Namesakes
Anne
(a.k.a. Ann) (f) 0xx BC-0xx 
Saints
Ann Radcliffe
(f) 1764-1823
Notable Writers
Elizabeth Ann Seton
(f) 1774-1821
Saints
Mary Todd Lincoln
(middle name Ann) (f) 1818-1882
American First Ladies 1861-1865
Ann Harding
(f) 1902-1981
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Nancy Carroll
(a.k.a. Ann) (f) 1903-1965
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Catherine Cookson
(middle name Ann) (f) 1906-1998
Notable Writers
Ann Todd
(f) 1907-1993
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Sothern
(f) 1909-2001
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Dvorak
(f) 1911-1979
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Sheridan
(f) 1915-1967
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Rutherford
(f) 1917-2012
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Doris Day
(middle name Ann) (f) 1922-2019
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Ann-Britt Leyman
(f) 1922-2013
Olympic Medalists 1948 long jump (bronze)
Ann Miller
(f) 1923-2004
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Elizabeth Hawley
(middle name Ann) (f) 1923-2018
Notable Journalists
Julie Harris
(middle name Ann) (f) 1925-2013
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Curtis
(f) 1926-2012
Olympic Medalists 1948 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (silver/gold)
Ann B. Davis
(f) 1926-2014
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Petersen
(f) 1927-2003
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Rosemary Harris
(middle name Ann) (f) 1927-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Peggy McCay
(middle name Ann) (f) 1927-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Patti Page
(middle name Ann) (f) 1927-2013
Notable Musicians
Nancy Olson
(middle name Ann) (f) 1928-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Blyth
(f) 1928-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Morgan Guilbert
(f) 1928-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Shirley Ann Grau
(f) 1929-2020
Pulitzer Award Winners 1965 The Keepers of the House
Barbara Murray
(middle name Ann) (f) 1929-2014
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joan Plowright
(middle name Ann) (f) 1929-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sally Ann Howes
(f) 1930-2021
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen
(f) 1931-2017
Olympic Medalists 1948; 1952 diving - springboard (silver/bronze)
Josephine Tewson
(middle name Ann) (f) 1931-2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Barrie
(middle name Ann) (f) 1931-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Alice Munro
(middle name Ann) (f) 1931-
Nobel Prize Winners 2013 (literature)
Notable Writers
Peggy Ann Garner
(f) 1932-1984
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Phyllida Law
(middle name Ann) (f) 1932-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Suzy Parker
(middle name Ann) (f) 1932-2003
Notable Actors and Entertainers (model)
Joan Hackett
(middle name Ann) (f) 1934-1983
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lee Meriwether
(middle name Ann) (f) 1935-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/model)
Carol Shields
(middle name Ann) (f) 1935-2003
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 1995 The Stone Diaries
Marise Chamberlain
(middle name Ann) (f) 1935-
Olympic Medalists 1964 800 m (bronze)
Lee Remick
(middle name Ann) (f) 1935-1991
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Connie Stevens
(middle name Ann) (f) 1938-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Elizabeth Ashley
(middle name Ann) (f) 1939-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Natalie Myburgh
(middle name Ann) (f) 1940-2014
Olympic Medalists 1956 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (bronze)
Linda Gray
(middle name Ann) (f) 1940-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann-Margret
(f) 1941-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Ann Packer
(f) 1942-
Olympic Medalists 1964 400 m; 800 m (silver/gold)
Debbie Harry
(middle name Ann) (f) 1945-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2006 Blondie
Brenda Benet
(middle name Ann) (f) 1945-1982
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Donyale Luna
(middle name Ann) (f) 1945-1979
Notable Actors and Entertainers (model)
Lesley Ann Warren
(f) 1946-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Peggy Lipton
(middle name Ann) (f) 1946-2019
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Peterson
(f) 1947-
Olympic Medalists 1968 diving - platform (bronze)
Sandie Shaw
(middle name Ann) (f) 1947-
Eurovision Song Contest Winners 1967 United Kingdom
Notable Musicians
Meredith Baxter
(middle name Ann) (f) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Ferrell
(middle name Ann) (f) 1947-
Olympic Medalists 1968 100 m; 4x100 m relay (silver/gold)
Teri Garr
(middle name Ann) (f) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Lindsay Crouse
(middle name Ann) (f) 1948-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Vicki Lawrence
(middle name Ann) (f) 1949-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian/actor)
Notable Musicians
Patti LuPone
(middle name Ann) (f) 1949-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Elizabeth Warren
(middle name Ann) (f) 1949-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Ann Reinking
(f) 1949-2020
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margaret Whitton
(middle name Ann) (f) 1949-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Morgan Fairchild
(middle name Ann) (f) 1950-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lynn Colella
(middle name Ann) (f) 1950-
Olympic Medalists 1972 swimming - 200 m butterfly (silver)
Ann Wilson
(f) 1950-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2013 Heart
Raelene Boyle
(middle name Ann) (f) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1968; 1972 100 m; 200 m (silver)
Pippa Guard
(middle name Ann) (f) 1952-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jenny Agutter
(middle name Ann) (f) 1952-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Kay Lenz
(middle name Ann) (f) 1953-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Cyndi Lauper
(middle name Ann) (f) 1953-
Grammy Award Winners 1985 (best new artist)
Notable Musicians
Kim Basinger
(middle name Ann) (f) 1953-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1998 L.A. Confidential (actress)
Annie Lennox
(f) 1954-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2022 Eurythmics
Ann Meyers
(f) 1955-
Hall-of-Famers 1993 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 1976 basketball (silver)
Patricia Roberts
(middle name Ann) (f) 1955-
Olympic Medalists 1976 basketball (silver)
Ann "Muffet" McGraw
(f) 1955-
