Entries by Letter A and B

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 Goldi, The Last Person to be Executed for Witchcraft in Europe
• Anna J Harrison, the First Woman Elected President of the American Chemical Society
• Anna Kingsley, From Princess to Slave to Plantation Overseer
• Anna May Wong, The First Chinese-American Film Actress
• 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
• Arachidamia, Warrior Queen of Sparta
• 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 II, Queen of Thrace, Asia Minor, Egypt, and Macedonia
• 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