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20th-century English women

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Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her enduring popularity.
Margot Fonteyn
British ballerina
Louise Brown
first in-vitro baby
Jiah Khan
British−American Bollywood actress (1988–2013)
Alice Liddell
English woman, basis of the character in "Alice in Wonderland" (1852–1934)
Pippa Middleton
British socialite, author and columnist; sister of Catherine, Princess of Wales
Maud Gonne
Irish revolutionary and activist (1866-1953)
Jacqui Smith
British politician (born 1962)
Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
wife of Pavlos, son of ex King of Greece
Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma
British aristocrat (1901-1960)
Sandrine Holt
British-born Canadian actress
Melita Norwood
British civil servant and spy for the Soviet Union (1912–2005)
Mo Mowlam
British politician (1949-2005)
Lady Pamela Hicks
noblewoman; British aristocrat and memoirist
Edith Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien's wife and muse (1889–1971)
Ann Sidney
British actress, TV Host and beauty queen, Miss World 1964
Magda Szubanski
Australian actress
Elizabeth Jagger
English model and actress; daughter of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall
Angie Sage
British author
Beverley Allitt
English serial killer
Jill Dando
murdered English journalist and television presenter (1961–1999)
Mia Rose
British musician
Joanne Jackson
British swimmer
Amma Asante
British actor and film director (born 1969)
Mary Hesse
English philosopher (1924-2016)
Femi Taylor
Nigerian-Born British writer
Lesley Langley
British model, actress, and beauty queen
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond
British judge (born 1945)
Azela Robinson
British-Mexican actress
Rosemary West
British serial killer
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
British actress (1891-1992)
Julia Lennon
mother of British musician John Lennon
Hazel Blears
British politician (born 1956)
Caroline Flint
British politician (born 1961)
Lucy Wills
British physician and hematologist (1888-1964)
Celia Franca
British dancer, founder and artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada (1921-2007)
Patricia Hewitt
British politician (born 1948)
Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
British artist and noblewoman (1856-1937)
Caroline Spelman
British politician (born 1958)
Tanya Burr
British make-up artist and YouTuber
Louisa Martindale
English surgeon (1872-1966)
Clarissa Eden
British countess and memoirist (1920–2021)
Monie Love
British rapper
Rita Martin
British photographer (1875–1958)
Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford
English aviator and ornithologist, nurse and hospital manager (1865–1937)
Maria Eagle
British politician (born 1961)
Stacey Kemp
English pair skater
Lucy Ellmann
American writer
Rose Heilbron
British judge (1914–2005)
Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge
British politician (born 1941)
Mary Anne Atwood
British writer
Marilyn Cole
British model
Houria Niati
Algerian artist (born 1948)
Louise Goodman
British journalist
Virginia Bottomley
British politician (born 1948)
Sheila Scott
British aviator (1922–1988)
Sylvia Payne
British medical doctor and psychoanalyst
Margaret Masterman
British linguist and philosopher (1910-1986)
Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh
British politician (1889-1969)
Ann Coffey
British politician (born 1946)