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Liane Davis
__NOTOC__ Liane may refer to: People Given name * Liane Augustin (1927–1978), German Austrian actress and singer * Liane Bahler (1982–2007), German racing cyclist * Liane Balaban (born 1980), Canadian actress * Liane Berkowitz (1923–1943), German World War II resistance member * Liane Bonin, American journalist, author and radio producer * Liane Carroll (born 1964), English pianist/vocalist * Liane Engeman, Dutch racing car driver * Liane Gabora, Canadian academic and psychologist * Liane Haid (1895-2021), Austrian actress * Liane Hansen (born 1951), American National Public Radio host * Liane Michaelis (born 1953), East German handball player * Liane de Pougy (1869–1950), French dancer and courtesan *Liane Marcia Rossi, Brazilian chemist * Liane Tooth (born 1962), Australian field hockey player Surname * Eigil Olaf Liane (1916–1994), Norwegian politician Fictional characters * Liane Cartman, character from the television series ''South Park'' * Liane the Wayfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane Augustin
Liane Augustin (18 November 1927 – 30 April 1978) was a German Austrian singer and actress. Biography Liane Augustin was born in Berlin, Germany in 1927. Her postwar successes as a nightclub singer in the Viennese Boheme Bar led to numerous recordings, mostly for the Vanguard label; she was often joined by her regular accompanists, the Boheme Bar Trio, which included Michael Danzinger as pianist, Laszlo Gatti on guitar, and Willi Fantel as bassist. She also made frequent radio broadcasts and a number of international live performances. She was chosen to represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 with the song " Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe" ''(The Whole World Needs Love)''. The song finished 5th out of 10 songs, and gained a total of 8 points. She died in 1978, in Vienna, and was memorialized on 26 May 2009 as a co-namesake with Marx Augustin of the Augustinplatz in Vienna, a public square bounded by the Neustiftgasse, Kirchengasse and Kellermanngasse. Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane De Pougy
Liane de Pougy (born Anne-Marie Chassaigne, 2 July 1869 – 26 December 1950), was a Folies Bergère vedette and dancer renowned as one of Paris's most beautiful and notorious courtesans. Early life and marriage Anne-Marie Chassaigne was born in La Flèche, Sarthe, France, the daughter of Pierre Blaise Eugène Chassaigne and his Spanish-French wife Aimée Lopez. She had an older brother, Pierre (1862–1921). She was raised in a nunnery. At the age of 16, she ran off with Joseph Armand Henri Pourpe, a naval officer, whom she married after getting pregnant. The baby was named Marc Pourpe. De Pougy described herself as a terrible mother, saying, "My son was like a living doll given to a little girl." She also admitted she would have preferred the baby to be a girl ‘because of the dresses and the curly hair’. Marc grew up to volunteer as an airman in World War I and was killed on 2 December 1914 near Villers-Brettoneux. The marriage was not a happy one. Anne-Marie late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lianne
Lianne is a female given name, sometimes short for Juliana, (and can therefore mean ''youthful'' or ''dedicated to Jupiter'') or a combination of Lia and Anna. The name "Lianne" is also French for "climbing vine". It may refer to; * Lianne Dalziel, New Zealand politician; * Lianne Hall, English folk/electronic singer * Lianne La Havas, English singer and songwriter; * Lianne Mars, fictional character from television series ''Veronica Mars''; * Lianne Sanderson, English women's footballer; * Lianne Sheppard, American statistician (short for Elizabeth Anne) * Lianne Shirley, New Zealand badminton player. * Lianne Sobey, Canadian curler * Lianne Tan Lianne Tan (born 20 November 1990) is a Belgian badminton player. She competed for Belgium at the 2012 London, 2016 Rio, and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She was selected to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics, together with her brother Yuhan. ..., Belgian badminton player {{given name English given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane (river)
The Liane is a 38 km long river in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It rises in Quesques and flows into the English Channel at Boulogne-sur-Mer. Other communes along its length include: Selles, Brunembert, Bournonville, Alincthun, Crémarest, Wirwignes, Questrecques, Samer, Carly, Hesdigneul-lès-Boulogne, Isques, Saint-Léonard, Hesdin-l'Abbé, Condette, Saint-Étienne-au-Mont, and Outreau. Geography The Liane flows for a length of 38.2 km. It rises at Quesques, then flows through the communes of Bournonville, Wirwignes, Questrecques, Carly, Hesdigneul, Isques and Saint-Léonard. It finally flows into the English channel at Boulogne-sur-Mer. Before being fitted with canals and locks, the Liane estuary contributed directly to the ''fleuve marin côtier'' which abuts the Picardy estuaries up to the location of the two capes. It has been proposed in one variation of the project that its estuary, although significantly transformed by technol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dying Earth Characters
This is a list of characters in the ''Dying Earth'' series by Jack Vance. ''The Dying Earth'' Title characters *Guyal of Sfere is a young, wealthy man who is famous among his people for endlessly asking questions, due to a "void" in his mind which compels him to seek knowledge. Eventually, his father grants him magical boons to protect Guyal, so that he can seek the fabled Museum of Man in order to ask questions of the legendary, all-knowing Curator. *Liane the Wayfarer, a "bandit-troubadour", is a vain, venal, overconfident, sadistic, and thoroughly amoral adventurer. He travels about seeking wealth, wine, women, and song. In order to win the affections of a beautiful witch, he sets out to steal a tapestry from a mysterious entity called Chun the Unavoidable. *Mazirian, a greedy and heartless wizard, who will stop at nothing to obtain as much magical knowledge or power as possible. Although Mazirian, like Turjan, is capable of creating artificial life, his creations lack huma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane Cartman
