| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Kathy Acker |
Author |
18-Apr-1947 |
30-Nov-1997 |
Blood and Guts in High School |
| Luana Anders |
Actor |
12-May-1938 |
21-Jul-1996 |
The Pit and the Pendulum |
| V. C. Andrews |
Author |
6-Jun-1923 |
19-Dec-1986 |
Flowers in the Attic |
| Mary Anning |
Paleontologist |
21-May-1799 |
9-Mar-1847 |
Self-taught paleontologist |
| Christina Applegate |
Actor |
25-Nov-1971 |
|
Married with Children |
| Kaye Ballard |
Actor |
20-Nov-1926 |
|
The Mothers-in-Law |
| Brigitte Bardot |
Actor |
28-Sep-1934 |
|
Voulez-vous danser avec moi? |
| Pamela Des Barres |
Socialite |
9-Sep-1948 |
|
I'm With The Band: Confessions of a Groupie |
| Carol Bartz |
Business |
29-Aug-1948 |
|
CEO of Yahoo, 2009-11 |
| Meredith Baxter |
Actor |
21-Jun-1947 |
|
The mother on Family Ties |
| Allyce Beasley |
Actor |
6-Jul-1954 |
|
Agnes DiPesto on Moonlighting |
| Ingrid Bergman |
Actor |
29-Aug-1915 |
29-Aug-1982 |
Murder on the Orient Express |
| Bibi Besch |
Actor |
1-Feb-1942 |
7-Sep-1996 |
Who's That Girl? |
| Rose Bird |
Judge |
2-Nov-1936 |
4-Dec-1999 |
California Chief Justice, 1977-87 |
| Erma Bombeck |
Columnist |
21-Feb-1927 |
22-Apr-1996 |
The Grass is Always Greener |
| Eileen Brennan |
Actor |
3-Sep-1932 |
|
Capt. Lewis on Private Benjamin |
| Nancy Goodman Brinker |
Activist |
6-Dec-1946 |
|
US Ambassador to Hungary, 2001-03 |
| Edward Brooke |
Politician |
26-Oct-1919 |
|
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79 |
| Vanessa Brown |
Actor |
24-Mar-1928 |
21-May-1999 |
The Late George Apley |
| Coral Browne |
Actor |
23-Jul-1913 |
29-May-1991 |
The Killing of Sister George |
| Mary-Ellis Bunim |
Film/TV Producer |
9-Jul-1946 |
29-Jan-2004 |
Co-creator of The Real World, etc. |
| Fanny Burney |
Novelist |
13-Jun-1752 |
6-Jan-1840 |
Camilla |
| Robin Carnahan |
Politician |
4-Aug-1961 |
|
Missouri Secretary of State |
| Diahann Carroll |
Singer |
17-Jul-1935 |
|
Claudine |
| Rachel Carson |
Scientist |
27-May-1907 |
14-Apr-1964 |
Mother of the environmental movement |
| Julia Child |
Chef |
15-Aug-1912 |
13-Aug-2004 |
Haute cuisine with a unique voice |
| Lois Chiles |
Actor |
15-Apr-1947 |
|
Moonraker |
| Norma Crane |
Actor |
10-Nov-1928 |
28-Sep-1973 |
Fiddler on the Roof |
| Peter Criss |
Drummer |
20-Dec-1945 |
|
One of the original KISS quartet |
| Sheryl Crow |
Singer |
11-Feb-1962 |
|
All I Wanna Do |
| Bette Davis |
Actor |
5-Apr-1908 |
6-Oct-1989 |
All About Eve |
| Jo Ann Davis |
Politician |
29-Jun-1950 |
6-Oct-2007 |
Congresswoman from Virginia, 2001-07 |
| Skeeter Davis |
Country Musician |
30-Dec-1931 |
19-Sep-2004 |
Country vocalist at Grand Ole Opry |
| Bunny DeBarge |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Mar-1955 |
|
Member of the band DeBarge |
| Ruby Dee |
Actor |
27-Oct-1924 |
|
The Jackie Robinson Story |
| Grazia Deledda |
Author |
27-Sep-1871 |
15-Aug-1936 |
Novels of Sardinia |
| Delia Derbyshire |
Electronic Musician |
5-May-1937 |
3-Jul-2001 |
Constructed the Doctor Who theme |
| Fran Drescher |
Actor |
30-Sep-1957 |
|
The Nanny |
| Patricia Dunn |
Business |
27-Mar-1953 |
4-Dec-2011 |
Hewlett Packard chair, 2005-06 |
| Elizabeth Edwards |
Relative |
3-Jul-1949 |
