Top Celebrity Names Starting With Edith
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Édith Piaf
1915 - 1963 Female
Singer, Songwriter, Actress
Édith Piaf, born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's national popular singer, as well as being one of France's greatest international stars. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads. Among her songs are "La Vie en rose", "Non, je ne regrette rien" (1960), "Hymne à l'amour" (1949), "Milord" (1959), "La Foule" (1957), "l'Accordéoniste" (1955), and "Padam... Padam... " (1951).… read more
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Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters
1893 - 1923 Female
Edith Jessie Thompson and Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters (27 June 1902 – 9 January 1923) were a British couple who were executed for the murder of Thompson’s husband Percy. Their case became a cause célèbre.… read more
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Edith Bouvier Beale
1917 - 2002 Female
Socialite
Edith Bouvier Beale was an American socialite, fashion model and cabaret performer. She was a first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill. She is best known as "Little Edie," one of the subjects of the documentary film Grey Gardens by Albert and David Maysles detailing life at the East Hampton home.… read more
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Édith Cresson
Age 78 Female
Politician, Diplomat, Prime Minister
Édith Cresson is a French politician. She was the first and so far only woman to have held the office of Prime Minister of France.
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Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick
Age 93 Female
Educator, Politician, Businesswoman
Edith Aurelia Killgore Kirkpatrick is a retired music educator from Baton Rouge who served on the Louisiana Board of Regents for Higher Education from 1977—1989, the superboard which must approve education budgets presented to the state legislature. She is also a former member of the executive board of the Louisiana Baptist Convention.… read more
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Edith Nourse Rogers
1881 - 1960 Female
Politician, Volunteer, Congressman
Edith Nourse Rogers was an American social welfare volunteer and politician who was one of the first women to serve in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to congress from Massachusetts.… read more
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Edith Södergran
1892 - 1923 Female
Poet, Writer
Edith Irene Södergran was a Swedish-speaking Russian-Finnish poet. She was one of the first modernists within Swedish-language literature and her influences came from French Symbolism, German expressionism and Russian futurism. At the age of 24 she released her first collection of poetry entitled Dikter ("Poems").… read more
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Edith Cavell
1865 - 1915 Female
Soldier, Shot, Saint
Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse and patriot. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested. She was subsequently court-martialled, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by German firing squad.… read more
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Edith Wharton
1862 - 1937 Female
Novelist, Short Story Writer, Designer
Edith Wharton, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer.