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Nasta Rojc
Croation painter (1883–1964)
Marella Agnelli
Italian socialite (1927–2019)
Nadia Hilou
Arab-Israeli politician
Rut Brandt
Norwegian resistance member (1920–2006)
Nootsara Tomkom
Thai volleyball player
Lillebil Ibsen
Norwegian actress and dancer (1899–1989)
Hideko Takamine
Japanese actress (1924-2010)
Andrée Blouin
Central African political activist, human rights advocate (1921-1986)
Milana Terloeva
French-speaking Chechen writer
Michelle Ye
Chinese actress
Liu Xiaoqing
Chinese actress and businesswoman
Saraswathi Gora
Indian activist (1912-2006)
Maya Rao
Indian classical dancer and choreographer (1928-2014)
Mandy Rice-Davies
British actress (1944-2014)
Mîna Urgan
Turkish philologist (1915–2000)
Janaki Devi Bajaj
Indian activist (1893–1973)
Pattie Mallette
Mother of Justin Bieber
Chandrika Balan
Chandrika Balan (born 17 January 1954) is an Indian writer who has published books in English and Malayalam, under the pen name Chandramathi. She is a writer of fiction, translator, and critic in English and Malayalam. Chandramathi has published four books in English and 20 in Malayalam, including 12 collections of short stories, an anthology of medieval Malayalam poetry, two collections of essays, two memoirs, and five books translated from English. The Malayalam film Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela was based on her book.
Ponaka Kanakamma
Indian politician (1892-1963)
Amanda Berenguer
Uruguayan writer (1921–2010)
Shanu Lahiri
Indian painter (1928-2013)
Adetoun Ogunsheye
First Nigerian Female Professor (born 1926)
Saeeda Faiz
Indian educationalist and social reformer
Dominique Rolin
writer (1913–2012)
Adad-guppi
Adad-guppi (; c. 648-544 BC), also known as Addagoppe, was a devotee of the moon god Sîn in the northern Assyrian city of Harran, and the mother of King Nabonidus (ruled 556–539 BC) of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
Marijana Matthäus
Serbian socialite
Astrid Roemer
Surinamese author
Gunilla Gerland
Swedish author, lecturer and debater on the topic of Asperger syndrome
Zélia Gattai
Brazilian writer
Corinne Luchaire
actress (1921-1950)
Ellen Kuzwayo
Women's rights activist and politician in South Africa.
Xie Na
Chinese host, singer and actress
Elsa Lystad
actress (1930–2023)
Parris Goebel
New Zealand choreographer, singer, director and actress
Elisabeth Granneman
Norwegian actress, writer and musician (1930–1992)
Nadezhda Stepanovna Sokhanskaia
Russian writer (1823–1884)
Fanny Garrido
Spanish author
Marina Ripa di Meana
Italian actress and writer (1941–2018)
Lakshmibai Tilak
Marathi poet and writer (1868–1936)
Urmila Pawar
Indian writer
Nafissatou Niang Diallo
Senegalese writer (1941-1982)
Robin Hyde
New Zealand poet and novelist (1906–1939)
Charity Waciuma
Kenyan writer
Anuradha Sharma Pujari
Indian writer
Liisa Veijalainen
Finnish orienteer
Maria ter Meetelen
Dutch writer
Gülriz Sururi
Turkish actor (1929–2018)
Elena Arizmendi Mejia
Mexican feminist writer
Sindiwe Magona
South African writer
Leïla Aouchal
French-Algerian writer
Perpétue Nshimirimana
Burundian diplomat and writer
Linda Thelenius
Swedish model
Agneta Horn
Swedish writer
Patricia Campos Doménech
Spanish association football coach and former aviator of the Spanish Navy
Joyce Sikakane
South African journalist, antiapartheid activist, writer, and film producer
Nalini Jameela
Indian writer
Grace Gao
Chinese human rights activist
Alice Timander
Swedish dentist and celebrity (1915-2007)
Alfonsina Maldonado
Uruguayan equestrian and television personality
Yvette Giraud
French singer (1916–2014)