- List of prostitutes and courtesans
This is a list of famous persons who have engaged in
prostitution , as well aspimping andcourtesan work.Historical
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Polly Adler New York Madam, 1920s -1940s
*Aspasia , "hetaera " companion ofPericles
*Laura Bell , the "Queen of London whoredom"
*Theresa Berkeley , 19th-century dominatrix
*Georgina Beyer , Member of New Zealand Parliament
*Griselda Blanco , child prostitute who became the late 1970s to early 1980sMiami cocaine "Godmother".
*Lisa Crystal Carver , sex columnist
*Alice Chambers , 19th centuryDodge City prostitute
*Annie Chapman , one of the "canonical five" victims ofJack the Ripper
*Veronica Franco , Venetian courtesan and poet
*Jean Genet , French writer and political activist
*Raymond Gravel , Canadian member of Parliament
*Nell Gwynne , courtesan toCharles II of England
*Xaviera Hollander , former callgirl and madam, Author of "The Happy Hooker"
*Mary Jane Kelly , one of the "canonical five" victims of Jack the Ripper
*Mata Hari (born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle)
*Clara Ward, Princesse de Caraman-Chimay , daughter of a Michigan lumberman who spent most of her life in Europe
*Carol Leigh , a.k.a. Scarlot Harlot, coined the term "sex worker" [ [http://www.bayswan.org/Scarlot.html Welcome to the World of Scarlot Harlot] , her own web site, accessed 28 August 2006; Carol Leigh, "Unrepentant Whore: Collected Works Of Scarlot Harlot", Last Gasp, 2004.]
* Messalina (Roman)
*Gerda Munsinger , Soviet spy
*Mary Ann Nichols , one of the "canonical five" victims of Jack the Ripper
*Barbara Payton ,1940s film starlet who turned to prostitution in the late1950s after the end of her career and collapse of her marriage
*Cora Pearl , 19th century French courtesan
*Phryne , Greek hetaera
*Madame de Pompadour , courtesan toLouis XV of France .
*Grisélidis Réal , Swiss prostitute and writer
* Shady Sadie (Josephine Marcus ) Courtesan who had an affair withWyatt Earp
*Sally Stanford , Dean of San Francisco Madams, Restaurauter and Mayor ofSausalito, California
*Valerie Solanas , street prostitute turned attempted assassin
*Elizabeth Stride , one of the "canonical five" victims ofJack the Ripper
*Michelle Tea , author, has written extensively about her experiences as a prostitute [see, "inter alia", "Chelsea Whistle: A Memoir", by Michelle Tea, pp. 315-6. Seal Press, New York, 2002.]
*Libby Thompson , "Squirrel Tooth Alice," madam of a brothel inSweetwater, Texas
*Vasantsenaa , Courtesan of 3rd Century Magadh Empire, Indore, India.
*Su Xiaoxiao , Chinese courtesan of 5th century
*Martha Tabram , a possible victim ofJack the Ripper
*Thais , Greek hetaera who lived during the time ofAlexander the Great
* Theodora,Found in fiction and literature
* Belle Watling, "
Gone with the Wind " byMargaret Mitchell
* Chandramukhi, "Devdas "
* Elisabeth Rouset, "Boule de Suif " byGuy de Maupassant
* Fanny Hill, "Fanny Hill ", byJohn Cleland
* Fantine, "Les Miserables ", byVictor Hugo
*Inara Serra , "Firefly" byJoss Whedon
* Lozana, "Portrait of Lozana " byFrancisco Delicado
*Molly Malone , Irish urban legend
* Nana, "Nana", byEmile Zola
* Nancy, "Oliver Twist " byCharles Dickens
* Juliette, in theMarquis de Sade 's "Juliette"
* Tra La La, "Last Exit to Brooklyn " byHubert Selby
* Mrs. Rosie Palm, brothel owner and president of the Guild of "Seamstresses" in various "Discworld " novels byTerry Pratchett
*Sonya Marmeladova , "Crime and Punishment " byFyodor Dostoyevsky
*Rahab , Biblical prostitute who assisted the Hebrews in capturing Jericho ()
* Belle, "Ah, Wilderness! " byEugene O'Neill
* Satine, inMoulin Rouge! byBaz Luhrmann a story of love based in theParis nightclub of the same name.
* Tristessa, "Tristessa " byJack Kerouac
* Talanta, "La Talanta " byPietro Aretino
* Tiya Khiwani, of Firozepur, Pakistan in "i luv tiya khiwani bytiyazlvr
* Yumi Komagata, "Rurouni Kenshin ", byNobuhiro Watsuki
* Zaza, "Zaza" by Pierre Berton andCharles Simon
*Suzie Wong, from "The World of Suzie Wong "
*Marguerite Gautier , fromAlexandre Dumas, fils ' work "La Dame aux camélias ", by real lifeMarie Duplessis , 19th century courtesan.
*Violetta, main character from the opera "La Traviata " byGiuseppe Verdi , is also inspired by Alexandre Dumas' "La Dame aux camélias ". "La Traviata" means "the reprobate."
* Romulus, central character in "" byBruce Benderson
* Vivian Ward, central character in "Pretty Woman "
* Phedre no Delauny of Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel novels.
* Candy, in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest " byKen Kesey
* Blaire Kegan in Anne Arundel basement October 4th, 2008ymbolic or allegorical prostitutes
*The
Whore of Babylon
*Oholah andOholibah
*The prostitute in "The Harlot's Progress" byWilliam Hogarth Mythical prostitutes
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Agatha - English prostitute, mother ofMother Shipton
*Basileia (Greek) In Pandemos, this goddess was mainly a goddess to prostitutes or courtesans.
*Bebhinn (British isles) Goddess of Pleasure
*Belili (Sumer, Babylon, Assyrian, Philistine, Canaanites) sacred prostitution
* The daughters in theSaint Nicolas legend (Asia Minor) - They were sold to a brothel by their father.
*Naamah - (Hebrew) an angel of prostitution, one of the succubus mates of the demonSamael in Zoharistic Qabalah
*Shamhat (Sumer/Babylon)
*Xochiquetzal (Aztec) goddess of prostitutes, pregnant women, dancingNotes
ee also
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Hooker with a heart of gold
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