Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
female given name
Anna
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221)
...
. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew
Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include
Annie
Annie may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Annie (given name), a given name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Annie (actress) (born 1975), Indian actress
* Annie (singer) (born 1977), Norwegian singer
The ...
.
Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the
Frisian speaking part (for example, author
Anne de Vries
Anne de Vries (22 May 1904 – 29 November 1964) was a Dutch teacher and writer, particularly famous in the Netherlands for his novels of regional life.
Born in the village of Kloosterveen near Assen, de Vries married Alida Gerdina van Wermeske ...
). In this incarnation, it is related to
Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.
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''Behind the Name'' database
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"Ane"
entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France (
Anne de Montmorency
Anne, Duke of Montmorency, Honorary Knight of the Garter (15 March 1493, Chantilly, Oise12 November 1567, Paris) was a French soldier, statesman and diplomat. He became Marshal of France and Constable of France and served five kings.
Early lif ...
) and Scotland (
Lord Anne Hamilton
Lord Anne Hamilton (12 October 1709 – 25 December 1748) was a Scottish nobleman. He is said to have married the richest woman in the UK and they had a child.
Early life
Hamilton was born at St. James's Square, London, the third son of Lieute ...
).
Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: .
As a feminine name
Anne
*
Saint Anne
According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come o ...
, Mother of the Virgin Mary
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Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 8 March 1702 until 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, the kingdoms of England and Scotland united as a single sovereign state known as ...
(1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) and Great Britain (1707–14)
*
Queen consorts, in alphabetical order:
**
Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462)
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Anne Neville
Anne Neville (11 June 1456 – 16 March 1485) was Queen of England as the wife of King Richard III. She was the younger of the two daughters and co-heiresses of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (the "Kingmaker"). Before her marriage to Ric ...
(1456–1485), wife of King Richard III of England
**
Anne of Brittany
Anne of Brittany (; 25/26 January 1477 – 9 January 1514) was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her death, and Queen of France from 1491 to 1498 and from 1499 to her death. She is the only woman to have been queen consort of France ...
(1477–1514), Breton ruler, wife of both Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France
**
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn (; 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and of her execution by beheading for treason and other charges made her a key ...
(c. 1501/1507–1536), second wife of King Henry VIII of England
**
Anne of Cleves
Anne of Cleves (german: Anna von Kleve; 1515 – 16 July 1557) was Queen of England from 6 January to 12 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Not much is known about Anne before 1527, when she became betrothed to Francis, Duke of ...
(1515–1557), fourth wife of King Henry VIII
**
Anne of Denmark
Anne of Denmark (; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I; as such, she was Queen of Scotland
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional fo ...
(1574–1619), wife of King James VI and I of Scotland, England, and Ireland,
**
Anne of Austria
Anne of Austria (french: Anne d'Autriche, italic=no, es, Ana María Mauricia, italic=no; 22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666) was an infanta of Spain who became Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XIII from their marriage in 1615 unti ...
(1601–1666), wife of Louis XIII of France, Regent of France
**
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (26 June 1575 – 8 April 1612) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1597 to 1612 as the first spouse of King Christian IV of Denmark.
Life
Anne Catherine was born in Halle (Saale) and raised in Wolmirstedt. Her par ...
(1575–1612), wife of King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
**
Anne Marie d'Orléans
Anne Marie d'Orléans (27 August 1669 – 26 August 1728) was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to Victor Amadeus II of Savoy. She served as regent of Savoy during the absence of her spouse in 1686 and during the War of the Spanish Succession.
...
(1669–1728), wife of King Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
**
Anne of Romania
Princess Anne Antoinette Françoise Charlotte Zita Marguerite of Bourbon-Parma (18 September 1923 – 1 August 2016) was the wife of King Michael I of Romania. Michael abdicated the throne in 1947, and he and Anne married the next year. Nonethel ...
(1923–2016), wife of King Michael I of Romania
**
Anne-Marie of Greece
Anne-Marie, ( el, Άννα-Μαρία ; born 30 August 1946) is a Greek royal family, Greek and Danish royal family, Danish royal who was the last List of Greek royal consorts, Queen of Greece from 1964 to 1973 as the wife of Constantine II of ...
