# 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 Topliff Davis (1862-1931), American non-profit executive
* Susan Dey (born 1952), American actress
* Susan Egelstaff (born 1982), Scottish badminton player
* 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 Braley Franklin (1868–1955), American classical scholar and educator
* 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
* Susan Powter (born 1957), Australian-born American motivational speaker and author
* 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, a character who appeared in the episode "Lazy Susan" from the television series Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot
* 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
* Susan Wilson, in tick, tick... BOOM!
* Lady Susan Vernon, the protagonist of Lady Susan