Agatha
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- Agatha is a female given name. It may also refer to:
People:
- Agatha of LorraineAgatha of LorraineAgatha of Lorraine was the wife of Renaud III, Count of Burgundy. She was the daughter of Simon I, Duke of Lorraine and his wife Adelaide of Leuven.Agatha's children with her husband included:...
(died 1147), wife of Renaud III, Count of Burgundy - Agatha of NormandyAgatha of NormandyAgatha, mentioned by Ordericus Vitalis as one of the daughters of William I of England and Matilda of Flanders, Agatha, who had been betrothed to Harold II , was afterwards demanded in marriage by Alphonso VI of Castile and delivered to his proxies to be conducted to him...
(died 1079), English princess - Agatha of SicilyAgatha of SicilySaint Agatha of Sicily is a Christian saint. Her memorial is on 5 February. Agatha was born at Catania, Sicily, and she was martyred in approximately 251...
(died 251), Christian saint - Agatha, wife of Edward the ExileAgatha, wife of Edward the ExileAgatha was the wife of Edward the Exile and mother of Edgar Ætheling, Saint Margaret of Scotland and Cristina of England...
, 11th century Anglo-Saxon royal - Agatha, wife of SamuilAgatha, wife of SamuilAgatha was a Bulgarian Empress, second wife of Emperor Samuil.-Biography:According to the Byzantine historian John Scylitzes, Agatha was a captive from Larissa....
(born 10th century), Bulgarian Empress - Agatha BarbaraAgatha BarbaraAgatha Barbara was a Maltese politician, having served as a Labour Member of Parliament and Minister, and President of Malta. She was the first and, to date, the only female President of Malta.-Early life:...
(1923-2002), only female President of the Republic of Malta - Agatha ChristieAgatha ChristieDame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...
(1896-1976), British mystery writer - Agatha SangmaAgatha SangmaAgatha K. Sangma is a Member of Parliament of India , and part of the 15th Lok Sabha. She represents the Tura constituency of Meghalaya state, and won the Indian parliamentary elections as a candidate of the Nationalist Congress Party . Presently she is youngest Minister of State in the current...
(born 1980), member of the Parliament of India
Fictional characters:
- Agatha Clay, the heroine of the Girl GeniusGirl GeniusGirl Genius is an ongoing comic book series turned webcomic, written and drawn by Phil and Kaja Foglio and published by their company, Studio Foglio LLC under the imprint Airship Entertainment...
comic book series - Agatha HarknessAgatha HarknessAgatha Harkness is a fictional character, a powerful witch in the Marvel Comics universe. Supposedly, she was one of the original witches from the Salem Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts. She somehow survived and later became a significant figure in Marvel continuity, protecting Franklin...
, Marvel Comics witch - Aunt AgathaAunt AgathaAgatha Gregson, née Wooster, later Lady Worplesdon, is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being best known as Aunt Agatha, Bertie Wooster's least favourite aunt, and a counterpoint to her sister, Bertie's Aunt Dahlia...
, recurring character in the Jeeves stories of British writer P. G. Wodehouse
Other uses:
- Agatha (film)Agatha (film)Agatha is a 1979 drama thriller film directed by Michael Apted, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman and Timothy Dalton, and written by Kathleen Tynan...
, a 1979 film about Agatha Christie - Agatha AwardAgatha AwardThe Agatha Awards are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write via the same method as Agatha Christie...
, for mystery and crime writers - Agatha (genus)Agatha (genus)Agatha is a small genus of minute sea snails or marine gastropod mollusks within the subfamily Syrnolinae, which is a part of the family Pyramidellidae.They have bilateral symmetry, and only have endoderm and ectoderm tissues....
, a genus of gastropods - Agatha (Pokémon), a fictional character in the Pokémon franchise
- Agatha, CaliforniaAgatha, CaliforniaAgatha is a former settlement in Merced County, California. It was located east-southeast of Los Banos between Los Banos and South Dos Palos.-References:...
, a former settlement in Merced County - Hurricane Agatha (disambiguation), tropical storms and hurricanes called Agatha
- Operation AgathaOperation AgathaOperation Agatha sometimes called Black Shabbat or Black Saturday because it began on the Jewish sabbath, was a police and military operation conducted by the British authorities in the British Mandate of Palestine...
, British military operation in Palestine, 1946