Esther Rolle played Florida Evans on Maude & this dyn-o-mite sitcom

Archaeologist Esther Van Deman's major work was titled The Building of these Roman waterways

She used her experiences as a Smith college student for the character of Esther Greenwood in The Bell Jar

The male hero of the biblical book of Esther is this uncle of Esther's whose name comes from the Babylonian god Marduk

She called her autobiography The Million Dollar Mermaid