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'''Helena''' is a given name. It may refer to:
==People known by the given name Helena==
*[[Helena of Constantinople]] aka Flavia Iulia Helena, Saint Helena, Saint Helen
*[[Helena of Adiabene]], Queen of Adiabene in northern Mesopotamia during the first century CE
*[[Princess Helena of the United Kingdom]], daughter of Queen Victoria
*[[Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein]], daughter of the above
*[[Helena Bonham Carter]], Academy Award-nominated English actress, Mrs.Lovett in Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street
*[[Helena Christensen]], supermodel
*[[Saint Helena (disambiguation)]], people and places called Saint Helena
*[[Helena]], (d. 360) - [[Roman empire|Roman]] empress, wife of [[Julian the Apostate]] and daughter of [[Constantine I]]
*[[Helena Norberg-Hodge]], founder and director of [[International Society for Ecology and Culture]]
===Fictional characters===
*[[Helena (Dead or Alive)|Helena (''Dead or Alive'')]], a character from the ''Dead or Alive'' video game series
*[[Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|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 Paparizou]], greek singer born in Sweden who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005
==Arts and literature==
*[[Helena (novel)|''Helena'']], an 1876 novel by [[Machado de Assis]]
*[[Helena (1950 novel)|''Helena'' (1950 novel)]], by [[Evelyn Waugh]]
*"[[Helena (song)|Helena]]", a single by [[My Chemical Romance]] from their album ''[[Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge]]''
*"[[Helena (Nickel Creek)|Helena]]", a song by [[Nickel Creek]]
*"Helena", a song by the band [[The Misfits]] from their album ''[[Famous Monsters]]''
*"Helena", song by [[Will Haven]] on ''[[The Hierophant (album)|The Hierophant]]''
==Places==
;United States
*[[Helena, Montana]], the state capital
*[[Helena, Alabama]]
*[[Helena, Arkansas]]
*[[Helena, Georgia]]
*[[Helena, Ohio]]
*[[Helena, Wisconsin]]
*[[Helena, Texas]]
;Outer space
*[[101 Helena]], an asteroid
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==Other uses==
*"Helena", a theoretical founding ancestor of [[Haplogroup H (mtDNA)]]
*"Helena", a name used in ancient Greece for the phenomenon now referred to as [[St. Elmo's fire]]
*"Helena", a word for very beautiful or gorgeous
==See also==
*[[Helen (disambiguation)]]
*[[Helene]]
*[[Hellen]]
*[[Eleni]]
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