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Hortense Gender Feminine Region of origin French
Hortense is a
French feminine
given name that comes from
Latin meaning gardener . It may refer to:
Persons
Hortense Allart (1801–1879), Italian-French feminist writer and essayist
Hortense de Beauharnais (1783–1837), stepdaughter of Napoleon and Queen consort of Holland
Hortense Béwouda (born 1978), sprinter from Cameroon
Hortense Clews (1926–2006), member of the Belgian Resistance in World War II
Hortense Dufour (born 1946), French writer
Hortense Ellis (1941–2000), Jamaican reggae singer
Hortense Calisher (1911–2009), American fiction writer, author of In the Absence of Angels
Hortense Gabel (1912–1990), New York Supreme Court Justice
Hortense Globensky-Prévost (1804–1873), Canadian heroine
Hortense Gordon (1886–1961), Canadian abstract painter
Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot (1784–1845), French painter of genre scenes
Hortense Mancini (1646–1699), Duchess of Mazarin and a mistress of Charles II, King of England
Hortense Monath (1905–1956), American pianist
Hortense Powdermaker (1900–1970), American anthropologist
Hortense Parker (1859–1938), music teacher and daughter of African–American inventor, industrialist and abolitionist John Parker
Hortense Rhéa (1844–1899), French actress
Hortense Schneider (1833–1920), French soprano
Hortense Sparks Ward (1872–1944), pioneering Texas lawyer and women's rights activist
Hortense Spillers (born 1942), American literary critic and theorist of Black studies
Fictional characters
Hortense Bellacourt, the unattractive eldest of the Bellacourt sisters in the
Another Period tv series
Hortense Briggs, in the novel
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Hortense Cumberbatch, in the film
Secrets & Lies by British director, Mike Leigh
Hortense Daigle, portrayed by
Eileen Heckart in
The Bad Seed play and film
Hortense Derry, as Frank Derry’s
Dana Andrews step-mother, portrayed by
Gladys George in the film
The Best Years of Our Lives
Hortense McDuck , a Disney character who is Scrooge McDuck's sister and Donald Duck's mother
Hortense, adopted sister of Michael Roberts in the novel "
Small Island " by Andrea Levy
Hortense Toomey Campanati, in the novel
Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
Mademoiselle Hortense, in the novel
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Hortense, later known as Mist, from the
Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky
Hortense, Donald Duck's pet in comic books and a cartoon – see
Donald's Ostrich
Hortense, Sapphire's sister in the TV show
Amos 'n' Andy .
Hortense , another Disney character who was the horse of young Scrooge McDuck and was named after Scrooge's sister
Hortense, brothel madam in the TV show
Maison Close
Hortense the Hornbill from
Jim Henson's Animal Show