•
Berniece Inez Gladys Baker Miracle (1919–2014), American writer and half-sister of actress
Marilyn Monroe •
Gladys Adda (1921–1995), Tunisian communist and activist •
Gladys Afamado (1925–2024), Uruguayan visual artist, engraver, and poet •
Gladys Aller (1915–1970), American painter •
Gladys Ambrose (1930–1998), English actress •
Gladys Anderson, New Zealand artist •
Gladys Anoma (1930–2006), Ivorian scientist and politician •
Gladys Anslow (1892–1969), American physicist •
Gladys Arnold (1905–2002), Canadian journalist •
Gladys Asmah (1939–2014), Ghanaian politician •
Gladys Aylward (1902–1970), English missionary to China •
Gladys Elizabeth Baker (1908–2007), American mycologist •
Gladys Marguerite Baker (1889–1974), British portrait painter •
Gladys Pearl Baker (1902–1984), American film editor, mother of actress
Marilyn Monroe and writer
Berniece Baker Miracle •
Gladys Baldwin (1937–1982), Peruvian sports shooter •
Gladys E. Banks (1897–1972), American politician •
Gladys H. Lent-Barndollar (1872-1938), American stenographer, advertiser •
Gladys Barron (née Logan) (1894–1967), English sculptor and painter •
Gladys Beckwith (1929–2020), American women's studies academic •
Gladys Bentley (1907–1960), American blues singer, pianist and entertainer •
Gladys Berejiklian (born 1970), Australian politician. 45th Premier of New South Wales. •
Gladys Bissonette, Native American tribal leader •
Gladys Black (1909–1998), American ornithologist and writer •
Gladys Blake (1910–1983), American actress •
Gladys Block, American nutritionist •
Gladys Bokese (born 1981), Congolese footballer •
Gladys Boot (1890–1964), British actress •
Gladys Bowles (1917–2009), American sociologist and demographer •
Gladys Kamakakuokalani Brandt (1906–2003), educator and civic leader in Hawaii •
Gladys Brandao (born 1991), Panamanian actress •
Gladys Brockwell (1894–1929), American actress •
Gladys Bustamante (1912–2009), Jamaican activist •
Gladys Calthrop (1894–1980), British scenic designer •
Gladys Cardiff (born 1942), American author •
Gladys Carmagnola (1939–2015), Paraguayan poet •
Gladys Carrion, American researcher and administrator •
Gladys Hasty Carroll (1904–1999), American fiction writer •
Gladys Campbell (1892–1992), American writer •
Gladys Carson (1903–1987), British swimmer •
Gladys Casely-Hayford (1904–1950), Gold Coast–born Sierra Leonean writer •
Gladys Castelvecchi (1922–2008), Uruguayan poet •
Gladys Cherry (1881–1965), a survivor of the sinking of the RMS
Titanic •
Gladys Clark (1918–2011), Cajun spinner and weaver •
Gladys Colton (1909–1986), English schoolteacher and educationist •
Gladys J. Commons (born 1948), American government official •
Gladys Cooper (1888–1971), English actress •
Gladys Cooper (1899–1975), British artist •
Gladys Victoria "Terrie" Davis (née Anthony) (1919–1991), Canadian baseball player •
Gladys Davis (1893–1965, British fencer and Olympian •
Gladys Rockmore Davis (1901–1967), American artist •
Gladys del Estal (1956–1979), killed Basque ecologist activist •
Gladys del Pilar (born 1967), Swedish singer •
Gladys Dick (1881–1963), American microbiologist •
Gladys Dickason (1903–1971), American labor economist •
Gladys Doyle, Papua New Guinea international lawn bowler •
Gladys Rankin Drew (1870–1914), American comedian •
Gladys Egan (1900–1985), American child actress •
Gladys Ejomi (died 2020), Cameroonian physician •
Gladys Elphick (1904–1988), Australian activist •
Gladys Anderson Emerson (1903–1984), American historian, biochemist and nutritionist •
Gladys Erbetta (1928–2026), Argentine sprinter •
Gladys Ewart (1892–1957), Canadian pianist •
Gladys Fairbanks (1892–1958), American silent film actress •
Gladys Frazin (1900–1939), American stage and film actress •
Gladys Foster, several people •
