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J.O.A.T.
Jack of All Trades, or J.O.A.T. as it's more commonly known, is one of the first bootlegs to appear containing Jack Johnson songs. It was put together by a fan and was released on May 18, 2001. The J.O.A.T compilation is an essential sampler of outtakes, demos and live performances. Drawn from many..
Jo-Anne Dusel
Jo-Anne Dusel (born: Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician in Saskatchewan. She is the New Democratic Party's candidate in the riding of Palliser in the 2006 federal election. Dusel participated in the Murals of Moose Jaw and is a member of the Beyond Modern Studio Co-op. She has served on..
Jo-Anne Knowles
Jo-anne knowles is a British actress and the star of Mile High. She has also been in many other british shows, including The Bill and Emmerdale. External links [Profile at The Bill Biographies] ..
Jo-Anne Stockham
Jo-Anne Stockham is a British actress. Credits Love Soup (Gina Massey) 2005Dalziel and Pascoe Detective Constable Shirley "Ivor" Novello (2001) ..
Jo-Ann Galbraith
Jo-Ann Galbraith (born 20 February 1985) is an athlete from Australia. She competes in archery. Galbraith represented Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 57th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 596. In the first round of elimination, she faced 8th-rank..
Jo-Ann Garbutt
Jo-Ann Garbutt was born and raised in South Africa. During her years of study at the Stellenbosch Art Center, the young artist emerged as one of the most promising artists among her peers. Professors would praise her bold approach to the use of colour and the originality of her compositions that def..
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (NYSE: [JAN]) is a specialty retailer of crafts and fabrics based in Hudson, Ohio, United States. It operates the retail chains Jo-Ann Fabrics and Jo-Ann etc. External Links [Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., Investor Relations- Corporate Profile] ..
Joa-Bim
Joa-Bim is the title of a song by the Canadian singer-songwriter Jeanie Greene. It is a soaring beautiful piece, sung with amazing expression and depth by Greene. However, like its parent album Mary Called Jeanie Greene and Greene herself, it failed to make any commercial or airplay headway. ..
Joab
Joab (יוֹאָב "The LORD is father", Standard Hebrew Yoʾav, Tiberian Hebrew Yôʾāḇ) was the nephew of King David, the son of Zeruiah in the Bible. He was made the captain of David's army (2 Samuel 8:16; 20:23; 1 Chronicles 11:6; 18:15; 27:34). H..
Joab Thomas
Joab Langston Thomas was born in 1933 in Russellville, Alabama. He was educated at Harvard University where he earned three degrees in biological sciences with a concentration in botany. He served as a professor of biology at the University of Alabama from 1966 until his appointment as vice presid..
Joaçaba
Joaçaba is a small city situated in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, with approximately 25,000 inhabitants. Located in 27º10'22" S and 51º30'03" W and 516.74 meters above sea level, the city was colonized in the early 20th century by German and Italian immigrants. Its industry is based on a..
Joachim
Saint Joachim Father of Mary Venerated in Roman Catholic, Orthodox Feast July 26 Attributes Lamb, Doves, with Saint Anne or Mary Patronage Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, fathers, grandparents Joachim may also refer to Jehoiakim, a king Judah. In Catholic and Orthodox tradition, Saint Joachim ..
Joachimites
Joachimites were a millenarian group that arose from the Franciscans in the thirteenth century. They based their ideas on the works of Joachim of Flora (or Joachim of Fiore, both names are used at points). However they went further than he ever did in rejection of the Church of their own age. Con..
Joachimsthal (Barnim)
Joachimsthal is a town in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 17 km northwest of Eberswalde, and 55 km northeast of Berlin (centre). ..
Joachimsthal (disambiguation)
This German place name can refer to: Jáchymov, otherwise Joachimsthal or Sankt Joachimsthal and previously Thal, a town in the Karlovy Vary region of the Czech RepublicJoachimsthal (Barnim), a town in the regional administrative district (Landkreis) of Barnim in the province of Brandenburg in Germ..
Joachim Aberlin
Joachim Aberlin (after 1554) was a German pastor, teacher and songwriter and is author of a large number of songs for the Reformed Church. He wrote the hymnal Der gantz Psalter (The whole Psaltery) in 1537, and 68 songs for the psalter of Salminger in 1538. According to an acrostic in one of his la..
Joachim Albertini
Joachim Albertini or Gioacchino Albertini (30 November 1748, Pesaro - 27 March 1812, Warsaw) was an Italian-born composer, who spent most of his life in Poland. His opera Don Juan albo Ukarany libertyn (Don Juan, or the Libertine Penalized) was performed in the 1780s with both Italian and Polish li..
Joachim Albrecht Eggeling
Joachim Albrecht Leo Eggeling (born 30 November 1884 in Blankenburg am Harz; died 15 April 1945 at Moritzburg Castle in Halle) was the Nazi Gauleiter of Saxony and Anhalt and the High President (Oberpräsident) of the Province of Merseburg. A farmer's son, Eggeling went to the Bürgerschule (a kind..
Joachim Alda
Joachim Alda (born February 29, 1940) is a German footballer. Alda played for FC Köln in 1961/62 but made very little success of his playing career as he was unable to integrate in the squad. Since this, he has been the coach of SV Siegburg 04. ..
Joachim Armster
character illustration by Kojima Ayami is a vampire character appearing in the video game [[Castlevania: Lament of Innocence]] (part of the long-running Castlevania series). He serves as one of the boss characters in the game; when Leon Belmont encounters him in the Dark Palace of Waterfalls ..
Joachim B. Olsen
Joachim B. Olsen. Olympic Games Bronze 2004Athens Shot Put World Indoor Championships Bronze 2004Budapest Shot Put Bronze 2006Moscow Shot Put European Championships Silver 2002Munich Shot Put European Indoor Championships Silver 2002Vienna Shot Pu..
Joachim Barrande
Joachim Barrande (August 11, 1799 - October 5, 1883) was a French geologist and palaeontologist. Barrande was born at Saugues, Haute Loire, and educated in the École Polytechnique at Paris. Although he had received the training of an engineer, his first appointment was that of tutor to the duc de ..
Joachim Beuckelaer
Four Elements: Water, painted 1569 Joachim Beuckelaer (1533–1574) was a Flemish painter. He studied under his uncle, Pieter Aertsen. Many of his paintings contain scenes of kitchen and markets, with religious allusions in the background. His Four Elements series (as of 2004, in the Natio..
Joachim Björklund
Joachim Björklund (born March 15, 1971 in Växjö) is a Swedish footballer. For many years he formed a solid defense duo with Patrik Andersson on the Swedish national team. Björklund was selected for the Euro 1992, 1994 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He was also a member of the Swedish squad that c..
Joachim Bouvet
Joachim Bouvet (1656-1732) was a Jesuit Figurist who came to China in 1685 with the first group of six French Jesuits. He focused his research on the Yijing, the Book of Changes. Trying to find a connection between the Chinese classics and the Bible, Bouvet came to the conclusion that the Chinese ha..
Joachim Brudziński
Joachim Brudziński (born February 04, 1968 in Świerklaniec) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 14731 votes in 41 Szczecin district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list. See also Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2009 External links [Joachim Bru..
Joachim Camerarius
Joachim Camerarius Joachim Camerarius (April 12, 1500 – April 17, 1574), German classical scholar, was born at Bamberg, Bavaria. His family name was Liebhard, but he was generally called Kammermeister, previous members of his family having held the office of chamberlain (camerarius) to ..
Joachim Cardinal Meisner
Joachim Cardinal Meisner (born 25 December 1933) is a Cardinal priest and Archbishop of Cologne in the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Breslau (Wroclaw), Lower Silesia, Meisner studied at the seminary of Erfurt, earning a doctorate in theology. Ordained a priest in 1962, he pastored in Germany. In..
Joachim Carvallo
Joachim Carvallo (1869-1936) was a Spanish-born doctor and medical researcher in France best known as the owner who restored Château de Villandry and the creator of its spectacular gardens. Joachim Carvallo emigrated to Paris in 1893 to further his studies. While working with a medical research ..
Joachim Christian Reinhart
Joachim Christian Reinhart (1761-1847), German painter and etcher, was born at Hof in Bavaria in 1761, and studied under Oeser at Leipzig and under Klingel at Dresden. In 1789 he went to Rome, where he became a follower of the classicist German painters Carstens and Koch. He devoted himself more par..
Joachim de Neergaard
Joachim Bruun de Neergaard (1877-1920) was born in Stubberrup, a small village in the east-central part of Jutland. He came from scions of an aristocratic family with long service to the Danish government and as such was eventually sent to take a law degree which he finished in 1901. However, Neerga..
Joachim du Bellay
French literature French literary history Medieval 16th century - 17th century 18th century -19th century 20th century - Contemporary French Writers Chronological list - - [[Portal:France|France Portal]] [[Portal:Literature|Literature Portal]]This box: [ view] • &..
Joachim Erwin
Joachim Erwin (born September 2 1949 in Stadtroda, Thuringia) is a German politician and the current mayor of Düsseldorf. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). ..
Joachim Ferrera
'Joachim Ferreira' Joachim Ferreira was a Boer commandant who saw action at Majuba and Ingwavuma. He was responsible for negotiating the transfer of land east of the Lebombo Mountains to the South African Republic. His plans were frustrated by the actions of Sir Charles Saunders who annexed the ter..
Joachim Fest
Joachim C. Fest (born December 8, 1926) is a German journalist and author, best known in English-speaking countries for his work with Albert Speer while writing his memoirs, and his biography of Adolf Hitler. Contents 1 Biography2 Works available in English3 See also4 External..
Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim Friedrich (Cölln, 27 January 1546 – 18 July 1608) of the Hohenzollern dynasty succeeded his father John George as margrave and elector of Brandenburg in 1598, and was in turn succeeded at his death by his son John Sigismund. His mother was Sophie, Princess of Legnica. He was duke of P..
Joachim Fuchsberger
Joachim Fuchsberger (born March 11, 1927 near Stuttgart) is a German actor and television host best known to a wide German-speaking audience as one of the recurring actors in various Edgar Wallace movies (always playing one of the good guys, often a Detective Inspector with Scotland Yard). Fuchsb..
Joachim Gaunse
Joachim Gaunse, other spelling variations: (Jeochim, Jochim) (Gaunz, Ganse, Gans), was a German mining expert who figures in the English state papers of the reign of Elizabeth I. He was born at Prague, and was therefore in all probability a connection of David Gans, who settled there in 1564; he cer..
Joachim Gottschalk
--> Joachim Gottschalk (April 10, 1904 — November 6, 1941) was a European movie star during the 1930s, a romantic lead in the style of Leslie Howard. He starred in a series of German films opposite the popular German actress Brigitte Horney. Gottschalk, who was born in Calau, Brandenburg, ..
Joachim Hansen
Joachim Hansen is a German name. It may refer to one of the following noteworthy persons: Joachim Hansen, the mixed martial arts fighterJoachim Hansen, the German actor This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you t..
Joachim Hansen (actor)
For other persons named Joachim Hansen, please refer to "Joachim Hansen" Joachim Hansen (born June 28, 1930 in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany) is a German actor. He is best known for film roles in the 1960s and 1970s where he was often cast in roles portraying Nazi officers and World War II German offic..
Joachim Hansen (MMA)
Joachim "Hell Boy" Hansen(May 26,1979-) is a Norwegian Mixed martial artist. He is the first Scandinavian person who has won a world title in MMA (in Shooto). Contents 1 Biography2 Record3 See also4 External link Biography He was born in Oslo,Norway on May 26,1979. Record..
Joachim Heer
Joachim Heer Joachim Heer (September 25, 1825 - March 1, 1879) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1875-1878). He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on December 10, 1875 and handed over office on December 31, 1878. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Par..
Joachim Heinrich Campe
Joachim Heinrich Campe (* June 29 1746 in Deensen (near Holzminden), † October 22 1818 in Braunschweig) was a german writer, linguist, educator und publisher. Contents 1 Life2 Language purism3 Works4 Literature5 External links Life The son of a merchant was teacher of..
Joachim Hoffmann
Dr. Joachim Hoffmann (December 1, 1930, Königsberg, East Prussia – February 8, 2002, Freiburg) was a German historian. From 1960 to 1995 he worked at the Military History Research Institute of the Bundeswehr, finally with the title of scientific director. He has published a large number of bo..
Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim I, nicknamed Nestor, (21 February 1484 – 11 July 1535) was an elector of Brandenburg, acceded 1499. The eldest son of John or Johann Cicero of the Hohenzollern dynasty, Joachim received an excellent education, became elector of Brandenburg on his father's death in January 1499, and soon a..
Joachim Ichane
Joachim Ichane, born June 27, 1986 in Niort, France is a French defender currently playing for Niort. ..
Joachim II, Elector of Brandenburg
Joachim II, nicknamed "Hector", was a margrave of Brandenburg and an Imperial Elector from the Hohenzollern dynasty. He was born in 1505 and died in 1571. He succeeded his father, Joachim I "Nestor", in 1535. While long drawn to the Lutheran faith and always seeking balance between Protestant and..
Joachim Jacob Unger
Joachim Jacob Unger, born 25 November 1826 at Homona, Hungary, was an Austrian rabbi. He studied at the University of Berlin (Ph.D. 1859), and was appointed rabbi of Iglau, Moravia, in 1860. He died in 1912. He wrote several works, including: "Hebräische Philologie und Biblische Exegese," in "Mann..
Joachim Johansson
Joachim Johansson (born July 1 1982) is a professional male tennis player from Sweden. Johansson was born in Lund and currently lives in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. He won his first ATP singles title in 2004 when he overcame Nicolas Kiefer in the Memphis final. In 2005 he won another two titles (Adelaide ..
Joachim Kessef
Joachim Kessef (a.k.a Joachim) is an African French male pornographic actor (porn star) who was born in Paris, France, on 12 March 1976. He is reported to be 5'9" (1.75 m) tall. He started to do interracial pornography in the United States in 2000s. He currently has a website [link] and he..
Joachim Kroll
Joachim Kroll (April 17, 1933 - July 1, 1991) was a German serial killer and cannibal. He was known as the Ruhr Cannibal (Ruhrkannibale), and the Duisburg Man-Eater (Duisburger Menschenfresser). He was convicted of eight murders but confessed to a total of 13. Born the son of a miner in Hindenburg..
Joachim Kunz
Joachim Kunz (born February 9 1959 in Stolberg) is a German weightlifter. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow he won a silver medal in the 67.5 kg class. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul he won a gold medal in the 67.5 kg class. ..
Joachim Lambek
Joachim Lambek (born 1922) is Peter Redpath Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at McGill University, where he earned his Ph.D. degree in 1950. He is noted, among other things, for the Lambek calculus, an effort to capture mathematical aspects of natural language syntax in logical form and a wor..
Joachim Lelewel
Portrait of Joachim Lelewel Joachim Lelewel (Warsaw, March 22, 1786- May 29, 1861), was a Polish historian and politician, from a naturalized Polish family of Prussian background. His grandparents were Heinrich Löllhöffel von Löwensprung (1705-1763) and Constance Jauch (1722-1802), who late..
Joachim Löw
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Joachim Lubomirski
Joachim Lubomirski Noble Family Lubomirski Coat of Arms Lubomirski Parents Sebastian LubomirskiAnna Branicka Consorts none Children none Date of Birth 16th century Place of Birth ? Date of Death 1610 Place of Death ? Joachim Lubomirski (?-1610) was a Polish nobleman..
Joachim Marquardt
Karl Joachim Marquardt (April 19, 1812 - November 30, 1882) was a German historian and writer on Roman antiquities. Karl Joachim Marquardt. Biography Marquardt was born at Danzig (Gdańsk). He studied at Berlin and Leipzig, held various educational appointments from 1833 onwards at Berlin, ..
Joachim Menant
Joachim Menant (16 April1820-30 August1899) was a French magistrate and orientalist He was born at Cherbourg on the 1820. He was educated for the law, and became vice-president of the civil tribunal of Rouen in 1878, and a member of the cour d'appel three years later. But he became best known by hi..
Joachim Meyer
Joachim Meyer was the author of a 1570 fechtbuch Gründtliche Beschreibung der kunst des Fechten (in English, Fundamental Descriptions of the Art of Fencing). Meyer's book was reprinted in 1600, and may have an influential source for other 16th and 17th century German fencing books, including a 161..
Joachim Mrugowsky
Joachim Mrugowsky (August 15 1905 in Rathenow – June 2 1948) Hygienist. Associate Professor, Medical Doctorate, Chief of Hygiene Institute of the Waffen-SS. Senior Hygienist at the Reich Physician SS, SS and Walfen SS Colonel, defendant in the Doctors Trial. His father was a general practition..
Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat, King of Naples, Marshal of France Joachim Murat, (March 25, 1767 – October 13, 1815), Grand Duke of Cleves and Berg, Marshal of France, was King of Naples from 1808 to 1815. Contents 1 Life2 Children3 References4 See also5 Trivia6 Externa..
Joachim Neander
Joachim Neander (Neumann) (1650 - May 31 1680) was a German Reformed (Calvinistic) Church teacher/theologian/hymn writer whose most famous hymn, Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (German: Lobet den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren) is generally regarded as one of the great hymns of praise of ..
Joachim Neergaard
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since April 2006. Joachim Brunn de Neergaard..
Joachim Nerz
Dr. Joachim Nerz is a taxonomist and botanist specialising in the carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes. Nerz has described several new Nepenthes species, mostly with Andreas Wistuba. ..
Joachim Nielsen
Joachim Nielsen (September 8, 1964 - October 17, 2000), better known as Jokke, was a Norwegian rock musician. He was the frontman of Norwegian rock band Jokke & Valentinerne, the brother of cartoonist Christopher Nielsen, (and son of the artist) John David Nielsen. Jokke & Valentinerne (in English ..
Joachim Nitsche
For other possible meanings see Nitsche Joachim A. Nitsche (September 2 1926 – January 12 1996) was a German mathematician and professor of mathematics in Freiburg, known for his important contributions to the mathematical and numerical analysis of partial differential equations. The dualit..
Joachim O. Fernandez
Joachim Octave Fernandez (August 14, 1896–August 8, 1978) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He was a Democrat. Fernandez was born in New Orleans. He began his political career as a member of the Old Regular political machine and was a st..
Joachim of Fiore
Joachim of Flora (medieval engraving). Joachim of Fiore, also known as Joachim of Flora and in Italian Gioacchino da Fiore (c. 1135 –March 30, 1202), was the founder of the monastic order of San Giovanni in Fiore (now Jure Vetere). He was a mystic, a theologian and an esoterist. His foll..
Joachim Ortiz
Joachim Ortiz is currently the head of the makeup and hair department for the TV Guide Channel. He has worked on numerous shows including What's On, Music News, Screening Room, Hollywood Insider, Best of Late Night, 411, Watch This With John Henson, Idol Chat, Reality Chat, Closeup, The Buzz, Gramm..
Joachim Patinir
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Joachim Peiper
Joachim Peiper (january 30, 1915 - July 13, 1976) more often known as Jochen Peiper from the common German nickname for Joachim, was a senior Waffen-SS officer and commander in the Panzer campaigns of 1939-1945. By the end of his military career, Peiper was the youngest regimental colonel in the W..
Joachim Raff
Joseph Joachim Raff (May 27, 1822 - June 24 or June 25, 1882) was a composer, teacher and pianist. Raff was born in Lachen in Switzerland. He was largely self-taught in music, studying the subject while working as a schoolmaster. He sent some of his piano compositions to Felix Mendelssohn who recom..
Joachim Ringelnatz
Joachim Ringelnatz is the pen name of the German author Hans Bötticher (7 August, 1883 - 17 November, 1934). He was a sailor in his youth and spent the First World War commanding a minesweeper (ship). In the 1920s and 1930s, he worked as a Kabarettist, i.e., a kind of satirical stand-up comedian...
Joachim Rouault
Joachim Rouault (d. 1478), French soldier, was a member of an old family of Poitou. He attached himself to the dauphin (afterwards Louis XI) and became his premier squire. He followed Louis in his expedition against the Swiss in 1444, distinguished himself in the war against England in 1448, and r..
Joachim Rønneberg
Joachim Rønneberg (born in Ålesund August 30, 1919), is a Norwegian officer. During World War 2 he led the Gunnerside team during the Norwegian heavy water sabotage action against the Norsk Hydro heavy water production plant in Rjukan in Norway in 1943. Subsequently he commanded other raids agains..
Joachim Sauer
Joachim Sauer (born April 19, 1949) is a German quantum chemist, full professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Contents 1 Scientific career2 Personal life3 Public visibility as husband of ..
Joachim Siegerist
Werner Joachim Siegerist (born January 29, 1947 in Neukirchen (Nordfriesland)) is a prominent German-Latvian journalist, author and conservative politician. He is chairman of the anti-communist German Conservatives and co-publisher of the Konservative Deutsche Zeitung. He played a role in the early ..
Joachim Streich
Joachim Streich (born April 13, 1951 in Wismar) is a former East German football player, who won the bronze medal with the DDR at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He played as a striker for Aufbau Wismar (1957 - 1963), then TSG Wismar (1963 - 1967), Hansa Rostock (1967 - 1975) and 1. FC Magde..
