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Grace Hopper
American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
Sunita Williams
Sunita Lyn Williams is a retired United States Navy captain and former NASA astronaut. Williams served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 14, Expedition 15, Expedition 32, and Expedition 71 and commander of Expedition 33 and Expedition 72. A member of NASA’s Commercial Crew program, she became the first woman to fly on a flight test of an orbital spacecraft during the 2024 Boeing Crew Flight Test and had her stay extended by technical problems aboard the ISS for more than nine months. She is one of the most experienced spacewalkers: her nine spacewalks are second-most by a woman, and her total spacewalk time of 62 hours and 6 minutes is fourth overall and the most by a woman.
Laurel Clark
NASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, and Space Shuttle mission specialist (1961-2003)
Kathryn D. Sullivan
American astronaut (born 1951)
Lisa Nowak
American naval flight officer and NASA astronaut
Wendy B. Lawrence
US astronaut and Navy Captain
Kayla Barron
American astronaut
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
American naval officer and NASA astronaut
Kathryn P. Hire
NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve
Susan Kilrain
American engineer, US Navy officer, and astronaut
Mikie Sherrill
Rebecca Michelle "Mikie" Sherrill is an American politician, former naval officer, and former federal prosecutor serving since 2026 as the 57th governor of New Jersey. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Renée Richards
US tennis player and ophthalmologist
Nancy Kulp
actress (1921-1991)
Frederica de Laguna
American ethnologist, anthropologist, and archaeologist (1906–2004)
Deniz Burnham
Turkish engineer and NASA astronaut (born 1985)
Tammie Jo Shults
American pilot
Kara Hultgreen
US Navy aviator (1965–1994)
Florence van Straten
American physicist and meteorologist
Doris Grumbach
American writer (1918–2022)
Jennifer Carroll
American politician
Jessica Wittner
US Navy Lieutenant commander and NASA astronaut
Susan Ahn Cuddy
gunnery officer
Margaret Goodlander
American lawyer (born 1987)
Dorothy C. Stratton
professor and dean, director of United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) during World War II
Rosemary Bryant Mariner
US Navy officer
Lila Cockrell
American politician
Lea Gabrielle
American journalist
Adeline Geo-Karis
American politician (1918–2008)
Lenah Higbee
United States Navy officer (1874-1941)
Mary Sears
American oceanographer (1905-1997)
Josephine Beatrice Bowman
US Navy nurse (1881–1971)