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Amanda Hearst

Amanda Randolph Hearst (born 1984, New York), American socialite, model, and Hearst heiress; co-founder of sustainable fashion retailer Maison de Mode and the Well Beings animal-welfare nonprofit.

Amanda Holden

Amanda Louise Holden (born 1971, Portsmouth) is an English actress, singer, and presenter, judge on Britain's Got Talent since 2007, Heart Breakfast co-host, Olivier-nominated for Thoroughly Modern Millie, and host of BBC One's The Inner Circle; distinct from the opera librettist Amanda Holden (1948–2021).

Amanda Hollowell

Amanda Hollowell is an American Democratic politician and political strategist who won the 2026 primary runoff to become the Democratic nominee for Georgia's 1st Congressional District.

Amanda Hulse

Amanda Hulse, professionally known as Amanda M. Hulse-Kemp, is an American computational biologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Raleigh, North Carolina, and a 2025 PECASE recipient.

Amanda Hummon

Amanda Hummon is an American analytical chemist and Ohio State professor who develops mass spectrometry methods for cancer research and received a 2015 PECASE award.

Amanda K. Brailsford

Amanda Kathleen Brailsford, born in 1967, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Idaho since 2023 and chief judge since 2026.

Amanda Kay

Amanda Kay is a biotechnology executive serving as Senior Partner and Chief Business Development Officer at Flagship Pioneering, where she leads pharmaceutical partnerships across its ecosystem of more than 40 companies.

Amanda Kessel

Amanda Kessel (born 1991, Madison, Wisconsin) is an American hockey executive and former player, Pittsburgh Penguins Director of Minor League Operations and WBS assistant GM; three-time Olympian (gold 2018), three-time NCAA champion, 2026 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame electee with brother Phil.

Amanda Klabin

Amanda Klabin Tkacz is a Brazilian businesswoman from the founding family of Klabin S.A., Brazil's largest packaging paper producer, and its first female board chair.

Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox, American author and exoneree, was twice convicted and finally acquitted in 2015 by Italy's Court of Cassation of the 2007 Perugia murder of Meredith Kercher; her calunnia conviction was upheld in 2025.

Amanda Kramer (director)

Amanda Kramer is an American filmmaker, musician, and author known for Ladyworld (2018), Please Baby Please (2022), Give Me Pity! (2022), the documentary So Unreal (2023), and By Design (2025), the Juliette Lewis chair body-swap film.

Amanda Lamb

Amanda Lamb (born 1972) is an English TV presenter and former model, presenter of A Place in the Sun (2001-2009) and the Scottish Widows ad face; distinct from the American WRAL crime reporter of the same name.

Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear (Amanda Tapp), French singer, painter, TV presenter, actress, and former model; Salvador Dalí's muse and Roxy Music cover model who became a European disco star with Follow Me, Blood and Honey, and Queen of Chinatown; birth date and gender rumors long disputed.

Amanda Leighton

Amanda Leighton (born Amanda Leigh Ratzlaff, 1993, Fresno, California) is an American actress and voice actress known for Blossom in the 2016 Powerpuff Girls, Poppy in Trolls, Polly in Amphibia, and Emma on The Fosters.

Amanda Lepore

Amanda Lepore, born 1967 in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, is an American transgender model, singer, and performance artist, muse of David LaChapelle, Club Kids alumna, author of Doll Parts (2017), and Balenciaga Summer 2024 runway model.

Amanda Lindhout

Amanda Lindhout is a Canadian author and humanitarian who was held captive for 460 days after being kidnapped in Somalia in 2008. She later wrote the bestseller A House in the Sky.

Amanda Longan

Amanda Longan (born 1997, Moorpark, California) is an American water polo goalkeeper, 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and 2024 Paris Olympian, 2018 Cutino Award winner at USC, and four-time world champion with Team USA.

Amanda Lucas (fighter)

Amanda "Powerhouse" Lucas, born 1981, is an American retired MMA fighter, adopted daughter of George Lucas; 5-1 record, DEEP openweight women's champion 2012, retired after 2014 pregnancy.

Amanda Marshall

Amanda Marshall is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Toronto whose 1995 self-titled debut achieved Diamond status in Canada and sold over 6 million copies worldwide. Hits include Birmingham, Dark Horse, and Let It Rain; her 2023 comeback album Heavy Lifting won a 2024 Juno Award.

Amanda McKinney

Amanda McKinney is an American Republican politician and Yakima County Commissioner who is the 2026 GOP nominee for Washington's 4th Congressional District, facing Democrat John Duresky.

Amanda Mealing

Amanda Jane Mealing, English actress and director born 1967 in Dulwich, London; best known as Connie Beauchamp in Holby City and Casualty, also Four Weddings and a Funeral, Strike Back, and directing credits on Coronation Street and Waterloo Road.

Amanda Mocroft

Amanda Mocroft is an epidemiologist at University College London known for her work on the long-term prognosis of people with HIV and her leading role in the EuroSIDA study.

Amanda Moll

Amanda Moll (born 2005) is an American pole vaulter who competes for the University of Washington and holds the NCAA indoor and outdoor pole vault records.

Amanda Nguyen

Amanda Nguyen (born 1991), Vietnamese-American activist and bioastronautics scientist, founded Rise, championed the 2016 Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act, and became the first Vietnamese woman in space on Blue Origin's NS-31 flight, April 14, 2025.

Amanda Nunes

Amanda Nunes, "The Lioness," Brazilian MMA fighter born 1988; first female simultaneous two-division UFC champion (bantamweight, featherweight), 23-5 record, beat Rousey, Cyborg, Holm, Shevchenko twice; retired 2023, returning vs Kayla Harrison.

Amanda Owen

Amanda Owen, the Yorkshire Shepherdess, is an English shepherdess, author, and TV personality of Our Yorkshire Farm, living at Ravenseat, a 2,000-acre Swaledale hill farm, with nine children and over 1,000 sheep.

Amanda Palmer

Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist of punk cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls (with Brian Viglione); raised $1.2 million on Kickstarter for Theatre Is Evil, gave the TED talk The Art of Asking, and funds her work via Patreon.

Amanda Pays

Amanda Pays (born 1959, London) is an English actress, former model, and interior designer known for Theora Jones in Max Headroom and Tina McGee in The Flash (1990 and 2014), married to Corbin Bernsen.

Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet, American actress (born 1972, New York), known for The Whole Nine Yards, Studio 60, Togetherness, Brockmire, Dirty John, and Apple TV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors; also a playwright married to David Benioff.

Amanda Pelkey

Amanda Pelkey, born 1993 in Vermont, is a retired American ice hockey forward, 2018 Olympic gold medalist, two-time World champion, UVM's all-time scoring leader, first Boston Pride signee, and later a PWHL Boston Fleet player and AMP Hockey founder.