Joachim Stutschewsky
Joachim-Yehoyachin Stutschewsky, יהויכין סטוצ'בסקי, Иоахим Стучевский (February 7, 1891, Romni(Romny), guberniya of Poltava, Ukraine - November 14, 1982, Tel Aviv, Israel) was the Ukraine-born Austrian and Israeli cellist, composer, musicologist. His father, Kalmen-Le..
Joachim Sørum
Joachim Sørum (born February 11 1979 in Dokka) is a Norwegian footballer currently playing for the Norwegian Premier League club Hamarkameratene. Sørum is a defender, and normally plays in the mid-defence. Sørum came to Ham-Kam from FF Lillehammer ahead of the 2002 season. The highlight of his..
Joachim Thibault de Courville
Joachim Thibault de Courville (died 1581) was a French composer, singer, lutenist, and player of the lyre, of the late Renaissance. He was a close associate of poet Jean Antoine de Baïf, and with Baïf was the co-founder of the Académie de Poésie et de Musique, which attempted to re-create the s..
Joachim Vadian
Engraving by David Herrliberger from Zurich, 1748, after an older original Joachim Vadian (November 29, 1484 – April 6, 1551), born as Joachim von Watt, was a Swiss Humanist and scholar and also mayor and reformer in St. Gallen. Vadian was born in St. Gallen into a family of wealthy and ..
Joachim van den Hove
Joachim van den Hove (Antwerp, 1567? - The Hague, 1620) was a Flemish/Dutch composer and a lutenist. He composed works for lute solo and for lute and voice. Moreover, he wrote many arrangements for lute of Italian, French, and English vocal and instrumental music, and of Flemish/Dutch folk music. ..
Joachim Visconti
Louis-Tullius-Joachim Visconti, an Italian-born architect and designer, was born in 1791 in Rome and died in 1853 in Paris. He designed many Parisian buildings and squares, including the Place Saint Sulpice. He is probably most famed for, however, designing the tomb of Napoleon. ..
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (born Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim Ribbentrop) (April 30, 1893 – October 16, 1946) was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945. He was later hanged for war crimes after the Nuremberg ..
Joachim Von Rohr
Joachim Von Rohr (January 23, 1677 - November 19, 1757) Lieutenant Colonel in Swedish Army and Commander of the Dalarö fortress (Dalarö Skans). He participated in the Battle of Poltava and was captured and held as a prisoner in Siberia. Birth, marriage, and children Joachim was born on January 2..
Joachim von Sandrart
Joachim von Sandrart, self portrait c. 1641. Joachim von Sandrart (May 12, 1606 - October 14, 1688) was a German art-historian and painter. Biography von Sanrart was born in Frankfurt. After studying in Germany, Holland and England, he journeyed in 1627 to Italy, where he became famous as ..
Joachim Wilhelm Franz Philipp von Holtzendorff
Joachim Wilhelm Franz Philipp von Holtzendorff (October 14, 1829 — February 4, 1889), German jurist, born at Vietmannsdorf, in the Mark of Brandenburg, was descended from a family of the old nobility. He was educated at Berlin and at Pforta, afterwards studying law at the universities of Bonn, He..
Joachim Willen
Joachim Willen (born August 23, 1972) is an athlete from Sweden. He competes in triathlon. Willen competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took thirty-fifth place with a total time of 1:51:40.80. ..
Joachim Winkelhock
Joachim Winkelhock (born October 24, 1960), is a German motor racing driver. The younger brother of the late Manfred Winkelhock, Winkelhock was born in Waiblingen, near Stuttgart. The youngest brother Thomas Winkelhock as well as Manfred's son Markus Winkelhock are racers, too. After the death of ..
Joachim Witt
Joachim Witt (born February 22, 1949 in Hamburg, Germany) is a German musician and actor. Discography Silberblick (1980)Edelweiß (1982)Märchenblau (1983)Mit Rucksack und Harpune (1985)Moonlight Nights (1985)10 Millionen Partys (1988)Kapitän der Träume (1992)Goldener Reiter 1996)Witt / Das Beste..
Joachim Wtewael
Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael (also spelled Uytewael) (1566 in Utrecht - 1638) was a notable Flemish painter and engraver. Wtewael began his career engraving glass with his father in their hometown of Utrecht. In 1588, he began four years of voyaging through France and Italy, where he began to paint. R..
Joachim Wuermeling
Joachim Wuermeling (born on 19 July 1960 in Münster) is since 19 December, 2005, Secretary of State for the European Union in the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology. From 1999 to 2005, he was a Member of the European Parliament for Bavaria with the Christian Social Union in Ba..
Joachim Yhombi-Opango
Joachim Yhombi Opango (born 1939) is a Congolese political figure.He was his country's first general and served as President of Congo from 1977 until 1979 when he was overthrown. He later served as Prime Minister under the Lissouba regime in 1995, just before the start of one of four subsequent civi..
Joachim Zachris Duncker
Joachim Zachris Duncker (November 12, 1774 - July 6, 1809) was a Swedish soldier born in Kristina in Savonia (Savolax). In 1789 Duncker obtained the rank of 2:nd Lieutenant in the Savolax ranger regiment. He fought in the 1790 war against Russia and proved his valor at the Battle of Perttimäki Ma..
Joacim Cans
Joacim Cans (Mora, Sweden, February 1970) is the lead singer of HammerFall, a Swedish power metal band. He released his first solo album titled Beyond the Gates in 2004. --> Contents 1 Discography1.1 Solo Albums1.2 Lineup2 Past bands3 Current Bands4 External links..
Joad
Joad is a surname: C. E. M. Joad (1891–1953), a British philosopherTom Joad, a fictional character from the 1939 John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath and the 1940 movie of the same nameThe Ghost of Tom Joad, a 1995 album by Bruce Springsteen. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation]..
Joakim Bäckström
Joakim Bäckström (born 16 March 1978) is a Swedish golfer. He turned professional in 1999 and became a member of the European Tour in 2005. He won the Aa St Omer Open in his rookie season. He has also won two events in Sweden, the 2001 Telia Grand Opening and the 2002 Telia Sunbyholm Open. Extern..
Joakim Berg
Joakim "Jocke" Berg, (born March 16, 1970) is a Swedish musician. He was born and grew up in Eskilstuna. Berg is the main songwriter and lead vocalist in the Swedish rock band Kent. He has also written songs for Titiyo, Lisa Miskovsky and Freddie Wadling. ..
Joakim Bonnier
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Joakim Cronman
Joakim Cronman (1638-1703) aka Joachim Cronman, was an officer in the Swedish Army who died in the Battle of Neumünde in Latvia during the Great Northern War. Birth and siblings Joakim was the son of Hans Detterman Cronman (1590-after1645) aka Lord Hans Detterman Nobil Cronman, of Liveland, Latvia..
Joakim Garff
Joakim Garff (born 1960) is a Danish Søren Kierkegaard scholar at Søren Kierkegaard Research Center at the University of Copenhagen. He has written several books on Kierkegaard including [[Soren Kierkegaard: A Biography]]. ..
Joakim Haeggman
Contents 1 European Tour wins2 Other professional wins3 Team appearances4 External links Joakim Haeggman (born 28 August 1969 in Kalmar, Sweden) is a Swedish European Tour golfer. He turned professional in 1989 and won his place on the Tour at that year's qualifying school...
Joakim Lindengren
Joakim Lindengren (born March 28, 1962) is a Swedish comic creator. He made his album debut in the 1980s and soon became a cult favorite in Sweden due to his crude style and burlesque humor (more often than not making jokes about Swedish celebrities and various bodily fluids). He has been published ..
Joakim Noah
Joakim Noah (born February 25 1985 in New York City) is a 6'11" American basketball player who currently plays for the University of Florida in the Southeastern Conference of the NCAA. Contents 1 Early Life2 College Career3 2006 NCAA Tournament4 Other awards and recognition5..
Joakim Nyström
Joakim ("Jocke") Nyström (born February 20, 1963 in Skelleftea) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who won thirteen singles titles during his professional career. The righthander reached his highest singles ranking in the ATP Tour on March 31, 1986, when he became the number seven of the world...
Joakim Pirinen
Joakim Pirinen (born in 1961) is a Swedish illustrator, author, and comic creator. One of the most acclaimed artists to make his debut during the 1980s wave of "artistic" and "adult" comics in Sweden, Pirinen was, and still is, a regular contributor to the Swedish art magazine Galago. Pirinen's com..
Joakim Stulli
Joakim Stulli (also Joakim Stulić; 1730 - 1817) was a Croatian lexicographer, the author of the biggest dictionary in older Croatian lexicography. He was born in Dubrovnik, where he received his primary education and continued his studies in the Jesuit college and at the Franciscan monastery, wher..
Joakim Thåström
Joakim Thåström. Solo Vol 1. album cover Sven Joakim Thåström nicknamed Pimme, but always officially called simply Thåström (born March 20 1957) is a well known Swedish punk rock musician. Thåström grew up in Högdalen and Rågsved, working class suburbs south of Stockholm, where he ..
Joakim Vujić
Joakim Vujić (1772-1847) was one of the most accomplished Serbian dramatists and writers of the 18th century. He is known as the Father of Serbian Theatre. References [Biography] ..
Joal-Fadiout
Joal-Fadiout is a village at the southern end of the Petite Côte of Senegal. Joal lies on the mainland, while Fadiout, linked by a bridge, lies on an island of clam shells, which are also used in local architecture and crafts. The village has no motorised transport. It has large Christian and M..
Joan
Joan is a female name, and in Catalan is also a male name. It comes from Hebrew, meaning 'The Lord's grace'. It can refer to: Joan of ArcJoan of Arcadia, a popular drama series on CBSJoan of Lorraine, a play by Maxwell AndersonPope Joan, a 9th century legendSow Joan, an Animal Crossing character.Jo..
Joan, Countess of Blois
Joanne I of Châtillon (d. 1292), was countess of Blois from 1280 to 1292, and lady of Avesnes. She was daughter of John I and Alix of Bretagne. Her maternal grandparents were John I, Duke of Brittany and Blanche of Navarre. In 1263, Joanne married Pierre of Alençon, son of Louis IX of France and..
Joan, Duchess of Brittany
Joanna of Penthievre or of Dreux (in French Jeanne de Dreux, la Boiteuse) (1319-1384) was Reigning Duchess of Brittany (in her own right) together with her consort Charles of Blois between 1341 and 1364. She was also Countess of Penthièvre in her own right. She was one of the protagonists of the B..
Joan, Lady of Wales
Joan, Lady of Wales, or Joan of England (died March 1236) was the wife of Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd and effective ruler of most of Wales. Joan was an illegitimate daughter of King John of England and a woman named Clemence. She should not be confused with her legitimate half-sister Jo..
Joan, Princess of Castile
Portrait of Joan the Beltraneja. Princess Juana of Castile, known also as the Beltraneja, was born in 1462 and died in Lisbon in 1530. Her birth caused a scandal in the Castilian court. Her mother was Joana, princess of Portugal, the consort queen of king Henry IV of Castile. The king had no o..
Joana, Princess of Beira
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Joana (disambiguation)
Joana is a feminine name and may refer to: Joana Zimmer - a German pop music singerJoana Benedek - a Mexican actressJoana Rokomatu - a Fijian chiefJoana Prado - a Brazillian actressJoana of Braganza, a.k.a. Joana of Portugal (1635-1653) - a Portuguese princess, daughter of John IV See also: Joanna T..
Joana Benedek
Joana Benedek (born January 19, 1966 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Mexican actress. She left her native land in search of work. She first moved to Venezuela before moving to Mexico. In Caracas she continued to study, but later left her studies to work as a model. In 1997 she signed a contract ..
Joana Carneiro
Joana Carneiro is the Conducting Fellow of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. External link [Musician Details] at the [Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra] ..
Joana Rokomatu
Adi Joana Rokomatu is a Fijian chief who holds the title of Tui Sigatoka, or Paramount Chief of Sigatoka. She has worked closely with the Sigatoka Town Council to promote development projects, as well as efforts to beautify the town. She also hosts the Nadroga rugby team, providing them with ..
Joana Zimmer
Joana Zimmer ( 27. October 1979 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German pop music singer, often compared to Celine Dion or Gary Barlow. Zimmer is also blind. Discography My Innermost, Universal GMBH, 2005 External links [Joana Zimmer], official site (in German) ..
Joanell Dyrstad
Joanell M. Dyrstad (October 15, 1942) was the 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. She served January 7, 1991 - January 3, 1995 and was elected with Gov. Arne Carlson. She ran for the U.S. Senate seat in 1994 but lost in the primary to Rod Grams. She served as a Independent Republican (this was t..
Joane Somarriba
Joane Somarriba Arrola (born August 11, 1972) is a Spanish cyclist born in Gernika, Vizcaya. She won the Grande Boucle, maybe at the time the most prestigious stage race for women, three times. Palmarès Note: Beginning in 1997, the Union Cycliste Internationale implemented a points listin..
Joanie Caucus
Joanie Caucus is a character in Garry Trudeau's comics strip Doonesbury. She first appeared in September 1972 in which she has a fight with her husband, Clinton, over her rights as a woman. She finds that her recently acquired feminist beliefs clash with his idea of how a wife should behave, and sh..
Joanie Cunningham
Joanie Louise Cunningham was a character on Happy Days. She was the daughter of Howard Cunningham and Marion Cunningham, and the younger sister of Chuck Cunningham and Richie Cunningham. Chachi had a crush on her, and they moved off together into a spin-off show, Joanie Loves Chachi. Later, after Jo..
Joanie Dodds
Joanie Dodds (born c. 1981) is an American fashion model. Dodds currently resides in Hollywood, California. Dodd's had her debut appearance when she appeared as a contestant on Cycle 6 of the reality tv show, America's Next Top Model. Joanie came in second place in the competition. Contents 1&..
Joanie Laurer
Joanie Laurer (born Joan Marie Laurer on December 27, 1969 in Rochester, New York) is an American actress and retired professional wrestler. A former bodybuilder, she is best known for her appearances with the World Wrestling Federation between 1997 and 2001, where she was known as Chyna and nickn..
Joanie Loves Chachi
Joanie Loves Chachi was a TV spin-off of the popular series Happy Days that was originally broadcast on ABC from March 23, 1982 to September 13, 1983. It starred Erin Moran and Scott Baio as the titular Joanie Cunningham and Chachi Arcola. The series followed the exploits of Joanie and Chachi as the..
Joanna
Joanna is a feminine given name and may refer to: Joanna Pacitti, singer, also knowed as JoannaJoanna the Mad, queen regnant of CastileJoanna, one of the women associated with the ministry of Jesus of NazarathJoanna (born Maria de Fátima Gomes Nogueira), Brazil singer who debuted in late 1970'sJoa..
Joanna, Duchess of Brabant
Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322 – 1406) was the heiress of Duke Jan III, who died in Brussels, December 5, 1355. The famous document, the foundation of the rule of law in Brabant called the Blijde Inkomst ("Joyous Entry"), was arrived at in January 1355/6, in order to assure Joanna and her c..
Joanna, South Carolina
Joanna is a census-designated place (CDP) in Laurens County, South Carolina, along the Bush River. The population was 1,609 at the 2000 census. Geography Joanna is located at [34°24′53″N, 81°48′51″W] (34.414668, -81.814229)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to t..
Joanna (disciple)
Joanna was one of the women associated with the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth, often considered to be one of the disciples. In the Bible, she is one of the women recorded in the Gospel of Luke as accompanying Jesus and the twelve: "Mary, called Magdalene, ... and Joanna the wife of Herod's steward ..
Joanna Angel
Joanna Angel (born 25 December, 1980 in Brooklyn, New York) is an entrepreneur, altporn model, adult film actress, director, writer, and former exotic dancer. Contents 1 Background2 Adult industry3 Partial filmography4 References5 External links Background Joanna was ..
Joanna Baillie
Joanna Baillie (September 11, 1762-February 23, 1851), poetess and dramatist. Born at the manse of Bothwell, Lanarkshire on the banks of the River Clyde, she belonged to an old Scottish family, which claimed among its ancestors Sir William Wallace. Her father was the minister of Bothwell, afterwar..
Joanna Barbara Zamoyska
Joanna Barbara Zamoyska Nobel Family Zamoyski Coat of Arms Jelita Parents Tomasz ZamoyskiKatarzyna Ostrogska Consorts Aleksander Koniecpolski Children with Aleksander KoniecpolskiStanisław Koniecpolski Date of Birth 1626 Place of Birth ? Date of Death 1653 Place of Dea..
Joanna Barnes
Joanna Barnes (born November 15, 1934) is an American actress and writer. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. She moved to California soon after finishing her education, and took up a contract with Columbia Pictures. She has since had rôles in more than twenty films, and..
Joanna Berzowska
Joanna Berzowska is an Assistant Professor of [Design and Computation Arts] at Concordia University in Montreal. Her work and research deal primarily with "soft computation": electronic textiles, responsive clothing as wearable technology, reactive materials and squishy interfaces. She is..
Joanna Bolme
Joanna Bolme is a musician and is currently the bass player in Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, having previously spent time playing bass for The Minders. She also previously dated the late Elliott Smith and was crucial to the finishing of his posthumous record, From a Basement on a Hill. It was re..
Joanna Brady
[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Joanna Brady is the protagonist of a series of mystery novels by author J. A. Jance, centered on the small desert town of Bisbee, Arizona. Joanna starts out as the mother of nine-year-old Jenny and the wife of Andy Brad..
Joanna Bruzdowicz
Joanna Bruzdowicz (b. May 17, 1943) is one of the rare contemporary composers to have found an original and critically acclaimed voice not only in the world of symphonic and chamber music, but also in opera, television and film. Life Bruzdowicz studied at the Warsaw Music High School, at the St..
Joanna Cameron
Joanna Cameron, sometimes presented as JoAnna Cameron, is an American actress who appeared in several television shows, such as The Secret of Isis. She was discovered by Bob Hope, and attended University of California. External links [Interview with Joanna Cameron] ..
Joanna Cannan
Joanna Cannan (1898-1961). A writer of pony books and detective books, aimed primarily at children. Youngest daughter of Oxford don Charles Cannan and Mary Wedderburn, also cousin of Gilbert Cannan, it is perhaps her children she is best known for, being mother to Josephine Pullein-Thompson, Dian..
Joanna Canton
Joanna Canton (born 1978) is an American actress. She had the recurring role of Nina, Fez's boss and love interest at the DMV on That '70s Show during its fifth season. Filmography Pizza My Heart (2005) (TV)On the Couch (2004)Nancy Drew (2002) (TV)New Best Friend (2002)St. Sass (2002) (TV Series)Th..
Joanna Cargill
Joanna Cargill is a fictional character, a mutant supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe with super-strength and steel-hard skin that gives her heavy resistance to physical injury and temperature extremes. She started off as a mercenary codenamed Frenzy, using her brute strength to accomplish..
Joanna Cassidy
Joanna Cassidy (b. Joanna Virginia Caskey on August 2, 1945 in Haddonfield, New Jersey) is an American actress who has been active in film and television for 35 years. Cassidy got her start guest starring on television series such as [[Mission: Impossible]], Falcon Crest, Starsky & Hutch and Fanta..
Joanna Chmielewska
Joanna Chmielewska is a famous Polish writer and screenplay author. She was born on 2. May 1932 in Warsaw. She studied architecture and worked as a designer. Her first story was published in a newspaper in 1958. She has two sons and two granddaughters. Books The Wedge (1964)How To Put Up With a Man..
Joanna Clore
Joanna Clore is a character in the British sitcom Green Wing, played by Pippa Haywood. Contents 1 History2 Relationships2.1 Alan2.2 The HR Staff (Harriet, Karen, Kim and Rachel)2.3 Martin2.4 Guy2.5 Sue2.6 Lyndon2.7 Other Relationships3 External ..
Joanna Cole
Joanna Cole is a United States author of children’s books that teach science. She is most famous as the author of The Magic School Bus series of children's books. Cole loved science as a child, and had a teacher she says was a little like Ms. Frizzle. She has worked as an elementary school teache..
Joanna Connor
--> Joanna Connor (born August 31, 1962) is a Chicago-based blues singer/songwriter/guitarist. A fiery guitarist since the 1970's - when rock & roll was all over the media - Joanna stayed true to her Blues roots. Born in Brooklyn, NY in 1962, Joanna was drawn to the Chicago Blues scene in the ear..
Joanna Dark
Joanna Dark Real Name Joanna Dark Aliases "Perfect Dark" Age 23 (as of Perfect Dark) Nationality Anglo-American Affiliations Dark Bail Bonds, Carrington Institute Gender Female Hair Red Eyes Blue Height 5 ft 9 in Tattoos Star tattoo on neck (left side) Voice Actor Laur..
Joanna David
Joanna David (born 17 January, 1947) is a British actress, best known for her television work. She was born in Lancaster, England. Her first major television role was as Elinor Dashwood in the BBC's 1971 dramatisation of Sense and Sensibility followed a year later in War and Peace during which she..
