List of people named Susan

This is a list of notable people with the given name Susan.

Notable people named Susan

• Susan (Iranian singer) (1942–2004), born Golandam Taherkhani, an Iranian singer
• Susan (Japanese singer), pop singer who recorded in Japan in the early 1980s
• Susan, Lady Renouf (1942–2016), Australian socialite
• Susan, Lady St Helier (1845–1931), London County Council alderman
• Susan Ariel Aaronson, American author, public speaker, and academic
• Susan Abod (born 1951), American feminist activist and musician
• Susan Abulhawa (born 1970), Palestinian American writer and human rights activist
• Susan Aceron (1972–2016), Canadian actress and businesswoman
• Susan Africa (born 1959), Filipina actress, host and beauty queen
• Susan Aglukark (born 1967), Inuk musician
• Susan Aho (born 1974), Finnish singer
• Susan Aitken, Scottish National Party politician
• Susan Alberts, American primatologist, anthropologist and biologist, professor at Duke University
• Susan Albright, American journalist and editor
• Susan Alexander-Max, American-born British fortepianist
• Susan Alexjander, American sound artist, musical composer, and teacher
• Susan Allen (born 1963), Minnesota politician
• Susan Almy (born 1946), New Hampshire politician
• Susan Amara, American professor of neuroscience
• Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906), American feminist and suffragist of the 19th century
• Susan Anton (born 1950), American actress
• Susan Arnold (born 1954), American businesswoman
• Susan Atefat-Peckham (1970–2004), Iranian-American poet
• Susan Austin, American politician
• Susan Avery (born 1950), American atmospheric physicist
• Susan Avingaq, Inuk Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actress
• Susan Backlinie (born 1946), American actress and stuntwoman
• Susan Badders (born 1951), American fencer
• Susan Baer (1950–2016), American public servant
• Susan Bailey (born 1950), British psychiatrist and academic
• Susan Baker (born 1955), British professor of political science
• Susan Hammond Barney (1834–1922), American evangelist, writer
• Susan Bay (born 1943), American actress
• Susan Bernal (born 1982), Colombian materials scientist
• Susan Bertie, Countess of Kent (1554–?), English aristocrat
• Sue Bird (born 1980), American basketball player
• Susan Bissell, Canadian academic, UNICEF's Child Protection Section chief
• Susan Boyle (born 1961), Scottish singer
• Susan Brookes (born 1943), English television chef
• Susan Alice Buffett (born 1953), daughter of Warren Buffett
• Susan Cain (born 1968), American author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts... and Bittersweet
• Susan Calman (born 1974), Scottish comedian
• Susan Carlson (born 1969), American former television reporter
• Susan Cheever (born 1943), American author
• Susan Chomba, Kenyan scientist and environmentalist
• Susan Collett (born 1961), Canadian artist
• Susan Jane Colley (born 1959), American mathematician
• Susan Cookson (born 1965), British actress
• Susan Cooper (born 1935), English author
• Susan Coppersmith (born 1957), American physicist
• Susan Elizabeth Wood Crocker (1836–?), American physician
• Susan B. Davidson, American computer scientist
• Susan Shaw Devesa (born 1944), American cancer epidemiologist
• Susan Dew Hoff (1842–1933), American physician
• Susan Ann Dimock, Canadian philosopher and professor
• Susan DuBose, American politician from Alabama
• Susan Cushman (born 1972), Canadian rhythmic gymnast
• Susan Darcy (born 1956), American test pilot
• Susan Dey (born 1952), American actress
• Susan S. Ellenberg, American biostatistician
• Susan Enriquez, Filipina broadcast journalist
• Susan Frances Nelson Ferree (1844–1919), American journalist, temperance worker and social activist
• Susan Fessenden (1840–1932), American activist, reformer
• Susan Ford, daughter of the U.S. President Gerald Ford
• Susan Fuentes (1954–2013), Filipina singer
• Susan B. Ganong (1873–1961), Canadian educator and proprietor of the Netherwood School
• Susan Shur-Fen Gau (born 1962), Taiwanese psychiatrist and academic
• Susan Gerbic (born 1963), American skeptical activist
• Susan K. Gregurick, American computational chemist
• Susan Hampshire (born 1937), English actress
• Susan Ashbrook Harvey (born 1953), American professor of Byzantine and early Christian studies
• Susan Hayward (1917–1975), American actress
• Susan Helms (born 1958), American astronaut
• Susan Hendl (1947–2020), American ballet dancer and répétiteur
• Susan Heyward, American actress
• Susan Hill (born 1942), British author
• Susan Hiscock (1913–1995), British sailor
• Susan Ieraci (born 1960), Australian doctor and emergency specialist
• Susan Isaacs (born 1943), American author
• Susan Jaffe, American ballet dancer
• Susan Kadis (born 1953), Canadian politician
• Susan Keefe, American anthropologist and author
• Susan G. Komen, American breast cancer victim at 36, whose sister named a foundation after her
• Susan B. Landau (1952–2017), American film producer, television producer, talent manager, and photographer
• Susan Lewis (writer) (born 1956), English author
• Susan Littler (1947–1982), English actress
• Susan Lucci (born 1946), American actress
• Susan Nudelman (known as Suzi Ferrer) (1940–2006), US/Puerto-Rican visual artist and feminist
• Susan A. Martinis (born 1963), American biochemist
• Susan McFadden (born 1983), Irish actress and singer
• Susan Mikula, American artist and photographer
• Susan B. Millar, senior scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research
• Susan Morton, New Zealand professor of epidemiology and population health
• Susan B. Neuman, American educator, researcher, and education policy-maker
• Susan Newell (1893–1923), last woman to be hanged in Scotland
• Susan Oliver (1932–1990), American actress, director, and aviator
• Susan Oseloff (born 2006), German singer who represented Germany in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
• Susan J. Palmer (born 1946), Canadian sociologist
• Susan Polgar (born 1969), Hungarian-American grandmaster chess player
• Susie Porter (born 1970 or 1971), Australian television, film and theatre actress
• Suzi Quatro (born 1950), American actress, singer-songwriter and musician
• Susan Quimpo (1961–2020), Filipina activist and writer
• Susan Reutzel-Edens, American chemist and Head of Science at the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
• Susan Rigetti (born 1991), American software engineer and author
• Susan Roces (1941–2022), Filipina actress
• Susan Roman (born 1957), Canadian voice actress
• Susan Ruskin, film producer
• Susan Saint James (born 1946), American actress
• Susan Augusta Pike Sanders (1842–1931), American teacher, clubwoman, and author
• Susan Sandretto, American professor of education
• Susan Sarandon (born 1946), American actress
• Susan Fromberg Schaeffer (1941–2011), American author
• Susan Polis Schutz (born 1944), American poet and greeting card writer
• Susan Shentall (1934–1996), British actress
• Susan Silver (born 1958), American music manager
• Siouxsie Sioux (born 1957), English musician
• Susan Sizemore (1951–2020), American novelist
• Susan Smith (born 1971), American murderer who drowned her two sons
• Susan Somers-Willett, American author
• Susan Sontag (1933–2004), American author, theorist, and political activist
• Susan Marr Spalding (1841–1908), American poet
• Susan J. Swift Steele (1822–1895), American social reformer
• Susan Stokes-Chapman (born 1985), English author
• Susan Ann Sulley (born 1963), British singer with The Human League
• Susan Sullivan (disambiguation), several people
• Susan Swecker, American public affairs consultant
• Susan Tooby (born 1960), Welsh long-distance runner
• Susan Twist, British actress
• Susan Archer Weiss (1822–1917), American poet, author, artist
• Susan R. Wilson (1948–2020), Australian statistician
• Susan Tyler Witten (born 1970), American politician
• Susan H. Wixon (1839–1912), American freethought writer, editor, feminist, and educator
• Susie Wiles (born 1957), American political consultant, incoming White House Chief of Staff
• Susan Wojcicki (1968-2024), American business executive, third CEO of YouTube

