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Kiki (name)
Kiki is a unisex given name, a nickname and a surname. Given name * Kiki Bertens (born 1991), Dutch former tennis player * Kiki Byrne (1937–2013), Norwegian-born London fashion designer * Kiki Gyan (1957–2004), Ghanaian keyboardist with the band Osibisa * Kiki Kogelnik (1935–1997), Austrian painter, sculptor and filmmaker * Kiki McDonough, British jewellery designer * Kiki Smith (born 1954), American feminist artist Nickname * Kiki Carter (born 1957), American environmental activist, singer/songwriter and columnist * Kiki Curls (born 1968), Democratic member of the Missouri Senate * Kiki Cutter (born 1951), American alpine skier * Kiki Cuyler (1898–1950), American baseball player * Kiki Camarena (1947–1985), murdered undercover agent for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration * Kiki Dimoula (born 1931), Greek poet * Kiki Divaris (c. 1925–2015), Greek fashion designer * Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( ; ; March 15, 1933September 18, 2020) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton to replace retiring justice Byron White, and at the time was generally viewed as a moderate consensus-builder. She eventually became part of the liberal wing of the Court as the Court shifted to the right over time. Ginsburg was the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court, after Sandra Day O'Connor. During her tenure, Ginsburg wrote notable majority opinions, including ''United States v. Virginia''(1996), '' Olmstead v. L.C.''(1999), '' Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc.''(2000), and '' City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York''(2005). Ginsburg was born and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Her older sister died when she was a baby, and her mother died shortly bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dani Kiki
Dani Ayman Kiki ( bg, Дани Айман Кики; born 8 January 1988) is a Bulgarian professional footballer currently playing as a midfielder. He is of Syrian Kurdish descent, as his father is from Syria. Career Early career Kiki started to play football in the private junior football academy Botev 2002 in Plovdiv. His first coach was Marin Bakalov. In 2004, at the age of 16, he went to Spartak Plovdiv. Lokomotiv Plovdiv In 2006, only 18 years old, Dani Kiki signed his first professional contract with Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Kiki made his official debut in the Bulgarian first division in a match against Lokomotiv Sofia on 17 September 2006 as a 77th-minute substitute and played for 13 minutes. The result of the match was a 0:2 loss for The Smurfs. Six days later, Kiki scored his first goal for Lokomotiv Plovdiv against PFC Chernomorets Burgas Sofia. He netted a goal in the 90th minute. The result of the match was a 6:0 win for Loko. On 31 October 2009, he was involved in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Maori Kiki
Sir Albert Maori Kiki (21 September 193113 March 1993) was a Papua New Guinea politician. He was one of the founders of the Pangu Party, which demanded 'home rule leading to eventual independence' for New Guinea. Born in the Kerema district on the Papuan coast, he was brought up in the Protestant faith in the church of the London Missionary Society. In 1958 he married Elizabeth, a Roman Catholic, in one of the first mixed marriages in the Territory. Albert had been one of a small group of promising students selected by Dr. John Gunther, Director of Health, to study medicine at the Suva Medical School. When he failed his medical exams and was likely to be recalled, he switched his studies to become a pathology technician. On completion of his course, he returned and worked as a technician in the laboratory operated by Dr. Price in the Native Hospital at Ela Beach. His autobiography, ''Ten Thousand Years in a Lifetime'', was published in 1968. He was national secretary of the Pangu Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiki Sheung
Kiki Sheung Tin-ngoh (, born 24 July 1963) is a Hong Kong TVB actress. Kiki was originally with TVB, but moved over to rival station ATV in 1995. She moved back to TVB in 2002. Awards nominations * Nominated: Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress '' Sentence to Hang'' (1990) Filmography Television Film * '' The Detective'' (2007) * ''I Love Hong Kong ''I Love Hong Kong'' is a 2011 Hong Kong comedy film produced and directed by Eric Tsang. Film stars Tsang, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Sandra Ng and a star-studded cast of Hong Kong stars. It was released in Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is th ...'' (2011) * ''A Secret Between Us'' (2013) References External links * 1963 births Living people Hong Kong film actresses TVB veteran actors 20th-century Hong Kong actresses 21st-century Hong Kong actresses Hong Kong television actresses {{HongKong-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiki Shepard
