This should be pretty self-explanatory. Here is every entry, male and female, listed in alphabetical order. I've listed them by the first letter of their first name, or the name I have started their entry with (for example, Daisy Ashford's real name was Margaret but everyone knew her as Daisy so she'll be listed as Daisy).
Entries:
A:
- Aaliyah Haughton, Singer and Actress
- Abba Kovner, Founder of the Jewish Avengers
- Abdul Sattar Edhi, now that's how you be a humanitarian
- Abella of Salerno, One of the First Women Ever Employed at a Medical School
- Abigail Faulkner Sr., Accused of being a Salem Witch
- Abigail Johnson, you think Oprah's rich right? Pssh
- Abigail Scott Duniway, Suffragist in the Pacific Northwest
- Abigail Williams, One of the First of Salem's Accusers
- Ada Lovelace, she created computer codes 100 years before computers were invented
- Ada Yonath, Crystallographer Who Identified the Structure of the Ribosome
- Adelina Otero-Warren, Suffragist, Politician, and Education Advocate
- Adrienne de Noailles La Fayette, The Wife of America's Favorite Frenchman
- Aglaonice, The First Female Astronomer from Ancient Greece
- Agnes Randolph, Defender of Her Castle Home During a Five Month Siege
- Agnes Sorel, the first official Royal Mistress
- Agnes Waterhouse, English Witch
- Agnodice, the first female doctor from Athens, Greece
- Agustina de Aragon, Defender of Spain During the Spanish War for Independence
- Ah Toy, The First Chinese Prostitute in San Francisco
- Ahhotep I, Egyptian Queen of the 17th Dynasty
- Ahmose-Nefertari, Egyptian Queen of the 18th Dynasty
- Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, First Lady of Nigeria
- Al-Khansa, Best Known Female Poet in Arabic Literature
- Alan Turing, Please tell me you watched The Imitation Game ?
- Albert Brown, Now this is a Dentist I Like
- Albert Camus, this whole entry is absurd!
- Albert Goring, remember his name, not his brother's
- Albert Woolson, the last man who fought in the War Between the States
- Alecia Moore, aka P!nk
- Aleksandra Samusenko, World War II Tank Commander
- Alessandra Giliani, The First Female Practitioner of Anatomy and Pathology
- Alexandra of Bavaria, Slightly Eccentric Princess
- Alexandra Feodorovna, The Last Tsarina of Russia
- Alexandra of Jerusalem, Ancient Queen of Judaea
- Alexandra Kollontai, Communist Politician from the Soviet Union
- Alfred Wetzler, he escaped from Auschwitz and helped save thousands of Hungarian Jews as a result
- Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created the First Real Leprosy Treatment
- Alice Berry Graham, Co-Creator of Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City
- Alice Bullis Ayler, One of the Last Children to Ride an Orphan Train
- Alice Coachman, The First African American Woman to Earn an Olympic Gold Medal
- Alice Doherty, The Minnesota Woolly Girl
- Alice Guy Blache, The First Writer and Director of Narrative Films
- Alice Huyler Ramsey, The First Woman to Drive Across the United States, Coast to Coast
- Alice Kyteler, The First Woman Condemned of Witchcraft in Ireland
- Alice Liddell Hargreaves, The Real Alice in Wonderland
- Alice Paul, Strategist and Women's Suffrage Advocate In the United States
- Alice Perrers, Mistress to Edward III
- Alice Sanger, the first female staffer hired by the White House
- Aloisia Veit, Victim of the Nazi Euthanasia Program
- Althea Gibson, The First Person of African American Descent to Win a Grand Slam Title
- Alveda King, Activist, Politician, Author, and More
- Alvin York, one of the most decorated soldiers from World War I
- Alwilda, the Scandinavian Pirate Princess (Legend--Not Historical Person)
- Amal al-Sadah, One of Osama Bin Laden's Wives
- Amanda Foreman, Author, Historian, and Documentarian
- Amanda Knox, we've all heard her name, but do we know the real story?
- Amanirenas, Warrior Queen of Kush
- Amelia Earhart, pilot who broke gender norms all day long
- Amina Ali Nkeki, The First Girl Recovered from Boko Haram after 276 Chibok Schoolgirls Were Kidnapped in 2014 (#BringBackOurGirls)
- Amy Robsart Dudley, Her Mysterious Death Remains Unsolved 450 Years Later
- Amy Elizabeth Thorpe, World War II Spy
- Amy Winehouse, Singer
- Anandi Gopal Joshi, the first Indian woman to obtain a modern medical degree from the West
- Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia
- Andra Rush, Founder of Rush Trucking
- András Toma, the last World War II Prisoner of War to be released from captivity (in 2000)
- Andree Borrel, SOE Agent During World War II
- Andreja Pejic, Before Her Transition She was The First Completely Androgynous Supermodel in the World
- Andrew Breitbart, founder of Breitbart News
- Anfesia Shapsnikoff, Aleut Leader and Educator
- Angela Hutchinson Hammer, Arizona's First Female Publisher
- Angela Lansbury, Academy Award Winning Actress
- Angelberga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire
- Angelina Eberly, Hero of the Texas Archive War
- Angelina Jolie, Actress, Director, and Humanitarian
- Angelique Cottin, The Electromagnetic Girl
- Anita Garibaldi, It Takes a Special Woman to Fight in Several Revolutions
- Ankhesenamun, the widow of King Tut
- Ankhesenpepi I, don't get her confused with her sister
- Ankhesenpepi II, daughter of a Pharaoh and wife of another
- General Ann E Dunwoody, The First Woman to Become a Four-Star General in the US Army
- Ann Hodges, Meteorite Victim
- Ann Rutledge, Reportedly Abraham Lincoln's First Love
- Anna D Allen, World War II Veteran and Schoolteacher
- Anna Aumuller, She was Murdered By Her Catholic Priest Husband
- Anna Bagenholm, Radiologist and World Record Holder
- Anna Ella Carroll, The First Unofficial Female Member of a US Cabinet
- Anna J Harrison, the First Woman Elected President of the American Chemical Society
- Anna Kingsley, From Princess to Slave to Plantation Overseer
- Anna Nicole Smith, Model and Playboy Playmate
- Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue
- Anne Askew, Protestant Martyr
- Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife
- Anne Bonny, Pirate
- Anne Bradstreet, Poet
- Anne Brontë, Author
- Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife
- Anne Frank, her diary is one of the most widely read of all time
- Anne Hutchinson, Puritan Rulebreaker
- Anne Neville, Queen Consort of England
- Anne Royall, Pioneering Journalist
- Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's Teacher
- Anne Wojcicki, CEO of 23andMe
- Anneliese Michel, Exorcism Victim
- Annette Dionne, One Fifth of the First Set of Quintuplets to Survive Infancy
- Annie Easley, Computer Programmer
- Annie Edson Taylor, First Person to Survive Falling Down Niagara Falls in a Barrel
- Major Annie Fox, The First Female Recipient of the Combat Purple Heart
- Annie Jump Cannon, Pioneering Astronomer
- Annie K Londonderry, The First Woman to Bicycle Around the World
- Annie Moore Schayer, The First Immigrant to Pass Through Ellis Island
- Annis Stockton, One of the First Female Poets Published in the American Colonies
- Anokhi, Dowry Crime Victim
- Anthony Clifford Allison, geneticist who discovered the link between Malaria and Sickle Cell Disease
- Antoinette Tuff, Stopped a School Shooter
- Anton Yelchin, we will always miss you
- Antonietta Gonsalvus, The Hairy Noblewoman
- Antonina Żabiński, The Zookeeper's Wife
- Anya Ayoung-Chee, Fashion Designer and Winner of Project Runway
- Arawelo, The First Feminist Ruler in History
- Aretha Franklin, Musician
- Ariadna Scriabina, Resistance Fighter in World War II
- Arizona Barker, Otherwise Known as "Ma Barker"
- Arsinoë IV, the meddling little sister of Cleopatra VII
- Arthur H Rostron, Captain of the RMS Carpathia--the ship that rescued Titanic's victims
- Asia Bibi, Christian Woman Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy (Later Acquitted)
- Asia Ramazan Antar, Freedom Fighter With the YPJ
- Atefah Sahaaleh, Executed by Iran for Crimes Against Chastity, Even Though She was a Rape Victim
- Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier of World War II
- Audrey Hepburn, Actress who also had a hand in helping the Allies during World War II
- August Landmesser, if only we could all be this brave
- Augusta Chiwy, Volunteer Nurse During the Battle of the Bulge
- Auguste Mariette, "that belongs in a museum!"
- Aung San Suu Kyi, Former State Counsellor of Myanmar
- Awashonks, Sunksqua of the Sakonnet Tribe
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Speech Advocate Who Fights Against FGM & Honor Killings
B:
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias, One of the Greatest Athletes who Ever Lived
- Ban Zhao, The First Known Female Chinese Historian
- Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States during her husband George H W Bush's Term
- Barbara Corcoran, You know her from Shark Tank
- Barbara Luddy, Voice Actress and Radio Star
- Barbara McClintock, Cytogeneticist
- Barbara Villiers Palmer, Mistress to Charles II of England
- Barbara Walters, I think we all know her point of View
- Barbara Washburn, the First Woman to Climb Mt. Denali
- Barbi Benton, Model, Actress, and Singer
- Barbra Streisand, Multifaceted Entertainer
- Barnes Wallis, he created the Bouncing Bombs
- Bartolina Sisa, Indigenous Rebel Leader
- Bayard Rustin, Civil Rights Advocate and LGBT+ Icon
- Beatrice Shilling, Aeronautical Engineer
- Belle Boyd, Perhaps One of the Most Famous Confederate Spies During the War Between the States
- Belle Starr, American Outlaw of the Old West
- Ben Kanahele, hero of the Ni'ihau Incident
- Ben Thompson, Who says a gunslinger can't also be a protector of women?
- Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's First Female Prime Minister
- Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremburg Trials
- Benjamin Lay, the Vegan Dwarf Quaker
- Berenice III, Queen Regnant of Egypt
- Berta Soler, Leader of the Ladies in White, who Fight for the Release of Political Prisoners in Cuba
- Bertha Benz, The First Person to Drive a Car Long-Distance
- Bertha Parker Pallan Cody, The First Native American Female Archaeologist
- Bertha von Suttner, Author and Peace Activist
- Bessie Blount, Mistress of Henry VIII
- Bessie Coleman, The First African American and Native American Woman to Earn a Pilot's License
- Bessie Stringfield, Pioneering Motorcycle Rider
- Betsy Ross, ignore the shoes, recognize the good she actually factually did
- Bettany Hughes, Documentarian and Historian
- Bette Nesmith Graham, Inventor of Liquid Paper
- Bettisia Gozzadini, The First Woman in History Known to Have Taught at a University
- Betty Ford, First Lady and Founder of the Betty Ford Center
- Betty White, She's Literally Older Than Sliced Bread, Guys
- Betty Zane, Revolutionary War Heroine who Used Her Apron to Transport Gunpowder
- Bianca Cappello, Famous Mistress & Grandduchess of Tuscany
- Bill Goldfinch, he designed a glider to escape being a Nazi Prisoner of War
- Bill Paxton, he brought history and SciFi characters to life in a way so few did
- Brushy Bill Roberts, the Man Who Claimed to be Billy the Kid
- Billie Burke, Academy Award Winning Actress
- Billie Holiday, Jazz Musician
- Bindi Irwin, Conservationist
- Bobbie Arnstein, Hugh Hefner's Personal Assistant
- Bobby Driscoll, you think Disney channel stars are screwed up now? Wait till you hear his story
- Bonnie Parker, Her Boyfriend was Named Clyde
- Boudica, she burned London to the ground
- Bradley Willman, Trojan Viruses can actually be helpful
- Sergeant Brandon Mendoza, local police officer from Mesa, Arizona who will always be missed
- Brenda Chapman, Academy Award Winning Director
- Bridget Driscoll, First Person Killed by an Automobile in the United Kingdom
- Bridget "Biddy" Mason, Former Slave Turned Real Estate Entrepreneur
C:
- Calamity Jane, there's a Reason Her Name was Calamity
- Calpurnia, Wife of Julius Caesar
- Camilla, HRH the Duchess of Cornwall
- Camille Claudel, Sculptor
- Candalyn Kubeck, One of the First Female Commercial Airline Pilots
- Caresse Crosby, Inventor, Publisher, and Businesswoman
- Carlina White, Abducted Child Who Solved Her Own Kidnapping
- Carnie Wilson, Singer and Television Personality
- Carol Greider, Molecular Biologist
- Caroline Crachami, The Sicilian Fairy
- Caroline Herschel, Astronomer Who Discovered Several Comets
- Caroline Kennedy, Former US Ambassador to Japan
- Caroline Lacroix, Mistress of Leopold II of Belgium
- Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, Model and Wife of John F Kennedy Jr
- Carrie Ann Inaba, Choreographer and Television Personality
- Carrie Buck, America's Most Famous Victim of the Eugenics Movement
- Carrie Crawford Smith, Ran an Employment Agency to Help Women and Minorities
- Carry Nation, She Vandalized Businesses...Professionally
- Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes
- Casey Legler, The First Woman to Be Contracted as a Male Model
- Cathay Williams, The First Woman to Enlist in the US Army
- Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife
- Catherine of Valois, Queen Consort of England
- Catherine Cortez Masto, The First Latina State Attorney General and Senator
- Catherine Davidson, Soldier During the War Between the States
- Catherine Farrell Adler, The First Female Marine to Serve in Arlington's Marine Corps Honor Guard
- Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, Murder Victim Whose Death Helped Create the 911 Emergency Alert System
- Catherine Gonsalvus, The Real Beauty
- Catherine the Great, no horses were involved in the writing of this post
- Catherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife
- Catherine HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, Possibly the UK's Future Queen
- Catherine de Medici, Regent, Consort, and Dowager Queen of France (Depending on the Year)
- Catherine O'Leary, Her Life was Ruined by the Rumor That She had Started the Great Chicago Fire
- Catherine Zeta-Jones, Actress
- Cathie Jung, Now That is a Slim Waist
- Catterina Vizzani, a Renaissance Lesbian Crossdresser
- Cecile Dionne, One Fifth of the First Set of Quintuplets Known to Survive Infancy
- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Astronomer Who Discovered What Makes the Universe
- Chandra Levy, Political Intern Remembered for Her Brutal Murder
- Chandro Tomar, The Oldest Female Sharpshooter in the World at the Time of Her Death
- Ltc. Charity Adams Earley, The First African American Officer in the Women's Army Corps
- Charles Crittenton, Founder of the National Florence Crittenton Mission
- Sergeant Charles Floyd, the only member of the Corps of Discovery to die
- Charles "Chick" Parsons, instrumental in helping General MacArthur return triumphantly to the Philippines during World War II
- Charles Stratton, PT Barnum's greatest asset
- Charlotta Bass, Newspaper Editor and Politician
- Charlotte Badger, Pirate
- Charlotte Brontë, Author
- Charlotte Cooper Sterry, Tennis Player and Olympic Athlete Who Won Five Wimbledon Titles
- Charlotte Sipes, Who Says Mailing You Can't Mail Your Kid?
- Charlotte von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
- Charlotte Woodward Pierce, Suffragist
- Cherilyn Sarkisian, aka Cher
- Chien-Shiung Wu, Experimental Physicist
- Ching Shih, from prostitute to one of the most formidable pirates of all time
- Chita Rivera, Broadway Performer
- Chiune Sugihara, he and his wife Yukiko are credited with saving 6,000 Jews during the Shoah
- Christiane Nusslein-Volhard, Nobel Prize Winning Biologist
- Christie Hefner, Former CEO of Playboy Enterprises Inc
- Christina Hoff Sommers, Author and Advocate for Equity Feminism
- Christine Collins, The Real Woman Behind the Film Changeling
- Christine de Pisan, The First Feminist Author
- Christine Maria Margarete Denner, Saved Edith Hahn's Life
- Christine Granville, World War II Spy
- Chyna, Professional WWF Wrestler
- Cindy Crawford, Supermodel
- Cixi, Empress Dowager of China
- Claire Schillace Donahoe, All American Girl's Professional Baseball League Player
- Clara Brown, Former Slave who Helped Settle Colorado
- Clara de la Rocha, Soldadera in the Mexican Revolution
- Clara Harris Rathbone, The Other Victim in the Presidential Box
- Clara Petacci, Mussolini's Mistress
- Clara Quintanilla, Art Restorer
- Clare Hollingworth, Pioneering Journalist
- Claressa Shields, Professional Boxer and MMA Fighter
- Clarissa "Clara" Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross
- Claudette Colvin, Refused to Give Up Her Bus Seat Nine Months Before Rosa Parks
- Claudia Octavia, Empress of Rome
- Clementine Churchill, So Much More than Winston's Wife
- Cleopatra I Syra, Queen of Ancient Egypt whose family spread out across the Mediterranean
- Cleopatra Selene II, Cleopatra VII's daughter
- Cleopatra VII Philopater, yes, that Cleopatra
- Coco Chanel, Fashion Designer
- Colleen Stan, The Girl in the Box
- Condoleezza Rice, Politician
- Constance Baker Motley, Civil Rights Activist and Federal Judge
- Constance Kent, Murderess
- Constance Markievicz, First Woman Elected to British Parliament (Never Took Her Seat)
- Cora the Witch, Legend Behind the Cora Tree
- Corrie Ten Boom, you probably read her story in school
- Cynisca, Spartan Princess and the First Woman to Win at the Olympic Games
D:
- Daisy Ashford, Wrote Her First Novel Aged Nine
- Daisy Hilton, Conjoined Twin & Vaudeville Performer
- Father Damien, Savior to the Lepers
- Danica Patrick, Retired Indycar Driver
- Darlene Cates, Actress
- Daryl Davis, he's talked to over 200 members of the KKK; and they gave up their robes afterward
- Debbie Allen, Choreographer and So Much More
- Deborah Lipstadt, Shoah Historian
- Deborah Sampson Gannett, Revolutionary War Soldier
- Madame DeCourcelle, The First Female Taxi Driver in Paris
- Delia Haskett Rawson, The First Female Stagecoach Driver in California
- Delphine LaLaurie, not even Kathy Bates could make her sympathetic
- Denise Morrison, former CEO of Campbell Soup Co
- Deshauna Barber, Miss USA 2016 and Army Reserve Logistics Commander
- Desmond Doss, the First Conscientious Objector to be awarded the Medal of Hono
- Diana Spencer, The People's Princess
- Diane de Poitiers, mistress to Henry II of France
- Diane Sawyer, Journalist
- Dina Babbitt, Shoah Survivor and Artist
- Do Won Chang, The American Dream is Alive and Well
- Dolley Madison, Former First Lady during her husband James Madison's Term
- Don Wildman, You know who he is!
