1. Rulers, consorts, heads of state

2. Politics

3. Activists and revolutionaries

4. Arts

5. Philosophy

6. Aerospace

7. Science and mathematics

8. Medicine

9. Music

10. Outlaws, pirates and criminals

11. Law enforcement

12. Religion

13. Soldiers, agents and spies

14. Movie directors

15. Acting

16. Sports

17. Other

18. See also

19. External links

This is a list of famous women in history. It consists of women who are considered famous or notable in a historical context.

Rulers, consorts, heads of state

• Teuta, Illyrian queen
• Razia Sultana of India Delhi Sultanate period
• Noor Jehan of India Mughal Empire
• Didda of Kashmir
• Hatshepsut of Egypt, (c. 1504 BC-1458 BC), (Egypt)
• Margaret of Anjou
• Purandokht, Empress "Shahinshah" of Persia (Iran)
• Azarmidukht, Empress "Shahinshah" of Persia (Iran)
• Musa, Queen of Parthian Empire (Iran)
• Artemisia, Tyrant of Halicarnasus allied with Persia (Iran)
• Semiramis, Assyrian Empress
• Sheeba, Queen of Shiba
• Arsinoe II of Egypt, (Egypt)
• Cleopatra VII of Egypt, (69 BC-30 BC), (Egypt)
• Boudica, (Britain)
• Zenobia, (Palmyra)
• Theodora, Byzantine empress
• Zoe, Byzantine empress
• Irene, Byzantine empress
• Theodora, Byzantine empress
• Eudocia Macrembolitissa, Byzantine empress
• Maria of Antioch, Byzantine empress
• Wu Zetian, Empress of China
• Adela of Normandy, wife of crusader Stephen of Blois
• Morphia of Melitene, Queen of Jerusalem
• Melisende of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem, and her sisters Alice of Antioch, Hodierna of Tripoli, and Ioveta of Bethany
• Agnes of Courtenay, Queen of Jerusalem
• Maria Comnena, Queen of Jerusalem
• Sibylla of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem
• Sorghaghtani Beki daughter-in-law of Jenghiz Khan
• Isabella of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem
• Yolande of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem
• Constance of Antioch, Princess of Antioch
• Yolanda of Flanders, Latin empress
• Isabella of Spain, (1451-1504)
• Eleanor of Arborea, (Sardinia)
• Margaret I of Denmark and Norway, (1353-1412)
• Eleanor of Aquitaine, (died 1204), (France)
• Catherine de Medici, (1519-1589), (France)
• Jeanne d'Albret, (1572-1572), (France)
• Diane de Poitiers, (1499-1566), France
• Gabrielle d'Estrée, (1571-1599), (France)
• Agnès Sorel, (1421-1450), (France)
• Anne of Austria, (France)
• Marguerite de Valois (France)
• Mary I of England, (1553-1558), (England) - (Bloody Mary)
• Mary, Queen of Scots, (1542-1587), (Scotland)
• Maria Theresa of Austria, (1717-1780), (Austria)
• Anna I of Russia (Anna I) (Russia)
• Catherine I of Russia, (1684-1727), (Russia)
• Catherine II of Russia, (1729-1796), (Russia) - (Catherine the Great)
• Elizabeth of Russia, (died 1762), (Russia)
• Christina of Sweden, (died 1689), (Sweden)
• Elizabeth I of England, (1558-1603), (Britain)
• Queen Anne, (1665-1714), (Britain)
• Mary II, (1662-1694), (Britain)
• Queen Victoria, (Britain)
• Anne Neville, (1456-1485), (England)
• Catherine of Valois, (England)
• Diana, Princess of Wales, (1961-1997), (Britain)
• Elizabeth Woodville, (England)
• Margaret of Anjou, (England)
• Mary of Teck, (1867-1953), (Britain)
• Aleksandra Lisowska, (Khourrem), (1510 - 1558), (Ottoman Empire/Poland)
• Marie Antoinette, (1755-1793), (France)
• Rani Laxmi bai, (1835-1857), (India)

