Debra is a feminine given name. Debra may refer to:

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Debra Adelaide Debra Adelaide (born 1958) is an Australian novelist, writer and academic. She teaches creative writing at the University of Technology Sydney. Biography Adelaide was born in Sydney and grew up in the Sutherland Shire. A contemporary of writers ...

(born 1958), Australian writer *

Debra Allbery Debra Allbery (born March 3, 1957 in Lancaster, Ohio) is an American poet. Life Allbery is an Ohio native, though she currently lives in Fairview, North Carolina. She has graduated from College of Wooster, University of Virginia, and Universit ...

(born 1957), American poet *

Debra R. Anderson Debra Rae Anderson (June 13, 1949 – November 10, 2022) was an American politician. Anderson was born in Bryant, South Dakota, Bryant, Hamlin County, South Dakota, and graduated from Bryant High School in 1967. She then graduated from August ...

(1949-2022), American politician * Debra Austin (born 1955), American ballerina * Debra Berger (born 1957), American actress, artist and designer *

Debra Bermingham Debra Bermingham is an American artist known for her interior scenes and still lifes. Biography Debra Pandell Bermingham was born in Northampton, Massachusetts on September 18, 1953. She was educated at the University of Washington, Seattle, and ...

, American artist *

Debra Bloomfield Debra Bloomfield (born 1952) is an American photographer. She has photographed extensively in Mexico, the American Southwest, Alaska, and California, and has taught photography in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 30 years. Life and work Bloo ...

(born 1952), American photographer * Debra Bowen (born 1955), American politician, Secretary of State of California from 2007 to 2015 * Debra Brown, serial killer *

Debra M. Brown Debra Marie Brown (born November 22, 1963) is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. She is the first African-American woman to serve as Chief Judge for the Northern ...

(born 1963), American judge *

Debra Burlingame Debra Burlingame (born 1954) is an American lawyer and political activist. She is the sister of Charles "Chic" Burlingame III, the pilot of the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 that was flown into The Pentagon during the September 11 attacks ...

(born 1954), American lawyer and political activist *

Debra Byrd Debra Byrd (born 19 July 1951, Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio) is an Americans, American Singing, vocalist who has worked with Barry Manilow in and after Lady Flash and Bob Dylan, appeared on Broadway theatre, Broadway, and serves as the head vo ...

, American vocalist * Debra Byrne (born 1957), Australian pop singer, actress and entertainer *

Debra Cafaro Debra A. Cafaro is an American business executive who has been CEO of Ventas, Inc. since 1999. Personal life Cafaro was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to a working class Catholic family. She has one younger sister. Her mother, Dee Francis, ...

(born 1957) American business executive *

Debra Chasnoff Debra Chasnoff (October 12, 1957 – November 7, 2017) was an American documentary filmmaker and activist whose films address progressive social justice issues. Her production company GroundSpark produces and distributes films, educational resou ...

(1957 – 2017), documentary filmmaker and activist *

Debra Christofferson Debra Christofferson (born January 9, 1963) is an American actress known for her roles in film and television. She is from Spearfish, South Dakota Spearfish (Lakota: ''Hočhápȟe'') is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota. The population ...

, American actress of film and TV *

Debra Crew Debra Ann Crew (born December 20, 1970) is the president of Diageo North America. She is also a board member of Mondelez International, and the former president and chief executive officer of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. She previously held sen ...

(born 1970), corporate chief executive *

Debra Daley Debra Daley is a New Zealand author. Daley was born in New Zealand and is of Irish heritage. She grew up in the west of Auckland and graduated from the University of Auckland with an MA in English Literature. She currently lives in the Bay of P ...

, New Zealand author *

Debra Dickerson Debra J. Dickerson (born 1959) is an American author, editor, writer, and contributing writer and blogger for ''Mother Jones'' magazine. Dickerson has been most prolific as an essayist, writing on race relations and racial identity in the United St ...

(born 1959), American author * Debra Dobkin, American musician *

Debra Doyle Debra Doyle (November 30, 1952 – October 31, 2020) was an American author in multiple related fiction genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and mystery, for young adults and adults. Her works were co-written with her husband, James D. Mac ...

(1952–2020), American author * Debra Dunning (born 1966), American actress *

Debra Eisenstadt Debra Eisenstadt is an American writer, director, producer and editor. Career Eisenstadt began her career as an actress, most notably starring in the theater and film versions of David Mamet’s '' Oleanna'' opposite William H. Macy. Eisenstadt w ...

, American writer, director, producer and editor *

Debra Elmegreen Debra Meloy Elmegreen (born November 23, 1952 in South Bend, Indiana) is an American astronomer. She was the first woman to graduate from Princeton University with a degree in astrophysics, and she was the first female post-doctoral researcher a ...

