Known for her fashion design and tumultuous personal life, actress, writer and artist Gloria Vanderbilt became an iconic figure in American popular culture during the 20th century.

• Artist, Writer
  (1924–)

Social activist, writer, editor, and lecturer Gloria Steinem has been an outspoken champion of women's rights since the late 1960s.

• Journalist, Women's Rights Activist
  (1934–)

Mexican pop superstar Gloria Trevi's career fell apart in the 1990s when she and her manager were accused of corrupting minors, sexual abuse, and kidnapping.

• Singer
  (1968–)

In the early 1960s, Gloria Richardson was the leader of the Cambridge Movement, a struggle for civil rights and economic opportunities in Cambridge, Maryland.

• Civil Rights Activist
  (1922–)

Cuban-American superstar Gloria Estefan fronted the band Miami Sound Machine. Songs like "Conga" and "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" topped the charts in the 1980s and 1990s and became pop classics.

• Singer
  (1957–)

Short-story writer and poet Grace Paley is known both for her written work and for her political activism, most notably against the Vietnam War.

• Educator, Anti-War Activist, Poet, Author
  (1922–2007)

Novelist Edith Wharton was born to an old New York family, but is better known for her books Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence.

• Author
  (1862–1937)

Alicia Keys is a multiple Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter whose debut album, Songs in A Minor, went platinum five times over.

• Singer, Television Actress, Pianist
  (1981–)