User:Jane023/Top women born before 1900

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Women born before 1900 with more than 3 occupations on Wikidata and more than 30 sitelinks

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image Article description date of birth place of birth date of death place of death occupation links item
Hypatia Greek Neoplatonist philosopher 0360 Alexandria 0415-03 Alexandria
inventor
106 Q11903
Anne Hutchinson participant in the Antinomian Controversy 1591 Alford 1643 New Netherland
theologian
preacher
35 Q11608
Clara Immerwahr German chemist (1870-1915) 1870-06-21 Wojczyce 1915-05-02 Dahlem
peace activist
41 Q7490
Marie de France medieval poet 11th century Brittany 13th century No/unknown value
translator
nun
fabulist
53 Q5617
Mary the Jewess Alchemist who lived between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE in Alexandria. -0200 Alexandria No/unknown value Alexandria architect
alchemist
writer
37 Q7499
Irène Joliot-Curie French scientist (1897-1956) 1897-09-12 13th arrondissement of Paris 1956-03-17 Paris
researcher
108 Q7504
Héloïse d’Argenteuil 12th-century French nun, philosopher and writer 1101 Paris 1164-05-15 Oratory of the Paraclete
philosopher
Christian nun
42 Q5656
Anna de Noailles Romanian-French writer (1876-1933) 1876-11-15 7th arrondissement of Paris 1933-04-30 16th arrondissement of Paris writer
salonnière
poet
model
novelist
aristocrat
monarch
45 Q6050
Emmy Noether German Jewish mathematician (1882–1935) 1882-03-23 Erlangen 1935-04-14 Bryn Mawr mathematician
physicist
university teacher
90 Q7099
Maud Menten Canadian physician and chemist (1879–1960) 1879-03-20 Port Lambton 1960-07-26 Ontario
pathologist
30 Q7515
Queen Elisabeth of Romania German writer (1843-1916), queen consort of Romania as the wife of King Carol I of Romania 1843-12-29 Schloss Monrepos
Neuwied
1916-02-18 Bucharest 55 Q57629
Amelia Earhart American aviation pioneer and author 1897-07-24 Atchison 1939-01-05 Howland Island
women's rights activist
aviation writer
113 Q3355
Grazia Deledda Italian novelist (1871-1936) 1871-09-27
1871-11-11
Nuoro 1936-08-15 Rome writer
poet
novelist
playwright
prose writer
119 Q7728
Sophie Germain French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831) 1776-04-01 Paris 1831-06-27 Paris
philosopher
67 Q7103
Marie Curie Polish and French physicist and chemist (1867–1934) 1867-11-07 Warsaw 1934-07-04 Sancellemoz physicist
chemist
university teacher
221 Q7186
George Sand French novelist and memoirist; pseudonym of Lucile Aurore Dupin 1804-07-01 Paris 1876-06-08 Nohant-Vic
librettist
composer
author
126 Q3816
Wu Zetian founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690 0624-02-17 Guangyuan 0705-12-16 Luoyang empress consort
poet
empress regnant
67 Q9738
Elsa Triolet French writer 1896-09-12 Moscow 1970-06-16 Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines writer
novelist
poet
screenwriter
French Resistance fighter
43 Q4137
Else Lasker-Schüler Jewish German poet 1869-02-11 Elberfeld
Elberfeld
1945-01-22 Jerusalem poet
writer
salonnière
playwright
47 Q58033
Emily Dickinson American poet (1830-1886) 1830-12-10 Amherst 1886-05-15 Amherst writer
poet
gardener
136 Q4441
Sarah Bernhardt French stage actress (1844–1923) 1844-10-23 Paris 1923-03-26 17th arrondissement of Paris 183 Q4605
Thea von Harbou German actress and writer (1888–1954) 1888-12-27 Tauperlitz 1954-07-01 West Berlin
stage actor
32 Q58866
Mary-Anne Paulze Lavoisier French chemist and painter (1758-1836) 1758-01-20 Montbrison 1836-02-10 Paris
translator
31 Q7229
Rosa Luxemburg German-Polish Marxist theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary, editor (1871–1919) 1871-03-05 Zamość 1919-01-15 Berlin
political theorist
botanical collector
173 Q7231
Josephine Hull American stage and film actress (1877-1957) 1877-01-03 Newtonville 1957-03-12 The Bronx 42 Q59525
Gertrude the Great Roman Catholic Saint 1256-01-06 Lutherstadt Eisleben 1302-11-17
1301-11-17
Lutherstadt Eisleben nun
writer
mystic
35 Q61934
Zinaida Gippius Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker (1869-1945) 1869-11-08 Belyov 1945-09-09 Paris poet
writer
playwright
literary critic
prose writer
53 Q61940
Ricarda Huch German writer 1864-07-18 Brunswick 1947-11-17 Schönberg
philosopher
42 Q60785
Ada Lovelace English mathematician (1815–1852) 1815-12-10 London 1852-11-27 Marylebone
translator
writer
engineer
121 Q7259
Edna St. Vincent Millay American poet 1892-02-22 Rockland 1950-10-19 Austerlitz
librettist
writer
57 Q62134
Eleanor Marx English-born activist and daughter of Karl Marx (1855–1898) 1855-01-16 Soho 1898-03-31 Sydenham 39 Q61412
Ellen Swallow Richards American chemist (1842-1911) 1842-12-03 Dunstable 1911-03-30 Boston 36 Q7273
Maria Sibylla Merian entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and lepidopterologist (1647-1717) 1647-04-02 Frankfurt 1717-01-13 Amsterdam
botanical illustrator
graphic artist
artist
67 Q62530
Émilie du Châtelet French mathematician, physicist, and author (1706-1749) 1706-12-17 Paris 1749-09-10 Lunéville
philosopher
61 Q7286
Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria German composer, opera singer and librettist (1724-1780) 1724-07-18 Munich 1780-04-23 Dresden 32 Q61649
Hildegard of Bingen German Medieval head of monastry, prophet, scientist, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179) 1098 Bermersheim vor der Höhe 1179-09-17 Kloster Rupertsberg
theologian
abbess
artist
105 Q70991
Christina of Sweden Queen of Sweden (1626-1689), ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 1626-12-07 Stockholm 1689-04-09 Rome
philosopher
80 Q52937
Karen Horney American-German psychoanalyst (1885-1952) 1885-09-16 Blankenese 1952-12-04 New York City
psychotherapist
59 Q71020
Sophia Brahe Danish horticulturalist 1559-08-24 Knutstorp Castle 1643 Helsingør astronomer
historian
estate owner
genealogist
34 Q56029
Lise Meitner Austrian-Swedish physicist 1878-11-07
1878-11-17
Vienna 1968-10-27 Cambridge nuclear physicist
university teacher
chemist
physicist
86 Q56189
Nelly Sachs Jewish German poet and playwright 1891-12-10 Schöneberg 1970-05-12 Högalid Parish
translator
writer
105 Q57074
Victoria Ocampo Argentine writer and translator (1890-1979) 1890-04-07 Buenos Aires 1979-01-27 Buenos Aires 34 Q72790
Louise of Orléans French princess; Queen consort of the Belgians (1832-1850) 1812-04-03 Palermo 1850-10-11 Ostend watercolorist
consort
aristocrat
37 Q72795
Bettina von Arnim German writer and novelist (1785-1859) 1785-04-04 Frankfurt 1859-01-20 Berlin
singer
56 Q57236
Fanny Mendelssohn German pianist and composer 1805-11-14 Hamburg 1847-05-14 Berlin composer
pianist
university teacher
44 Q57286
Mary Anderson inventor of the windshield wiper blade 1866-02-14 Greene County 1953-06-27 Monteagle 36 Q17518
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff German composer and writer 1797-01-12 Burg Hülshoff 1848-05-24 Meersburg Castle writer
poet
composer
novelist
playwright
43 Q57307
Hertha Ayrton English engineer, mathematician and inventor (1854-1923) 1854-04-28 Portsea Island 1923-08-23 Lancing
women's rights activist
suffragette
suffragist
writer
40 Q17522
Natalie Clifford Barney writer and salonist (1876-1972) 1876-10-31 Dayton 1972-02-02 1st arrondissement of Paris playwright
poet
writer
salonnière
novelist
49 Q34782
Agatha Christie English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976) 1890-09-15 Ashfield 1976-01-12 Winterbrook
Wallingford
writer
novelist
crime fiction writer
183 Q35064
Sappho Ancient Greek poet from Lesbos (c. 630-c. 570 BC) -06th century Lesbos -0570 Lefkada poet
composer
author
writer
143 Q17892
Anna Akhmatova Russian poet (1889–1966) 1889-06-11
1889-06-23
Odesa 1966-03-05 Domodedovo 126 Q80440
Jane Austen English novelist (1775–1817) 1775-12-16 Steventon 1817-07-18 Winchester
short story writer
novelist
188 Q36322
Bertha von Suttner Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor 1843-06-09 Prague 1914-06-21 Vienna
editor
100 Q18456
Anne Boleyn second wife of Henry VIII of England 1507 Blickling Hall 1536-05-19 Tower of London aristocrat
lady-in-waiting
monarch
94 Q80823
Catherine II of Russia empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796 1729-05-02 Szczecin 1796-11-06 Saint Petersburg politician
monarch
art collector
aristocrat
147 Q36450
Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet, diplomat and educator 1889-04-07 Vicuña 1957-01-10 Hempstead poet
diplomat
teacher
writer
119 Q80871
Emma Goldman Russian anarchist 1869-06-27 Kaunas 1940-05-14 Toronto
philosopher
121 Q79969
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough British duchess (1660-1744) 1660-06-15 Hertfordshire 1744-10-18 Marlborough House Mistress of the Robes
