Namesakes
Dorothy
(f) ?-311 
Saints
Dorothea of Montau
(a.k.a. Dorothy) (f) 1347-1394
Saints
Dorothy L. Sayers
(f) 1893-1957
Notable Writers
Dodie Smith
(f) 1896-1990
Notable Writers
Dorothy Gish
(f) 1898-1968
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dorothy Gale
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1900 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Fictional Characters from Movies 1939 The Wizard of Oz
Mildred Dunnock
(middle name Dorothy) (f) 1901-1991
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Harding
(a.k.a. Dorothy) (f) 1902-1981
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Diana Wynyard
(a.k.a. Dorothy) (f) 1906-1964
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ann Todd
(a.k.a. Dorothy) (f) 1907-1993
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dorothy West
(f) 1907-1998
Notable Writers
Penny Singleton
(middle name Dorothy) (f) 1908-2003
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Helen Martin
(middle name Dorothy) (f) 1909-2000
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dorothy Hodgkin
(f) 1910-1994
Nobel Prize Winners 1964 (chemistry)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Claire Dodd
(a.k.a. Dorothy) (f) 1911-1973
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dorothy Brookshaw
(f) 1912-1962
Olympic Medalists 1936 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Dorothy Lamour
(f) 1914-1996
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dorothy Poynton-Hill
(f) 1915-1995
Olympic Medalists 1928; 1932; 1936 diving - platform; diving - springboard (silver/gold/bronze)
Dorothy McGuire
(f) 1916-2001
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dorothy Tyler
(f) 1920-2014
Olympic Medalists 1936; 1948 high jump (silver)
P. D. James
(middle name Dorothy) (f) 1920-2014
Notable Writers
Dorothy Dalton
(f) 1922-1973
Olympic Medalists 1948 gymnastics (bronze)
Dorothy Dandridge
(f) 1922-1965
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dorothy Malone
(f) 1925-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1957 Written on the Wind (actress)
Dorothy Loudon
(f) 1925-2003
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dorothy Manley
(f) 1927-2021
Olympic Medalists 1948 100 m (silver)
Dovima
(a.k.a. Dorothy) (f) 1927-1990
Notable Actors and Entertainers (model)
Dorothy Tutin
(f) 1930-2001
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean Seberg
(middle name Dorothy) (f) 1938-1979
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dorothy Shirley
(f) 1939-
Olympic Medalists 1960 high jump (silver)
Dorothy Hyman
(f) 1941-
Olympic Medalists 1960; 1964 100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay (silver/bronze)
Louise Ritter
(middle name Dorothy) (f) 1958-
Olympic Medalists 1988 high jump (gold)
Dorothy
(f)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1966 (hurricane)
Dorothy
(f)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1970 (storm)
Dotsie Bausch
(f) 1973-
Olympic Medalists 2012 cycling - track (silver)
Dorothy
(f)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1977 (hurricane)
Dorothy Zbornak
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1985 The Golden Girls
Bel Powley
(middle name Dorothy) (f) 1992-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dorothy Jennings
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1993 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dorothy
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2010 Dorothy