7-Dec-2010 |
Wife of ex-Senator John Edwards |
| Barbara Ehrenreich |
Author |
26-Aug-1941 |
|
Nickel and Dimed |
| Linda Ellerbee |
Journalist |
15-Aug-1944 |
|
"And so it goes." |
| Melissa Etheridge |
Musician |
29-May-1961 |
|
Come To My Window |
| Edie Falco |
Actor |
5-Jul-1963 |
|
The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie |
| Oriana Fallaci |
Journalist |
29-Jun-1929 |
15-Sep-2006 |
The Rage and the Pride |
| Drew Gilpin Faust |
Educator |
18-Sep-1947 |
|
President of Harvard University |
| Totie Fields |
Comic |
7-May-1930 |
2-Aug-1978 |
Weight-conscious comedienne |
| Carly Fiorina |
Business |
6-Sep-1954 |
|
CEO of Hewlett Packard, 1999-2005 |
| Caitlin Flanagan |
Author |
? |
|
Antifeminist |
| Peggy Fleming |
Figure Skating |
27-Jul-1948 |
|
Olympic gold medal winning ice skater |
| Betty Ford |
First Lady |
8-Apr-1918 |
8-Jul-2011 |
Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center |
| Wenche Foss |
Actor |
5-Dec-1917 |
28-Mar-2011 |
Pinchcliffe Grand Prix |
| Kay Francis |
Actor |
13-Jan-1905 |
26-Aug-1968 |
Trouble in Paradise |
| Helen Gahagan |
Actor |
25-Nov-1900 |
28-Jun-1980 |
Actress, California Congresswoman |
| Greta Garbo |
Actor |
18-Sep-1905 |
15-Apr-1990 |
Vanted to be alone |
| Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
Activist |
3-Jul-1860 |
17-Aug-1935 |
Women and Economics |
| Paulette Goddard |
Actor |
3-Jun-1910 |
23-Apr-1990 |
Reap the Wild Wind |
| Ernie Green |
Business |
15-Oct-1938 |
|
Ernie Green Industries, Inc. |
| Kate Greenaway |
Artist |
17-Mar-1846 |
6-Nov-1901 |
British illustrator |
| Chris Gregoire |
Politician |
24-Mar-1947 |
|
Governor of Washington |
| Nanci Griffith |
Singer/Songwriter |
6-Jul-1953 |
|
Other Voices, Other Rooms |
| Judith R. Haberkorn |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Former Bell Atlantic executive |
| Alaina Reed Hall |
Actor |
10-Nov-1946 |
17-Dec-2009 |
Sesame Street |
| Fannie Lou Hamer |
Activist |
6-Oct-1917 |
14-Mar-1977 |
Organizer, Mississippi Freedom Summer |
| Dorothy Hamill |
Figure Skating |
26-Jul-1956 |
|
Olympic figure skater, gold medal 1976 |
| Jane Hamsher |
Blogger |
25-Jul-1959 |
|
Firedoglake.com founder |
| Sheila Hancock |
Actor |
22-Feb-1933 |
|
Bedtime |
| Julie Harris |
Actor |
2-Dec-1925 |
|
East of Eden |
| Patricia Roberts Harris |
Government |
31-May-1924 |
23-Mar-1985 |
Cabinet Secretary under Jimmy Carter |
| Teresa Heinz |
Relative |
5-Oct-1938 |
|
Wife of John Kerry |
| Judy Holliday |
Actor |
21-Jun-1921 |
7-Jun-1965 |
Born Yesterday |
| Shirley Horn |
Musician |
1-May-1934 |
20-Oct-2005 |
Here's To Life |
| Diana Hyland |
Actor |
25-Jan-1936 |
27-Mar-1977 |
Susan Winter on Peyton Place |
| Trina Schart Hyman |
Artist |
8-Apr-1939 |
19-Nov-2004 |
Children's book illustrator |
| Laura Ingraham |
Pundit |
19-Jun-1964 |
|
The Hillary Trap |
| Jill Ireland |
Actor |
24-Apr-1936 |
18-May-1990 |
Love and Bullets |
| Molly Ivins |
Columnist |
30-Aug-1944 |
31-Jan-2007 |
Loudmouthed Texas dame |
| Kate Jackson |
Actor |
29-Oct-1948 |
|
Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels |
| Xeni Jardin |
Journalist |
5-Aug-1970 |
|
Serial meta-blogger, Boing Boing |
| Ann Jillian |
Actor |
29-Jan-1951 |
|
