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Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell and her family emigrated to America from England in 1832. Blackwell worked as a teacher, then decided to be a doctor. After being turned down by several schools, she was finally…

Elizabeth Short

Aspiring actress Elizabeth Short, now nicknamed the "Black Dahlia," was the victim in a notorious 1947 murder case. The name was from the newspapers, a play on Short's supposed reputation for…

Elizabeth of York

Elizabeth of York was the wife of England's King Henry VII and royal consort from 1486 until her death, and the mother of King Henry VIII. She was the eldest daughter of King Edward IV and Elizabeth…

Elizabeth Monroe

Elizabeth Kortright Monroe was the wife of the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe. She presided as First Lady during their time in the White House, from 1817 until 1825. From a well…

Elizabeth Hurley

Elizabeth Hurley was a hit as the sexy spy Vanessa Kensington in the 1997 Mike Myers spoof Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. (Hurley played the daughter of the original Mrs. Kensington,…

Elizabeth Warren

Name at birth: Elizabeth HerringElizabeth Warren was a Harvard law professor and a leading consumer advocate before being elected to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts in 2012. Elizabeth Warren was…

Elizabeth Smart

Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her bedroom on June 5, 2002 by a gun-wielding stranger who had broken into her family's Salt Lake City home. Her kidnapping, and eventual recovery, became a major…

Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop was an American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for 1955's North & South. A Cold Spring and the National Book Award for her 1969 collection, The Complete Poems. Bishop's…

Elizabeth Taylor

One of the great Hollywood stars of the 20th century, Elizabeth Taylor had three fairly distinct career personas: first as the winsome child star of movies like National Velvet (1944); then as a…

Shannon Elizabeth

Shannon Elizabeth played a voluptuous Czechoslovakian exchange student in the teen comedy American Pie (1999, with Tara Reid). The movie put Elizabeth on the map, and she raised her profile even…