Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 – April 25, 1988) was an American radical feminist known for her SCUM Manifesto and for her shooting of artist Andy Warhol in 1968. The SCUM Manifesto, self-published in 1967, urged women to 'overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and destroy the male sex.'

In New York City, Solanas asked Warhol to produce her play Up Your Ass. Warhol claimed to have lost her manuscript, after delays and obfuscation. On June 3, 1968, Solanas went to The Factory, shot Warhol and art critic Mario Amaya, and attempted to shoot Warhol's manager, Fred Hughes. She then turned herself in to the police.

Solanas was charged with attempted murder, assault, and illegal possession of a firearm. She was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and pleaded guilty to 'reckless assault with intent to harm,' serving a three-year prison sentence, including treatment in a psychiatric hospital. After her release, she continued to promote the SCUM Manifesto. She died in 1988 of pneumonia in San Francisco.