lady-in-waiting
politician
38 Q19176
Katharine Burr Blodgett American physicist (1898-1979) 1898-01-10 Schenectady 1979-10-12 Schenectady
inventor
chemist
30 Q21482
Florence Nightingale English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820-1910) 1820-05-12 Florence 1910-08-13 London 135 Q37103
Sigrid Undset Norwegian writer (1882–1949) 1882-05-20 Kalundborg 1949-06-10 Lillehammer Municipality 114 Q80889
Bessie Smith American blues singer (1894–1937) 1894-04-15 Chattanooga 1937-09-26 Clarksdale 55 Q93349
Emily Brontë British novelist and poet (1818–1848) 1818-07-30 The Brontë Birthplace 1848-12-19 Haworth poet
novelist
writer
teacher
governess
119 Q80137
Pearl S. Buck American writer (1892–1973) 1892-06-26
1892
Hillsboro 1973-03-06
1973
Danby 132 Q80900
Pandita Ramabai Indian feminist historian and social reformer 1858-04-23 Mangaluru 1922-04-05 Pune
translator
36 Q94889
Helen Keller American author and activist (1880–1968) 1880-06-27 Tuscumbia 1968-06-01 Easton
autobiographer
155 Q38203
Vicki Baum Austrian writer 1888-01-24 Vienna 1960-08-29 Hollywood
harpist
musician
46 Q93444
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Austrian writer 1830-09-13 Schloss Zdislawitz 1916-03-12 Vienna writer
playwright
prose writer
69 Q93525
Lotte Lenya Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981) 1898-10-18 Vienna 1981-11-27 Manhattan
opera singer
39 Q93604
Lou Andreas-Salomé German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author 1861-02-12 Saint Petersburg 1937-02-05 Göttingen
philosopher
64 Q38873
Murasaki Shikibu Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014) 090s Heian-kyō 11th century Heian-kyō
philosopher
152 Q81731
Selma Lagerlöf Swedish writer 1858-11-20 en Suède 1940-03-16 Östra Ämtervik church parish
autobiographer
author
149 Q44519
Mata Hari Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy (1876-1917) 1876-08-07 Leeuwarden 1917-10-15 Vincennes 82 Q82180
Mary I of England Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558 1516-02-18
1516
Palace of Placentia 1558-11-17
1558
St James's Palace politician
aristocrat
queen regnant
97 Q82674
Lillian Moller Gilbreth American psychologist and industrial engineer 1878-05-25 Oakland 1972-01-02 Phoenix 36 Q40197
Mary Wollstonecraft English writer and intellectual (1759–1797) 1759-04-27 Spitalfields 1797-09-10 Somers Town 122 Q101638
Ida Laura Pfeiffer Austrian explorer and writer, editor (1797-1858) 1797-10-14 Vienna 1858-10-27
1858-10-28
Vienna
editor
traveler
35 Q78873
Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 1884-10-11 Manhattan 1962-11-07 Upper East Side
peace activist
human rights activist
136 Q83396
Virginia Woolf English modernist writer (1882–1941) 1882-01-25 London 1941-03-28 Lewes
women's rights activist
author
155 Q40909
Anne Brontë British novelist and poet (1820-1849) 1820-01-17 Thornton 1849-05-28 Scarborough poet
novelist
governess
writer
103 Q44520
Harriet Beecher Stowe American abolitionist and author (1811–1896) 1811-06-14 Litchfield 1896-07-01 Hartford
short story writer
writer
abolitionist
114 Q102513
Coco Chanel French fashion designer (1883–1971) 1883-08-19 Saumur 1971-01-10 Hôtel Ritz Paris fashion designer
textile designer
business executive
modiste
grand couturier
costume designer
113 Q45661
Harriet Tubman African-American abolitionist and humanitarian 1822-03-06 Dorchester County 1913-03-10 Auburn
feminist
96 Q102870
Clara Zetkin Communist activist, and advocate for women's rights 1857-07-05 Königshain-Wiederau 1933-06-20 Arkhangelskoye 103 Q75823
Cosima Wagner daughter of the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt and wife of Hans von Bülow and Richard Wagner (1837-1930) 1837-12-24 Bellagio 1930-04-01 Bayreuth composer
writer
director
34 Q75789
Mary Pickford Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979) 1892-04-08
1893-04-08
Toronto 1979-05-29 Santa Monica
stage actor
actor
producer
91 Q104109
Georgia O'Keeffe American modernist artist (1887–1986) 1887-11-15
1887
Sun Prairie 1986-03-06
1986
Santa Fe 82 Q46408
Lillian Gish American actress (1893–1993) 1893-10-14 Springfield 1993-02-27 New York City
peace activist
actor
director
88 Q104183
Dorothy L. Sayers English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957) 1893-06-13 Oxford 1957-12-17 Witham
philologist
51 Q106740
Mary Harris Jones Irish-born American labor and community organizer (1837–1930) 1830-05-01 Cork 1930-11-30 Silver Spring teacher
trade unionist
human rights activist
writer
union organizer
community organizer
66 Q107082
Mary Shelley British writer (1797–1851) 1797-08-30 Somers Town 1851-02-01 Chester Square 125 Q47152
Edith Stein Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942) 1891-10-12 Wrocław 1942-08-09
Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp
autobiographer
73 Q76749
Sojourner Truth African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist 1797 Hurley 1883-11-26 Battle Creek
women's rights activist
suffragist
72 Q105180
Berthe Morisot French painter (1841-1895) 1841-01-14 Bourges 1895-03-02 Paris 68 Q105320
Paula von Preradović Austrian writer, poet (1887-1951) 1887-10-12 Vienna 1951-05-25 Vienna writer
poet
composer
31 Q89560
Caroline Herschel German-British astronomer (*1750 – †1848) 1750-03-16 Hanover 1848-01-09 Hanover
singer
66 Q76948
Katharina von Bora wife of Martin Luther 1499-01-29 Lippendorf 1552-12-20 Torgau
homemaker
nun
46 Q77239
Anne of Great Britain Queen of Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 1665-02-06 St James's Palace
London
1714-08-01 Kensington Palace
London
aristocrat
politician
queen regnant
ruler
statesperson
monarch
92 Q119702
Fay Bainter American actress (1893–1968) 1893-12-07 Los Angeles 1968-04-16 Los Angeles
film actor
46 Q152888
Saint Rita of Cascia Italian Augustinian nun 1381 Roccaporena 1457-05-22 Cascia
philosopher
nun
40 Q153024
Mae Marsh American actress (1894-1968) 1894-11-09 Madrid 1968-02-13 Hermosa Beach
television actor
31 Q153332
Fanny Brice American actress, singer and comedian (1891–1951) 1891-10-29 Manhattan 1951-05-29 Hollywood 34 Q153358
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 1847-11-26 Yellow Palace
Copenhagen
1928-10-13 Hvidøre
nurse
52 Q153601
Empress Dowager Cixi Chinese empress (1835-1908) 1835-11-29 Beijing 1908-11-15 Imperial City 96 Q47842
Marie Under Estonian poet (1883-1980) 1883-03-27 Tallinn 1980-09-25 Stockholm
translator
writer
49 Q154410
Empress Meishō empress of Japan (1624-1696) 1624-01-09 Kyoto 1696-12-04 Kyoto politician
monarch
aristocrat
41 Q120564
Camille Claudel French sculptor 1864-12-08 Fère-en-Tardenois 1943-10-19 Montfavet 52 Q120582
Teresa of Ávila Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582) 1515-03-28 Gotarrendura 1582-10-15 Monastery of the Anunciación 100 Q174880
Ban Zhao late 1st/early 2nd century Chinese historian, philosopher and scholar 0045
Eastern Han
0116 Han dynasty 42 Q177081
Olga Constantinovna of Russia Queen of the Hellenes (1851–1926) 1851-09-03 Pavlovsk 1926-06-18 Rome
Pau
philanthropist
41 Q155178
Alice of the United Kingdom Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1878 1843-04-25 Buckingham Palace 1878-12-14 Darmstadt 45 Q155566
Alexandra Kollontai Soviet diplomat (1872-1952) 1872-03-19 Saint Petersburg 1952-03-09 Moscow
political theorist
People's Commissar
82 Q179558
Lola Montez Irish dancer and actress 1821-02-17 Grange, County Sligo 1861-01-17 New York City
stage actor
socialite
42 Q161154
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III 1744-05-19 Mirow 1818-11-17 Kew art collector
consort
aristocrat
artist
46 Q161159
Suzanne Valadon French painter (1865—1938) 1865-09-23 Bessines-sur-Gartempe 1938-04-07 16th arrondissement of Paris
printmaker
artist
42 Q156889
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll British princess, sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert (1848-1939) 1848-03-18 Buckingham Palace 1939-12-03 Kensington Palace
London
37 Q161167
Alma Mahler Austrian composer, art collector, author, editor, and socialite (1879-1964) 1879-08-31 Vienna 1964-12-11 New York City 48 Q156898
Jane Addams American activist, sociologist and writer (1860–1935) 1860-09-06 Cedarville 1935-05-22 Chicago
sociologist
89 Q180989
Liliʻuokalani monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom (1838–1917) 1838-09-02 Honolulu 1917-11-11 Honolulu
autobiographer
66 Q107288
Zelda Fitzgerald American writer (1900–1948) 1900-07-24
1900
Montgomery 1948-03-10
1948
Asheville
dancer
45 Q187324
Catherine of Aragon first wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536) 1485-12-16 Alcalá de Henares 1536-01-07
1536
Kimbolton Castle diplomat
aristocrat
queen consort
81 Q162819
