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Karolyn
Karolyn is an English, and Swedish feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Carolina and Caroline as well as an alternate form of Karolin. Notable people referred to by this name include the following: Given name *Karolyn Ali (1944 – 2015), American film and music video producer *Karolyn Grimes (born 1940), American actress *Karolyn Kirby (born 1961), American beach volleyball player *Karolyn Nelke (born 1948), American actor, playwright and author * Karolyn Smardz Frost, Canadian historian See also * Carolyn *Karalyn Patterson *Karilyn *Karlyn *Karolin (name) *Károly Károly is a very common Hungarian male given name. It is also sometimes found as a Hungarian surname. The origin of this name is the Turkic Karul, which means hawk. Nowadays Károly is considered the equivalent of English Karl or Charles (beca ... * Károlyné Honfi Notes {{given name English feminine given names Swedish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolyn Grimes
Karolyn Grimes (born July 4, 1940) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Zuzu Bailey in the classic 1946 Frank Capra film ''It's a Wonderful Life''. She also played Debby Brougham in the 1947 film ''The Bishop's Wife''. Career Grimes' film debut came when she was 6 months old. She first attracted attention playing Fred MacMurray's daughter in 1945's ''Pardon My Past''. Her most famous role came as ZuZu in ''It's a Wonderful Life'' in 1946. The following year she appeared in six pictures, most notably as the daughter of David Niven and Loretta Young in ''The Bishop's Wife''. In all Grimes starred in 16 motion pictures as a child actor, but it is as ZuZu that she is best remembered. She was honored as a famous Missourian with a star on the Missouri Walk of Fame in Marshfield, Missouri. She also received the city's highest honor, the Edwin Hubble, Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative in 2007 at the annual Marshfield Cherry Blossom Festival. Personal life Grim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolyn Ali
Karolyn Ali (August 29, 1944 – August 18, 2015) was an American film and music video producer, best known for her documentary '' Tupac: Resurrection''. She started her career in the music industry, producing music and commercials. Ali worked for over 30 years on films, documentaries, music videos and commercials. Career Ali was assistant to Benny Ashburn (manager of the Commodores) early in her career. She served as an executive at SOLAR Records where she worked in music video and commercial production. In 1984, she founded ''Renge Films'' (along with Bill Parker and Peter Allen) to produce commercials. The company produced commercials for companies such as Coca-Cola and McDonald's. Ali was a prolific producer of music videos (over 200) including Stevie Wonder's " Part Time Lover." In 1994, Ali produced her first feature film ''Kla$h,'' which starred Giacarlo Esposito and Jasmine Guy. In 2000, she joined Amaru Entertainment (Tupac Shakur's company) as a senior production exe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolyn Kirby
Karolyn Kirby (born June 30, 1961, in Brookline, Massachusetts) is a retired female beach volleyball player from the United States. She won the bronze medal at the 1997 Beach Volleyball World Championships, 1997 World Championships in Los Angeles, California, partnering Nancy Reno. The pair also won the tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Olympics, at which beach volleyball was a demonstration sport. Kirby was a two-time AIAW volleyball All-American at Utah State, leading the Aggies to three-straight top 10 national finishes from 1979 to 1981. Kirby helped USU to a combined record of 106-38 (.736) during her three-year career, including a second-place finish in the 1979 AIAW Nationals at 35–5. Kirby was a two-time Intermountain All-Conference selection (1980–81). References * 1961 births Living people American women's beach volleyball players Kentucky Wildcats women's volleyball players Utah State Aggies women's volleyball players Sportspeople from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolyn Nelke
Karolyn Ann Nelke (born August 26, 1948) was an American stage actor, playwright and author. She is best known for her 1982 play ''The Keeper: A Play About Lord Byron.'' Education Nelke was born in the Bronx, New York to Harold and Teresa (née Apuzzo) Nelke in 1948. She grew up in Wappingers Falls where she attended Roy C. Ketcham High School. After high school Nelke attended Russell Sage College in Troy, New York for a time, before studying speech arts at the American University in Washington, D.C., where she graduated in 1970. She later received her master's degree in English from State University College at New Paltz and an M.Phil. in English from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Career After college, Nelke was a member of the Folger Theatre Group, now the Shakespeare Theatre Company, in Washington, D.C. She appeared in several productions with the Folger Group, including ''Natural and Unnatural Acts'' where she played the role of Lady Caroline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolyn Smardz Frost
Karolyn Smardz Frost is a Canadian historian who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction in 2007 for ''I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad''. Smardz Frost is a historian, archaeologist, and professor of history. She has a bachelor's degree in Archaeology, a master's degree in Classical Studies Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ... and a PhD in Canadian History. She was one of the founders of Toronto's Archaeological Resource Centre which provides archaeological education to school children. In 1985, Smardz Frost excavated the home of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn and later told their story in ''I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn
