Rosalyn and the similar name Rosalynn are feminine given names. Notable people and characters with the names include:

People named Rosalyn

Rosalyn Baker Rosalyn "Roz" Hester Baker (born September 20, 1946) is an American politician. She was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate for District 6 from November 2012 to November 2022. Baker served consecutively from ...

(born 1946), American politician * Rosalyn Barton (born 1938), Australian diver *

Rosalyn Baxandall Rosalyn Baxandall ( Fraad; June 12, 1939 – October 13, 2015) was an American historian of women's activism and feminist activist. Early life and education Baxandall was born in New York City on June 12, 1939. Her father, Lewis M. Fraad, was ...

(1939–2015), American feminist historian * Rosalyn W. Berne, American writer and ethicist *

Rosalyn Bird Rosalyn Bird is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2024 British Columbia general election. She represents the electoral district of Prince George-Valemount as a member of the Conservative ...

, Canadian politician *

Rosalyn Borden Rosalyn "Roz" Borden (May 29, 1932 – January 23, 2003) was an American actor and singer, and along with her sister, Marilyn Borden, were known as The Borden Twins. The duo are perhaps best known for their appearance on ''I Love Lucy'' playing ...

(1932–2003), American actress and singer *

Rosalyn Boulter Rosalyn Boulter (1 February 19176 March 1997) was an English stage and screen actress. She married Stanley Haynes, a film writer, director and producer, before having a daughter together, Carol, in 1943. Between 1935 and 1936 Boulter featured ...

(1917–1997), English actress * Rosalyn Bryant (born 1956), American sprinter *

Rosalyn Dance Rosalyn Randolph Dance (born February 10, 1948) is an American politician, who served in the Senate of Virginia from 2014 until 2020. She was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2005 to 2014, was mayor of Petersburg, Virginia from 1 ...

(born 1948), American politician * Rosalyn Benjamin Darling (born c.1950), American sociologist * Rosalyn Deutsche, American art historian and critic * Rosalyn Diprose, Australian philosopher *

Rosalyn Drexler Rosalyn Drexler (born November 25, 1926) is an American visual artist, novelist, Obie Award-winning playwright, and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, and former professional wrestler. Although she has had a polymathic career, Drexler is perhaps ...

(born 1926), American artist and writer *

Rosalyn Fairbank Rosalyn Doris Fairbank-Nideffer (born 2 November 1960) is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa. She played her first grand slam in 1979, with her last appearance in 1997. She won a WTA Tour singles event in Richmond in 1983 a ...

(born 1960), South African tennis player *

Rosalyn Gold-Onwude Rosalyn Fatima Gold-Onwude (; born April 28, 1987) is an American-Nigerian sports broadcaster. A native of New York City, Gold-Onwude played college basketball at Stanford and played on the Nigeria national team. Gold-Onwude covers NBA basketb ...

(born 1987), American basketball analyst * Rosalyn Henderson-Myers, American politician * Rosalyn Higgins, Lady Higgins (born 1937), former President of the International Court of Justice *

Rosalyn Landor Rosalyn Landor (born 7 October 1958) is an English film, television and stage actress and audio book narrator. Early life Landor was born in 1958 in Hampstead, London, the daughter of English actor and radio presenter Neil Landor and of an Irish ...

(born 1958), English actress * Rosalyn Lawrence (born 1989), American canoeist * Rosalyn Moran, Irish neuroscientist and psychiatrist * Rosalyn Nandwa, (born 1968), Kenyan politician *

Rosalyn Scott Rosalyn P. Scott (born 1950) is an American thoracic surgeon known for her work in education and for being the first African-American woman to become a thoracic surgeon. Early life and education Scott was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey ...

(born 1950), American thoracic surgeon *

Rosalyn Terborg-Penn Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (October 22, 1941 – December 25, 2018) was an American professor of history and author. Terborg-Penn specialized in African-American history and black women's history. Her book ''African American Women in the Struggle for th ...

(1941–2018), American historian *

Rosalyn Tureck Rosalyn Tureck (December 14, 1913 – July 17, 2003) was an American pianist and harpsichordist who was particularly associated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. However, she had a wide-ranging repertoire that included works by composers ...

(1914-2003), American pianist and harpsichordist *

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (July 19, 1921 – May 30, 2011) was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally) for development of the radioimmunoass ...

(1921–2011), American medical physicist, winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

People named Rosalynn

Rosalynn Bliss Rosalynn Bliss (born August 3, 1975) is an American politician, social worker, and former mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The first woman to be elected mayor of Michigan's second-largest city, Bliss took office on January 1, 2016 and served until ...

(born 1975), American politician and social worker *

Rosalynn Carter Eleanor Rosalynn Carter ( ; ; August 18, 1927 – November 19, 2023) was an American activist and humanitarian who served as the first lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981, as the wife of President Jimmy Carter. Throughout her decades of ...

(1927–2023), First Lady of the United States *

Rosalynn Sumners Rosalynn Diane Sumners (born April 20, 1964) is an American former competitive figure skater. She was the World Junior champion in 1980, the U.S. National champion in 1982, 1983 and 1984, World champion in 1983, and won a silver medal at th ...

(born 1964), American figure skater

Fictional characters

* Rosalyn (''Calvin and Hobbes''), a minor character in ''Calvin and Hobbes'' *Rosalyn, a character in the 1993 concept album ''

Psychoderelict ''Psychoderelict'' is the seventh studio album by the English musician Pete Townshend. Some characters and issues presented in this work were continued in Townshend's later opus '' The Boy Who Heard Music'', first presented on the Who's eleven ...

'' by Pete Townshend

People named Rosalyn

People named Rosalynn

Fictional characters

See also