Cecelia is a variation of the given name
Cecilia
Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for girls born ...
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Cecelia Adkins
Cecelia Nabrit Adkins (September 3, 1923 – January 2, 2007) was an African-American publisher from Atlanta. She was the first woman, and first lay person, elected to the position of executive director of the Sunday School Publishing Board of the ...
(1923–2007, African-American publisher
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Cecelia Ager
Cecelia Ager ( Rubinstein; January 23, 1902 – April 3, 1981) was an American film critic and star reporter for ''Variety'' and the '' New York Times Magazine''.
Life and career
Ager was born Cecelia Rubenstein in Grass Valley, California, a ...
(1902–1981), American film critic and reporter
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Cecelia Ahern (born 1981) is an Irish novelist
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Cecelia Akagu (fl. 2010s–2020s), Nigerian Army brigadier general
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Cecelia Antoinette
Cecelia Antoinette Bruton (November 24, 1949 – May 28, 2020), known professionally as Cecelia Antoinette or CeCe Antoinette, was an American actress, comedian, and writer.
Early life
Cecelia Antoinette Bruton was born a twin in Dallas, in 1 ...
(1949–2020), American actress, comedian, and writer
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Cecelia Ayanori Bukari-Yakubu (fl. 1960s), Ghanaian politician
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Cecelia Svinth Carpenter (1924–2010), first historian to write in detail about the Nisqually people
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Cecelia Condit (born 1947), American video artist
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Cecelia Cortes
Cecelia Cortes (born June 12, 1989 in Cambridge) is a professional squash player who represents the United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country pr ...
(born 1989), American professional squash player
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Cecelia Felgueras
Cecelia Felgueras (born 6 January 1962) is an Argentine politician. She was the comptroller of PAMI during the Presidency of Fernando de la Rúa but would lose the position because of prosecution over alleged corruption. She was then briefly ...
(born 1962), Argentine politician
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Cecelia Frey (born 1936), Canadian poet, novelist, and short story writer
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Cecelia Lee Fung-Sing
Cecelia Lee Fung-Sing (; born May 6, 1933) is a Chinese actress and Cantonese opera singer from Hong Kong. Lee is known for cross-dressed in male role in Cantonese opera films. Lee is credited with over 55 films.
Early life
On May 6, 1933, Le ...
(born 1933), Chinese actress and Cantonese opera singer from Hong Kong
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Cecelia Goetz (1917–2004), American lawyer and bankruptcy judge
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Cecelia González
Cecelia González is an American politician serving as a member of the Nevada Assembly
The Nevada Assembly is the lower house of the Nevada Legislature, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Nevada, th ...
(fl. 2020s), American politician serving in the Nevada Assembly
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Cecelia Hall
Cecelia Hall (Cece Hall) is an Oscar winning sound designer and sound editor. She was the first woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing for ''Top Gun'' and went on to win the Oscar for ''The Hunt for Red October, ...
(fl. 1970s–2010s), American sound designer and sound editor
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Cecelia Holland (born 1943), American historical fiction novelist
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Cecelia Joyce
Cecelia Nora Isobel Mary Joyce (born 25 July 1983) is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batter and leg break bowler, she played 57 One-Day Internationals and 43 Twenty20 Internationals for Ireland between 2001 and 2018. She played in her fin ...
(born 1983), Irish cricketer
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Cecelia Kenyon (1923–1990), American political scientist
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Cecelia Pedescleaux
Cecelia Tapplette Pedescleaux, also known as Cely, (born August 6, 1945) is an African-American quilter of traditional and art quilts, inspired by historians, other African-American quilters, and quilt designs used during the Underground Railroad t ...
(born 1945), African-American quilter of traditional and art quilts
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Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders
Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders (1879 – February 23, 1966) sometimes written as Cecilia Cabaniss Saunders, was an African-American civil rights leader, and executive director of the Harlem, New York YWCA. She is best known for working against racial d ...
(1879–1966), African-American civil rights leader
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Cecelia Tichi (born 1942), American academic and author of mystery novels
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Cecelia Watson (fl. 2010s–2020s), American author and historian
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Cecelia Wolstenholme
Cecelia Wolstenholme (18 May 1915 – 25 October 1968), later known by her married name Cecelia Thornton, was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships, and England in the Br ...
(1915–1968), English competitive swimmer
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