(born 1948), Queen of Greece, wife of King Constantine II
*
Princess Anne (disambiguation)
Princess Anne (born 1950) is the daughter of late Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
Princess Anne may also refer to:
British royals
*Anne Neville (1456–1485), Princess of Wales (1470–1471) as daughter-in-law of Henry VI
*Anne of Yor ...
, including:
**
Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony
Anne of Denmark (Danish and German: Anna; Haderslev, 22 November 1532 – Dresden, 1 October 1585) was a Danish princess from the House of Oldenburg. Through her marriage with Augustus of Saxony she became Electress of Saxony. She was renowned ...
(1532–1585), Danish princess from the House of Oldenburg
**
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (12 January 1759) was the second child and eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his consort Caroline of Ansbach. She was the wife of William IV, Prince of Orange, the first heredita ...
(1709–1759), daughter of King George II, wife of William IV, Prince of Orange
**
Anne of Orléans (1906–1986), Princess of France
**
Anne of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 1938), wife of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria
**
Anne, Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of ...
(born 1950), daughter of Queen Elizabeth II
*
Anne Abayasekara
Annette Aurelia Abayasekara (1925 - 4 January, 2015) was a Sri Lankan journalist. She is considered the country's first female staff journalist, having started her career in 1947.
Biography
Abayasekara was educated at Ladies College, Colombo. W ...
(1925–2015), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist
*
Anne Applebaum
Anne Elizabeth Applebaum (born July 25, 1964) is an American journalist and historian. She has written extensively about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe.
She has worked at ''The Econo ...
(born 1964), American journalist
*
Anne Archer
Anne Archer (born August 24, 1947) is an American actress. Archer was named Miss Golden Globe in 1971, and in the year following, appeared in her feature film debut ''The Honkers'' (1972). She had supporting roles in ''Cancel My Reservation'' (1 ...
(born 1947), American actress
*
Anne Askew
Anne Askew (sometimes spelled Ayscough or Ascue) married name Anne Kyme, (152116 July 1546) was an English writer, poet, and Anabaptist preacher who was condemned as a heretic during the reign of Henry VIII of England. She and Margaret Chey ...
(1521–1546), English writer, poet, and Protestant martyr
*
Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, tw ...
(1931–2005), American actress
*
Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Emmy.
A granddaughter of Fra ...
(1923–1985), American actress
*
Anne Lilia Berge Strand
Anne Lilia Berge Strand (born 21 November 1977), known professionally as Annie, is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ. She began her recording career in 1999 with the underground hit single " The Greatest Hit" and gained int ...
(born 1977), Norwegian singer-songwriter, known as "Annie"
*
Anne Berthelot (born 1957), French professor of Medieval literature studies
*
Anne-Grethe Leine Bientie
Anne-Grethe Leine Bientie (born 2 July 1954) is a Norwegian writer and psalmist. She has worked extensively with South Sami church life and has written books and hymns in South Sami. She is married to the priest and psalmist Bierna Bientie.
Anne- ...
(born 1954), Norwegian writer and psalmist
*
Anne Bonny
Anne Bonny (8 March 1697 – disappeared April 1721), sometimes Anne Bonney, was an Irish pirate operating in the Caribbean, and one of the few female pirates in recorded history. What little that is known of her life comes largely from Capta ...
(1702–1782?), Irish pirate
*
Anne Bosworth
Anne Lucy Bosworth Focke (September 29, 1868 – May 15, 1907) was an American mathematician who became the first mathematics professor at what is now the University of Rhode Island, and later became the first female doctoral student of David Hilb ...
(1868–1907), American mathematician
*
Anne Bourg
Anne Bourg (born 27 April 1987; ) is a Luxembourgish footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Cana ...
(born 1987), Luxembourgish footballer
*
Anne Bourguignon
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna (name), Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah (given name), Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie (given name), ...
