Notable Domestic Workers
See also: Butler#Historically important butlers- Abdul Karim (the Munshi), servant of Queen Victoria of Great Britain
- Céleste Albaret, housekeeper of Marcel Proust
- Gladys Aylward, maid, afterwards missionary
- Alice Ayres
- Sarah Balabagan
- Fonzworth Bentley
- Sophie Brzeska, governess and writer
- Paul Burrell, butler to Diana, Princess of Wales
- Flor Contemplacion
- Elizabeth Cotten, singer
- Hannah Cullwick, maid to A. J. Munby
- Lisette Denison Forth, maid and philanthropist
- Caroline Herschel, astronomer (worked as a domestic servant in her father's household until his death)
- Paul Hogan
- Dora Lee Jones
- Margaret Maher, maid to Emily Dickinson
- Papin sisters
- Lillian Rogers Parks
- Rose Porteous
- Margaret Powell, maid and writer
- Casimira Rodríguez
- Margaret Rogers
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