Famous Elizabeths

This Hollywood actress famously married Richard Burton twice

Few dispute that this shortest-serving British Prime Minister's premiership was anything other than disastrous

American comedy star famed for her role as Rose Nylund in The Golden Girls

American actress who appeared as Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games

Progressive senator who ran for the Democratic presidential primaries in 2020

American fashion designer whose eponymous company now trades under the name Kate Spade & Co.

Australian actress who featured as Princess Diana in The Crown

This former Republican congresswoman, the daughter of a former US Vice-President, notably supported the second impeachment of Donald Trump after the attempted January 6th insurrection

English footballer who won the Golden Boot at the 2022 UEFA Women's Euros

American actress who achieved recognition for her role as Peggy Olsen in Mad Men

Canadian-American businesswoman who built one of the largest cosmetics empires in North America

American actress and pin-up girl of the 1940s and '50s who starred in How to Marry a Millionaire

Queen Consort of England under Edward IV who subsequently helped Henry VII secure the English throne

In 1892, this Massachusetts woman was tried, but subsequently acquitted, of the murders of her father and stepmother using an axe

American actress who played the title role in the MCU series WandaVision

First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977

This American actress was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Leaving Las Vegas

Victorian poet who campaigned for the abolition of slavery and child labour

Feminist author of "The Feminine Mystique"

English actress and model who starred as Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

The first woman in British political history to serve as Speaker of the House of Commons

British comedy actress who appeared in The Vicar of Dibley, The Royle Family and the period drama Lark Rise to Candleford

American actress recognised for her striking eyes

English novelist who wrote Cranford and North and South

Had her husband won the 1996 US election, she would have become First Lady of the United States