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Désirée (given Name)
Désirée, Desiree or Desirée (with other variations possible) is a feminine given name of French language, French origin ultimately derived from the Latin language, Latin word ''desiderata'', meaning ''desired''. Desideria, an early version of the name and a feminine form of Desiderius, was in use in Europe as early as the 800s. The Puritans used the name ''Desire'' as a virtue name. Notable people * Désirée Artôt (1835–1907), Belgian soprano * Desirae Brown, member of ''The 5 Browns'' * Desiree Burch (born 1979), American comedian * Désirée Clary (1777–1860), Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway * Desireé Cousteau (born 1956), an American porn actress * Desiree del Valle, Philippine-American actress * Desirée Goyette, American singer * Desiree Gould (1945–2021), American actress * Desiree Hartsock, The Bachelorette of 2013 * Desiree Heslop (born 1961), British singer also known by the stage name Princess * Desiree Horton (born 1971, nickname: "Chopper Chick"), a Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Désirée Clary
Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary ( sv, Eugenia Bernhardina Desideria; 8 November 1777 – 17 December 1860) was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 5 February 1818 to 8 March 1844 as the wife of King Charles XIV John. Charles John was a former French general and founder of the House of Bernadotte. Désirée Clary was the mother of Oscar I, and one-time fiancée of Napoleon Bonaparte. Her name was officially changed in Sweden to Desideria but she did not use that name. Background and education Désirée Clary was born in Marseille, France, the daughter of François Clary (Marseille, St. Ferreol, 24 February 1725 – Marseille, 20 January 1794), a wealthy silk manufacturer and merchant, by his second wife (m. 26 June 1759) Françoise Rose Somis (Marseille, St. Ferreol, 30 August 1737 – Paris, 28 January 1815). ''Eugénie'' was normally used as her name of address.Ulf Sundberg in ''Kungliga släktband'' p 206 Her father had been previously married at Marseille, 13 April 1751 to Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Désirée Le Beau
Désirée Le Beau (14 February 1907 - 1993) was an Austro-Hungarian-American industrial chemist and inventor known for developing new methods of rubber reclamation. Early life and education Le Beau was born in Teschen, Austria-Hungary, now in modern-day Poland. Le Beau studied at the University of Vienna for her undergraduate degree, and earned her Ph.D. in chemistry with minors in physics and mathematics from the University of Graz in 1931. In 1955, she married Henry W. Meyer. Career and research After earning her Ph.D., Le Beau started her career as a researcher at the Austro-American Rubber Works in Vienna. She was also a consultant for the Société de Progrès Technique in Paris. In 1936, she moved to the Dewey and Alma Chemical Company in Massachusetts, where she stayed until her 1940 move to MIT as a research associate. Le Beau stayed at MIT until 1945, then moved to Illinois to work in rubber reclaiming, where she stayed until 1950. In 1950, she moved to Pennsylva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desi-Rae Young
Desi-Rae Yvonne Young (born January 8, 2002) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. Young attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where she played center on the UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team and studies Social Work. Personal and early life Young, born in Inglewood, California is the daughter of Beverly Williams and has two siblings – older brother, Omar Paul, and younger sister, Rashida Young. At age 3, Young and her family moved from Inglewood to Las Vegas, Nevada. At age 12, at the encouragement of her uncle, Young began playing basketball. As a child, Young and her AAU basketball team attended camps hosted by the UNLV Lady Rebels basketball program. High school career Young attended Desert Oasis High School (Diamondbacks), where she played on the girls basketball team, in Las Vegas. In 24 games as a sophomore on the 2017-2018 Diamondbacks girls basketball team, Young, a 6’0”, 131-lb power forward and center, led the team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desiree Washington
Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. Claiming his first belt at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old, Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight title. He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, as well as the only heavyweight to unify them in succession. The following year, Tyson became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round. In 1990, Tyson was knocked out by underdog Buster Douglas in one of the biggest upsets in history. In 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desiree Van Lunteren
Desiree van Lunteren (; born 30 December 1992) is a former Dutch footballer who played as a right-back or a midfielder. Club career van Lunteren began her senior career at Eredivisie team AZ Alkmaar before moving Telstar and later joining Ajax in 2012 to play in the first season of the short-lived BeNe League. In June 2018, a personal sponsor helped her move to SC Freiburg, departing Ajax after 6 years and 166 matches. In July 2019, after one season in Germany, van Lunteren returned to Ajax on a two-year contract. After finishing her contract she agreed terms with PSV and ended her career in Eindhoven in 2022. International career Van Lunteren was handed her first senior national team cap by coach Roger Reijners on 15 February 2012, in a 2–1 friendly defeat to France in Nîmes. She was called up to be part of the national team for the 2013. and the 2017 UEFA Women's Euros. At the 2017 tournament, Van Lunteren started 5 of the team's 6 games and helped the team win the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Désirée Van Der Walt
