The Top 10 Most Famous Women with the First Name of Ann or Anne
Posted on May 21, 2007
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For the past year I’ve been compiling famous names to list on my name numerology website. These are all noted individuals, but who are the most famous? Today let’s count down the most famous women named Ann and Anne.
The most famous people (based on online chatter) with the first name Ann or Anne are:
10. Ann Wilson – Musician, notably in the band Heart (Magic Man, Barracuda, These Dreams)
9. Anne Bancroft – Actress (The Graduate, The Turning Point, Agnes of God)
8. Anne McCaffrey – Author (Dragonriders of Pern series, The Brain and Brawn Ship series, The Crystal Singer series)
7. Ann Curry – Television journalist and news anchor (Today)
6. Ann Miller – Actress and Singer (Easter Parade, On the Town, Mulholland Drive)
5. Anne Boleyn – Queen of England as the second wife of King Henry VIII
4. Anne Heche – Actress (Wag the Dog, Six Days Seven Nights, Men in Trees)
3. Anne Rice – Author (The Vampire Chronicles series including Interview with the Vampire, The Lives of the Mayfair Witches series, The Life of Christ series)
2. Anne Frank – World War 2 Holocost victim and Author of a diary first published as “The Diary of a Young Girl”
…and the most famous woman named Ann or Anne is…
1. Anne Hathaway – Actress (The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, Rachel Getting Married)
Not making the top 10 list were Ann Landers – Psuedonym for multiple advice column writers of “Ask Ann Landers”, Ann Reinking – Stage Actress, Dancer, and Choreographer (Dancin’, All That Jazz, Bye Bye Birdie), Anne Bonny – Carribean Pirate in the 1700s, Anne Bradstreet – Writer and Poet (Verses upon the Burning of our House July 10th 1666, The Author to Her Book), Anne Bronte – Novelist and Poet (Agnes Grey, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Poems by Currer Ellis and Acton Bell), Anne Golon – French Author (Angélique the Marquise of the Angels, Angélique in Love, Angélique and the Ghosts), Anne Klein – Fashion Designer and Founder of Anne Klein and Co, Anne Meara – Actress and Comedian (The Stiller and Meara Show, Archie Bunker’s Place), Anne Perry – Author (Inspector William Monk series, Inspector Thomas Pitt series), Anne Royall – Journalist and Author (Letters from Alabama, Sketches of History Life and Manners in the United States), Anne Sullivan – Teacher and Companion of Helen Keller, and Anne Tyler – Pulitzer Prize winning Author (The Accidental Tourist, Back When We Were Grownups, Breathing Lessons).
An excellent mix of Anns and Annes with one Queen (Boleyn), one musician (Wilson), one journalist (Curry), three authors (Frank, Rice, and McCaffrey), and four actresses (Hathaway, Heche, Miller, and Bancroft). Excellent to see that Anne Frank, who died as a teenager in the 1940s, is still so remembered.
I compiled this list by searching for each of the Anns or Annes on a number of search engines and ranking them by the number of web pages, discussion forums, photos, videos, etc that are available online.
Get complete Numerology” target=”_blank”>www.namenum.com/index.php?page=womens_first_name&name=ANN”>Numerology for the name Ann and Numerology for the name Anne at www.NameNum.com.
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as an expert he should know that the name of a woman, how took a picture “Migrant Mother” is Dorothea Lange and not Dorothy Allen.
Condoleezza Rice because she has sexy pantyhose covered legs and to play with for a month!
Yes.
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_list.htm
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Abigail Adams
Harriet Tubman
Joan of Arc
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Queen Elizabeth I
Golda Meir
Madeleine Albright
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Susan B. Anthony
Rosa Parks
Oops, that's 11.
Lady Hester Stanhope. The niece of William Pitt the Younger (British prime minister) she liked to dress as a man, and went to live in Turkey.
Mary Lincoln. Wife of Abraham Lincoln, a woman of ferocious temper, who was once seen chasing the future president down a road waving a kitchen knife.