Joanna Dean
Joanna Dean is a singer songwriter. She released the album Misbehavin in 1989. Compared to Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt she received good credits. With the band Bad Romance she released the album Code of Honor in 1990. ..
Joanna DeRoover
Joanna DeRoover (June 3, 1890 - December 6, 2002) was the oldest documented living person in Belgium at the time of her death. She died at age 112. ..
Joanna Dukes
Joanna Dukes is an English actress, perhaps best known as Toni 'Tiddler' Tildesley in Press Gang, the pint-sized junior high school girl that delivered many mature witty punchlines for comedic value. It was first thought the writers implemented the character of "Tiddler" to represent and to app..
Joanna Estep
Joanna Estep is a illustrator, writer and cartoonist best known for her recent graphic novel Roadsong with writer Allan Gross, published in 2006 by Tokyopop. A recent graduate with degrees in graphic design and Japanese Language, her personal passion for comic books led her to pursue skills and know..
Joanna Evans
Joanna Evans (nee Hartman) was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Emma Harrison. She first appeared in 1995 and remained in the show until 1997. Family Tree Tony Hartman (father), married to Kate Hartman (mother) and Fiona Hartman (deceased)*Joanna Hartman, ..
Joanna Fabisiak
Joanna Fabisiak (born July 07, 1950 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 6693 votes in 19 Warsaw district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list. She was also a member of Sejm 1997-2001. See also Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2009 External l..
Joanna García
JoAnna Garcia (born August 10, 1979, in Tampa, Florida) is an American television and film actress of Cuban descent. Garcia is best known for her portrayal of "Cheyenne Hart-Montgomery" on The WB sitcom Reba (2001-present). She previously played "Vicki Appleby," a recurring character on the short-..
Joanna Gash
Joanna Gash Joanna Gash (born 21 July 1944), has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Gilmore on the southern coast of New South Wales. Gash was born in Groningen, in the Netherlands and immigrated to Australia when sh..
Joanna Glass
Joanna McClelland Glass (born 1936) is a Canadian playwright who currently resides in Naperville, Illinois. She served as a personal secretary to Francis Biddle in the late 1960s, which formed the basis for her most recent play, Trying. Works If We Are Women - 1994Yesteryear - 1998Play Memory - 199..
Joanna Gleason
Joanna Gleason (born Joanne Halprin on June 2, 1950 in Winnipeg, Manitoba), is a Canadian-born actress, who has been a successful character actor in film, television and on stage. She starred as the Baker's wife in the Broadway theatre production of the musical Into the Woods for which she received..
Joanna Going
Joanna Going (born July 22, 1963) is an American actress. Contents 1 Early life2 Career3 Private life4 Selected filmography5 External links Early life Going, the oldest of six children, was born in 1963 in Washington, D.C. to the late John Burke Going and Lorraine M. (..
Joanna Harvie
Joanna Harvie (b. 1979), often known as Jo, is a Scottish journalist and the editor of the Scottish Socialist Voice, weekly paper of the Scottish Socialist Party. She was deputy editor under Kath Kyle, and took over as editor in 2004 when Kath moved to Dublin for personal reasons. At 26, Jo is prob..
Joanna Hayes
Joanna Dove Hayes (born December 23, 1976) is an American runner, who won the gold medal in the Women's 100m Hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens. Currently coaches Track and Field and Cross-Country Running at Brentwood School in Los Angeles, California. Hayes is the daughter of Los Ang..
Joanna Hoffman
Joanna Hoffman was an Apple Computer employee in the 1980s when she worked on the Apple Macintosh team in 1984. Before being hired as the fifth member of the team in September 1980 by Jef Raskin, she was a physicist and archeologist. She was the only marketing person for more than a year, and she ma..
Joanna Hole
Joanna Hole is a British actress, possibly best known for her role as Sally Markham in the 1980s BBC television drama series Tenko. Other credits include: A Very Peculiar Practice, Miss Marple, The Upper Hand, Holby City and The Bill. External link ..
Joanna III of Navarre
Jeanne d'Albret Jeanne d'Albret (January 7 1528 – June 9 1572) was Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572, wife of Antoine de Bourbon, duke of Vendome and mother of Henry IV of France. Jeanne was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines in 1528, the daughter of Henry II of Navarre and Marguer..
Joanna Katarzyna Radziwiłł
Joanna Katarzyna Radziwiłł Noble Family Radziwiłł Coat of Arms Trąby Parents Aleksander Ludwik RadziwiłłTekla Anna Wołłowicz Consorts Jakub WeiherBogusław Leszczyński Children None Date of Birth 1637 Place of Birth ? Date of Death 1665 Place of Death ? Pri..
Joanna Kerns
Joanna Kerns (born Joanna Cruise de Varona on February 12, 1953) is an American actress best known as Maggie Seaver on ABC's 1980s sitcom Growing Pains opposite Alan Thicke and Kirk Cameron. She has appeared in numerous made-for-tv movies and has directed episodes of television shows such as Dawso..
Joanna Krupa
--> Joanna Krupa (born April 23, 1981 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish model and actress. Joanna was raised in Chicago, Illinois, USA and now resides in Los Angeles. She has two younger sisters named Martha and Carlina and is the daughter of hotelier Steven Krupa. Krupa has appeared on various magaz..
Joanna Lee
See Joanna Lee (actor) for the actor and movie star. Joanna Lee (also known as Keum Ok Lee) was a Korean woman who was killed in December 2001 during a prolonged and violent exorcism carried out by Pastor Luke Lee of the Lord of All cult, in Auckland, New Zealand. Contents 1 Early life2&nbs..
JoAnna Levenglick
JoAnna Levenglick, creator of Kids News Network and executive producer. She also interviews stars of major feature films, and does movie reviews. ..
Joanna Lockwood
Joanna Lockwood is an Australian actress who has played regular roles in various television series. After completing a brief stint in the closing episodes of soap opera Number 96 in 1977 she played the on-going lead role of policeman's wife and former stripper Valerie Johnson in police drama series ..
Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley and David McCallum as Sapphire & Steel. Joanna Lumley, OBE, FRGS (born May 1, 1946 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India) is an English actress and former model who is arguably best known for her portrayal of the chain smoking, boozing, cocaine-sniffing and other drug-taking sexpot Patsy S..
Joanna MacGregor
Joanna MacGregor (born July 16 1959) is a popular English classical pianist. She has written a series of teaching books called Piano World, which were published in May 2001 by Faber Music. Among her recordings are a set of Bach's French Suites, a collection of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas,..
Joanna Macy
Joanna Macy is the pioneering teacher of experiential deep ecology and "The Work that Reconnects". Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy, Ph.D. (sometimes listed as Joanna R. Macy or Joanna Marie Macy), is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. She is also a leading voice in movemen..
Joanna Monro
Joanna Monro is a British Actress. Her main credit was during the late 70's/ early 80's when she played 'Anna Newcross' in the UK soap opera, Angels shown on the BBC. ..
Joanna Munro
Joanna Munro is a former television presenter who appeared in the 1980s on That's Life! with Esther Rantzen. In 1974 she appeared in the Doctor Who story Planet of the Spiders. External links [Joanna Munro] at the Internet Movie Database ..
Joanna Newman
Joanna Newman is a renowned Wellington Archivist. She is the author of several reports which have set the standard for archive practices in Australasia and look set to be adopted as EU Standards for Archives by 2017. Joanna Newman began her stunning career as a bilingual secretary in London in 1971...
Joanna Newsom
Joanna Newsom (born 1982 in Nevada City, California) is a San Francisco harpist, pianist, harpsichordist, singer and songwriter. Joanna Newsom at Roskilde Festival, 2005 Though a former music and creative writing student at Mills College, she sees her harp style as being distinct from that ..
Joanna Nowicka
Joanna Kwaśna Nowicka (born July 25, 1966 in Kołobrzegu) is a Polish archer, who competed in four consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1996 Olympic Games she won the bronze medal in the Women's Individual Competition. External link [Profile on Polish Olympic Committee�..
Joanna of Aragon
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since May 2006. Joanna of Aragon (also Juana..
Joanna of Bourbon
Jeanne de Bourbon (Vincennes, February 3, 1338 – February 6, 1378, Paris) was the Queen consort of France, due to her marriage to King Charles V. Jeanne was the daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and Isabelle de Valois, a half-sister of Philip VI of France as the daughter of Charles of Valoi..
Joanna of Castile
Joanna of Castile Joanna (Spanish: Juana) (November 6, 1479 – April 12, 1555), called Joanna the Mad (Juana La Loca), queen of Castile and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, was the second daughter of Ferdinand, king of Aragon, and Isabella, queen of Castile, and was born at To..
Joanna of Flanders
Joanna of Flanders (c. 1295 – September 1374) was consort Duchess of Brittany by her marriage to John IV, Duke of Brittany. She was daughter of Louis, Count of Nevers and Jeanne of Rethel and sister of Count Louis I of Flanders. She married Duke John IV in March 1329. When her husband died i..
Joanna of Italy
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Joanna of Navarre
Joanna of Navarre (c. 1370 – 10 June, 1437) was a daughter of Charles the Bad, King of Navarre and Joan of France. Her maternal grandparents were John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg. On October 2, 1386, Joanna married John V, Duke of Brittany. They had nine children: Jeanne of Bri..
Joanna Pacitti
Joanna Pacitti is an American pop/rock singer and actress. Also knowed as Joanna. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life & career begining1.2 Music Act1.3 Legal action2 Discography2.1 Albums2.2 Singles2.3 Soundtracks3 Filmography4 Trivia5 Exter..
Joanna Pacula
Joanna Pacula (born Joanna Pacuła, sometimes credited as Ioana Pacula) (born January 2, 1957 in Tomaszów Lubelski, Poland) is a Polish actress. In 1979 she graduated from The Theatre High School in Warsaw and joined Warsaw Teatr Dramatyczny where she acted until 1981. She started her career playi..
Joanna Page
Joanna Page (born in 1977 in Mumbles, Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales) is a Welsh actress. She has appeared in From Hell, Love Actually and Miss Julie and in several productions at the Royal National Theatre and at other theatres. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art(RADA) in 1998. ..
Joanna Pettet
Born Joanna Jane Salmon on November 16, 1942 in London, England, Joanna Pettet was an Anglo-Canadian actress until her retirement in 1990. Her father, Harold Nigel Edgerton Salmon, was a British Royal Air Force pilot killed in the war. Her mother remarried and settled in Canada, where young Joanna ..
Joanna Phillips-Lane
Joanna Phillips-Lane is a British based actress who among other parts, played Roxy in Carla Lane's sitcom Bread. Web-Link [Joanna Phillips-Lane at IMDb] ..
Joanna Pinto
Joanna has emerged as one of the brightest new writers on the London fringe, with plays read and performed at venues including the Soho Theatre, BAC and the White Bear Theatre. She is a member of the Royal Court's YWP. Joanna studied Drama at the University of Bristol where she won the University W..
Joanna Quinn
Joanna Quinn is a British film maker. She was born in Birmingham, England. She has received two Academy Award nominations for Famous Fred and Canterbury Tales, nominated in 1998 and 1999 respectively. She attended Middlesex Polytechnic. Her student film Girls Night Out was completed in 1987 and won..
Joanna Rajkowska
Joanna Rajkowska was born in 1968, in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Rajkowska is considered one of the most interesting artists that came to the Polish artistic scene in the 1990s. Probably her most famous work is a 15 meter high (~50 feet) palm tree installed in Warsaw's Aleje Jerozolimskie, called Greeting..
Joanna Roth
Joanna Roth (born 1965) is a Danish-born actress (originally named Joanna Angelis) with a couple of dozen roles in the 1990s and 2000s including Ophelia in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. She is married to the actor John Hannah and they have two children, living in London. She appeared with Han..
Joanna Russ
Joanna Russ (born February 22, 1937), American writer and feminist, is the author of a number of works of Science Fiction (among other types of writing), including The Female Man, an acclaimed SF novel and pioneering meditation on how differing societies might produce very different versions of the ..
Joanna Senyszyn
Joanna Senyszyn (born February 01, 1949 in Gdynia) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 11925 votes in 26 Gdynia district, candidating from Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej list. She was also a member of Sejm 2001-2005. See also Members of Polish Sejm 2005-200..
Joanna Skrzydlewska
Joanna Skrzydlewska (born February 17, 1977 in Łodź) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 11822 votes in 9 Łódź district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list. See also Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2009 External links [Joanna Skrzydlewska - ..
Joanna Southcott
Joanna Southcott (or Southcote) (April, 1750 - December 27, 1814), was a self-described religious prophetess. She was born at Gittisham in Devon, England. Her father was a farmer and she herself was for a considerable time a domestic servant in Exeter. She was originally a Methodist, but about 1792..
Joanna Sturm
Joanna Mercedes Alessandra Sturm (born July 1946), Roosevelt family member and historian as well as philanthropist, is the great granddaughter of 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and the granddaughter of TR's daughter, the doyenne of the Washington, DC dinner circuit for more than 75 years,..
Joanna Taylor
Joanna Taylor in Hollyoaks Joanna Taylor (born 24 July 1978, Tooting, South London) is an English actress and former model. She currently lives in Cheshire. Her big break in acting came in 1999 when she won the role of Geri Hudson in Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks. She left in 2001, and ha..
Joanna Thomas
Joanna Thomas is a professional female bodybuilder, now living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joanna was born on December 12, 1976 in Truro, Cornwall, England. She became interested in bodybuilding at age 14 when she saw a bodybuilding magazine that belonged to a college student who was staying with..
Joanna Trollope
Joanna Trollope OBE (born December 9, 1943, in Gloucestershire), is an English novelist. Trollope's books often treat themes such as family dramas and upmarket romances. They are often written with a striking enchanting realism and a rare understanding of people. Educated at Oxford, she briefly wo..
Joanna Tuffy
Joanna Tuffy (born 1965, in England) is an Irish politician and member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann for the Labour Party. She was elected by the Administrative Panel. At the 2002 general election she unsuccessfully stood for election to Dáil Éireann for Dublin Mid West. External links [Joann..
Joanna Van Gyseghem
Joanna Van Gyseghem is a British actress, best known for her role as Linda Cochran in the television sitcom Duty Free. External link ..
Joanna Waley-Cohen
(Eleanor) Joanna Waley-Cohen is Professor of History at New York University, where she has taught since 1992. Born 10 June 1952, daughter of Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, Bt. Educated Cranborne Chase School, and a graduate of Cambridge and Yale universities, she specialises in Chinese history. External ..
Joanna Wasick
Joanna Wasick is a voice actress. Lending her voice for the role of Farah in [[Prince of Persia: Sands of Time]]. ..
Joanna Zeiger
thumb Joanna Zeiger (born May 4, 1970) is an American athlete from California. She competes in the triathlon. Zeiger's first sport was swimming. She attended Brown University and still (as of 2005) holds the school records in the 500 yard freestyle, 1000 yard freestyle, and 1650 yard freesty..
Joanna Żubr
Joanna Żubr (ca. 1770 - 1852) was a Polish soldier of the Napoleonic Wars, veteran of the Polish-Austrian War and the first woman to receive the Virtuti Militari, the highest Polish military award. After the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars and creation of the Duchy of Warsaw, in 1808, Joanna Żubr..
Joanne
Joanne is a common given name for females, being the feminine form of John. Joanne may also refer to: Joanne, a pop singer from Melbourne, AustraliaJoanne (novel), a novel by Marian Engel. ..
Joannes
Joannes on a solidus. Joannes, claimant Roman Emperor (423 - 425). On the death of the Emperor Honorius (August 27, 423), Theodosius II, the remaining ruler of the House of Theodosius hesitated for some time in announcing his uncle's death. In the interregum, Honorius' patrician at the time o..
Joannes-Henricus Cardinal of Franckenberg
Johann Heinrich, Graf von Frankenberg. Archbishop of Mechlin (Malines), Primate of Belgium, and cardinal; b. 18 September, 1726, at Gross-Glogau, Silesia; d. at Breda, 11 June, 1804. He belonged to an ancient family devotedly attached to the House of Hapsburg, and which remained so after the conque..
Joannesia
Joannesia is a genus of only 2 species, from the family Euphorbiaceae. ..
Joannes Actuarius
Joannes Zacharias Actuarius (c. 1275—c. 1328 ) was a Byzantine physician in Constantinople. He wrote several books on medicinal subjects, particularly, an extensive treatise about the urines and uroscopy. Around 1299, he considered moving to Thessaloniki, but decided to stay in Constantinople;..
Joannes Aurifaber (Vinariensis)
Joannes Aurifaber (Vinariensis; 1519–1575), was born in the county of Mansfeldt, Germany in 1519. He studied at Wittenberg where he heard the lectures of Luther, and afterwards became tutor to Count Mansfeldt. In the war of 1544–45 he accompanied the army as field-preacher, and then lived wi..
Joannes Aurifaber (Vratislaviensis)
Joannes Aurifaber (Vratislaviensis; 30 January 1517–19 October 1568), the younger brother of physician Andreas Aurifaber, was born at Breslau on 30 January 1517, and educated at Wittenberg, where he formed a close and lasting friendship with Melanchthon. After graduating in 1538 he spent twelv..
Joannes Bassianus
Joannes Bassianus was an Italian jurist of the 12th century. Little is known of his origin, but he is said by Corolus de Tocco to have been a native of Cremona. He was a professor in the law school of Bologna, the pupil of Bulgarus, and the master of Azo. The most important of his writings which ha..
Joannes de Laet
Joannes de Laet (1581 – 1649) was a Flemish geographer and director of the Dutch West India Company. Philip Burden called his History of the New World, "...arguably the finest description of the Americas published in the seventeenth century" and "...one of the foundation maps of Canada". de L..
Joannes Laurentius Lydus
Joannes Laurentius Lydus ("The Lydian"), Byzantine writer on antiquarian subjects, was born at Philadelphia in Lydia about AD 490. At an early age he set out to seek his fortune in Constantinople, and held high court and state offices under Anastasius and Justinian. In 552 he lost favour, and was d..
Joannes Susenbrotus
Joannes Susenbrotus (also known as Johannes or Hans Susenbrot, 1484/1485—1542/1543) was a German humanist, teacher of Latin, and author of textbooks. Grammaticae artis institutio, Leipzig 1539 Susenbrotus was born in the Imperial Free City of Wangen im Allgäu and studied at the universi..
Joannes Zonaras
Joannes (John) Zonaras (Ιωάννης Ζωναράς), Byzantine chronicler and theologian, flourished at Constantinople in the 12th century. Under Alexius I Comnenus he held the offices of commander of the bodyguard and private secretary to the emperor, but in the succeeding reign he retired to H..
Joanne Accom
Joanne Ruth Charlotte Accom, born November 13th 1978, better known as B.Z. featuring Joanne, Joanne BZ, Joanne, a female Dance Music Dance/Pop Music Pop singer from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Joanne was originally born in London, England. Contents 1 Biography2 Australian Singles..
JoAnne Akalaitis
Theatre director and writer JoAnne Akalaitis is the winner of five Obie Awards for direction (and sustained achievement) and founder of the critically acclaimed Mabou Mines in New York. In addition to the A.R.T. - where she directed Endgame and The Balcony - she has staged works by Euripides, Shakes..
Joanne Arnold
Joanne Arnold is an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the May 1954 issue. She also appeared on the covers of the March 1954 and August 1955 issues. Film work Son of Sinbad (1955) (uncredited) .... RaiderThe Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) (as Joann A..
Joanne Arnott
Joanne Arnott-Zenthoffer (born December 16, 1960) is a Canadian Métis writer. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Arnott's works are intimate with an activist slant, exploring the issues faced by a mixed-race girl and woman in poverty, the family, danger, love and childbirth. She writes about these..
Joanne Benson
Lt. Gov. Joanne Benson, R-Minnesota Joanne E. Benson (born January 4 1943) was the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from January 3 1995 to January 4 1999. A Republican, she was elected on the gubernatorial ticket with Gov. Arne Carlson. She is a former Minnesota state senator noted for he..
Joanne Bertin
Joanne Bertin was born in 1953 in a borough of Manhattan in New York City. A science fiction/fantasy novelist, her short stories and books center on a world of "truehumans", "truedragons", and "dragonlords", beings which can change from human to dragon. Her first publication was in 1995 when her sh..
Joanne Bonnar
Joanne Bonnar is a reporter on stv central's news programme, Scotland Today. Joanne can currently be seen newsreading on Scotland Today's weekday morning bulletins at 5.25am and throughout GMTV. ..
Joanne Brackeen
Joanne Brackeen (born July 26, 1938) is an American jazz pianist and music educator. She was born Joanne Grogan in Ventura, California. She attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, but devoted herself to jazz by imitating Frankie Carle albums. That said, she preferred Charlie Parker and beb..
Joanne Bristol
Joanne Bristol is a Canadian performance artist based in Banff, Alberta. Joanne Bristol is an artist and writer who has presented installations, single-channel videos and performances across North America for the past 15 years. Current projects include bentaerial, a work for the web about technolog..
