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name
image
description
country of citizenship
date of birth
date of death
place of birth
place of death
item
1
Notburga von Bühl
Scottish king's daughter
796
840-01-26
Edinburgh
Klettgau
Q1346683
2
Margaret Gordon
Scottish noblewoman
Scotland
1763
1786-05-23
Edinburgh
Vevey
Q28365917
3
Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane
British poet (died 1830)
United Kingdom
1791-12-13
1830-04-02
Edinburgh
Rome
Q75274592
4
Elizabeth Hay
(1797-1859)
1797-02-04
1859-08-03
Edinburgh
Ayrshire
Q75283561
5
Catherine Denoon Young Ponsonby Smith
editor
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1816-12-25
Edinburgh
Q88467234
6
Jean Blackburn
wife of Peter Blackburn, M.P.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1818-08-07
1897-05-08
Edinburgh
Killearn
Q66711518
7
Margaret Maria Gordon
Scottish Victorian writer
1823
1907
Edinburgh
Q122062658
8
Ann Alison Goodlet
(1824-1903) church worker and philanthropist
Australia
1824
1903-01-03
Edinburgh
Canterbury
Q21535618
9
Cecilia Sarah De Lisle
letter correspondent of Guido Gezelle (1826-1879)
1826-01-20
1879-09-26
Edinburgh
London
Q118189670
10
Jane McCulloch Barton
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Australia
1833
1927-07-10
Edinburgh
Croydon
Q109886540
11
Georgina Whigham
(circa 1839-1916), Daughter of Robert Whigham, Scottish advocate
1839-01-25
1916-04-20
Edinburgh
Q53679511
12
Jean Margaret Alan Denton
British botanical collector (1849-1900)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1849
1900-07-19
Edinburgh
Lagos
Q108793473
13
Mary Lyschinska
English teacher (1849–1937)
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1849-11-11
1937-07-30
Edinburgh
Wolfenbüttel
Q1594934
14
Emmy Drechsler Hamilton
English violinist and music teacher.
1850
1899-07-12
Edinburgh
Q37029341
15
Helen Wallace
Scottish novelist
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1853
1929
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Q116843984
16
Marie Sheldon
Scottish-born actress
1856
1939-04-11 1939-04-13
Edinburgh
Q72981002
17
Catherine Anne Macleod
Peerage person ID=199627
1858
1880 1880-12-27
Edinburgh
Nuwara Eliya
Q75534431
18
May Sellar
translator of fairy tales
1863-12-07
1955-01-22
Edinburgh
Burley
Q107749725
19
Señora Spencer
one of the world's first female projectionists
1871-05-15
1940-04-19
Edinburgh
Q89045173
20
Bessie Gray Sutherland
British nurse who died in Serbia while serving during WWI
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1871-10-16
1915-09-26
Edinburgh
Valjevo
Q110359866
21
Anna Dixon
British painter (1873-1959)
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1873
1959
Edinburgh
Q21457103
22
Harriet Clementina Mary Wallace Traill
Scottish botanist and botanical collector (1877-1937)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
1877-06-05
1937-05-21
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Q106850226
23
Margaret Moffat
British stage actress and journalist (1882-1942)
1882-10-11
1942-02-19
Edinburgh
Q61946052
24
Isobel Dunlop
British violinist and composer
1901-03-14
1975-05-12
Edinburgh
Q67893739
25
Helen Maud Hutton Mackenzie
1905-04-28
Edinburgh
Q17484917
26
Joan Bridge
Albert Baez's wife
1913-04-11
2013-04-20
Edinburgh
Woodside
Q93483605
27
Jessie Kocmanová
Scottish-born teacher of American Studies
Czechoslovakia
1914-10-05
1985-12-19
Edinburgh
Brno
Q95363357
28
Tatiana Mountbatten
noblewoman; (1917-1988); daughter of George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, and Countess Nadejda de Torby
United Kingdom
1917-12-16
1988-05-15
Edinburgh
Northampton
Q75381574
29
Diana Colvin
(1920-2013)
1920-01-20
2013-01-19
Edinburgh
Q75298665
30
Joan Hennessy
badminton player and researcher (1920–2009)
Canada
1920-06-06
2009-11-20
Edinburgh
Markham Stouffville Hospital
Q1690748
31
Marion Woolfson
author
United Kingdom
1923-02-11
2012-09-29
Edinburgh
Q107410536
32
Jean Bowden
