Florence (disambiguation)
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Florence may refer to:
Places
- Florence, the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy.
- In the United States:
- * Florence, Alabama
- * Florence, Arizona
- * Florence, California
- * Florence, Colorado
- * Florence, Illinois
- * Florence, Kansas
- * Florence, Kentucky
- * Florence, Massachusetts
- * Florence, Minnesota
- * Florence, Mississippi
- * Florence, Missouri
- * Florence, Montana
- * Florence, New York
- * Florence, Oregon
- * Florence, South Carolina
- * Florence, South Dakota
- * Florence, Texas
- * Florence, Wisconsin
- * see also: Florence Township
- * see also: Florence County
- * see also: New Florence
Other
- Florence, a feminine name derived from the Latin verb floreo, meaning "to flower", in the sense of a blossom. In olden times it was sometimes a masculine name or a surname and usually derived from the name of the Italian city of that name.
- * Florence, a character in the children's television programme: The Magic Roundabout.
- * Florence Beatrice Price, African-American composer and teacher *[link].
- * Florence Nightingale, a pioneer of modern nursing.
- * Hercules Florence, a French/Brazilian artist and inventor of photography.
- * Tyler Florence is a celebrity chef and TV host.
- * Florence Kelley was an American social reformist and feminist [link]
- * Florence King is a Mississippi author of several novels including Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady.
- * Florence Mills, star actress of 1920s black theatre and Harlem Renaissance
- * Florence Harding was the wife of American president Warren G. Harding
- * Florence Sabin (1871-1953), anatomist and pathologist, first female professor at Johns Hopkins Medical School
- * Florence Beaumont was one of eight Americans known to have set themselves on fire in protest of the Vietnam war
- * Florence Henderson, is an American actress and singer
- * Florence Ballard, was an African-American singer.
- * Florence Knapp, an American supercentenarian
- * Florence Lawrence, was an inventor and actress, who was referred to as "The First Movie Star."
- * Florence Griffith Joyner was an American athlete, still holder of the World Records in the 100 m and 200 m
- * Florence Foster Jenkins was an American soprano
- * Florence LaBadie was a Canadian silent movie actress
- * Florence Marjorie Robertson was a British actress and singer
- Florence (computers) is an Apple Computer IIGS emulator written in Java 1.3.[link]
- Florentine, a fighting style which uses a sword in each hand.
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