Nannie is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Nannie Helen Burroughs Nannie Helen Burroughs (May 2, 1879May 20, 1961) was a black educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the United States. Her speech "How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping," at the 1900 Nationa ...

, (1879–1961), African-American educator, orator, religious leader and businesswoman *

Nannie Webb Curtis Nannie Webb Curtis (, Austin; after first marriage, Webb; after second marriage, Curtis; June 22, 1861 - March 29, 1920) was an American lecturer and temperance activist, widely-known as a clubwoman. She wrote essays on the topic and edited a mag ...

(1861–1920), American lecturer, temperance activist, clubwoman *

Nannie de Villiers Nannie de Villiers (born Esmé de Villiers, 5 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player who represented South Africa. She was born in neighbouring Namibia but moved at a young age. De Villiers made her début in 1993, at the small I ...

(born 1976), South African former tennis player *

Nannie Doss Nannie Doss (born Nancy Hazel; November 4, 1905 – June 2, 1965) was an American serial killer responsible for the deaths of 11 people between some time in the 1920s and 1954. Doss was also referred to as the Giggling Granny, the Lonely Hearts ...

(1905–1965), American serial killer *

Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue, also known as Ann Stewart Lyster Lambert, was born in 1843 and lived until 12 January 1940. She came from an upper-middle class family and she was famous for her horse riding, poetry and journalism projects. She ...

(1843–1940), Irish author, poet and journalist *

Nannie Kelly Wright Nannie Kelly Wright, born Nannie Scott Honshell (September 8, 1856 - December 12, 1946) was the only known American female ironmaster. Early life Nannie Scott Honshell was born in Catlettsburg, KY, the daughter of Captain Washington Honshell, a ...

(1856–1946), born Nannie Scott Honshell, the only known American female ironmaster * Nannie Brown, nickname of

Agnes Brown (suffragist) Agnes Henderson Brown also known as Nannie Brown (12 April 1866 – 1 December 1943) was a Scottish suffragist and writer. She was one of the "Brown Women" who walked from Edinburgh to London in 1912. An early woman cyclist in Scotland. She repea ...

* Nannie, a witch in Robert Burn's poem " Tam o' Shanter"

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