List of people named Susan

This is a list of notable people with the given name Susan.

Notable people named Susan

 * Susan (Iranian singer) (1942–2004), born Golandam Taherkhani, an Iranian singer
 * Susan (Japanese singer), pop singer who recorded in Japan in the early 1980s
 * Susan, Lady Renouf (1942–2016), Australian socialite
 * Susan, Lady St Helier (1845–1931), London County Council alderman
 * Susan Ariel Aaronson, American author, public speaker, and academic
 * Susan Abod (born 1951), American feminist activist and musician
 * Susan Abulhawa (born 1970), Palestinian American writer and human rights activist
 * Susan Aceron (1972–2016), Canadian actress and businesswoman
 * Susan Africa (born 1959), Filipina actress, host and beauty queen
 * Susan Aglukark (born 1967), Inuk musician
 * Susan Aho (born 1974), Finnish singer
 * Susan Aitken, Scottish National Party politician
 * Susan Alberts, American primatologist, anthropologist and biologist, professor at Duke University
 * Susan Albright, American journalist and editor
 * Susan Alexander-Max, American-born British fortepianist
 * Susan Alexjander, American sound artist, musical composer, and teacher
 * Susan Allen (born 1963), Minnesota politician
 * Susan Almy (born 1946), New Hampshire politician
 * Susan Amara, American professor of neuroscience
 * Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906), American feminist and suffragist of the 19th century
 * Susan Anton (born 1950), American actress
 * Susan Arnold (born 1954), American businesswoman
 * Susan Atefat-Peckham (1970–2004), Iranian-American poet
 * Susan Austin, American politician
 * Susan Avery (born 1950), American atmospheric physicist
 * Susan Avingaq, Inuk Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actress
 * Susan Backlinie (born 1946), American actress and stuntwoman
 * Susan Badders (born 1951), American fencer
 * Susan Baer (1950–2016), American public servant
 * Susan Bailey (born 1950), British psychiatrist and academic
 * Susan Baker (born 1955), British professor of political science
 * Susan Hammond Barney (1834–1922), American evangelist, writer
 * Susan Bay (born 1943), American actress
 * Susan Bernal (born 1982), Colombian materials scientist
 * Susan Bertie, Countess of Kent (1554–?), English aristocrat
 * Sue Bird (born 1980), American basketball player
 * Susan Bissell, Canadian academic, UNICEF's Child Protection Section chief
 * Susan Boyle (born 1961), Scottish singer
 * Susan Brookes (born 1943), English television chef
 * Susan Alice Buffett (born 1953), daughter of Warren Buffett
 * Susan Cain (born 1968), American author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts... and Bittersweet
 * Susan Calman (born 1974), Scottish comedian
 * Susan Carlson (born 1969), American former television reporter
 * Susan Cheever (born 1943), American author
 * Susan Chomba, Kenyan scientist and environmentalist
 * Susan Collett (born 1961), Canadian artist
 * Susan Jane Colley (born 1959), American mathematician
 * Susan Cookson (born 1965), British actress
 * Susan Coppersmith (born 1957), American physicist
 * Susan Elizabeth Wood Crocker (1836–?), American physician
 * Susan B. Davidson, American computer scientist
 * Susan Shaw Devesa (born 1944), American cancer epidemiologist
 * Susan Dew Hoff (1842–1933), American physician
 * Susan Ann Dimock, Canadian philosopher and professor
 * Susan DuBose, American politician from Alabama
 * Susan Cushman (born 1972), Canadian rhythmic gymnast
 * Susan Darcy (born 1956), American test pilot
 * Susan Dey (born 1952), American actress
 * Susan S. Ellenberg, American biostatistician
 * Susan Enriquez, Filipina broadcast journalist
 * Susan Frances Nelson Ferree (1844–1919), American journalist, temperance worker and social activist
 * Susan Fessenden (1840–1932), American activist, reformer
 * Susan Ford, daughter of the U.S. President Gerald Ford
 * Susan B. Ganong (1873–1961), Canadian educator and proprietor of the Netherwood School
 * Susan Shur-Fen Gau (born 1962), Taiwanese psychiatrist and academic
 * Susan Gerbic (born 1963), American skeptical activist
 * Susan K. Gregurick, American computational chemist
 * Susan Hampshire (born 1937), English actress
 * Susan Ashbrook Harvey (born 1953), American professor of Byzantine and early Christian studies
 * Susan Hayward (1917–1975), American actress
 * Susan Helms (born 1958), American astronaut
 * Susan Hendl (1947–2020), American ballet dancer and répétiteur
 * Susan Heyward, American actress
 * Susan Hill (born 1942), British author
 * Susan Hiscock (1913–1995), British sailor
 * Susan Ieraci (born 1960), Australian doctor and emergency specialist
 * Susan Isaacs (born 1943), American author
 * Susan Jaffe, American ballet dancer
 * Susan Kadis (born 1953), Canadian politician
 * Susan Keefe, American anthropologist and author
 * Susan G. Komen, American breast cancer victim at 36, whose sister named a foundation after her
 * Susan B. Landau (1952–2017), American film producer, television producer, talent manager, and photographer
 * Susan Lewis (writer) (born 1956), English author
 * Susan Littler (1947–1982), English actress
 * Susan Lucci (born 1946), American actress
 * Susan Nudelman (known as Suzi Ferrer) (1940–2006), US/Puerto-Rican visual artist and feminist
 * Susan A. Martinis (born 1963), American biochemist
 * Susan McFadden (born 1983), Irish actress and singer
 * Susan Mikula, American artist and photographer
 * Susan B. Millar, senior scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research
 * Susan Morton, New Zealand professor of epidemiology and population health
 * Susan B. Neuman, American educator, researcher, and education policy-maker
 * Susan Newell (1893–1923), last woman to be hanged in Scotland
 * Susan Oliver (1932–1990), American actress, director, and aviator
 * Susan Oseloff (born 2006), German singer who represented Germany in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
 * Susan Polgar (born 1969), Hungarian-American grandmaster chess player
 * Susie Porter (born 1970 or 1971), Australian television, film and theatre actress.
 * Suzi Quatro (born 1950), American actress, singer-songwriter and musician
 * Susan Quimpo (1961–2020), Filipina activist and writer
 * Susan Reutzel-Edens, American chemist and Head of Science at the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
 * Susan Roces (1941–2022), Filipina actress
 * Susan Roman (born 1957), Canadian voice actress
 * Susan Saint James (born 1946), American actress
 * Susan Augusta Pike Sanders (1842–1931), American teacher, clubwoman, and author
 * Susan Sandretto, American professor of education
 * Susan Sarandon (born 1946), American actress
 * Susan Fromberg Schaeffer (1941–2011), American author
 * Susan Polis Schutz (born 1944), American poet and greeting card writer
 * Susan Shentall (1934–1996), British actress
 * Susan Silver (born 1958), American music manager
 * Siouxsie Sioux (born 1957), English musician
 * Susan Sizemore (1951–2020), American novelist
 * Susan Smith (born 1971), American murderer who drowned her two sons
 * Susan Somers-Willett, American author
 * Susan Sontag (1933–2004), American author, theorist, and political activist
 * Susan Marr Spalding (1841–1908), American poet
 * Susan J. Swift Steele (1822–1895), American social reformer
 * Susan Ann Sulley (born 1963), British singer with The Human League
 * Susan Sullivan (disambiguation), several people
 * Susan Swecker, American public affairs consultant
 * Susan Tooby (born 1960), Welsh long-distance runner
 * Susan Twist, British actress
 * Susan Archer Weiss (1822–1917), American poet, author, artist
 * Susan R. Wilson (1948–2020), Australian statistician
 * Susan Tyler Witten (born 1970), American politician
 * Susan H. Wixon (1839–1912), American freethought writer, editor, feminist, and educator
 * Susan Wojcicki (born 1968), American business executive, third CEO of YouTube