Hall-of-Famers 2017 (basketball)
Ann
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1956 Miss Ann
Ann Dowd
(f) 1956-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lesley Manville
(middle name Ann) (f) 1956-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Julee Cruise
(middle name Ann) (f) 1956-2022
Notable Musicians
Kathy Najimy
(middle name Ann) (f) 1957-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Kelly McGillis
(middle name Ann) (f) 1957-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Stävin
(middle name Ann) (f) 1957-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/model)
Meredith Brooks
(middle name Ann) (f) 1958-
Notable Musicians
Kathy Johnson
(middle name Ann) (f) 1959-
Olympic Medalists 1984 gymnastics (bronze/silver)
Kelly Lynch
(middle name Ann) (f) 1959-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Cherie Currie
(middle name Ann) (f) 1959-
Notable Musicians
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
(middle name Ann) (f) 1960-
Olympic Medalists 1984; 1988 200 m; 400 m; 4x400 m relay (gold/silver)
Jill Sterkel
(middle name Ann) (f) 1961-
Olympic Medalists 1976; 1988 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 50 m freestyle (gold/bronze)
Kimberlin Brown
(middle name Ann) (f) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Nancy Travis
(middle name Ann) (f) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sandra
(middle name Ann) (f) 1962-
Notable Musicians
Genie Francis
(middle name Ann) (f) 1962-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Kristy McNichol
(middle name Ann) (f) 1962-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Osgerby
(f) 1963-
Olympic Medalists 1980 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (silver)
Gail O'Grady
(middle name Ann) (f) 1963-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Kim Gallagher
(middle name Ann) (f) 1964-2002
Olympic Medalists 1984; 1988 800 m (silver/bronze)
Sheila Echols
(middle name Ann) (f) 1964-
Olympic Medalists 1988 4x100 m relay (gold)
Barbara Ann
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1965 Barbara Ann
Claudia Christian
(middle name Ann) (f) 1965-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Cindy Crawford
(middle name Ann) (f) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (model)
Lee Ann Womack
(f) 1966-
Notable Musicians
Shirley Manson
(middle name Ann) (f) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
LaVonna Martin
(middle name Ann) (f) 1966-
Olympic Medalists 1992 100 m hurdles (silver)
Caroline van der Plas
(middle name Ann) (f) 1967-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Sarah McLachlan
(middle name Ann) (f) 1968-
Notable Musicians
Kelly Hu
(middle name Ann) (f) 1968-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/model)
Kylie Minogue
(middle name Ann) (f) 1968-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Carol Brady
(middle name Ann) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1969; 1990 The Brady Bunch; The Bradys
Shelley Sandie
(middle name Ann) (f) 1969-
Olympic Medalists 1996; 2000 basketball (bronze/silver)
Kari Lake
(middle name Ann) (f) 1969-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Audra McDonald
(middle name Ann) (f) 1970-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Allison Higson
(middle name Ann) (f) 1973-
Olympic Medalists 1988 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (bronze)
Vera Farmiga
(middle name Ann) (f) 1973-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Filmmakers
Kate Moss
(middle name Ann) (f) 1974-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (model)
Fergie
(middle name Ann) (f) 1975-
Notable Musicians
Elizabeth Reaser
(middle name Ann) (f) 1975-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Brittany Daniel
(middle name Ann) (f) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Alison Sweeney
(middle name Ann) (f) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/presenter)
Heather McComb
(middle name Ann) (f) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Zoie Palmer
(middle name Ann) (f) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lucy Ewing
(middle name Ann) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1978 Dallas
Mary Ann Singleton
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1978 Tales of the City
Melody Ann
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1979 Melody Ann
Katee Sackhoff
(middle name Ann) (f) 1980-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jessica Simpson
(middle name Ann) (f) 1980-
Notable Musicians
Kristen Maloney
(middle name Ann) (f) 1981-
Olympic Medalists 2000 artistic gymnastics (bronze)
Lesley-Ann Brandt
(f) 1981-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jodie Sweetin
(middle name Ann) (f) 1982-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Kristin Flatland
(f) 1982-
Olympic Medalists 2014 biathlon (bronze)
Elisha Cuthbert
(middle name Ann) (f) 1982-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Kate Bosworth
(middle name Ann) (f) 1983-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Megalyn Echikunwoke
(middle name Ann) (f) 1983-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Cheryl
(middle name Ann) (f) 1983-
Notable Musicians
Laura Hodges
(middle name Ann) (f) 1983-
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 2004; 2008; 2012 basketball (silver/bronze)
Deborah Ann Woll
(f) 1985-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
(f) 1986-
Notable Athletes (track)
Olympic Medalists 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020 100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay (gold/silver/bronze)
Jessica Rothe
(middle name Ann) (f) 1987-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Stephenie Ann McPherson
(f) 1988-
Olympic Medalists 2016 4x400 m relay (silver)
Carole Ann
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1990 Carole Ann
Shelly Lewis
(middle name Ann) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1990 Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Stephanie Hsu
(middle name Ann) (f) 1990-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Maggie Steffens
(middle name Ann) (f) 1993-
Olympic Medalists 2012 water polo (gold)
Kim Parker
(middle name Ann) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996; 1999 Moesha; The Parkers
Stacey-Ann Williams
(f) 1999-
Olympic Medalists 2020 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Sabrina Carpenter
(middle name Ann) (f) 1999-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Mary Ann Mitchell
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2000 The District
Hailey Van Lith
(middle name Ann) (f) 2001-
Olympic Medalists 2018 3x3 basketball (gold)
Ann Veal
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2003 Arrested Development