List of Famous women personalities/ current affairs 2025

List of Famous women personalities/ Inspiring women

List of famous women (Competitive exams): Stay updated on the influential female figures driving current affairs in 2025.

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Who has been recognized as the sole Indian woman on TIME Magazine’s 2025 Women of the Year list?	Purnima Devi Barman
Who has become the first woman chairman and CEO of railway board?	Jaya Verma Sinha
Who has become the first Woman IFS officer to command the ‘Indian High Commission’ in Pakistan?	Gitika Srivastava
Who has become India’s first woman Aide-de-Camp (ADC)?	Manisha Padhi (Odisha)
Who has won the title of ‘Miss Diva Universe 2023’?	Shweta Sharda
Who has become the first woman chairperson of ‘Competition Commission of India (CCI)’?	Ravneet Kaur
Who has become the first Indian Woman to be honored with Suriname’s highest honor ‘Grand Order of the Chain of Yellow Star’ in 2023?	Droupadi Murmu
Who has become the first woman president of the ‘Indian Olympic Association (IOA)’?	P. T. Usha (Athlete)
Who has become the new Chief Economist of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)?	Clare Lombardelli
Who has won the title of ‘Miss Universe 2023’?	Sheynnis Palacios
Who will become the world’s first female astronaut to go around the moon?	Christina Koch
Who has become the first woman officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to receive the ‘Gallantry Award’?	Deepika Misra
Who has won the ‘Best Actress’ award at the 69^th National Film Awards?	Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon
Who has won the Best Actress Award at the 69^th Filmfare Awards 2024?	Alia Bhatt (Rocky aur Rani ki prem kahani)
Who has received the best Actress Award at Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Festival Award 2024?	Rani Mukherjee
The best Actress Award (critics) at Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Festival Award 2024	Kareena Kapoor (Jaane Jaan)
The best Actress in a comic Role at Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Festival Award 2024	Sanya Malhotra (Kathal)
The most Promising Actress at Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Festival Award 2024	Adah Sharma (The Kerala Story)
The best Actress in a web Series (Critics) at Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Festival Award 2024	Karishma Tanna (Scoop)
The most Versatile Actress at Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Festival Award 2024	Nayanthara (Jawan Film)
The best Actress in a Supporting Role at Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Festival Award 2024	Dimple Kapadia (Pathan))
Who has become the first woman pilot of India to fly ‘Sukhoi fighter aircraft 30MKI’?	Avani Chaturvedi
Who has become the first youngest woman of India to address the ‘United Nations (UN)’ three times?	Deepika Deshwal
Who has been honored with ‘Wildlife Conservation Award 2023’?	Alia Mir
Who has become the first woman science chief of NASA?	Nicola Fox
Who has been honored with ‘Saraswati Samman 2022’?	Sivasankari
Who has been honored with ‘Saraswati Samman 2023’?	Prabha Verma
Who has become the first woman to become an umpire in ‘ICC men’s T20I Cricket’?	Kim Cotton (New Zealand)
Who has been honored with ‘Sahitya Akademi Award 2023’ for English language?	Neelam Saran Gaur
Which writer has won 6^th Rabindranath Tagore Literacy Award for the book ‘Salt and Pepper’?	Sukrita Paul Kumar
Who has become the ‘first woman neutral umpire’ appointed by the International Cricket Council for a bilateral series?	Sue Redfern (UK)
Which medal did Rhythm Sangwan win in the women’s 25 meter pistol event in the Asian Shooting Championship 2024 held in Jakarta, Indonesia?	Bronze (Rhythm Sangwan is from Haryana )
Who has become the first Indian woman officer to command a fighter unit in the ‘Indian Air Force’?	Shaliza Dhami
Who has become the first woman president of ‘Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI)’?	Meghna Ahlawat
