{{Wiktionary|Annette}} thumb|alt=Anette Norberg|Anette Norberg '''Annette''' or '''Anette''' is a given name that is a diminutive of Anna or Anne,<ref name="Hanks 2006">{{cite book | last1 = Hanks | first1 = Patrick | author-link1 = Patrick Hanks | last2 = Hardcastle | first2 = Kate | last3 = Hodges | first3 = Flavia | title = A Dictionary of First Names | publisher = Oxford University Press | publication-place = Oxford, England | series = Oxford paperback reference | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-19-861060-1 | oclc = 67869278 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC | page = 58 | access-date = 5 November 2025 }}</ref> and has been used as a name of its own since the Industrial Age. In Greek, the variant '''Anneta''' is used.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onomatologio.gr/Ονόματα/Άννα|title=Άννα|website=Ονοματολόγιο|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>
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 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 (1947–2025), 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 von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848), German writer * 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 (1933–2026), 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 E. McCrea (1858-1928), pioneer American landscape architect * 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 Raijer (born 1968), Dutch 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 Rydell (born 1965), Swedish politician * 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 Shelby (1939–2025), American academic * 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 Vilhelmsen (born 1959), Danish politician * Annette Vissing-Jørgensen, Danish financial economist * Annette Volfing (born 1965), German academic * Annette Volkamer, German classical pianist * 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== * 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 Vaher (born 2007), Estonian rhythmic gymnast * 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''
==See also== {{canned search|Annette}} {{srt|Annette}} {{canned search|Anette}} {{srt|Anette}}
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