Early Modern Women
- Juliana of Lazarevo (1530–1604), saint of the Orthodox Church
- Juliana of Hesse-Eschwege (1652–1693), German noble
- Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1729–1796), queen of Denmark between 1752 and 1766
- Henrika Juliana von Liewen (1709–1779), Swedish noble, socialite and lady-in-waiting
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