(born 1950), French actress, filmmaker and political activist known as ''Anémone''
*
Anne Bourlioux
Anne Bourlioux is a Canadian mathematician whose research involves the numerical simulation of Combustion#Turbulent, turbulent combustion. She is a winner of the Richard C. DiPrima Prize, and a professor of mathematics and statistics at the Unive ...
, Canadian mathematician and indoor rower
*
Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet (née Dudley; March 8, 1612 – September 16, 1672) was the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She is the first Puritan figure in Am ...
(1612–1672), America's first published poet
*
Anne Brontë
Anne Brontë (, commonly ; 17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English novelist and poet, and the youngest member of the Brontë literary family.
Anne Brontë was the daughter of Maria (born Branwell) and Patrick Brontë, a poor Irish cl ...
(1820–1849), British novelist and poet
*
Anne Isabella Byron, Baroness Byron
Anne Isabella Noel Byron, 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron (''née'' Milbanke; 17 May 1792 – 16 May 1860), nicknamed Annabella and commonly known as Lady Byron, was wife of poet George Gordon Byron, more commonly known as Lord Byro ...
(1792–1860), British peer, wife of Lord Byron
*
Anne Byrn
Anne Byrn (Nashville, Tennessee) is an American cookbook author and the former food editor of ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' and ''The Tennessean''.
Biography
Anne Byrn graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism i ...
(born 1956), American cookbook author
*
Anne Carson
Anne Carson (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, classicist, and professor.
Trained at the University of Toronto, Carson has taught classics, comparative literature, and creative writing at universities across the Unit ...
(born 1950), Canadian poet, essayist, and translator
*
Anne Chislett
Anne Chislett (born December 22, 1942) is a Canadian playwright.
Biography
Born and raised in St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland, Chislett studied at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the University of British Columbia. She taught high ...
(born 1942), Canadian playwright
*
Anne Cox Chambers
Anne Beau Cox Chambers (December 1, 1919 – January 31, 2020) was an American media proprietor, diplomat, and philanthropist who served as List of ambassadors of the United States to Belgium, United States Ambassador to Belgium from 1977 to 198 ...
(born 1919), American media proprietor and billionaire
*
Anne V. Coates (born 1925), British film editor
*
Anne Consigny
Anne Consigny (; born 25 May 1963) is a French actress who has been active since 1981. She received a César Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in the film '' Not Here to Be Loved'' (2005). She is also known for her role as Claude in ...
(born 1963), French actress
*
Anne Conway (disambiguation) Anne Conway may refer to:
*Anne Seymour Damer (1748–1828), née Conway, English sculptor
*Anne C. Conway
Anne C. Conway (born July 30, 1950) is an American lawyer and Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for ...
, several people
*
Anne Virginia Culbertson
Anne Virginia Culbertson (November 16, 1857 – December 7, 1918) was an American writer, known chiefly as the author of dialect poems, and as a public reader of her own productions. Culbertson attempted numerous dialects; however, her work was no ...
(1857-1918), American writer
*
Anne Dacier
Anne Le Fèvre Dacier (1647 – 17 August 1720), better known during her lifetime as Madame Dacier, was a French scholar, translator, commentator and editor of the classics, including the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey''. She sought to champion ...
(1654–1720), French scholar and translator of the classics
*
Anne Seymour Damer
Anne Seymour Damer, ''née'' Conway, (26 October 1748 – 28 May 1828) was an English sculptor. Once described as a 'female genius' by Horace Walpole, she was trained in sculpture by Giuseppe Ceracchi and John Bacon. Influenced by the Enlighten ...
(1749–1828), English sculptor
*
Anne Daw
Anne Daw is a South Australian advocate for the protection of water resources and prime agricultural land from mining and petroleum
Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture o ...
, Australian environmental activist
*
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Anne Teresa, Baroness De Keersmaeker (, born 1960 in Mechelen, Belgium, grew up in Wemmel) is a contemporary dance choreographer. The dance company constructed around her, , was in residence at La Monnaie in Brussels from 1992 to 2007.
Biography
...
