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





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