Celeste (name)
Celeste or Céleste is a given name or surname which derives from the Latin caelestis, meaning heavenly or celestial.
The name may refer to:
Given name
Performers
- Celeste (singer), British-Jamaican singer-songwriter
- Celeste Anderson, Filipino Canadian competitive gamer and reality television personality
- Céleste Alkan, French musician
- Celeste Bonin or Kaitlyn (wrestler), American model, bodybuilder and professional wrestler
- Celeste Buckingham, Slovak-American singer
- Celeste Carballo, Argentine singer-songwriter rock, blues, hard rock, punk and tango
- Celeste Cid, Argentine actress
- Celeste Coltellini, Italian soprano
- Celeste Cortesi, Filipino-Italian model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Céleste-Thérèse Couperin, French organist, composer, educator
- Celeste Dandeker, British dancer
- Celeste De Luna, American printmaker, educator
- Celeste Dodwell, British and Australian actress who played Melody Jones in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Celeste Headlee, American radio and television host in Public Broadcasting
- Celeste Holm, American stage, film and television actress
- Celeste Jaguaribe de Matos Faria, Brazilian composer, poet, singer and teacher
- Celeste Johnson, known as Celeste in Italy, American model who became successful as a TV presenter and singer in Italy
- Celeste Legaspi, Filipino singer and actress
- Celeste Loots, South African actress
- Celeste Mendoza, Cuban singer
- Céleste Mogador, French dancer and writer also known as Mogador
- Celeste O'Connor, American actress
- Celeste Thorson, American actress, model, screenwriter and activist
- Celeste Yarnall, American actress
Writers
- Celeste, a pseudonym of American-born, British astrologer Patric Walker
- Celeste De Blasis, American author of historical romance novels
- Celeste Gold Broughton, American writer and socialite
- Celeste Katz, American senior politics writer
- Celeste McCollough, American psychologist
- Celeste Ng, American author and novelist
- Celeste Olalquiaga, Venezuelan scholar
- Celeste Comegys Peardon, American writer and educator
- Celeste Raspanti, American playwright
- Celeste West, American librarian and lesbian author
- Celeste M. A. Winslow, American author
Sportspeople
- Celeste Boureille, American soccer player
- Celeste D'Arcángelo, Argentinian rhythmic gymnast
- Celeste Ferraris, Australian synchronized swimmer
- Celeste García, Peruvian swimmer
- Celeste Pin, Italian football player
- Celeste Plak, Dutch volleyball player
- Celeste Poltera, Swiss bobsledder
- Celeste Raack, Australian cricketer
- Celeste Taylor, American basketball player
- Celeste Troche, Paraguayan golfer
Other
- Celeste Baranski, American electronic engineer, entrepreneur, and executive who helped create several pioneering electronic devices including early versions of the tablet computer
- Celeste Beard, convicted American murderer
- Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, French artist
- Celeste Brackett Newcomer, American educator, clubwoman
- Céleste Bulkeley, French soldier in the Catholic and Royal Army during the war in the Vendée
- Celeste Farotti, violin maker in the modern Milanese school
- Celeste Freytes, Puerto Rican academic administrator
- Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a girl whose body was found in D4vd's Tesla.
- Celeste de Longpré Heckscher, American composer
- Celeste Kaplan, American social worker, educator, and activist
- Céleste Lett, French politician, member of the National Assembly of France
- Celeste Liddle, Australian Indigenous feminist
- Celeste Mountjoy, Australian artist and illustrator
- Celeste Rodriguez, American politician
- Celeste M. Stiehl, American politician
- Celeste Tanfani, Italian pastellist artist
- Celeste Ulrich, American educator and leader in the field of physical education
- Celeste A. Wallander, American international relations expert with a focus on Russia
- Celeste Woss y Gil Dominican Republic painter
Middle name
- Crystal Celeste Grant, American actress
- Dorothy Celeste Boulding Ferebee, American obstetrician and civil rights activist
- Jessica Celeste Michibata, Japanese fashion model
- Louis Celeste Lecesne, an anti-slavery activist from the Caribbean islands
- María Celeste Arrarás, better known as María Celeste, Puerto Rican broadcast journalist and author
- Tennessee Celeste Claflin, also known as Tennie C., American suffragist best known as the first woman, along with her sister Victoria Woodhull, to open a Wall Street brokerage firm
- Greta Celeste Gerwig, American actress, writer, and director
Surname
- Arianny Celeste, American model and ring girl
- Dagmar Braun Celeste, American counselor, Christian priest, and author
- Dick Celeste, American politician - governor of Ohio 1983–1991
- Erika Celeste, American journalist who has worked in radio, print, and television
- Francis Celeste Le Blond, American politician and a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Madame Céleste, French dancer and actress
- Maria Celeste, born Virginia Galilei, Italian Roman Catholic nun
- Michele Celeste, Italian playwright
- Rodrigo Celeste, Brazilian football player
- Shanti Celeste, Chilean DJ from Bristol
- Ted Celeste, American politician in Ohio
- Bryan Celeste, Filipino mayor from Alaminos
Fictional characters
- Celeste Perrault, fictional character on soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Celeste Cuckoo, a member of the Stepford Cuckoos, Marvel Comics fictional mutant quintuplets
- Celestia Ludenberg, a character in Danganronpa
- Celeste Montgomery, a character in the film Vox Lux portrayed by Natalie Portman and Raffey Cassidy
- Celeste, the wife and cousin of Babar the Elephant
- Celeste, a toy character from the TV series Doc McStuffins
- Celeste, a former runner from the game Mirror's Edge
- Celeste, Piper's grandmother in the series Orange Is the New Black - Season 2
- Celeste, a minor character from the Six Feet Under TV series played by Michelle Trachtenberg
- Celeste Wright, a character in the TV series Big Little Lies played by actress Nicole Kidman
- Celeste, an NPC in the game Animal Crossing
- Celeste Inpax, a mentioned character in ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Justice for All''