|
Daphne (given Name)
Daphne is a feminine given name of Greek origin meaning laurel. It originates from Greek mythology, where Daphne (Greek: Δάφνη) was a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. The name came into popular use in the Anglosphere in the late 1800s along with other flower, tree, and plant names that were in vogue at the time. In recent years, the name has increased in popularity due to a character on the streaming television series ''Bridgerton''. Usage Daphne has been among the one thousand most used names for girls in the United States most years since 1889. It has also been well-used in recent years in the United Kingdom, Quebec, Canada, France, and the Netherlands. Notable persons *Daphne (born 1989), Cameroonian singer *Daphné, French singer * Daphne Arden (born 1941) *Daphne Ashbrook (born 1963), American actress *Daphne Barak-Erez (born 1965), Israeli law professor * Daphne Bavelier * Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollo
Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label=genitive, , ; , is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The national divinity of the Greeks, Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more. One of the most important and complex of the Greek gods, he is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Seen as the most beautiful god and the ideal of the ''kouros'' (ephebe, or a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo is considered to be the most Greek of all the gods. Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as ''Apulu''. As the patron deity of Delphi (''Apollo Pythios''), Apollo is an oracul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Ashbrook
Daphne Lee Ashbrook (born January 30, 1963) is an American actress best known for playing Grace Holloway in '' Doctor Who: The Movie'', Melora Pazlar in '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', Jackie Kowalski in '' Hollywood Heights'', and Dawn Atwood in ''The OC''. Early years The daughter of actor/director Buddy Ashbrook and actress D'Ann Paton,Ondash, E'Louise (October 3, 1985)"Acting Becomes a Family Honor; San Pascal High Grad a TV Star" ''Times-Advocate North Country Magazine''. Page 24. Retrieved March 12, 2021. Ashbrook was raised in San Diego County, California. Her siblings are actor Dana Ashbrook and actor/director Taylor Ashbrook. She made her acting debut at age six. Career Ashbrook gained early acting experience on stage in the Los Angeles area. Productions in which she appeared included ''Burlesque ... The Way You Like It'' (1982), ''Come Blow Your Horn'' (1983), and ''The Coming of Stork'' (1984). Ashbrook played Liz McKay in the ABC crime drama ''Our Family Hono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafna Dekel
Dafna Dekel ( he, דפנה דקל; born 7 May 1966, in Ashdod, Israel) is an Israeli singer, actress and television personality. Biography Dafna Dekel was born in Ashdod, Israel, to a family of Yemenite-Jewish descent. She was discovered while serving in the Nahal entertainment troupe of the Israel Defense Forces in 1985-1986. After her release from the army, Dekel was cast in the Israeli musical ''Salah Shabati'' produced in honor of Israel's 40th anniversary. In 1989, she released her first self-titled album. Although the album had 4 songs written and/or composed by Dekel, her biggest hits were songs written for her by others. In 1989, she sang in the children's holiday show "Festigal" with the song "Mah koreh li?" (What's happening to me?) and performed a Yemenite medley with the Yosefi Sisters and Margalit Tzan'ani. In 1992, Dekel won the "Kdam" (the Israeli pre-selection to the Eurovision Song Contest with "Zeh raq sport" (It's just sports). Dekel represented Israel in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Courtney
Daphne R. Courtenay-Hicks (born 28 June 1916), better known as Daphne Courtney, is a South African actress, who performed in B-movie British "quota quickies" during the 1930s and 1940s. She had a supporting role in at least one French film, ''Le battalion du ciel'', directed by Alexander Esway. She also had a stage career, and stage credits include the first British performance of ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' (17 Nov 1941) – pre-dating its London debut by three weeks – in which she appeared with her husband the Scottish actor Hugh McDermott. Selected filmography * ''The Happy Ending'' (1931) * ''A Political Party'' (1934) * ''Father and Son'' (1934) * ''Oh, Daddy!'' (1935) * ''Murder by Rope'' (1936) * ''The Captain's Table'' (1936) * ''Bed and Breakfast'' (1938) *'' They Are Not Angels (1947)'' *'' Le battalion de ciel (1947)'' Stage credits *'' The Women'' ( The Strand Theatre, 1940) *''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' ( Theatre Royal, Birmingham, 1941) *'' Matinée Idyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphné Collignon
Daphné Collignon (born 1977, Lyon) is a French comic book author. She also illustrates children's books. Biography A graduate of the , Collignon began by illustrating Isabelle Dethan's scriptwriter, ''Le Rêve de Pierres''. Collignon continued with the two volumes of ''Cœlacanthes''. In 2009, she collaborated with the reporter, Anne Nivat on the album, . In 2010, Collignon participated in the series created by Frank Giroud: '. Subsequently, she has collaborated regularly with scriptwriter Virginie Greiner. Collignon also illustrates children's books such as ''Badésirédudou'', ''Mélodie des Iles'', ''Trois Gouttes de Sang'', ''Chaân'', ''La Petite Maison dans la Prairie'', ''La Guerre de l'Ours'', ''Calpurnia'', ''Camille Claudel'', and ''Marie Curia''. Collignon also taught at the École Émile-Cohl in Lyon. She participated in the collective album, ''Cher corps'' (2019), resulting from the work of YouTuber, . Awards and recognition * Prix Ballon rouge, , 2004. * Selection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Ceeney
