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Amy E. Herr

Amy E. Herr is an American bioengineer at the University of California, Berkeley, known for microfluidic single-cell Western blotting, which measures proteins in individual cells rather than bulk populations.

Amy E. Pasquinelli

Amy E. Pasquinelli is an American molecular biologist at UC San Diego, first author of the 2000 Nature paper showing the microRNA let-7 is conserved across animals.

Amy Elik

Amy Elik is an American politician and Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 111th district, first elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2022 and 2024.

Amy F.T. Arnsten

Amy F.T. Arnsten is a Yale neurobiologist who studies the molecular mechanisms regulating the prefrontal cortex, work that produced guanfacine for ADHD and prazosin for PTSD.

Amy Farrah Fowler

Amy Farrah Fowler is the neurobiologist character in The Big Bang Theory, played by Mayim Bialik, introduced in the season 3 finale as Sheldon Cooper's online-dating match, later his wife and Nobel co-laureate, appearing in 203 of 279 episodes.

Amy Finkelstein

Amy Finkelstein is an American health economist and professor at MIT, best known as a principal investigator of the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, a randomized trial of Medicaid's effects.

Amy Fisher

Amy Fisher (born 1974), the "Long Island Lolita," shot Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa, New York on May 19, 1992 during an affair with Joey Buttafuoco; she served nearly seven years in prison.

Amy Galey

Amy Galey is an American politician and Republican member of the North Carolina State Senate representing District 25 in Alamance County, serving as Senate Majority Whip since 2025.

Amy Gartman

Amy Gartman is an American research oceanographer at the USGS in Santa Cruz, California, who studies deep-sea microbes and minerals and won a 2025 PECASE award.

Amy Gaston Charles Auguste Bonet-Maury

Amy Gaston Charles Auguste Bonet-Maury (1842–1919) was a French Reformed pastor and church historian who taught ecclesiastical history at the Paris Protestant faculty from 1879 to 1912.

Amy Gleason

Amy Gleason, American nurse turned health-care technology executive; co-founder of CareSync, former USDS staffer under Trump and Biden, acting administrator of the U.S. DOGE Service since February 2025.

Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman is an American broadcast journalist, co-founder in 1996 and host of Democracy Now!, airing on 1,400+ stations, known for East Timor and Nigeria reporting, the Right Livelihood Award, and six bestsellers.

Amy Grant

Amy Grant (born 1960, Augusta, Georgia), also called the Queen of Christian Pop, is an American singer-songwriter and six-time Grammy winner who pioneered contemporary Christian music's crossover into mainstream pop, topping the Billboard Hot 100 with "Baby Baby" in 1991.

Amy Grant (Illinois politician)

Amy Grant is an American Republican politician in the Illinois House of Representatives from the 47th district, after serving on the DuPage County Board from 2012 to 2018.

Amy Griffin (author)

Amy Griffin, American author and G9 Ventures founder, wrote the 2025 memoir The Tell, an Oprah's Book Club pick about MDMA-recovered memories of abuse; later disputed in lawsuits.

Amy Hart (TV personality)

Amy Hart, English TV personality, influencer and presenter born 1993 in Worthing, Sussex; Love Island series 5 contestant (2019, walked Day 37), not the American actresses named Amy Hart. Married Sam Rason 2024; sons Stanley and Dexter; co-hosted Love Island: The Morning After until 2026.

Amy Heckerling

Amy Heckerling (born 1954) is an American film director and writer of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Look Who's Talking, and Clueless, the Emma adaptation in the National Film Registry, now tied to a Paramount+ Clueless sequel series.

Amy Hempel

Amy Hempel (born 1951) is an American short story writer known for compressed, emotionally charged fiction; her five collections include Reasons to Live (1985) and Sing to It (2019).

Amy Hennig

Amy Hennig, American game writer and director; creator of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and creative director of Uncharted; later EA's Star Wars Ragtag, Skydance New Media, and Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra.

Amy Hill

Amy Hill (born 1953, Deadwood, South Dakota) is an American actress and comedian of Japanese and Finnish descent, known for All-American Girl, Magnum P.I., Just Add Magic, 50 First Dates, and Lilo & Stitch voice work.

Amy Holland

Amy Holland (born Amy Boersma) is an American soft rock singer from Palisades, New York; her 1980 hit "How Do I Survive" earned a Best New Artist Grammy nomination, and she is married to Michael McDonald.

Amy Huberman

Amy Huberman is an Irish actor and writer from Dublin, known for Daisy O'Callaghan in The Clinic and for creating and starring in Finding Joy. Also an author, IFTA winner for Rewind, and wife of Brian O'Driscoll.

Amy Irving

Amy Irving (born 1953, Palo Alto) is an American actress and singer, star of Carrie, The Fury, Yentl (Oscar-nominated), Crossing Delancey, and Micki & Maude; Obie winner, ex-wife of Steven Spielberg, later recording artist.

Amy J. St. Eve

Amy Joan St. Eve, born 1965, is an American judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals since 2018, after 16 years as a federal district judge in Illinois.

Amy Jackson

Amy Jackson (Amy Louise Jackson, born 1992) is a British actress and model known for Indian cinema: Madrasapattinam (2010), I, Singh Is Bliing, Theri, and 2.0, plus Saturn Girl in Supergirl. Distinct from the casting director and film producer of the same name.

Amy Jo Johnson

Amy Jo Johnson (born 1970) is an American-Canadian actress and filmmaker, the original Pink Ranger Kimberly Hart on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, later Julie Emrick on Felicity and Jules Callaghan on Flashpoint, now a director of The Space Between and Tammy's Always Dying.

Amy Johnson

Amy Johnson, also known as Amy Mollison, was a British aviator and engineer from Hull who in 1930 became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.

Amy Klobuchar

Amy Klobuchar, Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota since 2007, first woman elected to represent the state, former Hennepin County attorney, 2020 presidential candidate, and 2026 DFL nominee for Minnesota governor.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Amy Krouse Rosenthal (1965-2017) was a Chicago author of 30+ children's books (Duck! Rabbit!, Uni the Unicorn), the memoirs Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal, and the viral Modern Love essay "You May Want to Marry My Husband."

Amy L Baxter

Amy L. Baxter is an American pediatric emergency physician and pain researcher who invented Buzzy, a bee-shaped vibration and cold device for needle pain, and founded Pain Care Labs.