Gladys Gale (1891–1948), American singer •
Gladys George (1904–1954), American actress •
Gladys Gillem (1920–2009), American professional wrestler •
Gladys Esther Tormes González (born 1933), Puerto Rican historian •
Gladys Goodall (1908–2015), New Zealand photographer •
Gladys Gregory (1899–1981), British actuary •
Gladys Guaipo, (born 1954), Venezuelan politician •
Gladys Guevarra (born 1977), Filipino actress and comedian •
Gladys Gunzer (1939–2016), American sculptor •
Gladys Hain (1887–1962), Australian lawyer, activist, and journalist •
Gladys Hall (1891–1977), American journalist •
Gladys Hansen (1925–2017), American archivist •
Gladys Hanson (1884–1973), American stage and silent film actress •
Gladys Fries Harriman (1896–1983), American philanthropist, equestrian and big game hunter •
Gladys Heldman (1922–2003), American sports journalist •
Gladys Henson (1897–1982), Irish actress •
Gladys Hill (died 1981), screenwriter •
Gladys Holmes (1892–1969), American women's rights and education activist in Boston •
Gladys Hooper (1903–2016), English supercentenarian •
Gladys Horton (1945–2011), American singer •
Gladys Hulette (1896–1991), American actress •
Gladys Ingle (1899–1981), American pilot, wing walker, and aerial stunt team member •
Gladys Jayawardene (died 1989), Sri Lankan physician and academic •
Gladys Jennings (1903–1994), British actress • Gladys Jiménez (born 1965), Argentinean singer who performs under the stage name
Gladys, la Bomba Tucumana •
Gladys Johnsen (born 1942), American politician •
Gladys Johnston (née Foster) (1906–1983), Canadian painter •
Gladys Kahaka, Namibian biochemist •
Gladys Kessler (1938–2023), American judge •
Gladys Kipkemoi (born 1986), Kenyan runner •
Gladys Kipsoi, Kenyan long-distance runner •
Gladys Kirk (1903–1974), American politician •
Gladys Knight (born 1944), American singer and actress •
Gladys Landaverde (born 1990), Salvadoran runner •
Gladys Leslie (1899–1976), American actress •
Gladys Li (born 1948), Hong Kong politician and lawyer •
Gladys Liu (born 1964), Australian politician •
Gladys Lundwe (born 1964), Zambian politician •
Gladys Maccabe (1918–2018), British artist •
Gladys Mackenzie (1903–1972), Scottish physicist •
Gladys Malvern (1897–1962), American actress and writer •
Gladys Marín (1941–2005), Chilean activist and political figure •
Gladys Olebile Masire (1932–2013), Botswana teacher and political figure •
Gladys McCoy (1928–1993), American politician •
Maria Gladys Mello da Sulva (born 1939), Brazilian actress known as Maria Gladys •
Gladys Mgudlandlu (1917–1979), South African artist and educator •
Gladys Midgley (1905–2011), British singer •
Gladys Milligan (1892–1973), American painter •
Gladys Mitchell (1901–1983), British writer •
Gladys Moncrieff (1892–1976), Australian singer •
Gladys Morcom (1918–2010), British swimmer •
Gladys Morrell (1888–1969), Bermudian suffragette leader •
Gladys Nasikanda (born 1978), Kenyan volleyball player •
Gladys Nederlander, American theatre producer •
Gladys Nicholls (1906–1981), Australian Aboriginal activist •
Gladys Nilsson (born 1940), American artist •
Gladys Nordenstrom (1924–2016), American composer •
Gladys O'Connor (1903–2012), British-Canadian actress •
Gladys Oyenbot, Ugandan actress •
Gladys Milton Palmer (1884–1952), Sarawak princess •
Gladys Parker (1910–1966), American cartoonist •
Gladys Lomafu Pato (born 1930), Swazi short story writer, teacher and lecturer •
Gladys Peto (1890–1977), English artist, fashion designer, illustrator and writer of children's books •
Gladys Mills Phipps (1883–1970), American racehorse owner •
Mary Pickford, born Gladys Smith (1892–1979), Canadian actress, producer, screenwriter and film studio founder who lived and worked in the United States •
