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Tina (given Name)
Tina is a female given name. It is diminutive for names such as Albertina, Bettina, Christina (given name), Christina, Christine (name), Christine, Kristina (other), Kristina, Martina (given name), Martina, Valentina (given name), Valentina, Faustina (other), Faustina, etc. Its masculine counterpart is Tino (other), Tino. In Finland and Estonia, the name is written as Tiina. The word itself may have originated from Old English ''Tyne''/''Tyna''/''Tina'', meaning ''river''. In the Russian language, Tina () is a diminutive of the male first names Aventin (given name), AventinPetrovsky, p. 34 and AvgustinPetrovsky, p. 32 and the female first names Aventina (given name), Aventina and Avgustina. People *Tina (singer) (born 1984), Slovak singer *Tina Ambani, (born 1957), Indian film actress *Tina Anselmi (1927–2016), Italian politician and Italian resistance member *Tina Antolini, radio producer and journalist *Tina Arena (born 1967), Australian s ... [...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] |
Aventina (given Name)
Aventina (russian: Авенти́на) is a Russian female first name.Petrovsky, p. 34 Its masculine version is Aventin. The name was included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, but was omitted from the official Synodal Menologium at the end of the 19th century.Superanskaya, pp. 23 and 277 However, according to other sources, this name is non-canonical.Petrovsky, pp. 28 and 34 In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars,Superanskaya, pp. 22 and 277 which included the new and often artificially created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia.Toronto Slavic Quarterly. Елена Душечкина.Мессианские тенденции в советской антропонимической практике 1920-х - 1930-х годов It was rationalized as a form of the male name Aventin, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Campbell (musician)
Trecina Evette "Tina" Campbell (''née'', Atkins; born May 1, 1974) is an American urban contemporary gospel, Christian R&B and contemporary R&B recording artist and musician. She started her music career in 1998 with her older sister, Erica Campbell (musician), Erica Campbell, as part of the gospel music group, Mary Mary. Her solo music career began in 2014, and has since released one studio album with Gee Tree Creative, where it charted on the Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' magazine chart. She released her second studio album, ''It's Still Personal'' on September 29, 2017. Early life Campbell was born Trecina Evette Atkins, on May 1, 1974, in Inglewood, California, the daughter of Edward Aaron Atkins, Jr. (1948–2013), originally from Merced, California, a pastor and minister, and Thomasina Andrea "Honey" Atkins (''née'', Daniels), who is originally from Stamford, Connecticut. Her paternal grandparents are Eddie Aaron Atkins, Sr. and Lavada Cruthird, and her maternal gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Bursill
Tina Bursill (born 24 July 1951) is an Australian actress. She played Louise Carter on the television series '' Skyways'' (1979–1981) and Sonia Stevens on ''Prisoner'' (1983–1984). She played Meryl Knight in the Nine Network drama series '' Doctor Doctor''. Bursill won the AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1987 film '' Jilted''. Life and career Tina Bursill was born on the 24 July 1951 in Sydney. Initially, she intended to pursue a career in anthropology, however, she set her sights on becoming an actress. She studied drama at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1971. Bursill started her career in musicals and stand-up comedy, before being cast in more serious roles in theatre. Bursill made her acting debut in 1973 appearing in the lead role of short-lived comedy series ''The People Next Door'' as Meg Penrose. She was a regular character in daily soap opera '' The Unisexers'' which was launched in February 1975 on the Nine Networ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Brown
Christina Hambley Brown, Lady Evans (born 21 November 1953), is an English journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host, and author of '' The Diana Chronicles'' (2007) a biography of Diana, Princess of Wales, '' The Vanity Fair Diaries'' (2017) and ''The Palace Papers'' (2022). Born a British citizen, she now holds joint citizenship after she took United States citizenship in 2005, following her emigration in 1984 to edit '' Vanity Fair''. Having been editor-in-chief of ''Tatler'' magazine at the age of 25 in London, she edited ''Vanity Fair'' from 1984 to 1992 and ''The New Yorker'' from 1992 to 1998. She was founding editor-in-chief of ''The Daily Beast'', serving from 2008 to 2013. As an editor, she has received four George Polk Awards, five Overseas Press Club awards, and ten National Magazine Awards. In 2000, she was appointed a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for her services to overseas journalism, and in 2007 was inducted into the Magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Bell
Tina Marie Bell (February 5, 1957 – October 10, 2012) was an American singer, songwriter and front woman of the Seattle-based band Bam Bam. The band with Bell was considered one of the founders of the grunge music scene. Bell is considered an early grunge pioneer and dubbed as "the Godmother of Grunge" and "queen of Grunge". Early life Bell was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. She was the third of 10 siblings and the oldest daughter. She got her start as a singer by singing at the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle, and her first experience on stage was performing with the Langston Hughes Theater, also in Seattle. When looking for a French tutor so that she could sing French lyrics in a Langston Hughes Theater production, she met guitarist Tommy Martin. Bell eventually married Martin, and on September 7, 1979, the couple had a son, TJ Martin, who, in 2012, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the film '' Undefeated''. Music career Bell and Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S Club 7