JoAnne Carner
JoAnne Carner (b April 4 1939 Kirkland, Washington) is an American professional golfer. She attended Arizona State University where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Born JoAnne Gunderson, she turned professional after an extended amateur career during which she accumulated five U.S...
Joanne Carter
Carter competes in 2004. Joanne 'Jo' Carter (b. 17 April 1980), Australian figure skating Olympian and physiotherapist, began ice skating at 4 years of age, going on to represent Australia in the Nagano (Japan) Winter Olympics of 1998 and Turin, Italy, Winter Olympics of 2006. ..
Joanne Catherall
Joanne Catherall (born on September, 1962, Sheffield, England) is one of the two female singers of the synthpop group The Human League. In 1980, Cathereall, while still a schoolgirl, joined the group with co-singer Suzanne Sulley, after meeting with Phil Oakey in a dance club. Today, she continues ..
Joanne Chantel Rodriguez
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Joanne Colan
Joanne Colan is a writer, producer and presenter for traditional media and as of Wednesday, July 12, 2006, the interim host of the popular video podcast Rocketboom. Colan's experience and reputation were built during her tenure with MTV and the BBC. In the UK she was a researcher, host, writer an..
Joanne Conte
Joanne Conte served as a councilwoman in Arvada, Colorado from 1991 to 1995. She earned her master's degree in political science from the University of Colorado. Conte was born a male and had sex change operation in 1973. She is noteworthy for being part of a small group of transexual elected public..
Joanne Crofford
Joanne Crofford is MLA for Regina Rosemont. Joanne graduated from the University of Regina, majoring in Social Studies and Communications. She has lived in La Ronge, where she was the Assistant Director of Personnel for the Department of Northern Saskatchewan and Business Manager of the Kikinahk..
Joanne Dorian
Joanne Dorian (born November 1, 1942) is an American actress. With appearances in television and film, Dorian is most notable for her brief role as Victoria Lord on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role she briefly portrayed from late 1970 to 1971. External link ..
Joanne Dru
DVD cover for one of Dru's many western films She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) showing Dru and co-star John Wayne. Joanne Dru (January 31, 1922 – September 10, 1996) was an American film actress. She also was the sister of actor Peter Marshall, best known for being the host of Hollywood Squa..
Joanne Fenn
Joanne Fenn née Mersh, (born October 19, 1974 in Leytonstone, London) is an English middle distance runner | Jo Fenn]] Career Jo had shown a great deal of promise in her early athletics career having been the English schools 300m hurdles champion. However, a series of injuries, particularly shin ..
Joanne Fluke
Joanne Fluke is a female author who writes the Hannah Swensen Mysteries for Kensington Mysteries. Her mystery series is widely popular, and she is a national bestselling author, so far there have been 7 books published in the series, an eighth and ninth are scheduled for 2006 and 2007. Her series ..
Joanne Fox
Joanne Fox (born June 12, 1979 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Fox also played on the 2004 Summer Olympics squad in Athens, Greece. ..
Joanne Gardner
Joanne Gardner was the main character on the long-running soap opera Search for Tomorrow. For 35 years, the role was played by actress Mary Stuart. She was referenced by many characters and by soap periodicals as simply Jo, especially in later years when it became difficult to assign her a defini..
Joanne Gobure
Joanne Ekamdeiya Gobure (b. April 26, 1982, in Nauru) is a Nauruanan poet. She is the cousin of Nauruan tennis player Chris Gobure, who played in the South Pacific Games with Paner Baguga and others. Gobure was born in Denigomodu and is living in a district of Uaboe. She attended schools of Nibok, ..
Joanne Greenbaum
Joanne Greenbaum (born 1953 in New York) is an American abstract painter. She received a B.A., from the Bard College, Annandale-On Hudson, New York. External links [The Saatchi Gallery; About Joanne Greenbaum and her art]Additional information on Joanne Greenbaum including artworks, te..
Joanne Harris
Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris, born 3 July, 1964 in Barnsley, Yorkshire is a British author. Born to a French mother and an English father in her grandparents candy shop; her family life was filled with food and folklore. Her great grand mother was a known witch and healer. All of this was an envir..
Joanne Heywood
Joanne Heywood is an English television actress who is probably best known for her role of Jessica Lovelock in Grace & Favour, a spin-off series of Are You Being Served?. Heywood's television debut was in the role of Dilys on the short-lived BBC series First of the Summer Wine. In 1991, she made g..
Joanne Hogg
Joanne Hogg is an Irish singer and songwriter with the band Iona. Contents 1 Biography2 Discography2.1 Solo2.2 with Iona2.3 other Collaborations3 External links Biography Joanne was born in Northern Ireland and is best known as the lead singer and songwriter with th..
Joanne Jackson (Coronation Street)
Coronation Street character Joanne Jackson Played by Zaraah Abrahams Duration 2005- Date of Birth Date of Death Marital Status Occupation Works in Underworld Family Jessie Joanne Jackson is a fictional character in Britain's longest running soap Coronation Street. ..
Joanne Kyger
Joanne Kyger (born November 19, 1934) is an American poet associated with the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beats. Kyger studied at Santa Barbara College but left before graduating. She moved to San Francisco and became involved with the poetry scene around Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan. In 19..
Joanne Lees
Joanne Lees Joanne Lees, (born 1974), is a British woman, notable for being the girlfriend of Peter Falconio, 28, at the time of his disappearance on a remote stretch of highway near Barrow Creek in outback Northern Territory, Australia on July 14 2001. Lees was the chief crown witness in..
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Joanne Malar
Joanne Malar (born October 30, 1975 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992. Her best finish was the fourth place in the 200m Individual Medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics..
Joanne McCartney
Joanne McCartney is a British Labour Party politician and barrister, a member of the London Assembly. McCartney worked as a barrister specialising in employment law and helped to establish a local Chambers in Enfield in the early 1990s. She also worked as an adjudicator for the Housing Ombudsman de..
Joanne Mein
Flt. Lt. Joanne Mein, is the RAAF Roulettes' first female member and the world's first woman to fly in a military precision flying team. Joanne made her public debut over Brisbane on 6 August 1999 in position two, directly behind Squadron Commander Gareth "Chuck" Neilsen. External links [Joan..
Joanne Merriam
Canadian writer Joanne Merriam is the author of The Glaze from Breaking. She lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Her speculative poetry frequently appears in Strange Horizons. Works The Glaze from Breaking - 2005 External links [Joanne Merriam's web page] ..
Joanne Morley
Joanne Morley is an English golfer. She was born in Sale, on 30 December 1966. She was leading amateur at the Women's British Open in 1989 and 1993 and English Amateur Strokeplay Champion in 1992. She turned professional in late 1993 and initially played on the Ladies European Tour, where he came a ..
Joanne Nelson
Joanne Nelson was a British woman, born in 1982, who was murdered on February 13th, 2005 by her fiancée, Paul Dyson. Miss Nelson was found in woods near Malton in North Yorkshire on March 24th, 2005, after a five-week search involving hundreds of police officers and volunteers. The 22-year-old ha..
Joanne P. McCallie
Joanne P. McCallie, 38 years old, of Brunswick, Maine, is the head coach of the Michigan State University women's basketball team, where she has been since 2000. McCallie, who was named to the position on March 27, 2000, became just the fourth head coach in Michigan State women's basketball history..
Joanne Peh
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Joanne Pransky
Dr. Pransky Joanne Pransky is an American robotics expert and futurist who provides professional advice on using and marketing robotics devices. She calls herself the "World's First Robotic Psychiatrist®" for her expertise on issues concerning the human/robot relationship. She is a graduate o..
Joanne Samuel
Joanne Samuel (born 1957 in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia) is an actress who remains best known for her role as the ill-fated screen wife of Mel Gibson in the 1979 film Mad Max. Prior to her appearance in the film, Samuel had been a regular cast member in the television soap operas Class o..
Joanne Shenandoah
Joanne Shenandoah is an Iroquois singer and acoustic guitarist. She is a member of the Wolf Clan of the Oneida Nation, a part of the Iroquois Confederacy. Her music is a mixture of traditional songs and melodies with a blend of traditional and contemporary instrumentation. She has recorded more t..
Joanne Stepaniak
Joanne Stepaniak is the author of books on veganism, including The Vegan Sourcebook and several cookbooks. She emphasizes compassion towards everyone, including meat-eaters. "In the final analysis, despite our diversity, there is only one type of vegan -- a person who is committed to and practices..
Joanne Thompson
Joanne Thompson (born on May 13, 1965) is a former field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She also participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where Team GB finished fourth. ..
Joanne V. Creighton
Joanne V. Creighton, Ph.D. is currently serving as president of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA. Creighton graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin (Madison). She has an M.A.T. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. in English literat..
Joanne W. Bowie
Rep. Joanne Bowie Joanne W. Bowie is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifty-seventh House district, including constituents in Guilford county. A retired public relations consultant from Greensboro, North Carolina, Bowie is currently (2003-20..
Joanne Whalley
Joanne Whalley (born 25 August 1964) is a British actress. Born in Salford, she was brought up in Stockport, and initially appeared in bit parts in soap operas, especially Coronation Street and Emmerdale. Her film roles include an early, unspeaking part in Pink Floyd's The Wall; the fantasy adve..
Joanne Wise
Joanne Wise (born March 15, 1971 in Solihull, England) is a former athlete who competed in the long jump. She finished fourth at the 1997 World Indoor Championships and fifth at the 1999 World Championships, but her only medal came in 1998 when she won the Commonwealth Games. Her personal best was 6..
Joanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Contents 1 Early life2 Career3 Private life4 Academy Award nominations5 Miscellaneous6 External links Early life Woodward was born in T..
Joanne Wright
Joanne Wright (born 10 October 1977) is a female badminton player from the United Kingdom. Wright competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Ella Tripp. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Lotte Bruil and Mia Audina of the Netherlands in th..
Joanne Yeoh
--> Joanne Yeoh (born 1977) is a young and outstanding Malaysian violinist who has performed internationally in no less than 13 countries, worldwide. In 2004, she was selected as the honoree for The Outstanding Young Malaysian Award for the category, "Personal Improvement and Accomplishment". Educ..
Joanne Yung
Joanne Yung Yuen-Wah (Traditional Chinese: 容婉華) is a news anchor on Cable TV Hong Kong. External link [Joanne's Profile on i-cable website] ..
Joannie Rochette
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Joannis Andreou
Joannis Andreou was a Greek swimmer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Andreou competed in the 1,200 metres freestyle event. He placed second of the seven swimmers, with a time of 21:03.4. The winner, Alfréd Hajós, had finished in 18:22.2. ..
Joanny-Philippe Lagrula
Asteroids discovered: 1 775 Lumière January 6 1914 Joanny-Philippe Lagrula (1870 – ?) was a French astronomer. He was sometimes referred to as "Philippe Lagrula". In 1901, he wrote his thesis [Étude sur les occultations d'amas d'étoiles par la Lune avec un catalogue normal des ..
Joann Fletcher
Dr. JoAnn Fletcher is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York and Consultant Egyptologist for Harrogate Museums and Arts. She has undertaken excavation work in Egypt, Yemen, and the UK, and has examined mummies both on-site and in collections around the..
JoAnn Giordano
JoAnn Giordano is a textile artist and curator who has exhibited since 1977. An international artist, her work has shown in Mexico and Japan. She has exhibited at prestigious American venues, including the Cleveland Museum of Art. A popular art educator, Girodano has taught classes since 1979, inclu..
JoAnn Hackos
JoAnn Hackos, Ph.D., is a noted lecturer, consultant and author of a number of books about technical communication. She is also a fellow and past president of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). She was an early and vocal advocate of the Single source publishing idea. Her books include:..
Joann Sfar
Joann Sfar Joann Sfar, born on August 28, 1971 in France as the son of Jewish parents (an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardic father), is one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by Je..
JoAnn Wilson
JoAnn Wilson (21 August 1939 - 21 January 1983) was the wife of Canadian politician Colin Thatcher. Wilson was born JoAnn Geiger in Osage, Iowa to Harlan and Betty Geiger. She met Colin while attending Iowa State University in 1960, and in 1962 the couple married and relocated to Moose Jaw, Saskat..
Joanópolis
Joanópolis is a municipality/county in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are [22°55′49″S, 46°16′32″W]. The population in 2004 is 11,550, the area is 375.58 km² The elevation is 906 m. ..
Joanot Martorell
Joanot Martorell (1413–1468) was the Valencian author of the novel Tirant lo Blanch, which is written in Valencian (Catalan), which Martorell calls "the Valencian vernacular" ("vulgar llengua valenciana"). First published in Valencia in 1490, it was re-pressed in Barcelona in 1497, and some co..
Joan (album)
Joan was a 1967 album by Joan Baez. Having exhausted the standard voice/guitar folksong format by 1967, Baez collaborated with composer Peter Schickele (with whom she'd worked on the 1966 Christmas album, Noel), on an album of orchestrated covers of mostly then-current pop and rock and roll songs...
Joan Abelove
Joan Abelove (born 1945) is an American writer of young adult novels. She attended Barnard College and has a Ph.D in cultural anthropology from the City University of New York. She spent two years in the jungles of Peru as part of her doctoral research and used the experience as background for her f..
Joan Abse
Joan Abse (b. September 11, 1926 in St Helens, Lancashire; d. June 13, 2005) was an art historian and the wife of poet Dannie Abse. Abse's books included The Art Galleries of Britain and Ireland: A Guide to their Collections (1975), John Ruskin: A Passionate Moralist (1980) and Letters from Wales (..
Joan Acocella
130px Joan B Acocella nee Ross is an American journalist who is dance critic for The New Yorker. She has written several books on dance, literature, and psychology. Acocella received her B.A. in English in 1966 from the University of California, Berkeley. She earned a Ph.D. in comparative l..
Joan Aiken
Joan Delano Aiken (September 4 1924 – January 4 2004) was an English novelist. She was born in Rye, East Sussex, into a family of writers, including her father Conrad Aiken, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his poetry and her sister Jane Aiken Hodge. She worked for the BBC and the UNIC, before ..
Joan Allen
Joan Allen in the film The Contender Joan Allen (b. August 20, 1956 in Rochelle, Illinois, USA) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Career1.3 Personal life2 Filmography3 External links Biography Early life Alle..
Joan Armatrading
Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (born in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on December 9 1950 and brought up in Birmingham, England) is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Armatrading has mixed eclectic musical styles over decades of recording and performing. She has scored several UK hit singles, the bigge..
Joan A Robertson
Joan Ann Robertson (31 December 1948 – 22 April 2003) Air Force instructor and professor, last duty station in Montgomery, Alabama. She was a teacher before and then after military service who died of complications from a series of brain lesions. Her last months were spent in a Veterans nursing h..
Joan B. Kroc
Joan Beverly Kroc (née Mansfield) (August 27, 1928–October 12, 2003) was the third wife of McDonald's CEO Ray Kroc and philanthropist. Contents 1 Biography2 Philantrophy3 Epilogue4 Bequests5 External links Biography Kroc was born 1928 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her ..
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame is a research institute dedicated to funding research, education and outreach programs on the causes of violence and the conditions for sustainable peace. It was founded in 1986 through the donations of Joan ..
Joan Baez
Joan Baez's 1975 bestseller Diamonds & Rust. Joan Chandos Báez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style. She is a soprano with a three-octave range and a distinctive throat vibrato. In addition, she is noted for her activis..
Joan Baez, Vol. 2
Joan Baez, Vol 2 was Baez' second album. Released in 1961, the album, like her debut, featured mostly traditional songs. The bluegrass band, the Greenbriar Boys, provided backup on two of the album's songs. Joan Baez, Vol 2 was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Contemporary Folk Performance". T..
Joan Baez/5
Joan Baez/5 was a 1964 album by Joan Baez. Unlike her prior albums, Joan Baez/5 was divided evenly between (then) contemporary work, and traditional folk material. Her reading of "There But for Fortune" provided useful exposure to its writer, Phil Ochs, who was blacklisted at the time, and she al..
Joan Baez: Classics
Joan Baez: Classics was a 1986 compilation, focusing on her A&M period (1972 - 1976). Released in the mid-80s, the album was significant for being the first Joan Baez compilation to appear on CD, and remains one of the stronger collections of the singer's 1970s work. The CD was part of A&M's seri..
Joan Baez (album)
Joan Baez was singer Joan Baez' 1960 self-titled debut album. The album featured thirteen traditional folk songs, including definitive readings of "All My Trials", "Silver Dagger", and "Fare Thee Well". Though Baez was reportedly offered a contract with Columbia at the time, she chose to go instead..
Joan Baez in Concert
Joan Baez in Concert was a live album taken from the singer's 1962 concert tours. It has long been speculated that it was Baez's vesion of Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You, more commonly associated with Led Zeppelin, that brought the song to Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's attention (though Page played on ..
Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2
Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2 was a second installment of live material, recorded during Baez' concert tours of early 1963. Her recording of We Shall Overcome was made at Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama, on the same day of the mass arrest of Civil Rights demonstrators in May 1963. "In Concert..
Joan Bakewell
Joan Bakewell is a British journalist and television presenter. Born Joan Dawson Rowlands on April 16 1933 in Stockport, Cheshire, Bakewell was educated at Stockport Convent High School For Girls and Newnham College, University of Cambridge, where she first came into contact with another future jou..
Joan Barfoot
Joan Louise Barfoot (born May 171946) is a Canadian novelist. Born in in Owen Sound, Ontario, she attended the University of Western Ontario. Barfoot is a former reporter and editor for various newspapers including the Windsor Star, the Toronto Sun and the London Free Press. She has published 10 ..
Joan Barnett
Joan Barnett is a film producer and a casting director born in New York, USA on 19th November 1945. She had produced TV dramas such as Kennedy as well as being a casting director in Blue Sunshine and Golden Gate. ..
Joan Barry
Joan Barry (born May 31, 1941) is an American politician. She was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1996 and was re-elected in 1998, and 2000. In 2004 she was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Congress losing the Democratic primary election to Russ Carnahan. Barry is also a Reg..
Joan Bauer
Joan Bauer, born July 12, 1951 in Illinois, is an award-winning author of young adult literature currently living in Brooklyn. During her career, Bauer has won several awards for her writing including the Newbery Honor, LA Times Book Prize, Christopher Award, and Golden Kite Award of the Society of..
Joan Beaufort
''Joan Beaufort was the name of several noted women in history. Joan Beaufort (1379-1440), was the Countess of Westmoreland and a direct ancestor of all the sovereigns of England since Edward IV except for Henry VII, who was her brother's great-grandson and married to her great-granddaughterJoan Be..
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland
A 1640 drawing of the tomb of Joan and her mother. Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, (c.1379 – 13 November 1440), was the fourth child (and only daughter) of John of Gaunt and his mistress Katherine Swynford. She was born at the Chateau de Beaufort in Anjou, France (from where the..
Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland
Joan Beaufort (c. 1404 - 15 July 1445), was Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Scotland from 1424 to 1437, being married to James I of Scotland. She was a daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland. Her paternal grandparents were John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and his mistr..
Joan Bennett
For the January 1985 Playboy Playmate of the Month, see Joan Bennett (Playmate). Joan Bennett on the December, 1945 issue of Movie Story Magazine Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American film actress who also achieved success later in life as a tele..
Joan Bennett (Playmate)
For the American film actress, see Joan Bennett. Joan Bennett was the January 1985 Playboy Playmate of the Month. In the August 2005 issue of Journal of Popular Culture, James Beggan and Scott Allison argue that the image of the Playmate may be interpreted as not merely the busty pin-up girlie-gir..
Joan Bennett Kennedy
Joan Bennett Kennedy was born September 9,1936 in Riverdale, New York as Virginia Joan Bennett. She was the daughter of Henry Wiggin Bennett, Jr. and the former Virginia Joan Stead. She attended Manhattanville College, a Sacred Heart Academy, along with several Kennedy daughters. Through them, she ..
Joan Benoit
Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American former marathon who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. As a result she was the first ever women's Olympic marathon champion. Career Born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA, Benoit took to long-distance running to help recover f..
Joan Blackman
Joan Blackman (born May 18, 1938 in San Francisco, California) is an American actress. Blackman made her screen acting debut as a guest performer on a 1957 television series and then in a motion picture in 1959. She had a significant role in two Elvis Presley films: 1961's Blue Hawaii and the follo..
Joan Blades
Joan Blades (b. ca. 1956 in Berkeley, California) was the cofounder in 1987 with husband Wes Boyd of Berkeley Systems, a San Francisco Bay area software company known for marketing the After Dark screensaver and the You Don't Know Jack trivia game. After selling Berkeley Systems in 1997 for $13.8 ..
Joan Blaeu
Joan Blaeu (1596 in Alkmaar - 1673 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch cartographer. He was the son of Willem Blaeu. In 1620 he became a doctor of law but he joined the work of his father. In 1635 they published the Novus Atlas (full title: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus) with 2 volumes. Joan and..
Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell in a 1930s (probably pre-Hays Code) publicity photo. Rose Joan Blondell, known as Joan Blondell, (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an Oscar-nominated American actress. Considered a sexy, wisecracking, blonde she was a pre–Hays Code staple of Warner Brothers and appear..