(born 1960), Belgian choreographer
*
Anne Desclos
Anne Cécile Desclos (23 September 1907 – 27 April 1998) was a French journalist and novelist who wrote under the pen names Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage. She is best known for her erotic novel '' Story of O'' (1954).
Early life
Born ...
(1907–1998), French journalist and novelist
*
Anne Diamond
Anne Margaret Diamond (born 8 September 1954) is a British journalist and broadcaster. She presently hosts the weekend breakfast show on GB News with Stephen Dixon as her co-presenter. She hosted '' Good Morning Britain'' for TV-am and ''Good ...
(born 1954), British journalist and broadcaster
*
Anne Distel
Anne Distel (born Anne Dayez on 19 February 1947) is a French honorary general curator of heritage at the Musée d'Orsay and specialist in Impressionist paintings. She curated notable exhibitions such as ''Large monographie Renoir'', ''Cézanne et ...
(born 1947), French curator and art critic
*
Anne Donovan
Anne Theresa Donovan (November 1, 1961 – June 13, 2018) was an American women's basketball player and coach. From 2013 to 2015, she was the head coach of the Connecticut Sun.
In her playing career, Donovan won a national championship with Ol ...
(born 1961), American basketball player and coach
*
Anne Dudek
Anne Louise Dudek (born March 22, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 film ''White Chicks'', Danielle Brookson in the USA Network television series ''Covert Affairs'', Dr. Amber Volakis on the Fox ...
(born 1975), American actress
*
Anne Dudley
Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genre ...
(born 1956), English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician
*
Anne Émond
Anne Émond (born 1982) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, currently based in Montreal, Quebec.
Early life and education
Born in 1982, Anne Émond has lived and worked in Montreal since 2001. In 2005, she completed her undergraduate pr ...
(born 1982), Canadian film director and screenwriter
*
Anne Catherine Emmerich
Anne Catherine Emmerich (also ''Anna Katharina Emmerick''; 8 September 1774 – 9 February 1824) was a Roman Catholic Augustinian Canoness Regular of Windesheim, mystic, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist.
She was born in Flamschen, a ...
(1774–1824), German nun, mystic and stigmatic
*
Anne Fletcher
Anne Fletcher (born May 1, 1966) is an American choreographer, film director, dancer and actress. She directed the films '' Step Up'' (2006), ''27 Dresses'' (2008) and ''The Proposal (2009 film), The Proposal'' (2009).
Early life
Born Anne Marie ...
(born 1966), American choreographer and film director
*
Anne Stella Fomumbod, Cameroonian women's rights activist
*
Anne Fontaine
Anne Fontaine (born Anne-Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc; 15 July 1959) is a Luxembourger film director, screenwriter, and former actress. She lives and works in France.
Life and career
Born Anne-Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc in Luxembourg, sister of actor Je ...
(born 1959), French film director, screenwriter, and actress
*
Anne Francine (1917–1999), American actress and cabaret singer
*
Anne Francis
Anne Francis (also known as Anne Lloyd Francis; September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011) was an American actress known for her ground-breaking roles in the science-fiction film ''Forbidden Planet'' (1956) and the television action-drama seri ...
(1930–2011), American actress
*
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (, ; 12 June 1929 – )Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed"New research sheds new light on Anne Fra ...
(1929–1945), German-Dutch diarist and Holocaust victim
*
Anne Geddes
Anne Elizabeth Geddes (born 1956) is an Australian-born, New York City-based portrait photographer known primarily for her elaborately-staged photographs of infants.
Geddes's books have been published in 83 countries. According to Amazon.com, ...
(born 1956), Australian photographer and businesswoman
*
Anne Golon
Anne Golon (17 December 1921 – 14 July 2017) was a French author, better known to English-speaking readers as Sergeanne Golon. Her ''Angélique'' novels have reportedly sold 150 million copies worldwide and have inspired multiple adaptations. ...
(born 1921), French author
*
Anne Grant
Anne Grant often styled Mrs Anne Grant of Laggan (21 February 1755 – 7 November 1838) was a Scottish poet and author best known for her collection of mostly biographical poems ''Memoirs of an American Lady'' as well as her earlier work ''Letter ...
