Catherine of Aragon was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533. She was Princess of Wales while married to Henry's elder brother, Arthur, Prince of Wales, for a short period before his death.
Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Claiming to be acting under divine guidance, she became a military leader who transcended gender roles and gained recognition as a savior of France.
Juno was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counsellor of the state. She was equated to Hera, queen of the gods in Greek mythology and a goddess of love and marriage. A daughter of Saturn and Ops, she was the sister and wife of Jupiter and the mother of Mars, Vulcan, Bellona, Lucina and Juventas. Like Hera, her sacred animal was the peacock. Her Etruscan counterpart was Uni, and she was said to also watch over the women of Rome. As the patron goddess of Rome and the Roman Empire, Juno was called Regina ("Queen") and was a member of the Capitoline Triad, centered on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, and also including Jupiter, and Minerva, goddess of wisdom.
Maria Rosa Marco Poquet, better known by her stage name Salomé, is a Spanish singer.
Deborah Colker is a Brazilian writer, theater director, dancer and choreographer. She was an awardee of the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance. Colker was also the movement director and choreographer of the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
Ellen Lee DeGeneres is an American retired comedian, actress, television host, writer, and producer. She starred in the television sitcoms Ellen (1994–1998) and The Ellen Show (2001–2002). She also hosted the syndicated television talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003–2022), for which she received 33 Daytime Emmy Awards.
Vaitiare Kenti Robles Salas, known as Kenti Robles, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right back for Liga MX Femenil side Pachuca and the Mexico women's national team. She also holds Spanish citizenship.
Maria Adelaide Amaral is a Portuguese Brazilian playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. A good deal of her plays concern disaffected urban professionals. She has been classed as among the two major women playwrights of Brazil, the other being Leilah Assunção.
Carla Camurati is a Brazilian actress and filmmaker. She became notorious for acting in several Rede Globo telenovelas in the 1980s. She also acted on children's theater, starred in films—including Eternamente Pagú for which she won the Best Actress Award of Festival de Gramado—and was cover of the Brazilian edition of Playboy. In 1995, she debuted as a director with Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil, an important mark in the period of Cinema of Brazil known as "Retomada". She was the director of Fundação Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro that administers the Teatro Municipal from 2007 to 2014.
Leonor Margarida Coelho Andrade, also known as Ella Nor is a Portuguese singer and actress. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Há um mar que nos separa".
Ana Botafogo is a Brazilian ballet dancer and actress.
Christel DeHaan was a German-American businesswoman and philanthropist who was the owner of Resort Condominiums International and the founder of Christel House International.
Mariana Harder-Kühnel is a German politician (AfD). Since 24 October 2017 she has served as member of the Bundestag.
Sabine Leidig is a German politician. Born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, she represents The Left. Sabine Leidig has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2009.
Jessica Tatti is a German politician. Born in Marbach am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, she represents Wagenknecht-party and serves as its Group Chief Whip in the German Bundestag. She switched party from The Left in October 2023 to "Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht".
Gisela Manderla is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2013 to 2017 and again from 2018 to 2021.
Maria Judith Zuzarte Cortesão was a climatologist, geneticist and psychologist. In 2003, she was awarded the Ordem do Mérito Cultural.
Rasha Nasr is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party. She represents Dresden in the Bundestag.
Carolin Bachmann is a German politician from Alternative for Germany (AfD). She has been Member of the German Bundestag for Mittelsachsen in Saxony since 2021.
Emily Vontz is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a Member of the German Bundestag from Saarland since January 2023. She is the youngest member of the Bundestag and the first German MP to be born in the 2000s.
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