Ellis Island |
| Pauline Johnson |
Poet |
10-Mar-1860 |
7-Mar-1913 |
Mohawk Canadian poet and actress |
| June Jordan |
Poet |
9-Jul-1936 |
14-Jun-2002 |
Who Look At Me |
| Vera Katz |
Politician |
3-Aug-1933 |
|
Mayor of Portland Oregon, 1993-2005 |
| Caron Keating |
TV Personality |
5-Oct-1962 |
13-Apr-2004 |
Host of Blue Peter |
| Joan Kennedy |
Relative |
9-Sep-1936 |
|
First wife of Ted Kennedy |
| Dorothea Kent |
Actor |
6-Jun-1916 |
10-Dec-1990 |
It Happened on Fifth Avenue |
| Hoda Kotb |
Journalist |
7-Aug-1964 |
|
Today |
| Joi Lansing |
Actor |
6-Apr-1929 |
7-Aug-1972 |
Gladys Flatt on The Beverly Hillbillies |
| Sondra Locke |
Actor |
28-May-1944 |
|
Former squeeze and co-star of Clint Eastwood |
| Audre Lorde |
Author |
18-Feb-1934 |
17-Nov-1992 |
A Burst of Light |
| Linda Lovelace |
Pornstar |
10-Jan-1949 |
22-Apr-2002 |
Pornstar turned anti-porn activist |
| Juliette Gordon Low |
Activist |
31-Oct-1860 |
18-Jan-1927 |
Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA |
| Myrna Loy |
Actor |
2-Aug-1905 |
14-Dec-1993 |
The Thin Man |
| Linda McCartney |
Musician |
24-Sep-1941 |
17-Apr-1998 |
Beatle wife and photographer |
| Rue McClanahan |
Actor |
21-Feb-1934 |
3-Jun-2010 |
Blanche on The Golden Girls |
| Carson McCullers |
Author |
19-Feb-1917 |
29-Sep-1967 |
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
| Hattie McDaniel |
Actor |
10-Jun-1893 |
26-Oct-1952 |
Mammy in Gone with the Wind |
| Kylie Minogue |
Singer/Songwriter |
28-May-1968 |
|
Red-blooded Australian pop singer |
| Andrea Mitchell |
Journalist |
30-Oct-1946 |
|
NBC Foreign Affairs Correspondent |
| Anna Moffo |
Singer |
27-Jun-1932 |
10-Mar-2006 |
Operatic soprano |
| Shelley Morrison |
Actor |
26-Oct-1936 |
|
Rosario on Will & Grace |
| Janet Napolitano |
Politician |
29-Nov-1957 |
|
US Secretary of Homeland Security |
| Kitten Natividad |
Pornstar |
13-Feb-1948 |
|
Large-breasted Russ Meyer beauty |
| Martina Navratilova |
Tennis |
18-Oct-1956 |
|
Nine-time Wimbledon winner |
| Alla Nazimova |
Actor |
22-May-1879 |
13-Jul-1945 |
Blood and Sand |
| Olivia Newton-John |
Singer |
26-Sep-1948 |
|
Grease |
| Cynthia Nixon |
Actor |
9-Apr-1966 |
|
Miranda Hobbes on Sex and the City |
| Kim Novak |
Actor |
13-Feb-1933 |
|
Vertigo doppelganger |
| Sandra Day O'Connor |
Judge |
26-Mar-1930 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006 |
| Grace Paley |
Author |
11-Dec-1922 |
22-Aug-2007 |
The Little Disturbances of Man |
| Barbara J. Pariente |
Judge |
24-Dec-1948 |
|
Justice, Florida Supreme Court |
| Minnie Pearl |
Singer |
25-Oct-1912 |
4-Mar-1996 |
Her hat cost $1.98 |
| Barbara Pym |
Novelist |
2-Jun-1913 |
11-Jan-1980 |
Some Tame Gazelle |
| Giuliana Rancic |
TV Personality |
17-Aug-1975 |
|
E! News Anchor |
| Nancy Reagan |
First Lady |
6-Jul-1921 |
|
Wife of US President Reagan |
| Lynn Redgrave |
Actor |
8-Mar-1943 |
2-May-2010 |
The Happy Hooker |
| M. Jodi Rell |
Politician |
16-Jun-1946 |
|
Governor of Connecticut, 2004-11 |
| Wendy Richard |
Actor |
20-Jul-1943 |
26-Feb-2009 |
Are You Being Served? |
| Minnie Riperton |
Singer |
8-Nov-1947 |
12-Jul-1979 |
Lovin' You |
| Cokie Roberts |
Journalist |
27-Dec-1943 |
|
ABC's This Week |
| Robin Roberts |
TV Personality |