Lillian Russell. Famous actress and beauty of late 19th century America. She liked to ride through Central Park on a gold-plated bicycle, its spokes studded with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds. She got married several times, but liked to play poker on her wedding nights rather than going to bed.
'Calamity Jane' (Martha Jane Canary), another woman who liked to dress as a man, and who was variously employed as amueskinner, US Army scout, wagon freighter and Indian fighter (so she said anyway).
Molly Brown, fabulously wealthy and vulgar millionairess whose voice, it was said, was like a train whistle, and her gowns resemblec Christmas trees. She became a heroine after she survived the sinking of the Titanic.
Flora Sandes. Englishwoman who joined up as a nurse in WW1 and ended up serving as a soldier in Serbia. another woman who liked to dress as a man (there were a lot of them about).
How about Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of two kings, mother of at least two others, Richard the Lionhearted and John? She got an annulment from her first marriage to Louis VII of France on grounds of consanguinity, then quickly married Henry II of England to whom she was even more closely related. Her inheritance of French land was a major cause of the Hundred Years War.
Another Eleanor (Roosevelt)
In science, Marie Curie, winner of two Nobel Prizes.
In Medicine – Rebecca Lancefield, Virginia Apgar and Helen Taussig.
In legend – Helen of Troy
For Byzantine intrigue: Theodora, actress, courtesan and wife of Emperor Justinian.
For Rennaisance intrigue: Lucrezia Borgia.
For class in the face of adversity: Jackie Kennedy and Laura Bush
Founding Mother – Abigail Adams.
Messalina was one of the worst.
Pharoah Hatshepsut
Ok-
For Cambodia, I found a site that has famous women authors from Cambodia. You need to join the site to read the entire article about these three women, but the teaser has enough information to see if this might work for you.
For Thailand, I liked the interview with Dr. Pusadee Tamthai, which I linked below. She sounds great. (link below)
For Laos, I liked the speeches of Ms Onechanh Thammavong, a Member of Parliament. (in Laos) She's given speeches for the UN. (I linked her speeches below)
Boadicea,Queen of the Iceni, who led a massive revolt against the Romans in Britain.
Zenobia. queen of Palmyra, she built a powerful empire in the east. Eventually she rebelled against rome and was defeated, taken to Rome in chains, she retired and married a Roman.
Saint Brigit of ireland. She founded the first the first nunnery in Ireland at Kildare, which became a double monastery for monks and nuns, famous as a centre of learning all over Europe. She founded churches throughout Ireland.
Hilda, abbess of Whitby, a powerful churchwoman who presided over the Synod of whitby in 666.
Empress Wu. A concubine who became empress of china, and ruled for many years as regent for her son.
Aefelflaed 'lady of the Mercians' the daughter of King Alfred, who fought against the Vikings in the 9th century AD.
Hildegarde of Bingen, a German nun who was a composer, scientist, and mystic. Wrote many books, and gave advice to the popes of her day.
Matilda of Tuscany, who ruled much of Italy in the 11th century, and fought on the side of the Pope against the Holy roman Emperor.
empress Matilda, the daughter of King henry I of england, who made a determined bid for the throne of england in the 12th century, and fought her cousin Stephen for the throne for many years.
Queen Blanche, mother of King Louis IX of France, who acted as regent for her son for many years during his childhood.
Catherine if Sienna. A nun who was a mystic and who gave advice to two popes.
Saint Bridget of Sweden. Another nun who was also a composer and who gave influential advice to the popes of her day.
Christine de Pisan, the first European woman known to have earned a living through writing, she wrote many books on many subjects. Her last work was a poem in praise of Joan of Arc.
Joan of Arc, who led the French armies against the English in the Hundred Years War, successfully raised the siege of Orleans, and crowned the Dauphin King of France.
Isabella of Castille, who married Ferdinand of Aragon, and thereby untied Spain under one rule. She financed christopher Columbus in his voyage in which he accidentally discovered america.
P.S. Cleopatra (mentioned in an answer above) was a great woman, but she was BC, not AD.