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy Austrian archduchess and regent of the Netherlands (1480-1530) 1480-01-10 Brussels 1530-12-01 Mechelen
painter
composer
44 Q157100
Marie Louise I, Duchess of Parma Empress Consort of France (1810–1814) and Monarch of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla (1814-1847) 1791-12-12 Vienna 1847-12-17 Parma ruler
consort
politician
65 Q157491
Olga Alexandrovna of Russia Last Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia (1882-1960) 1882-06-01 Petergof 1960-11-24 Toronto
philanthropist
aristocrat
36 Q163176
Clara Barton American Civil War nurse 1821-12-25 Oxford 1912-04-12 Glen Echo 47 Q188039
Gertrude Stein American author (1874–1946) 1874-02-03 Allegheny 1946-07-27 Neuilly-sur-Seine 79 Q188385
Maria Anna Mozart Austrian musician 1751-07-30 Salzburg 1829-10-29 Salzburg pianist
composer
harpsichordist
45 Q157928
Božena Němcová Czech writer (1820-1862) 1820-02-04 Vienna 1862-01-21 Prague
opinion journalist
58 Q157970
Marina Tsvetaeva Russian poet (1892 – 1941) 1892-10-08 Moscow 1941-08-31 Yelabuga
translator
92 Q188526
Thérèse of Lisieux French Discalced Carmelite nun, Doctor of the Church (1873–1897) 1873-01-02 Alençon 1897-09-30 Lisieux 81 Q181715
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor first female Member of Parliament to take her seat (1879-1964) 1879-05-19 Danville 1964-05-02 Grimsthorpe Castle
women's rights activist
suffragist
35 Q195013
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia Grand Duchess of the Russian Empire and member of the House of Romanov 1897-06-10 Petergof 1918-07-17 Ipatiev House 48 Q158148
Rani Lakshmibai queen of a princely state in India 1828-11-19
1835-11-19
Varanasi 1858-06-18
1858-06-17
Gwalior 66 Q181878
Madame de Pompadour chief mistress of Louis XV of France (1721-1764) 1721-12-29 Paris 1764-04-15 Versailles salonnière
politician
lady-in-waiting
royal mistress
68 Q188965
Princess Margaret of Connaught British princess (1882-1920); Crown Princess of Sweden as the first wife of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf 1882-01-15 Bagshot Park 1920-05-01 Stockholm
fundraiser
36 Q158173
Constance Markievicz Irish politician, first woman elected to the Westminster House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann, and first female Cabinet member in Europe 1868-02-04 Westminster 1927-07-15 Dublin
stage actor
39 Q195768
Helena Blavatsky Russian occult writer 1831-07-31 Dnipro 1891-04-26 London 73 Q189454
Margaret of Valois-Angoulême Queen consort of Navarre 1492-04-11 Angoulême 1549-12-21 Odos writer
poet
salonnière
playwright
king
64 Q190058
Anne of Denmark Queen consort of James VI of Scots, I of England (1574-1619) 1574-12-12
1574
Skanderborg Slot
Skanderborg
1619-03-02 Hampton Court Palace
patron of the arts
48 Q158248
Marie de' Medici Queen of France, second wife of King Henry IV of France (1575-1642) 1575-04-26 Florence 1642-07-03 Cologne salonnière
art collector
politician
66 Q182021
Maria Gaetana Agnesi Italian mathematician and philanthropist (1718-1799) 1718-05-16 Milan 1799-01-09 Milan
pedagogue
72 Q200392
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia Electress consort of the Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (1596-1662) 1596-08-19 Fife 1662-02-13 London
patron of the arts
consort
aristocrat
47 Q158252
Pauline Viardot French mezzo-soprano and composer 1821-07-18 Paris 1910-05-18 7th arrondissement of Paris
opera singer
vocal coach
pianist
36 Q122998
Clare of Assisi Italian saint 1194-07-16 Assisi 1253-08-11 Assisi
philosopher
67 Q191107
Enid Blyton English author (1897–1968) 1897-08-11 East Dulwich 1968-11-28 Hampstead 84 Q192069
Germaine de Staël Genevan-French author (1766-1817) 1766-04-22 Paris 1817-07-14 Paris
philosopher
86 Q123041
Juana Inés de la Cruz Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet 1651-11-12 Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1695-04-17 Mexico City 68 Q183074
Susan B. Anthony American women's rights activist 1820-02-15 Adams 1906-03-13 Rochester
feminist
suffragist
81 Q192245
Wanda Landowska (1879-1959) Polish-French harpsichordist 1879-07-05 Warsaw 1959-08-16 Lakeville
musicologist
composer
38 Q160257
Johanna Spyri Swiss writer 1827-06-12 Hirzel 1901-07-07 Zürich writer
novelist
children's writer
68 Q123053
Sofia Kovalevskaya 19th-century Russian mathematician 1850-01-03 Moscow 1891-02-10 Hedvig Eleonora parish mathematician
physicist
novelist
university teacher
communard
writer
87 Q184535
Angelica Kauffmann Swiss artist (1741–1807) 1741-10-30 Chur 1807-11-05 Rome
Austria
printmaker
artist
50 Q123098
Isabelle de Charrière Dutch French-language writer and composer 1740-10-20 Zuylen Castle 1805-12-27 Colombier
philosopher
75 Q123386
Catherine Parr sixth wife of Henry VIII; final queen consort of the House of Tudor 1512
1512-08
Kendal 1548-09-05 Sudeley Castle writer
lady-in-waiting
consort
56 Q192943
Sophie of Württemberg Queen Consort of the Netherlands 1818-06-17 Stuttgart 1877-06-03 Huis ten Bosch
patron of the arts
35 Q168674
Anne Catherine Emmerich German Augustinian canoness, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist (1774-1824) 1774-09-08 Coesfeld 1824-02-09 Dülmen nun
mystic
writer
34 Q169321
Boudica queen of the British Iceni tribe 0030 Roman Britain 0061
0062
Roman Britain military leader
ruler
queen regnant
resistance fighter
71 Q184634
Alice Paul American suffragist, feminist, and activist (1885–1977) 1885-01-11 Mount Laurel 1977-07-09 Moorestown Township
women's rights activist
suffragette
41 Q127328
Charlotte Brontë British novelist and poet (1816-1855) 1816-04-21 Thornton 1855-03-31 Haworth poet
novelist
writer
governess
teacher
123 Q127332
Milena Jesenská Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator (1896-1944) 1896-08-10 Prague 1944-05-17 Ravensbrück concentration camp
Ravensbrück
opinion journalist
editing staff
41 Q234893
Louisa May Alcott American novelist (1832–1888) 1832-11-29 Germantown 1888-03-06 Boston 106 Q185696
Eudokia Makrembolitissa Byzantine Empress from 1059 to 1071 1021 1096 writer
sovereign
Christian nun
37 Q232223
Barbara Strozzi Italian singer and composer 1619-08-06 Venice 1677-11-11 Padua
singer
36 Q232235
Hrotsvitha German secular canoness, dramatist, and poet 0935 Duchy of Saxony 0968 Bad Gandersheim playwright
hagiographer
poet
writer
canoness
36 Q170248
Mae West American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer (1893–1980) 1893-08-17 Brooklyn 1980-11-22 Los Angeles
autobiographer
actor
104 Q202878
Vera Zasulich Russian revolutionary, editor (1849-1919) 1849-07-27
1849-08-08
1849
Mikhaylovka 1919-05-08
1919
Saint Petersburg 37 Q234980
Joséphine de Beauharnais Empress of the French, first wife of Napoleon (1763–1814) 1763-06-23 Les Trois-Îlets 1814-05-29 Rueil-Malmaison
patron of the arts
74 Q171480
Mary Cassatt American painter and printmaker (1844—1926) 1844-05-22 Allegheny 1926-06-14 Le Mesnil-Théribus 82 Q173223
Natalia Goncharova Russian-French artist (1881-1962) 1881-06-21 Nagaevo-Karbonier 1962-10-17 Paris 45 Q232391
Sabina Spielrein Russian physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts (1885–1942) 1885-10-25 Rostov-on-Don 1942-08-11 Zmievskaya Balka
essayist
physician
37 Q232336
Mary Baker Eddy American founder of Christian Science (1821–1910) 1821-07-16 Bow 1910-12-03 Chestnut Hill
theologian
48 Q235069
Mary Wortley Montagu noblewoman; writer and poet from England, editor (1689-1762) 1689-05-15 Nottingham 1762-08-21 Nottingham
editor
writer
43 Q235121
Nadezhda Krupskaya Russian revolutionary and politician (1869-1939) 1869-02-14 Saint Petersburg 1939-02-27 Moscow librarian
writer
teacher
politician
79 Q215637
Louise of Sweden Queen consort of Denmark; wife of Frederick VIII of Denmark 1851-10-31 Stockholm Palace 1926-03-20 Amalienborg
philanthropist
42 Q232402
Asta Nielsen Danish actress (1881-1972) 1881-09-11 Gammel Kongevej 1972-05-25 Frederiksberg
film actor
film director
63 Q232404
Louise Michel French author and anarchist (1830-1905) 1830-05-29 Vroncourt-la-Côte 1905-01-09 Marseille 62 Q216092
Gerty Cori Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist (1896–1957) 1896-08-15 Prague 1957-10-26
1956-10-26
Glendale
St. Louis
researcher
81 Q204733
Jeannette Rankin American congresswoman for Montana (1880-1973) 1880-06-11 Missoula 1973-05-18 Carmel-by-the-Sea
peace activist
suffragist
42 Q232407
Kōgyoku Empress of Japan 0594
050s
0661-08-24 monarch
consort
poet
writer
40 Q235296
Enheduanna Sumerian high priestess of Inanna -23th century Minas, Lavalleja -23th century poet
writer
priest
64 Q232505
Zofia Nałkowska Polish prose writer, journalist & dramatist (1884-1954) 1884-11-10 Warsaw 1954-12-17 Warsaw 34 Q218319
