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Olympia (given Name)
Olympia is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (1638–1708), second-eldest of the five celebrated Mancini sisters and mother of Austrian general Prince Eugene of Savoy * Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark (born 1996), Oldest child and only daughter of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, and his wife, Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece. * Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (born 1988), French princess by marriage * Olympia Aldersey (born 1992), Australian world and Olympic champion rower * Olympia Brown (1835–1926), American minister and suffragist * Olympia Campbell (born 1995), British fashion model * Olympia Dukakis (1931–2021), American actress * Olympia Hartauer, female professional wrestler from the ''Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling'' * Olympia LePoint (born 1976), American author, professional speaker and rocket scientist * Olympia Paus (born 1976), Norwegian shipping heiress and equestrienne * Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia Mancini, Countess Of Soissons
Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (French: ''Olympe Mancini''; 11 July 1638 – 9 October 1708) was the second-eldest of the five celebrated Mancini sisters, who along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of King Louis XIV of France as the Mazarinettes because their uncle was Louis XIV's chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin. Olympia was later to become the mother of the famous Austrian general Prince Eugene of Savoy. She also involved herself in various court intrigues including the notorious Affair of the Poisons, which led to her expulsion from France. Family and early years Olympia Mancini was born on 11 July 1638 and grew up in Rome. Her father was Baron Lorenzo Mancini, an Italian aristocrat who was also a necromancer and astrologer. After his death in 1650, her mother, Geronima Mazzarini, brought her daughters from Rome to Paris in the hope of using the influence of her brother, Cardinal Mazarin, to gain them advantageous marriages. The oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Maria-Olympia Of Greece And Denmark
Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark (born 25 July 1996) is a fashion model, socialite and member of the non-reigning Greek royal family. She is the oldest child and only daughter of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, and his wife, Marie-Chantal Miller. Her paternal grandparents are Constantine II of Greece and Anne-Marie of Denmark, who were the last King and Queen of the Hellenes, while her maternal grandfather is duty free entrepreneur Robert Warren Miller. Early life Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark was born on 25 July 1996 at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City to Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, and his wife, Marie-Chantal. She was baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church by Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople at the Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, on 22 December 1996. Her godparents are her paternal aunt Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, her maternal aunt Pia Getty, her grandfather's second cousin Charles III, and Prince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavlos, Crown Prince Of Greece
Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece ( el, Παύλος; born 20 May 1967) is the eldest son and second child of Constantine II, the last King of Greece from 1964 to 1973 and his wife, Anne-Marie of Denmark. He was heir apparent to the throne of Greece and was its crown prince from birth, remaining so during his father's reign until the monarchy's abolition. As a male-line descendant of Christian IX of Denmark, he is also a Danish prince although not in succession to the Danish throne. Early life Birth Pavlos was born on 20 May 1967 at the Tatoi Palace north of Athens, used at the time as the second residence of the Greek royal family. He was the second child and first son of the then King Constantine II and Queen Anne Marie of the Hellenes. In traditional Greek naming practices, first sons are named after their paternal grandfathers. His mother is the youngest sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and his father is the brother of Queen Sophia of Spain. His maternal grandpare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess Of Greece
Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark (born Marie-Chantal Claire Miller, 17 September 1968), is the wife of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, son of Constantine II of Greece and Anne-Marie of Denmark. Marie-Chantal's husband was the heir apparent to the now defunct throne of Greece, as the monarchy was abolished in 1974. Early life Marie-Chantal Miller was born in London, England, to Robert Warren Miller, an American-born British businessman, and his wife María Clara "Chantal" Pesantes Becerra, an Ecuadorian. She has an older sister, Pia, ex-wife of Christopher Getty, and a younger sister, Alexandra, ex-wife of Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg. She was baptized in the Catholic faith at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City by the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal John O'Connor, with Princess Donatella Missikoff Flick serving as her godmother. Marie-Chantal was raised in Hong Kong where she attended The Peak School until she was 9 years old w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia Von Und Zu Arco-Zinneberg
The name Olympia may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Olympia'' (1938 film), by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games * ''Olympia'' (1998 film), about a Mexican soap opera star who pursues a career as an athlete * ''Olympia'' (2011 film), about an aspiring porn actress * ''Olympia'' (2018 drama film), an American romantic drama * ''Olympia'' (2018 documentary film), about the career of Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis Music * Olympia (musician), Australian art-pop singer-songwriter-guitarist Olivia Jayne Bartley (born 1982) * ''Olympia'' (Bryan Ferry album) * ''Olympia'' (Austra album) * Olympia (EP), an EP by The Maybes? * "Olympia" (song), a song by Sergio Mendes Other arts and entertainment * ''Olympia'' (Manet), an 1863 oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet * ''Olympia'', a 1948 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte * Olympia (comics), a fictional city in Marvel Comics * Olympia, a mechanical doll in E. T. A. Hoff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia Aldersey