- Donaldina Cameron, The Angry Angel of Chinatown
- Donatella Versace, Vice-President of the Versace Group
- Dora DuFran, Successful Madam and Saloon Owner
- Doris Bohrer, Allied Spy and Deputy Head of Counterintelligence at the CIA
- Doris Buck Figgins, Victim of the United States Eugenics Movement
- Doris Zemurray Stone, archaeologist who fought for the rights of the Indigenous of Central America
- Dorothea Dix, Mental Health Advocate who brought the horrific conditions of Insane Asylums to light
- Dorothy Count-Scoggins, Helped End Segregation of Charlotte, North Carolina High Schools
- Dorothy Ferguson Key, All American Girls Professional Baseball League Player
- Dorothy Fosdick, Foreign Policy Expert
- Dorothy Garrod, First Woman to Hold an Oxford and Cambridge Chair; Archaeologist
- Dorothy Hodgkin, Biochemist and Crystallographer
- Dorothy Kamenshek, All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League Player
- Dorothy Morgan, Pioneering Stunt Pilot
- Dorothy Stratton, Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard SPARs (World War II)
- Dorothy Vaughan, Hidden Figure and FORTRAN Programmer
- Douglas Pitt, He's so much more than the Other Pitt
- Draginja Obrenovic, Queen Consort of Serbia
E:
- Earl Olsen, he tried so hard to save Joe Kennedy Jr...so hard
- Edith Brown Haisman, RMS Titanic Survivor
- Edith Clarke, the First Female Electrical Engineer
- Edith Flanigen, Chemist Who Holds Over 100 Patents
- Edith Hahn Beer, The Nazi Officer's Wife
- Edith Piaf, Musician and Actress
- Edith Wilson, Former First Lady of the United States
- Edmonia Lewis, The First Professional African American Sculptor
- Eduard Einstein, the forgotten Einstein son
- Sergeant First-Class Edward Carter Jr, Medal of Honor Recipient who was not awarded right until thirty years after he died
- Edward Younger, the man who selected the first Unknown Soldier
- Ehyophsta, Cheyenne Warrior Woman
- Eileen Nearne, SOE Agent During World War II
- Ekaterina Dolgorukaya, Mistress and Later Wife of Alexander II
- Elaine Harmon, World War II WASP and Advocate for Her Fellow WASPs
- Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the most powerful figures from Europe's Middle Ages
- Eleanor Audley, Actress
- Eleanor Roosevelt, the longest serving First Lady of the United States
- Eleanore Dumont, One of the First Professional Blackjack Players in the United States
- Elena Cornaro Piscopia, the First Woman to Ever Earn a Doctoral Degree
- Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize winning author and teacher
- Elisa Griensen, Fought in the Mexican Revolution
- Elisabeth of Austria, Empress of Austria
- Elisabetta Sirani, One of the Most Famous Painters in Early Modern Bologna
- Eliza Cook, Poet and Political Reformist
- Elizabeth Anderson, the first woman to qualify as a doctor and surgeon with a modern medical degree in Great Britain
- Elizabeth Bacon Custer, Widow of General George Armstrong Custer
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poet
- Elizabeth Blackburn, Nobel Prize Winner and Former President of the Salk Institute
- Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman to receive a modern medical degree from a school in the United States
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Suffrage Leader & Social Reformer
- Elizabeth Cowell, First Female TV Announcer
- Elizabeth Fleischman-Aschheim, X-Ray Pioneer
- Elizabeth I, One of England's Greatest Queens
- Elizabeth II, currently England's Longest Reigning Monarch
- Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt, The First Lady of Hartford
- Elizabeth Jennings Graham, She Did it 100 Years Before Rosa Parks
- Elizabeth Keckley, Former Slave Turned Seamstress to Mary Todd Lincoln
- Elizabeth Magie, she invented Monopoly (kind of, just read her article)
- Elizabeth Peabody, Educator and Author
- Elizabeth Proctor, Accused of being a Salem Witch
- Elizabeth Rawdon, The First Person to Undertake a Scientific Study of a Bog Body
- Elizabeth Short, The Black Dahlia
- Elizabeth Tabor, The Silver Queen of Colorado
- Elizabeth Taylor, Actress
- Elizabeth Woodville, England's "White Queen"
- Ella Cara Deloria, Yankton Sioux Ethnographer and Anthropologist
- Ella Harper, The Camel Girl
- Ellen Craft, Escaped Slave
- Ellen DeGeneres, Comedian and Actress
- Ellen Rometsch, possible Soviet spy
- Emilie Dionne, One Fifth of the First Set of Quintuplets Known to Survive Infancy
- Emilie Sagee, The Teacher with a Ghostly Follower
- Emilie Schindler, Savior of Jews During the Shoah
- Emily Brontë, Author
- Emily Geiger, Revolutionary War Civilian Volunteer
- Emily Howland, The First Female Director of a US National Bank
- Emily Mather, Murder Victim
- Emily Warren Roebling, Engineer Noted for Her Work in Completing the Brooklyn Bridge
- Emily Wilde, Oscar Wilde's Half-sister
- Emma H Cunningham, she might have committed murder
- Emma Morano, The Oldest Living Person in the World at the Time of Her Death
- Emma Watson, Actress
- Emmy Noether, Mathematician
- Enheduanna, The First Known Author--Ever
- Enriqueta Marti, Serial Killer of Children
- Epicharis, Attempted to Assassinate Nero
- Erika Ervin, Otherwise Known as Amazon Eve
- Erika Szeles, Martyr in the Hungarian Revolution
- Erwin Rommel, The Desert Fox
- Erzsebet Bathory, Possibly one of the Most Prolific Serial Killers of All Time
- Esther Hobart Morris, The First Female Justice of the Peace in the United States
- Esther Lederberg, Microbiologist
- Etta Place, The Sundance Kid's Wife
- Etta Schureman Jones, Teacher Turned Japanese Prisoner of War
- Ethel Robertson Macia, The First Lady of Tombstone, Arizona
- Second Lieutenant Eugene Bullard, the first man of African descent to become a combat pilot
- Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon
- Eugene Lazowski, he went above and beyond his calling as a doctor
- Saint Eulalia, Thirteen-Year-Old Christian Martyr
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Creator of the Special Olympics
- Eva Braun, if you knew her story, you would gain a whole new perspective
- Eva Gabor, Actress
- Eva Hart, RMS Titanic Survivor
- Eva Mozes Kor, Shoah Survivor and Forgiveness Advocate
- Eva Peron, Former First Lady of Argentina
- Evelyn McHale, Subject of LIFE Magazine's "A Beautiful Suicide" Photograph
F:
- Famke Janssen, Actress
- Fannie Farmer, Taught the Importance of Exact Measurements in Cooking
- Fannie Sperry Steele, Bronc Rider and Rodeo Performer
- Fanya Kaplan, Tried to Assassinate Vladmir Lenin
- Faustina the Elder, Empress of Rome
- Faustina the Younger, Empress of Rome
- Faye Dancer, All American Girls Professional Baseball League Player
- Fereshteh Forough, CEO & Founder of Code to Inspire
- Mother Fidelia McMahon, Helped Expand and Innovate Arizona's First Hospital
- Flora Call Disney, Walt and Roy's Mom
- Florence Bascom, the First Female Geologist to Join the US Geologic Survey
- Florence Foster Jenkins, the Not Very Professional Soprano
- Florence Nightingale, the woman who created modern nursing techniques
- Florence Owens Thompson, Subject of the Iconic "Migrant Mother" Photograph
- Florence R Sabin, the first female professor at Johns Hopkins University
- Folorunshu Alakija, Wealthiest Nigerian Woman in the World
- Frances Berkeley, Wife of Three Different Colonial Governors
- Frances Clayton, Union Soldier During the War Between the States
- Frances Cobain, Musician and Model
- Frances Griffiths, Subject of the Cottingley Fairies Photographs
- Francesca Hilton, Actress and Heiress
- Francis Bannerman VI, builder of Bannerman's Castle
- Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, mistress to Louis XIV of France
- Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, The Virologist Who Co-Discovered HIV
- Frank Buckles, the last American veteran of World War I
- Frank Lewis Mundus, he needed a bigger boat
- Frank Sprague, the Forgotten Hero of the American Subway
- Freddie Dekker-Oversteegen, Dutch Resistance Fighter
- Frederick Aiken, Mary Surratt's defense attorney
- Freydis Eiriksdottir, The Pregnant Viking Warrior
- Frida Kahlo, painter
- Fritz Bauer, Jewish judge who was essential in seeing the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials come to fruition
- Fu Hao, Military General and Priestess
G:
- Gabrielle d'Estrees, Mistress of Henri IV of France
- Gabrielle Petit, Spy During World War I
- Colonel Gail Halvorsen, The Berlin Candy Bomber
- Saint Galgano, possibly the real King Arthur
- Gary Staab, sculptor who brings the past to life
- Geli Raubal, Girlfriend and Half-Niece of Adolf Hitler
- Georg Rauch, a Jewish soldier conscripted into the German Army
- George Eastman, founder of the Eastman Kodak Printing Company
- George Eliot, Novelist
- George Francis Train, Crazy? Pssh, I think you mean genius
- George Sand, Androgynous Literary Icon
- Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
- Gennifer Flowers, the other woman who had an affair with Bill Clinton
- Gertrude Bell, Helped Found Modern-day Iraq
- Gertrude Carraway, President General of the DAR and So Much More
- Gertrude Ederle, the First Woman to Swim the English Channel
- Gertrude Elion, Pharmacologist
- Gertrude Schulte-Tenderich Sears, Founder of Tampax
- Gerty Cori, Biochemist
- Gia Carangi, The World's First Supermodel
- Gilda Radner, Comedian and Actress
- Gillis Duncan, no not from Outlander, but she was kind of a witch
- Gina Haspel, Director of the CIA
- Ginni Rometti, CEO of IBM
- Gisella Perl, Gynecologist in Auschwitz
- Giulia Tofana, Professional Poisoner
- Gloria Estefan, Musician and Dancer
- Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, Princess by Marriage
- Lady Godiva, Countess of Merica, Avert Ye Gaze Children!
- Gouyen, Apache Warrior With a Vendetta Against the Comanche
- Grace Bedell Billings, Dear Mr. Lincoln...
- Grace Coolidge, Former First Lady of the United States
- Grace Hopper, Navy Rear Admiral, Computer Coder, Dazzling Daughter
- Grace Kelly, From Hollywood Royalty to Actual Royalty
- Grace McDaniels, The Mule-Faced Woman
- Grace O'Malley, Irish chieftain and pirate
- Grace Sherwood, The Last Woman Found Guilty of Witchcraft in Virginia
- Greg Louganis, The Actual G.O.A.T (Of Diving)
- Gregoria Apaza, Indigenous Woman and Rebel Leader
- Greta Zimmer Friedman, One of the Subjects of the Iconic VJ Day Photograph
- Gretchen Carlson, Journalist
- Gruoch ingen Boite, The First Known Queen of Scotland
- Gudiya, Five-Year-Old Rape Victim Who Finally Got Justice
- Guglielma, Preached a Feminized Version of Christianity
- Guy Taylor, he played Taps every night for six years to honor those who never came home
H:
- Hannah Adams, The First Woman to Work Professionally as a Writer in the United States
- Hannah Anderson Ropes, Nurse During the War Between the States
- Hannah Duston, This Colonial Revenge Story is Sure to Sicken The Masses
- Hannah Snell, Soldier and Sailor
- Hannah Stilley Gorby, The Oldest Person Ever Photographed
- Hannah Szenes, Poet and SOE Paratrooper During World War II
- Hannah White Arnett, Revolutionary War Patriot
- Hans Scholl, a founding member of the White Rose Resistance Movement
- Harnaam Kaur, The Bearded Lady and Activist
- Harold Baumgarten, Who says bullets can stop a man?
- Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was a major factor in the outbreak of the War Between the States
- Harriet Quimby, The First United States Woman to Earn Her Pilot's License
- Harriet Tubman, Union Spy and Civil Rights Activist
- Harrison Ruffin Tyler, a living grandson of the tenth US president
- Harry Burton, the photographer hired for most of the Egyptian excavations in the early 20th Century
- Harry Gordon Selfridge, Founder of Selfridge's Department Store
- Hatshepsut, the most famous female Egyptian Pharaoh
- Hattie Lewis Lawton, Pinkerton Detective
- Hattie McDaniel, The First African-American to win an Academy Award
- Dr. Hawa Abdi, Human Rights Activist and Doctor
- Heather O'Rourke, "They're Here!"