Fictional characters

• Susan, a character in the television series Steven Universe
• Susan, a character in the 1984 American 3D slasher movie Silent Madness
• Lazy Susan, a character in television series Gravity Falls
• Susan Ashwood, a blind medium from Manchester, UK, from the Power of Five series
• Susan Bishop, in the second season of Siren
• Susan Black, a character in Veronica Roth's Divergent
• Susan Bones, character in Harry Potter
• Susan Bunch, in the TV series Friends
• Susana "Susan" Burgos, a character in the Philippine drama series Abot-Kamay na Pangarap
• Susan Calvin, robopsychologist in the I, Robot series
• Susan Davis/Susan David, a character in the Philippine drama series Mara Clara (1992 TV series) and Mara Clara (2010 TV series)
• Susan Delgado, from The Dark Tower series
• Susan "Sue" Dibny, a character in DC Comics and The Flash
• Susan Evers, one of the two main characters in the 1961 American romantic comedy The Parent Trap
• Susan Foreman, a recurring character in Doctor Who
• Susan Heffley, in the book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Susan Sto Helit, a Discworld character
• Susan Henchard, in Thomas Hardy's 1886 novel The Mayor of Casterbridge
• Susan Keane, the main character in the TV series Suddenly Susan
• Susan Kennedy, a main character in the soap opera Neighbours
• Susan Lewis, doctor on the television show ER
• Susan Mayer, a main character in the TV series Desperate Housewives
• Susan Moore, character from 1978–1983 on the American soap opera General Hospital
• Susan Mortlake, from the Power of Five series
• Susan Murphy/Ginormica, a cartoon character voiced by Reese Witherspoon in the 2009 film Monsters vs. Aliens
• Susan Neville, in the 1986 TV action movie The Gladiator
• Susan Norton, a character in Stephen King's Salem's Lot
• Susan Pevensie, a main character in The Chronicles of Narnia
• Susan Robinson, one of the original residents of 123 Sesame Street, played by Loretta Long
• Susan Rollins, a character in Tag
• Susan Ross, NBC executive and the fiancé of George Costanza on the television show Seinfeld
• Susie Salmon, in The Lovely Bones
• Susan "Sue" Snell, a character in Stephen King's Carrie
• Susan Storm, a comic book superheroine in the Marvel Universe
• Susan Strong, in the television series Adventure Time
• Susan "Sue" Sylvester, a main character in Glee
• Susan Test, the younger twin sister of Mary Test, from the television series, Johnny Test
• Lady Susan Vernon, the protagonist of Lady Susan