Namesakes
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actress
(actress) Susan Hampshire 1970; 1971 The Forsyte Saga; The First Churchills (Masterpiece Theatre) 
Fictional Characters from Books:
2 characters, 1 hero
Lady Susan Vernon 1871 Lady Susan
Suellen O'Hara (a.k.a. Susan) 1936 Gone With the Wind
Susan Pevensie 1950 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 character
Suellen O'Hara (a.k.a. Susan) 1939 Gone With the Wind
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
3 characters
(character) Susan 1967 Susan
(character) Susan 1969 To Susan On The West Coast Waiting
(character) Susan 1993 Inside Susan
Fictional Characters from Television:
10 characters
Susan Banks 1965 Days of Our Lives
Susan Kennedy 1985 Neighbours
Susan Hillard 1993 Diagnosis: Murder
Susan Bunch 1994 Friends
Susan Lewis 1994 ER
Susan Keane 1996 Suddenly Susan
Susan Mayer 2004 Desperate Housewives
Gabe Lewis (middle name Susan) 2005 The Office
Brittany Pierce (middle name Susan) 2009 Glee
Sue Sylvester 2009 Glee
Harry Potter Characters:
1 character
Susan Bones
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 activist
(activist) Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
28 actors, 1 actor/comedian, 1 comedian/actor
Susan Hayward 1917-1975
Susan Peters 1921-1952
Cora Sue Collins (middle name Susan) 1927-
Susan Oliver 1932-1990
Susan Kohner 1936-
Susan Hampshire 1937-
Susan Flannery 1939-
Susan Sullivan 1942-
Susan Anspach 1942-2018
Susan Clark 1943-
Susan Seaforth Hayes 1943-
Tuesday Weld (a.k.a. Susan) 1943-
Sue Johnston 1943-
Stockard Channing (a.k.a. Susan) 1944-
Susan Tyrrell 1945-2012
Gilda Radner (middle name Susan) 1946-1989
Susan Saint James 1946-
Susan Sarandon 1946-
Susan Lucci 1946-
Jill Eikenberry (middle name Susan) 1947-
Sigourney Weaver (a.k.a. Susan) 1949-
Susan George 1950-
Susan Blakely 1950-
Susan Dey 1952-
Alberta Watson (middle name Susan) 1955-2015
Susie Essman 1955-
Jacqueline McKenzie (middle name Susan) 1967-
Susan Lynch 1971-
Scottie Thompson (a.k.a. Susan) 1981-
Susan Kelechi Watson 1981-
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
Susan Wojcicki 1968-2024
Notable Musicians:
2 musicians, 1 singer
Suzi Quatro 1950-
Michael Steele (a.k.a. Susan) 1955-
Susan Boyle 1961-
Notable Writers:
7 authors, 1 author/playwright
Susan Glaspell 1876-1948
Susan Sontag 1933-2004
Susan Cooper 1935-
A. S. Byatt (middle name Susan) 1936-
Susan Hill 1942-
Sue Townsend 1946-2014
S. E. Hinton (a.k.a. Susan) 1948-
Elizabeth George (a.k.a. Susan) 1949-
Olympic Medalists:
5 bronze, 2 silver, 2 silver/gold, 1 gold, 1 gold/bronze/silver, 1 silver/bronze/gold
(bronze) Susan Roberts 1956 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(silver/gold) Chris von Saltza (a.k.a. Susan) 1960 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze) Susan Shields 1968 swimming - 100 m butterfly
(silver/gold) Susan Pedersen 1968 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 200 m medley; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(silver) Susan Rojcewicz 1976 basketball
(bronze) Susan Sloan 1976 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze) Sue Hearnshaw 1984 long jump
(silver) Susan Rapp 1984 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(silver/bronze/gold) Susie O'Neill 1992; 1996; 2000 swimming - 200 m butterfly; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay; swimming - 200 m freestyle
(gold/bronze/silver) Kim Rhode (middle name Susan) 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012 shooting
(bronze) Susan Williams 2004 triathlon
(gold) Susan Francia 2008; 2012 rowing
Oscar Award Winners:
2 actresses
(actress) Susan Hayward 1959 I Want to Live!
(actress) Susan Sarandon 1996 Dead Man Walking
Pulitzer Award Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Susan Glaspell 1931 Alison's House