Namesakes
Louise of Savoy
(f) 1461-1503 
Saints
Louise de Marillac
(f) 1591-1660
Saints
Louise of Omura
(f) ?-1628
Saints
Victoire of France
(middle name Louise) (f) 1733-1799
Other Royalty 1733-1792 France (princess)
Luise of Prussia
(middle name Louise) (f) 1770-1836
Other Royalty 1770-1836 Prussia (princess)
Paulina of Orange-Nassau
(middle name Louise) (f) 1800-1806
Other Royalty 1800-1806 Netherlands (princess)
Luise of Prussia
(a.k.a. Louise) (f) 1808-1870
Other Royalty 1808-1870; 1825-1870 Prussia; Netherlands (princess)
Marianne of the Netherlands
(middle name Louise) (f) 1810-1883
Other Royalty 1815-1883 Netherlands (princess)
Louise Therese de Montaignac de Chauvance
(f) 1820-1885
Saints
Sophie of the Netherlands
(middle name Louise) (f) 1824-1897
Other Royalty 1824-1897 Netherlands (princess)
Luise of Prussia
(a.k.a. Louise) (f) 1829-1901
Other Royalty 1829-1901 Prussia (princess)
Luise of Prussia
(a.k.a. Louise) (f) 1838-1923
Other Royalty 1838-1923 Prussia (princess)
Louise, Duchess of Argyll
(f) 1848-1939
Other Royalty 1848-1939 United Kingdom (princess)
Marie of Prussia
(middle name Louise) (f) 1855-1888
Other Royalty 1855-1888 Prussia (princess)
Gisela of Austria
(middle name Louise) (f) 1856-1932
Other Royalty 1856-1919 Austria-Hungary (archduchess)
Ellen Wilson
(middle name Louise) (f) 1860-1914
American First Ladies 1913-1914
Luise Margarete of Prussia
(a.k.a. Louise) (f) 1860-1917
Other Royalty 1860-1917 Prussia (princess)
Nellie Taft
(middle name Louise) (f) 1861-1943
American First Ladies 1909-1913
Loie Fuller
(f) 1862-1928
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/dancer)
May Whitty
(middle name Louise) (f) 1865-1948
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Louise, Princess Royal
(f) 1867-1931
Other Royalty 1867-1931 United Kingdom (princess)
Mary of Teck
(middle name Louise) (f) 1867-1953
Other Royalty 1910-1936 United Kingdom (queen consort)
Lou Hoover
(f) 1874-1944
American First Ladies 1929-1933
Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(middle name Louise) (f) 1878-1942
Other Royalty 1878-1942 United Kingdom (princess)
Louise Dresser
(f) 1878-1965
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lynn Fontanne
(middle name Louise) (f) 1887-1983
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Louise of Sweden
(f) 1889-1965
Other Royalty 1950-1965 Sweden (queen consort)
Viktoria Luise of Prussia
(middle name Louise) (f) 1892-1980
Other Royalty 1892-1980 Prussia (princess)
Louise Fazenda
(f) 1895-1962
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Louise Otto
(f) 1896-1975
Olympic Medalists 1912 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (silver)
Effa Manley
(middle name Louise) (f) 1897-1981
Hall-of-Famers 2006 (baseball)
Louise Bogan
(f) 1897-1970
Notable Writers
Louise Beavers
(f) 1900-1962
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Adelaide Hall
(middle name Louise) (f) 1901-1993
Notable Musicians
Esther Ralston
(middle name Louise) (f) 1902-1994
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margery Allingham
(middle name Louise) (f) 1904-1966
Notable Writers
Louise Brooks
(f) 1906-1985
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Juliana of the Netherlands
(middle name Louise) (f) 1909-2004
Other Royalty 1948-1980 Netherlands (queen)
Princess Ingrid of Sweden; Queen Ingrid of Denmark
(middle name Louise) (f) 1910-2000
Other Royalty 1910-2000; 1947-1972 Sweden; Denmark (princess/queen consort)
Gypsy Rose Lee
(middle name Louise) (f) 1911-1970
Notable Actors and Entertainers (entertainer)
Louise Bourgeois
(f) 1911-2010
Notable Artists
Mary Carew
(middle name Louise) (f) 1913-2002
Olympic Medalists 1932 4x100 m relay (gold)
Anita Louise
(middle name Louise) (f) 1915-1970
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Evelyn Keyes
(middle name Louise) (f) 1916-2008
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Katherine Rawls
(middle name Louise) (f) 1917-1982
Olympic Medalists 1932; 1936 diving - springboard; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (silver/bronze)
Cicely Tyson
(middle name Louise) (f) 1924-2021
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/model)
Lily Carlstedt
(middle name Louise) (f) 1926-2002
Olympic Medalists 1948 javelin throw (bronze)
Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen
(f) 1928-1993
Olympic Medalists 1948; 1952 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (bronze/silver)
