Leading Figures in History

Dorothy Height

American activist (1912–2010)

Dorothy Hewett

Australian feminist poet, playwright and novelist (1923–2002)

Dorothy Hill

Australian geologist and palaeontologist (1907–1997)

Dorothy Hodgkin

English chemist (1910–1994)

Dorothy Hyman

English sprinter (born 1941)

Dorothy Kilgallen

American journalist and TV personality

Dorothy Kingsley

American screenwriter

Dorothy L. Sayers

English novelist, translator and Christian writer (1893–1957)

Dorothy Lamour

American actress and singer (1914–1996)

Dorothy Lawrence

English journalist (c.1888 – 1964)

Dorothy Levitt

20th-century British racing driver

Dorothy Livesay

Canadian poet (1909–1996)

Dorothy Loudon

American actress, singer, performer (1925–2003)

Dorothy Mackaill

British-American actress (1903–1990)

Dorothy Manley

British sprint runner (1927–2021)

Dorothy Marie Donnelly

Dorothy Maud Wrinch

Mathematician and biochemical theorist

Dorothy McGuire

American actress (1916–2001)

Dorothy P. Lathrop

American writer and illustrator (1891–1980)

Dorothy Parker

American poet, writer, critic (1893–1967)

Dorothy Provine

American singer, dancer, actress (1935–2010)

Dorothy Richardson

British author and journalist (1873–1957)

Dorothy Round

British tennis player (1909–1982)

Dorothy Ruth Pirone

American biographer; daughter of Babe Ruth