201. Emma Goldman

Activist, Feminist



"The woman, instead of being the household queen, told about in story books, is the servant, the mistress, and the slave of both husband and children. She loses her own individuality entirely, even her name she is not allowed to keep. She is the mistress of John Brown or the mistress of Tom Jones; she is that and nothing else. That is the way I think of her."



202. Valeria Golino

Actress



203. Jan Goodwin

Author, Travel Writer



204. Edward Gorey

Artist



205. Lotte Goslar

Dancer



206. Martha Graham

Choreographer



207. Hugh Grant

Actor, Star of About a Boy



“I have so many friends who live in small houses in south London with all these babies underfoot and it’s just not attractive. I’m selfish and I can’t bear mess and ugliness and those things come hand-in- hand with children."



208. Cecil Green

Former CEO of Texas Instruments, Philanthropist



“Cecil and Ida Green were two of the most extraordinary philanthropists in the world. They created facilities and endowed programs in education, science, medicine, social services and the arts at universities and medical centers throughout this country, England, Canada and Chile. Their contributions to MIT were vitally important in many fields. They were especially supportive of women graduate students and faculty.”



209. Johnny Green

Musician



His young bride Carol (to whom he dedicated "Out of Nowhere") encouraged him to leave Wall Street and cultivate his many musical talents. She remarked, "We didn't have children, we had songs"



210. Gael Greene

Food Critic, Author



211. (Baroness) Susan Greenfield

Director of the Royal Institution/ Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology at Oxford University, Neurologist



"You don’t wake up and say: “Right, today I’ve decided I’ll never have children.” Obviously it doesn’t work like that. What happens, I suppose, is sometimes people actively want children, and I know some women get extremely broody. That never happened to me, partly because I have this horrible brother who’s 13 years younger than me."



212. John Robert Gregg

Inventor of the Gregg Shorthand Method/ Publisher



213. Joyce Grenfell

British Actress



214. Nanci Griffith

Singer / Songwriter



215. Martha Griffiths

First Female Michigan Lieutenant Governor.



216. Terry Gross

NPR Host, Fresh Air



"I always felt like I couldn't imagine doing the show and having children. I think people who have children and have complicated jobs are amazing. I don't know how they do it."



217. James Grout

Actor



218. Mabel Dole Haden

Former President of NABWA



219. Catherine Hakim

British Sociologist



Although she says she wrote six books in 10 years precisely because her energies were not diverted by childrearing, she is sympathetic to parents.



220. Daryl Hall

Singer, Musician



221. Celia Hammond

Former Model and PBS Reality Show Regency House Star, Owner of 100 Cats



"People say to me that obviously you've become what you are because you've never had children. But that's not fair at all. All sorts of people have an emotional attachment to their animals, not just childless people. Some people think I'm mad or that the cats are a child substitute, but is there anything so wrong with getting emotional feedback from an animal?"



222. Lionel Hampton

Musician



"Hampton used part of his fortune to build affordable housing in Harlem and to encourage musical studies at a jazz festival that bears his name in Moscow, Idaho. He made his last public appearance at the festival, this year."



223. Georg Friedrich Handel

Composer



224. Howard Harold Hanson

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Composer



"The Hansons had no children and enjoyed spending vacations on Bold Island (off the Maine coast), which they owned."



225. Setsuko Hara

Japanese Actress



226. Warren Gamaliel Harding

29th U.S. President



227. E Chambré Hardman

Photographer



228. Debbie Harry

Singer, Blondie



229. Alex Heard

Author



230. Susan Helms

Astronaut



231. Adrian Henri

Poet/ Painter



232. Marguerite Henry

Children's Book Author



""Henry's husband, Sidney Crocker Henry, died in 1987. They had been happily married for 64 years. They had no children, but shared numerous pets like a pony, a horse, a burro, three fox pups, a dachshund, and a mom cat who never stopped having kittens."



233. Katherine Hepburn

Actress, Star of The Lion in Winter



234. Milton S. Hershey

Founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company



"Sometime before 1909, Milton and Kitty realized their money was accumulating faster than they could spend it. Kitty suggested that they provide a home for boys who were unfortunate. Milton seized on the idea eagerly. Childhood security and good schooling he could never recover for himself, but this was an opportunity to secure them for other boys. On November 15, 1909, Milton and Catherine signed the document that deeded 486 acres of farm land to Hershey Trust Company as trustee “with the purpose of founding and endowing in perpetuity an institution to be known as Hershey Industrial School (later renamed Milton Hershey School) to be located in Derry Township for the benefit of orphan boys.” On November 13, 1918, Milton Hershey gifted Hershey Chocolate Company stock (valued at $60 million) to the trust. In addition to the Milton Hershey School Trust, Mr. Hershey also established two other trusts - one for the benefit of the Derry Township School District (a public school system) and another to the M.S. Hershey Foundation."

--The Hershey Heritage



235. Lorena Hickok

AP Political Reporter



236. Taiko Hirabayashi

Author



237. Nicole Hollander

Cartoonist



238. Thelma Holt

Actress, Theatre Producer



239. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Justice



"Though he and his wife Fanny had no children, he acted as mentor to many young intellectuals, liberals and progressives such as economist Richard Ely, political theorist Harold Laski, philosopher Morris Cohen, and lawyers Felix Frankfurter and Learned Hand."