Elmarie Wendel
(middle name Louise) (f) 1928-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Amanda Blake
(middle name Louise) (f) 1929-1989
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
June Squibb
(middle name Louise) (f) 1929-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Marie Corridon
(middle name Louise) (f) 1930-2010
Olympic Medalists 1948 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (gold)
Mildred McDaniel
(middle name Louise) (f) 1933-2004
Olympic Medalists 1956 high jump (gold)
Louise Fletcher
(f) 1934-2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1976 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (actress)
Irène Tunc
(middle name Louise) (f) 1934-1972
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Marilee Stepan
(middle name Louise) (f) 1935-2021
Olympic Medalists 1952 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (bronze)
Carole Quinton
(middle name Louise) (f) 1936-
Olympic Medalists 1960 80 m hurdles (silver)
Samantha Eggar
(middle name Louise) (f) 1939-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Louise Sorel
(f) 1940-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Trish Van Devere
(middle name Louise) (f) 1941-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Aretha Franklin
(middle name Louise) (f) 1942-2018
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1987
Anneke Grönloh
(middle name Louise) (f) 1942-2018
Notable Musicians
Louise Glück
(f) 1943-
Nobel Prize Winners 2020 (literature)
Notable Writers
Christina of Sweden
(middle name Louise) (f) 1943-
Other Royalty 1943- Sweden (princess)
Patti LaBelle
(middle name Louise) (f) 1944-
Notable Musicians
Sondra Locke
(middle name Louise) (f) 1944-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lynda Day George
(middle name Louise) (f) 1944-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Louise Bigelow
(f)
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals 1945 Carousel
Carrie Snodgress
(middle name Louise) (f) 1945-2004
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Andrea Martin
(middle name Louise) (f) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Anne, Princess Royal
(middle name Louise) (f) 1950-
Other Royalty 1950- United Kingdom (princess)
Kirstie Alley
(middle name Louise) (f) 1951-2022
Emmy Award Winners 1991 Cheers (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Barkman
(middle name Louise) (f) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1968; 1972 swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (bronze/gold)
Guy Verhofstadt
(middle name Louise) (m) 1953-
Belgian Prime Ministers 1999-2008
Loes Luca
(f) 1953-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Katey Sagal
(middle name Louise) (f) 1954-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Louise Erdrich
(f) 1954-
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 2021 The Night Watchman
Patty Brard
(middle name Louise) (f) 1955-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
Notable Musicians
Donna Hartley
(middle name Louise) (f) 1955-2013
Olympic Medalists 1980 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Melissa Belote
(middle name Louise) (f) 1956-
Olympic Medalists 1972 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (gold)
Louise Ritter
(f) 1958-
Olympic Medalists 1988 high jump (gold)
Madonna
(middle name Louise) (f) 1958-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2008
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
(f) 1958-
Other Leaders 2014- Malta (president)
Jackie Fox
(middle name Louise) (f) 1959-
Notable Musicians
Linda Jezek
(middle name Louise) (f) 1960-
Olympic Medalists 1976 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (silver)
Scout Finch
(middle name Louise) (f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird
Amy Sedaris
(middle name Louise) (f) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sarah Palin
(middle name Louise) (f) 1964-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Mary-Louise Parker
(f) 1964-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dannette Young
(middle name Louise) (f) 1964-
Olympic Medalists 1988; 1992 4x100 m relay; 4x400 m relay (gold/silver)
Cindy Brown
(middle name Louise) (f) 1965-
Olympic Medalists 1988 basketball (gold)
A. L. Kennedy
(middle name Louise) (f) 1965-
Notable Writers
Sarita Choudhury
