Women
| Name | Country | Category | Gender | Birth | Death |
| Wilhelmina | Netherlands | Government | Female | 1880 | 1962 |
| Albrecht, Berthe | France | Resistance | Female | 1893 | 1943 |
| Altvater, Johanna | Germany | Government | Female | ||
| Anslow, Gladys | United States | Science-Engineering | Female | 1892 | 1969 |
| Axton, Mildred | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1919 | 2010 |
| Baumgartner, Ann | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1918 | 2008 |
| Baur, Eleonore | Germany | Other | Female | 1885 | 1981 |
| Beekman, Yolande | United Kingdom | Intelligence | Female | 1911 | 1944 |
| Bershanskaya, Yevdokia | Russia | Military-Air | Female | 1913 | 1982 |
| Bloch, Denise | France | Intelligence | Female | 1916 | 1945 |
| Block, Josefine | Austria | Government | Female | ||
| Bormann, Juana | Germany | Government | Female | 1893 | 1945 |
| Braun, Eva | Germany | Other | Female | 1912 | 1945 |
| Budanova, Yekaterina | Russia | Military-Air | Female | 1916 | 1943 |
| Burnaia, Irina | Romania | Military-Air | Female | 1909 | |
| Byck, Muriel | United Kingdom | Intelligence | Female | 1918 | 1944 |
| Cochran, Jacqueline | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1906 | 1980 |
| Craft, Annabelle | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1921 | |
| Deschamps, Hélène | France | Resistance | Female | 1921 | 2006 |
| Dolina, Mariya | Ukraine | Military-Air | Female | 1922 | |
| Dragescu, Mariana | Romania | Military-Air | Female | 1912 | 2013 |
| Driscoll, Agnes | United States | Intelligence | Female | 1889 | 1971 |
| Dutescu, Virginia | Romania | Military-Air | Female | ||
| Fort, Cornelia | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1919 | 1943 |
| Gertz, Wanda | Poland | Resistance | Female | 1896 | 1958 |
| Gillars, Mildred | United States | Journalism | Female | 1900 | 1988 |
| Gillies, Betty | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1908 | 1998 |
| Greyeyes, Mary | Canada | Military-Ground | Female | ||
| Hadley, Eleanor | United States | Government | Female | 1916 | 2007 |
| Hall, Virginia | United States | Intelligence | Female | 1906 | 1982 |
| Hobby, Oveta | United States | Military-Ground | Female | 1905 | 1995 |
| Hopper, Grace | United States | Military-Sea | Female | 1906 | 1992 |
| Hunter, Celia | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1919 | 2001 |
| Inayat Khan, Noor | United Kingdom | Intelligence | Female | 1914 | 1944 |
| Johnson, Amy | United Kingdom | Military-Air | Female | 1903 | 1941 |
| Jongh, Andrée de | Belgium | Resistance | Female | 1916 | 2007 |
| Kalugina, Klavdia | Russia | Military-Ground | Female | 1926 | |
| Kathigasu, Sybil | Malaya | Resistance | Female | 1899 | 1948 |
| Knox, Jean | United Kingdom | Military-Ground | Female | 1908 | 1993 |
| Koch, Ilse | Germany | Government | Female | 1906 | 1967 |
| Kuehn, Friedel | Germany | Intelligence | Female | ||
| Kuehn, Susan | Germany | Intelligence | Female | ||
| Lazebnik, Faye | Poland | Photography | Female | 1924 | |
| Lee, Hazel | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1912 | 1944 |
| Li, Li | China | Intelligence | Female | 1910 | |
| Litvyak, Lydia | Russia | Military-Air | Female | 1921 | 1943 |
| Lobkovskaya, Nina | Russia | Military-Ground | Female | 1925 | |
| Love, Nancy Harkness | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1914 | 1976 |
| Luukkonen, Fanni | Finland | Other | Female | 1882 | 1947 |
| Meier, Liselotte | Germany | Government | Female | ||
| Meynier, Katiou | French Indochina | Intelligence | Female | ||
| Pavlichenko, Lyudmila | Ukraine | Military-Ground | Female | 1916 | 1974 |
| Petri, Erna | Germany | Other | Female | ||
| Ray, Margaret | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1921 | 2008 |
| Reitsch, Hanna | Germany | Military-Air | Female | 1912 | 1979 |
| Roosevelt, Eleanor | United States | Government | Female | 1884 | 1962 |
| Russo, Nadejda | Romania | Military-Air | Female | 1901 | 1988 |
| Segouin, Simone | France | Resistance | Female | 1925 | |
| Shanina, Roza | Russia | Military-Ground | Female | 1924 | 1945 |
| Sharp, Evelyn | United States | Military-Air | Female | 1919 | 1944 |
| Sirota, Beate | Austria | Government | Female | 1923 | 2012 |
| Skarbek, Christine | Poland | Intelligence | Female | 1908 | 1952 |
| Smirnova, Maria | Russia | Military-Air | Female | 1920 | 2002 |
| Song, Meiling | China | Government | Female | 1898 | 2003 |
| Sorour, Jackie | South Africa | Military-Air | Female | 1922 | 2004 |
| Stirbey, Marina | Romania | Military-Air | Female | 1912 | 2001 |
| Szabo, Violette | United Kingdom | Intelligence | Female | 1921 | 1945 |
| Szenes, Hannah | Hungary | Intelligence | Female | 1921 | 1944 |
| Thorpe, Betty | United States | Intelligence | Female | 1910 | 1963 |
| Toguri, Iva | United States | Journalism | Female | 1916 | 2006 |
| Travers, Susan | United Kingdom | Military-Ground | Female | 1909 | 2003 |
| Virot, Andrée | France | Resistance | Female | 1905 | 2010 |
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