Who has become the ‘first woman skydiver’ of the Indian Army?	Lance Naik Manju
Who became the first airport woman firefighter in the country to operate Crash Fire Tender (CFT)?	Disha Naik
Who has become the first Indian woman officer to be posted overseas project of ‘Board Roads Organization (BRO)’?	Captain Surbhi Jakhmola
Who has won the title of ‘Miss Earth India 2023’?	Priyan sain
Who has become the first cricketer to win the ‘ICC Player of the Month’ award consecutively?	Ashleigh Gardner (Australia)
Who has become the new Managing Director (MD) and CEO of ‘Invest India’?	Nivruti rai
Which Indian has been conferred with France’s highest civilian award ‘Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur 2023’?	Kiran Nadar
Who has become the first woman MP to preside over the ‘Nagaland Rajya Sabha’?	Phangnon konyak
Which British Sikh trekker has set a new record for solo skiing?	Harpreet Chandi
Who has become the first Indian global brand ambassador of luxury fashion brand ‘Gucci’?	Alia Bhatt
Who has become the New chief and vice-chairman of ‘Meta India’?	Sandhya Devanathan
Who has become first woman Prime Minister of ‘Italy’?	Giorgia Meloni
Who will be honored with the ‘Second Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2023’?	Asha Bhosle
Which novelist of Indian origin has been honored with “Singapore’s Highest Honor in Arts”?	Meera Chand
Who has won the best Actress Award at the ‘Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2023’?	Alia Bhatt
Which Indian writer has been honored with the ‘45^th European Essay Prize for Lifetime Achievement Award 2023’?	Arundhati Roy
Who has been honored with the ‘53^rd Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award 2023’?	Waheeda Rehman
For the first time, a Hindu woman has filed nomination for elections in Pakistan. What is her name?	Dr. Saveera Parkash
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2022 has been awarded to whom?	Savita Kanswal
Who has become the first woman Chief Secretary of ‘Telangana’?	Shanti Kumari
Who has become the new head of ‘New Development Bank (NDB)’?	Dilma Rousseff
Who has become the first woman Secretary General of ‘World Meteorological Organization (WMO)’?	Celeste Saulo
Who has become the first woman chief of ‘US Navy’?	Lisa Franchetti
Which country’s Queen Margrethe II has announced to leave her post after 52 years?	Denmark
Who has become the first woman Director General of ‘United Nations Migration Agency’?	Amy Pope
Who has become the First Woman ‘Director General of Police (DGP)’ of Maharashtra in 2024 ?	IPS Rashmi Shukla
Who has become the new CEO of ‘Vodafone Group’?	Margherita Della Valle
Who has won the ‘Leipzig Book Prize’ in 2023?	Maria Stepanova
Who has become the new CEO of social media platform ‘Twitter’?	Linda Yaccarino
Who has become the third woman chess Grandmaster of India?	Vaishali Rameshbabu
Who has won the title of ‘Femina Miss India 2023’?	Nandini Gupta
Who has become the first woman director of the ‘Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras- Zanzibar campus’?	Preeti Aghalayam
Who has been appointed as the first woman permanent representative of India to the United Nations (UN)?	Ruchira Kamboj
Who has got the 32^nd position in the list of 100 most powerful women in the world released by Forbes?	Nirmala Sitharaman
Who has become the first Asian woman to win the ‘Best Actress’ Award at the Oscar Awards 2023?	Michelle Yeoh (Hong Kong)
Who has become the first woman loco pilot in Asia to operate ‘Vande Bharat Express Train’?	Surekha Yadav
Which female Weightlifter has been banned by NADA for 4 years for the banned anabolic-androgenic steroid Drostanolone ?	Sanjita Chanu
Who won the title of ‘Mrs. Universe India 2023’?	Madhuri Patle
Which Indian actress has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Hyundai Motor India Limited?	Deepika Padukone
Who has been appointed as Managing Director of ‘NIVEA India’?	Geetika Mehta
Which squash player has won the title of ‘Scottish Junior Open U19’?	Anahat Singh