Politics

• Veermata Jijabai, mother of Indian Maratha Emperor Shivaji, stateswoman
• Madeleine Albright, (born 1937), – United States
• Maryam Rajavi, (born 1953), – Iran
• Corazon Aquino, (born 1933), – Philippines
• Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,(born 1947), current Philippine President
• Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, (1879-1964), – Britain
• Aung San Suu Kyi, (born 1945), – Myanmar
• Cherie K. Berry, – United States
• Benazir Bhutto, (born 1953), – Pakistan
• Sheikh Hasina Wazid, Bangladesh
• Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh
• Srimavo Bhandarnaike, Sri Lanka
• Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka
• Gro Harlem Brundtland, (born 1939), – Norway
• Kim Campbell, (born 1947), 1st female prime minister of Canada
• Maria Cantwell, (born 1958), – United States
• Hattie Caraway, (1878-1950), 1st woman elected to US Senate
• Sarah Churchill
• Tansu Çiller, (born 1946), 1st female prime minister of Turkey
• Helen Clark, (born 1950) current prime minister of New Zealand
• Edith Cresson, 1st female Prime Minister of France
• Elisabeth Domitien, (born 1926), 1st female prime minister of an African country
• Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, (born 1930), – 1st female President of Iceland; Worlds first elected female president (1980)
• Indira Gandhi, (1917-1984), – India
• Sonia Gandhi, – India
• Jaya Lalitha, TamilNadu, India
• Rabri Devi, Bihar, India
• Sarojini Naidu, India
• Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, India
• Tarja Halonen, (born 1943), – 1st Female President of Finland
• Anneli Jäätteenmäki, (born 1955) 1st Female Prime Minister of Finland
• Petra Kelly, (1947-1992), (Germany)
• Alexandra Kollontai, – Soviet Union
• Blanche Lambert Lincoln, (born 1960), – United States
• Agnes Macphail, (1890-1954), first women elected to the Canadian parliament
• Constance Markiewicz (née Gore-Booth), (1868-1927) - Ireland
• Golda Meir, (1898-1978), – Israel
• Angela Merkel, (born 1954) 1st female Chancellor of Germany
• Eva Perón, (1919-1952), – Argentina
• Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo, (1930-2004), – Portugal
• Janet Reno, (born 1938), – United States
• Condoleezza Rice (born 1954), United States
• Mary Robinson, (1990-1997), Ireland
• Eleanor Roosevelt, (1884-1962), United States
• Susanna M. Salter, (1860-1961), Mayor of Argonia, Kansas, first woman mayor in the United States
• Jenny Shipley, (born 1952), First female prime minister of New Zealand
• Margaret Chase Smith, (1897-1995), – US congresswoman
• Debbie Stabenow, (born 1950), – United States
• Hanna Suchocka, 1st female Prime Minister of Poland
• Margaret Thatcher, (born 1925), – Britain
• Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, (born 1937) 1st female President of Latvia
• Charlotte Whitton, (1896-1975), first woman mayor of a major city in Canada
• Victoria Woodhull (1838 -1927), first woman U.S. presidential candidate, 1872 election, Equal Rights Party

Activists and revolutionaries

• Maryam Rajavi, (1965 up to today), – Iran directing the Resistance's campaign on the international scene, leading a worldwide effort to expose human rights violations in Iran, known to be the most dagerous enemy to the Iranian theocracy for her role in the leadership of the resistance and also her beliefs in essential freedoms, and annihilation of sexual aparthied.known to have been propelling women to uphold leadership positions in the resistance.
• Melchora Aquino, (1812-1919) - Philippines
• Susan B. Anthony, (1820-1906), – United States
• Rani Lakshmi Bai,(1835 - 1858), India Killed in battle as she led an Indian mutiny against the British. She was 22 years old. to our rani
• Annie Besant, (1847-1933) – Irish born, Worked in India
• Bikaji Kama, India, Worked in Paris, France
• Kata Dalström, (1853-1923) - Sweden.
• Marguerite Durand, (1864-1936) - France
• Millicent Fawcett, (1847-1929) – Britain
• Emma Goldman, (1869-1940)
• Rosa Luxemburg, (1871-1919), – Germany
• Rigoberta Menchú, (born 1959) - Guatemala
• Louise Michel, 1830-1905 - France
• Lucretia Mott, (1793-1880) – United States
• Madalyn Murray O'Hair – United States
• Christabel Pankhurst – Britain
• Emmeline Pankhurst, (1858-1928), – Britain
• Sylvia Pankhurst, (1882-1960), Britain
• Rosa Parks, (1913-2005), – United States
• Margaret Sanger, (1879-1966) – United States
• Sophie Scholl, (1921-1943) - Germany
• Gabriela Silang, (1731-1763) - Philippines
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton, (1815-1902) – United States
• Gloria Steinem, (born 1935) – United States
• Jessie Street, (1889-1970) Australia Human rights campaigner.
• Henrietta Szold, (1860-1945) – United States Zionist leader, social activist
• Flora Tristan, (1803-1844)
• Sojourner Truth, (1797?-1883) – United States
• Tončka Čeč, (1896-1943), Slovene, national heroine
• Bertha Sophie Felicitas Baronin von Suttner, (1843-1914), first female recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1905); Austria
• Jane Addams, (1860-1935); United States
• Emily Greene Balch, (1867-1961); United States
• Betty Williams (1943-); Northern Ireland
• Mairead Corrigan, (1944-); Northern Ireland
• Alva Myrdal, (1902-1986); Sweden
• Aung San Suu Kyi, (1945-); Myanmar
• Jody Williams, (1950-); United States
• Shirin Ebadi, (1947-); Iran
• Wangari Maathai, (1940-); Kenya
• Princess Erendira,(1503?-1519); Purepecha Kingdom(Present day Mexico)Lead her people into war with the Spanish after the king had given up the kingdom. She was only 16-17 when she mysteriously disappeared.
• The Famous Five, also known as "The Valiant Five" – Canadian activists
  • Henrietta Muir Edwards (1849 – 1931) an advocate for working women and founder of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Canada.
  • Nellie McClung, (1873 – 1951) Canadian feminist and activist
  • Louise McKinney (1868 – 1931) one of the first women elected to the House of Commons of Canada
  • Emily Murphy (1868 – 1933) the British Empire's first woman judge
  • Irene Parlby (1868 – 1965) farm women's leader, activist and first woman Cabinet minister in Alberta