(1755–1838), Scottish poet, author
*
Anne Haney
Anne Ryan Haney ( Thomas; March 4, 1934 – May 26, 2001) was an American stage and screen actress. She was best known for her roles in ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' and ''Liar Liar'', as well as Alberta Meechum on the sitcom ''Mama's Family''.
Early yea ...
(1934–2001), American actress
*
Anne Hathaway
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Anne Hathaway, various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Awar ...
(1556–1623), wife of William Shakespeare
*
Anne Hathaway
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Anne Hathaway, various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Awar ...
(born 1982), American actress
*
Anne Hébert
Anne Hébert (pronounced in French) (August 1, 1916 – January 22, 2000), was a Canadian author and poet. She won Canada's top literary honor, the Governor General's Award, three times, twice for fiction and once for poetry.
Early life
Hébe ...
(1916–2000) Canadian author and poet
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Anne Heche
Anne Celeste Heche ( ; May 25, 1969August 11, 2022) was an American actress, known for her roles in a variety of genres in film, television, and theater, receiving numerous accolades, including a National Board of Review Award and multiple Emmy ...
(1969–2022), American actress
*
Anne Heggtveit
Anne Heggtveit, (born January 11, 1939) is a former alpine ski racer from Canada. She was an Olympic gold medallist and double world champion in 1960.
Early years
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Heggtveit was raised in New Edinburgh, one of the ol ...
(born 1939), Canadian alpine skier
*
Anne Henning
Anne Elizabeth Henning (born September 6, 1955) is a retired American Speed skating, speed skater. She grew up in Northbrook, Illinois, and started in short track speed skating, but then, like many short track speed skaters before and after her, ...
(born 1955), American speed skater
*
Anne Hidalgo
Ana María "Anne" Hidalgo Aleu (, ; born 1959) is a Spanish-French politician who has served as Mayor of Paris since 2014, the first woman to hold the office. She is a member of the Socialist Party.
Hidalgo served as First Deputy Mayor of Paris ...
(born 1959), French politician, Mayor of Paris
*
Anne Holt
Anne Holt (born 16 November 1958) is a Norwegian author, lawyer and former Minister of Justice.
Early life
She was born in Larvik, grew up in Lillestrøm and Tromsø, and moved to Oslo in 1978. Holt graduated with a law degree from the Universit ...
(born 1958), Norwegian author, lawyer and former Minister of Justice
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Anne Hugon
Anne Hugon (born 1965) is a French historian specialising in the history of African exploration.
Career
Anne Hugon has worked for several years on the history of European exploration of Africa. She taught at the University of Lyon II and wro ...
(born 1965), French historian and Africanist
*
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson (née Marbury; July 1591 – August 1643) was a Puritan spiritual advisor, religious reformer, and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Her ...
(1591–1643), American religious
dissenter
A dissenter (from the Latin ''dissentire'', "to disagree") is one who dissents (disagrees) in matters of opinion, belief, etc.
Usage in Christianity
Dissent from the Anglican church
In the social and religious history of England and Wales, and ...
*
Anne Hyde
Anne Hyde (12 March 163731 March 1671) was Duchess of York and Albany as the first wife of James, Duke of York, who later became King James II and VII.
Anne was the daughter of a member of the English gentry – Edward Hyde (later created ...
(1637–1671), Duchess of York
*
Anne Jackson
Anne Jackson (September 3, 1925 – April 12, 2016); retrieved April 16, 2016Archivedfrom the original on April 16, 2016. was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She was the wife of actor Eli Wallach, with whom she often co-sta ...
(1925–2016), American actress
*
Anne Jeffreys
Anne Jeffreys (born Annie Jeffreys Carmichael; January 26, 1923 – September 27, 2017) was an American actress and singer. She was noted as the female lead in the 1950s TV series '' Topper''.
Career
Jeffreys was born Annie Jeffreys Carmichae ...
(born 1923), American actress and singer
*
Anne Judkins
Anne Maree Judkins (born 1 March 1964) is a retired female track and field athlete from New Zealand who specialised in racewalking.
