Arts and Music

• Ella Fitzgerald (born 1918, died 1996)

  American jazz singer.

  • Known as ''''The First Lady of Song'''' (see list of Readers' Picks for the Jazz Hall of Fame)
  • Four-time Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, 1958-60, 1962 (see list of Grammy winners for Best Vocal Performance)

Leadership

• Ella T. Grasso (born 1919, died 1981)

  American politician. Governor of Connecticut from 1975-80, she was the first female governor in the U.S. elected in her own right rather than being chosen to succeed her husband.

  • Representative, D-Connecticut, 1971-75 (see list of Women in the House of Representatives)

Miscellaneous

• Ella Baker (born 1903, died 1986)

  American civil-rights leader who was instrumental in the founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

  • Member of National Women''s Hall of Fame (see list of National Women's Hall of Fame Members)
• Ella Fitzgerald (born 1918, died 1996)

  American jazz singer.

  • Member of National Women''s Hall of Fame (see list of National Women's Hall of Fame Members)
  • 1992 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Ella T. Grasso (born 1919, died 1981)

  American politician. Governor of Connecticut from 1975-80, she was the first female governor in the U.S. elected in her own right rather than being chosen to succeed her husband.

  • Member of National Women''s Hall of Fame (see list of National Women's Hall of Fame Members)
  • 1975 Time Magazine Man of the Year, sharing the honor with 11 other women (see list of Time Magazine's Man of the Year Honorees)
  • 1981 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)

Stage and Screen

• Ella Fitzgerald (born 1918, died 1996)

  American jazz singer.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • 1979 Kennedy Center Honors recipient (see list of Kennedy Center Honors Recipients)
• Ella Mae Morse (born 1924)

  American jazz singer.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Ella Raines
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)

The Literary World

• Ella Wheeler Wilcox (born 1850, died 1919)

  American poet.

  • Wrote Poems of Passion (see list of Poets of the Victorian Era)