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Ornella
Ornella is an Italian feminine given name, probably derived from , " flowering ash tree" (''Fraxinus ornus''). It was coined by Gabriele D'Annunzio in his 1904 play '' The Daughter of Iorio'' and made popular also thanks to the fame of singer Ornella Vanoni and, later, of actress Ornella Muti. It is most widespread in central and northern Italy, as well as in Abruzzo, while it is rarer in the South of the country. Closely related but very rare names include Ornelia, and the masculine versions Ornello and Ornelio. People *Ornella Barra (born 1953), Italian-born Monegasque businesswoman *Ornella Bertorotta (born 1967), Italian politician *Ornella Ferrara (born 1968), Italian long-distance runner *Ornella Livingston (born 1991), Jamaican sprinter *Ornella Matta (born 1983), Puerto Rican born creator and activist *Ornella Muti (born 1955 as Francesca Romana Rivelli), Italian actress *Ornella Oettl Reyes (born 1991), Peruvian-German Alpine skier *Ornella Ongaro Ornella Ongaro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Barra
Ornella Barra (born December 1953) is an Italian-born Monegasque businesswoman. A qualified pharmacist, she is chief operating officer, international of Walgreens Boots Alliance. She is married with the Italian billionaire Stefano Pessina. Biography Ornella Barra was born in December 1953 in Chiavari, Genoa, northwest Italy,‘Biography’ ornellabarra.com into a family of entrepreneurs.Simon Bowers ‘Unichem's low-key Ornella Barra’ ''The Guardian'', 5 August 2005. Ornella graduated as a pharmacist from the |
Ornella Matta
Ornella is an Italian feminine given name, probably derived from , " flowering ash tree" (''Fraxinus ornus''). It was coined by Gabriele D'Annunzio in his 1904 play '' The Daughter of Iorio'' and made popular also thanks to the fame of singer Ornella Vanoni and, later, of actress Ornella Muti. It is most widespread in central and northern Italy, as well as in Abruzzo, while it is rarer in the South of the country. Closely related but very rare names include Ornelia, and the masculine versions Ornello and Ornelio. People *Ornella Barra (born 1953), Italian-born Monegasque businesswoman * Ornella Bertorotta (born 1967), Italian politician * Ornella Ferrara (born 1968), Italian long-distance runner * Ornella Livingston (born 1991), Jamaican sprinter * Ornella Matta (born 1983), Puerto Rican born creator and activist *Ornella Muti (born 1955 as Francesca Romana Rivelli), Italian actress *Ornella Oettl Reyes (born 1991), Peruvian-German Alpine skier *Ornella Ongaro Ornella Ong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Vanoni
Ornella Vanoni (; born 22 September 1934) is an Italian singer-songwriter and actress. She is one of the longest-standing Italian artists, having started performing in 1956. She has released about 112 works between LP, EPs and greatest hits albums, and is considered one of most popular interpreters of Italian pop music. During her long career she has sold over 65 million records. Artistic career Vanoni started her artistic career in 1960 as a theatre actress. She mostly performed in Bertolt Brecht works, under the direction of Giorgio Strehler at his Piccolo Teatro in Milan. At the same time, she started a music career. The folklore and popular songs she explored in her early records, especially the ones about the criminal underworld in Milan, resulted in her receiving the nickname ("Underworld Singer"). Vanoni scored two major hits in 1963 with " Senza Fine" and "Che cosa c'è", both written for her by Gino Paoli. In 1964 she won the Festival of Neapolitan song with "Tu si n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Muti
Ornella Muti (born Francesca Romana Rivelli; 9 March 1955) is an Italian actress. She made her film debut as Francesca Cimarosa in the 1970 film ''La moglie più bella.'' Early life Muti was born in Rome to a Neapolitan journalist father and Ilse Renate Krause, a Baltic German sculptor from Estonia. Her maternal grandparents emigrated from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) to Estonia. Career Muti modeled as a teenager and made her film debut in the 1970 film ''La moglie più bella'' (''The Most Beautiful Wife''). She has primarily worked in Italian films but made her English-speaking film debut as Princess Aura in ''Flash Gordon'' in 1980. American movies she appeared in include '' Love and Money'' (1982), ''Casanova'' (1987), ''Wait Until Spring, Bandini'' (1989), '' A Season of Giants'' (1990), ''Oscar'' (1991), '' Once Upon a Crime'' (1992), ''Somewhere in the City'' (1998) and '' To Rome with Love'' (2012). In 2008, Muti introduced her own line of jewelry and subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Oettl Reyes