Judkins was born in 1964. Her uncle is Robin Judkins, a retired sports administrator from Christchurch. She rece ...
(born 1964), New Zealand race walker
*
Anne Keothavong
Anne Viensouk Keothavong (born 16 September 1983) is a retired British tennis player. During her career, she won a total of 28 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 (achieved on 23 Februar ...
(born 1983), British tennis player
*
Anne Kirkbride
Anne Kirkbride (21 June 1954 – 19 January 2015) was an English actress, best known for her long-running role as Deirdre Barlow in the ITV (TV network), ITV soap ''Coronation Street'', which she played for 42 years from 1972 to 2014. For this ...
(1954–2015), English soap actress
*
Anne Kremer
Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975) is a Luxembourgish retired tennis player. Anne won two singles titles on the WTA Tour. On 29 July 2002, she achieved her best WTA ranking of world No. 18.
Anne completed her schooling at the Athénée de Luxe ...
(born 1975), Luxembourgish tennis player
*
Anne Osborn Krueger
Anne Osborn Krueger (; born February 12, 1934) is an American economist. She was the World Bank Chief Economist from 1982 to 1986, and the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2001 to 2006. She is currently ...
(born 1934), American economist, deputy director of the IMF
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Anne Margiste
Anne Margiste (often credited as Anne-Reet Margiste; born 3 August 1942), is an Estonian stage, film, and television actress whose career began in the mid-1960s.
Early life and education
Anne-Reet Margiste was born in Vääna, the only child of ...
(born 1942), Estonian actress
*
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001) was an American writer and aviator. She was the wife of decorated pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh, with whom she made many exploratory flights.
Raised in Englewood, New Jers ...
(1906–2001), American author and aviator
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Anne Birgitte Lundholt (born 1952), Danish politician and businessperson
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Anne McCaffrey
Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American-Irish writer known for the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, ''Weyr Search'', 19 ...
(1926–2011), American-born Irish science fiction and fantasy writer
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Anne Hazen McFarland
Anne Hazen McFarland, M.D. (, McFarland; after first marriage, Cromwell; after second marriage, Sharpe; October 10, 1868 – December 13, 1930) was an American physician and medical journal editor.
Early life and education
Anne Hazen McFarland wa ...
(1868–1930), American physician, editor
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Anne Meara
Anne Meara Stiller (September 20, 1929 – May 23, 2015) was an American actress and comedian. Along with her husband Jerry Stiller, she was one-half of the prominent 1960s comedy team Stiller and Meara. Their son is actor, director, and producer ...
(1929–2005), American actress and comedian
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Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier
Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, (, – ) known as ''La Grande Mademoiselle'', was the only daughter of Gaston d'Orléans with his first wife, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier. One of the greatest heiresses in ...
(1627–1693), French memoirist
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Anne Murray
Morna Anne Murray (born June 20, 1945) is a retired Canadian singer. Her albums, consisting primarily of pop, country, and adult contemporary music, have sold over 55 million copies worldwide during her over 40-year career.
Murray was the fir ...
(born 1945), Canadian singer
* Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 1963), German violinist
* Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker (1766–1817), French writer and philosopher, known as Madame de Staël
* Anne Sofie von Otter (born 1955), Swedish mezzo-soprano
* Anne Parillaud (born 1960), French actress
* Louane Emera, Anne Peichert (born 1996), French singer, songwriter and actress, known as Louane Emera
* Anne Peyroche, French biologist and geneticist
* Anne Provoost (born 1964), Flemish author
* Anne Quemere (born 1966), French sailor
* Anne Ramsey (1929–1988), American actress
* Anne Reid (born 1935), English actress
* Anne Revere (1903–1990), American actress
* Anne Rice (1941–2021), American author
* Anne Royall (1769–1854), American journalist
* Anne Schedeen (born 1949), American television actress
* Anne Schilling, American mathematician
* Anne Sexton (1928–1974), American poet
* Anne Shirley (actress), Anne Shirley (1918–1993), American actress
* Anne Smith (disambiguation), several people
* Anne Steele (1717–1778), English hymnwriter, essayist
* Anne Sullivan (1866–1936), American teacher and companion of Helen Keller
* Anne Sweeney (born 1957), American businesswoman, co-chair of Disney Media
* Lady Anne Tree (1927–2010), British philanthropist and prison visitor
* Anne Tyler (born 1941), American writer and literary critic
* Anne Veski (born 1956), Estonian pop singer
* Anne Watanabe 渡辺杏 (Anne/杏) (born 1986), Japanese model and actress, known as "Anne"
* Anne Winters (actress) (born 1994), American actress
* Anne Wizorek (born 1981), German journalist, author and feminist
* Anne Wood (singer) (1907–1998), British mezzo-soprano and opera administrator
* Anne Wood (born 1937), English children's television producer
* Anne Wolden-Ræthinge (1929–2016), Danish biographer, journalist and writer
* Anne Woolliams (1926–1999), English artistic director, ballet choreographer, dancer and teacher.
