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Alisia Botnaru
Alicia is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Alice, which comes from the Germanic name Adalheidis (Adelaide), meaning "noble natured" (noble of kind). Notable people with the name include: * Alicia Albe (born 1977), American rhythmic gymnast * Alicia Alonso (1920–2019) Cuban dancer * Alicia Amatriain (born 1980), Spanish ballet dancer * Alicia Appleman-Jurman (1930–2017), Polish memoirist of the Holocaust * Alicia Arango (born 1958), Colombian politician and businesswoman * Alicia Ashley (born 1967), Jamaican boxer * Alicia Austin (born 1942), American fantasy and science fiction artist and illustrator * Alicia Austria-Martinez (born 1940), Filipina judge * Alicia Bárcena Ibarra (born 1952), Mexican United-Nations official * Alicia Barney (born 1952), Colombian artist * Alicia Barrancos (born 1972), Argentine freestyle swimmer * Alicia Boscatto (born 1960), Argentine breaststroke swimmer * Alicia Bridges (born 1953), American pop singer * Alicia Bruzzo (1945–2007), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice (Alisia)
Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor * ''Alice'' (Hermann book), a 2009 short story collection by Judith Hermann Computers * Alice (computer chip), a graphics engine chip in the Amiga computer in 1992 * Alice (programming language), a functional programming language designed by the Programming Systems Lab at Saarland University * Alice (software), an object-oriented programming language and IDE developed at Carnegie Mellon * Alice mobile robot * Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity, an open-source chatterbot * Matra Alice, a home micro-computer marketed in France * Alice, a brand name used by Telecom Italia for internet and telephone services Video games * '' Alice: An Interactive Museum'', a 1991 adventure game * ''American McGee's Alic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Albe
Alicia (Albe) Bryan (born May 21, 1977) competed in rhythmic gymnastics in the 1990s. Bryan was born in Somerville, New Jersey. Her first performance was in the 1989 Olympic festival, in which she placed 15th. She later competed in many national and international championships, winning only one (the 1996 African Championships), but placing in the top 5 many times. Bryan was selected to compete in the 1996 Olympics, but injured her back and was unable to compete. Her final performance was in the 1997 Rhythmic National Championships in Houston, Texas Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 i .... External links Alicia Albe Official Biography from USA Gymnastics 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Somerville, New Jersey American rhythmic gymnasts {{US-rhyth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Bruzzo
Alicia Liliana Estela Bruzzo (29 September 1945 – 13 February 2007), known as Alicia Bruzzo, was an Argentine actress, born in Buenos Aires to a family of artists. Starting in 1972, she worked in 17 films. She was renowned for her work in television and theater; among her most memorable roles were in ″Una sombra ya pronto serás″ (″A Shadow, You Shall Soon Be″, 1994) and as that of a lonely heart in ″De mi barrio con amor″ (″From My Neighborhood, with Love,″ 1995), both opposite Luis Brandoni. She won Martín Fierro Awards The Martín Fierro Awards ( es, Premios Martín Fierro) is the name of the most prominent awards for Argentine radio and television, granted by APTRA, the Association of Argentine Television and Radio Journalists. History The awards were first g ... in 1990 and 1992, and Estrella de Mar Awards in 2003 and 2005. Bruzzo was diagnosed with lung cancer, and died in Buenos Aires in 2007, at the age of 61.Clar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Bridges
Alicia Bridges (born July 15, 1953) is an American singer and songwriter who co-wrote and performed her international hit "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" in 1978. Early years Born in Charlotte, North Carolina and raised in the small Cleveland County town of Lawndale, Alicia Bridges sang from a very young age, learning to play guitar at the age of 10. At the age of 12 she had her own radio program: ''The Alicia Bridges Show'', broadcast every Saturday on station WADA in Shelby, North Carolina. Occasionally she would sing on the show but has said what she is most proud of is that she "ran all the dials, the turntables, cued the records and made all the announcements live on the air". From age thirteen Bridges fronted bands who performed in local clubs- (Alicia Bridges quote:)"They were pretty rough placesbut these were the only places I could getperforming experience so I had to adjust to that rough environment and learn to survive in it". Discovery and fame (1970s) Bridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Boscatto
Alicia María Boscatto (born June 16, 1960) is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Argentina, who won the silver medal in the women's 200m Breaststroke event at the 1987 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' .... References * 1960 births Living people Argentine female breaststroke swimmers Argentine female swimmers Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1987 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Argentina Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in swimmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Barrancos
Alicia Barrancos (born May 2, 1972) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Argentina who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 .... She claimed the bronze medal in the Women's 800m Freestyle event at the 1995 Pan American Games. References * 1972 births Living people Argentine female swimmers Argentine female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Argentina Swimmers at the 1991 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine women {{Argentina-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Barney
