Arts and Music

• Dorothy Dehner (born 1901)

  American Abstract Expressionist sculptor.

  • Created Scaffold (see list of 20th-century Contemporary Artists)

Leadership

• Dorothy Day (born 1897, died 1980)

  American activist and author.

  • Founded the Catholic Worker Movement, 1933 (see list of Noted Social Reformers and Educators)

Miscellaneous

• Dorothy Benham
  • 1977 Miss America titleholder, representing Minnesota (see list of Miss America Winners)
• Dorothy Edwards
  • 1933 Rose Queen (see list of Tournament of Roses, Rose Bowl Queens)
• Dorothy Friendly
  • 1950 Mademoiselle Award winner (see list of Mademoiselle Award Winners)
• Dorothy Quincy Hancock
  • Wife of John Hancock (see list of Wives of Signers of the Declaration of Independence)
• Dorothy Irene Height (born 1912)

  American civil-rights leader. President of the National Council of Negro Women.

  • Member of National Women''s Hall of Fame (see list of National Women's Hall of Fame Members)
  • 1993 Spingarn Medal winner (see list of Spingarn Medal Winners)
  • 1994 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Dorothy Lundquist
  • 1957 Mademoiselle Award winner (see list of Mademoiselle Award Winners)
• Dorothy Noyes
  • 1948 Mademoiselle Award winner (see list of Mademoiselle Award Winners)
• Dorothy Stratten (born 1960, died 1980)

  Canadian actress and Playboy centerfold. Murdered by her estranged husband.

  • Born in Vancouver, British Columbia (see list of Famous Canadians)
• Dorothy Camber Walton
  • Wife of George Walton (see list of Wives of Signers of the Declaration of Independence)

Science and Philosophy

• Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod (born 1892, died 1969)

  British archaeologist.

  • First female professor at the University of Cambridge, 1939 (see list of Miscellaneous Physical Scientists)
• Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin (born 1910, died 1994)

  British chemist who used X-rays to study the structures of organic compounds, including vitamin B12 and penicillin.

  • 1964 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
• Dorothy V. Nightingale

  American chemist.

  • 1959 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal (see list of Chemists)

Sports

• Dorothy Bundy
  • 1938 Australian Open tennis champion (see list of Australian Open Tennis Champions)
• Dorothy Fothergill
  • Member of the Women''s International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)
• Dorothy Haas
  • Member of the Women''s International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)
• Dorothy Hamill

  American athlete.

  • 1976 Olympic gold medal winner for Figure Skating (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Figure Skating)
  • 1976 World Figure Skating champion (see list of World Figure Skating Champions)
  • 1974-76 U. S. Figure Skating champion (see list of United States Figure Skating Champions)
• Dorothy Miller
  • Member of the Women''s International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)
• Dorothy Poynton-Hill

  American athlete.

  • 1932,1936 Olympic gold medal winner for Platform Diving (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Platform Diving)
• Dorothy Round

  British tennis player.

  • 1934, 1937 Wimbledon tennis champion (see list of Wimbledon Tennis Champions)
  • 1935 Australian Open tennis champion (see list of Australian Open Tennis Champions)
• Dorothy Wilkinson
  • Member of the Women''s International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)

Stage and Screen

• Dorothy Arzner (born 1900, died 1979)

  One of the first female American movie directors.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Dorothy Dalton
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Dorothy Dandridge (born 1922, died 1965)

  American singer and actress.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Dorothy

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by Blythe Danner (see list of Characters in the film Alice)
• Dorothy Gish (born 1898, died 1968)

  American actress.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Dorothy Kirsten
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Dorothy Lamour (born 1914, died 1996)

  American actress and singer. Original name: Mary Kaumeyer.

  • On Hollywood''s Footprints of Fame (see list of Celebrities Honored by Mann's Chinese Theater)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Dorothy Loudon (born 1933)
  • 1977 Tony Award winner for her performance in Annie (see list of Tony Winners for Best Actress in a Musical)
• Dorothy Malone (born 1925)

  American actress.

  • 1956 Academy Award winner for her performance in Written on the Wind (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Supporting Actress)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Dorothy McGuire (born 1918)

  American stage, film and television actress.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Dorothy Parker (born 1893, died 1967)

  American short-story writer and poet.

  • On The Hollywood Blacklist (see list of Blacklisted Hollywood Figures)
• Dorothy Phillips
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Dorothy Sebastian
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Dorothy Wyler

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by Nancy Vawter (see list of Characters on ''L.A. Law'')
• Dorothy Zbornak

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by Bea Arthur (see list of Characters on ''The Golden Girls'')

The Literary World

• Dorothy Parker (born 1893, died 1967)

  American short-story writer and poet.

  • Wrote Enough Rope (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
• Dorothy Wordsworth (born 1771, died 1855)

  English writer.

  • Wrote The Alfoxden Journal (see list of Writers of the Romantic Period (1785-1830))