List of Famous people named Henrietta

Similar names: Henriette, Henriet, Henrieta. Here are some famous Henriettas:

Henrietta Lacks

Loretta Pleasant
First Name Henrietta
Born on August 1, 1920
Died on October 4, 1951 (aged 31)

Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific conditions, and the HeLa cell line continues to be a source of invaluable medical data to the present day.

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Henrietta Dugdale

First Name Henrietta
Born on May 14, 1827
Died on June 17, 1918 (aged 91)

Henrietta Augusta Dugdale, née Worrell was a pioneer Australian who initiated the first female suffrage society in Australia. Non-conformist, provocative and quick-witted, her campaigning resulted in breakthroughs for women's rights in Australia.

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Henrietta Cuttino Dozier

First Name Henrietta
Born on April 22, 1872
Died on April 17, 1947 (aged 74)

Henrietta Cuttino Dozier (1872–1947) was an American architect in Atlanta, Georgia and Jacksonville, Florida. She is considered the first female architect in the state of Georgia and was the first woman in the Southern United States to receive formal architectural training from a national school of architecture. She designed churches, schools, government buildings, apartments and houses.

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Henrietta Boggs

First Name Henrietta
Born on May 6, 1918
Died on September 9, 2020 (aged 102)

Henrietta Longstreet Boggs was an American author, journalist, and activist. She served as First Lady of Costa Rica from 1948 to 1949 in the years immediately following the Costa Rican Civil War. She turned 100 in May 2018.

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Henrietta Swan Leavitt

First Name Henrietta
Born on July 4, 1868
Died on December 12, 1921 (aged 53)

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was an American astronomer. A graduate of Radcliffe College, she worked at the Harvard College Observatory as a "computer", tasked with examining photographic plates in order to measure and catalog the brightness of stars. This work led her to discover the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variables. Leavitt's discovery provided astronomers with the first "standard candle" with which to measure the distance to faraway galaxies.

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Henrietta FitzJames

First Name Henrietta
Born on November 30, 1666
Died on April 3, 1730 (aged 63)

Henrietta Butler, Viscountess Galmoye, previously Henrietta Waldegrave, Baroness Waldegrave, was an illegitimate daughter of James Stuart, Duke of York, subsequently King of England, Scotland and Ireland, by his mistress, Arabella Churchill. Upon marrying she became Lady Waldegrave, and then with her second marriage Viscountess Galmoye, as well as Countess of Newcastle.

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Henrietta Broughton

First Name Henrietta
Born on March 22, 1772 (age 252)
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Henrietta Vesey

First Name Henrietta
Died on December 7, 1771
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Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough

First Name Henrietta
Died on November 11, 1821

Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, born Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer, was the wife of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; the couple were the parents of Lady Caroline Lamb. Her father, John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, was a great-grandson of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Her sister was Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.

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Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough

First Name Henrietta
Born on July 19, 1681
Died on October 24, 1733 (aged 52)

Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough was the daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, general of the army, and Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough, close friend and business manager of Queen Anne.

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