- Hedy Lamarr, Beauty and Brains
- Hedviga Golik, Quiet Woman Whose Body Went Undiscovered in Her Own Apartment for Forty-Two Years
- Heidi Fleiss, Hollywood's Most Notorious Madam
- Helen Graham-Gill PhD, Mother, Grandmother, Teacher, and so Much More
- Helen Longstreet, Widow of General James Longstreet and Passionate Advocate for Various Causes
- Helen Keller, she proved deaf and blind are labels only
- Helen Purviance, The Donut Queen of World War II
- Helmuth Hübener, the youngest person to ever be executed by the Nazi's People's Court
- Henri Charrière, The Real Papillon
- Henri Mouhot, You've heard of Angkor Wat because of him
- Henrietta Lacks, she is more than her cells
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt, The Women who Discovered How to Measure the Universe
- Henry Darger, Total recluse? Yes. Sci-Fi Extraordinaire Artist? Also yes.
- Henry Laurens, the first person to request to be cremated in the United States
- Henryk Ross, Photographer of the Łódź Ghetto
- Hertha Ayrton, inventor and electrical engineer
- Hessy Levinsons Taft, The "Perfect Aryan Baby"...Who Happens to be Jewish
- Hester Stanhope, The Queen of the East
- Hetepheres I, Queen of Ancient Egypt
- Heyward Shepherd, The Forgotten Victim of the Raid on Harper's Ferry
- Hildegard von Bingen, Catholic Nun who defied gender norms
- Hiroo Onoda, Japanese soldier from World War II who refused to surrender until 1974
- Hortensia, Famed Roman Orator
- Hürrem Sultan, she was also called Roxelana
- Hypatia of Alexandria, she's my number one for a reason
I:
- The Ice Maiden of Pazyryk, Her mummy shed new light on her mysterious people
- Ida B Wells, Journalist and Activist
- Ida Remington, Union Soldier During the War Between the States
- Ida Straus, Mrs. Macy's and RMS Titanic victim
- Ignaz Semmelweis, he told people washing your hands was a good idea
- Imelda Marcos, Former First Lady of the United States
- Indira Gandhi, India's First Female Prime Minister
- Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo
- Ines de Castro, Mistress and Posthumously Recognized Wife of Peter I of Portugal
- Inez Milholland, Literally Campaigned Herself to Death for the Cause of Suffrage
- Irena Sendler, Savior of Children During the Shoah
- Irene Drummond, Head Nurse Killed in the Bangka Island Massacre
- Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, Was Kicked Off a Bus Eleven Years Before Rosa Parks
- Irene Joliot-Curie, Marie's Daughter and a Scientist in Her Own Right
- Irene Triplett, The Last Beneficiary of a War Between the States Pension
- Iris Burton, Hollywood Child Star Agent
- Irma Eckler Landmesser, She and Her Husband Are Remembered For Their Heartbreaking Real Life Story
- Irtyau, Scribe to Nitocris
- Isabel Godin des Odonais, Survived Trekking Through The Amazon Jungle on Her Own
- Isabel de Guevara, One of the First Female Spanish Colonists in the New World
- Isabel Martinez de Peron, the First Female President of Argentina
- Isabella I of Castile, Queen of Castile
- Isabella II, Queen of Spain
- Isabella Bird Bishop, Travel Writer and Naturalist
- Isabella of France, Queen of England
- Isabella Hagner James, The First Salaried Employee of a United States First Lady
- Isadora Duncan, Mother of Modern Dance
- Israel Putnam, "Don't Shoot Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes!"
- Iva Toguri D'Aquino, The 7th Person in US History to be Found Guilty of Treason
- Ivana Trump, Businesswoman, Author, and Former Model
- Ivanka Trump, Businesswoman and Advisor to President Trump
J:
- Captain Jack Kintpuash, Leader of the Modoc during the Modoc War
- Jack Van Arsdale, The Man Who Inspired Evacuation Day Celebrations
- Jackie Mitchell, At the Age of Seventeen She Struck Out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig
- Capt Jacklyn Lucas, there's a reason his autobiography was entitled Indestructible
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady and Style Icon
- Jadwiga, First Female Monarch of the Kingdom of Poland
- James Clerk Maxwell, without him you never would have heard of Einstein
- Father James Coyle, he was murdered for an act of kindness
- James Doohan, actor who was shot six times by friendly fire during D-Day
- James Dunwoody Bulloch, The Confederate Navy's Greatest Asset
- James Parks, a freedman who is prominently buried in Arlington National Cemetery
- Colonel James Rowe, one of thirty-four prisoners to escape captivity during the Vietnam War
- James Wilson Marshall, he found the small sliver of gold that struck the '49 Rush
- Jan Brewer, Former Governor of Arizona
- Jan Zabinksi, Zookeeper of the Warsaw Zoo
- Jan Zwartendijk, worked alongside Sugihara to see 6,000 Jews survive the Shoah
- Janaki Ammal, Botanist
- Jane Austen, novelist
- Jane Dickenson, Indentured Servant and Captive of the Pamunkey Tribe
- Jane Dieulafoy, Crossdressing Archaeologist
- Lady Jane Franklin, Sponsor of Several Arctic Expeditions
- Jane Goodall, Primatologist
- Jane Grey, queen of England for a whole nine days
- Jane Haining, Missionary and One of Ten Confirmed Scotsmen to Have Died in a Nazi Concentration Camp
- Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife
- Jane Stanford, Co-Founder of Stanford University
- Jane C Wright, Oncologist and Pioneering Cancer Researcher
- Janet Guthrie, the first woman to compete in both Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500
- Janet Jackson, Multi-talented Singer and More
- Janet Parker, The Last Known Victim of Smallpox
- Janet Wojcicki, Anthropologist and Epidemiologist
- Janet Yellen, Former Chair of the United States Federal Reserve
- Janice Hooker, The Woman Who Helped Kidnap and Then Later Help Colleen Escape
- Janis Joplin, Musician and Member of the Twenty-Seven Club
- Jason Everman, he went from playing in bands like Nirvana & Soundgarden to serving as an Army Ranger & Green Beret
- Jaya Varma Sinha, Manager of the South Eastern Indian Railways System
- Jaycee Lee Dugard, Kidnap Victim and Author
- Jayne Mansfield, Actress and Mother of Mariska Hargitay
- Jean Laborde, The Man Who Industrialized Madagascar
- Jean Paul, advocate and wife of the chief of the Maliseet Tribe
- Jean-Francois Champollion, one of the most important figures in translating Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- Jeanette Churchill, So much more than Winston's Mum
- Judge Jeanine Pirro, There's not a lot she wasn't the First Female of in terms of law positions in Westchester County
- Jeanne Becu, mistress to Louis XV of France
- Jeanne Boulet, Victim of the Beast of Gevauden
- Jeanne Louise Calment, The Longest Living Confirmed Person in World History
- Jeanne Hebuterne, Painter and Model
- Jeanne Poisson, mistress to Louis XV of France
- Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to US Congress
- Jeff Cooper, Firearms Expert
- Jennie Wade, The Only Civilian Killed at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Jennie Bauters, Jerome, Arizona's Most Notorious Madam
- Jennifer Lee, Director, Screenwriter, and More
- Jezebel, Biblical Queen
- Jillian Michaels, Fitness Trainer and So Much More
- Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO of AARP
- Joachim Rønneberg, commander of Operation Gunnerside
- Pope Joan, Catholic Pope--Possibly
- Joan of Arc, Heavenly Warrior
- Joan Beauchamp Procter, Zoologist and Herpetologist
- Joan Crawford, One of Hollywood's Most Famous Actresses
- Joan Lee, Author, Actress, Model, and Wife of Stan the Man
- Joan Rivers, Comedian
- Joan Whitney-Payson, the First Woman to Buy Major Interest Into a North American Sports League Team
- Joanna of Castile, Queen of Castile and Aragon
- Joanna Palani, Freedom Fighter
- Joanne Hayes-White, The First Woman to Serve as Chief of San Francisco's Fire Department
- Joanne Winter, Baseball and Golf Player
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Astrophysicist
- Jodie Foster, Actress and Director
- John Collins, RMS Titanic Survivor
- John Glenn, that's one small step for a man
- John Harington, the man who named his toilet Ajax (it also just happened to be the first flushing toilet)
- John Killian Wren, the first FBI Agent of Native American Heritage
- Lt. Col. John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, he fought in World War II armed with bagpipes, a broadsword, and a longbow
- John B Ryerson, RMS Titanic Survivor
- John Thayer III, RMS Titanic Survivor
- John Walsh, Host of America's Most Wanted
- Private John Williams, the last casualty of the War Between the States
- John Peter Zenger, Free Speech For Me!
- Joice Heth, PT Barnum's First Human Display
- JonBenet Ramsey, the pageant princess who never got to become a queen
- Josefina Guerrero, The Leper Spy
- Joseph Goldberger, you don't know what pellagra is because of him (be thankful)
- Joseph LaPointe Jr, Conscientious Objector and Medal of Honor Recipient
- Joseph Lister, the man who pioneered antiseptic medicine
- Josephine de Beauharnais Bonaparte, Empress of France
- Josephine Hensley, Influential Landowner in Montana's Wild West
- Josephine S Lowell, Philanthropist and Advocate For Various Social Welfare Programs
- Joy Mangano, Jennifer Lawrence plays her in the movie!
