Marjorie Taylor-Green (edit: should be Taylor Greene)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Tammy Duckworth
Nancy Pelosi
Dianne Feinstein (rest in piss)
Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Jones
Ilhan Omar
Barbara Boxer
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Bush
Emma Watson
Charlotte Brontë
Emily Brontë (sorry other Brontë sister I forgot your name WH OMEGALUL)
Jane Austen
Ursula K. Le Guin
J.K. Rowling (ugh)
Maggie Gyllenhall (edit: should be Gyllenhaal)
Cate Blanchett
Kiera Knightley (I definitely misspelled her name) (edit: FUCK I HAD IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND THEN CHANGED IT)
Mila Kunis
Sandra Bullock
Monica Lewinsky
Meryl Streep
Amy Adams
Lindsay Lohan
Britney Spears
Paris Hilton
Christina Aguilera
Mariah Carey
Whitney Houston
Aretha Franklin
Diana Ross
Patti LaBelle
Donna Summer
Gloria Gaynor
Chaka Khan
Jennifer Hudson
Ariana Grande
Etta James
Ella Fitzgerald
Diana Krall
Doris Day
Ginger Rogers
Judy Garland
Audrey Hepburn
Coco Chanel
Elizabeth Hurley (I was trying to remember Elizabeth Taylor but blanked on the last name)
(not counting Marilyn Monroe because she's in the prompt)
Rosemary Clooney
Bette Davis
Betsy Ross
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Rosa Luxemburg
Angelina Jolie
Park Geun-hye (disgraced South Korean president)
Jennifer Lopez
Beyoncé Knowles
Kelly Rowland
Taylor Swift (just squeaked in there!)
Stevie Nicks
Courtney Love
Celine Dion
Avril Lavigne
Miranda Cosgrove
Oprah Winfrey
Jennifer Aniston
...time! Took me almost exactly 22 minutes. I got a little stuck after the small run of politicians because I was frustrated that I couldn't remember more (there were probably a half dozen that I could only remember last names of, for example), and then I went after meandering through a few actors and authors I went on an absolute tear of singers (I swear I did like 20 in the span of two or three minutes). My favorite parts were when I took wild turns because I pivoted on a similar name.
Haphazard category breakdown
1 through 16 are athletes:
1-4: tennis
5: golf
6-8: figure skating
9-12 + 16: gymnastics
13-14: football/soccer
15: basketball
17-21, 26, 27, 29, 44 are First Ladies of the United States (28 (Ivanka) is a daughter of a president)
22-25, 30-39, 41-42, 89 are various politicians (nearly all Americans with a few Br*ts, a German, and a South Korean)
40, 45, 51-55, 57-59, 77, 79, 81, 83, 88, 98, and 100 are actors (I'm not double counting people like Doris Day or Judy Garland)
46-50 are authors (couldn't remember Shelley's first name)
56 is Monica Lewinsky...not really sure what made me think of her at this point tbh
61 (Paris Hilton) is the lone "pure celebrity" on the list I think
43, 60, 62-76, 78, 82, 90-97 are singers (with some double- and triple-threats in there), going from 00s pop to divas to jazz to midcentury Hollywood and then a jumble at the very end
80 (Coco Chanel) is a fashion designer
84-87 are various historical figures
99 (Oprah Winfrey) is a TV host/billionaire mogul
Numbers by category:
27 singers
17 politicians
17 actors
16 athletes
9 FLOTUSes
5 authors
2 civil rights icons
1 flagmaker
1 president's daughter
1 doomed socialist
1 reality star
1 woman who was treated horrifically by the media (not that others on this list weren't, but that's what she's known for)
1 fashion designer
1 TV host/billionaire
edit 2: I found it pretty funny that two other people listed
spoiler
Courtney Love
which was kind of an asspull for me. Guess it just means we're of a certain age...
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...time! Took me almost exactly 22 minutes. I got a little stuck after the small run of politicians because I was frustrated that I couldn't remember more (there were probably a half dozen that I could only remember last names of, for example), and then I went after meandering through a few actors and authors I went on an absolute tear of singers (I swear I did like 20 in the span of two or three minutes). My favorite parts were when I took wild turns because I pivoted on a similar name.
Haphazard category breakdown
1 through 16 are athletes:
17-21, 26, 27, 29, 44 are First Ladies of the United States (28 (Ivanka) is a daughter of a president)
22-25, 30-39, 41-42, 89 are various politicians (nearly all Americans with a few Br*ts, a German, and a South Korean)
40, 45, 51-55, 57-59, 77, 79, 81, 83, 88, 98, and 100 are actors (I'm not double counting people like Doris Day or Judy Garland)
46-50 are authors (couldn't remember Shelley's first name)
56 is Monica Lewinsky...not really sure what made me think of her at this point tbh
61 (Paris Hilton) is the lone "pure celebrity" on the list I think
43, 60, 62-76, 78, 82, 90-97 are singers (with some double- and triple-threats in there), going from 00s pop to divas to jazz to midcentury Hollywood and then a jumble at the very end
80 (Coco Chanel) is a fashion designer
84-87 are various historical figures
99 (Oprah Winfrey) is a TV host/billionaire mogul
Numbers by category:
27 singers
17 politicians
17 actors
16 athletes
9 FLOTUSes
5 authors
2 civil rights icons
1
flagmaker
1 president's daughter
1 doomed socialist
1 reality star
1 woman who was treated horrifically by the media (not that others on this list weren't, but that's what she's known for)
1 fashion designer
1 TV host/billionaire
edit 2: I found it pretty funny that two other people listed
spoiler
Courtney Love
which was kind of an asspull for me. Guess it just means we're of a certain age...