First man or woman may refer to:
- The spouse of an elected head of state, see First Lady, First Gentleman.
- First Man, the biography of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.
- The earliest anatomically modern human remains Homo sapiens idaltu
- The first person created in one of the religious or mythical accounts of creation (see list below).
Various creation myths describe the legendary first human. In theology and literary studies, the word protoplasts is used as a technical term for the first people in this sense. In each case it can be either male, female, or a couple.
Famous quotes containing the words man and/or woman:
“When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing—deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.”
—John Galsworthy (1867–1933)
“Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That’s their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.”
—Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)