240. Grace Murray Hopper



Often referred to as the "mother of the computer'. Hopper was arguably the world's most famous programmer and the most influential woman in the history of computing. She also was a Rear Admiral in the Navy.



241. Soad Hosni

Egyptian Actress



242. Lila Kedrova Howard

Actress



243. Mick Hucknall

Singer



244. Bonnie Hunt

Actress



245. Kristin Hunter

Childrens' Author



"It has often seemed to me that I have hundreds of children--thousands, if I count the young readers of my books, especially The Soul Brothers and Sister Lou, who have formed intense personal bonds with my characters, and then with me through their letters. This responsive audience, the fans and the critics alike, is one of the greatest rewards I have gained from writing for children."



246. Lauren Hutton

Actress / Model



247. Patricia Ireland

President of the National Organization for Women/ NOW



"I think you have to make choices. And my mother really made us the center of her life. I always felt that if I was going to have kids, I would want to do it right, to take three or four years off from my career. And that was something I wasn't ready to do."



248. George J. Irbe

Creator of the Great Lakes water temperature climatology



"We decided not to have children. I particularly doubted my abilities to be a good father...We don't regret our decision, seeing how much effort it takes to make a child fly straight nowadays."



249. John A. "Jack" Jackson

Philanthropist/ Oilman



"Jackson and his wife made a joint decision to leave their entire estate, conservatively valued at more than $150 million, to the University of Texas, Austin."



250. Tove Jansson

Childrens' Book Author



251. Randall Jarrell

Poet



252. Joan of Arc

Christian Saint



253. Elton John

Singer



"We are not going to adopt a child."



254. Jack Johnson

First African American to win the heavyweight boxing championship of the world.



255. Margaret Johnston

Actress



256. Martin and Osa Johnson

Authors, Photographers, explorers, and naturalists. Best remembered for their numerous movies and books about the wildlife and people of Africa, Borneo, and the South Seas.



257. Richard Mentor Johnson

U.S. Vice-president in Early 1800s



258. Samuel Johnson

Author, Editor



259. William Hugh Johnston

Labor Leader



260. Carolyn Jones

Actress, Morticia from the Addams Family



261. Renee Jones

Soap Actress: Days of Our Lives



262. Spike Jonze

Film Director



263. Madeline Kahn

Actress, Star of Blazing Saddles



264. Immanuel Kant

Philosopher



265. Julie Kavner

Actress



266. Nikos Kazantzakis

Author



267. Odette Keene

Musician



268. Helen Keller

Author



269. Joyce Kennard

Judge



270. Joe Kernan

Politician



271. Maynard Keynes

Bloomsbury Economist. Also founded the Vic-Wells Ballet and financed the establishment of the Arts Theatre in Cambridge, England



272. King Louis XVI

King of France



273. William Lyon MacKenzie King

Former Canadian Prime Minister



274. William Rufus King

U.S. Vice-President in the early 1800s



275. Robert Kiyosaki

Author



276. Caroline Knapp

Author



277. Aleksandra Kollontai

Author



278. Dean Koontz

Author



279. Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Polish Patriot



280. Jerzy Kosinski

Author



"As I have no children, no family, no relatives, no business or estate to speak of, my books are my only spiritual accomplishment, my life's most private frame of reference, and I would gladly pay all I earn to make it my best."



281. Jonathan Kozol

Author, Activist



"This hasn't been any kind of a sacrifice."



282. Lee Krasner

Artist, Wife of Jackson Pollock



283. Albert Kroc

Co-Developer of McDonald's Fast Food Chain



"He celebrated his seventieth birthday by giving more than $7 million to such Chicago institutions as Children's Memorial Hospital, the Lincoln Park Zoo, and the Harvard Congregational Church in Oak Park, which he had attended as a child...In 1976 Kroc established the Kroc Foundation in Santa Ynez to support research in diabetes, arthritis, and multiple sclerosis."



284. Henry Richardson Labouisse

Diplomat/ Former Head of Unicef



285. Princess Lakshmi

Indian Princess



286. Elsa Lanchester

Actress



"I held a baby once. It felt like a bag of hot snakes."



287. Philip Larkin

Author, Poet



"Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself."



288. Charles Laughton

Actor, Director



289. Dan Lauria

Actor



290. Frank John Lausche

Politician



291. Linda Lavin

Actress



292. Tom Lehrer

Singer/ Musician



"Tom still happily splits his time between Massachusetts and California, spending summer and fall in the former and winter and spring in the latter. He is very content in doing what he does, which is teaching half the year and goofing off the other half."



293. Jay Leno

TV Host



294. Richard Lewis

Comedian



295. Lyn Lifshin

Poet



"I think my decision to not have children came from seeing my mother, who was a vibrant woman, fun loving, a free spirit. She went to college and then lived in New York City. She went to lectures, danced all night, enjoyed life. She wanted to marry someone other than my father. She did what was expected, rather than what she wanted to do...Because of my mother's history, I decided I wanted to follow my own desires, and that did not include children."



296. Queen Liliuokalani

Queen of Hawaii



297. Laura Linney

Actress



298. Sian Lloyd

Weather Broadcaster



"My mother was a militant, independent woman. "She raised me to believe that marriage and children were not everything for women. I've never wanted children. I was not brought up to aspire to that. I work hard and see my friends and walk a lot in Wales, so I don't feel a gaping hole in my life."



299. Carole Lombard

Actress