Arts

• Inva Mula, Albania, (Soprano)
• Amrita Shergill, India, (Painter)
• Indira Goswami, India. (Writer)
• Arundhati Roy, India, (Writer)
• Jhumpa Lahiri, India, (Writer)
• Ismat Chughtai, India, (Writer)
• Mahadevi Verma, India, (Writer)
• Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, India (Writer)
• Mahashweta Devi, India, (Writer)
• Lata Mangeshkar, India, (Singer)
• Asha Bhonsle, India (Singer)
• Kishori Amonkar, India, (Singer)
• Shobhna Narayan, India, (Kathak Dancer)
• Emma Abbott, (1849-1891)
• Anna Akhmatova, (1889-1966), (poet)
• Isabel Allende, (born 1942), (writer)
• Jane Austen, (1775-1817), (writer)
• Margaret Atwood, (born 1939), (writer)
• Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973), (poet, writer)
• Emily Carr (1871-1945), painter
• Mary Cassatt, (1844-1926), (painter)
• Anna Comnena, (writer)
• Alexandra David-Néel, (1868-1969)
• Régine Deforges (writer, 1st woman in France to own a publishing company)
• Grazia Deledda, (1871-1936), (writer, Nobel prize winner)
• Karen Blixen, (1885-1962), (writer)
• Marguerite Duras (1914-1996)
• George Eliot, (1819-1880), (writer)
• Ninon de lEnclos
• Marie de France, (troubador)
• Veronica Franco, (1546-1591), (poet)
• Helen Frankenthaler (1928), (painter)
• Artemisia Gentileschi, (1593-1651), (painter)
• Evelyn Glennie, (1965- ), (percussionist)
• Nina Hamnett, (1890-1956), painter, designer
• Zora Neale Hurston, (1891-1960), (writer)
• Elfriede Jelinek, (born 1946) (writer, Nobel Prize)
• Frida Kahlo (1910-1954), (painter)
• Karen Kain - (born 1951) ballerina
• Lee Krasner (1908-1984), (painter)
• Maria Lassnig (1919), (painter)
• Clarice Lispector, (1920-1977), (writer)
• Kató Lomb, (1909-2003), (language genius)
• Friederike Mayröcker (1924), (poet, writer)
• Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907), (painter)
• Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), (painter)
• Toni Morrison, (born 1931), (writer, Nobel prize)
• Alice Munro, (born 1931), (writer)
• Ouida, (1839-1908), (writer; a.k.a. Marie Louise de la Ramee)
• Georgia O'Keeffe,(1887-1986), (painter)
• Mary Pickford, (1892-1979), actress, co-founder of United Artists
• Christine de Pizan, (circa 1365-circa 1430), (writer)
• Ayn Rand, (1905-1982), (writer)
• J. K. Rowling, (born 1965), (writer)
• Sappho (poet)
• Nathalie Sarraute (1900-1999), writer
• Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946), (painter)
• Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897-2000), (architect)
• Murasaki Shikibu, (973?-1025?), (writer)
• Gertrude Stein, (1874-1946), (writer)
• Theano (writer, philosopher)
• Marina Tsvetaeva, (1892-1941), (poet)
• Suzanne Valadon, (1865-1938), painter
• Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, (1755-1842), painter
• Edna St. Vincent Millay, (1892-1950)
• Phillis Wheatley, (1753-1784), (poet)
• Virginia Woolf, (1882-1941), (author)
• Dorothea Zeemann (1909-1993), (writer)