British writer
United Kingdom
1925-10-16
Edinburgh
Q20500511
33
Lydia MacDonald
British singer
United Kingdom
1926-03-05
1998
Edinburgh
Q16574528
34
Annette Jean Mitchell
1930-02-05
2014-08-08
Edinburgh
Q108027542
35
Barbara M. Ferrier
1932-08-07
2006-01-05
Edinburgh
Q69597174
36
Joslyn Tilson
British sculptor, weaver and ceramicist
United Kingdom
1934
Edinburgh
Q110317224
37
Susan Landale
British organist
United Kingdom
1935-07-18
Edinburgh
Q12057266
38
Helen Reid
Headmistress (1938-2010)
Australia
1938-11-24
2010-08-09
Edinburgh
Adelaide
Q56887983
39
Janet Patterson
British painter
United Kingdom
1941
Edinburgh
Q21458423
40
Eva Fox-Gál
1944
Edinburgh
Q95193144
41
Li Vilstrup
1944-09-09
Edinburgh
Q29017260
42
Vivien Rothwell
British painter
United Kingdom
1945
Edinburgh
Q21463035
43
Anne M. Kuypers
1947-07-07
Edinburgh
Q95194528
44
Sally Wood-Lamont
UK-Romanian librarian & paralympic philanthropist (1949-)
United Kingdom
1949
Edinburgh
Q116759735
45
Hanna Stanbridge
20th century
Edinburgh
Q56878097
46
Hilary Maclean
British actor
United Kingdom
20th century
Edinburgh
Q3135565
47
Pat Hoffie
Australian artist
Australia United Kingdom
1953-12-27
Edinburgh
Q76682420
48
Susan Tomes
Scottish pianist, writer, educator
1954-05-26
Edinburgh
Q61059650
49
Ann Oram
1956
Edinburgh
Q21457020
50
Judy McCaig
jewelry designer
United Kingdom
1957 1959
Edinburgh
Q98765733
51
Jill Watson
Scottish artist
United Kingdom
1957
Edinburgh
Q98766765
52
Lynn Kinnear
British landscape architect
United Kingdom
1960-02-15
2024-03-09
Edinburgh
London
Q125363168
53
Sarah Herriot
jewelry designer
1962
Edinburgh
Q112132521
54
Tamara Kennedy
stage and television actress (born 196_)
1962-05-23 1969
Edinburgh
Q70008121
55
Jean Findlay
1964
Edinburgh
Q126026231
56
Katherine Smart
British biologist and business executive
1965
Edinburgh
Q58523334
57
Anette Guther
German costume designer
1965
Edinburgh
Q95189377
58
Jo Milne
1966
Edinburgh
Q96351009
59
Bettina Ricklefs
1967
Edinburgh
Q95188613
60
Tessa Campbell Fraser
United Kingdom
1967
Edinburgh
Q27507178
61
Sara Ogilvie
British creator
United Kingdom
1971
Edinburgh
Q48805353
62
Kerry Barrett
1973
Edinburgh
Q124645409
63
Bonnie Banks
British pornographic actress
United Kingdom
1975-06-16
Edinburgh
Q31797303
64
Janey Miller
Scottish musician
United Kingdom
1981-01-13
Edinburgh
Q114967950
65
Ailie Robertson
United Kingdom
1983
Edinburgh
Q107345206
66
Jordan Jagger
British pornographic actress
United Kingdom
1985-12-23
Edinburgh
Q31797312
67
Kirsty Myles
British rower
United Kingdom
1986-02-24
Edinburgh
Q11739491
68
Carina Birrell
British actress
United Kingdom
1988
Edinburgh
Q58045219
69
Blythe Jandoo
actress
United Kingdom
1990s
Edinburgh
Q123943857
70
Daisy Chute
London based singer songwriter born in Edinburgh
1990
Edinburgh
Q124609943
71
Bow Anderson
Scottish singer-songwriter
1997
Edinburgh
Q105720739
72
Alex Stewart
Scottish rugby union player
United Kingdom
2004-05-28
Edinburgh
Q125124280
73
Alison Lang
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
Q13194505
74
Emma Barnes
British creator
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
Q48807338
75
Vanita Parekh
Australian forensic physician
Australia United Kingdom
Edinburgh
Q80102552
76
Linda Adepitan
Scottish musician
Edinburgh
Q102313232
77
Catrìona Black
writer, artist, and filmmaker
Edinburgh
Q112701279
78
Linden Bicket
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
Q113842258
79
Lesley Orr Macdonald
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
Q113843267
80
Angela Scott
Scottish cell therapy scientist
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
Q119220582
81
Harriet Tyce
Edinburgh
Q120606305
82
Jean Menzies
Edinburgh
Q120613949
83
Helen H. Durrant
Edinburgh
Q120614823
84
Michelle Sloan
Edinburgh
Q120614891
85
Holly Surplice
Edinburgh
Q125807857
86
Iona Lee
poet
Edinburgh
Q126727710
87
Kay Gillespie
Edinburgh
Q127608660
88
Louise Millar
Edinburgh
Q130336357