List of Famous people named Ann
Ann Katharine Mitchell
Ann Katharine Mitchell was a British cryptanalyst and psychologist who worked on decrypting messages encoded in the German Enigma cypher at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. After the war she became a marriage guidance counsellor, then studied for a Master of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. She worked at the university's Department of Social Administration and wrote several academic books about the psychological effects of divorce on children, including Someone to Turn to: Experiences of Help Before Divorce (1981) and Children in the Middle: Living Through Divorce (1985).
Ann Roth
Ann Roth is an American costume designer for films and Broadway theatre.
Ann Emery
Ann Emery was a British actress. She was the half-sister of actor and comedian Dick Emery.
Ann Jillian
Ann Jillian is an American actress whose career began as a child actress in the 1960s. She is best known for her role as the sultry Cassie Cranston on the 1980s sitcom It's a Living.
Ann Russell Miller
Ann Russell Miller was an American socialite who left her wealth behind to become a nun known as Sister Mary Joseph of the Trinity.
Ann Louise Gilligan
Ann Louise Gilligan was an Irish theologian who taught at Saint Patrick's College, Drumcondra. A former nun, she was the wife of Katherine Zappone. In Zappone and Gilligan v. Revenue Commissioners (2006), they unsuccessfully sought recognition of their Canadian marriage. Despite failing in the courts, Gilligan was a leading campaigner in Ireland's 2015 same-sex marriage referendum, and ultimately succeeded in having her marriage recognised in Irish law before her death in 2017.
Ann Manley
Ann Manley was an American brothel proprietor and street brawler who, with her husband James, operated a brothel in Baltimore, Maryland, in the middle 19th century. She was known for a violent disposition. She is credited with saving most of the band of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment from certain lynching in April 1861, at the outbreak of the American Civil War.
Ann Atwater
Ann Atwater was an American civil rights activist in Durham, North Carolina. Throughout her career she helped improve the quality of life in Durham through programs such as Operation Breakthrough, a community organization dedicated to fight the War on Poverty. She became an effective activist and leader when advocating for black rights, such as better private housing. Atwater promoted unity of the working-class African Americans through grassroots organizations.
Ann Li
Ann Li is an American tennis player. She was the runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Junior Championships.
Ann Blyth
Ann Marie Blyth is an American actress and singer. For her performance as Veda in the 1945 Michael Curtiz film Mildred Pierce, Blyth was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.