Helena is a first name.
People known by the first name Helena
- Helena of Adiabene (d. 56), Queen of Adiabene who converted to Judaism
- Helena (Empress) (d. 330), mother of Emperor Constantine the Great
- Helena, wife of Julian (d. 360), daughter of Emperor Constantine and wife to Emperor Julian Apostata
- Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846–1923), daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain
- Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870–1948), daughter of Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and Helena of the United Kingdom
- Helena Bonham Carter (b. 1966), English actress
- Helena Christensen (b. 1968), Danish model
- Helena Laine (b. 1955), Finnish javelin thrower
- Helena Mattsson (b. 1984), Swedish actress
- Helena Moreno (b. 1977), American television reporter
- Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder and director of International Society for Ecology and Culture
- Helena Paparizou (b. 1982), Greek-Swede singer and songwriter
- Helena Rasiowa (1917-1994), Polish mathematician
Fictional characters
- Helena, a Robotess character in the science fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek. It premiered in 1921, and is noted for introducing the term "robot."
- Helena (Dead or Alive), a character from the Dead or Alive video game series
- Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream), a character in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Helena, a character in the 1993 film Boxing Helena
- Helena Ravenclaw, also known as the Grey Lady, a character in the Harry Potter series.
- Helena Peabody, a character in the Showtime The L Word series, played by Rachel Shelley.
- Helena (Encantadia), a character in the 4th installment of Encantadia.
Arts and literature
Places
- United States
Ships
- HMS Helena, the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy
- USS Helena, the name of various United States Navy ships
- USS Helena I (SP-24), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
Other uses
See also
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