S Club 7 were a British pop group from London, created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller and consisting of members Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O'Meara, Jon Lee, Paul Cattermole, Rachel Stevens and Tina Barrett. The group was formed in 1998 and quickly rose to fame by starring in their own BBC television series, ''Miami 7''. In their five years together, S Club 7 had four UK number-one singles, one UK number-one album, and a string of hits throughout Europe as well as a Top 10 hit on the US Hot 100, with their 2000 single " Never Had a Dream Come True". They recorded four studio albums, released 11 singles and went on to sell over 10 million albums worldwide. The concept of the group was created by Simon Fuller who signed them to Polydor Records. Their show lasted four seasons and saw the group travel across the US, eventually ending up in Barcelona. It became popular in 100 countries where the show was watched by over 90 million viewers. The show, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Barrett
Tina Ann Barrett (born 16 September 1976) is an English singer and actress. Her major breakthrough came in 1999 when she became a member of the pop group, S Club 7. She has been a member of spin-off group S Club Allstars (previously "S Club 3") since 2014. She is also a former member of the girl group Mis-Teeq, though she never appeared on any of their recordings. Early life Tina Barrett was born in Hammersmith, London, England to an English father and a Guyanese mother. She was at London's Arts Educational School for a period of eight years. Her first job was dancing in a pantomime with Lionel Blair. She was originally going to be in the group Face2Face, which later went on to become Mis-Teeq. She assisted with the group's choreography during her time there. Career 1996–98: Mis-Teeq In 1996, Barrett, Alesha Dixon and Sabrina Washington became friends in a dance studio in Fulham. The trio, named Face2Face, performed singing and dancing. The group had started work on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Aumont
Maria Christina "Tina" Aumont (February 14, 1946 – October 28, 2006) was an American actress. She was the daughter of French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and Dominican actress Maria Montez. She made her acting debut in the British film ''Modesty Blaise'' (1966), but later had a prominent career as a leading lady in Italian films. Career Aumont was billed as Tina Marquand (her married name) in four films, including Joseph Losey's ''Modesty Blaise'' (1966). She was photographed by Angelo Frontoni ( it) in 1968, when she had ankle/floor length hair, and some semi-nude pictures from this session were published in ''Playboy'' in 1969. She worked in Italian cinema with, among others, Alberto Sordi ('' Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?'', 1966), Tinto Brass (''The Howl'', 1970 and ''Salon Kitty'', 1975), Sergio Martino (''Torso'', 1973), Mauro Bolognini (''Drama of the Rich'', 1974), Francesco Rosi (''Illustrious Corpses'', 1975), and Federico Fellini (''Fellini's Casanova'', 1976). S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Arena
Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwide. Arena is multilingual, singing and recording in English, Italian, French and Spanish. Arena has earned several international and national awards, including a BRIT Award, seven ARIA Awards and two World Music Awards for Best-selling Australian Artist (1996, 2000). In 2001, she was awarded a BMI Foundation Songwriting Award (Broadcast Music Inc) by the American performance rights organisation for co-writing "Burn" with Pam Reswick and Steve Werfel. In 2011, Arena became the first Australian to be awarded a knighthood of the French National Order of National Merit, presented by the President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, for her contributions to French culture, and ceremonially awarded by Frédéric Mitterrand, the Minister of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Antolini
Christina Antolini, better known as Tina Antolini, is an American journalist and radio producer. She has worked with National Public Radio, where she produced on their '' State of the Re:Union'' program; Southern Foodways Alliance, where she produced and hosted the ''Gravy'' podcast; and with ''Pop-Up Magazine'', a live show event where she was a story producer. Early life and education Antolini grew up in Maine. She attended Stanford University, and in 2001, she transferred to Hampshire College in Massachusetts. Her original interest was "jazz vocals" but she switched to Ethnomusicology when she discovered that she preferred writing about music than performing it. She also took a break from school to intern with Smithsonian Folkways and to attend the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies over in Portland, Maine. She graduated from Hampshire in 2004. Career Antolini has worked for institutions such as National Public Radio (NPR), and New England Public Radio (NEPR). Antolini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Anselmi
Tina Anselmi Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (25 March 1927 – 1 November 2016) was a member of the Italian resistance movement during World War II who went on to become an Italian politician. She was the first woman to hold a ministerial position in an Italian government. Early life Anselmi was born in Castelfranco Veneto, Treviso. Her father was an assistant pharmacist persecuted by the fascists because he was socialist, and her mother and grandmother ran an inn together. She attended the local high school, and then the Teaching Institute in Bassano del Grappa. On 26 September 1944, Nazi soldiers forced her and a group of other students to witness the hanging of a group of 31 young Partisans. As a result, she joined the Italian Resistance movement and became part of the Cesare Battisti brigade. That year, she also joined the Christian Democracy Party. After World War II, she studied literature at the Catholic University of Milan and became a primary school teacher. Politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
