Hortense is a French feminine given name that comes from Latin meaning gardener. It may refer to:
People with the given name Hortense Allart (1801–1879), Italian-French feminist writer and essayist Hortense de Beauharnais (1783–1837), stepdaughter of Napoleon and Queen consort of Holland Hortense Béwouda (born 1978), sprinter from Cameroon Hortense Clews (1926–2006), member of the Belgian Resistance in World War II Hortense Dufour (born 1946), French writer Hortense Ellis (1941–2000), Jamaican reggae singer Hortense Calisher (1911–2009), American fiction writer, author of In the Absence of Angels Hortense Gabel (1912–1990), New York Supreme Court Justice Hortense Globensky-Prévost (1804–1873), Canadian heroine Hortense Gordon (1886–1961), Canadian abstract painter Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot (1784–1845), French painter of genre scenes Hortense Mancini (1646–1699), Duchess of Mazarin and a mistress of Charles II, King of England Hortense Monath (1905–1956), American pianist Hortense Powdermaker (1900–1970), American anthropologist Hortense Parker (1859–1938), music teacher and daughter of African–American inventor, industrialist and abolitionist John Parker Hortense Rhéa (1844–1899), French actress Hortense Schneider (1833–1920), French soprano Hortense Sparks Ward (1872–1944), pioneering Texas lawyer and women's rights activist Hortense Spillers (born 1942), American literary critic and theorist of Black studies
Fictional characters Hortense Bellacourt, the unattractive eldest of the Bellacourt sisters in the Another Period tv series Hortense Briggs, in the novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser Hortense Cumberbatch, in the film Secrets & Lies by British director, Mike Leigh Hortense Daigle, portrayed by Eileen Heckart in The Bad Seed play and film Hortense Derry, as Frank Derry’s Dana Andrews stepmother, portrayed by Gladys George in the film The Best Years of Our Lives Hortense McDuck, a Disney character who is Scrooge McDuck's sister and Donald Duck's mother Hortense, adopted sister of Michael Roberts in the novel Small Island by Andrea Levy Hortense Toomey Campanati, in the novel Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess Mademoiselle Hortense, in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens Hortense, later known as Mist, from the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky Hortense, Donald Duck's pet in comic books and a cartoon – see Donald's Ostrich Hortense, Sapphire's sister in the TV show Amos 'n' Andy. Hortense, another Disney character who was the horse of young Scrooge McDuck and was named after Scrooge's sister Hortense, brothel madam in the TV show Maison Close Hortense the Hornbill from Jim Henson's Animal Show Two members of the extended Simpson family: Aunt Hortense, who died prior to the events of "Bart Gets Hit by a Car"; and Great Aunt Hortense, who died prior to the events of "Bart the Fink" Hortense, from 'Small Island'