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Amy L. Baker

Amy L. Baker is an American veterinary virologist and lead scientist at the USDA National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa, known for pioneering studies of influenza A viruses in swine.

Amy L. Milton

Amy L. Milton is a behavioral neuroscientist and University Professor at the University of Cambridge whose research on memory reconsolidation aims to treat PTSD and substance use disorder.

Amy Landecker

Amy Landecker (born 1969, Chicago) is an American actress known as Sarah Pfefferman on Transparent and Mrs. Samsky in A Serious Man; her feature writing-directing debut For Worse premiered at SXSW 2025.

Amy Lee

Amy Lee, American singer, songwriter, and classically trained pianist, co-founder and lead vocalist of Evanescence (Fallen, 2003). Two Grammy wins, solo film scores, Dream Too Much, and the 2026 album Sanctuary.

Amy Lepeilbet

Amy LePeilbet (born 1982, Spokane, Washington) is an American soccer defender and coach; 84 USWNT caps, 2012 Olympic gold, 2011 World Cup silver, WPS Defender of the Year 2009 and 2010, now SLCC head coach.

Amy Locane

Amy Locane (Amy Rose Locane, born 1971) is an American actress known for Cry-Baby (1990) and as Sandy Harling in Melrose Place season 1; later convicted in a fatal 2010 New Jersey DUI crash and resentenced to eight years.

Amy Loughren

Amy Loughren is an American former critical care nurse at Somerset Medical Center in New Jersey who wore a wire in 2003 to help detectives catch serial killer Charles Cullen.

Amy Lovell

Amy Lovell, also known as Amy E. Lovell, is an American theoretical nuclear physicist and staff scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory who received a 2025 PECASE award.

Amy M. Baggio

Amy Margaret Baggio, born 1973, is an American federal district judge in Oregon since 2024, appointed by President Biden after serving on the Multnomah County Circuit Court.

Amy M. Kilbourne

Amy M. Kilbourne is an American health services researcher and implementation scientist who serves as Executive Director of Health Systems Research in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Amy M. Totenberg

Amy M. Totenberg, also known as Amy Mil Totenberg, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Northern District of Georgia since 2021.

Amy Macdonald

Amy Macdonald (born 1987, Bishopbriggs, Scotland) is a Scottish folk-pop singer-songwriter whose 2007 debut This Is the Life hit UK No. 1; six studio albums, over nine million records, later signed to BMG.

Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan (born 1950, Chicago) is an American actress who won the 2026 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Aunt Gladys in Weapons, 40 years after her 1986 nomination for Twice in a Lifetime; also known for Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, and Roe vs. Wade.

Amy Madison

Amy Madison is a fictional witch in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, daughter of Catherine Madison, debuting in "Witch" (1997). Known for being turned into a rat for three years, restored in "The Killer in Me", and later becoming Willow's rival; portrayed by Elizabeth Anne Allen.

Amy Manson

Amy Manson (born 1985, Aberdeenshire) is a Scottish actress known for Torchwood, Being Human, Atlantis, Merida in Once Upon a Time, Maladie in HBO's The Nevers, Spencer, and two Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland.

Amy McGrath

Amy McGrath (born 1975) is a retired Marine lieutenant colonel, first woman Marine to fly an F/A-18 in combat, with 89 combat missions; lost Kentucky House race 2018 and Senate race 2020, running again in 2026.

Amy Mek

Amy Mek is the online pseudonym of Amy Mekelburg, an American far-right commentator and anti-Islam activist from New York who founded RAIR Foundation USA and was identified by journalists in 2018.

Amy Morton

Amy Morton (born 1958, Oak Park, Illinois) is an American actress and director, Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member since 1997, two-time Tony nominee for August: Osage County and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Sgt. Trudy Platt on NBC's Chicago P.D. since 2014.

Amy Nicholson

Amy Nicholson, American film critic for the Los Angeles Times, co-host of the Unspooled podcast with Paul Scheer, author of Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor (2014), former LA Weekly and MTV critic.

Amy Nuttall

Amy Nuttall (Amy Abigail Nuttall, born 1982) is an English actress and singer known for Chloe Atkinson in Emmerdale, Ethel Parks in Downton Abbey, and Jane Butterfield in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Amy O'Neill

Amy O'Neill, American actress born 1971 in Pacific Palisades, California, best known as Amy Szalinski in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992); child actress, 1980s TV guest roles, retired in the 1990s, returned late 2010s.

Amy Okuda

Amy Kei Okuda (born 1989, Torrance, California) is an American actress best known as Tinkerballa in the web series The Guild (2007) and as Julia Sasaki, Sam's therapist, in Netflix's Atypical.

Amy Oliver

Amy Lee Oliver (born 1987, Rotherham) is a British recurve archer, 2012 Olympian (individual =17, team =9), 2016 World Archery Field champion, 2010 Commonwealth team silver and 2011 Worlds mixed team bronze medallist; retired 2017.

Amy Pascal

Amy Pascal is an American film producer and studio executive who led Columbia Pictures and Sony's motion picture group from 1996 to 2015, overseeing the Spider-Man franchise.

Amy Paulin

Amy Paulin is an American politician who has represented New York's 88th Assembly district, including Scarsdale, as a Democrat since 2001, and chairs the Assembly Health Committee.

Amy Pietz

Amy Pietz (born 1969, Milwaukee) is an American actress known as Annie on Caroline in the City, Charlie on Rodney, Donna on The Office, and Donna Miller in the 2026 Legally Blonde prequel Elle.

Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler: American comedian and actress born in Newton, Massachusetts; SNL cast member 2001–2009, Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation, four-time Golden Globes host with Tina Fey, 2025 Peabody Career Achievement honoree, and host of the Good Hang podcast.

Amy Pond

Amy Pond (Amelia Jessica Pond) is a fictional Doctor Who companion played by Karen Gillan, the Eleventh Doctor's main companion from 2010 to 2012, wife of Rory Williams, mother of River Song, and last seen in "The Angels Take Manhattan."

Amy Pruden

Amy Pruden is an environmental engineer and University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech whose 2006 work established antibiotic resistance genes as emerging contaminants in water systems.

Amy Purdy

Amy Purdy (born 1979), American Paralympic snowboarder who lost both legs to bacterial meningitis in 1999; Sochi 2014 snowboard cross bronze, PyeongChang 2018 silver and bronze, co-founder of Adaptive Action Sports and Dancing with the Stars runner-up.