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How many celebrities named Helen can you think of? The famous Helens below have many different professions, including notable actors named Helens, famous athletes named Helen, and even musicians named Helen.
Helen Mirren is certainly one of the most famous Helens on this list. One of the famous actresses named Helen, she is an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony award-winner. The Queen, Gosford Park, and Woman in Gold are among her notable films.
Another of the famous people with the first name Helen is Helen Keller. She was an author and activist famous for becoming the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Her time with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, was depicted in the film, The Miracle Worker.
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Helen Hunt
1963-06-15Birthplace: Los Angeles, Culver City, California, United States of America
Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She rose to fame portraying Jamie Buchman in the sitcom Mad About You (1992–1999), for which she won... more2
Helen Keller
1880-06-27Birthplace: Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States of America
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of Keller... more- 3
Helen Mirren
1945-07-26Birthplace: Chiswick, London, England, UK
Dame Helen Lydia Mirren, (born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. Mirren began her acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967 and is one of the few performers who have achieved the... more - 4
Helen Slater
1963-12-15Birthplace: Massapequa, New York, USA
Helen Rachel Slater (born December 15, 1963) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She played the title role in the 1984 film Supergirl, and returned to the 2015 TV series of the same name,... more - 5
Helen Fielding
1958-02-19Birthplace: Morley, United Kingdom
Helen Fielding (born 1958) is an English novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones, and a sequence of novels and films beginning with the life of a... more - 6
Helen Gurley Brown
1922-02-18Birthplace: Green Forest, Arkansas, United States of America
Helen Gurley Brown (February 18, 1922 – August 13, 2012; born Helen Marie Gurley) was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32... more - 7
Helen Hayes
1900-10-10Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States of America
Helen Hayes MacArthur (née Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 80 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre" and... more - 8
Helen Reddy
1941-10-25Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Helen Maxine Reddy (25 October 1941 – 29 September 2020) was an Australian singer, actor and activist. Born in Melbourne, Victoria to a show-business family, Reddy started her career as an... more - 9
Helen Marnie
1978-02-21Birthplace: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Helen Marnie is a Scottish musician, known as the lead vocalist and one of the keyboardists and songwriters of the electronic band Ladytron. In 2012, she started a solo career as Marnie and released... more - 10
Helen Skelton
1983-07-19Birthplace: Kirkby Thore, United Kingdom
Helen Elizabeth Skelton (born 19 July 1983) is an English television presenter and actress. She co-presented the BBC children's programme Blue Peter from 2008 until 2013, and since 2014 has been a... more - 11
Helen Flanagan
1990-08-07Birthplace: Bury, United Kingdom
Helen Joyce Gabriel Flanagan (born 7 August 1990) is an English actress and model. She played the role of Rosie Webster in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2000–2012 and reprised the role in... more - 12
Helen Gibson
1892-08-27Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Helen Gibson (August 27, 1892 – October 10, 1977) was an American film actress, vaudeville performer, radio performer, film producer, trick rider and rodeo performer; and is considered to be the... more - 13
Helen McCrory
1968-08-17Birthplace: London, England, UK
Helen Elizabeth McCrory (17 August 1968 – 16 April 2021) was a British actress. McCrory portrayed Cherie Blair in both The Queen (2006) and The Special Relationship (2010). She also portrayed... more - 14
Helen Thomas
1920-08-04Birthplace: Winchester, USA, Kentucky
Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American reporter and author best known for her longtime membership in the White House press corps. She covered the White House during the... more - 15
Helen Kane
1904-08-04Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States of America
Helen Kane (born Helen Clare Schroeder, August 4, 1904 – September 26, 1966) was an American singer. Her signature song was "I Wanna Be Loved by You". Kane's voice and appearance were a source for... more - 16
Helen Clark
1950-02-26Birthplace: Hamilton, New Zealand
Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008, and was the Administrator of the United Nations... more - 17
Helen Wills Moody
1905-10-06Birthplace: Fremont, California
Helen Newington Wills (October 6, 1905 – January 1, 1998), also known as Helen Wills Moody and Helen Wills Roark, was an American tennis player. She became famous around the world for holding the top... more - 18
Helen Lederer
1954-09-24Birthplace: Carmarthen, United Kingdom
Helen Margaret Lederer (born 24 September 1954) is an English comedian, writer and actress who emerged as part of the alternative comedy boom at the beginning of the 1980s. Among her television... more - 19
Helen Mack
1913-11-12Birthplace: Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Helen Mack (November 13, 1913 – August 13, 1986) was an American actress. Mack started her career as a child actress in silent films, moving on to Broadway plays, and touring one of the vaudeville... more - 20
Helen Shapiro
1946-09-28Birthplace: Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is an English pop singer, jazz singer and actress. She is best known for her two 1961 UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness"... more - 21
Helen Shaver
1951-02-24Birthplace: St. Thomas, Canada
Helen Shaver (born February 24, 1951) is a Canadian actress and film and television director. She has received Emmy and Saturn Award nominations, among other honours.... more - 22
Helen Baxendale
1970-06-07Birthplace: Pontefract, United Kingdom
Helen Victoria Baxendale (born 7 June 1970) is an English actress of stage and television, known for her roles as Rachel in the British comedy-drama Cold Feet (1997–2003), and Emily in the American... more - 23
Helen Levitt
1913-08-31Birthplace: Bensonhurst, New York City, New York
Helen Levitt (August 31, 1913 – March 29, 2009) was an American photographer. She was particularly noted for street photography around New York City, and has been called "the most celebrated and... more - 24
Helen Sharman
1963-05-30Birthplace: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Helen Patricia Sharman, CMG, OBE, HonFRSC (born 30 May 1963) is a chemist who became the first British cosmonaut and the first woman to visit the Mir space station in May 1991.... more - 25Helen Johnson-Leipold is an American billionaire businesswoman, the daughter of Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr., who died in 2004, and Imogene Powers Johnson and the great great granddaughter of S. C.... more
