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100 Famous Women List

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Actresses

Players usually start here and still miss names they know well. After the first blockbuster stars, memory jumps around. Work in clusters: current awards, classic Hollywood, British television, international cinema, then actresses who later became directors or activists. First and last names are safest, but a few globally known stage names are accepted too.

49 accepted answers in this category.

Amy Adams

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Angela Bassett

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Angelina Jolie

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Anne Hathaway

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Audrey Hepburn

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Brie Larson

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Cate Blanchett

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Charlize Theron

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Diane Keaton

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Elizabeth Taylor

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Emma Stone

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Emma Thompson

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Emma Watson

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Glenn Close

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Grace Kelly

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Halle Berry

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Helen Mirren

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Holly Hunter

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Ingrid Bergman

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Jane Fonda

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Jennifer Aniston

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Jennifer Lawrence

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Jessica Chastain

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Jessica Lange

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Jodie Foster

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Judi Dench

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Julia Roberts

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Julie Andrews

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Kate Winslet

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Katharine Hepburn

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Lupita Nyong'o

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Marilyn Monroe

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Meryl Streep

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Michelle Pfeiffer

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Michelle Williams

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Natalie Portman

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Nicole Kidman

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Octavia Spencer

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Rachel McAdams

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Reese Witherspoon

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Regina King

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Sally Field

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Sandra Bullock

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Scarlett Johansson

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Sissy Spacek

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Sophia Loren

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Susan Sarandon

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Viola Davis

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Whoopi Goldberg

Aliases: —

Hint: Film or television performer

Musicians

Music is one of the fastest scoring lanes if you rotate genres instead of staying in one decade. After pop and hip-hop, switch to country, rock, jazz, opera, and composers. Many players forget instrumentalists and classical names even when those answers are easy to type. Use this list after a round to see which genres you skipped.

71 accepted answers in this category.

Adele

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Alanis Morissette

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Alicia Keys

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Amy Winehouse

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Aretha Franklin

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Ariana Grande

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

beabadoobee

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Beyoncé

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Billie Holiday

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Britney Spears

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Carole King

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Carrie Underwood

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Celine Dion

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Cher

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Christina Aguilera

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

D'arcy Wretzky

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Diana Krall

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Diana Ross

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Doechii

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Dolly Parton

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Dua Lipa

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Elizabeth Stokes

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Ella Fitzgerald

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Emma Richardson

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Faith Hill

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Florence Welch

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Gail Greenwood

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Janet Jackson

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Janis Joplin

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Jennifer Lopez

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Joni Mitchell

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Katy Perry

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Kelly Clarkson

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Lady Antebellum

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Lady Gaga

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Lana Del Rey

Aliases: lana rey

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Lorde

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Loretta Lynn

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Madam C. J. Walker

Aliases: madam walker

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Madonna

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Mariah Carey

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Melissa Auf der Maur

Aliases: melissa maur

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Miley Cyrus

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Miranda Lambert

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Nina Simone

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Norah Jones

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Olivia Rodrigo

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Patsy Cline

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Paz Lenchantin

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Pink

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

PinkPantheress

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Pokimane

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Rachel Goswell

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Radie Peat

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

RAYE

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Reba McEntire

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Rihanna

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Romy Madley Croft

Aliases: romy croft

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Ruth Radelet

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Sarah McLachlan

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Shakira

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Shania Twain

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Sheryl Crow

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Sia

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Stevie Nicks

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

SZA

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Tammy Wynette

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Taylor Swift

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Tina Turner

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Victoria Legrand

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Whitney Houston

Aliases: —

Hint: Singer, musician, songwriter, or recording artist

Athletes

Sports memory is strong until the first sport dries up. Tennis and soccer come quickly; swimming, gymnastics, track, combat sports, and Olympic history are where scores stall. Scan one sport at a time, then move on. Country teams also help: a national team can unlock several athletes in a row.

61 accepted answers in this category.