Gladys Cooper British actress (1888-1971) 1888-12-18 Hither Green 1971-11-17 Henley-on-Thames
film actor
theatre manager
33 Q235299
Bridget of Sweden Swedish nun, mystic, and saint (c.1303–1373) 1303 Finsta 1373-07-23 Rome
theologian
memoirist
mystic
64 Q204996
Voltairine de Cleyre American anarchist writer and feminist 1866-11-17 Leslie 1912-06-20
1912-06-19
Chicago
feminist
38 Q235361
Colette French novelist 1873-01-28 Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye 1954-08-03 Paris
short story writer
playwright
prose writer
actor
82 Q218679
Elizabeth Bowen Anglo-Irish novelist and diarist 1899-06-07 Dublin 1973-02-22 London
short story writer
39 Q235308
Ruth Gordon American actress and writer (1896–1985) 1896-10-30 Quincy 1985-08-28 Edgartown
television actor
writer
actor
47 Q232562
Olympe de Gouges French playwright and political activist 1748-05-07 Montauban 1793-11-03 Paris 73 Q206972
Wallis Simpson (Marge Simpson) American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor (1896-1986) 1896-06-19 Blue Ridge Summit 1986-04-24 Villa Windsor socialite
collector
aristocrat
66 Q209417
Theano 6th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher -06th century Crotone -05th century 35 Q235426
Maria Malibran Spanish opera singer and composer 1808-03-24 Paris 1836-09-23 Manchester
stage actor
33 Q232783
Emmeline Pankhurst English suffragist 1858-07-15 Moss Side 1928-06-14 Hampstead
women's rights activist
human rights activist
writer
74 Q211519
Zora Neale Hurston African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891-1960) 1891-01-07 Notasulga 1960-01-28 Fort Pierce anthropologist
historian
novelist
writer
journalist
folklorist
civil rights advocate
playwright
film director
57 Q220480
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson English physician and feminist (1836-1917) 1836-06-09 Whitechapel 1917-12-17 Alde House politician
physician
suffragist
writer
37 Q235464
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun 18th- and 19th-century French painter (1755–1842) 1755-04-16 Paris 1842-03-30 Paris 64 Q213163
Irene Dunne American actress and singer (1898–1990) 1898-12-20 Louisville 1990-09-04 Los Angeles 45 Q230099
Sonia Delaunay French painter (1885-1979) 1885-11-14 Hradyzk 1979-12-05 Paris 42 Q232972
Julia Margaret Cameron British photographer (1815–1879) 1815-06-11 Garden Reach 1879-01-26 Kalutara photographer
artist
writer
44 Q230120
Margaret Rutherford British actress (1892–1972) 1892-05-11 London 1972-05-22 Chalfont St Peter
film actor
49 Q230143
Ethel Barrymore American actress (1879–1959) 1879-08-15 Philadelphia 1959-06-18 Beverly Hills
film actor
actor
52 Q230147
Vita Sackville-West English writer, poet, and gardener 1892-03-09 Knole House 1962-06-02 Sissinghurst Castle Garden
biographer
39 Q235505
Marie Laurencin French painter, poet and printmaker (1885–1956) 1883-10-31 10th arrondissement of Paris 1956-06-08 Paris 39 Q233088
Mistinguett French actress and singer 1875-04-04
1875-04-05
1875-04-03
Enghien-les-Bains 1956-01-05 Bougival 30 Q235507
Beatrix Potter British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943) 1866-07-28 South Kensington
West Brompton
1943-12-22
Near Sawrey
80 Q214565
Mary Kingsley British ethnographer, scientific writer and explorer 1862-10-13 Islington 1900-06-03 Cape Town 38 Q235525
Jane Darwell American actress (1879-1967) 1879-10-15 Marion County 1967-08-13 Woodland Hills
stage actor
actor
47 Q230159
Elizabeth Barrett Browning British poet, author 1806-03-06 Coxhoe Hall
Durham
1861-06-29 Florence
translator
writer
89 Q228494
Nellie Bly American journalist 1864-05-05
1867
Burrell Township 1922-01-27 New York City
inventor
suffragist
65 Q230299
Angelica Balabanoff Russian-Jewish-Italian dissident writer, social activist, politician, editor 1877-08-04
1878-08-04
1876
Chernihiv 1965-11-25
1965
Rome
political activist
33 Q235537
Judith Anderson Australian stage and screen actress (1897–1992) 1897-02-10
1897-02-20
Adelaide 1992-01-03 Santa Barbara
television actor
40 Q230415
Inessa Armand French communist politician, editor 1874-04-26 Paris 1920-09-24 Nalchik
feminist
45 Q233514
Aspasia 5th-century BC partner of Athenian statesman Pericles -0470 Miletus -0400 Athens
philosopher
orator
writer
57 Q228564
Emily Greene Balch American economist and writer 1867-01-08 Jamaica Plain 1961-01-09 Cambridge
peace activist
writer
78 Q215139
Alexandra David-Néel French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writer 1868-10-24 Saint-Mandé 1969-09-08 Digne-les-Bains 43 Q230456
P. L. Travers Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899-1996) 1899-08-09 Maryborough 1996-04-23 London poet
writer
novelist
children's writer
journalist
actor
53 Q228901
Kate Chopin American author 1850-02-08 St. Louis 1904-08-22 St. Louis
translator
47 Q230476
Billie Burke American stage and film actress (1884–1970) 1884-08-07 Washington, D.C. 1970-05-14 Los Angeles
television actor
radio personality
actor
40 Q235639
Yekaterina Dashkova Russian author and woman of letters (1743-1810) 1743-03-17
1743-03-28
Saint Petersburg 1810-01-04
1810-01-16
Moscow 31 Q235611
Arletty French actress (1898–1992) 1898-05-15 Courbevoie 1992-07-23 16th arrondissement of Paris
stage actor
35 Q235617
Tamara Karsavina Russian ballet dancer 1885-02-25
1885-03-10
1885-03-09
Saint Petersburg 1978-05-26 Beaconsfield
autobiographer
music teacher
53 Q231316
Mamie Eisenhower First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 1896-11-14 Boone 1979-11-01 Washington, D.C. 53 Q233686
Lou Henry Hoover First Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933 1874-03-29 Waterloo 1944-01-07 New York City politician
geologist
president
47 Q233669
Hattie McDaniel American actress (1895-1952) 1893-06-10 Wichita 1952-10-26 Woodland Hills
philanthropist
58 Q228904
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard French painter (1749-1803) 1749-04-11 Paris 1803-04-24 Paris
visual artist
miniaturist
artist
35 Q235647
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire English socialite, style icon, author, and activist 1757-06-07 Althorp 1806-03-30 Devonshire House
political activist
aristocrat
32 Q235644
Lady Caroline Lamb English writer 1785-11-13 Dorset 1828-01-26 London poet
writer
novelist
32 Q235665
Peggy Guggenheim American art collector, art dealer, museum founder and socialite 1898-08-26
1999
New York City 1979-12-23
1979
Venice
Camposampiero
patron of the arts
art dealer
socialite
35 Q233806
Pola Negri Polish actress (1897-1987) 1897-01-03 Lipno 1987-08-01 San Antonio
film actor
56 Q230633
Jenny Lind Swedish classical singer 1820-10-06 Klara Church Parish 1887-11-02 Malvern
stage actor
57 Q231345
Annie Jump Cannon American astronomer (1863-1941) 1863-12-11 Dover 1941-04-13 Cambridge astronomer
physicist
university teacher
astrophysicist
62 Q230650
Gertrude Bell British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926) 1868-07-14 Washington 1926-07-12 Baghdad 54 Q231360
Gale Sondergaard American actress (1899-1985) 1899-02-15 Litchfield 1985-08-14 Woodland Hills
film actor
45 Q233845
Catherine of Siena Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380) 1347-03-25 Siena 1380-04-29 Rome 80 Q229190
Margaret Murray Anglo-Indian Egyptologist (1863–1963) 1863-07-13 Kolkata 1963-11-13 Welwyn
egyptologist
32 Q242542
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon Mistress and later secret wife of King Louis XIV of France (1635-1719) 1635-11-27 Niort 1719-04-15 Palace of Versailles
philosopher
45 Q230670
Dorothea Lange American photojournalist (1895-1965) 1895-05-26 Hoboken 1965-10-11 San Francisco 56 Q230673
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne English aristocrat, prolific writer, and scientist 1623
1617
Colchester 1673-12-15 Kingdom of England 42 Q242640
Madame du Barry French noblewoman by marriage (1743-1793), last mistress of Louis XV (from 1768 to 1774) 1743-08-19 Vaucouleurs 1793-12-08 Paris
salesperson
52 Q230677
Beatrice Webb English sociologist, economist, socialist, and social reformer 1858-01-22 Gloucestershire 1943-04-30 Liphook
social reformer
suffragist
writer
36 Q242666
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell British author 1810-09-29 Cheyne Walk 1865-11-12 Holybourne House
biographer
66 Q229226
Gloria Swanson American actress (1899–1983) 1899-03-27 Chicago 1983-04-04 Weill Cornell Medical Center
film actor
producer
81 Q229232
Sei Shōnagon Japanese author and court lady 0966 Heian-kyō 1025 Kyoto 67 Q231603
Barbara of Portugal, Queen of Spain Queen Consort of Spain (1746 - 1758) 1711-12-04 Lisbon 1758-08-27 Aranjuez
patron of the arts
35 Q230878
Mabel Normand American actress (1893–1930) 1892-11-10 Staten Island 1930-02-23
1930-02-22
Monrovia
film actor
actor
38 Q235918