23-Nov-1960 |
|
Good Morning America |
| Roxie Roker |
Actor |
28-Aug-1929 |
2-Dec-1995 |
Helen Willis on The Jeffersons |
| Richard Roundtree |
Actor |
9-Jul-1942 |
|
Shaft |
| Patsy Rowlands |
Actor |
19-Jan-1934 |
22-Jan-2005 |
Carry on... |
| Rosalind Russell |
Actor |
4-Jun-1907 |
28-Nov-1976 |
Auntie Mame |
| Jennifer Saunders |
Comic |
6-Jul-1958 |
|
Absolutely Fabulous |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
Politician |
27-Sep-1966 |
|
Congresswoman, Florida 20th |
| Anabel Shaw |
Actor |
7-Jun-1921 |
16-Apr-2010 |
Gun Crazy |
| Carol Shields |
Novelist |
2-Jun-1935 |
16-Jul-2003 |
The Stone Diaries |
| Ricky Silberman |
Activist |
1937 |
18-Feb-2007 |
Cofounder, Independent Women's Forum |
| Jean Simmons |
Actor |
31-Jan-1929 |
22-Jan-2010 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Carly Simon |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Jun-1945 |
|
You're So Vain |
| Naomi Sims |
Model |
30-Mar-1948 |
1-Aug-2009 |
Pioneering black supermodel |
| Jaclyn Smith |
Actor |
26-Oct-1945 |
|
Kelly on Charlie's Angels |
| Maggie Smith |
Actor |
28-Dec-1934 |
|
Prof. McGonagall in Harry Potter |
| Suzanne Somers |
Actor |
16-Oct-1946 |
|
Chrissy on Three's Company |
| Susan Sontag |
Author |
16-Jan-1933 |
28-Dec-2004 |
Novelist, critic, intellectual |
| Wendie Jo Sperber |
Actor |
15-Sep-1958 |
29-Nov-2005 |
Amy on Bosom Buddies |
| Dusty Springfield |
Singer |
16-Apr-1939 |
2-Mar-1999 |
Son of a Preacher Man |
| Koo Stark |
Actor |
26-Apr-1956 |
|
Ex-Girlfriend of Prince Andrew |
| Gloria Steinem |
Activist |
25-Mar-1934 |
|
Founder, Ms. Magazine |
| Kaye Stevens |
Singer |
21-Jul-1932 |
28-Dec-2011 |
Ruckus at the Riviera |
| Nettie Stevens |
Biologist |
7-Jul-1861 |
4-May-1912 |
X and Y chromosomes |
| Charlotte Stewart |
Actor |
27-Feb-1941 |
|
Eva Beadle on Little House on the Prairie |
| Lynne Stewart |
Attorney |
8-Oct-1939 |
|
Attorney convicted of supporting the Islamic Group |
| Marie Stopes |
Scientist |
15-Oct-1880 |
2-Oct-1958 |
Scientist and birth control advocate |
| Susan Strasberg |
Actor |
22-May-1938 |
21-Jan-1999 |
Picnic |
| Marcia Strassman |
Actor |
28-Apr-1948 |
|
Welcome Back, Kotter |
| Gloria Stuart |
Actor |
4-Jul-1910 |
27-Sep-2010 |
Rose in Titanic |
| Sarah Susanka |
Architect |
c. 1957 |
|
The Not So Big House |
| Jacqueline Susann |
Novelist |
20-Aug-1918 |
21-Sep-1974 |
Valley of the Dolls |
| Wanda Sykes |
Comic |
7-Mar-1964 |
|
Wanda at Large |
| Shirley Temple |
Actor |
23-Apr-1928 |
|
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm |
| Maura Tierney |
Actor |
3-Feb-1965 |
|
Abby from ER |
| Linda Tripp |
Government |
24-Nov-1949 |
|
Monica Lewinsky's confidant |
| Tatiana Troyanos |
Singer |
12-Sep-1938 |
21-Aug-1993 |
Operatic Mezzo-Soprano |
| Ann Veneman |
Government |
29-Jun-1949 |
|
Executive Director of UNICEF |
| Barbara F. Vucanovich |
Politician |
22-Jun-1921 |
|
Congresswoman from Nevada, 1983-97 |
| Margaret Walker |
Novelist |
7-Jul-1915 |
30-Nov-1998 |
Jubilee |
| Marcia Wallace |
Actor |
1-Nov-1942 |
|
The Simpsons |
| Corinne Wood |
Politician |
28-May-1954 |
|
Lt. Governor of Illinois, 1999-2003 |
| Mickey Wright |
Golf |
14-Feb-1935 |
|
Winner of 13 Majors |