Abby Wambach

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Alex Morgan

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Aly Raisman

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Anna Kournikova

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Annika Sörenstam

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Aliases: arantxa vicario

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Billie Jean King

Aliases: billie king

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Candace Parker

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Carli Lloyd

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Carly Patterson

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Chris Evert

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Danica Patrick

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Diana Taurasi

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Dominique Dawes

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Evonne Goolagong

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Florence Griffith Joyner

Aliases: florence joyner

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Gabby Douglas

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Gabriela Sabatini

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Hana Mandlikova

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Helena Sukova

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Hope Solo

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Jennifer Capriati

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Justine Henin

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Karrie Webb

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Katie Ledecky

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Kerri Walsh Jennings

Aliases: kerri jennings

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Kim Clijsters

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Lindsay Davenport

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Lindsey Vonn

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Lisa Leslie

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Lorena Ochoa

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Margaret Court

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Maria Sharapova

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Martina Hingis

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Martina Navratilova

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Mary Lou Retton

Aliases: mary retton

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Maya Moore

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

McKayla Maroney

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Megan Rapinoe

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Mia Hamm

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Michelle Wie

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Misty May-Treanor

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Monica Seles

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Nadia Comăneci

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Nancy Lopez

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Naomi Osaka

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Nastia Liukin

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Pam Shriver

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Paula Creamer

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Ronda Rousey

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Se Ri Pak

Aliases: se pak

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Serena Williams

Aliases: —

Hint: Tennis champion

Shannon Miller

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Shawn Johnson

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Sheryl Swoopes

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Simone Manuel

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Steffi Graf

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Tracy Austin

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Virginia Wade

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Wilma Rudolph

Aliases: —

Hint: Athlete or sports figure

Scientists

Science is the category most players under-use. The names are famous, but they sit in a different mental list from celebrities. Group by field: physics, chemistry, medicine, computing, space, and mathematics. Nobel winners, astronauts, and inventors are especially easy to forget under a 12-minute clock. Practice this page twice if your full-game score stalls in the 40s.

76 accepted answers in this category.

Ada Lovelace

Aliases: Augusta Ada King

Hint: Mathematician and early computing pioneer

Ada Yonath

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Alice Ball

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Alice Catherine Evans

Aliases: alice evans

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Andrea Ghez

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Anne McClain

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Annie Easley

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Annie Jump Cannon

Aliases: annie cannon

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Barbara Morgan

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Beulah Louise Henry

Aliases: beulah henry

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Carol Greider

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Carolyn Bertozzi

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Catherine Coleman

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Christina Koch

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Aliases: dorothy hodgkin

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Dorothy Vaughan

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Elizabeth Blackburn

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Ellen Ochoa

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Emmanuelle Charpentier

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Erna Schneider Hoover

Aliases: erna hoover

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Flossie Wong-Staal

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Frances Arnold

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Gertrude Belle Elion

Aliases: gertrude elion

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Gerty Cori

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Gladys West

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Hedy Lamarr

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Helen Free

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Helen Taussig

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Henrietta Swan Leavitt

Aliases: henrietta leavitt

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Jane Cooke Wright

Aliases: jane wright

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Jasmin Moghbeli

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Jennifer Doudna

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Jessica Meir

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Aliases: jocelyn burnell

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Kalpana Chawla

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Karen Nyberg

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Katherine Johnson

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Ke$ha

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Kesha

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Laurel Clark

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Linda Buck

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Mae Jemison

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Margaret Hamilton

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Margaret Knight

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Maria Beasley

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Maria Goeppert Mayer

Aliases: maria mayer

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Maria Mitchell

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Marian Croak

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Marie Curie

Aliases: —

Hint: Physicist and chemist; two-time Nobel Prize winner

Mary Engle Pennington

Aliases: mary pennington

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Mary Jackson

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Mary Sherman Morgan

Aliases: mary morgan

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

May-Britt Moser

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Melba Roy Mouton

Aliases: melba mouton

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Melitta Bentz

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Nicole Mann

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Patricia Bath

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Rachel Fuller Brown

Aliases: rachel brown

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Rosalyn Yalow

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Ruth Rogan Benerito

Aliases: ruth benerito

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Sade

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Sally Ride

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Shannon Walker

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Shirley Ann Jackson

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Stephanie Kwolek

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Stephanie Wilson

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Sunita Williams

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Temple Grandin

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Tracy Caldwell Dyson

Aliases: tracy dyson

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Tu Youyou

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Vera Rubin

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Virginia Apgar

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Youyou Tu

Aliases: —

Hint: Scientist, inventor, mathematician, or engineer

Politicians

Political names unlock quickly when you travel country by country. Heads of government, first ladies, diplomats, and campaign leaders all count when they are in the curated list. Players often stay in one country too long. After two or three familiar names, jump to another region instead of forcing a blank.