Joan Blos
Joan W. Blos (1928 – ) is a children's author. In 1980, she won the Newbery Medal for [[A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal]]. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[link][link] References [Joan Blos]. Ann Arbor Book Festival website. Retrieved July 2..
Joan Bocher
Joan Bocher (died 2 May 1550 Smithfield, London) was an English Anabaptist burned at the stake for heresy. She has also been known as Joan Boucher or Butcher, or as Joan Knell or Joan of Kent. Bocher's origins are unclear, but it is known that families named Bocher and Knell lived in the area round..
Joan Bonvicini
Joan Bonvicini is the head women's basketball coach at University of Arizona. She is the all-time winningest coach in school history, having guided the Wildcats to 9 post-season appearances, including 1 WNIT Championship. Under her coaching, the Wildcats have finished in the upper echelon of the Pac..
Joan Boyle
There are several women called Joan Boyle in the family of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, including his mother, first wife and fourth daughter. Contents 1 Joan Boyle (Joan Naylor), mother of the First Earl of Cork2 Joan Boyle, first wife of the First Earl of Cork3 Lady Joan Boyle..
Joan Brossa
Joan Brossa (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). Poet, playwright, graphic designer and plastic artist. He was one of the founders of both the group and the publication known as Dau-al-Set (1948) and one of the leading early proponents of visual poetry in Catalan literature. Although he was in the vanguard of ..
Joan Brown
Joan Brown was the mother of Alan Alda and former wife of actor Robert Alda. She was crowned "Miss New York" in a beauty pageant. As a former showgirl, she toured with her husband/partner Robert Alda. They were married in 1932, and were divorced some years later after their son, the future acto..
Joan Burton
Joan Burton (born February, 1949) is an Irish Labour Party politician. She is a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin West and is currently the Labour Party Spokesperson for Finance. Joan Burton is a native of the Stoneybatter area of Dublin city. She was educated at St Joseph Sisters of Charity Secondary ..
Joan C. Edwards
Joan C. Edwards (1918 – May 7, 2006) was a New Orleans jazz singer and famous West Virginia based philanthropist. She was the wife of James F. Edwards. Contents 1 Biography2 Buildings named after her3 Trivia4 Notes Biography Born Joan Cavill in London, England in 1937. Mo..
Joan C. Edwards Stadium
Joan C. Edwards Stadium, sometimes called "The Joan" is the home football stadium of Marshall University. It is located on the main campus in Huntington, West Virginia, USA. The stadium openned in 1991 as simply Marshall University Stadium. It replaced Fairfield Stadium, a condemned, Depression-..
Joan Cadden
Joan Cadden is a beautician and politician from Severna Park, Maryland. She has been a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates in District 31 since 1991. Cadden was a member of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education from 1988 to 1990. Cadden is seeking re-election in 2006. Externa..
Joan Calabuig
Joan Calabuig Rull (b. May 24, 1960, Valencia) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. ..
Joan Canning, 1st Viscountess Canning
Joan Canning, 1st Viscountess Canning (1776–14 March 1837) was the wife of British Prime Minister, George Canning. She was born Joan Scott in Scotland, the daughter of Maj.-Gen. John Scott and Margaret Dundas. She was also a sister of the Duchess of Portland and the Countess of Moray. On 8 J..
Joan Capdevila
Joan Capdevila Méndez, also known as Capdevila (born February 3, 1978 in Tàrrega, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish footballer, who currently plays for Deportivo La Coruña of the Spanish La Liga. His usual positions are Left Winger and Left Back. Clubs RCD Espanyol B 1997-1998RCD Espanyol 1998-1..
Joan Carlyle
Joan Carlyle was a British opera singer (Born 6th April 1931 Wirrel, Cheshire). After studying singing with Madame Nicklass Kempner, Joan Carlyle auditioned for the Royal Opera House and was put under contract by music director Rafael Kubelik and made her debut in 1955. She became one of the princ..
Joan Carolina Chópite Sute
Joan Carolina Chópite Sute (born July 6, 1980), of Venezuela, is the 2000 Miss Globe International winner. The 1.78 m beauty won the Miss Globe International when it was held in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus in 2000. In 2003, the Maturín native represented her home state of Monagas in the Miss Venezu..
Joan Carretero i Grau
Joan Carretero i Grau was born in Tremp (Pallars Sobirà) in 1955. After being mayor of Puigcerdà, he became minister in the Catalan Government. Contents 1 Education and Professional background2 Civic background3 Political background4 Institutional background Education and..
Joan Carroll
Joan Carroll was a successful child-star in movies between 1938 and 1948. Born as Joan Felt in 1932 in New Jersey, U.S. Her most famous role was as Margaret O'Brien's sister in the musical Meet Me In St. Louis (1944). She appeared in her first film Walking Down Broadway when she was six. She had le..
Joan Caulfield
Film actress Joan Caulfied (June 1, 1922 - June 18, 1991) was an American actress and former fashion model. After being discovered by Broadway producers she began a stage career in 1943 that eventually lead to signing as an actress with Paramount Pictures. Born in East Orange, New Jersey, she..
Joan Cererols
Joan Cererols (Martorell Sept 9th 1618 - Monastery of Montserrat Aug 27th 1680). Spanish musician and Benedictine monk. He entered the choirschool escolania of Montserrat around 1626. Cererols took his first steps in music under the direction of Father Joan March, a famous organist. After ten yea..
Joan Chalmers
Margaret Joan Chalmers C.C., O.Ont, D.F.A. (born 30 May 1928 in Toronto)Birth Notices, The Globe and Mail, 31 May 1928, page 12 is a Canadian philanthropist and supporter of the arts. In 1972, she and her parents, Floyd and Jean Chalmers, founded the annual Chalmers Awards, which donates $25,000 CA..
Joan Chaworth
Joan Chaworth (1430-1507) was the heiress of Alfreton. She was the daughter of Sir William Chaworth. She was married in 1458 to John Ormond, Esq., son of John VI Earl of Ormond and his Irish wife Margaret Princess of Thormond. Joan Chaworth was an only child and heiress when she married John Ormon..
Joan Chen
Joan Chen 陳冲 Joan Chen Chong (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}; Mandarin Pinyin: Chén Chōng; Cantonese: 陳沖/Chan Chung; Cantonese IPA: [tsʰɐn tsʰʊŋ] Jyutping: can4 cung1; Yale: chan4 chung1; born April 26, 1961, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese-born actres..
Joan Child
--> Gloria Joan Liles Child (born 3 August 1921) was the first, and so far only, woman to be Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives. A member of the Australian Labor Party, Child was elected to the House for the seat of Henty, in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, in 1974. She was the f..
Joan Chittister
Sister Joan D. Chittister is an American Benedictine nun and writer. She has continued to call for a churchwide discussion on the topic of the ordination of women, despite the instruction given by Pope John Paul II in Ordinatio sacerdotalis proclaiming that the Church has no authority to ordain wome..
Joan Clark
Joan Clark BA, D.Litt (hon.) (born Joan MacDonald 1934 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian fiction author who is currently based in St. John's, Newfoundland. Many of her writings are for children and youth. She spent her youth in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. She attemded Acadia University fo..
Joan Claybrook
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Joan Claybrook is president of Public Citizen. Previously, she was head of the National Highway Traffic Safety ..
Joan Clayton
Joan Carol Clayton is a fictional character on the television show Girlfriends, and has been played by Tracee Ellis Ross since the show's inception in 2000. Joan began as an attorney in a law firm in downtown Los Angeles, but became disillusioned with her career after failing to be granted a partne..
Joan Clos i Matheu
Joan Clos has been the mayor of Barcelona since September 1997. In 1999 he was elected for a four-year term, and was re-elected in the municipal elections of 25 May 2003. Joan Clos was born in Parets del Vallès on the 29 June 1949. He graduated in medicine, in the first graduation year, at the U..
Joan Collins
Joan Henrietta Collins OBE (born May 23, 1933) is a British actress and bestselling author. Contents 1 Family and early life2 Early film career3 ''Dynasty''4 After ''Dynasty''5 Marriage and family6 Personal politics7 Homes8 Books9 TV adverts10 ..
Joan Cook
Joan Cook (born October 6, 1934 in English Harbour West, Newfoundland) is a Canadian Senator for Newfoundland and Labrador. In her working life, Cook was, variously, a businesswoman who served as vice-president of her family's automobile dealership, Cook and Jones Motors, an executive with CJON ra..
Joan Copeland
Joan Copeland is an American actress. She was born Joan Miller in New York City on June 1, 1922 to a middle-class Jewish family. Her father was a woman's clothes manufacturer and her mother was a schoolteacher and a housewife. She is the younger sister of the late playwright Arthur Miller, and was ..
Joan Coromines
Joan Coromines i Vigneaux (Barcelona, 1905 - Pineda de Mar, Catalonia, 1997), was a linguist who made important contributions to the study of Catalan and other Romance languages. His main works are Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana, which investigates the origin of most w..
Joan Coxsedge
Joan Marjorie Coxsedge is an Australian artist, activist, and a former politician. She was the one of the two first women elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1979. Joan Rochester was born in Ballarat, Victoria. Floowing school she worked as a professional artist. She joined the Australi..
Joan Crawford
This article is about the actress. For other uses of the name, see: Joan Crawford (disambiguation) Joan Crawford, photographed by Yousuf Karsh, 1948 Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977) was an acclaimed Academy Award winning American actress. Starting as a dancer, she was signe..
Joan Crawford (basketball)
Joan Crawford (born August 22, 1937 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States) is a basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, and Amateur Athletic Union Hall of Fame. External links [Basketball Hall of Fame profile] ..
Joan Crawford (disambiguation)
Joan Crawford may refer to: Joan Crawford - movie star Joan Crawford b. 1905 d. 1977Joan Crawford - basketball player b. 1937 ..
Joan Cross
A British soprano, she was among the founding members of Benjamin Britten's English Opera Group and created roles in many of his operas, including: Ellen Orford in Peter Grimesthe Female Chorus in The Rape of LucretiaLady Billows in Albert HerringElizabeth I in GlorianaMrs. Grose in The Turn of the..
Joan Cusack
Joan Cusack (born October 11, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress and comedian. --> Cusack was born in New York City to Irish American Catholic parents Nancy and Richard Cusack, an actor and director; her brother is actor John Cusack. She grew up in Evanston, Illinois, where she s..
Joan D. Vinge
Eyes of Amber (1979), 1981 Orbit paperback edition. 288 pages Joan D. Vinge (born 2 April 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American science fiction author. She is known for her Hugo Award-winning novel The Snow Queen, its sequels, and her series about the telepath named Cat. Vinge studied ..
Joan Daemen
Joan Daemen (born 1965) is a Belgian cryptographer and one of the designers of Rijndael, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), together with Vincent Rijmen. He has also designed or co-designed the MMB, Square, SHARK, Noekeon and 3-Way block ciphers. Daemen was born in Achel, in the Limburg provin..
Joan Davis
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Joan Didion
Photo of Joan Didion by Robert Birnbaum Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American writer, known as a journalist, playwright, essayist, and novelist. Didion contributes regularly to The New York Review of Books and The New Yorker. With her late husband, writer John Gregory Dunne, she ..
Joan Diener
Joan Diener (February 24, 1930 – May 13, 2006) was an American actress, dancer, and singer, best known for being the first to play the role of Aldonza in the Broadway musical, Man of la Mancha, in 1965; also known for being the first to play the role of Lalume in Kismet. External link [J..
Joan Dingley
Joan Dingley Dr Joan Dingley is one of the pioneer women of New Zealand science. She worked for the DSIR Plant Diseases Division from 1941 to 1976, becoming the head of mycology. She was a major research scientist in NZ for both laboratory and field-based plant pathology, and for taxonomic my..
Joan Dixon
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Joan Dixon (June 61930-February 201995) was an American film and television actress in the 1950s. Her most mem..
Joan E. Goody
Joan E. Goody (born 12 January1935) is an American architect and author. She is a principal of Goody, Clancy & Associates, Inc of Boston. Publications New Architecture in Boston MIT Press; 1965Essays on social housing in: Progressive Architecture, 7/1984, p. 82 - 87"Do you see new directions?" in:..
Joan E. Strassmann
Joan E. Strassmann is a leading evolutionary biologist at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Her work focuses on cooperative alliances that have occurred at several important steps in the evolution of life, and which have proven evolutionarily and ecologically successful. Their use of molecular te..
Joan Enric Vives Sicília
Joan Enric Vives i Sicília Became Bishop: May 12, 2003 Predecessor: Joan Martí Alanis Date of Birth: July 24, 1949 Place of Birth: Barcelona, Spain Joan Enric Vives i Sicília (born July 24, 1949) is the current Bishop of Urgell and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He was officially ..
Joan Evans
Joan Evans was a film actress who appeared in three movies with actor Farley Granger. ..
Joan Fawcett
Joan M. Fawcett (born April 19, 1937 in Kingston, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995. Fawcett was educated at Ottawa Teachers' College and Queen's University in Kingston. She worked as a teacher aft..
Joan Ferrante
This article is about a sociologist. For an English and Compeative language scholar, see Joan M. Ferrante. Joan Ferrante is a professor at Northern Kentucky University. She holds a PhD from the University of Cincinnati. She is best known as the author of several popular sociology textbook, among the..
Joan Finney
Joan Finney (February 12, 1925-July 28, 2001), Democratic Party U.S. politician, served as Governor of Kansas from 1991 to 1995. She was born Joan Marie McInroy in 1925 in Topeka, Kansas, and graduated from high school in Manhattan, Kansas in 1942. In 1957, she married Spencer Finney, Jr. and had ..
Joan Fitz-Gerald
--> Joan Fitz-Gerald is the current President of the Colorado State Senate. She is a Democrat. Fitz-Gerald currently represents the 16th Legislative District in the Colorado State Senate. She currently represents 7 counties in the Legislature: Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson and Summit. S..
Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine (born October 22 1917) is an Academy Award-winning Japanese-born British actress, who became an American citizen in April 1943. Contents 1 Early Life2 Stage Career3 Film Career4 Dysfunctional Sibling Relationship5 Career Rise6 Marriages and Personal ..
Joan Fraser
Joan Fraser Joan Fraser, BA (born October 12, 1944) is a Canadian Senator and former journalist. Fraser joined the Montreal Gazette in 1965 after graduating from McGill University. After two years as a cub reporter she joined the Financial Times of Canada where she worked for eleven years an..
Joan Freeman
Joan Freeman (born January 8, 1942 in Council Bluffs, Iowa) is an American actress. Freeman was a child actor, appearing in her first film in 1949 at the age of seven. In 1961 she was a regular cast member of the television series, Bus Stop but is best known for her roles in two musical films. In 1..
Joan Fuster
Joan Fuster i Ortells Joan Fuster i Ortells ( Sueca, b. 1922 - d. June 21, 1992 ) was a Valencian writer in catalan language. He is best-known for his essayistic work: Nosaltres els valencians ("We the Valencians") (1962), Qüestió de Noms ("Matter of names"), Diccionari per a Ociosos ("Dict..
Joan Gamper
Joan Gamper (born Winterthur, Switzerland, November 22 1877, died July 30 1930, Switzerland) also known as Joan Kamper, Hans Gamper and Hans Kamper) was a football pioneer, player and club president. He founded football clubs in Switzerland and Spain, most notably FC Barcelona. As club president, h..
Joan Gamper Trophy
The Joan Gamper Trophy (Trofeo Joan Gamper) is an annual pre-season football competition hosted by FC Barcelona. It is named in honour of Joan Gamper, a founding member, player and later president of the club and was inaugurated by Enric Llaudet, one of Gamper’s successors as club president. It..
Joan Ganz Cooney
Joan Ganz Cooney (born November 30, 1929 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American businesswoman and television producer. She is one of the founders of the Children's Television Workshop (now known as Sesame Workshop), and the organization famous for the creation of the children's television show Sesame S..
Joan Gay Snodgrass
Joan Gay Snodgrass, (1934-), American author Born Oct 4, 1934 in Pittsburgh. Received Ph.D. 1966 Univerity of Philadelphia. Currently Department of Psychology, New York University Works (Contributor) Bertram Scharf, editor, Experimental Sensory Psychology, Scott, Foresman, 1975.The Numbers Game: ..
Joan Gousell
Joan Gousell (Goushill) was the daughter and coheir of Sir Robert Goushill of Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, by Elizabeth, widow of first Sir William de Montagu, and second Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and daughter of Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel. Joan married Thomas Stanley, Knight o..
Joan Grant
Joan Marshall Grant (born April 12, 1907 - died 1989) was an author of historical fiction and reincarnationist. Her first, and most famous novel was Winged Pharaoh (1937). She later labelled all of her novels, far memory novels which she said were written using her recollections of her previous live..
Joan Gray
Joan Gray was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA) at the 217th General Assembly on June 15, 2006. As moderator, she served as the presiding officer of the week-long General Assembly meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, and in a two-year term as the ambassador at large of the denomination...
Joan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood (March 4 1921 – February 27 1987) was a British actress. Born in Chelsea she studied at RADA. Her husky voice was her trademark, and in 1995 she was #63 on Empire magazine's list of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history. She worked mainly on the stage, where she had a long career..
Joan Guzman
Joan Guzman (born May 1, 1976) is a Dominican boxer who is the WBO's former world super-bantamweight champion. His nickname is "The little Tyson", and he is trained by Don House. Guzman stands 5 feet, 7 inches tall, which is a relatively tall size for a fighter of his division. Guzman began his pro..
Joan Hackett
Joan Hackett in The Twilight Zone episode "A Piano in the House". Joan Hackett (May 1, 1934 – October 8, 1983) was an American-born actress of Irish and Italian extraction, who appeared on stage, in films, and on television. Born in New York City, her immigrant parents raised her Roman Cath..
Joan Haggerty
Joan Haggerty is a Canadian novelist who lives in Telkwa, British Columbia. Works Please Miss Can I Play God - 1966Daughters of the Moon - 1971The Invitation: A Memoir of Family Love and Reconciliation - 1994 (nominated for a Governor General's Award) ..
Joan Halifax Roshi
Roshi Joan Halifax has been practicing Buddhism since 1965. She was ordained by the Korean Zen Master [Seung Sahn] and became a teacher in the Kwan Um Zen School. She was given the Lamp Transmission as a Dharmacharya (Dharma teacher) by Thich Nhat Hanh, and given Inka by Roshi Bernie Glass..
Joan Hall
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since May 2006. Joan Hall is a former Austra..
Joan Hambidge
Joan Hambidge (born 11 September 1956 in Aliwal North, South Africa) is an Afrikaner poet, literary theorist and academic (the English surname notwithstanding). She is renowned (or arguably, notorious) for her out-of-the-closet style of writing. Her theoretic contributions deal mainly with Roland ..
Joan Hammond
Dame Joan Hilda Hood Hammond (24 May, 1912 - 26 November, 1996) was a New Zealand-born Australian soprano and teacher. Joan Hammond was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. She studied violin and singing at the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music in Sydney. She played violin in the Sydn..
Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham
Joan Brownlow Hanham, Baroness Hanham CBE (born 23 September, 1939) is a Conservative member of the House of Lords and was leader of the Kensington and Chelsea Council from 1989. She was made a Life Peer in 1999. In 1999, Hanham was a candidate for the re-run Conservative nomination to be Mayor of ..
Joan Harrison
Joan Harrison (June 26, 1907 - August 14, 1994) was a film producer and screenwriter. At the age of 21, she became the secretary of Alfred Hitchcock. Eventually, she began reading books and scripts for him and became one of Hitchcock's most trusted associates. When Hitchcock moved to Hollywood to..
Joan Hartigan
Joan Hartigan Bathurst (born on June 6, 1912 in Sydney, Australia – died on August 31, 2000) was a female tennis player from Australia. In her career she won the Australian Championships three times and was a semi-finalist at Wimbledon in 1934 and 1935. ..
Joan Haslip
Joan Haslip (1912-94) was an author of historical books, often focussing on European royalty. She also worked for the Italian section of the BBC from 1940 to 1944. Her books were generally regarded as accurate and fairly complete although at times falling prey to "outdated interpretations". Partial..
Joan Hendry
Joan Hendry (born on May 14, 1945 in Glasgow, Scotland) was a member of the Canadian 1968 Olympic and 1970 Commonwealth Games team. She also qualified for the 1972 Olympics but could not compete as she was injured. She won two Commonwealth Games bronze medals in long jump and the 4x100 relay and was..
Joan Hickson
Joan Hickson played Miss Marple in the popular BBC TV series Joan Hickson OBE (August 5, 1906 – October 17, 1998) was an English actress of theatre, film and television, who achieved fame in her old age playing Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Born in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, she ma..
Joan Higginbotham
Joan Higginbotham is an American astronaut. Her first mission, STS-116, is slated for fall 2006 on which she will be a mission specialist. External link [Spacefacts biography of Joan Higginbotham] ..
Joan Hinde
Joan Hinde (born 21st October, 1933) is a British trumpeter and entertainer. Life Joan Hinde was born in Eckington, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire. At the age of six she began receiving cornet lessons from her uncle, who was the conductor of a local brass band. Joan took to the instrument almost ..