Fictional characters

 * Susan, a character in the television series Steven Universe
 * Susan, a character in the 1984 American 3D slasher movie Silent Madness
 * Susan Ashwood, a blind medium from Manchester, UK, from the Power of Five series
 * Susan Bishop, in the second season of Siren
 * Susan Bones, character in Harry Potter
 * Susan Bunch, in the TV series Friends
 * Susan Calvin, robopsychologist in the I, Robot series
 * Susan Delgado, from The Dark Tower series
 * Susan Evers, one of the two main characters in the 1961 American romantic comedy The Parent Trap
 * Susan Foreman, a recurring character in Doctor Who
 * Susan Heffley, in the book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid
 * Susan Sto Helit, a Discworld character
 * Susan Henchard, in Thomas Hardy's 1886 novel The Mayor Of Casterbridge
 * Susan Keane, the main character in the TV series Suddenly Susan
 * Susan Kennedy, a main character in the soap opera Neighbours
 * Susan Lewis, doctor on the television show ER
 * Susan Mayer, a main character in the TV series Desperate Housewives
 * Susan Moore, character from 1978–1983 on the American soap opera General Hospital
 * Susan Mortlake, from the Power of Five series
 * Susan Murphy/Ginormica, a cartoon character voiced by Reese Witherspoon in the 2009 film Monsters vs. Aliens
 * Susan Neville, in the 1986 TV action movie The Gladiator
 * Susan Pevensie, a main character in The Chronicles of Narnia
 * Susan Robinson, one of the original residents of 123 Sesame Street, played by Loretta Long
 * Susan Ross, NBC executive and the fiancé of George Costanza on the television show Seinfeld
 * Susie Salmon, in The Lovely Bones
 * Susan Storm, a comic book superheroine in the Marvel Universe
 * Susan Strong, in the television series Adventure Time
 * Susan Test, the younger twin sister of Mary Test, from the television series, Johnny Test