66 accepted answers in this category.

Abigail Adams

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Amy Klobuchar

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Barbara Boxer

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Barbara Jordan

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Barbara Mikulski

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Bella Abzug

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Blanche Lincoln

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Carla Hills

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Carol Moseley Braun

Aliases: carol braun

Hint: Political leader or public official

Carry Nation

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Catherine Dean May

Aliases: catherine may

Hint: Political leader or public official

Catherine, Princess of Wales

Aliases: Kate Middleton, Catherine Middleton

Hint: British royal and public figure

Charlotte Reid

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Christine Todd Whitman

Aliases: christine whitman

Hint: Political leader or public official

Claire McCaskill

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Clare Boothe Luce

Aliases: clare luce

Hint: Political leader or public official

Dianne Feinstein

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Dorothea Dix

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Dorothy Height

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Edith Green

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Elizabeth Blackwell

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Aliases: elizabeth stanton

Hint: Political leader or public official

Elizabeth Dole

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Elizabeth Holtzman

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Empress Dowager Cixi

Aliases: empress cixi

Hint: Political leader or public official

Florence Nightingale

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Frances Perkins

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Geraldine Ferraro

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Hillary Clinton

Aliases: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hint: American politician and former Secretary of State

Jane Addams

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Janet Reno

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Jeane Kirkpatrick

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Jennifer Granholm

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Julia Butler Hansen

Aliases: julia hansen

Hint: Political leader or public official

Kamala Harris

Aliases: —

Hint: American politician and former vice president

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Aliases: kay hutchison

Hint: Political leader or public official

Leonor K. Sullivan

Aliases: leonor sullivan

Hint: Political leader or public official

Lisa Murkowski

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Lucy Stone

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Margaret Chase Smith

Aliases: margaret smith

Hint: Political leader or public official

Margaret Heckler

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Margaret Thatcher

Aliases: —

Hint: Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Martha Griffiths

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Martha Washington

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Mary Anderson

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Mary Edwards Walker

Aliases: mary walker

Hint: Political leader or public official

Mary Landrieu

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Mary Norton

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Mary Seacole

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Mary Todd Lincoln

Aliases: mary lincoln

Hint: Political leader or public official

Melania Trump

Aliases: Melania Knauss Trump

Hint: First Lady of the United States

Michelle Obama

Aliases: Michelle Robinson Obama

Hint: Former First Lady of the United States and public leader

Millicent Fenwick

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Nancy Kassebaum

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Olympia Snowe

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Patricia Roberts Harris

Aliases: patricia harris

Hint: Political leader or public official

Patricia Schroeder

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Patsy Mink

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Patty Murray

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Princess Margaret

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Sandra Day O'Connor

Aliases: sandra oconnor

Hint: Political leader or public official

Sarah Palin

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Shirley Chisholm

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Sojourner Truth

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Susan Collins

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Victoria Woodhull

Aliases: —

Hint: Political leader or public official

Historical Figures

Historical figures are easy to name in a trivia night and easy to forget in a speed game. Move by era: ancient rulers, medieval queens, revolutions, suffrage, civil rights, and exploration. Many of these names are short and type quickly, so this category is valuable late in a round when you need momentum more than novelty.

66 accepted answers in this category.

