More Famous Courtesans

18th and 19th centuries


Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux (1717–1744)
Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin (1681–1749)
Louise Julie, Comtesse de Mailly (1710-1751)
Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764)
Kitty Fisher (died 1767)
Sophia Baddeley (1745–1786)
Madame du Barry (1743–1793)
Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737–1814)
Dorothy Jordan (1761–1816)
Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey (1753–1821)
Grace Elliott (1754? – 1823)
Harriette Wilson (1786–1846)
Marie Duplessis (1824–1847)
Lola Montez (1821–1861)
Cora Pearl (1835–1886)
Catherine Walters (1839–1920)
Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923)
Lillie Langtry (1853–1929)
Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861–1938)
Alice Keppel (1869–1947)
Liane de Pougy (1869-1950)
La Belle Otero (1868-1965)