Tutu

Tutu may refer to:

Ballet:

  • Ballet tutu, a costume

People:

  • Desmond Tutu (born 1931), South African archbishop, activist against apartheid, and Nobel Peace Prize winner
  • Osei Kofi Tutu I (died 1717), Ashantehene, ruler of Kumasi, co-founder of the Empire of Ashanti
  • Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II (born 1950), 16th Asantehene, King of the Ashanti
  • Skelley Adu Tutu (born 1979), Ghanaian footballer
  • Tutu Chengcui (died 820), a powerful eunuch during the reign of Chinese Emperor Xianzong
  • Tutu (Egyptian official), an official during the period 1350–1335 BC

Places:

  • Tutu (island), in the Arno Atoll of the Marshall Islands
  • Tutu, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
  • Tutu, United States Virgin Islands, a subdivision of the island of Saint Thomas
  • Tuţu, a village in Corbiţa Commune, Vrancea County, Romania

In mythology:

  • Tutu (Egyptian god), a protective deity
  • Tutu (Mesopotamian god), one of the Anunnaku

In arts and entertainment:

  • Tutu (album), a 1986 album by Miles Davis
  • "Tūtū", a composition by Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaiʻi
  • Princess Tutu, an anime series, or the titular character
  • The wife of Tottles the Bear

Other uses:

  • Tutu (plant), poisonous New Zealand plants of the genus Coriaria