Alice Adams

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Alice Munro

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Amelia Earhart

Aliases: —

Hint: Aviation pioneer

Amy Tan

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Anaïs Nin

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Anne Frank

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Anne Rice

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Anne Tyler

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Annie Dillard

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Audre Lorde

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Barbara Kingsolver

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Beatrix Potter

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Bell Hooks

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Betty Friedan

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Beverly Cleary

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Carson McCullers

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Christina Rossetti

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Cleopatra

Aliases: —

Hint: Queen of ancient Egypt

Colette

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Danielle Steel

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Daphne du Maurier

Aliases: daphne maurier

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Diana, Princess of Wales

Aliases: Princess Diana, Diana Spencer

Hint: British royal and humanitarian

Doris Lessing

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Dorothy Parker

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Dorothy Sayers

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

E. Annie Proulx

Aliases: e proulx

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Edith Wharton

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Aliases: edna millay

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Aliases: elizabeth browning

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Elizabeth Gaskell

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Elizabeth II

Aliases: Queen Elizabeth II

Hint: Former Queen of the United Kingdom

Eudora Welty

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Flannery O'Connor

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

George Eliot

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

George Sand

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Gertrude Stein

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Gloria Steinem

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Iris Murdoch

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Isabel Allende

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

J.K. Rowling

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Jane Austen

Aliases: —

Hint: English novelist

Jane Goodall

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Joan Didion

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Joyce Carol Oates

Aliases: joyce oates

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Judy Blume

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Katherine Anne Porter

Aliases: katherine porter

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Aliases: laura wilder

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Louisa May Alcott

Aliases: louisa alcott

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Marguerite Duras

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Mary Higgins Clark

Aliases: mary clark

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Mary McCarthy

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Mary Stewart

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Muriel Spark

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Nadine Gordimer

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Nora Roberts

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Patricia Cornwell

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Patricia Highsmith

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Pearl S. Buck

Aliases: pearl buck

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Rebecca West

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Shirley Jackson

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Simone de Beauvoir

Aliases: simone beauvoir

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Sue Grafton

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Susan Sontag

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Ursula K. Le Guin

Aliases: ursula guin

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Virginia Woolf

Aliases: —

Hint: English writer and modernist

Willa Cather

Aliases: —

Hint: Historical, literary, royal, or cultural figure

Business Leaders

Business names sit just outside everyday celebrity memory. Start with tech and media founders, then move into fashion, finance, retail, publishing, and beauty. Designers and executives are often accepted even when players assume only entertainers count. If your score plateaus, this list is usually the unused lane.

45 accepted answers in this category.

Adriana Lima

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Alessandra Ambrosio

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Amber Valletta

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Anna Wintour

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Ashley Graham

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Barbara Walters

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Bea Arthur

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Bella Hadid

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Beverly Johnson

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Blanche Devereaux

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Cara Delevingne

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Christie Brinkley

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Christy Turlington

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Cindy Crawford

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Claudia Schiffer

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Dorothy Zbornak

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Elle Macpherson

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Ellen DeGeneres

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Gigi Hadid

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Gisele Bündchen

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Heidi Klum

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Helena Christensen

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Iman

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Isabella Rossellini

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Janice Dickinson

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Jerry Hall

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Joan Rivers

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Karlie Kloss

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Kate Moss

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Kendall Jenner

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Lauren Hutton

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Linda Evangelista

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Martha Stewart

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Miranda Kerr

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Naomi Campbell

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Oprah Winfrey

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Paulina Porizkova

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Phyllis Diller

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Rachel Hunter

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Rose Nylund

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

RuPaul

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Sophia Petrillo

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Stephanie Seymour

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Twiggy

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Tyra Banks

Aliases: —

Hint: Business, media, fashion, or entrepreneurship figure

Activists

Activists overlap with history and politics, which is why players skip them. Think by movement: civil rights, climate, education, labor, suffrage, and human rights. Many of these names also appear in textbooks, so they are easier than they feel during a timed round. Use the aliases if a person is widely known by a shorter form.

66 accepted answers in this category.

A.S. Byatt

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Adrienne Rich

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Alice Hoffman

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Alice Sebold

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Anchee Min

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Angela Carter

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Ann Patchett

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Anne Bradstreet

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Anne McCaffrey

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Anne Sexton

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Aphra Behn

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Arundhati Roy

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Banana Yoshimoto

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Beryl Bainbridge

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Carol Ann Duffy

Aliases: carol duffy

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Aliases: chimamanda adichie

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Clarice Lispector

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Diana Gabaldon

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Dorothy Wordsworth

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Elena Ferrante

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Elfriede Jelinek

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Elizabeth Bishop

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Elizabeth Bowen

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Frances Burney

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Greta Thunberg

Aliases: —

Hint: Climate activist

H.D.

