Lisa Robinson
Civil servant who made a stand and stopped a train carriage of sexist menNawal El Saadawi
Egyptian doctor, psychiatrist, feminist, university lecturer and writer
Zainab Salbi
Iraqi American CEO and founder of Women for Women InternationalJasvinder Sanghera
Director of Karma Nirvana, a charity helping victims of forced marriages and 'honour' violence
Vandana Shiva
Environmentalist and founder of Diverse Women for Diversity
Marina Abramovic
Yugoslavian Performance artist famed for her gruelling, intimate works that are legendary feats of endurance, self-exposure and risk
Marin Alsop
One of only a few female conductors and music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Kathryn Bigelow
First woman to win the Oscar for best director in the 82 years of the Academy award's history
Tacita Dean
Turner nominated artist who is set to fill the Tate's Turbine Hall
Zaha Hadid
Iraqi architect who has designed buildings all over the world and last year won the Stirling prize
Angelique Kidjo
Africa's Grammy award-winning "premier diva", who is politically outspoken and runs an education foundation
Lady Gaga
Outlandish dresser, performer and politicised pop icon for the Twitter generation
Madonna
The musical queen of reinvention - and still in the spotlight in her 50s on her own terms
Stella McCartney
The designer who has carved out her own successful career on her own merit, not just her connections
Mira Nair
Film-maker behind The Namesake, Amelia and Monsoon Wedding, for which she became the first woman to win the Golden Lion at Cannes
Paula Rego
Slade School of Art Turner prize nominated artist
Robyn
Swedish electro-pop sensation who has topped the charts while keeping her clothes on
Cindy Sherman
American artist and photographer, famed for her self-portraits in disguise, subverting notions of identity and gender
Patti Smith
The pioneering punk musician, poet and political activist broke through the male punk movement without chasing fame or money
Emma Thompson
Oscar-winning actor and human rights campaigner, recently working to raise awareness of sex trafficking
Rachel Whiteread
British artist who filled the Tate Turbine hall with boxes and took on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth
Xinran
China's first agony aunt broadcaster, and author of the Good Women of China
Cerrie Burnell
TV presenter tackling prejudices of disability head on
Rachel Maddow
The only openly gay American to host a primetime news show
Miriam O'Reilly
Television presenter who was the first to win a claim of age discrimation against the BBC after being dropped from Countryfile
Oprah Winfrey
The talkshow host, actress and philanthropist is not satisfied with having conquered the US and is now taking on the whole world
Victoria Wood
Bafta-winning comedian and writer, finding humour in everyday women's live
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