Philosophy

• Anna Maria van Schurman, (1607 - 1678)
• GEM Anscombe, (1919-2001), (analytic philosopher)
• Philippa Foot, (1920- ), (virtue ethicist)
• Simone de Beauvoir, (1908-1986), (existentialist)
• Iris Murdoch, (1919-1999)
• Margaret Fuller, (1810-1850), (transcendentalist)
• Maria Fluraora, (1809-18010), born in Guatamala (existensialist)
• Heather Shuler,(1902-1992), (existential dancer)

Aerospace

• Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq (born 1976)
• Jean Batten (1909-1982), New Zealand aviator
• Roberta Bondar, (born 1945), Canada's first woman astronaut
• Kalpana Chawla
• Jackie Cochran (1906-1980)
• Bessie Coleman (1892-1926)
• Eileen Collins
• Suzanne Upjohn DeLano
• Amelia Earhart (1897-1937)
• Sabiha Gökçen, (1913-2001) 1st female aviator of Turkey and 1st female combat pilot of the world
• Nancy Harkness Love, (1914-1976)
• Mae Jemison
• Amy Johnson (1903-1941)
• Julie Payette, (born 1963), Canadian astronaut
• Harriet Quimby (1875-1912)
• Hanna Reitsch (1912-1979)
• Sally Ride (born 1951)
• Svetlana Savitskaya (born 1948)
• Helen Sharman (1963-), first Briton in space, and the first non-Soviet, non-American woman in space on Soyuz TM-12 (1991)
• Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951-), 2nd American woman in space and 1st American woman to space walk (1984)
• Valentina Tereshkova, (born 1937) 1st woman in space

Science and mathematics

• Hypatia of Alexandria, (died 415), (mathematician)
• Ruth Benedict, (anthropologist)
• Ada Byron, (1815-1852), (computer programmer)
• Emilie du Chatelet, (1706-1749), (mathematician, physicist)
• Marie Curie, (1867-1934), (Nobel prize winner)
• Irene Joliot-Curie, (1897-1956), (physicist)
• Dian Fossey, (1932-1985), (biologist)
• Rosalind Franklin, (1920-1958), (DNA)
• Sophie Germain, (1776-1831), (mathematician)
• Jane Goodall, (born 1934), (biologist)
• Dorothy Hodgkin (chemist)
• Grace Hopper, (1906-1992), (computer programmer)
• Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya - (1850-1891), (mathematician)
• Barbara McClintock, (1902-1992), (geneticist)
• Margaret Mead, (1901-1978), (anthropologist)
• Emmy Noether, (1882-1935), (mathematician)
• Helen Sawyer Hogg, (1905 –1993), (astronomer)
• Linda Schele, (1942-1998), (epigrapher and Mayanist)
• Zsófia Torma, (1840-1899), (archeologist)
• Rózsa Péter, (1905-1977), (mathematician)
• Hedy Lamarr, (1913-2000), (communications innovator)
• Maria Mayer
• Dr Yeelan Ng

Medicine

• Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (physician)
• Virginia Apgar, (1909-1974), (physician)
• Clara Barton, (1821-1912), (nurse, activist)
• Elizabeth Blackwell, (1821-1910), (physician)
• Jane Delano (1862-1919), founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service
• Dorothea Dix, (1802-1887)
• Rosalind Franklin
• Shirley Ann Jackson, (physicist)
• Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (1842-1906), (physician)
• Anna Maxwell, (1851-1929), (nurse, author)
• Florence Nightingale, (1820-1910), (nurse)
• Sally Louisa Tompkins, (nurse)
• Jennie Kidd Trout, (1841-1921), first licensed woman physician in Canada in 1875.
• Mary Edwards Walker, (1832-1919), (first female U.S Army surgeon, only female ever awarded the Medal of Honor, activist)

