1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars, which included the new and often artificially created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia. Diminutives of this name include "" (Avrorka), "" (Ava), "" (Ara), and "" (Rora). Avrora is also the Ukrainian form of the name. People Aurora Aksnes (born 1996), Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora Arias (born 1962), Dominican Republican writer, journalist and astrologer Aurora Bautista (1925–2012), a Spanish film actress Aurora Browne, Canadian actress and comedian Aurora Cáceres (1877–1958), a Peruvian-European writer of the "modernismo" literary movement Aurora Carlson (born 1987), a television presenter and China scholar Aurora Castillo (1914–1998), a Mexican-American who co-founded the Mothers of East Los Angeles (MELA) organization Aurora Chamorro (1954–2020), Catalan swimmer Aurora Clavel (born 1936), a Mexican film and television actress Aurora Cornu (1931-2021), a Romanian-born French writer, actress, film director, and translator Aurora Cunha (born 1959), a Portuguese long-distance runner Aurora Reyes Flores (1908–1985), a Mexican painter and member of the Mexican muralism movement Aurora Galli (born 1996), an Italian soccer player Aurora James (born 1984), Canadian creative director, activist, and fashion designer Aurora Karamzina née Stjernvall (1808–1902), a Finnish Swede philanthropist and noblewoman Aurora Königsmarck (1662–1728), mistress of Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland Aurora Liljenroth (1772–1836), Swedish scholar Aurora Ljungstedt (1821–1908), Swedish horror writer Aurora Martinez, director of over 70 Spanish-language action movies Aurora Mikalsen, Norwegian soccer goalkeeper Aurora Mira (1863–1939), Chilean painter Aurora Miranda (1915–2005), a Brazilian entertainer Aurora Levins Morales (born 1954), a Puerto Rican writer and poet Aurora Nilsson (1894–1972), Swedish writer Aurora Estrada Orozco (1918–2011), Mexican American community leader Aurora Pijuan (born 1949), the 1970 titleholder of the Miss International beauty pageant Aurora Quezon (1888–1949), first spouse of a Philippine president to be called First Lady Aurora Robles (born 1980), Mexican supermodel Aurora Robson (born 1972), Canadian-American artist Aurora Snow (born 1981), American pornographic actress Aurore Storckenfeldt (1816–1900), Swedish educator Aurora Straus, American racecar driver Aurora Venturini (1922–2015) an Argentine writer and translator Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull (1778–1852), Swedish lady-in-waiting and salonist Aurora Ximenes (born 1955), East Timorese politician Aurora Pavlovna Demidova (1873-1904) Russian noblewoman and the mother of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia Fictional characters Aurora, a character in Marvel Comics' Alpha Flight Aurora, the title character in Anne-Cath. Vestly's Aurora series for children (1966–1972) Aurora (Disney), a princess