Ethel Waters American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress (1896-1977) 1896-10-31 Chester 1977-09-01 Chatsworth
film actor
32 Q242725
Sofonisba Anguissola Italian painter (c.1532-1625) 1532 Cremona 1625-11-16 Palermo
visual artist
58 Q236038
Corrie ten Boom Dutch resistance hero and writer 1892-04-15 Amsterdam 1983-04-15 Placentia
autobiographer
resistance fighter
31 Q241097
Lavinia Fontana Italian painter (1552-1614) 1552-08-24 Bologna 1614-08-11 Rome 41 Q236050
Ana Pauker Romanian politician (1893-1960) 1893-12-13 Vaslui County 1960-06-03 Bucharest 38 Q230974
Edith Nesbit English author and poet (1858–1924) 1858-08-15 London
Kennington
1924-05-04 New Romney writer
children's writer
poet
42 Q231708
Jeanne d'Albret Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572 1528-01-07 Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1572-06-09 Paris politician
poet
writer
43 Q229286
Aelia Eudocia Greek Eastern Roman Empress by marriage to Byzantine emperor Theodosius II (c.401-460) 040s Athens 0460-10-21
0460-10-20
Jerusalem poet
writer
sovereign
39 Q229307
Margaret of Anjou 15th-century English royal consort (1430-1482) 1430-03-23 Pont-à-Mousson 1482-08-25 Souzay-Champigny politician
aristocrat
consort
50 Q231145
Agrippina Vaganova Russian ballerina and founder of a ballet teaching method (1879-1951) 1879-06-14 Saint Petersburg 1951-11-05 Saint Petersburg 30 Q236413
Cécile Chaminade French composer and pianist 1857-08-08 Batignolles-Monceau 1944-04-13 Monte Carlo
flautist
30 Q236438
Juliette Récamier French salon-holder 1777-12-03 Lyon 1849-05-11 Paris salonnière
writer
socialite
37 Q236442
Agnès Sorel French Royal mistress 1422 Fromenteau Castle 1450-02-09 Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges lady-in-waiting
royal mistress
art model
33 Q231834
Dorothy Gish American actress (1898–1968) 1898-03-11 Dayton 1968-06-04 Rapallo 32 Q234536
Julia Ward Howe American abolitionist, social activist, and poet 1819-05-27 New York City 1910-10-17 Portsmouth 34 Q241299
Margaret Brown survivor of the sinking of the Titanic (1867–1932), women's rights activist, philanthropist 1867-07-18 Hannibal 1932-10-26 New York City 47 Q229631
H.D. American Imagist poet (1886–1961) 1886-09-10 Bethlehem 1961-09-27 Klinik Hirslanden
autobiographer
actor
42 Q236469
Berenice Abbott American photographer (1898-1991) 1898-07-17 Springfield 1991-12-09 Monson photographer
architectural photographer
artist
39 Q231861
Archduchess Gisela of Austria Austrian Imperial and Royal 1856-07-12 Laxenburg 1932-07-27 Munich
philanthropist
politician
33 Q231871
Harriet Martineau English writer and sociologist (1802–1876) 1802-06-12 Norwich 1876-06-27 Ambleside 46 Q234570
Aphra Behn British playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689) 1640-07-10 Canterbury 1689-04-16 London
women's rights activist
68 Q231886
Geraldine Farrar American soprano opera singer and film actress (1882–1967) 1882-02-28 Melrose 1967-03-11 Ridgefield
film actor
32 Q241498
Christina Rossetti English poet 1830-12-05 London 1894-12-29 London poet
writer
hymnwriter
60 Q236596
Ethel Smyth English composer 1858-04-22 Sidcup 1944-05-08 Woking
nurse
36 Q236599
Rebecca West British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist 1892-12-21 London 1983-03-15 London
opinion journalist
novelist
53 Q236669
Elizabeth Blackwell American physician, abolitionist, women's rights activist (1821-1910) 1821-02-03 Bristol 1910-05-31 Hastings
women's rights activist
human rights activist
writer
62 Q234572
Vera Mukhina Soviet sculptor (1889-1953) 1889-06-19 Riga 1953-10-06 Moscow 52 Q234601
Julian of Norwich English theologian and anchoress 1342-11-08
1343
Norwich 15th century Norwich
philosopher
40 Q236699
Jitō Empress of Japan (645-703) 0645 0703-01-13 Fujiwara-kyō poet
writer
urban planner
waka poet
politician
43 Q232026
Marie Bonaparte French author and psychoanalyst (1882-1962) 1882-07-02 Saint-Cloud 1962-09-21 Gassin
psychoanalyst
40 Q115472
Ellen Terry English actress (1847–1928) 1847-02-27 Coventry 1928-07-21 Small Hythe 36 Q241966
Theda Bara American actress (1885–1955) 1885-07-29 Cincinnati 1955-04-07 Los Angeles
stage actor
actor
48 Q234615
Francesca Caccini Italian composer 1587-09-18 Florence 1640
No/unknown value
Florence
opera singer
music teacher
actor
31 Q232035
Djuna Barnes American Modernist writer, poet and artist (1892-1982) 1892-06-12 Cornwall-on-Hudson 1982-06-18 Greenwich Village
painter
46 Q234721
Queen Louise of Sweden Queen Consort of Sweden (1950-1965) 1889-07-13 Darmstadt 1965-03-07 Stockholm
philanthropist
39 Q115477
Edith Evans British actress (1888–1976) 1888-02-08 London 1976-10-14 Cranbrook
film actor
actor
44 Q236718
Nadezhda Mandelstam Russian writer and educator 1899-10-30 Saratov 1980-12-29 Moscow
linguist
lecturer
39 Q234765
Aleksandra Ekster Ukrainian and French painter and designer (1882–1949) 1882-01-06 Białystok 1949-03-17 Fontenay-aux-Roses 36 Q242121
Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885-1969); mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1885-02-25
1885
Windsor Castle 1969-12-05 Buckingham Palace 47 Q116062
Maria Zankovetska Ukrainian actress 1854-07-23
1854-08-04
1854
Zanky 1934-10-04
1934
Kyiv
film actor
actor
37 Q130376
Victoria, Princess Royal princess of the United Kingdom and Empress of Germany (1840-1901) 1840-11-21 Buckingham Palace
London
1901-08-05 Schlosshotel Kronberg
drawer
48 Q116728
Alla Nazimova Russian-American actress, screenwriter and producer (1879–1945) 1879-06-03
1879-05-22
Yalta 1945-07-13 Los Angeles 33 Q234795
Elizabeth I of Russia Empress of Russia (1741–1762) 1709-12-29 Kolomenskoye 1762-01-05 Saint Petersburg monarch
politician
aristocrat
81 Q130752
Mary II of England Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1694 (born 1662 died 1694) 1662-04-30 St James's Palace 1694-12-28
1694
Kensington Palace aristocrat
politician
queen regnant
monarch
76 Q130812
Emma, Lady Hamilton Mistress of Lord Nelson (1765-1815) 1765-04-26 Neston 1815-01-15 Calais 34 Q234811
Christine de Pizan French poet and author (1364 – c. 1430) 1363 Venice 1431 Poissy 68 Q234816
Maria Montessori Italian pedagogue and physician 1870-08-31 Chiaravalle 1953-05-06 Noordwijk
essayist
102 Q131117
Victoria Woodhull American suffragist, editor (1838-1927) 1838-09-23 Homer 1927-06-09 Bredon
women's rights activist
writer
49 Q260378
George Eliot English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880) 1819-11-22 Nuneaton 1880-12-22 London
editor
129 Q131333
Marie Dressler Canadian-American actress (1868-1934) 1868-11-09 Cobourg 1934-07-28 Santa Barbara 55 Q253282
Shirley Booth American actress (1898–1992) 1898-08-30 Brooklyn 1992-10-16 Chatham
television actor
radio personality
58 Q253308
Elizabeth Magie American board game designer (1866–1948) 1866-05-09 Macomb 1948-03-02 Arlington County
stenographer
writer
30 Q273459
Lilya Brik muse of Vladimir Mayakovsky 1891-10-30
1891-11-11
Moscow 1978-08-04 Peredelkino
translator
memoirist
34 Q260537
Mary, Queen of Scots Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 1542-12-08
1542
Linlithgow 1587-02-08
1587
Fotheringhay Castle
Northamptonshire
politician
sovereign
aristocrat
queen regnant
queen consort
106 Q131412
Marie d'Agoult Franco-German romantic author and historian (1805-1876) 1805-12-31 Frankfurt 1876-03-05 Paris
essayist
composer
39 Q253453
Lucy Maud Montgomery Canadian writer (1874–1942) 1874-11-30 Prince Edward Island 1942-04-24 Toronto
short story writer
journalist
teacher
64 Q273034
Grandma Moses American artist (1860-1961) 1860-09-07 Washington County
Greenwich
Greenwich
1961-12-13 Hoosick Falls 34 Q260683
Grace Moore American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film (1898-1947) 1898-12-05 Cocke County 1947-01-26 Copenhagen Airport
stage actor
33 Q253757
Anna Atkins English botanist and photographer (1799-1871) 1799-03-16 Tonbridge 1871-06-09 Halstead Place 41 Q264269
Maria Theresa of Austria ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780) 1717-05-13 Hofburg Palace 1780-11-29 Vienna aristocrat
monarch
politician
101 Q131706
Nadežda Petrović Serbian artist (1873-1915) 1873-10-12 Čačak 1915-04-03 Valjevo
visual artist
40 Q264453
Clara Schumann German musician and composer 1819-09-13 Leipzig 1896-05-20 Frankfurt pianist
composer
music teacher
78 Q132232
Harriet Quimby American aviator, screenwriter (1875-1912) 1875-05-11 Arcadia Township 1912-07-01 Squantum aircraft pilot
journalist
screenwriter
34 Q254352
Bessie Coleman American aviator (1892–1926) 1892-01-26 Atlanta 1926-04-30 Jacksonville aircraft pilot
human rights activist
stunt pilot
40 Q254376
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić Croatian writer (1874–1938) 1874-04-18 Ogulin 1938-09-21 Zagreb poet