Carolyn is a female given name, a variant of Caroline. Other spellings include Karolyn, Carolyne, Carolynn or Carolynne. Caroline itself is one of the feminine forms of Charles. List of Notable People *Carolyn Bennett (born 1950), Canadian politician *Carolyn Bertozzi (born 1966), American chemist and Nobel laureate *Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (1966–1999), wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. *Carolyn Brown (choreographer) (born 1927), American dancer, choreographer, and writer *Carolyn Brown (newsreader), English newsreader *Carolyn Cassady (1923–2013), American writer and wife of Neal Cassady *C. J. Cherryh (Carolyn Janice Cherryh; born 1942), American science fiction and fantasy writer *Carolyn Chiechi (born 1943), judge of the United States Tax Court *Carolyn Cooper (born 1959), Jamaican author and literary scholar * Carolyn Davidson, several people * Carolyn Eaton, murder victim * Carolyn Fe, Filipina singer and actress *Carolyn Forché (born 1950), American poet, editor, transla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károlyné Honfi
Károlyné Honfi (16 April 1933 – 10 October 2010) was a Hungarian chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1969). She was a winner of the Hungarian Women's Chess Championship (1961). Biography From the end of the 1950s to the end of the 1960s, Károlyné Honfi was one of the leading Hungarian women's chess players. She has won medals in the Hungarian Women's Chess Championships five times: gold (1962) and four silver (1959, 1963, 1964, 1968). In 1969, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. Károlyné Honfi played for Hungary in the Women's Chess Olympiad: * In 1969, at first reserve board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin (+2, =1, -1) and won the team silver medal. Also known as a correspondence chess player. Károlyné Honfi played for Hungary in 2nd Women's Correspondence Chess Olympiad (1980-1982). In 1977, she was awarded the ICCF ICCF may stand for: * International Conference on Cold Fusion, also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlyn
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Karlyn is a given name that is a variation of Carlene and Karleen and nickname form of Karla. Notable people known by this name include the following: * Karlyn Pipes (born 1962), American swimmer *Karlyn Kohrs Campbell (born 1937), American academic *Karlyn Bowman, American editor and public opinion analyst See also *Karalyn Patterson *Karilyn * Karlan (surname) *Karlen *Karlin (surname) *Karolyn *Karyn Karyn is an English-language given name and may refer to: *Karyn Bailey (born 1986), Australian netball player in the National Netball League *Karyn Bosnak (born 1974), American author of two published books: ''Save Karyn'' and ''20 Times a Lady'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolin (name)
Karolin is a Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, and Swedish feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Carolina and Caroline as well as an alternate form of Carolin. KarólÃn is an Icelandic feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Carola as well as a short form of KarolÃna. Notable people referred to by this name include the following: Given name *Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold (born 1986), German politician *Karolin Luger, Austrian biochemist and biophysicist * Karolin Margret Natasa (born 1982), Indonesian politician *Karolin Ohlsson (born 1991), Swedish orienteering competitor *Karolin Thomas (born 1985), German football player * Karolin Wagner (born 1996), German slalom canoeist Middle name * Sascha Karolin Aulepp (born 1970), German politician See also *Karlin (surname) * Karoli *Karolien *KarolÃn * Karolina *Karoline *Karolyn Karolyn is an English, and Swedish feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Carolina and Caroline as well as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karilyn
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Karilyn is a given name that is a variation of Caroline. Notable people known by this name include the following: *Karilyn Bonilla Colón, Puerto Rican politician *Karilyn Brown (born 1947), American politician *Karilyn Pilch (born 1986), American ice hockey executive See also *Karalyn Patterson *Kari Lynn Dell *Karilynn Ming Ho *Kari-Lynn Winters *Karlyn *Karolyn Karolyn is an English, and Swedish feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Carolina and Caroline as well as an alternate form of Karolin. Notable people referred to by this name include the following: Given name * Karolyn Ali (1944 â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly
Károly is a very common Hungarian male given name. It is also sometimes found as a Hungarian surname. The origin of this name is the Turkic Karul, which means hawk. Nowadays Károly is considered the equivalent of English Karl or Charles (because the Latin Carolus is very close to Károly).Fercsik Erzsébet – Raátz Judit: Keresztnevek enciklopédiája – Budapest 2009, Given names * Charles I of Hungary (1288–1342), in Hungarian Károly Róbert, King of Hungary and Croatia * Károly Aggházy (1855–1918), Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer * Károly Andrássy (1792–1845), Hungarian politician * Károly Bajkó (1944–1997), Hungarian Olympic wrestler * Károly Balzsay (born 1979), Hungarian boxer * Károly Bartha (Minister of Defence) (1884–1964), Hungarian colonel general and politician * Károly József Batthyány (1697–1772), Hungarian general, field marshal and ban (viceroy) of Croatia * Károly Binder (born 1956), Hungarian jazz pianist, composer an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