Joan Hinton
Joan Hinton (Chinese name: Hán Chūn 寒春) is a nuclear physicist and one of the few women who worked for the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos. She has lived in China since 1949, where she and her husband Erwin (Sid) Engst participated in China's efforts at developing a socialist economy, working ..
Joan Holmes
Joan Holmes (1935 - ), the founding president of The Hunger Project (a group founded by Werner ErhardPressman, Steven, Outrageous Betrayal: The dark journey of Werner Erhard from est to exile. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. ISBN 0312092962), served as one of 31 members on [Task Force 2 on ..
Joan Horrach
Joan Horrach Rippoll (born March 27, 1974) is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He rides on the UCI ProTour for the Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears professional cycling team. Results and Teams 2006 – Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Stage 12 – Giro d'Italia2005 – Illes Bal..
Joan Horvath
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. Joan Horvath has recently co- written a book called [[Saturn: A New View]]. ..
Joan Humble
Jovanka Humble known as Joan Humble (born March 3, 1951, Skipton, as Jovanka Piplica) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour member of Parliament for Blackpool North and Fleetwood, and first won the seat in 1997. External links [Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Joan ..
Joan I
Joan I can refer to several European monarchs. See: Joan I of NavarreJoan I of Naples This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended arti..
Joan II of Naples
Joan II (June 23, 1373 - February 2, 1435) was Queen of Naples from 1414 to 1435. She also used the title queen of Jerusalem, Sicily and Hungary. Biography Joan was born at Zadar (Dalmatia), the daughter of Charles III of Naples and Margherita of Durazzo. In 1414 she succeeded her brother Ladisla..
Joan II of Navarre
Joan II of Navarre (1311–1349), was Queen of Navarre 1328–1349. She was the only daughter of King Louis X of France (I of Navarre) and his first wife, Margaret of Burgundy. On the death of her father (in 1316) and half-brother, John I (also 1316), who were kings of both France and Nava..
Joan I of Naples
thumb Queen Joan I (1327 – May 12, 1382) was born Joanna of Anjou. She was Countess of Provence and Forcalquier, Queen of Naples and titular Queen of Jerusalem and Sicily 1343–1382, and Princess of Achaea 1373/1375–1381. She was the daughter of Charles, Duke of Calabria (el..
Joan I of Navarre
Jeanne (or Joan or Johanna) of Navarre (c. 1271 – April 4, 1305), Queen Regnant of Navarre and Queen consort of France, was the daughter of king Henry I of Navarre and Blanche of Artois. In 1274, upon the death of her father, she became Countess of Champagne and Queen regnant of Navarre. Her ..
Joan Jett
Joan Jett (2003) Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin on September 22, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American rock and roll guitarist, singer, and actress best known for her hit "I Love Rock 'N Roll," which was #1 on the Billboard charts from March 20 to May 8 of 1982. Contents 1&..
Joan Johnston
Joan Johnston has an eclectic background. Now the bestselling, award-winning author of forty-six novels, she was formerly an attorney with Hunton & Williams in Richmond, Virginia and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in Miami, Florida. Joan also worked as a newspaper editor and drama critic in San Antonio, ..
Joan Jonas
Born in 1936 in New York City, Joan Jonas is a pioneer of video and performance art and one of the most important female artists to emerge in the late 1960's and early 1970's. She began her career in New York City as a sculptor. By 1968 she moved into what was then leading edge territory: mixing..
Joan Kelly Horn
Joan Kelly Horn (born October 18, 1936) is an American politician from Missouri. She served one term in the US House of Representatives representing the state's 2nd Congressional District in suburban St. Louis. She is a Democrat. She was elected to Congress in 1990, upsetting incumbent Republic..
Joan Kenley
Dr. Joan Kenley is a psychologist, consultant, author, and celebrity voice. She is best known as the "Voice of Voicemail." Her voice can be heard in several Voicemail systems as well as on the Simpsons. She is well recognized for her advocacy of physical, emotional, and spiritual health choices f..
Joan Kirner
Joan Kirner Joan Elizabeth Kirner (born 20 June 1938), Australian politician, was the first woman to be Premier of Victoria, a position she held for two years prior to a landslide election defeat. Kirner was born Joan Hood in Melbourne and was educated at state and private schools and at the ..
Joan Laporta
--> Joan Laporta i Estruch (born June 29 1962 in Barcelona, Spain) is the president of Futbol Club Barcelona since 2003. Laporta is a lawyer (graduated from UB) with his own firm, Laporta & Arbós, which has important firms as clients. Laporta is married to Constanza Echevarría and has three sons..
Joan La Barbara
Joan La Barbara (born June 8, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA) is a vocalist and composer associated with contemporary music. She is a former student of Helen Boatwright. She has worked with composers John Cage, her husband since 1979 Morton Subotnick, Philip Glass, Larry Austin, the dancer Merce Cunningha..
Joan Lefkow
Joan Humphrey Lefkow (born 1944) is a United States district court judge. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on May 11, 2000, to a seat vacated by Judge Ann C. Williams, and confirmed by the United States Senate on June 30 2000. Lefkow received her commission on July 11, 2000. Contents ..
Joan Leslie
Actress Joan Leslie Joan Leslie (born January 26 1925 in Detroit, Michigan) was an American actress. Born Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel, she was performing at the age of three, as part of a Vaudeville act with her two sisters. She began her Hollywood acting career while still a teenager, pe..
Joan Lestor
Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles (13 November, 1931 - 27 March, 1998) was a Labour politician. Lestor was educated at Blaenavon Secondary School, Monmouth; William Morris High School, Walthamstow and London University. She became a nursery school teacher. She became a councillor in 1958 on th..
Joan Lindsay
Joan Lindsay (born Joan a'Beckett Weigall) (November 16, 1896 - December 23, 1984) was an Australian author. Lindsay was born in St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia, the daughter of Sir Theyre and A.S.H. Weigall, and was related to the Boyd family, perhaps Australia's most famous and prolific artist..
Joan Lingard
Joan Lingard (born 1932) is a Scottish writer. She's the author of the Kevin And Sadie series of books, which have over 1 million sold copies. External link [Joan Lingard] ..
Joan Lino Martínez
Joan Lino Martínez Armenteros (born January 11, 1978 in La Habana, Cuba) is a Spanish athlete competing in the long jump. After his switch from Cuba to Spain he didn't compete internationally until 2004, when he won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games. In 2005 he became European indoor champion,..
Joan Lippincott
Joan Lippincott is an American concert organist and former head of the organ department at Westminster Choir College. She has made several recordings and is famous for her teachings of rhythm in organ music, particularly that of Bach. Discography Gothic: J.S. Bach: Clavierübung III and Schübler ..
Joan Little
Joan or Jo Ann Little (born 1953) was an African American woman whose trial for the 1974 murder of a white prison guard at Beaufort County Jail in Washington, North Carolina, became a cause célèbre of the civil rights, feminist, and anti-death penalty movements. Contents 1 Early life2 ..
Joan Littlewood
Joan Maud Littlewood (6 October, 1914 - 20 September, 2002) was a theatrical director, famous for her work in developing the left-wing Theatre Workshop. Born in Stockwell, South London, she had trained as an actress at RADA but left after an unhappy start and moved to Manchester in 1934 where she ..
Joan London
The name Joan London can refer to at least two notable people. They are Australian fiction author Joan LondonCalifornia author Joan London, daughter of Jack LondonEastEnders character Joan LondonAmerican TV personality Joan Lunden's surname is sometimes misspelled as "London." This is a [disam..
Joan London (American writer)
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Joan London (1901–1971) was the eldest daughter of Jack and Bess London, his first wife. She was the aut..
Joan Lorring
Joan Lorring (born Madeline Ellis on April 17, 1926) is an Oscar-nominated Hong Kong-born American actress. Early life Lorring fled with her mother in 1939 following the Japanese invasion. The two of them settled in San Francisco, California in the United States, where young Mary began working in ..
Joan Lowery Nixon
Joan Lowery Nixon (February 3 1927 - June 28 2003) was a prolific American journalist and author, specializing in historical fiction and mysteries for children and young adults. She also co-authored popular science books with her husband, geologist Hershell Nixon. Born in Los Angeles, California, N..
Joan Lunden
Joan Lunden Joan Lunden is a well known American broadcaster who was a popular co-host of ABC's Good Morning America from 1980 through 1997. As the longest running morning news host,Lunden became one of the most visible women in the country. She joined "GMA" in the fall of 1976 as a feature n..
Joan Lynravn
Joan Lynravn (b. c1920 - March 1989) was an Australian poet and researcher. She is perhaps best known for her satirical poems that were published in the Canberra Times during the 1960s and 1970s. She was the research assistant for Sir Keith Hancock at the Australian National University throughout ..
Joan M. Blair
Joan M. Blair (née Dunbar, b. August 24, 196?) is an American character actress perhaps best known for her roles in the films Donnie Darko and LolliLove. She is sometimes credited simply as Joan Blair. She enjoys doing improvisation and all forms of comedy.[[Citing sources citation ne..
Joan M. Hussey
Joan Mervyn Hussey (5 June1907, Trowbridge, Wiltshire- 20 February2006, M.A., Ph.D., F.S.A., F.R.Hist.S., was a British Byzantine scholar and historian. Joan Hussey was educated privately at home, at Trowbridge High School for Girls, and at the Lycée Victor Duruy in Paris. She went on to St Hugh's..
Joan M. Quigley
Joan M. Quigley (born September 11, 1940) is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1994, where she represents the 32nd legislative district. Quigley serves as the Majority Conference Leader starting with the 2006-2008 legislative session. Sh..
Joan Maetsuycker
Joan Maetsuycker (October 14, 1606, Amsterdam - January 24, 1678, Batavia) was a Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1653 to 1678. Maetsuycker studied law in Leuven, and was a lawyer first in The Hague, and later in Amsterdam. From 1636, he lived in the Dutch East Indies. In 1646 he beca..
Joan Manuel Serrat
Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa (born December 27, 1943 in Barcelona) is a Spanish singer-songwriter. 200px Catalan singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat got involved in music at the age of 17, when he got his first guitar, to which he dedicates one of his earliest songs, "Una guitarra." In earl..
Joan Marsh
Joan Marsh (July 10, 1913- August 10, 2000) was an American film actress. Marsh was daughter of the favorite cinematographer of silent film actress Mary Pickford. His name was Charles Rosher. Joan was born in Porterville, California and was only nine months old when she appeared in the Universal Pi..
Joan Martí Alanis
Joan Martí Alanis (born 29 November 1928) is a former Bishop of Urgell and hence former co-Prince of Andorra. He was Bishop of Urgell from 1971 to 2003. He was a co-signatory, along with François Mitterrand, of Andorra's new constitution in 1993. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Joan Maynard
Vera Joan Maynard known as Joan Maynard (1921–27 March 1998) was an English trade unionist and Labour politician. Dubbed "Stalin's Granny" due to her left-wing views, she was a leading activist in the National Union of Agricultural Workers becoming vice-president of the union and being narrowly be..
Joan McCall
Joan McCall (born January 31st 1937 in Kentucky) is an American actress and filmmaker probably best known for her work in the 1976 horror/adventure hit "Grizzly". She also appeared in "Rape Squad" and "Devil Times Five". She is married to Hollywood producer David Sheldon. External links http://imd..
Joan McCracken
Joan McCracken (December 31 1917 – November 1 1961) was an American dancer, actress, and comedienne who became famous for her role as Silvie ("The Girl Who Falls Down") in the original 1943 production of Oklahoma!. By age 11, she was studying dance with Catherine Littlefield. She dropped out ..
Joan Menard
Joan M. Menard is a member of the Massachusetts Senate, representing the 1st Bristol and Plymouth District. She is a member of the United States Democratic Party. Sen. Menard's district includes Assonet, East Freetown, Lakeville, Fall River, Somerset, Swansea, and Rochester, Massachusetts. She is..
Joan Metelerkamp
Joan Metelerkamp (b.1956), is a South African poet. She was born in Pretoria in 1956 and grew up in Kwazulu-Natal. She was the editor of the poetry journal New Coin from 2000 to 2003. Poetry Towing the Line (in Signs, edited by DR Skinner) (Carrefour, 1992)Stone No More (Gecko Poetry, 1995)Into ..
Joan Micklin Silver
Joan Micklin Silver (b. May 24, 1935) is an American director. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska and received her B.A. From Sarah Lawrence College. Her early low budget film Hester Street received Best Actress Oscar nomination for actress Carol Kane. She is also known for the film Crossing Delance..
Joan Milke Flores
Joan Milke Flores served as Los Angeles City Councilwoman for the 15th district. Flores ran in 1992 as the Republican candidate for the U.S. Representative from California to represent the 36th district. However, she lost to Jane Harman. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Joan Miró
Joan Miró i Ferrá (April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983) was a Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramist born in Barcelona, Spain. His work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox with the subconscious mind, an interest in recreating the child-like, and Catalan and Spanish pride. In nume..
Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell (February 12, 1925 - October 30, 1992) was a ‘Second Generation’ Abstract Expressionist painter. Along with Lee Krasner, she was one of the few female painters of her era to gain critical and public acclaim. Her paintings can be seen in major museums and collections across Americ..
Joan Montseny
Joan (or Juan) Montseny i Carret (also known under the pseudonym Federico Urales; August 19 1864, Reus—March 12 1942, Salon-de-Provence) was a Catalan Anarchist. A tunnelling worker, he joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in 1885. In 1888, he was appointed general secretary of the Nat..
Joan Murray
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Joan Murray (born in New York City in 1945- ) is an American poet. She graduated from Hunter College and later..
Joan O'Hara
Joan O'Hara (born in the 1920s in the Irish Free State) is an Irish movie and television actress. She is the mother of playwright Sebastian Barry. O'Hara attended the same Ursuline Convent school as fellow Irish actress, the late Pauline Flanagan. External links ..
Joan of Acre
House of Plantagenet Henry II Children    William, Count of Poitiers Henry, Count of Anjou Richard I Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany John Matilda, Duchess of Saxony Leonora, Queen of Castile Joan, Queen of Sicily Richard I John Children Henry III Richard, Earl of..
Joan of Arc
This article is about the person Joan of Arc. For other uses of this name, see Joan of Arc (disambiguation). Saint Joan of Arc Joan of Arc, c. 1485. The only known portrait painted from life has not survived, so all depictions of her are based upon artistic license. (Centre Historique des Ar..
Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain
Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain is the seventh full-length album by Joan of Arc, released in 2004. It is their first for Polyvinyl Records. Track listing Questioning Benjamin Franklin's GhostApocalypse PoliticsThe Title Track of This AlbumQueasy LynnWhite and WrongOnomatopoepic Animal Fac..
Joan of Arcadia
Joan of Arcadia was an American television fantasy/family drama which aired on Fridays, 8-9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS from 2003 until 2005. The show was a favorite with the critics and won the prestigious Humanitas Prize, the People's Choice Award, as well as being one of the few television shows to be ..
Joan of Arc (1948 film)
Joan of Arc is a 1948 film starring Ingrid Bergman as the French religious icon and war hero. It was produced by Walter Wanger. It is based on Maxwell Anderson's successful Broadway play Joan of Lorraine (which also starred Bergman), and was adapted for the screen by Anderson himself, in collaborati..
Joan of Arc (1999 film)
Joan of Arc is a 1999 Television movie about the 15th century Catholic Saint of the same name. The film stars Leelee Sobieski as the lead. ..
Joan of Arc (band)
Joan of Arc are an experimental indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois. They began in 1995, following the break up of a former band, Cap'n Jazz. Joan of Arc are known for their use of electronics, samples, and multi-track recordings in their songs - some songs on The Gap contained over 100 tracks -..
Joan of Arc (book by Marina Warner)
Joan of Arc: the Image of Female Heroism by Marina Warner (University of California Press, 1981 ISBN 0-520-22464-7) is not so much a biography as a book about Joan of Arc or, more precisely, how she has been perceived by others over the centuries and how that perception has shaped her image. Con..
Joan of Arc (Clone High)
Joan of Arc is a fictional character on the animated television series Clone High voiced by Nicole Sullivan. She is an exact clone of Joan of Arc. Contents 1 Profile2 Relationship with Original ..
Joan of Arc (disambiguation)
Joan of Arc has many meanings: People Joan of Arc the french historical figure, also known as:*St Joan of ArcJoan of Arc (band) is the name of an indie rock band from Chicago, IllinoisJeanneofarc (band) (in hebrew:ז'נוברק) is the name of an Israeli girls' band. Films The Passion of Joan of Ar..
Joan of Arc bibliography
This article covers nonfiction. For fictional representations see Joan of Arc in art. Joan of Arc bibliography is a selective list of scholarly works. Joan of Arc has been the subject of more biographies than any other person from the European middle ages, male or female. Publication dates in..
Joan of Arc By Herself and Her Witnesses
"Joan of Arc By Herself and Her Witnesses" (ISBN 0812812603) is a translation of a book by Régine Pernoud. The translator, Edward Hyams, won the Scott-Moncrieff Translation Prize for his work on this book. Pernoud was the founder of the Centre Jeanne d'Arc at Orléans, France, and a noted historian..
Joan of Arc facts and trivia
Joan of Arc facts and trivia covers topics of specialized interest that pertain to the life and legacy of Joan of Arc. For art, literature, and popular culture references see Joan of Arc in art. Contents 1 Trivia1.1 Name1.2 Portrait1.3 Fashion1.4 Duel1.5 Asteroid..
Joan of England
Joan of England was the name of several female members of the medieval English royal Plantagenet family: Joan of England, Queen of Sicily (1165-1199), daughter of Henry II of England, married William II of Sicily.Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland (1210-1238), daughter of King John of Engla..
Joan of England, Queen of Sicily
House of Plantagenet Henry II Children    William, Count of Poitiers Henry, Count of Anjou Richard I Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany John Matilda, Duchess of Saxony Leonora, Queen of Castile Joan, Queen of Sicily Richard I John Children Henry III Richard, Earl of..
Joan of England (1334-1348)
Joan of England (1335-1348) was the daughter of King Edward III of England and his queen, Philippa of Hainault. Joan was born at Woodstock Palace in Oxfordshire, probably in about February 1335 and was the King's favourite daughter. Perhaps because of this, Edward III arranged a grand marriage for h..
Joan of France, Duchess of Berry
Jeanne de France (1464 – 4 February 1505) was Duchess of Berry, and 1473-1498 duchess consort of Orleans. She was the disabled second daughter of Louis XI of France and his wife Charlotte of Savoy. She was deformed at birth, and sickly through her life, she developed an early devotion to Our ..
Joan of Habsburg
Joan of Habsburg (in Spanish, Juana, 27 June, 1537 - 7 September, 1573), Infanta of Spain, of the Habsburg family. She was born in Madrid to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (who was the first king of united Spain, officially King of Aragon and King of Castile) and his consort Infanta, Isabel of Port..
Joan of Kent
Joan, Countess of Kent, Princess of Wales (September 29, 1328 – August 7, 1385) is known to history as "The Fair Maid of Kent", and was the wife and cousin of Edward, the Black Prince. Contents 1 Family history2 Early life3 Marriage(s) and legendary beauty4 Marriage agai..
Joan of Lorraine
Joan of Lorraine is a 1946 play-within-a-play by Maxwell Anderson. It takes place entirely on the stage of a theatre. The play is about an acting company who stages a dramatization of the story of Joan of Arc, and about the effect that the story has on them. Much as in the later musical Man of La M..
Joan of Naples
May refer to: Joan I of Naples Joan II of Naples This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Joan of Portugal
Portuguese royalty House of Aviz ..
Joan of The Tower
House of Plantagenet Henry II Children    William, Count of Poitiers Henry, Count of Anjou Richard I Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany John Matilda, Duchess of Saxony Leonora, Queen of Castile Joan, Queen of Sicily Richard I John Children Henry III Richard, Earl o..
Joan of Volois
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Joan Olivé
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Joan Orenstein
Joan Orenstein (1930–) is a Canadian actress. One of her major roles was in The Hanging Garden. She played the dotty old grandmother, Grace. She has acted across Canada but has mostly acted for Halifax's Neptune Theatre. Contents 1 Relatives2 Awards2.1 Atlantic Film Festiva..
Joan Oró
Joan Oró i Florensa (1923 – 2004) was a Catalan biochemist whose research has been of importance in understanding the origin of life. Oró was born in Lleida, Spain, on October 26 1923. From the 1960s he worked with NASA on the Viking missions which explored the planet Mars. His work was es..
Joan Osborne
Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter, known chiefly for her song "One of Us". Originally from Anchorage, Kentucky (now part of Louisville), she moved to New York City in the late 1980's, where Osborne formed her own record label, Womanly Hips, to release a few..
Joan Patricia Murphy
Joan Patricia Murphy is Commissioner for the 6th district of Cook County, Illinois. Early life Murphy graduated from State Teachers College in Boston, Massachusetts. Public service Prior to her election as a commissioner, Murphy held several elected positions. From 1965 to 1969 she was the electe..
