Top Celebrity Names Starting With Florence

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   Florence Henderson

   Age 78 Female
   

   Actress, Singer, Headliner

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   Florence Agnes Henderson is an American actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for her role of Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974. She may also be known for being a contestant on Dancing with the Stars in 2010. As of 2010, she hosts the American TV talk show The Florence Henderson Show.… read more

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   Florence and the Machine

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   Singer

   
   

   Florence and the Machine are an English indie pop band, consisting of lead singer Florence Welch and a collaboration of other artists who provide backing music. Florence and the Machine's sound has been described as a combination of various genres, including rock and soul. The band's music received praise across the music media, especially from the BBC, before they gained mainstream success.… read more

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   Florence Ballard

   1943 - 1976 Female
   

   Singer

   
   

   Florence Glenda Ballard Chapman was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown group The Supremes. From 1963 until 1967, Ballard sang on 16 Top 40 hit Supremes' singles, ten of which hit number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1967, Motown CEO Berry Gordy decided to remove Ballard from the Supremes.… read more

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   Florence Nightingale

   1820 - 1910 Female
   

   Nurse and Statistician

   
   

   Florence Nightingale OM, RRC was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night. An Anglican, Nightingale believed that God had called her to be a nurse.… read more

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   Florence Louise Pettitt

   1918 - 2006 Female
   

   Opera Conductor

   
   

   Louise Pettitt, born Florence Louise Staples, was one of the first American female opera conductors. For over forty years, she simultaneously served as orchestral conductor, dramatic director, and vocal director for the Chaminade Opera Group, which she founded in 1959. She promoted the growth of opera, and the advancement of many performers ranging from amateur enthusiasts to internationally known professionals.… read more

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   Florence Shapiro

   Age 64 Female
   

   Texas State Senator

   
   

   Florence Donald Shapiro is an American politician from Texas. Shapiro is a Republican member of the Texas Senate, from 1993 to 1995 representing the 2nd Senatorial District and since 1995 representing the 8th Senatorial District which includes several cities, towns, and other outlying areas of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. Shapiro previously served as Senate State Affairs Committee chair and since 2003 has chaired the Senate Education Committee.… read more

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   Florence Violet McKenzie

   1890 - 1982 Female
   

   Australian Radio and Electrical Engineering Pioneer, Commitment To Technical Education of Women.

   
   

   Florence Violet McKenzie OBE, affectionately known as "Mrs Mac", was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC) and lifelong promoter for technical education for women. She campaigned successfully to have some of her female trainees accepted into the all-male Navy, thereby originating the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS).… read more

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   Florence Lawrence

   1886 - 1938 Female
   

   Actress, Inventor

   
   

   Florence Lawrence was a Canadian inventor and silent film actress. She is often referred to as "The First Movie Star. " When she was popular, she was known as "The Biograph Girl," "The Imp Girl," and "The Girl of a Thousand Faces. " Lawrence appeared in close to 300 films for various motion picture companies.… read more

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   Florence Quivar

   Age 68 Female
   

   Mezzo Soprano, Singer, Voice

   
   

   Florence Quivar is an American operatic mezzo-soprano who is considered to be "one of the most prominent singers of her generation. " She has variously been described as having a "rich, earthy sound and communicative presence" as "always reliable" and as "a distinguished singer, with a warm, rich voice and a dignified performing presence."… read more

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    Florence Jaffray Harriman

    1870 - 1967 Female
    

    Socialite, Suffragist, Social Reformer, Organizer, Diplomat

    
    

    Florence Jaffray "Daisy" Harriman was an American socialite, suffragist, social reformer, organizer, and diplomat. “She led one of the suffrage parades down Fifth Avenue, worked on campaigns on child labor and safe milk and, as minister to Norway in World War II, organized evacuation efforts while hiding in a forest from the Nazi invasion. ” In her ninety-second year, U.S. President John F.… read more

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    Florence Farr

    1860 - 1917 Female
    

    Actress, Author, Musician, Mystic

    
    

    Florence Beatrice Emery Farr was a British West End leading actress, composer and director. She was also a women's rights activist, journalist, educator, singer, novelist, leader of the occult order, The Golden Dawn and one time mistress of playwright George Bernard Shaw.… read more

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    Florence Easton

    1882 - 1955 Female
    

    Soprano, Singer, Musician

    
    

    Florence Easton was a popular English dramatic soprano in the early 20th century. She was one of the most versatile singers of all time. She sang more than 100 parts, covering a wide range of styles and periods, from Mozart, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, Strauss, Schreker and Krenek. In Wagner she sang virtually every soprano part, large and small from Senta onwards, with the exception of the Götterdämmerung Brünnhilde.… read more

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    Florence Ellinwood Allen

    1884 - 1966 Female
    

    United States Federal Judge

    
    

    Florence Ellinwood Allen was an American judge. She was the first woman to serve on a state supreme court and one of the first two women to serve as a federal judge.

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    Florence MacCarthy

    1560 - 1640 Male
    

    Prince, Authority, Settler

    
    

    Finnian or Fínghin mac Donnchadh Mac Cárthaigh, known to the English as Florence MacCarthy, was an Irish prince of the late 16th century and the last credible claimant to the MacCarthy Mór title before its suppression by English authority. MacCarthy's involvement in the Nine Years War (1595-1603) led to his arrest by the crown government, and he spent the last 40 years of his life in custody in London. His lands were distributed among his relatives and English colonists.… read more

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    Florence Cassez

    Age 37 Female
    

    Criminal

    
    

    Florence Marie Louise Cassez Crepin is a French woman convicted in Mexico of belonging to the kidnapping gang Los Zodiaco (The Zodiacs). She is currently serving a 60-year sentence for the crimes of kidnapping, organized crime, and illegal possession of firearms. The sentence and a possible extradition to her home country has created diplomatic tensions between France and Mexico. Florence Cassez continues to claim her innocence.… read more