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List of famous virgins

The first part of this list is of notable people who were virgins their whole life, while the second is of people who were famous for their virginity at one point or another.

Table of contents

1 Virgin saints and religious figures 2 Other lifelong virgins 3 People famous for their virginity at times in their life 4 See also

Virgin saints and religious figures

• Saint Agnes
• Aloysius Gonzaga
• Saint Apollonia
• Anthony the Great
• Artemis *
• Astraea *
• Athena *
• Bernadette Soubirous
• Catherine of Alexandria *
• Hestia *
• Hildegard of Bingen
• Maria Goretti
• Margaret of Antioch *
• Mary, the mother of Jesus (according to many, see also Blessed Virgin Mary)*
• Philomena *
• Siddhartha Gautama
• Teresa of Avila
• Therese de Lisieux
• Mother Theresa
• The Vestal virgins

* probably mythical

Other lifelong virgins

• Boleslaus V of Poland
• Immanuel Kant
• John Ruskin
• George Bernard Shaw
• Ryan White

People famous for their virginity at times in their life

• Elizabeth I The Virgin Queen
• Havelock Ellis til 1891 marriage
• Kimberly Gloudemans (Miss California Teen 1997)
• A.C. Green (basketball player)
• Kim Hill (singer / songwriter)
• Adolf Hitler (until late in life)
• Paul of Tarsus
• Amanda Penix (Miss Oklahoma 2000)
• Britney Spears (until her relationship with Justin Timberlake).
• Marie Stopes, birth control advocate, 38, virgin until her second marriage
• The Amazing Race competitors Millie Smith and Chuck Shankles

See also

• Celibacy
• List of famous people who lost their virginity at an early age
• List of bachelors

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