Joan Pau Pujol
Joan Pau Pujol (also known as Juan Pujol) (baptized June 18, 1570 – May 17, 1626) was a Catalan composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque. While best known for his sacred music, he also wrote popular secular music. Contents 1 Life2 Music3 Sources4 ..
Joan Peters
Joan Peters is a former CBS news producer and author best known for her controversial book From Time Immemorial, published in 1984. She has also written for magazines such as Harper's, Commentary, The New Republic, and The New Leader in the 1970s and early 1980s. She also helped to create a series ..
Joan Pirkle
An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy one of the guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia on one of the following topics: [Notability Academics] ([Notability proposed])[Notability Biographies][Notability Books] (&#..
Joan Plowright
Dame Joan Plowright as "Mary Wallace" in Tea With Mussolini. Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier, DBE (born 28 October 1929), known by her maiden name as Dame Joan Plowright, is a British actress, widow of Laurence Olivier. She was made a Dame (DBE) in the New Year's Honours for 2004. Content..
Joan Puigcercós i Boixassa
Contents 1 Education and professional background2 Civical background3 Political background4 Institutional background Education and professional background Joan Puigcercós (born 2 December 1966 in Ripoll, Ripollès) is a Catalan politician who serves as secretary-general of..
Joan Quennell
Joan Mary Quennell (born 23 December 1923) was Conservative Member of Parliament for Petersfield. Quennell was educated at Bedales School, Petersfield and served with the Women's Land Army during World War II. She was the manager of a mixed dairy and arable farm and served as a West Sussex County..
Joan Quigley
Joan Quigley, of San Francisco, is a famous astrologer best known for her top secret devotion to the Reagan White House in the 1980s. She was considered apolitical, and therefore trustworthy, when it became known how much power she wielded during those years, because of how little she was willing to..
Joan Regan
Joan Regan was a popular singer and actress, born in Ireland but with her primary success in the United Kingdom. Before becoming a singer, she worked at a number of jobs, including retouching photographs. The beginning of her singing career in 1953 resulted from her making a demo record of "Too Yo..
Joan Rice
Joan Rice (1930-1997) was a top British movie actress of the 1950s. Rice is best known for her role as Dalabo in the film His Majesty O'Keefe (1954) which co-started Burt Lancaster. External links ..
Joan Riddell Cook
Joan Riddell Cook (1922 – February 1995), was an American newspaper journalist and editor, a trade union leader, and a founding director of JAWS (Journalism and Women Symposium). Cook died of breast cancer in 1995 in New York City. Contents 1 Journalism Career2 Journalism and Wome..
Joan Rigol i Roig
Joan Rigol i Roig is a Spanish politician. He is a former president of the Catalan parliament. |- style="text-align: center;"   Presidents of Catalan Parliament ..
Joan Riudavets
--> Joan Riudavets Moll (December 15, 1889 – March 5, 2004) from Menorca, Spain, became the oldest recognized person in Europe on the death of Italian Maria Teresa Fumarola Ligorio in May 2003, and the oldest recognized man in the world on the death of Yukichi Chuganji in September 2003. Uncomm..
Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers on the video cover Joan Rivers (born June 8, 1933) is an American comedian, talk show host, and celebrity. She is known for her brash manner and loud, gruff voice with a heavy metropolitan New York accent. She's National Chairwoman of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and on board wi..
Joan Roberts
Joan Roberts (b. 15 July 1918) is the American actress who created the role of Laurey Williams in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma! in 1943. She was born in New York City. She had been in retirement as a mother and grandmother, living on Long Island for many years, when she took on the..
Joan Robinson
Joan Violet Robinson (1903 in Surrey - 1983) was a Keynesian economist who was well known for her knowledge of monetary economics and wide-ranging contributions to economic theory. She was educated at St. Paul's Girls' School, London, and at Girton College, Cambridge, and got married, immediately af..
Joan Rodgers
Joan Rodgers is a English soprano. She is married to the conductor Paul Daniel. ..
Joan Röell
Jonkheer Joan Röell (1844-1914) was born on July 21 in the Dutch town of Haarlem and was a Dutch Liberal legal expert from a prominent family of governers. Röell, as an ex-clerk of the Northern Dutch district was very familiar with interior government and water household. In 1877, Röell became a..
Joan Roney
A New York native, Joan Roney ran naked through the crowd gathered for George W. Bush's Inauguration - the slogan "Hail to the Thief" emblazoned across her bare back. This came after her arrest at the Republican National Convention in 2004 for disorderly conduct while protesting the Presidency. Ear..
Joan Rosenberg
Joan A. Rosenberg acts as the Vice President of Centers Development for Landmark Educationhttp://www.metroactive.com/landmark/landmark1-9827.html, accountable for the Centers Division worldwide. She is the executive ultimately accountable for the management of all of the Center Staff, including the..
Joan Roughgarden
Joan E. Roughgarden (born Jonathan Roughgarden in Paterson, New Jersey in 13 March 1946) is an American biologist. Roughgarden received a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from University of Rochester in 1968, and a Ph.D. in biology from Harvard University in 197..
Joan Ruddock
Joan Mary Ruddock (born 28 December, 1943, Pontypool as Joan Mary Anthony), is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour Party Member of Parliament for Lewisham Deptford and was first elected in 1987. She is the partner of Frank Doran, the Labour MP for Aberdeen North. Born in Wales, she w..
Joan Russow
Joan Elizabeth Russow is a noted Canadian peace activist and former leader of the Green Party of Canada. Russow holds a Master’s degree in Education and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies, and is a co-founder of the Ecological Rights Association and the Global Compliance Research Society. Dr...
Joan Ryan
Joan Marie Ryan (born 8 September 1955, Warrington) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is member of Parliament for Enfield North, and is a member of the Labour Party. She was first elected in 1997, and had previously been deputy leader of Barnet Council. Ryan is a Parliamentary Under Secr..
Joan Sanderson
Joan Sanderson (24 November, 1912 – 24 May, 1992) was a well known British television and stage actress. During several seasons at Stratford-upon-Avon, she played the roles of Goneril in King Lear, Constance in King John, and Queen Margaret in Richard III. In a single season at the Old Vic she..
Joan Sargent
Joan Sargent is a romance author. Her published work includes: The Good Sheperdess (Avalon, 1950)Crime and Miss Olivia (Avalon, 1952)Head in the Clouds (Avalon, 1954)Seven Men For Nelda (Avalon, 1954)Portrait With Love (Avalon, 1955)Rainbow's End (Avalon, 1956)Accent on Love (Avalon, 1956)The Docto..
Joan Saura i Laporta
Joan Saura i Laporta was born in Barcelona in 1950. He studied at the Escola d'Enginyeria Tècnica (Technical Engineering School), where he specialized in Industrial Chemistry. In the beginning, he was devoted to the trade union and the neighbourhood: he enrolled into the CCOO in 1973, while he wa..
Joan Scott
Joan Wallach Scott is largely credited with contributing to major transformations in the field of intellectual history. She is the Harold F. Linder Professor at the School of Social Science in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, one of the most distinguished private academic institute..
Joan Sebastian
Joan Sebastian (not to be confused with John Sebastian) is a popular Mexican singer and songwriter. He has composed hundreds of pop songs and been a regular staple on the top-40 charts in Mexico since his career began in 1977. His music is a mixture of Latin pop, ranchera and grupera music. He has a..
Joan Segarra
Joan Segarra Iracheta (born in Barcelona,November 15 1927) was a Spanish footballer , captain of the "Barça of the Five Glasses", one of the best teams that FC Barcelona has had in their history. He played in 16 seasons in the first team of FC Barcelona, between 1949 and 1965, in which a total of 5..
Joan Severance
Payback, 1995 Joan Severance, born December 23, 1958, in Houston, Texas, is an American actress and former fashion model. Joan's family moved often while she was growing up. The family had to leave Libya during the Six Day War in 1967. They moved back to Houston, Texas, where Joan, at the age ..
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy
The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University explores the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice. The Center is a major source for research on U.S. campaigns and elections.[link] External links [Joan Shor..
Joan Sims
Joan Sims as Madge in As Time Goes By Irene Joan Marian Sims (May 9 1930 – June 28 2001) was a British actress best known as a key cast member of the Carry On films. She was born in Laindon, Essex. After graduating from RADA in 1950, Joan Sims made her first appearance in Trouble in Sto..
Joan Slonczewski
Joan Lyn Slonczewski is a biologist who teaches at Kenyon College. She is specifically focused on genetics and bacteriology. She regularly publishes her research on environmental stress response in the bacterium Escherichia coli. She is also a feminist hard science fiction writer. She is a member o..
Joan Smith
Joan Smith is the name of several prominent people. Joan Smith (born 1928), a Canadian politician.Joan Smith (born 1953), an United Kingdom novelist and journalist. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to th..
Joan Smith (novelist and journalist)
Joan Alison Smith (born August 27, 1953 in London) is a British novelist, journalist and human rights activist, who is a former chair of the Writers in Prison committee in the English section of International PEN. Smith read Latin at the University of Reading in the early 1970s. After a spell as a..
Joan Staley
Joan Staley (born Joan Lynette McConchie on 20 May 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American actress and model. She is perhaps best known for being Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Lawrence Schiller and Ron Vogel. Accord..
Joan Stark
Joan G. Stark Joan G. Stark, also known by her pseudonym Spunk, is a prolific ASCII artist. Deemed by many as the "Queen of ASCII art", Joan is easily recognized by the famous initials jgs which she signs her artworks. Joan was first exposed to the art of ASCII in the summer of 1995 and b..
Joan Sutherland
Joan Sutherland as Norma Dame Joan Sutherland OM, AC, DBE (born November 7, 1926) is an Australian opera singer noted for her contribution to the bel canto revival of the 1950s and 1960s. Joan Sutherland was born in Sydney, and her mother was a mezzo soprano who had given up her career. She le..
Joan Sydney
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Joan Tate
Joan Tate (born 23 September 1922, died 6 June 2000 was a prolific translator, translating works by many leading Swedish writers into English. Tate's translations from the Swedish include books by Astrid Lindgren, Ingmar Bergman, Britt Ekland, Kerstin Ekman, P C Jersild and Agneta Pleijel. She also..
Joan Thor
Joan Thor was a fictional character in the short lived television comedy, E/R. She was played by Conchata Ferrell. Undaunted head nurse Joan was the head nurse in the emergency room at Clark Street Hospital, a fictional Chicago hospital. She oversaw the preliminary treatment, like taking temper..
Joan Tower
Joan Tower (born 1938) is a contemporary American composer. She became known for her first orchestral composition, Sequoia, a tone poem which structurally depicts a giant redwood from trunk to needles. Among her other prominent pieces are the Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman, which are something of a..
Joan Ure
Elizabeth Thoms Clark (June 22 1918 – 1978) was a poet and playwright who used the pen name Joan Ure. Life Born Elizabeth Thoms Carswell on June 22 1918 in Wallsend of Scottish parents who moved to Glasgow, she was called Betty. She wrote her first play,Cendrillon, in French, for the 4th yea..
Joan Valois
Joan Valois (1435 - 1482) was the seventh child and third daughter of Charles VII of France and Marie of Anjou. She married John II, Duke of Bourbon in 1452. They had no children ..
Joan Van Ark
Joan Van Ark as Gloria Fisher Main title caption for Knots Landing. Joan Van Ark (born June 16, 1943 in New York, New York) is an actress who is best known for playing Larry Hagman's troubling sister-in-law and Michele Lee's neighbor and best friend, Valene (Val) Clements Ewing Gibson Wa..
Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol
Joan Derk baron van der Capellen tot den Poll (November 2, 1741 – June 6, 1784) was a Dutch nobleman who played a prominent role in the formation of the Batavian Republic and the revolutionary events that preceded its formation. As a member of the Patriots and inspired by the American Revolution,..
Joan Vickers
Joan Helen Vickers, Baroness Vickers, DBE (3 June 1907 - 23 May 1994) was a Conservative politician. Vickers was educated at St. Monica's College, Burgh Heath, Surrey and in Paris. She served with the Red Cross in South East Asia and was area welfare officer of the Social Welfare Department in Mala..
Joan Vizcarra
Joan Vizcarra Carreras (b. 1967, Montblanc, Tarragona) is a Catalan-Spanish cartoonist. He has several books published by the Spanish language satirical magazine [El Jueves]. Although his first love was music -and more specifically the rock and roll of classic musicians like Elvis Presley..
Joan Vollmer
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Joan Voss
Joan Voss (born August 21, 1940 in New York City) serves in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 38th legislative district. She has served in the Assembly since 2004. Voss serves on the Assembly's Education and Regulated Professions and Independent Authorities Committees. She served on..
Joan Walley
Joan Lorraine Walley (born 23 January 1949, Stoke-on-Trent, Mrs Jan Ostrowski) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour Party member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North. She had previously been a councillor on Lambeth Council. External links [Joan Walley MP] official site..
Joan Walmsley, Baroness Walmsley of West Derby
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Joan Wasser
Joan Wasser (born July 26, 1970, in Biddeford, Maine) is a violinist and singer/songwriter in the indie rock world. Her best known album is titled Joan as Policewoman. Wasser's resume includes live performances and studio work with Lou Reed, Tanya Donelly, Sheryl Crow, Dave Gahan, Elton John, the ..
Joan Weber
Joan Weber (December 12, 1935 - May 13, 1981) was an American popular singer who was born in Paulsboro, New Jersey. At the age of 18, she was introduced to Eddie Joy, a manager, who in turn introduced her to Charles Randolph Grean, an artists & repertory (A&R) worker for RCA and Dot Records in Ne..
Joan Weston
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Joan Whitney Payson
Joan Whitney Payson (February 5, 1903 – October 4, 1975) was an American heiress, businesswoman, philanthropist, patron of the arts and art collector, and a member of the prominent Whitney family. Joan Whitney was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Payne Whitney and Helen Hay and br..
Joao Barion
Joao Barion (born April 14, 1987) is a Brazilian race car driver. Barion started his career in karting at the age of nine, continuing in karts until 2003 when he landed a seat at South American Formula Three team AmirNasr. In 2004 he moved to the Avallone team, before joining the Piquet team for 200..
Joao Gilberto (1973 album)
João Gilberto is a bossa nova album by João Gilberto, originally released in Brazil as a vinyl LP in 1973 and reissued as CD in 1988. João Gilberto released another album named João Gilberto in 1961, as well as several EPs with only his name as title. This album is often referred to as João G..
Joaquim Agostinho
Joaquim Agostinho, was born on the 7th of April 1943, in Brejenjas, a small village that borders upon the vila of Praia de Santa Cruz, parish of Silveira and council of Torres Vedras. For several years he lived in Casalinhos de Alfaiata. Joaquim Agostinho (April 7 1943 - May 10 1984) was a Portu..
Joaquim Amat-Piniella
Joaquim Amat-Piniella (1913-1974) was a Catalan writer and politician. He took part in the Spanish Civil War on the republican side, and moved to France after the war. There, he was first interned at the French concentration camps in Rosselló, later forced to work on the Maginot line, and finally d..
Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque
‎Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque (1855-1902) was a Portuguese soldier. He who carried out Gungunhana's capture, in Chaimite (1895) and the pacification of Mozambique. He was a grandson of Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque. He was a very respected man in Portuguese society of 19th an..
Joaquim Chissano
Pres. Joaquim Alberto Chissano Joaquim Alberto Chissano (born October 22 1939) was the second president of Mozambique. He was president from November 6 1986 until February 2 2005. Chissano was born in Chibuto village, Gaza Province, Mozambique. He was involved in the Frelimo movement in the 1..
Joaquim Cruz
Joaquim Carvalho Cruz (born March 12, 1963) is a former Brazilian athlete, winner of the 800 m at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Cruz was born in Taguatinga, near Brasília, as the son of a steel worker. He began running as a 13-year-old, and soon showed astonishing talent as a junior. At the age of o..
Joaquim de Almeida
Joaquim de Almeida (pron. IPA [ʒuɐ'kı̃ dɨ aɫ'mɐiðɐ] born March 15, 1957 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese actor. He has worked in numerous films in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French, including the TV series 24. Among the popular American films he has appeared in are Cle..
Joaquim Guedes
Joaquim Manoel Guedes Sobrinho, b. São Paulo 1932 is a Brazilian architect known for rejecting formalism in favour of an architecture that endeavours to respond to the needs of everyday life. Critic of Oscar Niemeyer and mainstream Brazilian architecture, Guedes, although usually associated with th..
Joaquim José Antunes
Joaquim Joze Antunes (Lisbon,c 1725 - Lisbon,c 1790), Portuguese Harpsichord maker, One of the most important 18th centuary Portuguese harpsichord makers and a member of a family of keyboard instrument makers, located in Lisbon. Recordings of Antunes Instruments [link]Amon Ra CD-SAR 43 ..
Joaquim Leitão
Joaquim Leitão is a Portuguese film director born in 1956. ..
Joaquim Machado de Castro
Joaquim Machado de Castro (Coimbra, 1731- Lisbon, 1822), one of Portugal's foremost sculptors. He wrote extensively on his works and the theory behind them, including a full-length discussion of the statue of D. José I entitled Descripção analytica da execucão da estatua equestre, Lisbon 1810. ..
Joaquim Magalhães Mota
Joaquim Magalhães Mota (born 1947) was a Portuguese politician. He was a member of the Liberal Wing, at the fascist National Assembly, during Marcelo Caetano's government, that came to an end in 1973. After the 25 April 1974, he was one of the three founders of the Popular Democratic Party, with Fr..
Joaquim Manuel de Macedo
Joaquim Manuel de Macedo(1820-1882) is an author from Rio de Janeiro. He was a prolific writer of urban Brazil in the nineteenth century. Incomplete bibliography A Moreninha("the Brown Girl")O Moço Loiro(1845)Os Dois Amores (1848).As Vítimas-AlgozesAs Mulheres de Mantilha External links [E..
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (June 21 1839, Rio de Janeiro—September 29 1908, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian realist novelist, poet and short-story writer. He is widely regarded as the most important writer of Brazilian literature and his works had a great influence on Brazilian literary ..
Joaquim Miranda
Joaquim Miranda (September 7, 1950 - June 17, 2006) was a Portuguese economist and politician, a former member of the Portuguese Parliament and of the European Parliament. He was born in Portalegre, in the southern region of Alentejo. Joaquim Miranda was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party s..
Joaquim Nabuco
Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo (August 19, 1849—January 17, 1910) was a Brazilian writer and statesman. The son of a wealthy landowner from Recife, Joaquim vehemently opposed slavery, which he fought by political activity and in his writings. He campaigned against slavery in the C..
Joaquim Nadal i Farreras
Joaquim Nadal i Farreras was born in 1948. He was mayor of Girona and currently he is the spokesperson of the Catalan Government. He is married and has two children. Professional background He co-ordinated, along with Philippe Wolf, the book Història de Catalunya (History of Catalonia, 1982). H..
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (May 25, 1932–September 10, 1988) was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He was a member of the Cinema Novo movement in Brazil. Andrade is best known for his 1969 film Macunaíma, based (somewhat loosely) on the novel of the same title by Mário de Andrade. Ext..
Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins
Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins (1845 – 24 August 1894) was a Portuguese writer. He was born in Lisbon and received his early education at the Lyceo Nacional and the Academia das Bellas Artes. At the age of fourteen his father's death compelled him to seek a living as a clerk in a co..
Joaquim Pimenta de Castro
Joaquim Pimenta de Castro Prime Minister of Portugal(President of the Ministry) Order: 62nd (8th of the Republic) Term of Office January 28, 1915 - May 14, 1915 Predecessor: Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho Successor: Constitutional Junta formed by:José Norton de MatosAntón..
Joaquim Rafael Branco
Joaquim Rafael Branco (b. 1953) is a São Toméan politician. He served as the country's Foreign Minister from 2000 to 2001. Branco was Public Works Minister in July 2003, when he was detained by the military during a briefly successful coup led by Major Fernando Pereira. |- style="text-align: c..
Joaquin
Joaquin may refer to: The Spanish footballer Joaquín.A boy's given name in Spanish, equivalent to the northern European name Joachim.The name of a town, Joaquin, Texas.Filipino author, Nick Joaquin This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same..
Joaquín
Joaquín is a male name used in Spanish-speaking countries: Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez - A Spanish footballer for Real BetisJoaquín Sabina - A Spanish singer-songwriterJoaquín Balaguer - Former President of the Dominican RepublicJoaquín Cortés - A Spanish flamenco dancerJoaquín Turina - A Spa..
Joaquin, Texas
This article is about the city in Texas. For the Spanish footballer see Joaquín. Joaquin is a city in Shelby County, Texas, United States. The population was 925 at the 2000 census. Geography Joaquin is located at [31°57′56″N, 94°2′54″W] (31.965511, -94.048316)[Geographi..
Joaquina Téllez-Girón, Marchioness of Santa Cruz
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Joaquinzão
Joaquinzão, also known as Estádio Joaquim de Morais Filho, is a multi-use stadium located in Taubaté, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Esporte Clube Taubaté. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 14,531 people and was built in 1968. External links &#..