Ornella Oettl Reyes (born 14 December 1991) is a German-Peruvian alpine skier who was part of the first Peruvian delegation to the Winter Olympics. She specializes in slalom and giant slalom and has competed in six World Championships and two Winter Olympics. Career Born in Munich, Germany to a German father and a Peruvian mother, Oettl Reyes carries both citizenships. Her first International Ski Federation (FIS) competition was the 2006 German National Junior Race, where she was disqualified in the first slalom run and did not finish the second giant slalom run. As of February 2022, her best finish in any competition was second place at a 2008 giant slalom event in Germany. Since June 2009, Oettl Reyes has been representing Peru in the FIS, having previously been registered as German. At the age of 18, she made her Olympic debut at the 2010 Olympics in Canada, as part of the first-ever Peruvian delegation to the Winter Olympics. A year later, she participated in he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Ongaro
Ornella Ongaro (), known as "La Tulipe" because of her pink racing colours, is a French Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Awards Ongaro has been on the podium over fifty times, and has had over forty victories during her career. She is the only French woman to have achieved both podiums and points at regional and national championships in mixed categories. In April 2016, she won the FFM Women's Cup. Life Ongaro was born into a poor family in La Bocca, a suburb of Cannes, France Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The ci .... Her elder sister was a racing driver, so she followed in her footsteps. Aged 6, she was given her first 50cc motorcycle by her grandmother, as a birthday present. She had an accident riding in the woods, which took her over a year before she wanted to ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Bertorotta
Ornella Bertorotta (born 25 August 1967) is an Italian politician for the Five Star Movement. She sat in the Italian Senate in the Legislature XVII of Italy after she was elected in the 2013 Italian general election. References External links Senate biography Living people 1967 births 21st-century Italian women politicians Five Star Movement politicians Politicians from Catania Senators of Legislature XVII of Italy Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy) {{Sicily-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Ferrara
Ornella Ferrara (born 17 April 1968) is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. She represented her country twice at the Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000) and was the bronze medalist in the marathon at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. She has won marathon races in her home country, including the Rome City Marathon, Carpi Marathon and Venice Marathon. Biography She narrowly missed out on a medal at the 1994 European Athletics Championships, coming fourth. After that she won the Venice Marathon, followed by the Ferrara Marathon. A run at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics brought her the marathon bronze medal. She represented Italy in the marathon at the Summer Olympics in both 1996 and 2000, but did not reach the top twelve on either occasion. In 1997 she came fifth at the World Championships Marathon, claimed the title at the Italian Marathon and closed her year with a third place at the New York City Marathon. She did no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Palla
Ornella Palla (born 30 March 1990) is a team handball player from Uruguay. She has played on the Uruguay women's national handball team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 Dec ... in Brazil. References 1990 births Living people Uruguayan female handball players Handball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Uruguay 21st-century Uruguayan women {{Uruguay-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Livingston
Ornella Livingston (born 19 May 1991), is a Jamaican young sprinter who represented Jamaica at The Carifta Games The CARIFTA Games is an annual athletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). The games was first held in 1972 and consists of track and field events including sprint races, hurdles, middle distance track eve ..., and The Pan American Games. She is a former Holmwood Technical sprinter both in 100 m and 200 m. References 1991 births Living people Jamaican female sprinters Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraxinus Ornus
''Fraxinus'' (), commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of subtropical species are evergreen. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America. The leaves are opposite (rarely in whorls of three), and mostly pinnately compound, though simple in a few species. The seeds, popularly known as "keys" or "helicopter seeds", are a type of fruit known as a samara. Some ''Fraxinus'' species are dioecious, having male and female flowers on separate plants but sex in ash is expressed as a continuum between male and female individuals, dominated by unisexual trees. With age, ash may change their sexual function from predominantly male and hermaphrodite towards femaleness ; if grown as an ornamental and both sexes are present, ashes can cause a considerable litter problem with their seeds. Rowans or mountain ash ... [...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] |
