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Florence Nightingale
English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)

Sarah Mullally
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.

Mary Kingsley
British ethnographer, scientific writer and explorer (1862–1900)
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
Member of the House of Windsor
Cicely Saunders
English writer, doctor, founder of the hospice care movement, palliative care activist
Jo Brand
British comedian
Mary Ann Bevan
Side show performer, nurse (1874–1933)
Kate Marsden
British nurse (1859–1931)
Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox
British politician (born 1937)
Jennifer Worth
British nurse, author and musician (1935–2011)
Abi Titmuss
English actress, television personality, poker player, and former glamour model
Claire Rayner
British writer (1931-2010)
Kofoworola Abeni Pratt
Nigerian-born nurse; first black Chief Nursing Officer of Nigeria

Edith Pye
Pye, Edith Mary (1876–1965), midwife and international relief organizer
Maria Caulfield
British politician (born 1973)
Maud McCarthy
British/Australian nurse
Brigid Guinness
English noblewoman