Who has become the youngest player to play in the FIFA women’s Football World Cup in 2023?	Casey Phair
Who has become the first woman wrestler from India to win the second consecutive ‘Under-20 World Wrestling Championship’ in 2023?	Antim Panghal
Who has become the first woman IPS officer of ‘Arunachal Pradesh’?	Katalin Kariko (Hungary)
Who has been Awarded the ‘Nobel Peace Prize 2023’?	Nargis Mohammadi (Iran)
Who has been awarded the ‘Nobel Prize 2023 in the field of Economics’?	Claudia Goldin (USA)
Who has become the new principal Director of ‘All India Radio and News Services Division’?	Dr. Vasudha Gupta
Who has won the title of ‘Divine Miss International India 2023’?	Praveena Anjana
Who has been appointed as the next Director of Indian Oil ?	Rashmi Govil
Who has become the first woman Director General of ‘Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE)’?	Kanchan Devi
Who has become the first woman officer to be actively developed in the world’s highest battlefield Siachen?	Captain Shiva Chauhan
Who has become the first Indian woman to be appointed in the ‘International Table Tennis Federation Foundation (ITTF)’ Governing Board?	Vita Dani
Who has become the first woman field director of Kaziranga National Park (Assam)?	Dr. Sonali Ghosh
Name of the brand ambassador of ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’?	Pinky (U.P.)
Who has won ‘The Best Actress’ award at the British Academy Film Awards 2023?	Joanna Scanlan (Film Tar)
Who has become the first woman scientist to win ‘G D Birla Award 2023’ for scientific research?	Aditi Sen De
Who has become the Country Director of ‘Asian Development Bank (ADB)’ in India?	Mio Oka
Who has been declared PETA India ‘Person of the year 2023’?	Dia Mirza
Who was named ‘Person of the year 2023’ by Time Magazine?	Taylor Swift
Who has become the world’s first female (armless) archer to win the Arjun Award?	Sheetal Devi
Who has been honored with ‘Sangeetha Kalanidhi Award 2023’?	Bombay Jayshree
Who has become the first Indian woman to receive the Arjun Award in horse riding?	Divyakriti Singh
Who has become ‘BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023’?	Mary Earps
Who has become the first woman Chief Justice of ‘Uttarakhand High Court’?	Ritu Bahri
Which ISRO scientist has been honored by France with its country’s highest honor ‘Legion of Honor’?	V R. Lalithambika
Who has become the first ‘woman chief secretary’ of Uttarakhand?	Radha Raturi
Who has become the first woman to be promoted to the post of subedar in Indian Army?	Preeti Rajak (from Madhya Pradesh)
Who has become the new Director of Industrial Systems and Products ‘Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)’?	Bani Verma
Who has become the first woman to become the head of ‘Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)’?	Neena Singh
Who has been honored with the 33^rd Vyas Samman 2023?	Pushpa Bharti
Who has become India’s first female ‘Pitch Curator’?	Jacintha Kalyan
Who has been Appointed as ‘World Health Organization (WHO)’ Regional Director for Southeast Asia?	Saima Wazed
Who has become the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for 5^th Time?	Sheikh Hasina
Rachna Kumari is related to which sport, who has been banned for 12 years in February 2024?	Hammer Thrower
Women’s Fashion brand ‘W’, which Indian actress has been chosen as its brand ambassador?	Anushka Sharma
Who has been awarded the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry’s ‘Nyholm Prize 2023’ for education?	Savita Ladage
The President of which country has resigned from her post due to the ‘child abuse pardon scam’?	Katalin Novak (Hungary)
Who has become the first ‘Transwoman Traveling Ticket Examiner’ of Southern Railway?	Sindhu Ganapathi
Which singer Made a world record for singing in Most languages?	Sucheta Satish
Which Irish nationalist has been appointed as the First Minister of ‘Northern Ireland’ for the first time?	Michelle O’Neill
Which Indian actress has been honored with Saudi Arabia’s ‘Joy Awards 2024’ for the first time?	Alia Bhatt