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Dorothy is a feminine given name. It is the English vernacular form of the Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa) meaning "God's Gift", from δῶρον (dōron), "gift" + θεός (theós), "god".
Dorothy (band), a Los Angeles-based rock band; Dorothy (band), a disbanded Hungarian rock band; Dorothy, the title of an Old English dance and folk song by Seymour Smith "Dorothy", a 2019 song by Sulli "Dorothy", a 2016 song by Her's
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954). [ 1 ]
Dorothy Alanna Fink is an American endocrinologist and government official who has served as the acting United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since January 20, 2025. She is also the director of the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services .
Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
Dorothy Kerin (28 November 1889 – 26 January 1963) was an English Christian visionary and healer, and the subject of at least twelve books. Many testimonials show the impact she made on people's lives and wellbeing, [1] one of which was by Marina Alexandrovna Chavchavadze, a Russian princess and long-time companion, who later wrote a book about her life with Kerin.
Dorothy was born in 1886 in Crouch End, London.Her father was George Piper OBE, a civil servant at the London War Office. [1] In 1919, she married the German-born businessman and philanthropist Robert Mayer and they had a daughter and two sons.
Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for having appeared in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope .