Namesakes
American First Ladies:
1 first lady
Emily Donelson 1829-1834 
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
Emily Trevelyan 1869 He Knew He Was Right
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals:
1 character
Emily Webb 1938 Our Town
Fictional Characters from Television:
3 characters
Lee DuMonde (a.k.a. Emily) 1965 Days of Our Lives
Emily Waltham 1994 Friends
Emily Gilmore 2000 Gilmore Girls
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms:
4 hurricanes, 3 storms
Hurricane Emily 1981
Hurricane Emily 1987
Hurricane Emily 1993
Storm Emily 1999
Hurricane Emily 2005
Storm Emily 2011
Storm Emily 2017
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 peace
(peace) Emily Greene Balch 1946
Notable Actors and Actresses:
9 actresses
Emily Bolton 1951-
Emily Watson 1967-
Emily Procter 1968-
Emily Deschanel 1976-
Emily Blunt 1983-
Emily Wickersham 1984-
Emily VanCamp 1986-
Emily Browning 1988-
Emily Atack 1989-
Notable Artists:
1 painter
Emily Carr 1871-1945
Notable Athletes:
1 gymnastics
(gymnastics) Emily Gaskins 2000-
Notable Writers:
1 author, 1 author/poet, 1 poet
Emily Brontë 1818-1848
Emily Dickinson 1830-1886
E. Pauline Johnson (a.k.a. Emily) 1861-1913
Olympic Medalists:
2 bronze, 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 silver/gold
(gold) Emily Woodruff 1904 archery - team round
(gold) Emily Lesueur 1996 synchronized swimming - team
(silver) Emily Silver 2008 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Emily Zurrer 2012 football
(bronze) Emily Maguire 2012 field hockey
(silver/gold) Emily Seebohm 2008; 2012 swimming
Saints:
2 blessed, 2 saints
Blessed Emilia Bicchieri (a.k.a. Emily) 1238-1314
Saint Émilie de Rodat (a.k.a. Emily) 1787-1852
Saint Émilie de Vialar (a.k.a. Emily) 1797-1856
Blessed Émilie Tavernier Gamelin (a.k.a. Emily) 1800-1851
Title Characters:
7 songs, 4 books
(book) Emily 1923 Emily of New Moon
(book) Emily 1961 Emily's Runaway Imagination
(song) Emily 1966 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
(song) Emily 1967 See Emily Play
(song) Emily 2002 Emily
(book) Emily Windsnap 2003 The Tail of Emily Windsnap
(song) Emily 2004 Emily
(book) Emily Goldberg 2006 Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa
(song) Emily 2011 Emily (It's Love)
(song) Emily 2012 Emily
(song) Emily 2014 Emily