British women nurses

British nurse (1865-1915)

Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally is an Anglican bishop and England's former chief nursing officer who has served as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury since 28 January 2026, the first woman to hold the office. As archbishop, she is the senior bishop of the Church of England and the ceremonial head of the Anglican Communion. By virtue of her position, she is also a lord spiritual, one of the 26 Church of England bishops who sit in the House of Lords.

British-Jamaican businesswoman and nurse

Lucy Letby is a British former neonatal nurse who was convicted of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. She came under investigation after an unusual cluster of deaths and collapses in the hospital's neonatal unit, three years after she began working there.

British nurse, author and musician (1935–2011)

Brazilian woman known for body piercing

British nurse, professor and activist

Scottish curler

UK IVF pioneer

Anglo-Swiss nurse

ghanaian-British nurse and former athlete

British artist (1923–2001)

Nigerian first female commissioned officer

nurse and weaver

British politician, MEP

British Labour politician, MP for Birmingham Erdington

British/Australian nurse

English nurse (1891-1917)

English noblewoman

British nurse (1841-1930)

British politician

British nurse and suffragette

Irish humanitarian (1832–1868)

bioarchaeologist

Midwife who specializes in the study and treatment of female genital mutilation