(middle name Louise) (f) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sam Taylor-Johnson
(middle name Louise) (f) 1967-
Notable Filmmakers
Quinn Cummings
(middle name Louise) (f) 1967-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Louise Currey
(f) 1969-
Olympic Medalists 1996 javelin throw (silver)
Gabrielle
(a.k.a. Louise) (f) 1969-
Notable Musicians
Thea Gill
(middle name Louise) (f) 1970-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Louise Lombard
(f) 1970-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Märtha Louise of Norway
(f) 1971-
Other Royalty 1971- Norway (princess)
Marianne Thieme
(middle name Louise) (f) 1972-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Tully Bevilaqua
(middle name Louise) (f) 1972-
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 2008 basketball (silver)
Michelle Chandler
(middle name Louise) (f) 1974-
Olympic Medalists 1996 basketball (bronze)
Leslie Bibb
(middle name Louise) (f) 1974-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (model/actor)
Anne Dudek
(middle name Louise) (f) 1975-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Louise Jöhncke
(f) 1976-
Olympic Medalists 2000 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (bronze)
Sarah Chalke
(middle name Louise) (f) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Amy Acker
(middle name Louise) (f) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Michelle Stevens
(middle name Louise) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1978 Dallas
Beth Storry
(middle name Louise) (f) 1978-
Olympic Medalists 2012 field hockey (bronze)
Ellen Ripley
(middle name Louise) (f)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1979 Alien
Caroline Flack
(middle name Louise) (f) 1979-2020
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
Kate Richardson-Walsh
(middle name Louise) (f) 1980-
Olympic Medalists 2012 field hockey (bronze)
Victoria Pendleton
(middle name Louise) (f) 1980-
Olympic Medalists 2008; 2012 cycling - track (gold/silver)
Andrea Riseborough
(middle name Louise) (f) 1981-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Louise Bourgoin
(f) 1981-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tanith Belbin
(middle name Louise) (f) 1984-
Olympic Medalists 2006 figure skating (silver)
Anneliese van der Pol
(middle name Louise) (f) 1984-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Gemma Atkinson
(middle name Louise) (f) 1984-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/model)
Jenna Coleman
(middle name Louise) (f) 1986-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Kimmy Gibbler
(middle name Louise) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1987; 2016 Full House; Fuller House
Kami Craig
(middle name Louise) (f) 1987-
Olympic Medalists 2008; 2012 water polo (silver/gold)
Cara Theobold
(middle name Louise) (f) 1990-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jamie Anderson
(middle name Louise) (f) 1990-
Olympic Medalists 2014 snowboarding (gold)
Ilene Markham
(middle name Louise) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1991 Home Improvement
Danielle Macdonald
(middle name Louise) (f) 1991-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Libby Kelly
(middle name Louise) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1993 Grace Under Fire
Emma Corrin
(middle name Louise) (x) 1995-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Amy MacDougall Barone
(middle name Louise) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
Debra Barone
(middle name Louise) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
Andell Wilkerson
(middle name Louise) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996; 1999 Moesha; The Parkers
Claire McLeod
(middle name Louise) (f)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1996 McLeod's Daughters
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 McLeod's Daughters
Lennon Stella
(middle name Louise) (f) 1999-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Louise Grant
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2000 Gilmore Girls
Audrey Raines
(middle name Louise) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001; 2014 24; 24: Live Another Day
Allison DuBois
(middle name Louise) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 Medium
Gretchen Morgan
(middle name Louise) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 Prison Break