Verena (disambiguation)
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Verena can refer to:
People with the given name Verena:
Fictional characters:
Other uses:
People with the given name Verena:
- Saint Verena, 3rd and 4th century saint of the Roman Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Churches
- Verena BeckerVerena BeckerVerena Becker was a West German member of the Movement 2 June and later the Red Army Faction. She was under the control of West German intelligence since 1972 at least.-Terrorist career:...
(born 1952), West German terrorist - Verena BenteleVerena BenteleVerena Bentele is a blind German Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier. She won her first Paralympic medals at the 1998 Winter Paralympics, followed by four gold medals at the 2002 Winter Paralympics, as well as two gold and one bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Paralympics At the 2010...
(born 1982), blind German Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier - Verena DienerVerena DienerVerena Diener is a Swiss politician, member of the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland, representing the canton of Zürich in the Swiss Council of States....
(born 1949), Swiss politician - Verena RehmVerena RehmVerena Carmen Rehm , born in Neuburg, Bavaria, is best known as the backing vocalist and pianist of the Euro-Trance dance group Groove Coverage. She has many song writing credits both within and outside the group and also sings for many other German dance acts.- Early life :After attending...
(born 1984), singer - Verena SailerVerena SailerVerena Sailer is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.10 seconds, achieved when winning the final and taking the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona.Sailer represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...
(born 1985), German sprinter - Verena von StrengeVerena von StrengeVerena von Strenge is a dancer and singer.Verena's love for dance started at when she was very young. At the age of 5, she was taught classical dance by her grandmother who was a former ballerina...
(born 1975), dancer - Verena von WeymarnVerena von WeymarnVerena Merethe von Weymarn, M.D. is a retired German medical officer and the first woman in German military history ever to be appointed the rank of general....
(born 1943), retired German medical officer and first woman general in German military history - Verena WagnerVerena WagnerVerena Wagner is the fourth child and youngest daughter of Winifred and Siegfried Wagner and the granddaughter of German composer Richard Wagner....
(born 1920), granddaughter of composer Richard Wagner
Fictional characters:
- Verena Tarrant, protagonist in Henry James' novel The BostoniansThe BostoniansThe Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885–1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin...
- Verena (Warhammer), goddess of law and justice in the Warhammer Fantasy game universe
Other uses:
- Monte VerenaMonte VerenaMonte Verena is a mountain of the Veneto, Italy. It has an elevation of 2015 metres....
, a mountain in Italy - St. Verena, monastic church of Rot an der Rot AbbeyRot an der Rot AbbeyRot an der Rot Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery in Rot an der Rot in Upper Swabia, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was the first Premonstratensian monastery in the whole of Swabia...