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Lucy Lambert Hale
Lucy Lambert Hale was the daughter of U.S. Senator John Parker Hale of New Hampshire, and was a noted Washington, D.C., society belle. She attracted many admirers including Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Robert Todd Lincoln; and stage actor and presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth, to whom she was secretly engaged. Lucy's photograph was found in Booth's pocket after Sergeant Boston Corbett mortally wounded Booth 12 days after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
Kim Kardashian
Kimberly Noel Kardashian is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman. She first gained media attention in 2007 following the unauthorized release of a sex tape with American singer Ray J. Afterwards, she and her family began to appear on the E! reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. The show aired until 2021, and its success led to the formation of several spin-offs before its revival in the form of, Hulu's The Kardashians (2022–present) as part of her and her family's multi-year deal with the streaming service.
Margaret Mitchell
American author and journalist (1900–1949)
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Hungarian-American socialite and actress (1917–2016)
Ivanka Trump
Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump is an American businesswoman. She is the second child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his first wife, Ivana Trump. Ivanka was a presidential advisor in her father's first administration (2017–2021).
Hugh Hefner
American businessman and magazine publisher (1926–2017)
Kylie Jenner
Kylie Kristen Jenner is an American media personality, socialite and businesswoman. She starred in the E! reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians from 2007 to 2021 and then the Hulu reality television series The Kardashians from 2022. She is the founder and owner of cosmetic company Kylie Cosmetics. She is currently the fifth-most-followed person on Instagram.
Brooke Shields
American actress
Lily Collins
Lily Jane Collins is an English and American actress. Born in Guildford and raised in Los Angeles, she began performing on screen at the age of two in the BBC sitcom Growing Pains. In the late 2000s, she began acting and modelling more regularly, and gained recognition for her supporting role in the sports drama film The Blind Side (2009). She went on to star in several films, including the horror film Priest (2011), the thriller Abduction (2011), and the fantasy films Mirror Mirror (2012) and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013).
Ivana Trump
Ivana Marie Trump was a Czech and American businesswoman, socialite, and model. She lived in Canada in the 1970s, before relocating to the United States and marrying Donald Trump in 1977. She held key managerial positions in the Trump Organization, as vice president of interior design, CEO and president of Trump's Castle casino resort, and manager of the Plaza Hotel.
Lady Bird Johnson
First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969
William Randolph Hearst
American newspaper publisher (1863–1951)
Khloé Kardashian
Khloé Alexandra Kardashian is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman. She rose to fame starring with her family in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians from 2007 to 2021. Its success led to the creation of spin-offs, including Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami (2009–2013) and Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons (2014–2015). Following the ending of their previous show, she and her family began starring on Hulu's The Kardashians in 2022.
Margaret Qualley
Sarah Margaret Qualley is an American actress. A daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, she trained as a ballet dancer in her youth. She made her acting debut in the 2013 drama film Palo Alto and gained recognition for her supporting role in the HBO drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017).
Kourtney Kardashian
American media personality, model and businesswoman (born 1979)
Tiffany Trump
American socialite, research assistant and reality television personality (born 1993)
Caroline Kennedy
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is an American author, diplomat, and attorney. She served as the United States ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 and ambassador to Australia from 2022 to 2024. Most of Kennedy's professional life has been in literature, law, politics, education reform, and charity. She is a member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Marla Maples
Marla Ann Maples is an American singer, television personality, model, actress and presenter. She was the second wife of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States. They married two months after the birth of their daughter, Tiffany, in 1993. Donald and Marla separated in 1997 and divorced in 1999.
Margaret Brown
survivor of the sinking of the Titanic (1867–1932), women's rights activist, philanthropist
Zelda Fitzgerald
American writer (1900–1948)
Kris Jenner
Kristen Mary Jenner is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman. She rose to fame starring in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–2021) with her family. The success of their show led her and her family to star in multiple spin-off series, including Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami (2009), Kourtney and Kim Take New York (2011), Khloe & Lamar (2011), Rob & Chyna (2016) and Life of Kylie (2017). She acted as executive producer for most of her family's reality programs. In 2013, she hosted a six week long pop culture-driven daytime talk show, called Kris. Following her family's decision to sign off from E! in 2021, they then went on to star in The Kardashians on Hulu from 2022.
