Aristocracy •
Teresa of Portugal (disambiguation) •
Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080–1130), mother of Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal •
Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders (1157–1218), daughter of Afonso Henriques and wife of Philip, Count of Flanders •
Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León (1181–1250), daughter of Sancho I of Portugal and wife of Alfonso IX of León •
Infanta Maria Teresa of Braganza (1793–1874), firstborn child of John VI of Portugal •
Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676-1730), Electress consort of Bavaria, wife of Maximilian II Emanuel •
Teresa Lubomirska, Polish noble lady •
Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Empress-consort of Brazil •
Teresa, Contessa Guiccioli (1800–1873), the married lover of Lord Byron in Ravenna
Arts •
Teresa Berganza (1933–2022), Spanish opera singer •
Teresa Brewer (1931–2007), American pop and jazz singer •
Teresa Cameselle (born 1968), Spanish writer of romantic novels and historical narratives •
Teresa Carpenter (born 1948),
Pulitzer Prize-winning American author •
Teresa Carpio (born 1956), Cantopop singer and actress •
Teresa Carreño (1853–1917), Venezuelan musician •
Teresa Cheung Siu-wai (born 1963), Canadian actress and producer •
Teresa Cheung Tak-lan (born 1959), Hong Kong singer •
Teresa Cheung (socialite) (born 1963), Hong Kong socialite and actress •
Theresa Chromati, American painter •
Teresa De Sio (born 1952), Italian folk singer-songwriter •
Teresa Edgerton, American author of fantasy novels and short stories •
Theresa Fu (born 1984), Hong Kong singer and actress •
Teresa Gallagher, British actress •
Therese Grankvist (born 1977), Swedish singer •
Teresa Graves (1948–2002), American actress and singer •
Teresa Ha (1937–2019), former Chinese television and film actress •
Theresa Harris (1906–1985), American actress, dancer and singer •
Theresa Ikoko, British playwright •
Tereza Kesovija (born 1938), ex Yugoslav and Croatian singer •
Theresa Lee (born 1970), Hong Kong-born Canadian actress •
Teresa Mak (born 1975), Hong Kong actress •
Teresa Medeiros (born 1962), American romance novelist •
Teresa Mo (born 1960), Hong Kong actress •
Teresa Nielsen Hayden (born 1956), American writer and teacher •
Teresa Palmer (born 1986), Australian actress •
Teresa Parente, American actress •
Theresa Randle (born 1964), American actress •
Teresa Reichlen, American ballet dancer •
Theresa Russell (born 1957), American actress •
Theresa Saldana (1954–2016), American actress •
Teresa Salgueiro (born 1967), Portuguese singer •
Theresa Sareo, American singer-songwriter •
Theresa Sokyrka (born 1981), Canadian singer-songwriter •
Teresa Stratas (born 1938), Canadian soprano •
Teresa Teng (1953–1995), Taiwanese queen of pop •
Teresa Villaverde (born 1966), Portuguese film director •
Lady Teresa Waugh (born 1940), British novelist and translator •
Teresa Wright (1918–2005), Academy Award-winning American actress •
Teresa Żarnowerówna (1897–1949), Polish avant-garde artist
Politics •
Theresa Ahearn (1951–2000), Irish Member of Parliament •
Theresa Berg Andersen (born 1979), Danish politician •
Teresa Aquino-Oreta (1944–2020), Filipino politician •
Teresa Bellanova (born 1958), Italian Minister of Agriculture •
Teresa Cheng (politician) (born 1958), Hong Kong Justice Minister •
Teresa Chipia, Angolan politician •
Teresa Heinz (born 1938), former widow of U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III; wife of Senator John Kerry •
Teresa Isaac, American politician, former mayor of Lexington, Kentucky •
Teresa Kok (born 1964), Malaysian Member of Parliament •
Theresa May (born 1956), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party; UK Member of Parliament •
Teresa Mosqueda (born 1980), American politician •
Teresa Pearce (born 1955), former UK Member of Parliament •
Teresa Reyes Sahagún (born 1963), Mexican politician •
Teresa Ribera (born 1969), Spanish jurist, university professor and politician •
Teresa Riera (born 1950), Spanish politician •
Teresa Rodríguez (born 1981), Spanish politician •
Teresa Tomlinson (born 1965), American politician •
Theresa Villiers (born 1968), UK Member of Parliament •
Teresa Wat (born 1949), Canadian member of the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia •
Theresa Wood, American politician in Vermont
Religion •
List of saints named Teresa •
Teresa Chikaba, Ghanaian princess declared Venerable by the Catholic Church •
Teresa Demjanovich, American nun of the Sisters of Charity
Sports •
Teresa Abelleira (born 2000), Spanish footballer •
Tereza Brandtlová (born 1985), Czech Paralympic archer •
Teresa Ciepły (1937–2006), Polish sprinter •
Teresa Earnhardt (born 1958), widow of racing legend Dale Earnhardt •
Teresa Edwards (born 1964), American basketball player •
Tereza Kmochová (born 1990), Czech alpine skier •
Teresa Machado (1969–2020), Portuguese athlete •
Teresa Piccini, Mexican ten-pin bowler •
Tereza Pištěková (born 2005), Czech ice hockey player •
Tereza Plosová (born 2006), Czech ice hockey •
Teresa Rivera (born 1966), Mexican swimmer •
Teresa Rohmann (born 1987), German medley swimmer •
Teresa Ruiz (born 1974), American State Senator from New Jersey •
Theresa Schafzahl (born 2000), Austrian ice hockey player •
Teresa Vaill (born 1962), American racewalker •
Theresa Zabell (born 1965), Spanish sailor
Other •
Teresa Adams (1869 –1947), American civil rights activist and suffragist. •
Teresa Ciceri Castiglioni (1750–1821) Italian inventor, agronomist •
Teresa Cormack, murder victim from New Zealand •
Therese Crawford (died 1970), Australian murder victim •
Teresa "Terri" Cruz (1927–2017), American community organizer •
Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg (born 1961), academic administrator and engineering professor •
Teresa del Valle (1937–2025), Spanish anthropologist •
Teresa Grodzińska (1899–1920), Polish wartime nurse, the first woman in the
Second Polish Republic to receive Poland's highest military decoration
Virtuti Militari •
Teresa de Lauretis (1938–2026), Italian academic, feminist and author •
Theresa Lawson (1951–2014), Australian convicted of embezzlement •
Teresa Lewis, American convicted murderer •
Teresa Magbanua, Filipino schoolteacher and revolutionary •
Teresa Manera, Argentine paleontologist •
Teresa Merz (1879–1958), English social worker, philanthropist and magistrate •
Teresa Pellegrino (born 1975), Italian chemist, academic •
Theresa A. Powell (1952–2023), academic administrator •
Teresa Meana Suárez (born 1952), Spanish feminist activist, teacher, and philologist •
Teresa Rodrigo (1956–2020), Spanish scientist •
Teresa Sampsonia, Persian noblewoman, diplomat, adventuress •
Teresa Sickles, wife of Daniel Edgar Sickles, who stood trial for killing her lover •
Teresa Toda (born 1950), Basque journalist •
Teresa Webber, British palaeographer, medievalist, and academic ==Fictional characters==