Gladys Pidgeon (1906–2002), New Zealand swimmer •
Gladys Pizarro, American music executive •
Gladys María Bejerano Portela (born 1947), Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba •
Gladys Portugues (born 1957), American professional bodybuilder and actress •
Gladys Powers (1899–2008), British centenarian •
Gladys "Patsy" Pulitzer (1928–2011), American model, socialite and philanthropist •
Gladys Pyle (1890–1989), American politician • Gladys Presley (1912–1958), mother of
Elvis Presley •
Gladys Ravenscroft (1888–1960), British amateur golfer •
Gladys Reeves (1890–1974), photographer •
Gladys Reichard (1893–1955), American anthropologist and linguist •
Gladys Requena (born 1952), Venezuelan politician •
Gladys Reyes (born 1978), Filipina actress •
Gladys Reynell (1881–1956), Australian painter and ceramicist •
Gladys H. Reynolds, American statistician •
Gladys Ripley (1908–1955), British opera singer •
Gladys Roberts (c. 1887/1888–1975), English suffragette •
Gladys A. Robinson (born 1949), American politician •
Gladys Rodríguez (born 1943), Puerto Rican actress, comedian, and television host •
Gladys Roldan-de-Moras, Mexican-American artist •
Gladys Root (1905–1982), American criminal defense attorney •
Gladys Roy (1896–1927), American wing walker, barnstormer, and film actress •
Gladys W. Royal (1926–2002) chemist •
Gladys Savary (1893–1985), American relief worker •
Gladys Schmitt (1909–1972), American writer •
Gladys Shelley (1911–2003), American composer •
Gladys Skillett (1918–2010), British nurse in World War II •
Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz (1928–2024), singer and composer •
Gladys Spellman (1918–1988), U.S. Congresswoman •
Gladys Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1881–1977), French-American aristocrat and socialite •
Gladys Staines (born c. 1951), Christian missionary in India •
Gladys Bronwyn Stern (1890–1973), British writer •
Gladys Eleanor Guggenheim Straus, nutritionist •
Gladys Strum (1906–2005), Canadian politician •
Gladys Swain (1945–1993), French psychiatrist •
Gladys Swarthout (1900–1969), American singer •
Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi (1886–1965), American heiress and wife of Count László Széchenyi •
Gladys Taber (1899–1980), American writer •
Gladys Tantaquidgeon (1899–2005), Native American anthropologist •
Gladys Tantoh (born 1975), Cameroonian movie entrepreneur and executive •
Gladys Taylor (born 1953), retired British sprinter and Olympian •
Gladys Taylor (1917–2015), Canadian writer and publisher •
Gladys Tejeda (born 1985), Peruvian distance runner •
Gladys Thayer (1886–1945), American painter •
Gladys Triana, Cuban-American artist •
Gladys Triveño (born 1969), Peruvian lawyer •
Gladys Bocchi Trivolli (born 1965), Brazilian dentist •
Gladys Turquet-Milnes (1887/88–1977), British linguist •
Gladys Buchanan Unger (c, 1884 or 85-1940) American writer •
Gladys Vergara (1928–2016), Uruguayan astronomer •
Gladys Chai von der Laage (born 1953), German sports photographer •
Gladys Waddingham (1900–1997), American writer •
Gladys "Skeeter" Werner Walker (1933–2001), American alpine ski racer and Olympian •
Gladys Walton (1903–1993), American actress •
Gladys Wamuyu (born 1972), Kenyan athlete •
Gladys Wanga (born 1981), Kenyan politician •
Gladys West (1930–2026), American mathematician •
Gladys Widdiss (1914–2012), American Wampanoag tribal elder, Wampanoag historian and potter •
Gladys Willems (born 1977), Belgian archer •
Gladys Wood (1916–2017), American educator and academic administrator •
Gladys Wynne (1876–1968), Irish painter •
Gladys Yang (1919–1999), Sino-British translator •
Gladys Yelvington (1891–1957), American composer •
Gladys Zender (born 1939), Peruvian model and beauty queen == Fictional characters ==