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Han Kang

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Hannah Arendt

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Harriet Tubman

Aliases: —

Hint: American abolitionist and activist

Helen Keller

Aliases: —

Hint: Author, educator, and disability-rights advocate

Herta Müller

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Jean Rhys

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Jeanette Winterson

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Jhumpa Lahiri

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Julia Alvarez

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Louise Erdrich

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Louise Glück

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Malala Yousafzai

Aliases: —

Hint: Education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Maria Edgeworth

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Marianne Moore

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Marilynne Robinson

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Aliases: marion bradley

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Mary Oliver

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Mary Renault

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Mary Webb

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Mary Wollstonecraft

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Maxine Hong Kingston

Aliases: maxine kingston

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Mother Teresa

Aliases: Teresa of Calcutta

Hint: Humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Octavia Butler

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Penelope Fitzgerald

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Philippa Gregory

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Phillis Wheatley

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Radclyffe Hall

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Rita Dove

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Rosa Parks

Aliases: —

Hint: American civil rights activist

Rosamond Lehmann

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Sandra Cisneros

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Sappho

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Sharon Olds

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Simone Weil

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Stevie Smith

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Storm Jameson

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Wisława Szymborska

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Xuxa

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Zadie Smith

Aliases: —

Hint: Activist, reformer, writer, or public intellectual

Writers & More

This is the wild-card list: authors, journalists, TV hosts, artists, chefs, designers, and cultural figures who do not sit cleanly in one field. It is also where players pick up late points after music and film dry up. Read it after a lost round, then replay while those clusters are still warm.

63 accepted answers in this category.

Ana Navarro

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Ann Curry

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Audrina Patridge

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Bethenny Frankel

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Betsey Johnson

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Bo Derek

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Brigitte Bardot

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Candace Cameron Bure

Aliases: candace bure

Hint: Famous public figure

Carolina Herrera

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Coco Chanel

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Debbie Matenopoulos

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Diana Vreeland

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Diane von Furstenberg

Aliases: diane furstenberg

Hint: Famous public figure

Donatella Versace

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Donna Karan

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Frida Kahlo

Aliases: —

Hint: Mexican painter and cultural icon

Georgia O'Keeffe

Aliases: Georgia Totto O Keeffe

Hint: American modernist artist

Heidi Montag

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Jackie Kennedy

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Jedediah Bila

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Jenny McCarthy

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Joan Lunden

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Joy Reid

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

JWoww

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Kandi Burruss

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Kate Spade

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Kim Kardashian

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Kristin Cavallari

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Kyle Richards

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Lauren Conrad

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Lisa Ling

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Lisa Vanderpump

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Luann de Lesseps

Aliases: luann lesseps

Hint: Famous public figure

Mary Quant

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Maya Angelou

Aliases: —

Hint: American poet, memoirist, and author

Melissa Harris-Perry

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Miuccia Prada

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Natalie Morales

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

NeNe Leakes

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Nicole Richie

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Paris Hilton

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Paula Faris

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Paula Zahn

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Rachel Maddow

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Rachel Zoe

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Ramona Singer

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Raquel Welch

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Sara Haines

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Sherri Shepherd

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Snooki

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Soledad O'Brien

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Sonja Morgan

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Stella McCartney

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Sunny Hostin

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Tamron Hall

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Teresa Giudice

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Tory Burch

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Vera Wang

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Victoria Beckham

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Vivienne Westwood

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Whitney Port

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

Yolanda Hadid

Aliases: —

Hint: Famous public figure

How to Use the Answer List

The answer list is best used after you have played at least one round. Read through one category at a time, notice which names you forgot, then play the Name 100 Women Challenge again while those memory paths are still warm. The goal is not to memorize the page in order; it is to build stronger category clusters so you can move faster under the 12-minute timer.

Aliases show common inputs that the game accepts. Some people are widely recognized by a last name, stage name, or shorter variant. First and last names are still the safest strategy, but aliases make the game feel fair when a person is globally known by a simpler form. You can also practice by category before starting another full round.

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