Joaquín Abarca
Joaquin Abarca (1780-1844) Spanish prelate. Born in Aragon in 1780 he went on to become Bishop of León. During the 1833 civil war he was one of the leaders of the Carlist party. ..
Joaquín Acosta
Joaquín Acosta was a South American explorer . A native of Colombia in South America, he served in the Colombian army and in 1834 attempted a scientific survey of the territory between Socorro and the Magdalena River. Seven years later he explored western Colombia from Antioquia to Ancerma studyin..
Joaquín Almunia
Joaquín Almunia Joaquín Almunia (born 17 June 1948) is a Spanish politician and member of the European Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs. Born in Bilbao, he is married and has two children. He graduated in Law and Economics at the University of Deusto, and completed f..
Joaquín Andújar
Pitcher Joaquín Andújar, with the Astros Joaquín Andújar [an-DOO-har] (born December 21, 1952 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Houston Astros (1976-81, 1988), St. Louis Cardinals (198..
Joaquín Arderíus
Joaquín Arderíus y Sánchez Fortún (May 1885, Lorca, in Murcia—January 20 1969, Mexico City) was a Spanish experimental and political novelist. Arderíus studied in Madrid before taking engineering courses at the University of Liège. He abandoned these studies to dedicate himself to lit..
Joaquin Arias
Joaquin Arias (born September 21, 1984 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a shortstop in the Texas Rangers minor league system. He was acquired by the Rangers from the New York Yankees as part of the deal that sent Alfonso Soriano to the Rangers and Alex Rodriguez to the Yankees in 2003. He h..
Joaquin Avila
Joaquin Avila is a Managing Director of the global private equity firm, Carlyle Group, where he is responsible for researching and discovering opportunities in the field of buyout investments. He was formerly a Managing Director and Head of Latin America for Lehman Brothers where he concentrated on ..
Joaquín Balaguer
Joaquín Amparo Balaguer Ricardo (September 1, 1906 – July 14, 2002) was the President of the Dominican Republic from 1960 to 1962, from 1966 to 1978, and again from 1986 to 1996. He had been a protégé of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, and was accused of election fraud and of intimidating would-..
Joaquín Blake y Joyes
Joaquín Blake y Joyes (August 19, 1759 – April 27, 1827) was a Spanish military officer who served with distinction in the French Revolutionary and Peninsular wars. Contents 1 Early military career2 Peninsular War2.1 Battle of Albuera3 Later life4 External links ..
Joaquín Blume
Joaquín Blume (June 21, 1933–April 29, 1959) was a Spanish gymnast. Born in Barcelona, he competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and was a favourite for the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, until Spain boycotted the games in protest against the presence of the USSR, after their b..
Joaquín Botero
Joaquín Botero Vaca (born December 10, 1977 in La Paz, Bolivia) is a Bolivian striker, who currently plays for UNAM Pumas of the Primera División de México. Botero joined Pumas from Club Bolívar following the 2002 season, when he led the world in goals from Bolivia. In his first season with Pum..
Joaquín Castro
Joaquin Castro is a Texas State Representative, representing San Antonio. A Democrat, he graduated from Stanford and Harvard Law. His twin brother is former San Antonio City Council Member Julian Castro. Castro is considered an up-and-coming politician in Texas. He, along with Julian Castro, has..
Joaquín Cortés
--> Joaquín Cortés (born 1969) is a flamenco dancer from Spain. He is the son of a Gypsy couple. A native of Córdoba, Cortés showed interest for dancing at an early age. Cortés and his family moved to Madrid in 1981. Soon after moving to Madrid, he began to take formal dancing classes. In 19..
Joaquín Crespo
Joaquín Crespo Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo (1841? - April 16, 1898) was president of Venezuela from 1884 to 1886 and again from 1892 to 1898. During the Joaquín Crespo regime, Venezuela had a dispute with the United Kingdom over the border between Venezuela and British Guiana (what..
Joaquín Cruz Pérez
Joaquín Cruz Pérez (b. 1860) was an early Guam judge and acting-Governor of Guam from February 1 to April 20 1899. He was first appointed as Justice of the Peace in 1894 by the Spanish government of Guam. After the capture of Guam by the United States during the Spanish-American War, he retained h..
Joaquín del Cosío
Joaquín del Cosío was President of Nicaragua 1839. ..
Joaquín del Olmo
Joaquín del Olmo (born 20 April 1969 in Tampico) is a retired Mexican football midfielder. He got 51 caps and 3 goals for the Mexican national team between 1993 and 2000, and was a squad member at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he played three games. Clubs Tampico MaderoCD VeracruzClub AméricaVi..
Joaquin de Luz
Joaquin de Luz (b. Madrid, Spain) formerly with the American Ballet Theater, is currently a Principal Dancer with the New York City Ballet. He has recently perfomed in Ballet Hawaii's 2005 Nutcracker at the Blaisdell Center as the cavalier. De Luz studied with Victor Ullate. ..
Joaquín de Montserrat, marqués de Cruillas
Joaquín de Montserrat, marqués de Cruillas (born ca. 1725, Spain) was Spanish viceroy of New Spain, from October 6, 1760 to August 24, 1766. Contents 1 First years as viceroy2 War with the English3 Reorganization of the colonial army4 Last years in office5 References..
Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán was President of El Salvador 15 February 1845 - 1 February 1846. This Central American statesman was born in Cartago, Costa Rica, in 1801 and died in San Miguel, Salvador, about 1875. In the dissensions between the Federal and Centralist parties, Guzman joined the former, ..
Joaquin Fraga
In the computer game Tropico, Joaquin Fraga was the fictional ruler of the equally fictional island nation of Tropico. Also known as El Presidente, Fraga came to power in 1988 after a military coup. He was born in the city on the southwest of the island called pequina sevilla, once Fraga took pow..
Joaquin Gage
Joaquin Jesse Gage (b. October 19, 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia is a professional ice hockey goaltender. He spent his junior career with the Portland Winter Hawks of the WHL. Gage was selected in the fifth round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, 109th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers. Gage playe..
Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe
Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe is a Mexican trade union leader & politician. He has a degree in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Gamboa Pascoe is the current secretary general of the Federal District Federation of Workers (in Spanish: Federación de Trabajadores del Distrito Federal,..
Joaquin Garay, III
Joaquin Garay III (b. 1969) is a former Latin child actor best known for playing the role of Paco in Herbie Goes Bananas (1980). Now grown up and residing in California, Garay is currently writing, acting and producing sketch comedy at the Improv at the Groundlings and the L.A. Connection in Los..
Joaquín García Icazbalceta
Joaquín García Icazbalceta (August 21, 1824 – November 26, 1894) was a Mexican philologist and historian. He edited writings by Mexican writers who preceded him, wrote a biography of Juan de Zumárraga, and translated William H. Prescott's Conquest of Mexico. His works on Colonial Mexico con..
Joaquin Guzman
Joaquín Guzmán Loera, also known as Joaquín "el Chapo" Guzman (Shorty) (born 1954) is the head of an international drug trafficking organization referred to as either the "Alianza de Sangre" or the Sinaloa Cartel, named after the Pacific Coast state where it got its start. D..
Joaquin Homs
Joaquin Homs (alternately called Joaquim) (b. August 21, 1906 in Barcelona, d. September 9, 2003 in Barcelona) was a Spanish composer. He studied cello until 1922. Afterwards, he self-educated himself in composition before studying on-and-off from 1931 to 1938 studied composition with Roberto Gerha..
Joaquin Jovellar y Soler
Joaquín Jovellar y Soler (28 December 1819 - 17 April 1892), general of Spain, was born at Palma de Mallorca. At the close of his studies at the military academy he was appointed sub-lieutenant, went to Cuba as captain in 1842. He returned to the War Office in 18~i, was promoted major in 1853, and ..
Joaquín Lavín
Joaquín José Lavín Infante (b. Santiago, October 23 1953) is a Chilean politician. He is a member of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI) party and former mayor of Santiago and Las Condes municipalities of capital Santiago. Lavín earned a master's degree in economics from the University of ..
Joaquín López-Dóriga
Joaquín López-Dóriga Joaquín López-Dóriga Berlanga (b. February 7, 1947 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spaniard-Mexican journalist. He is the most popular news anchor man in Mexico, followed closely by Javier Alatorre. At the age of 18 he started working as a journalist in El Heraldo de Méxic..
Joaquin Loyo-Mayo
Joaquin Loyo-Mayo played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. Born August 16, 1945, in Vera Cruz, Mexico, Loyo-Mayo's playing career was coming to an end as the ATP Rankings were coming into being. He achieved a No. 99 in those rankings on April 12, 1976. He won the singles titl..
Joaquín Malgosa
Joaquín Malgosa Morera (born November 1, 1963 in Terrassa) is a former field hockey defender from Spain, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also participated in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. ..
Joaquin Maria Gutierrez
Joaquin Maria Gutierrez, commonly known as "Chino" (full name: Joaquin Maria Fernando Sebastian Gutierrez; born March 20, 1990), is a Filipino violinist and math and science prodigy currently studying under Prof. Jens Ellermann at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, Germany. He is the..
Joaquín Maurín
Joaquín Maurín Juliá (or Joaquim Maurín in Catalan; January 12 1896—November 5 1973) was a Spanish Communist politician and revolutionary, leader of the Workers and Peasants Bloc (BOC) and of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM). He was active mainly in Catalonia. Contents 1..
Joaquin Mazdak Luttinger
Joaquin Mazdak Luttinger (1923-1997) was an American physicist well-known for his contributions about the Luttinger liquid model and the Fermi liquid theory. ..
Joaquín Miguel Elizalde
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Joaquin Miller
Joaquin Miller was the pen name of the hyperbolical American eccentric Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller (September 8, 1837, or November 10, 1841 - February 17, 1913). Born in Indiana, he moved to Oregon and later to California where he had a variety of occupations, including mining-camp cook who..
Joaquin Morato
Joaquin Garcia-Morato Castano (1904-1939) was the leading Nationalist fighter ace of the Spanish Civil War. An accomplished prewar pilot, he served in Morocco, excelled in aerobatics, and instructed instrument flying. Between December 1936 and January 1939 he flew primarily the Italian Fiat CR.32,..
Joaquin Murrieta
Artist's rendition of Joaquin Murrieta (artist unknown, ca. 1848) Joaquin Murrieta (sometimes spelled Murieta or Murietta) (1829–ca. 1853), also called the Mexican Robin Hood or the Robin Hood of El Dorado, was a legendary figure in California during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s..
Joaquin Navarro Valls
Joaquín Navarro Valls (born November 16, 1936, Cartagena, Spain) was the Director of the Holy See (Vatican) Press Office, taking the post in 1984. His role as the press liaison between the Vatican and the world press corps gave him perhaps the highest visibility of any one person in the Vatican dur..
Joaquin Nin-Culmell
Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell Cuban-Spanish Composer (born in Berlin, Germany September 5, 1908 - died in Berkeley, California, on January 14, 2004), was the brother of writer Anais Nin, and an internationally known concert pianist, composer and emeritus professor of music at the University of Califor..
Joaquín Pardavé
Joaquín Pardavé Arce (September 30 1900 Pénjamo, Guanajuato – July 20 1955) was a Mexican actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter of the Cinema of Mexico. Joaquín Pardavé was born into showbusiness, his parents being a pair of stage actors. He started his acting career in theater an..
Joaquin Phoenix
Phoenix portraying Johnny Cash in Walk the Line. Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (pronounced /xwaˈkin rafaˈe̞l ˈfiːnɪks/) (born October 28, 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), Phoenix is an Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe Award winning, American actor. He is also known as Leaf Phoenix. He ..
Joaquín Ramírez y Sesma
Joaquín Ramírez y Sesma (?-?) was a 19th Century general for the Republic of Mexico. Sesma commanded the brigade sent in advance of the main body of Antonio López de Santa Anna's main body of troops that were heading to put down the rebellion in the Mexican state of Texas. His orders were to rel..
Joaquín Rodrigo
-->Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre (22 November 1901 – 6 July 1999) was a Spanish composer of classical music and a virtuoso pianist. In spite of being blind from an early age, he achieved great success. He was born in Sagunto, Valencia, and lost his sight almost completely at the age of three after ..
Joaquín Sabina
Joaquín Sabina is a Spanish singer-songwriter, well-known in several Spanish-speaking countries. Contents 1 Biography and career2 Discography3 Books4 External links Biography and career He was born on February 12, 1949 in the city of Úbeda (Jaén Province, in Andalusia), S..
Joaquin Saenz Arriaga
Fr. Joaquin Saenz y Arriaga, S.J. (d. April 28, 1976) was a Mexican Jesuit and theologian. He was brought up in the spirit of the Cristeroi movement, in the spirit of St. Miguel Pro and other Catholic martyrs against the Freemasonic and anti-Catholic revolution of 1910; martyrs who faced up to fir..
Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez
Joaquín, full name Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez, (born July 21, 1981 in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz) is a Spanish football (soccer) right winger, famed for his bursts of speed, potent dribbling ability and dangerous crossing. Joaquín has been at Real Betis throughout his career though has ..
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863 - 1923), Spanish painter, was born in Valencia, and received his art education first in his native town and under F Pradilla, and then in Italy and Paris. His first striking success he achieved with "Another Margaret," which was awarded a gold medal in Madrid and wa..
Joaquín Suárez
Joaquín Suárez de Rondelo (1781 - 1868) was a Uruguayan political figure. He served as the first head of state of Uruguay in 1828 and again in 1830. ..
Joaquín Toesca
Joaquín Toesca y Ricci (Rome; 1745 - Santiago; June 11, 1799), born Gioacchino Toesca, was an Italian architect who worked for the kings of Spain, especially in Chile. Son of Giuseppe Toesca and Maria Ricci, he started his architecture studies while in the army, in the workshop of Francesco Sab..
Joaquín Torres García
Joaquín Torres García (b. July 28, 1874, Montevideo; d. August 8, 1949, Montevideo) was an Catalan-Uruguayan painter and sculptor leader of the Catalan Modernist Movement at the beginning of the 20th century, founder of Circle et Carre, the first abstract group in Paris between the wars. I..
Joaquín Turina
Joaquín Turina (December 9, 1882 – January 14, 1949) was a Spanish composer of classical music. He was born in Seville and studied there and in Madrid. He lived in Paris from 1905 to 1914 where he took composition lessons from Vincent d'Indy at his Schola Cantorum, and studied the piano unde..
Joaquín Vara del Rey y Rubio
Joaquín Vara del Rey y Rubio (1840 – July 1, 1898) was a celebrated Spanish soldier and general. He was killed leading the stubborn defence of El Caney against a massively superior American army during the Spanish-American War. Vara del Rey was born on Ibiza in 1840. He graduated as a sec..
Joaquín Villalobos
Joaquín Villalobos (born 1951) was one of the leaders of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front during the Salvadoran Civil War. Now he is a consultant on peacemaking matters (Colombia, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Bosnia, Northern Ireland). Advisor to the Center of Cooperation Initiativ..
Joaquín Xaudaró
Joaquín Xaudaró y Echau (August 17, 1872-1933) was a Spanish cartoonist, illustrator, and caricaturist. His humorous depictions of the new technologies of his time –he published a volume of cartoons called The Perils of Flight (Les péripéties de l'aviation, Garnier Frères, Paris, 1911)- s..
Joaquin Xirau Palau
Joaquin Xirau Palau (1895–1946). Refugee from Franco's Spain to Mexico, Xirau Palau had studied beside Ortega y Gasset, particularly inspired by German & Anglo-Saxon philosophy, such as Bergson, Husserl & Heidegger. After historical and critical studies on Descartes, Leibniz & Rousseau, Xirau ..
Joaquín Zavala
Joaquín Zavala Solís (1835–1906) was President of Nicaragua 1879-1883 and in 1893. He was a member of the Nicaraguan Conservative Party. ..
Joara
Location of Joara in present day Burke County, North Carolina Joara was a large Native American settlement located in what is now Burke County, North Carolina. The location of the archaeological site is northwest of Morganton on Henderson Mill Road and portions have been excavated by the Uppe..
Joasaphus
Joasaphus (Russian: Иоасаф; real name - Скрипицын, or Skripitsyn) (? - 1555 or 1556, Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra) was Metropolitan of Moscow in 1539-1542. Joasaphus is known to have authored a number of theological works. Joasaphus was first a monk and then hegumen at the Troitse-Sergiye..
Joash Woodrow
-->Joash Woodrow (April 6th 1927 - February 15th 2006) was a reclusive English artist. Woodrow was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, of Polish parents, and was one of eight siblings. He studied at Leeds College of Art, and from 1950 - 1953 the Royal College of Art, where his contemporaries included P..
Joas Electronics
Joas Electronics is a electronics company. headquartered in Seoul and Namyangju Gyeonggi-do, Korea. established in 1982. your old name is Seongkwang Electronics in sold as 1999. It manufactures many electronic beauty products. Products Electric razors, including Hair Dryer, Shave, Health Care See ..
Joateca
Joateca is a municipality in the Morazán department of El Salvador. ..
Joa Elfsberg
Joa Elfsberg (born July 30, 1979 in Gävle) is a hockey player from Sweden. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. ..
Jo Allyn Lowe Park
Jo Allyn Lowe Park (32 acres) is a public park, with arboretum, located at the corner of Price Road and Locust Road, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA. It is open to the public daily. The park was created in 1980 and named to honor the founder of the Bartlesville Boys Club. It consists of a lake (with fi..
Jo Ammar
Jo Ammar is a famous Jewish Sephardic musician born in Morocco. He plays Andalusian music, sung in Spanish, Hebrew and Arabic. ..
Jo and Petunia
Jo and Petunia are characters from a well known series of public information films in the UK. They appeared in four films which ran between 1968 and 1973, and they became popular so quickly that it was decided to kill them off in the last one in order to prevent public demand for their reappearance...
Jo Angel
Jo AngelAustralia (AUS) Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast Tests ODIs Matches 4 3 '''Runs scored 35 - Batting average 5.83 - 100s/50s -/- -/- Top score 11 - ..
Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Jo Anne Barnhart is the 14th Commissioner of Social Security, filling a six-year term of office that will run through January 19, 2007. She was nominated by President George W. Bush on July 17, and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 2, 2001. As head of the Social Security Administra..
Jo Anne Worley
Jo Anne Worley Jo Anne Worley (born on September 6, 1937) is an American actress. Her work covers television, movies, theater, game shows, talk shows, commercials, and cartoons. She is best known for her work on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Biography Worley was born in ..
Jo Ann Campbell
"I'm Nobody's Baby", 1959 Jo Ann Campbell (born July 20, 1938 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American pop singer. Campbell began attending music school at the age of four, and won many honors as a drum majorette at Fletcher High School. In 1954 she travelled Europe as a dancer, then moved t..
Jo Ann Castle
Jo Ann Castle (born Jo Ann Zering on September 3, 1940 in Bakersfield, California) is a noted ragtime pianist. She adopted the stage name "Castle" from a type of accordion, another instrument she played with great proficiency. She was often referred to as "Queen of the Ragtime Pianists," and was see..
Jo Ann Davis
Jo Ann Davis Jo Ann Davis (b. June 29, 1950) is a Republican politician from the state of Virginia, currently representing the state's 1st Congressional district ([map]) in the U.S. House. The district stretches from the Washington suburbs to the Hampton Roads area, with much of it..
Jo Ann Emerson
thumb Jo Ann Emerson (born September 16, 1950) is a politician from Missouri, currently serving her fifth term as the Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the state's 8th Congressional district. ([map]) Emerson was born in Bethesda, Maryland and grad..
Jo Ann Harris
Jo Ann Harris is an actress born on May 27 1949 in Los Angeles, California. External links [}}}] at the Internet Movie Database Beautiful and very intelligent actress Jo Ann Harris starred in the 1976-77 detective tv series called Most Wanted as Officer Kate Manners.This was her mos..
Jo Ann Kelly
Jo Ann Kelly (January 5, 1944 - October 21, 1990) British Blues Singer and Guitarist, 'unquestionably the queen of British country blues singers' (Paul Jones (singer) of The Blues Band fame) "It was hard to do Walking Blues for instance, but I was not born with a voice like Mavis Staples or Jo..
Jo Ann Pflug
Jo Ann Pflug, born May 2, 1947, in Atlanta, Georgia, was an American motion picture and television actress, but not anymore, since she has changed careers. Jo Ann was in the film M*A*S*H (1970) as the U.S. Army nurse Lt. Maria "Dish" Schneider. Also, in 1978-79, she also played an Army nurse in th..
Jo Ann Robinson
Jo Ann Gibson Robinson (1912-1992) was a civil rights activist and educator in Montgomery, Alabama. Born near Culloden, Georgia, she was the youngest of twelve children. She attended Fort Valley State College and then became a public school teacher in Macon, where she was married to Wilbur Robinson ..
Jo Appleby
--> Jo Appleby (born April 7 1978 in Blackpool, England) is a soprano for the band Amici Forever. She studied opera at the Royal Northern College of Music, where she gained an honours degree and won a scholarship from the legendary D'Oyly Carte before embarking on a successful operatic career. She..

 

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