Florence Nightingale (nurse); Florence Griffith Joyner (track/field athlete known as Flo-Jo); Florence Harding (former First Lady); Florence Henderson (actress); Florence Lawrence (silent film actress, aka “The First Movie Star”); Florence Welch (musician from Florence & the Machine); Florence Evelyn Nesbit (actress); Florence Chadwick (American swimmer); Florence Ballard (Motown singer, founding member of The Supremes)