Ann
* Ann (singer) (born 1991), Taiwanese singer-songwriter
*Ann Bancroft (born 1955), American author, teacher, adventurer and public speaker
* Ann Bollin (born 1960), American politician
* Ann Brashares (1967), American YA author
* Ann Cashion, American chef
* Ann R. Chaintreuil (born 1947), American architect
* Ann Mary Butler Crittenden Coleman (1813–1891), American author, translator
* Ann Curry (born 1956), American journalist
* Ann Donahue, television writer
* Ann Druyan (born 1949), American writer and producer
* Ann Dunham (1942–1995), American anthropologist
* Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1625–1680), English memoirist and cookery author
* Ann Flagg (1924–1970), African-American playwright, stage actress and drama teacher
* Ann Flora Froude Flashman (1911–1961), Australian veterinarian
* Ann Getty (1941–2020), American philanthropist
* Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789–1826), American foreign missionary
* Ann E. Kelley (1954–2007), American neuroscientist
* Ann Kenrick (born 1958), British charity worker
* Ann Lambert (born 1957), Canadian author and playwright
* Ann Lamont, American venture capitalist
* Ann Landers (1918–2002), pen name of American advice columnist Ruth Crowley and later, Esther Pauline Lederer
* Ann Lee (1736–1784), English church leader
* Ann Lewis Hamilton, American television producer and writer
* Ann-Margret (born 1941), Swedish-American actress, singer and dancer
* Ann Marks (1941-2016), British physicist and science communicator
* Ann M. Martin (born 1955), American children's author, known best for the ''Baby-sitters Club'' series
* Ann McCrory (born 1956), First Lady of North Carolina
* Ann Miller (1923–2004), American dancer, singer and actress
* Ann Mitchell (born 1939), British stage and television actress
* Ann Nardulli (1948–2018), American endocrinologist
* Ann Petry (1908–1997), American author and journalist
* Ann Putnam Jr. (1679–1716), witness at the Salem Witch Trials
* Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823), English author and pioneer of the Gothic subgenre
* Ann Reinking (1949–2020), American actor, dancer, and choreographer
* Ann Richards (1933–2006), American politician
* Ann Romney (born 1949), wife of American businessman and politician, Mitt Romney
* Ann E. Rondeau, American Navy admiral
* Ann Rule (1931–2015), American author
* Ann Sarnoff (born ca. 1962), American businesswoman
* Ann London Scott (1929–1975), American feminist
* Ann Smith (activist) (fl. 1682–1686), English political activist
* Ann Eliza Smith (1819–1905), American author
* Ann Sothern (1909–2001), American actress
* Ann Sullivan (animator) (1929–2020), American animator
* Ann Syrdal (1945–2020), American psychologist and researcher
* Ann Thongprasom (born 1976), Thai film and television actress, host and producer
* Ann Widdecombe (born 1947), British politician, author and television personality
* Ann Wilson (born 1950), American musician
* Ann Winsborn (born 1981), Swedish singer-songwriter
As a masculine name
* Anna of East Anglia (died 653/54), king of East Anglia
* Anne Bignan (1795–1861), French poet and translator
* Anne van der Bijl (born 1928), Dutch Christian missionary
* Anne Casimir Pyrame de Candolle (1836–1918), botanist
* Anne Claude de Caylus (1692–1765), French antiquarian and proto-archaeologist
* Anne Danican Philidor (1681–1728), French musician, composer, founder, Concert Spirituel Tuileries 172–1791
* Lord Anne Hamilton, Anne Hamilton (1709–1748), Scottish nobleman
* Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell (1783–1864), French admiral
* Anne du Bourg (1521–1559), French magistrate
* Anne d'Escars de Givry (1546–1612), French Benedictine cardinal
* Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767–1824), French Romantic painter
* Anne de Joyeuse (c.1560–1587), French admiral during the French Wars of Religion
* Anne Louis Henri de La Fare (1752–1829), French Roman Catholic cardinal and counter-revolutionary
*
Anne de Montmorency
Anne, Duke of Montmorency, Honorary Knight of the Garter (15 March 1493, Chantilly, Oise12 November 1567, Paris) was a French soldier, statesman and diplomat. He became Marshal of France and Constable of France and served five kings.
