (born 1925), Canadian educator, writer and publisher
* Annette Salaman (1827–1879), English writer
* Annette Salmeen (born 1974), American swimmer
* Annette Sanders, American jazz musician
* Annette Sattel (born 1971), French sports shooter
* Annette Sawade (born 1953), German politician
* Annette Schavan (born 1955), German politician
* Annette Schlünz (born 1964), German classical composer and musician
* Annette Schmiedchen, German author
* Annette Schortinghuis-Poelenije (born 1952), Dutch rower
* Annette Schultz (born 1957), East German volleyball player
* Annette Seegers (born 1952), South African academic
* Annette Seiltgen (born 1964), German opera singer
* Annette Sergent (born 1962), French long-distance runner
* Annette Sikveland (born 1972), Norwegian biathlete
* Annette Sinclair, American actress and author
* Annette Skotvoll (born 1968), Norwegian handball player
* Annette Smith-Knight, American women’s basketball player and coach
* Annette Snell (1945–1977), American singer
* Annette Solange Georges (born 1957), Seychellois politician and lawyer
* Annette Solmell (born 1959), Swedish equestrian
* Annette Stensson-Fjordefalk (born 1958), Swedish actress
* Annette Steyn (born 1969), South African politician
* Annette Strauss (1924–1998), American politician
* Annette Stroyberg (1936–2005), Danish actress
* Annette Summers Engel, American earth scientist
* Annette Sweeney (born 1957), American politician
* Annette Sykes (born 1961), New Zealand activist and lawyer
* Annette Taddeo (born 1967), American politician
* Annette Tånnander (born 1958), Swedish Olympic athlete
* Annette Thoma (1886–1974), German female composer
* Annette Thomas, American-born publishing executive
* Annette Thommessen (1932–1994), French-Norwegian human rights activist
* Annette Thychosen (born 1968), Danish footballer
* Annette Tison (1942–2010), French architect and writer
* Annette Tucker, American songwriter
* Annette Turnbaugh, American politician
* Annette Tveter (born 1974), Norwegian handball player
* Annette Unger (born 1962), German classical violinist
* Annette van Dyck-Hemming (born 1965), German musicologist
* Annette Van Dyke (born 1943), American women’s studies academic
* Annette Van Zyl (born 1943), South African tennis player
* Annette Vande Gome (born 1946), Belgian composer
* Annette Vilhelmsen (born 1959), Danish politician
* Annette Vissing-Jørgensen, Danish financial economist
* Annette Volfing (born 1965), German academic
* Annette Volkamer, German classical pianist
* Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848), German writer
* Annette Wademant (1928–2017), Belgian screenwriter
* Annette Persis Ward (1873–1953), American librarian, writer
* Annette Warren (born 1922), American vocalist and jazz stylist
* Annette Watts (born 1959), American basketball player and coach
* Annette Weber (born 1967), German political scientist
* Annette Weiner (1933–1997), American anthropologist
* Annette Weintraub (born 1946), American new media artist and writer
* Annette Werner (born 1966), German mathematician
* Annette Westbay, American actress and playwright
* Annette Widmann-Mauz (born 1966), German politician
* Annette Wieviorka (born 1948), French historian
* Annette Polly Williams (1937–2014), American counselor, clerical worker and politician
* Annette Winkler (born 1959), German businessman
* Annette Woodward (born 1947), Australian sport shooter
* Annette Wyrwoll (born 1955), German equestrian
* Annette Ziegler (born 1964), American attorney and judge
* Annette Zilinskas (born 1962), American musician
* Annette Zippelius (born 1949), German physicist
* Annette, Special Operations Executive codename for Yvonne Cormeau, a British spy during World War II

## People named Anette

* Gry-Anette Rekanes Amundsen (born 1973), Norwegian politician
* Karen Anette Anti (born 1972), Norwegian Sami politician
* Anette Askvik (born 1983), Norwegian songwriter, composer, pianist, and vocalist
* Anette Bøe (born 1957), former Norwegian cross-country skier
* Anette Borchorst (born 1951), Danish academic
* Anette Börjesson (born 1954), Swedish badminton player
* Anette Dawn (born 1978), Hungarian call girl and make-up artist
* Anette Egelund (born 1956), Danish politician
* Anette Fanqvist (born 1969), Swedish cross-country skier
* Anette Fischer (1946–1992), Danish librarian and human rights activist
* Anette Fredriksson (1960–2008), Swedish breaststroke swimmer
* Anette Gersch (born 1966), German former alpine skier
* Anette Gleichmann (born 1964), Norwegian investor and publisher
* Anette Granstedt (born 1968), Swedish orienteering competitor
* Anette Grecchi Gray, Swiss chef
* Anette Haellmigk, German cinematographer
* Anette Hansson (born 1963), Swedish former footballer
* Anette Helene Hansen (born 1992), former Norwegian handball player
* Anette Hoff (born 16 May 1961), Norwegian actress
* Anette Hoffmann (born 1971), former Danish team handball player
* Anette Hosoi, American mechanical engineer, biophysicist, and mathematician
* Anette Hovind Johansen (born 1980) is a Norwegian handball player
* Anette Hübinger (born 1955), German politician
* Anette Igland (born 1971), Norwegian former footballer
* Anette Kolmos (born 1956), Danish academic
* Anette Kontaveit (born 1995), Estonian former professional tennis player
* Anette Kramme (born 1967), German lawyer and politician
* Anette Michel (born 1971), Mexican actress
* Anette Norberg (born 1966), Swedish curler and Olympic gold medalist
* Anette S. Olsen (born 1956), Norwegian businesswoman
* Anette Olzon (born 1971), Swedish politician
* Anette Philipsson (born 1965), former Swedish swimmer
* Anette Poelman (1853–1914), Dutch suffragist and philanthropist.
* Anette Prehn (born 1975), Danish author and sociologist
* Anette Rangdag (born 1962), Swedish politician
* Anette Ree Andersen (born 1967), Danish sailor
* Anette Reuterskiöld (1804–1880), Finnish writer
* Anette Rückes (born 1951), German athlete
* Anette Sagen (born 1985), Norwegian former ski jumper
* Anette Sanford (born 1983), Dominican nurse and politician
* Anette Stai (born 1961), Norwegian model
* Anette Støvelbæk (born 1967), Danish actress
* Anette Tønsberg (born 1970), Norwegian speed skater
* Anette Trettebergstuen (born 25 May 1981), Norwegian politician
* Anette Vázquez (born 2002), Mexican footballer
* Anette Viborg Andreasen (born 1990), Danish sailor
* Anette Wiig Bryn (born 1964), Norwegian politician
* Anette Wilhelm (born 1972), Swedish wheelchair curler

## Fictional Characters

* Annette Fantine Dominic, a character from the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses
* Annette Pavlovna Scherer, a character from the Russian literary work War and Peace
* Annette Birkin, a character from the original and remake Resident Evil 2 games