Top 100 Notable Women in History and Today

A curated list of iconic women across science, leadership, arts, activism, and beyond.

🧠 Scientists & Innovators

  • Marie Curie
  • Rosalind Franklin
  • Ada Lovelace
  • Katherine Johnson
  • Jane Goodall
  • Rachel Carson
  • Chien-Shiung Wu
  • Mae Jemison
  • Hedy Lamarr
  • Barbara McClintock

🎨 Artists, Writers & Performers

  • Frida Kahlo
  • Maya Angelou
  • Toni Morrison
  • Virginia Woolf
  • Simone de Beauvoir
  • Agatha Christie
  • Billie Holiday
  • Audrey Hepburn
  • Aretha Franklin
  • Beyoncé

🏛️ Leaders & Politicians

  • Cleopatra
  • Joan of Arc
  • Elizabeth I
  • Catherine the Great
  • Angela Merkel
  • Margaret Thatcher
  • Indira Gandhi
  • Golda Meir
  • Jacinda Ardern
  • Kamala Harris

⚖️ Activists & Humanitarians

  • Malala Yousafzai
  • Rosa Parks
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Gloria Steinem
  • Aung San Suu Kyi
  • Wangari Maathai
  • Susan B. Anthony
  • Emmeline Pankhurst
  • Eleanor Roosevelt

🩺 Health & Medicine

  • Florence Nightingale
  • Clara Barton
  • Elizabeth Blackwell
  • Mary Edwards Walker
  • Virginia Apgar

⚽ Athletes & Olympians

  • Serena Williams
  • Simone Biles
  • Billie Jean King
  • Nadia Comăneci
  • Wilma Rudolph

🎬 Modern Icons

  • Oprah Winfrey
  • Princess Diana
  • Madonna
  • Lady Gaga
  • Michelle Obama
  • Rihanna
  • Ellen DeGeneres
  • Taylor Swift
  • Shakira
  • Emma Watson

✍️ Journalists & Writers

  • Christiane Amanpour
  • Ida B. Wells
  • Nellie Bly
  • Barbara Walters
  • Oriana Fallaci

🧘 Spiritual & Philosophical

  • Mother Teresa
  • Hildegard of Bingen
  • Anne Frank
  • Hypatia
  • Simone Weil

💼 Business & Tech

  • Sheryl Sandberg
  • Melinda French Gates
  • Susan Wojcicki
  • Indra Nooyi
  • Whitney Wolfe Herd

🎓 Educators & Thinkers

  • Maria Montessori
  • bell hooks
  • Angela Davis
  • Ruth Simmons

🌍 World Leaders

  • Benazir Bhutto
  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
  • Tsai Ing-wen
  • Sanna Marin
  • Michelle Bachelet

🧬 Space & STEM

  • Valentina Tereshkova
  • Sally Ride
  • Lise Meitner
  • Dorothy Vaughan
  • Annie Easley

📚 Authors & Poets

  • J.K. Rowling
  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Mary Shelley
  • Louisa May Alcott
  • Zora Neale Hurston

🎤 Voices of Change

  • Greta Thunberg
  • Dolores Huerta
  • Coretta Scott King
  • Tarana Burke
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

This list is just a starting point—millions of incredible women have shaped history and continue to do so every day.