Olympia Aldersey (born 26 July 1992) is an Australian rower. She is an Australian national champion, a dual Olympian and is the current World Champion in the coxless four. In 2014 she set a world's fastest ever time (6:37.31) in a women's double scull over 2000m, a record which has stood since. She rowed in the Australian women's eight at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Personal Aldersey was named Olympia by her parents as she was born during the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. In 2011, she graduated from St Peter's Girls School. She studied at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. Club, youth and state rowing Aldersey's senior rowing has been from the Adelaide Rowing Club. She competed in the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival where she won gold in the women's coxless pair and eight and silver in the coxless four. Aldersley was first selected to represent South Australia at age seventeen in the women's youth eight in 2009 contesting the Bicentennial Cup at the Interstate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia Brown
Olympia Brown (January 5, 1835 – October 23, 1926) was an American minister and suffragist. She was the first woman to be ordained as clergy with the consent of her denomination. Brown was also an articulate advocate for women's rights and one of the few first generation suffragists who were able to vote with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. Early life and education Olympia Brown was born on January 5, 1835, in Prairie Ronde Township, Michigan. Brown was the oldest of four children. Her parents, Lephia and Asa Brown, were farmers in what was then considered frontier land. They were the great-great-aunt and -uncle, respectively, of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge. Lephia raised her children in a household that regarded religion and education as very important. This is evident from the building of a schoolhouse on the Brown territory. The drive for education instilled by Brown's mother had compelled her to finish high school and advance to the university level. Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia Campbell
Olympia Louise Campbell (born 23 October 1995) is a British fashion model. She was on the cover of ''Vogue Italia'' with her sister Edie. Early life Campbell was born in Westminster, to architect and British ''Vogue'' editor Sophie Hicks and hedge fund manager Roddy Campbell. Her older sister is fashion model Edie Campbell. Campbell attended City of London School for Girls. Career Campbell has walked for Louis Vuitton, Sonia Rykiel, Burberry, Simone Rocha, Céline, Balmain, Chanel, Fendi, Emilio Pucci, Christopher Kane, Hermès, Paco Rabanne, Ralph Lauren, and Acne Studios. Campbell is a feminist. She has spoken out about sexual harassment by fashion photographers. Personal life Campbell is a PhD student of behavioural evolution at University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 – May 1, 2021) was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, more than 60 films and in 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. Not long after her arrival in New York City, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1963 for her off-Broadway performance in Bertolt Brecht's ''Man Equals Man''. She later moved to film acting and won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, among other accolades, for her performance in ''Moonstruck'' (1987). She received another Golden Globe nomination for ''Sinatra'' (1992) and Emmy Award nominations for ''Lucky Day'' (1991), '' More Tales of the City'' (1998) and ''Joan of Arc'' (1999). Dukakis's autobiography, ''Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress'', was published in 2003. In 2018, a feature-length documentary about her life, titled ''Olympia'', was released theatrically in the United States. Early life and education Olympia Dukakis ( e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia Hartauer
Olympia Hartauer (sometimes credited as Olympia Hightower) is a retired American professional wrestler. Professional wrestling career Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling Olympia began her wrestling career in 1986 as a competitor on the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling television series. She was the original of the two women that portrayed the character Corporal Kelly, hand picked by executive producer Matt Cimber. Her character was a militant heel that often competed in tag team matches with her sidekick and tag team partner, Attache. Olympia left GLOW in 1987. Being trained first in California by Mando Guerrero of the well known Guerrero Bros, Olympia later went on after GLOW to be trained by The Fabulous Moolah in Columbia, South Carolina. World Wrestling Federation After leaving GLOW, Olympia joined the World Wrestling Federation under her real name in the fall of 1987. She repackaged her character as an all-American patriotic babyface dressed in red, white, and blue attire. She defeate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia LePoint
Olympia Ann LePoint is an American author, professional speaker and rocket scientist. LePoint helped design rockets for 28 of NASA Space Shuttle missions between 1998 and 2007."Modern-Day 'Hidden Figure' Shares Her Inspiring Journey as a Female Rocket Scientist: 'I Wanted to Own the Fact That I Was a Woman'" ''People''. Retrieved February 20, 2018. In 2007, LePoint discovered and in 2010 trademarked the condition and term Mathaphobia, a learning disability and math fear linked to the |
Olympia Paus
Caroline Victoria Olympia Paus (born 11 November 1976), known as just Olympia Paus (), is a Norwegian shipping magnate and equestrienne, who lives in the United Kingdom. She is married to Alexander Nix, former CEO of Cambridge Analytica. Born in Greece to Norwegian parents who moved to London when she was three, she was raised in Holland Park and has been a permanent resident of the United Kingdom since 1979. On her mother's side she is a member of the billionaire Wilhelmsen family, Norway's wealthiest family during most of the 20th century. She is one of the largest shareholders of Wilh. Wilhelmsen, one of the world's largest shipping companies with 21,000 employees, and is a director of Taurus, one of the principal holding companies that control the Wilhelmsen company. She also has substantial interests in other companies. A competitive equestrian since her youth, she is an active polo player, who competes in the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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