- Józef Piłsudski, the first leader of a unified Modern Poland
- Juana Maria, the Lone Woman of San Nicholas Island
- Juanita Brooks, Historian who Uncovered the Truth of the Mountain Meadows Massacre
- Judith Barsi, Child Actress
- Judith Exner, Allegedly JFK's Mistress
- Judy Garland, Actress and Singer
- Julia Agrippina, The First Roman Empress
- Julia Child, Celebrity Chef
- Julia Drusilla The Younger, Caligula's Only Legitimate Child
- Julia the Elder, Augustus's Only Biological Child
- Julia Gnuse, The Most Tattooed Lady in the World
- Julia Grant, The First Lady during her husband Ulysses S Grant's term
- Julian Assange, *Cue angry comments in 3...2...1*
- Julie Andrews, Academy Award Winning Actress
- Julie d'Aubigny, The Bisexual Sword Swinging Opera Singer
- Julie Krone, The First Female Horse Jockey to Win the Triple Crown
- Julien Bryan, documentarian who illegally recorded life inside Berlin
- Juliet Opie Hopkins, Confederate Nurse during the War Between the States
- Juliette Lewis, Actress
- June Carter Cash, Musician, Member of the Carter Family, and Johnny Cash's Wife
- Junko Tabei, the First Woman to Climb Mt. Everest
- Justa Grata Honoria, you know how we're taught the Goths sacked Rome and ended the Western Roman Empire? Yeah, that was her fault
- Justin Wren, The Big Pygmy
- Jyoti Amge, The Smallest Living Woman in the World
- Jyoti Singh, remember her name, fight for it to never happen again
K:
- Ka'ahumanu, Queen of Hawaii
- Kajal Singh nee Sharma, Dowry Crime Victim
- Kara McCullough, Miss USA 2017 and Physical Scientist
- Karen Carpenter, Musician Whose Tragic Death Brought Eating Disorders to the National Attention
- Karen Horney, Psychoanalyst Famous for Questioning Freudian Views
- Kate Barnard, First Elected Female State Official for Oklahoma
- Kate Shelley, Railroad Heroine
- Kate Warne, The First Female Detective in United States History
- Katia Krafft, Volcanologist
- Katharina Schratt, Mistress of Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
- Katharine Wright Haskell, Supportive Sister and So Much More
- Katharine Meyer Graham, Former CEO of The Washington Post
- Katherine Gilnagh Manning, Titanic Survivor
- Katherine Johnson, Physicist and Hidden Figure
- Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth wife
- Kathleen Kennedy-Cavendish, the Rebel of the Kennedy Clan
- Kathleen Kenyon, archaeologist who led the Jericho Excavations
- Katharine Berry Richardson, Co-Created Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri
- Kathrine Switzer, The First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon
- Kathryn Beaumont, Voice Actress and Disney Legend
- Kathryn Bigelow, The First Female Film Director to win a Best Director Academy Award
- Katrina Lake, CEO of Stitch Fix
- Kayla Mueller, Human Rights Activist Murdered by the Islamic State
- Kellyanne Conway, The First Woman to Run a Successful Presidential Campaign in United States History
- Kevyn Aucoin, before there were James, Jeffree, and Manny, there was Kevyn
- Khaemweset, the first Egyptologist
- Khentkaus III, Egyptian Queen whose tomb yielded new insights into her time period
- Khieu Ponnary, Pol Pot's First (And Later Ex) Wife
- Khoudia Diop, Model and Activist
- Khutulun, Mongol Warrior
- Khuwyt, One of the Earliest Known Female Musicians
- Kikisoblu, Daughter of Chief Si'ahl of the Duwamish and Suquamish Tribes
- Kittie Wilkins, The Horse Queen of Idaho
- Kiya, Wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten
- Kosem Sultan, One of the Most Powerful Women in the History of the Ottoman Empire
- Ko Yong-Hui, Kim Jong-Il's Wife and Kim Jong-Un's Mother
- Kubaba, The Only Woman Listed on the Sumerian King's List
- Kurmanjan Datka, United Kyrgyzstan as a Country
L:
- La Toya Jackson, Multi-talented Personality
- Laili Ali, Retired Professional Boxer
- Lakshimi Bai, The Queen of Jhansi, India
- Lana Peters, The Little Princess of the Kremlin
- Laura Alber, CEO of Williams-Sonoma
- Laura Bassi, The First Woman to Have a Fully-Fledged Scientific Career
- Laura Bullion, Outlaw of the Old West
- Laura Bush, Former First Lady during her husband George W Bush's Term
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, Author
- Lauren Holiday, Retired Olympic Soccer Player
- Laurie Hernandez, Olympic Gold Medalist in Gymnastics
- Laverne Cox, Actress and LGBT Advocate
- Lavinia Fisher, Possibly the First Female Serial Killer in the United States
- Lavinia Fontana, One of the Earliest Known Professional Female Artists
- Saint Lawrence, don't you touch his books
- Leigh Searl, founder of America's Career Force
- Lela Karagianni, Leader of a Resistance Group During World War II
- Leonor Villegas de Magnon, Nurse and Advocate During the Mexican Revolution
- Leonore Goldschmidt, Schoolteacher Who Continued to Teach Jewish Children in Hitler's Berlin
- Levicy Hatfield, The Matriarch of the Hatfield Clan
- Lewis W Washington, Genealogy Isn't Everything
- Leyla Mafi, Mentally Ill Girl Who was Flogged For Child Prostitution in Iran
- Libby Thompson, Madam, Prostitute, and Dance Hall Girl
- Lieserl Einstein, Albert and Mileva's Daughter Who Disappeared Into History
- Lillian Fishburne, The First Female African American Rear Admiral in the US Navy
- Lillian Gilbreth, Psychologist and Industrial Engineer
- Lillie Langtry, Scandalous Actress
- Lily Rose Lee, Kidnap Victim
- Lina Medina, Youngest Confirmed Human Mother in Medical History
- Linda B Buck, Physiologist
- Linda Hamilton, Actress
- Linda Lovelace, Porn Star Who Went on to Become a Born-Again Christian
- Linnda Caporael, Proposed Ergot Poisoning as a Cause for the Salem Witch Trials
- Lisa Ling, Journalist
- Lisa Marie Presley, Singer, Songwriter, and Elvis's Daughter
- Lise Meitner, Nuclear Physicist
- Liu Chuyu, Chinese Princess Remembered for Her Sexual Immorality
- Liza Minnelli, Actress and Singer
- Lizette Charbonneau, Sacagawea's Daughter
- Lizzie Arlington, The First Woman to Play on a Men's Professional Baseball Team
- Lizzie Borden, Took an Axe...
- Lola Greene Baldwin, The First Female Police Officer in the United States
- Lola Montez, She Toppled a Monarchy and Kept a Bear as a Pet, Need I say More?
- Lorena Hickok, Possibly Eleanor Roosevelt's Longtime Girlfriend
- Lorenzo Hubbell, trader and friend to the Navajo
- Loreta Janeta Velasquez, Confederate Soldier and Spy
- Loretta Lynn, Country Music Legend
- Lori Greiner, The Patent Queen
- Lorllys Ramos Acevedo, Former Head of the Venezuelan Aviation Accident Unit
- Lorna Luft, Actress and Singer
- Lottie Deno, Professional Gambler
- Louisa May Alcott, Author of Little Women
- Louise Siuwheem Polotkin, Apostle to Her People, The Coeur d'Alene
- Lozen, Chihenne Apache Warrior and Medicine Woman
- Sister Lucia Santos, One of the Fatima Prophecy Receivers
- Lucia Zarate, The World's Smallest Woman
- Lucie Aubrac, Schoolteacher and Member of the French Resistance
- Lucilla, Empress of Rome
- Lucille Ball, I Love Lucy too!
- Lucille Mulhall, The First Nationally Famous Cowgirl
- Lucrezia Borgia, she wasn't bad, but her family was
- Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, FDR's Mistress
- Lulu White, Entrepreneur and Madam
- Lya Graf, Immortalized in a Photo Sitting on JP Morgan's Lap
- Lydia Litvyak, Soviet Air Force Pilot
- Lydia Nsekere, Member of the International Olympics Committee & The FIFA Executive Council
- Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr, Died 175 Years After His Grandfather, the 10th US President, Left Office
- Lynne Chinn, Mosaic Artist and the Best Aunt Ever!
- Lynne Patton, Businesswoman and HUD Employee
- Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Deadliest Female Sniper in History
M:
- Madam CJ Walker, the first female self-made millionaire in the US
- Madeleine Astor Dick, RMS Titanic Survivor
- Madeline Stuart, One of the First Professional Models to be Born With Down Syndrome
- Madonna Ciccone, aka Madonna
- Mae Capone, Al's Widow
- Mae C Jemison, the first African American woman to go to space
- Magda Gabor, Actress
- Maggie Lena Walker, The First Woman to Charter a United States Bank
- Maggie Smith, Actress
- Magistra Hersend, One of Louis IX's Surgeons During the Seventh Crusade
- Mai Bhago, Sikh Warrior Saint (Khalsa)
- Maila Nurmi, Actress Who Brought Vampira to Life
- Malala Yousafzai, Education Activist
- La Malinche, Linguist Who Helped Bring Down the Aztec Empire
- Mamie Fossett, Deputy Marshal in the Indian Territory
- Mamie Phipps Clark, Psychologist Who Focused on The Effects of Segregation in Small Children
- Mandukhai Khatun, Mongolian Empress
- Manfreda, Papess of a Feminized Christian Sect
- Manon Rheaume, The First Woman to Work as a Goalie on a Professional Hockey Team
- Manuela Saenz, Revolutionary Leader & Suffragette
- Margaret Abbott, The First US Woman to Win an Olympic Event
- Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England and Pivotal Figure in the Wars of the Roses
- Margaret Brent, The First Woman in the American Colonies to Appear Before a Court of Common Law
- Margaret Bulkley, Successful Army Surgeon
- Margaret Corbin, The First American Woman to be Given a Military Pension
- Margaret Floy Washburn, First Woman to Earn a PhD in Psychology
- Margaret Hamilton, Retired NASA Computer Code Writer
- Margaret Harwood, First Female Director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory
- Margaret Heffernan Borland, One of the First Female Cattle Drivers in the United States
- Margaret Isabella Breen McMahon, Last Survivor of the Donner Party
- Margaret Keane, Artist Known for her "Big Eyes" Paintings
- Margaret of Norway, Scotland's First Queen Regnant
- Margaret Pole, Once a Traitor Now a Martyr
- Margaret Rudkin, Founder of Pepperidge Farm
- Margaret Thatcher, the First Female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Margaret Tobin Brown, otherwise known as the Unsinkable Molly/Maggie Brown
- Margaretha MacLeod, but you know her as Mata Hari
- Margot Wolk, The Last Surviving Food Tester for Hitler
- Maria Bartola, The First Historian of Mexico
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Pioneering Calculus Mathematician
- Maria Goeppert Mayer, Theoretical Physicist
- Maria Halpin Hunt, Her Life was Destroyed by a US President
- Senora Dona Maria Luz Corral de Villa, Pancho Villa's Wife
- Maria Milagro de Hoyos, Sadly, she's known for what happened to her corpse after her death
- Maria Mitchell, the First Female Astronomer in the United States
- Maria Montessori, Creator of the Montessori Learning Technique
- Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia
- Maria Rasputin, Lion Tamer and Circus Performer
- Maria Sibylla Merian, Entomologist and Scientific Illustrator
- Marianne Cope, Catholic Saint Who Helped Those Stricken With Hansen's Disease
- Marie Antoinette, she did not say "Let them Eat Cake!"