Désirée van der Walt (born 20 April 1956) is a South African politician who has been a member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2023, previously serving in the provincial legislature from 2010 to 2014. She was a member of the National Assembly of South Africa twice, serving from 2004 until 2010 and again from 2014 until 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Alliance. Early life Désirée van der Walt was born in Pietersburg in what was then the Transvaal Province. She is the eldest of four children. Her father died while she was a young child. She had the aspirations to become an educator, but could not due to financial constraints. She was then employed by a banking institution. She later married and gave birth to two daughters. Van der Walt briefly worked for the National Department of Education. Political career Van der Walt was elected to the Roodepoort City Council in 1995 and served until 2000. She was elected as a Tzaneen Municipality councillor in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Désirée Talbot
Professor Désirée Talbot (born 24 October 1926, Cape Town, South Africa – 24 July 2020) was a South African opera soprano and one of the founding members of the UCT Opera Company. Early life and education She was educated at Collegiate Girls' High School in Port Elizabeth and afterwards at Rustenburg Girls High in Cape Town. Her father was a civil engineer and an amateur organist and pianist. Her mother was also musical and took piano lessons with Doris Lardner at the South African College of Music in Cape Town. As a student registered for BMus at UCT she took piano as first subject. When her left hand was permanently damaged in a car accident that occurred while returning from a rugby match with her boyfriend, she switched to singing as her main subject. She studied with Ernest Dennis and Adelheid Armhold, obtaining Teachers and Performers Licentiate Diplomas from Unisa and UCT. She started out as a music teacher at various primary schools, but in 1949 she was appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desirée Sparre-Enger
Desirée Sparre-Enger (born June 25, 1976), mostly known by her stage name Bambee, is a Norwegian bubblegum dance singer from Nordstrand, Oslo.Bambee på glattisen (in Norwegian) She was born in the Solomon Islands to a Grenadian mother and a Norwegian father. She used the name Bambee as a reference to her eyes, comparable to those of a deer. Originally she considered using the name but changed the spelling to avoid copyright issues. Several of her more popular songs, including "Cowgirl", "" and "Bumble Bee", have appeared on the '' |
Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld
Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla; born 2 June 1938) is the third child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden. She is an elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. Early life Désirée was born on 2 June 1938 as the third daughter and child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (son of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden and his late wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught) and his wife, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (daughter of Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein). Desiree was christened on 30 June 1938 at Solna Church in the Solna Municipality of Stockholm, Sweden. She was given the names: Desiree after her great-4x grandmother Queen Desideria and Sibylla after her mother, Princess Sibylla. She grew up at the family home, Haga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desirée Rogers
Desirée Glapion Rogers (born June 16, 1959) is an American corporate executive, former White House Social Secretary for President Barack Obama's office and former chief executive officer of Johnson Publishing Company (JPC). As of 2019, Rogers is the CEO of Black Opal, a cosmetics company. Early life and education Rogers was born on June 16, 1959 in New Orleans, Louisiana to late Roy Glapion and his wife Joyce. She is a descendant of Creole voodoo priestess Marie Laveau. Rogers graduated from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans in 1977.The HistoryMakers bio Retrieved on March 9, 2009. She earned a |
Désirée Nosbusch
Désirée Nosbusch a.k.a. Désirée Becker (born 14 January 1965) is a Luxembourger actress and television presenter. She was born in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg to a Luxembourgish father and Italian mother. In the 1980s she lived in Manhattan, and from the 1990s to 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Biography Nosbusch speaks Luxembourgish, German, French, Italian and English. She has acted in both French-language and German-language films and television productions since her mid-teens. She was a member of the youth drama group of the Lycée Hubert Clément of Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), and appeared in some Italian-language TV miniseries. She presented the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 in Luxembourg, and hosted a kids' version of the game show Ruck Zuck called "Kinder Ruck Zuck". Nosbusch is also a singer. In 1984 she recorded a duet with Austrian singer Falco, "Kann es Liebe sein?". Selected filmography * ' (1981, directed by Wolf Gremm) * '' Der Fan'' (1982, directed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Désirée Miloshevic
Désirée Zeljka Miloshevic is an Internet public servant, and was a special advisor to the chair of the United Nations' Internet Governance Forum Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group. Additionally, she is Senior Public Policy and International Affairs Advisor in Europe for Afilias, the domain name registry. Early life Miloshevic studied English Literature at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology before starting her internet career at the then newly formed British service provider Demon Internet in 1993. Other activities Affiliations and positions *Special Adviser to the Chair of Internet Governance Forum Advisory Group (2006–2009) *Member of the Internet Society Board of Trustees (2004–2010) (2013–2019) *Member of the CPSR Board (2004–2010) *Member of the ICANN ccNSO *Member of the IADAS Webby Awards *Member of the Irish ENUM Policy Advisory Board *Member of the Open Rights Group The Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based organisation that works to pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