Music

• Christina Aguilera, (Born 1980)
• Tori Amos, (Born 1963)
• Martha Argerich, (born 1941)
• Josephine Baker, (1906-1975)
• Cecilia Bartoli, (born 1966)
• Beyoncé Knowles, (born 1981)
• Björk (born 1965)
• Lili Boulanger, (born 1893)
• Nadia Boulanger, (born 1887)
• Linda Brava, (Born 1970)
• Maria Callas, (1923-1977)
• Charlotte Church, (born 1986)
• Sheryl Crow (born 1962)
• Celine Dion (born 1968)
• Jacqueline du Pré, (1945-1987)
• Enya, (born 1961)
• Ella Fitzgerald, (1918-1996)
• Aretha Franklin, (born 1942)
• Sofia Gubaidulina, (born 1931)
• Billie Holiday, (1915-1959)
• Mahalia Jackson, (1911-1972)
• Joan Jett, (born 1958)
• Janis Joplin, (1943-1970)
• Diana Krall, (born 1964)
• k.d. Lang, (born 1961)
• Annie Lennox, (born 1954)
• Madonna, (Born 1958)
• Sarah Mclachlan, (Born 1968)
• Mariah Carey, (Born 1970)
• Janet Jackson, (Born 1966)
• Miriam Makeba
• Fanny Mendelssohn, (1805-1847)
• Joni Mitchell, (Born 1943)
• Alanis Morissette, (Born 1974)
• Édith Piaf, (1915-1963)
• Alla Pugacheva, (Born 1949)
• Clara Schumann, (1819-1896)
• Bessie Smith, (1894-1937)
• Patti Smith
• Britney Spears, (born 1981)
• Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983), (composer)
• Shania Twain, (born 1965)
• Lucinda Williams

Outlaws, pirates and criminals

• Phoolan Devi (1963-2001), the Bandit Queen
• Karla Homolka (born 1970), killer, kidnapper, and rapist
• Louise Lanctôt (born 1947), FLQ terrorist
• Grace O'Malley (a.k.a. Grainne Ni Mhaille) (1530-1603) (Ireland)
• Ulrike Meinhof, (1934-1976)
• Mary Read (1668?-1721), pirate
• Anne Bonny (1697?-1720?), pirate
• Cheng I Sao
• Martha Rendell (1871-1909) child killer
• Aileen Wuornos (1956-2002), serial killer
• Bonnie Parker (1910-1934)

Law enforcement

• Kiran Bedi (1949-), First Female Police officer in India, Prison Reform

Religion

• Sita, Wife of Rama
• Ahalya, Wife of sage Gautama
• Draupadi, Wife of Pandavas
• The Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus
• Esther
• Ruth
• Eve
• Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891)
• Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist
• Ann Lee (1736-1784), leader of the Shakers
• Élise Rivet, French nun executed by the Nazis
• Mary Magdalene follower of Jesus
• St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), nun, Abbess, mystic; considered a saint of the Catholic Church.
• Guan Yin
• Julian of Norwich (writer)
• Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
• Táhirih (died 1852), Bahá'í heroine
• Ellen G. White (1827-1915)
• Regina Jonas (1902-1944) the first woman rabbi
• St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

Soldiers, agents and spies

• Sikelgaita (1040-1090), wife of Robert Guiscard
• St. Joan of Arc (1412-1431), Hundred Years' War heroine
• Denise Bloch (1915-1945), SOE agent
• Edith Cavell (1865-1915), World War I heroine
• Nadezhda Durova (1783 - 1866), first female officer in the Russian military.
• Heather Erxleben, first female infantry soldier in Canada (1989)
• Tomoe Gozen, (original, not fictitious)
• Mata Hari (1876-1917), (spy)
• Marina Raskova (1912-1943), Russian aviator in World War II
• Odette Sansom (1912-1995), SOE agent
• Hannah Szenes (1921-1944), SOE agent
• Countess Krystyna Skarbek (1915-1952), SOE agent
• Violette Szabo (1921-1945), SOE agent
• Harriet Tubman, (1820-1913), rebel, spy, activist
• Nancy Wake, (born 1912), most decorated Allied servicewoman of WW II

Movie directors

• Kalpana lajmi
• Meghna Gulzar
• Deepa Mehta
• Gurinder Chadhha
• Dorothy Arzner
• Maya Deren
• Safi Faye, 1943
• Ida Lupino (1914 - 1995)
• Leni Riefenstahl, (1902-2003)
• Penny Marshall
• Sophia Coppola
• Nikki Caro
• Jane Campion
• Kathryn Bigelow