writer
children's writer
43 Q254383
Anna Laetitia Barbauld English author (1743–1825) 1743-06-20 Kibworth Harcourt 1825-03-09 Stoke Newington
essayist
writer
31 Q268305
Kasturba Gandhi wife of Mahatma Gandhi, an Indian leader of British era (1869-1944) 1869-04-11 Porbandar 1944-02-22 Aga Khan Palace 43 Q264908
Sophie Taeuber-Arp Swiss artist (1889-1943) 1889-01-19 Davos 1943-01-13 Zürich 31 Q254395
Alice Hamilton American physician and toxicologist (1869–1970) 1869-02-27 Manhattan 1970-09-22 Hadlyme North Historic District 31 Q275600
Frances Perkins Workers-rights advocate and United States Secretary of Labor 1933–1945 1880-04-10 Boston 1965-05-14 New York City
social worker
official
suffragist
32 Q254478
Mary Somerville British science writer and polymath (1780-1872) 1780-12-26 Jedburgh 1872-11-28 Naples mathematician
writer
scientist
physicist
geologist
48 Q268702
Amy Lowell US writer (1874-1925) 1874-02-09 Brookline 1925-05-12 Brookline poet
writer
socialite
35 Q265841
Gerda Wegener Danish artist (1885-1940) 1885-03-15 Hammelev 1940-07-20 Frederiksberg 39 Q266086
Katherine Anne Porter American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist 1890-05-15 Indian Creek 1980-09-18 Silver Spring 44 Q236958
Emilia Pardo Bazán Spanish author, editor 1851-09-16 A Coruña 1921-05-12 Madrid 38 Q275929
Radegund Frankish queen consort 0518 Erfurt 0587-08-13 Poitiers poet
monarch
writer
nun
38 Q236974
Laura Ingalls Wilder American children's writer, diarist, and journalist 1867-02-07 Pepin County 1957-02-10 Mansfield
autobiographer
55 Q237514
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands Dutch queen consort (from 1815 to 1837); second daughter and fourth child of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt 1774-11-18 Potsdam 1837-10-12 The Hague consort
aristocrat
photographer
33 Q236978
Louise Dresser American actress (1878–1965) 1878-10-05 Evansville 1965-04-24 Woodland Hills
television actor
actor
33 Q275952
Ninon de Lenclos French author, courtesan, freethinker, and patron of the arts 1620-11-10 Paris 1705-10-17 Paris
patron of the arts
56 Q237045
Eleonora Duse Italian stage actress (1858-1924) 1858-10-03 Vigevano 1924-04-21 Pittsburgh
film actor
50 Q275970
Lydia Koidula Estonian poet 1843-12-12 Vändra 1886-07-30 Kronstadt 47 Q237056
Madame de Lafayette French writer (1634-1693) 1634-03-18
1634-03-16
Paris 1693-05-25 Paris writer
salonnière
novelist
historian
correspondent
lady-in-waiting
50 Q237090
Edith Cavell British nurse (1865-1915) 1865-12-04 Swardeston 1915-10-12 Schaerbeek 49 Q237564
Maria Edgeworth Irish writer (1768-1849) 1768-01-01 Oxfordshire 1849-05-22 Edgeworthstown 47 Q237575
Florence Foster Jenkins American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability 1868-07-19 Wilkes-Barre 1944-11-26 New York City 38 Q275982
Vera Figner Russian political activist (1852-1942) 1852-06-25 Kazan 1942-06-15 Moscow 30 Q266783
Madeleine de Scudéry French writer (1607–1701) 1607-11-15 Le Havre 1701-06-02 Paris
philosopher
53 Q237095
La Belle Otero Spanish dancer, actress and courtesan in France 1868-11-04 Valga 1965-04-10 Nice 31 Q275991
Louise Labé French poet of the Renaissance, born in Lyon 1524 Lyon 1566-04-25 Parcieux poet
salonnière
writer
48 Q237098
Madame de Sévigné French noble and epistolarian writer 1626-02-05 Paris 1696-04-17
1695-04-17
Grignan
philosopher
58 Q237103
Radclyffe Hall British poet and author 1880-08-12 Bournemouth 1943-10-07 London writer
poet
novelist
32 Q237639
Christabel Pankhurst suffragette, co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union, editor (1880-1958) 1880-09-22 Manchester 1958-02-13 Santa Monica
feminist
39 Q269863
Lucretia Mott American suffragist 1793-01-03
1793
Nantucket 1880-11-11
1880
Philadelphia 41 Q267107
Frances Hodgson Burnett English-American playwright and author 1849-11-24 Manchester 1924-10-29 Plandome Manor
short story writer
playwright
71 Q276028
Rosalba Carriera Rococo portrait painter (1673-1757) 1675-10-07
1673-01-12
Venice 1757-04-15 Venice 35 Q237726
Jean Webster American novelist (1876-1916) 1876-07-24 Fredonia 1916-06-11 New York City
short story writer
humorist
31 Q238140
Louise Bryant American activist and journalist (1885–1936) 1885-12-05 San Francisco 1936-01-06 Sèvres journalist
writer
suffragette
30 Q267629
Edith Wharton American novelist, short story writer, designer (1862–1937) 1862-01-24 New York City 1937-08-11 Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt
art historian
81 Q276032
Ellen Key Swedish writer (1849-1926) 1849-12-11 Gladhammar church parish 1926-04-25 Västra Tollstad church parish
women's rights activist
43 Q238443
Marianne Moore American poet (1887–1972) 1887-11-15 Kirkwood 1972-02-05 New York City
translator
literary critic
44 Q278495
Louise Abbéma French painter, sculptor, and designer of the Belle Époque (1853-1927) 1853-10-30 Étampes 1927-07-10 9th arrondissement of Paris
sculptor
designer
34 Q237911
Alfonsina Storni Argentine writer 1892-05-29 Capriasca 1938-10-25 Mar del Plata diarist
poet
journalist
writer
teacher
51 Q238557
Carrie Chapman Catt American social reformer, suffragist (1859-1947) 1859-01-09 Ripon 1947-03-09 New Rochelle
women's rights activist
writer
suffragist
37 Q270207
Ana Aslan Romanian biologist and physician 1897-01-01 Brăila 1988-05-20 Bucharest 33 Q270262
Dolores Ibárruri Spanish Republican leader of the Spanish Civil War and communist politician (1895-1989) 1895-12-09 Gallarta 1989-11-12
1989
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
activist
65 Q238955
Anne Bradstreet Anglo-American poet (1612-1672) 1612-03-20 Northampton 1672-09-16 Andover
philosopher
35 Q242332
Sacagawea Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16 1788-05-16
1786
Salmon 1812-12-12
1884-04-09
Fort Lisa explorer
interpreter
Aitzindari
47 Q238960
Marion Davies American actress, producer, screenwriter and socialite (1897–1961) 1897-01-03 Brooklyn 1961-09-22 Hollywood
film actor
34 Q242416
Maria Dąbrowska Polish writer (1889-1965) 1889-10-06 Russów 1965-05-19
1965
Warsaw 44 Q242423
Lynn Fontanne British actress (1887–1983) 1887-12-06 London
Woodford
1983-07-30
1983-07-10
Genesee Depot
television actor
actor
31 Q242484
Agnes Arber British botanist (1879-1960) 1879-02-23 Primrose Hill 1960-03-22 Cambridge 30 Q394451
Juliette Adam Author, salonnière 1836-10-04 Verberie 1936-08-23 Callian
editor
31 Q270617
Maria Mitchell American astronomer 1818-08-01 Nantucket 1889-06-29 Lynn
naturalist
52 Q239229
Katherine Mansfield New Zealand author (1888–1923) 1888-10-14 Wellington 1923-01-09 Avon writer
diarist
poet
prose writer
67 Q270632
Ichiyō Higuchi Japanese writer 1872-05-02 Tokyo 1896-11-23 Uchisaiwaichō novelist
writer
waka poet
36 Q237948
Dorothy Parker American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967) 1893-08-22 West End 1967-06-07 New York City columnist
poet
screenwriter
writer
literary critic
journalist
songwriter
dialogue writer
70 Q270707
Alice Guy-Blaché French film director (1873–1968) 1873-07-01 Saint-Mandé 1968-03-24 Mahwah 37 Q263367
Edna Ferber American novelist, short story writer and playwright 1885-08-15 Kalamazoo 1968-04-16
1968
New York City playwright
novelist
writer
screenwriter
journalist
40 Q283496
Maria Konopnicka Polish writer and activist (1842-1910) 1842-05-23 Suwałki 1910-10-08 Lviv
editor
54 Q257852
Aspazija Latvian poet and playwright (1865–1943) 1865-03-04 Zaļenieki Parish
Mitava parish
1943-11-05 Dubulti 32 Q257872
Kassia Byzantine abbess, poet, composer, and hymnographer 0810 Constantinople
Istanbul
0865 Constantinople
Istanbul
composer
poet
writer
nun
36 Q263592
Agnodice Athenian physician, midwife and gynecologist -04th century Athens -03th century gynaecologist
midwife
physician
obstetrician
31 Q263812
Ida Kamińska Polish actress (1899-1980) 1899-09-18 Odesa 1980-05-21 New York City 32 Q284087
Nadia Boulanger French musician, conductor, and teacher 1887-09-16 9th arrondissement of Paris 1979-10-22 9th arrondissement of Paris
music theorist
university teacher
51 Q140619
Margaret Fuller American writer and women's activist (1810–1850) 1810-05-23 Cambridge 1850-07-19 Fire Island
women's rights activist
literary critic
abolitionist
52 Q257953
Käthe Kollwitz German printmaker and sculptor (1867—1945) 1867-07-08 Königsberg 1945-04-22 Moritzburg 57 Q142472
Margaret Sanger American birth control activist, educator and nurse (1879-1966) 1879-09-14 Corning 1966-09-06 Tucson
women's rights activist
film director
writer
educator
58 Q285514
Emily Davison British activist who fought for women's suffrage 1872-10-11 Blackheath 1913-06-08 Epsom
women's rights activist
suffragette
teacher
39 Q254858
Hedda Hopper American gossip columnist and actress (1885–1966) 1885-05-02 Hollidaysburg 1966-02-01 Hollywood