Liane Marie Cartman is a fictional character in the adult animated television series ''South Park''. She is the single mother of main character Eric, who raises him in the fictional town of South Park, Colorado. Liane is considered one of the more prominent parents of all the South Park parents, as she makes many appearances throughout the series. Liane first appeared in the series' first episode " Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", which premiered on Comedy Central on August 13, 1997. Though the first episode, as well as the " Spirit of Christmas" shorts made by series co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, were animated with construction paper through stop motion, after the series second episode, "Weight Gain 4000", she is animated with a computer and rendered to mimic that style. Liane is named after co-creator Parker's ex-fiancé Liane Adamo, who broke up after he discovered she had an affair. She was originally voiced by Mary Kay Bergman, and later Eliza Schneider, and currently Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eigil Olaf Liane
Eigil Olaf Liane (7 May 1916 – 17 June 1994) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Tinn. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ... in 1954, and was re-elected on four occasions. Liane was mayor of Sannidal municipality in 1945–1947, 1947–1951 and 1951–1955. References * 1916 births 1994 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Tinn {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane Tooth
Liane Marianne Tooth, OAM (born 13 March 1962 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a retired field hockey forward, who twice won the gold medal with the Australian Women's Hockey Team, best known as the ''Hockeyroos'', at the Summer Olympics: in Seoul (1988) and in Atlanta, Georgia (1996). Tooth was the first female hockey player to compete in four Olympic Games (1984 to 1996). She began playing field hockey at school in Sydney. Since 1994 she has devoted much of her professional life to increasing sporting opportunities and physical activity, particularly for girls and women; for the Active Women unit of the WA Department of Sport and Recreation. Most recently she has been working for the same department as an Officiating and Coaching Consultant, helping to develop officials such as referees and judges, and coaches. She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1996. She was one of the eight flag-bearers of the Olympic Flag at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane Marcia Rossi
Liane M. Rossi is a Brazilian chemist who is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of São Paulo. Her research considers nanomaterials and catalysis. She serves on the editorial boards of '' ChemistrySelect'', '' ACS Catalysis'' and '' ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering''. Education Rossi earned her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. She moved to the Federal University of Santa Catarina for her graduate research. She returned to the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, where she spent two years as a postdoc, before moving to the University of New Orleans. Research and career In 2004, Rossi returned to Brazil, joining the Institute of Chemistry at the University of São Paulo. She was promoted to full Professor in 2016. Her research considers catalysis, green chemistry and the development of nanomaterials. She was particularly interested in hydrogenation, oxidation and the conversion of biomass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane Michaelis
Liane Michaelis (born 23 April 1953) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P .... In 1976 she won the silver medal with the East German team. She played three matches. External linksprofile 1953 births Living people German female handball players Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics East German female handball players People from Schönebeck Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt People from Bezirk Magdeburg SC Magdeburg players {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane Bahler
Liane Bahler (22 January 1982 – 4 July 2007) was a German professional racing cyclist. Bahler was born in Gotha, and started her professional career in 2001. In that year she finished third in the sixth stage of the Tour de Bretagne. In 2002, she won a stage in the Tour de l'Aude. She joined the Nürnberger Versicherung cycling team in 2003 and stayed with this team in 2004 and 2005. In 2004, she finished in second place in the Albstadt Frauen Etappenrennen. She made a move to Dutch team Therme Skin Care in 2006. She finished in second position at the Tour Cycliste Féminin de la Drôme, and third in the fourth stage of the Route de France Féminine. She also won the Köln-Hurth race that year. For the 2007 season she switched to Italian team Fenix-HPB. On 4 July 2007 Bahler died in Rudolstadt, in a car crash, on her way to the airport, where she would have flown to Italy to start in the Giro d'Italia Femminile The is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane Hansen
Liane Hansen (; born September 29, 1951,) is an American journalist and radio personality. She was the host of the National Public Radio (NPR) newsmagazine ''Weekend Edition Sunday'' from 1989 until her retirement in May 2011. Her experience in broadcast journalism includes working as a reporter, producer, and host for local and national programs. Biography Hansen was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her first participation in public broadcasting was in 1976, when she became a production assistant and substitute host for then then-local public radio show ''Fresh Air'' in Philadelphia. In 1979, she joined NPR as a production assistant for ''All Things Considered''. She later hosted '' Weekend All Things Considered'', ''Performance Today'' and guest-hosted the ''Fresh Air'' after that program was in national syndication through NPR. In November 1989, Hansen joined ''Weekend Edition Sunday''. Hansen is the daughter of Edwin Hansen and Lois Hansen. The spelling of Hansen's first na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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