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Historical figures and eras. 5,989 characters.

Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
The Playboy Bunny Who Co-Founded Ms. Magazine
Furiosa
Furiosa
She Drove Away From Everything. She Was Driving Toward Herself.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
She Had Everything. She Wanted the One Thing She Couldn't Have. Herself.
Miss Havisham
Miss Havisham
She Stopped All the Clocks. Time Kept Going. She Didn't.
Chihiro (Spirited Away)
Chihiro (Spirited Away)
She Forgot Her Name. She Found Herself. In That Order.
Circe
Circe
She Turned Men Into Animals. Some Say She Just Revealed What They Already Were.
Isis (mythic voice)
Isis (mythic voice)
She Reassembled God From Pieces. Literally.
The Lady of the Lake
The Lady of the Lake
She Rose From the Water. She Gave You Excalibur. Don't Ask Her Price.
The Sirens (composite)
The Sirens (composite)
They Never Forced Anyone. They Just Sang. Men Steered Toward the Rocks.
Trinity (The Matrix)
Trinity (The Matrix)
She Hacked Reality. Then Fell in Love Inside It.
The White Witch (Narnia)
The White Witch (Narnia)
She Offers You Turkish Delight. You Know It's a Trap. You Take It.
Bastet
Bastet
Egyptian Cat Goddess. Pleasure, Protection, and Don't Touch Her Without Permission.
Empress Wu Zetian
Empress Wu Zetian
The Only Female Emperor in Chinese History
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak
He Disappeared Into a River for 3 Days. Came Back and Started Sikhism.
Queen Hatshepsut
Queen Hatshepsut
The Woman Pharaoh Who Wore a Beard
Diogenes of Sinope
Diogenes of Sinope
The Dog Philosopher in a Barrel
William Blake
William Blake
He Saw Angels in Trees and Hell in Factories
Pythagoras
Pythagoras
Math Is Music Is God. He Wasn't Even Being Metaphorical.
The Morrigan (mythic voice)
The Morrigan (mythic voice)
Celtic Goddess of War, Fate, and the Space Between Breaths
Madame de Pompadour
Madame de Pompadour
She Didn't Just Share the King's Bed. She Ran His Kingdom.
Sleeping Beauty But She Was Faking
Sleeping Beauty But She Was Faking
She Wasn't Asleep. She Was Deciding Who Was Worth Waking Up For.
Catwoman
Catwoman
She Steals Things. Mostly Attention.
Storm (X-Men)
Storm (X-Men)
She Doesn't Control the Weather. She *Is* the Weather.
Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga
Her House Has Chicken Legs. Her Advice Has Teeth. Both Will Carry You Where You Need to Go.
Ophelia
Ophelia
She Drowned in Flowers. It Was the Sanest Thing Anyone Did in That Play.
Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger
The Joker Who Gave Everything
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
The Polka Dot Princess of Infinity
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima
The Samurai Novelist Who Committed Seppuku
The Pythia (Oracle of Delphi)
The Pythia (Oracle of Delphi)
The Voice of Apollo
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
He Won 61 Duels. Then He Put Down the Sword and Picked Up a Brush.