Alicia Barney (born November 28, 1952) is a Colombian artist based in Cali who focuses her paintings and installation art on ecological questions and problems such as water pollution, deforestation and quality of life. She specializes in on-hand interactions with her surroundings and what the natural environment has to offer in order to educate the public about her environmental concerns. Barney's artwork reveals the evolution of her view of ecological aspects through landscape themes that hold traditional and representational vocabulary and express ecology in a creative and interesting way. Biography Barney was born in Cali, Colombia, in 1952. Barney studied at the College of New Rochelle, New York (BA 1974), and at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn (MFA 1977) where she came across the art of Claes Oldenburg. Oldenburg inspired Barney to create her first ever sculpture. She created, ''Diario objecto I'' and ''Diario object II'' (Object diary I, 1977, and Object diary II, 1978-79) to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Bárcena Ibarra
Alicia Isabel Adriana Bárcena Ibarra is a Mexican biologist who served as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) until 31 March 2022. Education Bárcena Ibarra holds a bachelor's degree in biology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University. Career Bárcena is a former undersecretary of the environment in the federal cabinet and a former director of Mexico's National Institute of Fisheries (''Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Pesca''). Bárcena accrued extensive experience in international organizations. She was Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) earlier in her career. In this position, she has actively promoted the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals and on Financing for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Within ECLAC, she als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Austria-Martinez
Maria Alicia Austria-Martinez (born Maria Alicia Austria; December 19, 1940) is a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2002 to 2009. She was appointed to the Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on April 12, 2002. Profile Justice Austria-Martinez started working in the government as a clerk in the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (February 1962 - December 1962). Later, she became Legal Officer I in the same Office (January 1963 - October 1964). Her brief stint in the Office of the Insurance Commissioner was cut short when she became a legal researcher in the Court of First Instance of Rizal (October 1964 - July 1969), thus, starting her long and illustrious career in the judiciary. From being a researcher, she gradually worked her way up in the ladder of judicial hierarchy and, in the process, held various positions such as Attorney Researcher (July 1969 - December 1975), Senior Attorney (January 1976 - October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Austin
Alicia Austin (born 1942) is an American fantasy and science fiction artist and illustrator. She works in print-making, Prismacolor, pastels and watercolors. Early life and education Austin was born in Providence, Kentucky. As her father was career military, she grew up in Germany and Japan, as well as the United States. She studied art and biology on an art scholarship at the Sacred Heart Dominican College in Houston, Texas, which closed in 1975. Her early influences include Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, and N.C. Wyeth. Career In the beginning of her career, she illustrated for fanzines, such as ''Energumen, Granfalloon, Aspidistra,'' and ''Science Fiction Review.'' She sold every piece of work entered in the 1969 Sci-Fi Worldcon in St. Louis, and then began accepting professional assignments. Her first two assignments were the first two ''Universe'' anthologies, which were edited by Terry Carr. She then became a regular artist for Zertex Magazine. Austin has illustrated boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Ashley
Alicia Ashley (born August 23, 1967) is a women's boxing participant who is the former WBC female world super bantamweight champion. Ashley is a Jamaican-American. Born in Jamaica, she moved to the United States at a young age. She is the younger sister of chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley and former world kickboxing champion Devon Ashley. Career Ashley began her professional boxing career on January 29, 1999, defeating Lisa Howarth by a six-round split decision, at Atlantic City, New Jersey. On her second professional boxing fight, held at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, she suffered her first defeat, when she was outpointed over six rounds by Doris Hackl on June 20 of that year. Ashley rebounded from that defeat with an eight-round decision win over Bonnie Canino June 27 at Tunica, Mississippi. After her first three fights, she took a seven-month hiatus from boxing, but on February 11, 2000, she returned, losing by an eight-round decision to Mexico's Laura Serrano, also in Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Arango
Alicia Victoria Arango Olmos (born 1 October 1958) is a Colombian politician and businesswoman, who served as the Minister of Interior and the Minister of Labor of Colombia. She was previously the private secretary of President Álvaro Uribe's Casa de Nariño and the nation's ambassador to the United Nations at Geneva. Biography Alicia Arango studied business administration at the at Bogotá and specialized in public administration at the University of the Andes. She was the Chief of Staff and then assistant chief of staff of Coldeportes, and was later appointed deputy director of the Colombian Institute of Administration. Arango was an adviser to Adelina Covo when she was the Colombian Minister of Education in 1995 and in 1997 to 1998, Arango was a delegate for Cesar and Cundinamarca Departments (respectively) before the , also while Covo was head of that entity. During the first term of Enrique Peñalosa as mayor of Bogotá, Arango was the director of the city's Distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |