Namesakes
American First Ladies:
1 first lady
Nancy Reagan 1981-1989 
Fictional Characters from Books:
2 characters, 1 hero
Anne Steele (a.k.a. Nancy) 1811 Sense and Sensibility
Nancy 1838 Oliver Twist
Nancy Drew 1930 The Secret of the Old Clock
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 character
Nancy Stockwell 2008 Downloading Nancy
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
3 characters
(character) Nancy 1944 Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
(character) Nancy 1960 Go Tell Aunt Nancy
(character) Nancy 1969 Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
Fictional Characters from Television:
4 characters
Nancy Bartlett 1988 Roseanne
Nancy Hicks-Gribble 1997 King of the Hill
Nancy Parras 2000 The District
Nancy Wheeler 2016 Stranger Things
Hall-of-Famers:
1 basketball
(basketball) Nancy Lieberman 1996
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
7 actors, 1 presenter
Nancy Carroll 1903-1965
Nancy Kelly 1921-1995
Nancy Olson 1928-
Nancy Kwan 1939-
Nancy Travis 1961-
Nancy O'Dell 1966-
Nancy McKeon 1966-
Nancy Hower 1966-
Notable Athletes:
1 basketball
(basketball) Nancy Lieberman 1958-
Notable Filmmakers:
1 screenwriter
Nancy Oliver 1955-
Notable Musicians:
2 singers
Nancy Sinatra 1940-
Nancy Ajram 1983-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
1 politician
Nancy Pelosi 1940-
Notable Writers:
1 poet
Edna St. Vincent Millay (a.k.a. Nancy) 1892-1950
Olympic Medalists:
5 silver, 2 bronze, 1 gold, 1 silver/gold
(bronze) Nancy Mackay 1948 4x100 m relay
(silver) Beatrice Lyons (a.k.a. Nancy) 1948 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(silver) Nancy Simons 1956 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(silver) Nancy Ramey 1956 swimming - 100 m butterfly
(silver) Nancy Dunkle 1976 basketball
(silver) Nancy Lieberman 1976 basketball
(bronze) Nancy Garapick 1976 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m backstroke
(silver/gold) Nancy Hogshead-Makar 1984 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 200 m medley; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) Nancy Langat 2008 1500 m
Pulitzer Award Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Edna St. Vincent Millay (a.k.a. Nancy) 1923 The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
1 musician
Nancy Wilson 2013 Heart