- Marie Daly, the First African American Woman to Receive a PhD in Chemistry
- Marie Dionne, One Fifth of the First Set of Quintuplets Known to Survive Infancy
- Marie Skłodowska Curie, you know her name
- Marie Walewska, Mistress of Napoleon
- Marie Claude Beaumont, Le Mans race car driver
- Marie-Claude Vaillaint-Courturier, French Politician and Resistance Fighter
- Marie Dorion, The Second Woman to Trek Across the Western United States After Sacagawea
- Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Youngest European Court Mistress
- Marie Marvingt, Pioneering Aviatrix and Athlete
- Marie Stopes, Eugenicist and Birth Control Pioneer
- Marie Equi, Progressive Political Activist and Birth Control Provider
- Marilu Henner, Actress
- Marilyn Monroe, Actress
- Marillyn Hewson, CEO of Lockheed Martin
- Marina the Monk, Catholic Saint
- Marina Raskova, Soviet Pilot and Navigator During World War II
- Marina Yurlova, Teenage Cossack during World War I
- Mariska Hargitay, actress and activist
- Marissa Mayer, Google's 20th Employee--ever
- Mariya Oktyabrskaya, Soviet Tank Driver During World War II
- Marjorie Collyer Dutton, RMS Titanic Survivor
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Conservationist
- Mark Hogancamp, the real man behind Welcome to Marwin
- Marla Maples, Actress and Television Personality
- Marsha P Johnson, LGBT+ Activist
- Martha Borthwick Cheney, Translator and Mistress of Frank Lloyd Wright
- Martha Corey, Accused of being a Witch at Salem
- Martha Washington, The first First Lady of the United States
- Martin Couney, neonatal technician who never received any medical training
- Martin Sklar, Disney's International Ambassador for Imagineering
- Martin Van Buren Bates, the Kentucky River Giant
- Martine Bertereau, Mining Engineer and Geologist
- Martha Matilda Harper, Created the First Formal Franchise in the US
- Mary Agnes Chase, Botanist and Social Activist
- Mary Anderson, Windshield Wiper Inventor
- Mary Ann Conklin, Manager of Seattle's First Known Brothel
- Mary Anne Arnold, cross dressing sailor
- Mary Anne Talbot, soldier who fought in the French Revolution
- Mary Anning, the mother of paleontology
- Mary Bankes, Defended Her Castle Home During the English Civil War
- Mary T Barra, CEO of General Motors
- Mary Barrett Dyer, One of America's First Religious Martyrs
- Mary Boleyn, Mistress of Henry VIII
- Mary Bradford Johns, Heroine of the Battle of Nashville
- Mary Brooks, Director of the United States Mint from 1969 to 1977
- Mary Colter, Interior Designer and Architect
- Mary Curzon, Vicereine of India
- Mary Donoho, The First Lady of the Santa Fe Trail
- Mary Ellen Pleasant, Entrepreneur and Abolitionist
- Mary Fields, aka Stagecoach Mary
- Mary I, the real Bloody Mary
- Mary Frith, aka Moll Cutpurse
- Mary Galloway, Union Soldier During the War Between the States
- Mary Golda Ross, The First Female Native American Engineer
- Mary Higby Schweitzer, Paleontologist With an Astonishing Discovery
- Mary Jackson, The First African American Female Engineer at NASA
- Mary Jo Kopechne, Teacher and Campaign Worker
- Mary K Horony-Cummings, Also Known As Big Nose Kate
- Mary Katharine Goddard, The First Female Postmaster General in US History
- Mary Lou Gulley, The Mystery Castle Owner
- Mary Leakey, Paleoanthropologist
- Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, one of the inspirations for Molly Pitcher
- Mary Magdalene, Jesus's disciple
- Mary Mallon, "Typhoid Mary"
- Mary McLeod Bethune, Civil Rights Activist
- Mary Musgrove, Interpreter and Trading Post Owner
- Mary Page Handy, Arizona Pioneer Whose Life Reads Like a Greek Tragedy
- Mary Pearcey, Murderess
- Mary Peck Butterworth, One of the Most Famous Counterfeiters of All Time
- Mary Phagan, her murder made race relations in the south worse than ever before
- Mary Pinchot Meyer, Painter whose Murder has Never Been Solved
- Mary Read, pirate
- Mary Rogers, New York's Cigar Girl turned murder victim
- Mary Rowlandson, Early Colonial Author who Wrote About Her Kidnapping Experience
- Mary Seacole, Nurse During the Crimean War
- Mary Somerville, One of the First Female Honorary Members of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Mary Stuart, aka Mary Queen of Scots
- Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the United States Federal Government
- Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady during her husband Abraham Lincoln's term
- Mary Toft, Was Able to Convince the General Public She was Giving Birth to Rabbits
- Mary Vincent, Kidnap Victim Who Had Her Forearms Cut Off Before Being Left For Dead
- Mary von Vetsera, half of one of the most famous cases of murder/suicide of all time
- Mary Von Waldersee, Philanthropist & Possible Mistress of Wilhelm II
- Mary Whiton Calkins, First Woman Elected President of the American Psychological Association
- Mary Wilde, Oscar Wilde's Half-Sister
- Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Feminist Author
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author of Frankenstein
- Maryam Mirzakhani, Pioneering Mathematician
- Maxine Dale, World War II Veteran, Machinist, and Mother
- Empress Matilda, Holy Roman Empress and Queen of England
- Matt Carriker, in his words, "Welcome to the Demolitia"
- Matt Shepard, his horrible murder sparked national attention, eventually culminating into Federal Laws to protect against hate crimes
- Maud Wagner, First Known Female Tattoo Artist in the United States
- Maude Frazier, First Female Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
- Maude Steane, One of Eight Canadian Women Confirmed Killed in Action During World War II
- Maurice Hilleman, anti-vaxxers hate him!
- Maya Angelou, Poet and Actress
- Mayar Mohamed Moussa, Died During a Botched FGM Operation
- Maybelle Carter, Musician and Matriarch of Country Music
- May-Britt Moser, Psychologist and Neuroscientist
- Dr. Mayim Bialik, PhD, Actress and Neuroscientist
- McKenna Dahl, Paralympian Rifle Shooter
- Meg Whitman, former CEO of Ebay
- Megan Leavey, Former Marine Corps Corporal in a K-9 Unit
- Meira Kumar, India's First Female Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- Mekatilili wa Menza, Revolted Against the Colonial British
- Meketaten, Princess of Ancient Egypt
- Melania Trump, Be Best
- Melanie Gaydos, Model with Ectodermal Dysplasia
- Melba Roy Mouton, One of NASA's Hidden Figures
- Melissa Lora, Former President of Taco Bell International
- Mercy Brown, Victim of the Vampire Hysteria
- Mercy Otis Warren, Ardent Patriot and Author in the Earliest Years in the United States
- Meredith Kercher, remember her as a happy student, not for what happened to her
- Meresankh III, Egyptian Royal Woman
- Merit Ptah, the first known female doctor--and scientist
- Meritaten, daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten and Nefertiti
- Merneith, One of the Earliest Known Queens in History
- Micaela Almonester, Real Estate Developer with In-Laws From Hell
- Michele Roberts, Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association
- Miep Gies, she saved Anne Frank's diary
- Mike Rowe, Oh come on, you know who he is!
- Mikhail Romanov, the reluctant Tsar
- Mildred Fish-Harnack, The Only American Civilian Woman Executed by the Nazis
- Capt. Mildred H McAfee Horton, Director of the WAVES During World War II
- Milunka Savić, Probably the Most Decorated Female Soldier in the History of Ever
- Mileva Marić, she was so much more than Albert Einstein's wife
- Millicent Fawcett, Suffragette
- Millvina Dean, the Last RMS Titanic Survivor to Pass Away
- Mimi Haist, Queen Mimi
- Mindy Grossman, CEO of WW (Weight Watchers)
- Minerva Mirabal, One of Las Mariposas
- Minnie Vautrin, Missionary Forever Haunted By What She Witnessed During the Rape of Nanking
- Mirhimah Sultan, Most Powerful Ottoman Princess in the History of the Empire
- Misty Copeland, The First African American Woman to be Hired as a Principal Dancer for a Major Ballet Company
- Misty May-Treanor, Retired Professional Volleyball Player
- Moana Pozzi, Adult Film Actress and Politician
- Moll King, One of History's Most Notorious Pickpockets (or was she?)
- Monica Lewinsky, Activist and Anti-Cyber-bullying Advocate
- Monica Mitro, Executive Producer of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
- Motke Zeidel, the last survivor of the Burning Brigade
- Moving Robe Woman, Warrior who Fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn
- Mum Zi, Possibly the World's Youngest Grandmother, Becoming One at the Age of 17
- Mumtaz Mahal, the Taj Mahal is her mausoleum
- Murasaki Shikibu, The First Known Author of a Novel
- Myra Bradwell, The First Licensed Female Lawyer in Illinois
N:
- Nadezhda Alliluyeva Stalina, Joseph Stalin's Second Wife
- Nadezdha Popova, Night Witch and Soviet Pilot During World War II
- Naia, One of the Oldest Near-Complete Skeletons Ever Uncovered
- Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, the First Female French Minister of Education
- Nakano Takeko, Samurai Warrior in the Boshin War
- Nancy Astor, the first woman elected & able to take her seat in British Parliament
- Nancy Hart, Revolutionary War Spy & Scout
- Nancy Lieberman, The First Woman to Coach a Men's Professional Sports Team
- Nancy Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's Mother
- Nancy McCoy Phillips, the other woman, or in this case, cousin
- Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States during her husband Ronald Reagan's Term
- Nancy Wake, The Most Decorated Servicewoman From World War II
- Nancy Ward, The Last Beloved Woman of the Cherokee
- Natacha Rambova, Set and Costume Designer in Early Hollywood
- Natalie Gulbis, Professional Golfer
- Natalie Wood, actress whose mysterious death has never been solved
- Nathan "Nearest" Green, ever wonder how Jack Daniel learned to distill whiskey?
- Naziq al-Abid, Suffragette & Revolutionary
- Nebet, Vizier to Pharaoh Pepi I (6th Dynasty)
- Neerja Bhanot, Model and Airline Stewardess
- Neferneferure, Egyptian Royal Princess
- Neferneferuaten Tasherit, Egyptian Royal Princess
- Nefertari Merytmut, Egyptian Queen and wife of Ramses II
- Nefertiti Neferneferuaten, arguably the most famous woman from Ancient Egypt
- Neferure, daughter of Pharaoh Hatshepsut
- Nell Donnelly Reed, Fashion Designer & Founder of Donnelly Garment Co
- Nell Gwyn, mistress to Charles II of England
- Nellie Bly, Pioneer of Investigative Journalism
- Nellie Neal Lawing, Also Known As Alaska Nellie
- Nellie Tayloe Ross, The First Female Governor in the United States
- Nettie Stevens, geneticist who worked on the theory of sex determination
- Nicholas Winton, Going Above and Beyond to Save the Children
- Nick D'Aloisio, Who says teens can't make their dreams come true?
