Fannie is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Fannie B. Damon (1857-1939), American writer, magazine editor *

Fannie B. Linderman Fannie B. Linderman (, Fry; after first marriage, Linderman; after second marriage, Harling; pen name, Lady Lind; August 1875 – October 9, 1960) was a British-born American teacher of dramatic arts, an entertainer, and a writer. She was a member ...

(1875-1960), British-born American teacher, entertainer, and writer *

Fannie Barrier Williams Frances "Fannie" Barrier Williams (February 12, 1855 – March 4, 1944) was an African American educator, civil rights, and women's rights activist, and the first black woman to gain membership to the Chicago Woman's Club. She became well kno ...

(1855–1944), African American educator, political and women's rights activist *

Fannie Barrios Fannie Barrios (1964-2005) was a professional female bodybuilder from Venezuela. Biography Fannie Josefina Barrios was born in Caracas, Venezuela on May 30, 1964. She was the Venezuelan champion in 1997 and 1998. She earned her pro card in 19 ...

, Venezuelan bodybuilder * Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler (1863–1927), Austrian-born American pianist *

Fannie C. Williams Fannie C. Williams (1882-1980) was an American educator. Early life Fannie C. Williams was born in 1882 in Biloxi, Mississippi. In the pursuit to attend college, she moved to New Orleans. In 1904, she graduated from Straight College, a school tha ...

(1882–1980), American educator *

Fannie E. Motley Fannie Ernestine Motley (January 25, 1927 - May 8, 2016) was the first African Americans, African-American graduate from Spring Hill College, a Society of Jesus, Jesuit institution in Mobile, Alabama. She entered the school in 1954. Biography M ...

, American schoolteacher and president of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools *

Fannie Farmer Fannie Merritt Farmer (23 March 1857 – 16 January 1915) was an American culinary expert whose ''Boston Cooking-School Cook Book'' became a widely used culinary text. Education Fannie Farmer was born on 23 March 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, ...

(1857–1915), American culinary expert and author *

Fannie Fern Andrews Fannie Fern Andrews (Phillips) (1867–1950) was an American lecturer, teacher, social worker, and writer. Biography Fannie Fern and Frank Edward Phillips were twins, born on 25 September 1867 at Middleton, Annapolis (Nova Scotia) to Anni ...

(1867–1950), American lecturer, teacher, social worker and writer *

Fannie Flagg Fannie Flagg (born Patricia Neal; September 21, 1944) is an American actress, comedian and author. She is best known as a semi-regular panelist on the 1973–1982 versions of the game show ''Match Game'' and for the 1987 novel ''Fried Green Toma ...

(born 1944), American actress, comedian and author *

Fannie Gaston-Johansson Fannie Jean Gaston-Johansson (born 1938) is an American professor of nursing. She is a professor emerita and university distinguished professor at Johns Hopkins University. Gaston-Johansson researched health disparities, pain management, and co ...

(born 1938), American professor of nursing *

Fannie Heaslip Lea Fannie Heaslip Lea (October 30, 1884 – January 13, 1955) was an American author and poet, best known for her poem "The Dead Faith". Biography Fannie (sometimes spelled Fanny) Heaslip Lea, the daughter of newspaperman James J. Lea and Marg ...

(1884–1955), American author and poet *

Fannie Hillsmith Fannie Hillsmith (1911 – July 27, 2007) was an American cubist painter from Boston who during a long career, mostly based in New York City, developed a style of Cubism which combined traditional Cubist motifs with what she called "an early Ameri ...

(1911–2007), American cubist painter *

Fannie Hurst Fannie Hurst (October 18, 1889 – February 23, 1968) was an American novelist and short-story writer whose works were highly popular during the post-World War I era. Her work combined sentimental, romantic themes with social issues of the d ...

(1885–1968), American novelist *

Fannie Kauffman Fannie Kauffman (April 11, 1924 – February 21, 2009), who was often known by the stage name Vitola, was a Canadian-born Cuban actress and comedian. Biography Early life Kauffman was born on April 11, 1924, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She mov ...

(1924–2009), a Mexican comedian and actress *

Fannie Lee Chaney Fannie Lee Chaney (née Roberts; September 4, 1921 – May 22, 2007) was an American baker turned civil rights activist after her son James Chaney was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan during the 1964 Freedom Summer rides in Mississippi. After her so ...

(1921–2007), American baker turned civil rights activist *

Fannie Lou Hamer Fannie Lou Hamer (; Townsend; October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977) was an American voting rights, voting and women's rights activist, Community organizing, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement. She was the co-foun ...

(1917–1977), American voting rights activist *

Fannie Nampeyo Fannie Nampeyo (1900–1987) (also known as Fannie Lesou Polacca and Fannie Nampeyo Polacca) was a modern and contemporary fine arts potter, who carried on the traditions of her famous mother, Nampeyo of Hano, the grand matriarch of modern Hopi ...

(1900–1987), American potter *

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Fannie Pearson Hardy Eckstorm (1865–1946) was an American writer, ornithologist and folklorist. Her extensive personal knowledge of her native state of Maine secured her place as one of the foremost authorities on the history, wildlife, cultures, ...

(1865–1946), American writer, ornithologist and folklorist *

Fannie Porter Fannie Porter (February 12, 1873 – c. 1940) was a well-known ''madam'' in 19th-century Texas, in the United States. She is best known for her association with famous outlaws of the day and for her popular San Antonio brothel. Career as a mada ...

(1873–c.1940), American brothel owner *

Fannie M. Richards Fannie M. Richards (October 1, 1840 – February 13, 1922) was an American educator. She created the first kindergarten program in Michigan, and for that was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. She also protested against the segrega ...

(1840–1922), American educator *

Fannie Salter Fannie May Hudgins Salter (May 20, 1882 – March 11, 1966) was an American lighthouse keeper and the last lighthouse keeper at Turkey Point Light in Maryland. She served from 1925 until she retired in 1947, at which point the station became f ...

(1883–1966), American lighthouse keeper *

Fannie Sellins Fannie Sellins (1872 – August 26, 1919) was an American union organizer. Born Fanny Mooney in New Orleans, Louisiana, she married Charles Sellins in St. Louis, Missouri. After his death she worked in a garment factory to support her four chi ...

(1872–1919), American union organizer *

Fannie Ward Fannie Ward (born Fannie Buchanan; February 22, 1872 – January 27, 1952), also credited as Fanny Ward, was an American actress of stage and screen. Known for performing in both comedic and dramatic roles, she was cast in '' The Cheat'', a sexu ...

(1872–1952), vaudeville and silent film actress

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