Madeline Kahn

Madeline Kahn (1942 - 1999)

American actor, comedian, and singer

And because it's Halloween, here she is

in one of her greatest roles in

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein (1974)!

Thanks, Leanna, for the suggestion and gif!

Jully Black

Jully Black (1977 -     )

Canadian singer-songwriter

and media personality

Nikki Payne

Nikki Payne (1976 -     )

Canadian comedian and actor

Kitty Tsui

Kitty Tsui (1952 -     )

Chinese-American poet, actor,

bodybuilder and GLBTQ+ activist

Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson (1967 -     )

Canadian-American actor and model

Joy Sunday

Joy Sunday (1996 -     )

American actor

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga (1986 -     )

American singer-songwriter and actor

Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison (1931 -2019)

American author

1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

1993 Nobel Laureate in Literature

2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom

Olivia Chow

Olivia Chow (1957 -     )

Canadian politician

Mayor of Toronto

Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis (1958 -     )

American actor and film producer

Dr. Mae Jemison

Dr. Mae Jemison (1956 -     )

American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut.

First African-American woman in space (Endeavour, 1992)

Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall (1924 - 2014)

American actor

Madeline Miller

Madeline Miller (1978 -     )

American author

Zendaya

Zendaya (1996 -     )

American actor and singer

Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai (1997 -     )

Pakistani activist for female education,

2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Céline Dion

Céline Dion (1968 -     )

Canadian singer

Édith Piaf

Édith Piaf (1915 - 1963)

French singer

Nikita Gill

Nikita Gill (1987 -     )

Irish-Indian poet and author

Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer (1970 -     )

American actor

Awkwafina

Awkwafina (1988 -     )

American rapper, comedian, actor

Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver (1935 - 2019)

American poet

Dame Jacinda Ardern

Dame Jacinda Ardern (1980 -     )

Former Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand

Dame Maggie Smith

Dame Maggie Smith (1934 - 2024)

British actor

Leslie Jones

Leslie Jones (1967 -     )

American stand-up comedian and actor

Dr. Temple Grandin

Dr. Temple Grandin (1947 -     )

American academic, author and expert on

animal science and animal welfare;

autism and neurodiversity rights activist

Aganetha Dyck

Aganetha Dyck (1937 -     )

Canadian sculptor and

collaborator with live honeybees

Viola Davis

Viola Davis (1965 -     )

American actor

Mahsa Jina Amini

Mahsa Jina Amini (1999-  2022)

Iranian student;

killed by Tehran Morality Police for minor hijab infraction;

inspiration for Woman, Life, Freedom Movement

Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King (1943 -     )

American tennis champion,

activist for gender equality and social justice

Aigul Akhmetshina

Aigul Akhmetshina (1997 -     )

Russian operatic mezzo-soprano

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992)

German-American actor and singer,

anti-Nazi activist