Hailey Bieber
Hailey Rhode Bieber is an American model, socialite, media personality, and businesswoman. She is the founder and chief creative officer (CCO) of the skincare brand Rhode, which was acquired by e.l.f. in a $1 billion deal. As a model, Bieber featured in campaigns for Guess, Ralph Lauren, and Tommy Hilfiger.
Eva Gabor
Hungarian-American actress and socialite (1919–1995)
John F. Kennedy Jr.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., also referred to as JFK Jr. was an American businessman, attorney, magazine publisher, and journalist. He was the son of the 35th U.S. president John F. Kennedy, and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
Eileen Gu
Eileen Feng Gu, also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing (谷爱凌), is a Chinese-American freestyle skier and model. She has represented China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since the 2018–19 season. With three gold and three silver medals, Gu is the most decorated freestyle skier in Olympic history.
Romina Power
American singer and actress (1951-)
Ghislaine Maxwell
Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell is a British former socialite and convicted child sex offender. In 2021 she was convicted of child sex trafficking, and in 2022 was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Amy Lowell
US writer (1874-1925)
Nicole Richie
American television personality and actress
Diane von Fürstenberg
Belgian-born American fashion designer (born 1946)
Florence Foster Jenkins
American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability (1868–1944)
Billie Lourd
American actress
Rose Kennedy
American philanthropist and mother of John F. Kennedy
Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 3, achieved in October 2022 and in doubles of world No. 1, set in September 2023. Pegula was a finalist at the 2024 US Open and at the 2023 WTA Finals. In doubles, she reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering with Coco Gauff, and the mixed-doubles final of the 2023 US Open with Austin Krajicek.
Ellie Kemper
American actress
Edie Sedgwick
American socialite, actress and model (1943-1971)
Jill St. John
American actress
Jeanette Jerome
American-born British mother of Winston Churchill (1854–1921)
Ethel Kennedy
Ethel Kennedy was an American human rights advocate. She was the widow of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a sister-in-law of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, and a daughter of businessman George Skakel.
Conrad Hilton
American hotelier and member of the Hilton family
Rosemary Kennedy
younger sister of John F. Kennedy (1918–2005)
Catherine Oxenberg
American actress
Amber Rose
American model and television personality
Mary Anne MacLeod Trump
Mother of Donald Trump (1912–2000)
Rob Kardashian
American television personality and businessman
Kyle Richards
American actress and television personality
Carolyn Bessette Kennedy
Carolyn Jeanne Bessette-Kennedy was an American fashion publicist. She worked for Calvin Klein until her 1996 marriage to attorney and publisher John F. Kennedy Jr. Her life and fashion sense became the subjects of intense media scrutiny afterwards. The couple, along with her older sister Lauren, died in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard in 1999.
Kitty Carlisle
American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910–2007)
Brooke Hogan
Brooke Ellen Oleksy, better known by her stage name Brooke Hogan, is an American television personality and singer. The daughter of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, she starred in the reality television series Hogan Knows Best from 2005 to 2007. The show saw a then-teenage Brooke struggling with her father while pursuing her musical career.
Malcolm Forbes
American publisher (1919–1990)
Bijou Phillips
American actress (born 1980)
Dina Merrill
American actress (1923–2017)
Diana Vreeland
American magazine editor (1903–1989)
Tory Burch
American fashion designer, businesswoman, and philanthropist
Dree Hemingway
American model and actress
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
American philanthropist and wife of Alexander Hamilton (1757–1854)
Brody Jenner
American reality television personality and model
Jack Parsons
American rocket engineer (1914–1952)
Angelina Jordan
Norwegian singer