Early lif ...
(1493–1567), constable of France, soldier, statesman, and diplomat
* Anne de Noailles (d. 1678), first Duke of Noailles
* Anne Poulett (1711–1785), British Member of Parliament
* Anne Jean Marie René Savary (1774–1833), French general and diplomat
* Anne Hilarion de Tourville (1642–1701), French naval commander, Marshal of France
* Anne Sjerp Troelstra (1939–2019), Dutch mathematician and logician
* Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727–1781), French economist and statesman
* Anne Vermeer (1916–2018), Dutch politician
* Anne Vondeling (1916–1979), Dutch politician
*
Anne de Vries
Anne de Vries (22 May 1904 – 29 November 1964) was a Dutch teacher and writer, particularly famous in the Netherlands for his novels of regional life.
Born in the village of Kloosterveen near Assen, de Vries married Alida Gerdina van Wermeske ...
(1904–1964), Dutch writer from Drenthe
Fictional characters
* Ann, in the Story of Seasons video game franchise
* Ann, a hunter in the video game ''Identity V''
* Anne Boonchuy, from the American animated TV series ''Amphibia (TV series), Amphibia''
* Anne Brookes, on the American TV sitcom ''The Ropers#Characters, The Ropers''
* Ann Darrow, in the films King Kong (1933), ''King Kong'' (1933) and King Kong (2005), ''King Kong'' (2005)
* Anne Elliot, in Jane Austen's ''Persuasion (novel), Persuasion''
* Anne Glass, in the American TV series ''Falling Skies''
*Anne Kirrin, the youngest of the four cousins in Enid Blyton's The Famous Five (novel series), The Famous Five novels
* Anne Lester, a survivor in the video game ''Identity V''
* Anne Lewis, in the RoboCop (franchise), ''Robocop'' franchise
* Anne Maria, from the Canadian animated TV series ''Total Drama: Revenge of the Island''
* Anne Page, from William Shakespeare's ''The Merry Wives of Windsor''
* Ann Perkins, from the American television series ''Parks and Recreation''
* Anne Shirley, in Lucy Maud Montgomery's ''Anne of Green Gables''
* Ann Takamaki, one of the main characters from video game ''Persona 5''
* Raggedy Ann, rag doll in Johnny Gruelle's books, 1918 onwards
* Annie January, Rebecca Anne "Annie" January, one of the main characters in ''The Boys'' franchise
See also
* Ann Arbor, Michigan
* Anne's theorem, result from Euclidean geometry, due to Pierre-Leon Anne (1806–1850)
* Lady Anne (disambiguation)
*
Princess Anne (disambiguation)
Princess Anne (born 1950) is the daughter of late Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
Princess Anne may also refer to:
British royals
*Anne Neville (1456–1485), Princess of Wales (1470–1471) as daughter-in-law of Henry VI
*Anne of Yor ...
* Queen Anne (disambiguation)
*St Ann (disambiguation)
* Saint Anne (disambiguation)
References
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