Acting

• Julie Andrews
• Lucille Ball, (1911-1989)
• Tallulah Bankhead, (1902-1968)
• Ingrid Bergman, (1915-1982)
• Sarah Bernhardt, (1844-1923)
• Bette Davis, (1908-1989)
• Judy Dench (born 1934)
• Catherine Deneuve (born 1943)
• Mia Farrow, (born 1945)
• Jodie Foster, (born 1962)
• Greta Garbo, (1905-1990)
• Ava Gardner, (1922-1990)
• Katharine Hepburn, (born 1907)
• Helen Hunt, (born 1963)
• May Irwin (1862-1938)
• Grace Kelly, (1929-1982)
• Nicole Kidman, (born 1967)
• Vivien Leigh, (1913-1967)
• Jennifer Lopez, (born 1969)
• Sophia Loren, (born 1934)
• Myrna Loy, (1905-1993)
• Marilyn Monroe, (1926-1962)
• Mary Pickford, (1892-1979)
• Isabella Rossellini, (born 1952)
• Lillian Russell (1861-1922)
• Meryl Streep, (born 1949)
• Jessica Tandy (1909 –1994)
• Reese Witherspoon, (born 1976)

See list List of female actors

Sports

• Michelle Kwan
• Sania Mirza
• P.T. Usha
• Anjali Bhagwat
• Anju George
• Laila Ali, (born 1977)
• Fanny Blankers-Koen, (1918-2004)
• Nadia Comaneci, (born 1961)
• Dawn Fraser, (born 1937)
• Delia Gonzalez, (born 1970)
• Steffi Graf, (born 1969)
• Dorothy Hamill, (born 1956)
• Mia Hamm, (born 1972)
• Sonja Henie, (1912-1969)
• Eliska Junkova, (1900-1994)
• Jackie Joyner-Kersee, (born 1962)
• Billie Jean King, (born 1943)
• Larissa Latynina, (born 1934)
• Suzanne Lenglen, (1899-1938)
• Rebecca Lobo, (born 1973)
• Jeannie Longo, (born 1958)
• Ellen MacArthur,(born 1976)
• Christy Martin, (born 1968)
• Shirley Muldowney, (born 1940)
• Martina Navratilova, (born 1956)
• Hellé Nice, (1900-1984)
• Rebecca Rodriguez
• Laura Serrano, (born 1967)
• Maria Sharapova, (Born 1987)
• Venus Williams
• Serena Williams
• Katarina Witt, (born 1965)
• Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, (died 1956)

Other

• James Barry, (1795?-1865), Victorian lady who worked as a male physician
• Dorothea Beale (pioneer of women's education)
• Amelie Beese, (born in 1886), first female German aviator
• Margaret Bourke-White, (born 1906)
• Frances Buss (pioneer of women's education)
• Coco Chanel, (1883-1971), (fashion designer)
• Elfi von Dassanowsky, (born 1924), (film studio founder, producer, musician)
• Lillian Hellman, (1905-1984)
• Helen Keller, (1880-1968)
• Melanie Klein, (1882-1960), (psychoanalyst)
• Kathleen Kenyon, (1906-1978), (archaeologist)
• Maria Montessori, (1870-1952)
• Julia Morgan, (architect)
• Emily Warren Roebling (engineer)
• Margaret Mead, (1901-1978) (anthropologist)
• Fusako Shigenobu, (terrorist)
• Muriel Degaque, (1968-2005), (terrorist)
• Leila Khaled, (terrorist)
• Kim Hyun Hee, (terrorist)
• Susanna Ronconi, (terrorist)
• Bernadine Dorhn, (terrorist)
• Maria Soledad Iparraguirre, (1961-), (terrorist)
• Louise Lanctot, (1947-), (terrorist)
• Gudrun Ensslin, (-1977), (terrorist)
• Irmgard Moller, (1947-), (terrorist)
• Ulrike Meinhof, (1934-1976), (terrorist)

See also

• List of female mystics
• Category:British queen consorts
• Category:English queen consorts
• Category:Feminists
• List of female heads of state
• Category:Queens regnant
• Category:Female heads of government

External links

• Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Sarah K. Bolton
• Worldwide guide to women in leadership

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• Squalius pursakensis
• Squalius recurvirostris
• Squalius ruffoi
• Squalius seyhanensis
• Squalius squaliusculus
• Squalius tenellus
• Squalius turcicus
• Squalius ulanus
• Squalius vardarensis
• Squallor
• Squally Reach
• Squalo class submarine
• Squalodelphinidae