# Lynda

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**Lynda** is a spelling variation of the feminine [given name](/source/Given_name) [Linda](/source/Linda_(given_name)). Notable people with the name include:

## People

### Arts and entertainment

- [Lynda Adams](/source/Lynda_Adams) (1920–1997), later Hunt, Canadian diver
- [Lynda Baron](/source/Lynda_Baron) (1939–2022), British television actress
- [Lynda Barry](/source/Lynda_Barry) (born 1956), American cartoonist and author
- [Lynda Bellingham](/source/Lynda_Bellingham) (1948–2014), Canadian-born British actress
- [Lynda Bryans](/source/Lynda_Bryans) (born 1962), Northern Irish television presenter and journalist
- [Lynda Carter](/source/Lynda_Carter) (born 1951), American television actress who played *Wonder Woman* in the 1970s
- [Lynda Chouiten](/source/Lynda_Chouiten), Algerian writer in French
- [Lynda Day George](/source/Lynda_Day_George) (born 1944), American television actress popular in the 1960s and 1970s
- [Lynda Trang Đài](/source/Lynda_Trang_%C4%90%C3%A0i) (born 1968), Vietnamese American singer
- [Lynda Ghazzali](/source/Lynda_Ghazzali), Malaysian porcelain painter
- [Lynda Gibson](/source/Lynda_Gibson) (1956–2004), Australian comedian and actress
- [Lynda Goodfriend](/source/Lynda_Goodfriend) (born 1953), American actress
- [Lynda Kay](/source/Lynda_Kay), American contralto singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor and business owner
- [Lynda La Plante](/source/Lynda_La_Plante) (born 1943), British author known for the *[Prime Suspect](/source/Prime_Suspect)* television series
- [Lynda Laurence](/source/Lynda_Laurence) (born 1949), American singer
- [Lynda Lemay](/source/Lynda_Lemay) (born 1966), Canadian francophone singer-songwriter
- [Lynda Lopez](/source/Lynda_Lopez) (born 1971), a.k.a. "Ly Lo", American broadcaster and journalist
- [Lynda Mendelson](/source/Lynda_Mendelson), American former child actress
- [Lynda Myles (American writer)](/source/Lynda_Myles_(American_writer)) (1939–2023), American writer and actress
- [Lynda Myles (British producer)](/source/Lynda_Myles_(British_producer)) (born 1947), British writer and producer
- [Lynda Obst](/source/Lynda_Obst) (born 1950), American feature film producer and author
- [Lynda Randle](/source/Lynda_Randle) (born 1962), African American singer of [southern gospel](/source/Southern_gospel) music
- [Lynda Squires](/source/Lynda_Squires) (born 1951), Canadian pop singer
- [Lynda Stipe](/source/Lynda_Stipe) (born 1962), American singer and bass guitarist
- [Lynda Thalie](/source/Lynda_Thalie) (born 1978), Canadian singer-songwriter of Algerian origin
- [Lynda Thomas](/source/Lynda_Thomas) (born 1981), Mexican Eurodance and rock musician popular in the 1990s
- [Lynda Topp](/source/Lynda_Topp) (born 1958), one half of the Topp Twins, a New Zealand music comedy duo
- [Lynda Weinman](/source/Lynda_Weinman) (born 1955), American entrepreneur, author, and co-founder of the [Lynda.com](/source/Lynda.com,_Inc.) online training library
- [Lynda Williams](/source/Lynda_Williams) (born 1958), Canadian science fiction author and blogger
- [Lynda Wiesmeier](/source/Lynda_Wiesmeier) (1963–2012), American model and actress

### Politics

- [Lynda Blanchard](/source/Lynda_Blanchard) (born 1959), American diplomat and businesswoman
- [Lynda Boudreau](/source/Lynda_Boudreau) (born 1952), American politician in Minnesota. She served in the Minnesota House of Representatives
- [Lynda Chalker](/source/Lynda_Chalker) (born 1942), British Conservative politician
- [Lynda Chuba-Ikpeazu](/source/Lynda_Chuba-Ikpeazu) (born 1966), Nigerian politician
- [Lynda Lovejoy](/source/Lynda_Lovejoy) (born 1949), American politician
- [Lynda Pope](/source/Lynda_Pope) (born 1953), *née* Maddern, Australian chess player
- [Lynda Bird Johnson Robb](/source/Lynda_Bird_Johnson_Robb) (born 1944), *née* Johnson;, elder daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his First Lady Lady Bird Johnson

### Sports

- [Lynda Adams](/source/Lynda_Adams) (1920–1997), Canadian diver
- [Lynda Blutreich](/source/Lynda_Blutreich) (born 1971), American javelin thrower
- [Lynda Folauhola](/source/Lynda_Folauhola) (born 1980), also known as Lynda Dackiw, Australian diver
- [Lynda Hamri](/source/Lynda_Hamri) (born 1989), Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in sprint and long jump events
- [Lynda Holt](/source/Lynda_Holt) (born 1972), Australian Paralympic athlete
- [Lynda Kiejko](/source/Lynda_Kiejko) (born 1980), Canadian pistol sport shooter
- [Lynda Morales](/source/Lynda_Morales) (born 1988), Puerto Rican indoor volleyball player
- [Lynda Prichard](/source/Lynda_Prichard) (born 1950), New Zealand cricketer
- [Lynda Sutfin](/source/Lynda_Sutfin) (born 1962), American javelin thrower
- [Lynda Tolbert-Goode](/source/Lynda_Tolbert-Goode) (born 1967), American hurdler

### Others

- [Lynda Lyon Block](/source/Lynda_Lyon_Block) (1948–2002), American convicted murderer
- [Lynda Chin](/source/Lynda_Chin) (born 1968), Chinese-American medical doctor
- [Lynda Gratton](/source/Lynda_Gratton) (born 1955), British organizational theorist, consultant and professor
- [Lynda Weinman](/source/Lynda_Weinman) (born 1955), American business owner, computer instructor, and author

## See also

- "[Lady Lynda](/source/Lady_Lynda)", a 1979 song by The Beach Boys
- ["Lynda" (song)](/source/Lynda_(song)), a 1987 song by Steve Wariner
- [lynda.com](/source/Lynda.com), the former name of the online education site, LinkedIn Learning
- Lynda Van der Klok, a fictional character of the [Halloween film series](/source/Halloween_film_series) played by [P. J. Soles](/source/P._J._Soles)

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