Daphne Jean Hilton (née Ceeney; 7 January 1934 – 25 July 2016) was an Australian Paralympic competitor. She was the first Australian woman to compete at the Paralympic Games. She won fourteen medals in three Paralympics in archery, athletics, fencing, swimming, and table tennis from 1960 to 1968. Personal Ceeney was born in the New South Wales town of Harden-Murrumburrah on 7 January 1934, as the eldest of four children. She became a paraplegic after breaking her back in a horse-riding accident in 1951 at the age of 17. She spent 9 months in Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital before returning to Murrumburrah. Eight years after the accident, she moved to Sydney, where she spent six months at the Cherrywood Rehabilitation Centre and then one year at Mt Wilga Rehabilitation Hospital. While living at the rehabilitation hospital, she developed her sporting ability and skills. She was selected as Australia's only female athlete at the 1960 Rome Paralympics. In 1967, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Daphne Anne Caruana Galizia (; 26 August 1964 – 16 October 2017) was a Maltese writer, journalist, blogger and anti-corruption activist, who reported on political events in Malta. In particular, she focused on investigative journalism, reporting on government corruption, nepotism, patronage, allegations of money laundering, links between Malta's online gambling industry and organized crime, Malta's citizenship-by-investment scheme, and payments from the government of Azerbaijan. Caruana Galizia's national and international reputation was built on her regular reporting of misconduct by Maltese politicians and politically exposed persons. Caruana Galizia continued to publish articles for decades, despite intimidation and threats, libel suits and other lawsuits. She was arrested by the Malta Police Force on two occasions. Caruana Galizia's investigations were published via her personal blog ''Running Commentary'', which she set up in 2008. She was a regular columnist with '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Campbell
Daphne Campbell (born May 19, 1957) is a former Democratic member of the Florida Senate who represented the 38th district, including Miami Beach, North Miami, and other parts of northeastern Miami-Dade County, since 2016. Previously, she served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 108th district from 2010 to 2016. She was defeated by Jason Pizzo in a primary election on August 28, 2018. She ran for Senate District 35 in 2020. History Campbell was born in Cap-Haïtien, a city in northern Haiti, where she attended the SOD Nursing School, receiving her bachelor's degree in 1981. Florida House of Representatives When incumbent State Representative Ronald Brise accepted a position on the Florida Public Service Commission in 2010, an open seat was created in the 108th District. Campbell ran in the Democratic primary to succeed him, facing Alix Desulme. Following a contentious campaign, she narrowly defeated Desulme by fewer than 400 votes, winning 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Brown
Daphne Elizabeth Brown (1948–2011) was an American architect who was posthumously inducted into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame and awarded the Kumin Award from the American Institute of Architects, the highest recognition for architectural achievement in Alaska. Biography Daphne Elizabeth Brown was born April 28, 1948, in Manchester, New Hampshire to Sophie Mary (née Rowbotham) and Ridgley Staniford Brown. In her childhood, her family relocated to Gardner, Massachusetts and she attended school at Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts. She continued her education at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1970 and in 1973, earned her master's degree in architecture from the University of Washington. In 1975, Brown moved to Alaska and began her career working for Edwin Butler Crittenden at CCC Architects in Anchorage. She began working with Kumin Associates in 1987 and in 1988, her work was recognized in the American Institute of Architect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Brooks
Daphne Brooks (born 1968) is William R. Kenan, Jr. professor of African American studies, American Studies, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Music at Yale University; she is also director of graduate studies. She specializes in African American literary cultural performance studies, especially 19th century and trans-Atlantic culture. She is a rock music lover and has attributed her research interests in black performance to being a fan of rock music since a very young age. She has written three books, ''Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound'' (Belknap Press, 2021), ''Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910'' (Duke University Press, 2006) and ''Jeff Buckley’s Grace'' (Continuum, 2005). Early life Brooks was born in Redwood City, CA in 1968. Her parents moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1950. Brooks' father earned a B.A. in History and an M.A. in Education at the University of Californi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Brooker
Daphne Elizabeth Brooker (née Beacon, 8 June 1927 – 2 February 2012) was a British model, costume designer, and a professor and head of fashion at Kingston University for three decades, where she had "a leading role in the teaching of fashion". Early life She was born Daphne Elizabeth Beacon on 8 June 1927 at the Ormond Maternity Home, 29 Blantyre Street, Chelsea, London, the elder child and only daughter of Charles Beacon, a chauffeur, and his wife, Mabel Elizabeth Beacon, née Mann (1891–1972), who were living in Battersea at the time. She grew up and was educated in Kingston upon Thames in Surrey, her family having moved there when she was five years old. She went to Kingston School of Art from 1941 to 1945, followed by the Royal College of Art (RCA), where she received an ARCA diploma in design in 1948. Career On leaving the RCA in 1948 she started work as an art teacher. Brooker appeared on the front cover of Vogue in 1952, and appeared in the magazine several times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafni Bokota
Dafni Bokota ( el, Δάφνη Μπόκοτα; born 1960) is a Greek singer, presenter and former spokesperson for the Greek national broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT). Biography Dafni Bokota was born in Koukaki, Athens, Greece in 1960. She studied English and French literature and while working in ERT and released an LP with her own compositions. The title of the record was ''Dafni Bokota kai Saboter'' and the singles "Diva" and "Viper Nora" were hits. She had tried to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1983 with her song "Juliet". Bokota is best known for presenting for ERT the Jeux Sans Frontières and the Eurovision Song Contest, the latter for eighteen years from 1987 until 2004. In 2005, she was fired and replaced by Swedish born reporter Alexandra Pascalidou to present the 2005 contest. After the event, she published a book with her memories of the Contest, which was published in two editions. Bokota is married and has a son. She is involved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