film critic
writer
42 Q271324
Táhirih influential poet and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran (1814–1852) 1817 Qazvin 1852-08-27 Tehran
women's rights activist
writer
teacher
30 Q255221
Marie Bashkirtseva Ukrainian-French artist 1858-11-23 Havrontsi 1884-10-31
1884
Paris
biographer
artist
45 Q255253
Elizabeth Fry social reformer from England (1780-1845) 1780-05-21 Norwich 1845-10-12 Ramsgate 32 Q271477
Annette Kellermann Australian swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress and writer (1887–1975) 1886-07-06 Sydney 1975-11-06 Southport
film actor
writer
30 Q274172
Anna Maria van Schurman Dutch painter (1607-1678) 1607-11-05 Cologne 1678-05-04 Wiuwert 34 Q255261
Mina Witkojc Sorbian poet 1893-05-28 Burg (Spreewald) 1975-11-11 Papitz
translator
writer
31 Q149516
Alexine Tinne Dutch explorer in Africa and photographer (1835-1869) 1835-10-17 The Hague 1869-08-01 Fezzan
Libya
explorer
photographer
adventurer
scientific collector
botanical collector
30 Q255347
Dorothy Day American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert (1897-1980) 1897-11-08 New York City 1980-11-29 New York City
autobiographer
suffragist
48 Q150281
Emily Carr Canadian painter and writer (1871–1945) 1871-12-13 Victoria 1945-03-02 Victoria
ceramicist
artist
35 Q289624
Gracie Allen American actress and entertainer (1896–1964) 1895-07-26 San Francisco 1964-08-27 Hollywood
film actor
31 Q255786
Ruth Chatterton American actress (1892–1961) 1892-12-24 New York City 1961-11-24 Norwalk 33 Q287713
Sibilla Aleramo Italian writer and feminist, editor (1876-1960) 1876-08-14 Alessandria 1960-01-13 Rome
editor
32 Q287741
Ida Tarbell American journalist (1857-1944) 1857-11-05
1857
Erie County 1944-01-06
1944
Bridgeport 31 Q271712
Charlotte Perkins Gilman American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860-1935) 1860-07-03 Hartford 1935-08-17 Pasadena 49 Q287752
Anna Pavlova Russian ballet dancer 1881-02-12
1882-02-16
1881-01-31
Saint Petersburg 1931-01-23 The Hague 79 Q151874
Erinna ancient Greek poet -04th century Rhodes -04th century poet
writer
epigrammatist
30 Q256241
Betty Compson American actress (1897–1974) 1897-03-19 Beaver 1974-04-18 Glendale
violinist
32 Q255846
Fernán Caballero Spanish women novelist 1796-12-24 Morges 1877-04-07 Seville writer
folklorist
novelist
34 Q291397
Alexandra Feodorovna Empress of Russia from 1894 to 1917 1872-06-06 Darmstadt 1918-07-17 Yekaterinburg
nurse
63 Q152094
Rabia of Basri Iraqi sufi and poet 070s Basra 0801 Basra
philosopher
mystic
writer
59 Q256506
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange British princess (1709-1759); eldest daughter of George II 1709-11-02 Hanover 1759-01-12 The Hague
painter
33 Q239487
Isabella Bird British traveler, writer, photographer and naturalist (1831–1904) 1831-10-15 Boroughbridge 1904-10-08 Edinburgh 36 Q288210
Inge Lehmann Danish seismologist who discovered the Earth's inner core (1888-1993) 1888-05-13 Tommerup
Østerbro
1993-02-21 Copenhagen
naturalist
geophysicist
57 Q256839
Ma Rainey American blues singer (1886–1939) 1886-04-26 Columbus 1939-12-22 Columbus 34 Q239533
Augusta, Lady Gregory Irish playwright, poet, folklorist (1852-1932) 1852-03-15 Loughrea 1932-05-22 Coole Park
autobiographer
diarist
writer
40 Q239540
Florence Lawrence Canadian-American actress (1886-1938) 1886-01-02 Hamilton 1938-12-27 Beverly Hills
film actor
patent inventor
32 Q256968
Eliza Orzeszkowa Polish writer 1841-06-06 Miĺkaŭščyna 1910-05-18 Hrodna
translator
47 Q240174
Ida B. Wells American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931) 1862-07-16 Holly Springs 1931-03-25 Chicago 45 Q289428
Bessie Love American actress (1898-1986) 1898-09-10 Midland 1986-04-26 London
television actor
writer
37 Q240238
Fanny Crosby 19th century Christian hymnist 1820-03-24 Brewster 1915-02-12 Bridgeport 30 Q257456
May Whitty English actress (1865-1948) 1865-06-19 Liverpool 1948-05-29 Beverly Hills
film actor
actor
33 Q240193
Eleanor Farjeon English children's writer 1881-02-13 London 1965-06-05 Hampstead
biographer
playwright
38 Q258669
Harriet Taylor Mill British philosopher (1807–1858) 1807-10-08 London 1858-11-03 Avignon 36 Q240782
Anna Sewell English novelist 1820-03-30
1820-03-20
Great Yarmouth 1878-04-25 Norwich writer
novelist
children's writer
42 Q258741
Emma Lazarus American poet (1849–1887) 1849-07-22
1849
New York City 1887-11-19
1887
New York City
translator
37 Q240959
Lady Randolph Churchill American-born British mother of Winston Churchill (1854–1921) 1854-01-09
1851
Brooklyn 1921-06-29 London
editor
32 Q243011
Sophia Tolstaya Russian writer 1844-08-22 Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo 1919-11-04 Yasnaya Polyana
biographer
photographer
37 Q271934
Frances Burney English satirical novelist, diarist, playwright (1752-1840) 1752-06-13 King's Lynn 1840-01-06
1840
London 41 Q259530
Corinne Griffith American actress, film producer, author (1894–1979) 1894-11-21 Waco 1979-07-13 Santa Monica
film actor
writer
33 Q272079
Lyubov' Popova Russian artist (1889-1924) 1889-04-24 Ivanovskoe 1924-05-25 Moscow 34 Q259594
Anita Loos American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer (1888-1981) 1889-04-26
1888-04-26
Mount Shasta 1981-08-18 New York City
film actor
memoirist
38 Q272088
Nettie Stevens American geneticist 1861-07-07 Cavendish 1912-05-04 Baltimore
zoologist
librarian
38 Q433487
Edith Sitwell British poet (1887-1964) 1887-09-07 Scarborough 1964-12-09 St Thomas' Hospital
biographer
41 Q259921
Madame d'Aulnoy French writer 1652 Barneville-la-Bertran 1705-01-14 Paris writer
salonnière
novelist
collector of fairy tales
32 Q260006
Sarojini Naidu Indian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949 1879-02-13 Hyderabad 1949-03-02 Lucknow poet
politician
independence activist
writer
freedom fighter
63 Q250165
Louisa Ulrika of Prussia Swedish queen (1720-1782) 1720-07-24 Berlin 1782-07-16 Svartsjö Palace salonnière
aristocrat
consort
32 Q234251
Lucy Stone American abolitionist and suffragist (1818-1893) 1818-08-13 West Brookfield 1893-10-19
1893-10-18
Boston 39 Q452281
Gertrude Jekyll garden designer, artist, editor (1843-1932) 1843-11-29 London 1932-12-08 Surrey
editor
30 Q452354
Halide Edib Adıvar Turkish activist, writer and politician 1884-06-11
1883
Constantinople 1964-01-09 Istanbul politician
novelist
writer
university teacher
military personnel
journalist
43 Q234289
Paula Modersohn-Becker German expressionist painter (1876–1907) 1876-02-08 Dresden 1907-11-20 Worpswede
drawer
artist
42 Q234370
Dorothea Dix American author and social reformer 1802-04-04 Hampden 1887-07-17 Trenton
social reformer
public figure
writer
32 Q452469
Fanny Elssler Austrian ballerina (1810-1884) 1810-06-23 Gumpendorf 1884-11-27 Vienna
choreographer
ballet dancer
44 Q435304
Ninette de Valois British dancer, teacher, choreographer and director of classical ballet 1898-06-06 Blessington 2001-03-08 London 32 Q234436
Rachel Ruysch Dutch painter (1664-1750) 1664-06-03 The Hague 1750-08-12 Amsterdam
drawer
34 Q234385
Ngaio Marsh New Zealand writer (1895-1982) 1895-04-23 Christchurch 1982-02-18 Christchurch
film actor
playwright
32 Q234392
Emma Orczy Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright (1865-1947) 1865-09-23
1865-09-27
Tarnaörs 1947-11-12 Henley-on-Thames
short story writer
crime fiction writer
40 Q234530
Lesya Ukrainka Ukrainian poet and writer (1871-1913) 1871-02-13 Zviahel 1913-08-01 Surami 87 Q298033
Minna Canth Finnish writer, editor 1844-03-19 Tampere 1897-05-12 Kuopio
editor
43 Q298027
Dodie Smith English children's novelist and playwright 1896-05-03 Whitefield 1990-11-24 Finchingfield 34 Q449085
Millicent Garrett Fawcett English politician, writer, and activist (1847–1929) 1847-06-11 Aldeburgh 1929-08-05 Gower Street
women's rights activist
writer
economist
34 Q442818
Sylvia Pankhurst English feminist and socialist (1882–1960) 1882-05-05 Manchester 1960-09-27 Addis Ababa 39 Q298213
Lydia Maria Child American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist (1802-1880) 1802-02-11 Medford 1880-10-20 Wayland
philosopher
32 Q443132
Jeanne Baret French explorer, naturalist, botanist (1740-1807) 1740-07-27 La Comelle 1807-08-05 Saint-Aulaye
naturalist
39 Q437168
Gabriela Zapolska Polish novelist, prose writer, publicist, feuilletonist, theatre critic, stage actress 1857-03-30 Pidhaitsi 1921-12-21
1921-12-17
Lviv
opinion journalist
32 Q454870
Madam C. J. Walker American entrepreneur (1867-1919) 1867-12-23 Delta 1919-05-25 Irvington
entrepreneur
38 Q447716
Tomoe Gozen Female Samurai 1157 Japan 1247 samurai
military personnel
onna-musha
31 Q450780