- Nick Yarris, And people say we don't need a reform of the Criminal Justice System
- Nicole Brown Simpson, Actress and Mother of Two
- Nitocris, Last Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty
- Njinga Mbandi, Queen of Ndongo (Present-day Angola)
- Noor Al-Hussein, Dowager Queen of Jordan
- Noor Inayat Khan, Radio Operator in World War II
- Nur-Jahan, the only female Acting Emperor Regnant of the Mughal Empire
- Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi, Olympic Rifle Shooter Who Competed While Eight Months Pregnant
O:
- Octavia Minor, Everyone in Ancient Rome's Elite Was Related to Her
- Odette Sampson Hallowes, SOE Agent During World War II
- Odette Siko, the first woman to ever race at Le Mans
- Ola Ray, Actress and Model
- Olga Erteszek, The Queen of Ladies' Lingerie
- Olga Hepnarova, Mass Murderer
- Olga of Kiev, Regent of Kievan Rus' who took vengeance to a whole new level
- Olga Nikolaevna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia
- Olive Oatman, Famous Native American Captive
- Olivia Hooker, The First African American Woman to Enlist in the US Coast Guard
- Dr. Oluwo Adedunmola, The Doctorpreneur
- Olympe de Gouges, author of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen
- Olympias, Mother of Alexander the Great and Powerful Queen
- Ona Judge Staines, Escaped Slavery by Walking Out the Front Door
- Onake Obavva, Real Life Whack-a-Mole Champion
- Sergeant Opha Johnson, The First Woman to Enlist in the US Marine Corps
- Oprah Winfrey, you know her, you love her, so read this to love her some more!
- Oriana Moon Andrews, Confederate Doctor and Surgeon
- Oscar Swahn, who says old age means the end of the road?
- Osh-Tisch, Crow Bade Warrior Who Fought at the Battle of the Rosebud
- Oskar Schindler, You've seen Schindler's List, right?
- Ota Benga, this story will make you sick...with fury
- The Other Magpie, Crow Warrior Woman
- Owen Suskind, Autism doesn't mean a thing
P:
- Paris Jackson, Model and Actress
- Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States during her husband Richard Nixon's Term
- Patria Mirabal, One of Las Mariposas
- Patricia Bath, Ophthalmologist
- Patrick Henry, He protected his wife when most others would have thrown her out
- Patsy Mink, The First Woman of Color Elected to United States Congress
- Paul Rusesabinga, Human Rights Advocate in his Native Rwanda
- Paulita Maxwell, Billy the Kid's Girlfriend
- Pearl Hart, Stagecoach Robber and Bandit Queen of Arizona
- Peg Entwistle, Actress Who Committed Suicide Off the Hollywoodland Sign
- Peggy Hull, The First Female War Correspondent Accredited By the United States War Department
- Peggy Whitson, Former NASA Astronaut
- Perla Ovitz, One of the Real Seven Dwarfs (Of Auschwitz)
- Peseshet, doctor from Egypt's 4th Dynasty
- Pete Kitchen, his ranch was the only safe place to stay between Tucson and Magdalena, Mexico for many years
- Peter Carl Faberge, The man behind...the egg?
- Petra Herrera, Soldadera who Fought in the Mexican Revolution
- Petronilla de Meath, The First Irish Woman Condemned and Burned at the Stake for Witchcraft
- Phillis Wheatley, Groundbreaking Poet
- Philo Farnsworth, Inventor of the All-Electric Television Set
- Phiona Mutesi, Queen of Katwe
- Phoebe Ann Moses, but you know her as Annie Oakley
- Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen and Member of India's Parliament
- Phryne, Prostitute Whose Nickname was Literally Toad
- Phyllis Schlafly, Conservative Advocate
- Pingyang, general who led 70,000 soldiers against the Emperor
- Pocahontas, painting with all the colors of the wind is harder than it looks
- Polly Nichols, The First of Five Women Confirmed to Have been Killed By Jack the Ripper
- Pompeia Plotina, Empress of Rome
- Priscilla Presley, Business Magnate and Elvis's Ex-Wife
- Priscillian, early Christian figure who was the first to receive capital punishment for heresy
- Priyaleen Singh, Archaeological Conservationist
- Prudence Crandall, Abolitionist and Education Advocate
- Psamtik I, founder of the 26th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt
- Puabi, Occupied the Most Opulent Tomb Ever Discovered from Ancient Ur
- Puduhepa, Unusually Powerful Hittite Queen
Q:
- Qandeel Baloch, Social Media Influencer Who was a Victim of an "Honor Killing"
- Qin Shi Huang, the Terracotta Army is in his tomb
- Qiu Jin, China's Joan of Arc
- Queen Latifah, Musician and Actress
R:
- R Lee Ermey, Gunnery Sergeant
- Rachel Carson, Marine Biologist and Conservationist
- Rachel Eaton, Cherokee Educator and Historian
- Rachel Wall, Possibly America's First Female Pirate
- Rachel Washburn, Gave up Being a US Army Cheerleader to Join the US Army
- Rachel Weisz, Academy Award Winning Actress
- Rahat Khan, Field Hockey Player
- Raj Rajeshwari Devi, Queen Consort and Regent of Nepal
- Ralph Teetor, The Man Who Invented Cruise Control
- Ranald Mackenzie, who cares about Custer once you've heard this story?
- Ranavalona I, Madagascar's first female queen regnant
- Rania al-Abduhllah, Queen Consort of Jordan
- Raoul Wallenberg, He is credited with saving around 100,000 Hungarian Jews in Six Months
- Ray Chavez, at the time of his death he was the oldest living Pearl Harbor Veteran
- Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first African American woman to receive a modern medical degree in the United States
- Rebecca Lukens, The First Female Industrialist Leader in US History
- Rebecca Nurse, Accused of being a Salem Witch
- Rebecca Peterman, Union Soldier During the War Between the States
- Rebecca Romijn, Actress and Model
- Rebecca Schaeffer, Actress who is better remembered for being murdered
- Rebecca Skloot, author who brought the story of Henrietta Lacks to the mainstream light
- Reva Beck Bosone, First Elected Congresswoman from the State of Utah
- Rhoda Abbott, The Only Female Titanic Survivor to Have Been Pulled From the Water
- Richard Hart, Al Capone's oldest brother
- Richard Overton, when he died he was the oldest World War II veteran still alive
- Rita Levi-Montalcini, Neurologist and Physician
- Robert Irwin, Animal Conservationist and Photographer
- Robert Jan Van Pelt, Auschwitz historian who doesn't bend to history deniers
- Robert Moog, inventor of the synthesizer
- Roberta Cordano, First Deaf Woman to Become President of a United States University
- Robertha Watt Marshall, RMS Titanic Survivor
- Rodney Marks, the only person ever murdered at the South Pole
- Rolf Mengele, he has tried to make amends for the sins of his father
- Roopkuvarba Kanwar, The Last Woman in India to Commit Sati
- Rosa Carmichael, the witch governess of the Gettysburg Orphanage
- Rosalia Lombardo, Famous Child Mummy
- Rosalind Brewer, first female and first African American COO of Starbucks
- Rosalind Franklin, controversy remains over who the true discoverer of DNA was, was it her?
- Rosalyn Yalow, Medical Physicist
- Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States during her husband Jimmy Carter's Term
- Rosana Chouteau, The First Woman Elected Chief of the Osage Beaver Band
- Rose Cecil O'Neill, First Published Female Cartoonist in the United States
- Rose Cleveland, Acting First Lady of the United States During Her Brother, Grover Cleveland's, First Administration
- Rose Michtom, Co-Inventor of the Teddy Bear
- Rose Mofford, The First Female Governor of Arizona
- Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Confederate Spy During the War Between the States
- Rose Valland, the Monument's Woman
- Roseanna McCoy, her story is worse than Romeo and Juliet
- Rosemary Kennedy, her sister Eunice created the Special Olympics in her honor
- Roza Shanina, Soviet Sniper With 59 Confirmed Kills
- Ruan An, one of the most important architects of the Forbidden City in China
- Rudrama Devi, Queen During India's Kakatiya Dynasty
- Rusty Kanokogi, Mother of Women's Judo
- Ruth Becker Blanchard, RMS Titanic Survivor
- Ruth Handler, Invented Barbie
- Ruth Law Oliver, Pioneering Aviatrix
- Dr. Ruth Pfau, Catholic Nun and Medical Missionary
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Sexologist Known Affectionately as Dr. Ruth
- Ryan White, he fought to end the stigma of HIV/AIDS and brought new awareness and education towards the disease
S:
- Sacagawea, Savior of the Corps of Discovery
- Sada Abe, Geisha Who Murdered Her Lover
- Sadako Sasaki, The Real Girl Behind Sadako And the Thousand Paper Cranes
- Safia Farkash El Hadad, Former First Lady of Libya
- Safra Catz, co-CEO of Oracle--and so much more
- Sajida Talfah, First Wife of Saddam Hussein
- Salima Ikram, got a question on Egyptian mummies? Ask her!
- Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson's Secret No Longer
- Sally McCoy, The Matriarch of the McCoy Clan
- Sally Ride, the first American Woman to go to space
- Samantha Geimer, Child Rape Survivor
- Samira Shahbandar, Saddam Hussein's Second Wife
- Sammu-Ramat, Empress Regnant of Assyria
- Samuel Scott, RMS Titanic's First Victim
- Sandra Day O'Connor, The First Female Supreme Court Justice for the United States
- Santa Inocencia, Mexican Child Saint and Corpse Relic
- Sappho, Famed Greek Poet
- Sara Blakely, Founder of Spanx
- Sarah Anzick, Molecular Biologist
- Sarah Bowman, Camp Follower During the Mexican/American War
- Sarah Bush Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's Beloved Stepmother
- Private Sarah Edmonds, Union Soldier during the War Between the States
- Sarah Lincoln Grigsby, Abraham Lincoln's Beloved Sister
- Sarah T Hughes, Federal Judge who Delivered the Oath of Office to President LBJ
- Sarah Morgan Dawson, Author of a Confederate Girl's Diary
- Sarah Palin, Politician and Reality TV Star
- Sarah Parcak, she makes satellite technology cool
- Sarah Polk, Former First Lady of the United States
- Sarah Shelton Henry, First Wife of Patrick Henry
- Sarah Thomas, The First Woman to Officiate Multiple NFL Games
- Sarah Winchester, Folk Figure and Heiress to the Winchester Fortune
- Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, Northern Paiute Activist
- Sau Lan Wu, Particle Physicist
- Major Scott Smiley, he continued to serve after being blinded by a suicide car bomber
- Selena Quintanilla-Perez, Musician
- Selma Lagerlof, The First Woman to be Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Seraph Young Ford, the First Woman to Cast a Ballot in a US Election
- Serena Shim, Journalist who Dared Report the Truth
- Setepenre, Egyptian Royal Princess
- Seth McKee, he was the highest ranking survivor of D-Day at the time of his death
- Shajar al-Durr, Female Sultan
- Shangguan Wan'er, the first female Prime Minister in history
- Sharbat Gula, Photography Subject Known as the Afghan Girl
- Sharon Tate, Actress and Murder Victim
- Sheila Abdus-Salaam, Associate Judge for the New York Court of Appeals
- Sheri McCoy, she mixes science and business for wondrous results
- Sherry Lansing, first woman to head a major Hollywood Studio
- Shirley Ann Jackson, Physicist
- Shirley Chisholm, The First African American Woman to Serve in the United States House of Representatives
- Shirley Temple, Actress and Diplomat
- Sigourney Weaver, Actress
- Lieutenant Simo Häyhä, possibly the deadliest sniper in world history
- Simon Wiesenthal, the Nazi Hunter
- Simone Veil, Politician and Women's Rights Advocate
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Ceylon's First Female Prime Minister
- Sobekneferu, the first definitively proven woman to have ruled Egypt as Pharaoh
- Sofia Kovalevskaya, Pioneering Mathematician
- Sonia Gandhi, Former President of the Indian National Congress (Party)
- Sophia Dorothea of Celle, She Should Have Been Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
- Sophia Hayden, The First Female Graduate of MIT's Architectural Program
- Sophie Blanchard, The First Professional Female Balloonist
- Sophie Scholl, Member of the White Rose Resistance Movement
- Soraya Tarzi, Queen Consort of Afghanistan
- Sparethra, Queen Who Fought Cyrus the Great
- Stand Watie, what was it about that political narrative again?
- Stanislawa Leszczysnka, the Midwife of Auschwitz
- Stefani Germanotta, aka Lady Gaga
- Stella Walsh, Olympic Track and Field Athlete
- Stephanie Freed, Co-Founder and CEO of Rapha House International
- Stephanie of Monaco, Princess and Singer
- Stephanie Murphy, Member of the US House of Representatives
- Stephanie von Hohenlohe, The Princess who was a Nazi Spy
- Steve Buscemi, more than an actor
- Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter
- Father Suitbert Mollinger, he collected over 5,000 Catholic Relics in his church
- Sumiko Iwamuro, Japan's DJ Grandma
- Dr. Susan Anderson, One of the First Female Doctors in Colorado
- Susan B Anthony, Women's Suffrage Advocate
- Susan Boyle, Singer and International Sensation
- Susan La Flesche Picotte, The First Native American Woman to Earn a Medical Degree
- Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube
- Susanna Salter, The First Elected Female Mayor in the United States
- Sushma Swaraj, Former Minister of India's Internal Affairs
- Susie King Taylor, the First African American Army Nurse in United States History
- Sybilla Masters, The First Person in the American Colonies to be Granted an English Patent
- Sylvan Goldman, the inventor of the shopping cart
- Sergeant Sylvester Antolak, Medal of Honor recipient from World War II
- Sue Ellen Cooper, Founder of the Red Hat Society
- Sutematsu Oyama, Japanese Women's Education Advocate
- Sybil Ludington, The Real Midnight Rider
- Sylvia Earle, Marine Biologist
T:
- T. E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia
- Tamar, King of Georgia
- "Princess" Tarakanova, Pretender to the Russian Throne
- Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia
- Tatiana Proskouriakoff, she was instrumental in the decoding of Maya Hieroglyphs
- Tatyana McFadden, Wheelchair Racer
- Tawosret, Final Pharaoh of Egypt's 19th Dynasty
- Taytu Betul, Empress of Ethiopia
- Te Ata Fisher, Storyteller of the Chickasaw Nation
- Te Puea Herangi, Maori Leader and Activist
- Terra Jole, Actress
- Tessy Thomas, Missile Engineer
- Teuta of Illyria, Queen Regent of the Ardiaei Tribe and a Naval Threat to Rome
- Thea Christiansen Foss, Founder of Foss Maritime, The Largest Tugboat Company in the Western United States
- Theodora I, Byzantine Empress
- Theodora III, Byzantine Empress
- Theodore Roosevelt Jr, even more bada** than his father
- Theresa May, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Thích Quảng Đức, the monk who committed self-immolation
- Thomas W Bennett, Conscientious Objector and Medal of Honor Recipient
- Thomas Willard Ray, the only airman killed in the Bay of Pigs to have his body returned home
- Thomasine Cooper White, Stop Calling Her the Butcher!!
- Tiffany Trump, Law Student & Socialite
- Timothy O'Sullivan, A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
- Tina Turner, Singer and Dancer
- Tituba, Accused of Being a Witch at Salem
- Tiye, Egyptian Queen and Matriarch
- Toby Riddle, Interpreter During the Modoc War
- Tom Sawyer, no not that Tom Saywer
- Tomoe Gozen, Samurai Warrior
- Toni Basil, Choreographer and More
- Toni Palermo, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Player
- Toregene Khatun, Ruler of the Mongol Empire for Five Years
- Trevor Habberstad, Stunt Coordinator whose brief life will never be forgotten
- Lady Trieu, Vietnamese Rebel Leader Who Fought the Chinese
- Tripp Phillips, founder of Le-Glue
- Trisha Prabhu, Computer Code Writer Who Appeared on Shark Tank
- Truganini, The Last Full Blooded Aboriginal Tasmanian
- Trung Nhi, she and her sister led a large scale rebellion against their Chinese overlords
- Trung Trac, she and her sister led a large scale rebellion against their Chinese overlords
- Tsai Ing-Wen, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Tsutomu Yamaguchi, is it really luck that he survived both Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
- Tu Youyou, Pharmaceutical Chemist
- Turhan Hatice Sultan, Regent of the Ottoman Empire
- Tuvia Bielski, Daniel Craig plays him in the movie
- Tye Leung Schulze, Interpreter, Advocate, and So Much More for the Chinese Community
- Tyra Banks, You Better Smize for Me!
U:
- Ub Iwerks, the real mastermind behind the world's most beloved Mouse
- Ulrika Stalhammar, Soldier in the Great Northern War
- Urraca of Zamora, Infanta of Zamora
- Ursula Burns, former CEO of Xerox
V:
- Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to go to space
- Valeria Messalina, Roman Empress
- Varina Davis, The First Lady of the Confederate States of America
- Vera Rubin, Astronomer
- Veronica Franco, Poet and Courtesan
- Vesna Vulovic, Record Holder for Highest Freefall Without a Parachute
- Vibia Sabina, Roman Empress
- Victoria, Need I Type More?
- Victoria Woodhull, The First Woman in US History to Run For President
- Viola Davis, Actress
- Violet Hilton, Conjoined Twin & Vaudeville Performer
- Violet Jessop, Arguably the Luckiest Stewardess Ever
- Violette Szabo, Allied Spy During World War II
- Virginia Dare, the first English baby born in the New World
- Virginia Hall, Allied Spy in World War II
- Vivian (Bullwinkel) Statham, The Only Survivor of the Bangka Survivor Massacre
- Vivian Liberto Distin, Johnny Cash's First Wife
- Vivienne Nearing, Game Show Contestant Convicted of Perjury
W:
- Wade Watts, The Man Who Defined Forgiveness
- Wallace Hartley, The Band Leader aboard the RMS Titanic
- Wallis Simpson, a king left his throne for her
- Walter Hunt, seriously, what didn't this guy invent?
- Walter Knott, the creator of Knott's Berry Farm themepark
- Wang Cong'er, leader of the White Lotus Society and warrior
- Wang Zhenyi, Astronomer and Author
- Watkuese, she was lost and then found again
- Weetamoo, Sunksqua of the Pocasset Wampanoag People
- Corporal Werner Dreschler, German Prisoner of War who was murdered at the Papago Park POW Camp in Arizona
- Whang-od Oggay, The World's Oldest Tattoo Artist
- Whitney Houston, Musician
- Wilford Willy, He died alongside Joe Kennedy Jr
- Wilhelm Krützfeld, the New Synagogue Thanks you
- Willem Arondeus, Gay, resistance fighter, artist, need I say more?
- William Alden Smith, the US Senator who oversaw the RMS Titanic Senate Inquiry into the disaster
- William Carter, RMS Titanic Survivor
- William Cody, otherwise known as Buffalo Bill
- William Coutts Jr, RMS Titanic Survivor
- William Ellison, Well there went the narrative
- William Moulton Marston, original creator of Wonder Woman
- William Petrie, Egyptologist and expert on Bog Bodies
- William L Rathje, his life's work was called The Garbage Project--yes really
- Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming, She Literally Helped "Rewrite the Stars"
- Willie Mallory, Protective Mother and Figure in the Fight Against Eugenics
- Wilma Mankiller, Former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
- Captain Witold Pilecki, volunteered to become a prisoner in Auschwitz
- Wu Zetian, China's only Empress Regnant
X:
- Xochitl, Queen of the Toltec Empire
Y:
- Yaa Asantewaa, Queen Mother of the Ejisu
- Yang Kyoungjong, Korean soldier who was forced into fighting for the Japanese, then Russian, then German Armies
- Yao Niang, Chinese Court Dancer Remembered Today For Popularizing the Lotus Foot
- Yaoya Oshichi, Japanese Folk Figure
- Yeardley Love, Lacrosse Player
- Yennenga, Mother of the Mossi People
- Yolande of Aragon, Queen of So Much But Also Nothing
- Yvonne Dionne, One Fifth of the First Set of Quintuplets Known to Survive Infancy
Z:
- Zahi Hawass, if I could meet anyone alive today, it would be him
- Zenobia, Empress of Palmyra in Present-day Syria
- Zerelda James Samuel, Jesse James's Mother
- Zerelda Mimms James, Jesse James's Wife
- Zoe Porphyrogenita, Byzantine Empress
- Zoë Saldana, Actress, Model, and Dancer
- Zona Heaster Shue, The Only Case in United States History That Used a Ghost's Testimony to Convict a Man
- Zsa Zsa Gabor, Actress