WConcepción Cintrón Verrill, also known as Conchita Cintrón or La Diosa de Oro, was a Chile-born Peruvian torera, perhaps the most famous in the history of bullfighting. In the ring Cintrón was said to display particular grace, style and bravado, a combination known as duende.
WPatricia McCormick was an American bullfighter. She is thought to be the first woman in North America to fight bulls professionally.
WConchita Moreno was a professional female mounted bullfighter from Venezuela.
WConchi Reyes Ríos is a Spanish bullfighter. In 2011, she was the first woman to take two ears off a bull. In 2015, she was featured on a Spanish national list of bullfighters, one of six women out of 825.
WCristina Sánchez de Pablos is a Spanish bullfighter who gained prominence during the 1990s for being one of the first female bullfighters. She is the first woman to complete her alternativa in Europe.
WMarie Sara is known for being a female bullfighter. In 1991 she was Europe's only female rejoneador (rejoneadora). Jean-Luc Godard is her godfather.
WHilda Eliana Tenorio Patiño is a Mexican bullfighter and matador. She was the first woman to receive her alternativa in the Plaza de Toros México, the largest bullring in the world, aged 24. Tenorio completed her alternativa on February 28, 2010. She has been an outspoken advocate of feminism in the sport. She is the third Mexican woman to attain the rank of matador.