Lotte Reiniger German silhouette animator and film director (1899–1981) 1899-06-02 Charlottenburg 1981-06-19 Dettenhausen film director
animator
silhouette artist
screenwriter
director
36 Q444011
Kate Sheppard prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage (1847-1934) 1847-03-10 Liverpool 1934-07-13 Christchurch 41 Q455072
Aletta Jacobs Dutch physician and feminist, editor 1854-02-09 Sappemeer 1929-08-10 Baarn 33 Q463478
Margaret Chase Smith member of the United States Senate from Maine (1897-1995) 1897-12-14 Skowhegan 1995-05-29 Skowhegan politician
teacher
business executive
31 Q456750
Catherine of Bologna Italian cloistered nun (1413-1463) 1413-09-08 Bologna 1463-03-09 Bologna 33 Q455252
Tatyana Afanasyeva Russian/Dutch mathematician and physicist (1876-1964) 1876-11-19 Kyiv 1964-04-14 Leiden mathematician
physicist
architect
30 Q463530
Frances Marion American journalist, author, film director and screenwriter (1888-1973) 1888-11-18 San Francisco 1973-05-12 Los Angeles 51 Q463883
Gabriele Münter German painter (1877-1962) 1877-02-19 Berlin 1962-05-19 Murnau am Staffelsee
printmaker
artist
36 Q463978
Elsa Schiaparelli Italian fashion designer and couturier (1890-1973) 1890-09-10 Rome 1973-11-13 Paris
jewelry designer
35 Q464023
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn American politician (1890-1964) 1890-08-07 Concord 1964-09-05 Moscow
autobiographer
35 Q463265
Akiko Yosano Japanese tanka poet 1878-12-07 Sakai 1942-05-29 Ogikubo
essayist
writer
46 Q464104
Matilda of Tuscany Italian feudal margrave of Tuscany, ruler in northern Italy and the chief Italian supporter of Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy 100s Mantua 1115-07-24 Bondeno di Roncore feudatory
politician
aristocrat
43 Q464162
Eva Gonzalès French painter (1849-1883) 1849-04-19
1847-04-19
Marruecos
Paris
1883-05-05 Paris 32 Q464300
Hannah Höch German artist (1889-1978) 1889-11-01 Gotha 1978-05-31 Berlin 35 Q463411
Annie Besant British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933) 1847-10-01 Clapham 1933-09-20 Adyar 72 Q464318
Li Qingzhao Chinese Song Dynasty poet, known as "the most talented woman in all ages" 1084-03-19 Zhangqiu District 1155-05-19 Hangzhou 40 Q464470
Shin Saimdang calligraphist and noted poet (1504-1551) 1504-10-29 Gangneung 1551-05-17 Paju
painter
poet
writer
30 Q464485
Hwang Jini Korean gisaeng, poet, dancer and philosopher (1506-1544) 1506 Kaesong 1544 Kaesong
painter
writer
32 Q464510
Isadora Duncan American dancer and choreographer 1877-05-26
1878-05-27
San Francisco 1927-09-14 Nice 102 Q483512
Vera Brittain English writer (1893-1970) 1893-12-29 Newcastle-under-Lyme 1970-03-29 Wimbledon
peace activist
suffragist
33 Q450802
Mirra Alfassa spiritual guru and collaborator of Sri Aurobindo 1878-02-21 9th arrondissement of Paris 1973-11-17 Pondicherry mystic
writer
occultist
yogi
teacher
32 Q464879
Fatima Jinnah Pakistani dental surgeon, biographer and stateswoman (1893–1967) 1893-07-30 Karachi 1967-07-09 Karachi
biographer
writer
39 Q464947
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont French writer, editor 1711-04-26 Rouen 1776-12-06 Avallon
editor
33 Q466788
Elena Cornaro Piscopia Venetian philosopher (1646–1684) 1646-06-05 Venice 1684-07-26 Padua 48 Q466851
Qiu Jin Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer 1875-11-08 Xiamen 1907-07-15 Shaoxing
feminist
39 Q465324
Elizabeth Cady Stanton American writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist 1815-11-12 Johnstown 1902-10-26 New York City
women's rights activist
abolitionist
70 Q465335
Marie Stopes British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958) 1880-10-15
1881
Edinburgh 1958-10-02 Dorking 44 Q442231
Elizabeth Ann Seton first native-born American saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1774-1821) 1774-08-28 New York City 1821-01-04 Emmitsburg
nurse
33 Q459032
Lola Anglada Spanish writer, comics artist and illustrator 1892-10-28
1891-11-30
1892-01-01
Barcelona 1984-09-12 Tiana
drawer
collector
30 Q459343
Susanne Langer American philosopher 1895-12-20 Manhattan 1985-07-17 Old Lyme 32 Q466026
Ethel Lilian Voynich British writer and musician 1864-05-11
Ballintemple
1960-07-27
1960-07-28
New York City
translator
suffragist
42 Q466068
Meera 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna 1498
1504
Merta City
Kudki
1546
1547
1552
Dwarka poet
writer
mystic
56 Q466330
Beulah Bondi American actress (1888/1889–1981) 1888-05-03 Valparaiso 1981-01-11 Hollywood
television actor
37 Q466440
Na Hye-sok writer and painter from Korea (1896-1948) 1896-04-18 Suwon 1948-12-10 Seoul
activist
35 Q466477
Tina Modotti Italian photographer and actress 1896-08-17 Udine 1942-01-05 Mexico City
stage actor
artist
34 Q466946
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore French poet and novelist 1786-06-20 Douai 1859-07-23 Paris
stage actor
40 Q466987
Faina Ranevskaya Soviet actresses (1896-1984) 1896-08-15
1896-08-27
Taganrog 1984-07-19 Moscow
film actor
actor
53 Q470466
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Bengali feminist writer and social reformer (1880-1932) 1880-12-09 Rangpur District 1932-12-09 Kolkata
social reformer
36 Q467083
Martha Graham American dancer and choreographer 1894-05-11 Pittsburgh 1991-04-01 New York
dancer
55 Q487604
Yaa Asantewaa Ashanti Queen Mother and military leader 1832
1840
Besease 1921-10-17 Seychelles ruler
military leader
resistance fighter
32 Q467803
Princess Eugénie of Sweden Swedish princess (1830-1889); daughter of Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg 1830-04-24 Stockholm City 1889-04-23 Stockholm City 31 Q526915
Laura Bassi Italian physicist (1711-1778) 1711-10-29 Bologna 1778-02-20 Bologna
philosopher
biologist
54 Q541652
Beatrice d’Este duchess of Milan and Bari 1475-06-29 Ferrara 1497-01-03 Milan 30 Q813280
Rosika Schwimmer Hungarian activist, editor (1877-1948) 1877-09-11 Budapest 1948-08-03 New York City 35 Q853932
Mary Seacole British-Jamaican businesswoman and nurse 1805 Kingston 1881-05-14 London 34 Q963703
Umm Kulthum Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress 1898-12-31 Tamay Ez-Zahayra 1975-02-03 Cairo
film actor
101 Q1110560
Fatma Aliye Topuz Turkish feminist writer (1862-1936) 1862-10-09 Istanbul 1936-07-13 Istanbul 33 Q1136761
Isidora Sekulić Serbian writer 1877-02-16 Mošorin 1958-04-05 Belgrade writer
literary critic
art critic
35 Q1279865
Desanka Maksimović Serbian writer (1898-1993) 1898-05-16 Divci 1993-02-11 Belgrade
translator
32 Q1280792
Eva Ekeblad Swedish scientist (1724-1786) 1724-07-10 Stockholm 1786-05-15 Lidköping 42 Q1393227
Dinah Craik British novelist and poet 1826-04-20 Stoke-on-Trent 1887-10-12 Shortlands 31 Q2331155
Sister Nivedita Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami Vivekananda 1867-10-28 County Tyrone 1911-10-13 Darjeeling
social worker
teacher
priest
37 Q2353846
Marko Vovchok Ukrainian writer 1833-12-10 Yekaterininskoye 1907-07-28 Nalchik
editor
34 Q2421158
Huda Sha'rawi Egyptian feminist and nationalist 1879-06-23 Minya 1947-12-12
1947
Cairo
social activist
poet
journalist
39 Q2423343
Zitkala-Sa Yankton Dakota writer (1876-1938) 1876-02-22 Yankton Indian Reservation 1938-01-28 Washington, D.C. 31 Q2668090
Anne Lister English landowner and lesbian diarist 1791-04-03 Halifax 1840-09-22 Kutaisi 30 Q2745195
Caterina Albert Spanish writer (1869-1966) 1869-09-11 L'Escala 1966-01-27 L'Escala
painter
43 Q2914475
May Ziadeh Lebanese-Palestinian writer (1886-1941) 1886-02-11 Palestine 1941-10-17 Cairo
translator
33 Q2919042
Matilda Joslyn Gage American abolitionist, writer 1826-03-24 Cicero 1898-03-18 Chicago 31 Q3119366
Clara Campoamor Spanish politician, feminist (1888-1972) 1888-02-12 Madrid 1972-04-30 Lausanne politician
lawyer
writer
jurist
suffragist
30 Q3321142
Zabel Yesayan Armenian writer 1878-02-04 Üsküdar 1943 South Caucasus 30 Q3574447
Diana Abgar Armenia ambassador 1859-10-12 Yangon 1937-07-08 Yokohama
opinion journalist
prose writer
31 Q4054419
Nataliya Kobrynska Ukrainian writer, editor (1855-1920) 1855-06-08
1851-06-08
Beleluia 1920-01-22 Bolekhiv
feminist
32 Q4225202
Janaki Ammal Indian botanist (1897-1984) 1897-11-04 Thalassery 1984-02-07 Chennai 34 Q4794782
Stefania Turkevych-Lukiianovych Ukrainian pianist, composer, and musicologist (1898-1977) 1898-04-25 Lviv 1977-04-08 Cambridge
musicologist
music teacher
102 Q12162960
Eunice Newton Foote American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888) 1819-07-17 Goshen 1888-09-30 Lenox
women's rights activist
33 Q26763822
Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint-Aubin de Genlis French writer, editor and botanical historian (1746-1830) 1746-01-25 Issy-l'Évêque 1830-12-31 Paris
philosopher
31 Q55037230

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