Celestine
# Celestine

Celestine is a given name and a surname.

## People

### Given name

* Pope Celestine I (died 432)
* Pope Celestine II (died 1144)
* Pope Celestine III (c. 1106–1198)
* Pope Celestine IV (died 1241)
* Pope Celestine V (1215–1296)
* Antipope Celestine II, antipope for one day: December 16, 1124
* Celestine Babayaro (born 1978), Nigerian former footballer
* Celestine Damiano (1911-1967), American Roman Catholic prelate
* Célestine Galli-Marié (1840–1905), French mezzo-soprano who created the title role in the opera Carmen
* Célestine Guynemer de la Hailandière (1798–1882), French-born American Roman Catholic prelate
* Celestine Tate Harrington (1956–1998), quadriplegic street musician known for playing the keyboard with her lips and tongue
* Célestine N'Drin (born 1963), Côte d'Ivoire runner who specialized in the 400 and 800 metres
* Celestine Omehia (born 1959), Nigerian politician
* Celestine Sibley (1914–1999), Southern American author, journalist, and syndicated columnist
* Celestine Edwards, political activist
* Celestine Lazarus (born 1992), Nigerian professional footballer
* Celestine Ukwu (1940-1977), Igbo highlife musician
* Celestine Babayaro (born 1978), Nigerian former footballer
* Célestine Hitiura Vaite (born 1966), French-Polynesian writer
* Célestine “Tina” Knowles (born 1954), American businesswoman and fashion designer and the mother of Beyonce Knowles and Solange Knowles
* Celestine Cruz Gonzaga-Soriano (born 1984), better known as Toni Gonzaga, Filipina singer
* Celestine Onwuliri (1952-2012), university professor of Parasitology

### Surname

* Enzo Célestine (born 1997), French professional footballer
* James Celestine (born 1973), Bermudian cricketer

### Fictional characters

* Célestine (Mirbeau), main character and narrator of the French novel The Diary of a Chambermaid, by Octave Mirbeau
* Celestine Tavernier, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
* Celestine (comics), in the Image Comics universe
* Celestine Groht, a fictional character in the anime Gundam SEED DESTINY

## Other uses

* Celestines, a branch of the Benedictine Order of monks
* Celestine Nuns, another name for nuns of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
* Celestine (mineral), a mineral, also known as celestite, found worldwide
* Celestine, Indiana, a town in Dubois County, Indiana
* La Celestine (Carlota Valdivia), a 1904 painting from Picasso's Blue Period
* Celestine (album) by Filipino singer Toni Gonzaga, released in May, 2014
* Ernest and Celestine, animated French film, 2012
