Queen Latifah is an American musician and actress whose song U.N.I.T.Y. played a major role in raising awareness about women's rights worldwide. Dubbed Queen of Jazz-Rap, Latifah has influenced several soul, R&B, and hip-hop artists like Remy Ma, Lil' Kim, Ivy Queen, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill, and Eve among other artists. As an actress, Latifah has won several prestigious awards.
Queen Rania of Jordan is the current queen consort of Jordan. Since her marriage to Abdullah II of Jordan, Rania has focused on improving education and health in Jordan. In 2005, Queen Rania joined hands with the Ministry of Education to launch the Queen Rania Award for Excellence in Education, an annual teachers’ award.
Queen Naija is an American YouTuber, singer, and songwriter. She is one of the many internet personalities to have established a career in the mainstream entertainment industry after having garnered fame as a YouTuber. However, unlike many YouTubers, Naija first gained prominence when she competed in the 13th season of American Idol.
The queen consort of the Netherlands, Queen Máxima is the daughter of Argentine politician Jorge Zorreguieta. She initially worked in the sales departments of HSBC and Deutsche Bank. She apparently didn’t know she was meeting a prince when she met her future husband, King Willem-Alexander, at the Seville Spring Fair.
Q'orianka Kilcher is an American actress, activist, and singer. She is best known for playing important characters in films like The New World and Princess Kaiulani. As an activist, Kilcher has been visiting universities and colleges and delivering speeches at organizations like Amnesty International.
Chinese-born Canadian chess sensation Qiyu Zhou grew up in countries such as France and Finland and began learning chess at age 3. She won the Finnish U-10 championship at 5 and won the World Youth Chess Championship at 14. Known for her Twitch livestreams as akaNemsko, she is also Canada’s first woman grandmaster.
Qubilah Shabazz is the second daughter of human rights activist, Malcolm X, and his wife, Betty Shabazz. She had a tumultuous childhood. As a four-year-old, she witnessed the assassination of her father by three gunmen. The troubles in her personal life continued even after she grew up, and she became an alcoholic and developed a drug addiction.
Quentin Bryce is an Australian academic and politician. She served as the 25th Governor-General of Australia from 2008 to 2014 and is the first woman to have held the position. She attended the University of Queensland, where she studied law and became one of the first women accepted to the Queensland Bar. Following a legal career, she entered politics.
Quenlin Blackwell is an American social media influencer who achieved popularity on the now-defunct app Vine. Her popularity increased when she started posting beauty and comedy videos on YouTube. Quenlin Blackwell is also popular on Instagram, where she has thousands of followers.
Quisha Rose is an English YouTuber and social media influencer. She is best known for posting personal vlogs and makeup tutorials on her YouTube channel Quisha. Quisha Rose also uses her YouTube channel to spread awareness about mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression.
Afghan politician, legal advisor, and poet Qadria Yazdanparast has been an Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission commissioner. She has not just headed a law school in Afghanistan but has also organized a women’s rights conference in the country in spite of constant threat from the Taliban.
Known for her iconic works such as Aag Ka Darya, Qurratulain Hyder revolutionized Urdu literature. Born to writer parents in British India, she later moved to Pakistan and then to England, where she was employed with BBC. She later moved back to India and won numerous awards such as the Jnanpith Award.
While fans named her Pakistan’s Kim Kardashian, social-media celebrity Qandeel Baloch made headlines when she was strangled to death by her brother for bringing dishonor to her conservative Muslim family. Qandeel was known for her outrageous antics, such as promising a strip-tease if the Pakistani cricket team won against India.
Chinese artistic gymnast Qi Qi has not only won the Chinese national vault championship twice but is also a Chinese national floor champion. In 2020, she scored a gold at the Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships on her birthday, which was one of her 10 medals at the same championship over the years.
Filipina Instagram sensation Queenie Mae Villaluz has shot to fame as part of the TikTok music and dance collective Boys World. She prefers R&B music and ASMR videos. She is openly bisexual. She began her YouTube channel in 2018, with a cover of Jhene Aiko’s track While We're Young.
qwerticorn is an Australian social media star. She is best known for sharing her memes and other funny posts on her Instagram account, which has thousands of followers. Prior to becoming a social media personality, qwerticorn was working as a waitress.