Kiki Shepard (born Chiquita Renee Shepard; July 15, 1951) is an American television host, best known as the longtime co-host of ''It's Showtime at the Apollo''. She is a native of Tyler, Texas. Shepard has also worked as an actress and voice actor. Pop culture Kiki was referenced in the song "So Fresh, So Clean" by the hip hop group Outkast (released in 2001), "No Church in the Wild" on the duet album Watch the Throne by Jay Z and Kanye West (August 2011), and in "Keep My Coo" from the compilation album Everybody's Everything by Lil Peep Gustav Elijah Åhr (November 1, 1996 – November 15, 2017), known professionally as Lil Peep, was an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He was a member of the emo rap collective GothBoiClique. Helping pioneer an emo revival-style of Rapp ... (November 2019). References * 1951 births Living people African-American actresses Actresses from Texas American television actresses People from Tyler, Texas 21st-century African-A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kierra Sheard
Kierra Valencia "Kiki" Sheard-Kelly (born June 20, 1987) is an American gospel singer. She is the daughter of gospel singer Karen Clark-Sheard (member of gospel singing group the Clark Sisters) and granddaughter of gospel choral director Mattie Moss Clark. Sheard portrayed her mother in the hit Lifetime movie, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel. After appearing on her mother's (most notably, the seminal ''Finally Karen'') and aunt's albums, Sheard broke to the music scene with the release of her debut album '' I Owe You'' in 2004. Her hit single " You Don't Know" was inspired by her mother almost losing her life to a fatal blood clot. Early life Born in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in the suburb of West Bloomfield, Sheard spent her formative years surrounded by the influences of her family, their faith, and their music. At age 5, she began singing in the choir at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, pastored by her father, Bishop J. Drew Sheard. Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiki Sanford
Kirsten "Kiki" Sanford is an American neurophysiologist and science communicator. After working at the University of California, Davis as a research scientist, she left research work to pursue a career in science communication. Her work has included multiple audio and video programs, including the '' This Week in Science'' radio program and podcast and '' Dr. Kiki's Science Hour'', a podcast involving interviews with experts in a given scientific field. Personal life Sanford was born in Santa Rosa, California and raised near Stockton, California. She holds a B.S. in conservation biology and Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology from U.C. Davis. She is a specialist in learning and memory. While attending graduate school at U.C. Davis, she found academic bureaucracy unappealing and decided to shift her career path from research to science communication. Sanford holds a black belt in taekwondo. She says martial arts was "something concrete to escape to" when fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiki Preston
Alice "Kiki" Preston ('' née'' Gwynne, formerly Allen; 1898 – December 23, 1946) was an American socialite, a member of the Happy Valley set, and the alleged mother of a child born out of wedlock with Prince George, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George V. Her drug addiction earned her the nickname "the girl with the silver syringe", Preston was a fixture of high social circles in Paris and New York City, and a relative of the prominent Vanderbilt and Whitney families. Preston's life was marred by several tragic losses and her own mental problems, which eventually led to her suicide at age 48. Biography Early life Preston was born in Hempstead, New York, the daughter of Edward Erskine Gwynne, Sr. (1869 – 10 May 1904)"Miss Alice Gwynne Allen to Become Bride of Pilot Officer Geoffrey Russell, R.C.A.F.", ''New York Times'', June 6, 1943 and his wife Helen Steele (d. January 4, 1958). Preston's mother was a great-granddaughter of Justice Samuel Chase, one of the sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiki Musampa
Kizito Musampa (born 20 July 1977) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), left winger. Musampa had a journeyman career, taking in notable spells at AFC Ajax, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Malaga CF, Atlético Madrid and Manchester City F.C., Manchester City. Born Zaire, he earned 28 caps representing the Netherlands at under-20 and under-21 levels. He was well known for his pace and Direct free kick, free-kicks. Club career Ajax and Bordeaux Born in Kinshasa, Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Musampa first started off in the famous AFC Ajax youth academy where he played a total of 31 games in two seasons and scored six goals. Which a goal scored against NAC Breda, was the first Ajax goal in the new stadium, the Johan Cruyff Arena. He subsequently signed on for FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Girondins Bordeaux in 1997 to further his experience in the hope to be selected for the Netherlands national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Jacques Kilama
Jean-Jacques Kilama (; born October 13, 1985, in Cameroon) is a Cameroonian-born Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Rangers. Club career Indonesia Kilama played in Indonesia網民倡基藍馬做港足球先生 , On.cc, July 5, 2010 before moving to . Then his elder brother, , a player who formerly played for Rangers (HKG) suggested to him to move to Hong Kong and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
