- Enhwduanna (fl. c. 2300 BCE)
- Sappho (born c. 612 BCE)
- Cai Yan (c.175–c.240)
- Khosrovidukht (fl. early 8th century)
- Sahakdukht (fl. early 8th century)
- Kassia (c.810–before 867)
- Héloïse (c. 1090 – 1164)
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
- Herrad of Landsberg (c. 1130-1195)
- Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. mid-12th century)
- Iseut de Capio (c.1140–?)
- Tibors (fl. mid-12th century)
- Marie de France (1175?–1225?)
- Alamanda de Castelnau (fl. second half of 12th century)
- Maria de Ventadorn (fl. late 12th century)
- Beatritz de Dia (fl. late 12th/early 13th centuries)
- Blanche of Castile (1188–1252)
- Castelloza (fl. early 13th century)
- Dame Margot (fl. 13th century)
- Duchess of Lorraine (fl. 13th century)
- Maroie de Dregnau de Lille (fl. 13th century)
- Dame Maroie (fl. 13th century)
- Garsenda de Proensa (fl. early 13th century)
- Birgitta of Sweden (c.1303–c.1373)
- Susan Bertken (c.1426 - 1514)
- Gaspara Stampa (1523–1554)
- Teodora Ginés (1530 - 1598)
- Maddalena Casulana (c.1540–c.1590)
- Paola Massarenghi (fl. 1565–1585)
- Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566, fl. 1611)
- Claudia Sessa (c. 1570–between 1613 and 1619)
- Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c. 1573, fl. 1597)
- Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575–after 1620)
- Sulpitia Cesis (1577–after 1619)
- Adriana Basile (c. 1580–c. 1640)
- Francesca Caccini (1587–1640?)
- Caterina Assandra (c. 1590–after 1618)
- Alba Trissina (ca.1590 –after 1638)
- Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662)
- Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?)
- Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
- Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1678)
- Leonora Duarte (1610–1678)
- Leonora Baroni (1611–1670)
- Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1613–1676)
- Francesca Campana (c. 1615–1665)
- Jane Pickering (c. 1616 - ?)
- Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
- Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
- Mlle Bocquet (early 17th century–after 1660)
- Lady Mary Dering (1629–1704)
- Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (c. 1640–1680)
- Esther Elizabeth Velkiers (1640–after 1685)
- Amalia Catharina (1640–1697)
- Antonia Bembo (c. 1640–c. 1720)
- Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675)
- Marieta Morosina Priuli (fl. 1665)
- Rosa Giacinta Badalla (1660–1710)
- Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662–1708)
- Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
- Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou (1679–1745)
- Maria de Raschenau (fl. 1690s–1703)
- Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791)
- Michielina Della Pietà (fl. c. 1701–1744)
- Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. 1705–15 [b.ca.1685])
- Camilla de Rossi (fl. 1707–1710)
- Julie Pinel (fl. 1710–1737)
- Maria Margherita Grimani (fl. 1713–1718 [b.ca.1690])
- Mrs Philarmonica (fl. 1715)
- Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (1704 or 1705–after 1742)
- Zanetta Farussi (1707–1776)
- Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709–1758)
- Mlle Guédon de Presles (early 18th century–1754)
- Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758)
- Luise Adelgunda Gottsched (1713–1762)
- Santa della Pietà (c. 1715?–after 1774) (fl. c. 1725–1750)
- Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716–1801)
- Mlle Duval (1718–after 1775)
- Elisabeth de Haulteterre (c. 1720?–after 1768) (fl. 1737–1768)
- Agata Della Pietà (c. 1720?–?) (fl. c. 1800)
- Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795)
- Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723–1787)
- Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724–1780)
- Diamante Medaglia Faini (1724–1770)
- Miss Davis (c. 1726–after 1755)
- Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765)
- Josina van Aerssen (Baroness Boetzelaer) (1733–1787)
- Mme Papavoine (born c. 1735, fl. 1755–61)
- Hélène-Louise Demars (b. c. 1736)
- Anna Bon (born c. 1739 - 1760)
- Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739–1807)
- Mlle Guerin (born c. 1739, fl. 1755)
- Isabelle de Charrière (Belle van Zuylen) (1740–1805)
- Elisabeth Olin (1740–1828)
- Maria Carolina Wolf (1742–1820)
- Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824)
- Marianna von Martines (1744–1812)
- Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818)
- Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825)
- Genovieffa Ravissa de Turin (1745/50–1807)
- Henriette Adélaïde Villard de Beaumesnil (1748–1813)
- Gertrud Elisabeth Mara (1749–1833)
- Polly Young, or Maria Barthélemon (1749–1799)
- Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828)
- Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809/10)
- Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829)
- Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751–1802)
- Juliane Reichardt (Juliane Benda) (1752–1783)
- Jane Savage (1752/3–1824)
- Charlotte von Brandenstein (1754–1813)
- Josepha Duschek (1754–1824)
- Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810)
- Mary Linwood (1755/6–1845)
- Francesca Lebrun (1756–1791)
- Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806)
- Charlotte Caroline Wilhelmine Bachmann (1757–1817)
- Harriett Abrams (1758–1821)
- Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820)
- Marianna von Auenbrugger (1759–1782)
- Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833)
- Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759–1824)
- Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838)
- Christina Charlotta Cederström (1760–1832)
- Katerina Maier (c. 1760–after 1800)
- Maria Hester Park, (1760–1813)
- Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1759–1809)
- Dorothea Jordan (1761–1816)
- Yekaterina Sinyavina (1761–1784)
- Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787)
- Jane Mary Guest (c. 1762–1846)
- Ann Valentine (1762–1842)
- Anna Maria Crouch (1763–1805)
- Helene de Montgeroult (1764–1836)
- Charlotte Wilhelmina Franziska Brandes (1765–1788)
- Elizabeth Billington (1765–1818)
- Jeanne-Hippolyte Devismes (1765–?1834)
- Anne-Marie Krumpholtz (1766–1813)
- Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835)
- Florine Dezéde (c. 1766 - 1792)
- Natal'ja Ivanova Kurakina (1766 - 1831)
- Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (1767–1859)
- Julie Candeille (1767–1834)
- Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800)
- Maria Theresa Bland (c. 1769–1838)
- Kateřina Veronika Anna Dusíkova (1769–1833)
- Walburga Willmann (1769 - 1835)
- Nannette Streicher (1769–1833)
- Vincenta Da Ponte (fl. second half 18th century)
- Klementyna Grabowska (Countess Clementine) (1771–1831)
- Lucile Grétry (1772–1790)
- Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822)
- Sophie Bawr (1773–1860)
- Maria Brizzi Giorgi (1775–1822)
- Sophia Corri Dussek (1775–1847)
- Margaret Essex (1775–1807)
- Sophie Gail (1775–1819)
- Sophie Gay (1776–1852)
- Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858)
- Louise Reichardt (1779–1826)
- Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810)
- Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863)
- Charlotta Seuerling (1782–1828)
- Hortense de Beauharnais (1783–1837)
- Henriette Löfman (1784–1836)
- Bettina von Arnim (Bettina Brentano) (1785–1859)
- Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch (1785–1858)
- Isabella Colbran (1785–1845)
- Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815)
- Marie Bigot (1786–1820)
- Caroline Boissier-Butini (1786–1836)
- Le Sénéchal de Kerkado (c. 1786–after 1805)
- Elena Asachi (1789–1877)
- Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789–1831)
- Harriet Browne (1790–1858)
- Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840)
- Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870)
- Olivia Buckley (born mid-1790s – after 1845)
- Mme Delaval (fl. 1791–1802)
- Hedda Wrangel (1792–1833)
- Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793–1878)
- Helene Liebmann (1796–1835)
- Mathilda d'Orozco (1796–1863)
- Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857)
- Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848)
- Virginie Morel-du Verger (1799–1869)
- Maria Fredrica von Stedingk (1799–1868)
- Filipina Brzezińska-Szymanowska (1800–1886)
- Susanna Nerantzi (fl. 1830–1840)
- Marianna Bottini (1802–1858)
- Marion Dix Sullivan (1802–1860)
- Eliza Flower (1803–1846)
- Isidora Zegers (1803–1869)
- Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
- Louise Bertin (1805–1877)
- Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
- Elizabeth Masson (1806–1865)
- Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807–1884)
- Helen Blackwood (1807–1867)
- Emma Hartmann (1807–1851)
- Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807–1844)
- Maria Malibran (1808–1836)
- Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877)
- Anna Caroline Oury (1808–1880)
- Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885)
- Hanna Brooman (1809–1887)
- Baronne Almaury de Maistre (1809–1875)
- Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858)
- Louise Geneviève de Le Hye (1810–1838)
- Loïsa Puget (1810–1889)
- Alicia Ann Scott (1810–1900)
- Carolina Uccelli (1810–1885)
- Ann Mounsey (1811–1891)
- Emilie Mayer (1812–1883)
- Julie von Webenau née Baroni-Cavalcabò (1813–1887)