(born 1952), American astronomer * Debra Evenson (1942 - 2011), American lawyer *

Debra Feuer Debra Lee Feuer is an American former actress. She starred in the films ''Moment by Moment'', ''The Hollywood Knights'', '' To Live and Die in L.A.'', '' MacGruder and Loud'', '' Il burbero'', and '' Homeboy''; the latter in which she starred with ...

, American actress * Debra Fischer, professor of astronomy *

Debra Jo Fondren Debra Jo Fondren (born February 5, 1955) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1977 issue and Playmate of the Year for 1978. Her pictorial was photographed by Robert Scott Hooper ...

(born 1955), American model and actress *

Debra Fox Debra Fox is the founder and CEO of Fox Learning Systems. She was previously a television reporter and anchor with WTAE-TV Pittsburgh (1976–1986). WTAE television career Fox was named "Best Pittsburgh Newscaster" seven years in a row by th ...

, American journalist *

Debra Fordham Debra Fordham is an American television producer and writer. She is best known for her work on the sitcom '' Scrubs''. Early life Fordham is a graduate of Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia, where she studied theatre under the directi ...

, American television executive * Debra Gauthier, American police officer and author *

Debra Gillett Debra J. Gillett is an English actress who has appeared in productions including ''The Witches'', ''Chimera'', ''Truckers'', ''Casualty'', ''Just William'', ''Dalziel and Pascoe'', '' Spooks'', ''Doctor Who'', ''Soul Music'', and '' Cranfo ...

, English actress *

Debra Gore Debra Gore (born 16 July 1967) is a British swimmer. Swimming career Gore competed in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She represented England and won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay, at ...

(born 1967), British swimmer *

Debra Granik Debra Granik (born February 6, 1963) is an American filmmaker. She is most known for 2004's '' Down to the Bone,'' which starred Vera Farmiga, 2010's ''Winter's Bone,'' which starred Jennifer Lawrence in her breakout performance and for which Gr ...

(born 1963), American independent film director *

Debra Green Debra Jean Green is an author, popular speaker and founder of Redeeming Our Communities, a UK-wide charity based in Manchester, UK. Career Throughout the 1990s Green worked for Network, the Council of Churches in Greater Manchester. She was in ...

, British writer and speaker *

Debra Haffner Debra W. Haffner (born 1954) is co-founder and president emerita of the Religious Institute, Inc. A sexologist and ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, she was the endorsed community minister with the Unitarian Church in Westport, Connecticut ...

(born 1954), ordained minister *

Debra Hamel Debra Hamel is an American historian specializing in ancient Greece. Life and career Hamel was born in 1964 in New Haven, Connecticut. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in classics with departm ...

(born 1964), American historian *

Debra Hand Debra Hand is a self-taught artist and sculptor from Chicago, Illinois. She created a bronze statue of the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, after receiving a commission to do so from the Chicago Park District in 2012. The statue, which is tall, wa ...

, American sculptor *

Debra Hayward Debra Hayward (born 15 April 1964) is a British film producer. As Head of Film at Working Title Films, Hayward frequently served as an executive producer for the company's feature films, working alongside fellow Working Title executive Liza Chasin ...

, British film producer * Debra Hill (1950 – 2005), American film producer and screenwriter *

Debra Hilstrom Debra J. Hilstrom (born June 21, 1968) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 40B, which included portions ...

(born 1968), American politician * Debra Holloway (1955 – 2011), U.S. Olympian in taekwondo *

Debra Humphris Debra Humphris is an English academic and nurse who has been the vice chancellor of the University of Brighton since 2015. Biography As a registered nurse, Humphris worked at the South Thames regional health authority and St George's Hospital ...

, English academic and nurse *

Debra Jensen Debra Jensen (born Debra Svensk on March 12, 1958, in Orange County, California) is an American model. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1978 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Phillip Dixon. Jensen was ...

(born 1958), American model *

Debra A. Kemp Debra A. Kemp (March 7, 1957 – February 8, 2015) was an American author. She wrote historical fiction and drew inspiration for her ''House of Pendragon'' series from the Arthurian legends. She originally studied nursing and earned her degree ...

(1957 – 2015), American author * Debra Killings (born 1966), American singer and bass guitarist *

Debra Kolodny Debra Kolodny is a bisexual rights activist and congregational rabbi. They served in the past as Executive Director of Nehirim. Background Kondny came out as bisexual in 1984 and has continued to be open about their orientation in the context o ...

, bisexual rights activist and congregational rabbi * Debra Lafave (born 1980), offender *

Debra Lampshire Debra Joy Lampshire is a New Zealand trainer, educator, advocate and experience-based expert on mental health. Work Lampshire is project manager for the Psychological Interventions for Enduring Mental Illness Project at the Auckland District ...

, mental health educator *

Debra Lawrance Debra Lawrance (born 1 January 1957) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role on '' Home and Away'', as Pippa Ross, which she played from 1990 to 1998, and has made a number of return appearances as the character, the most re ...

(born 1957), Australian actress *

Debra Laws Debra Renee Laws (born September 10, 1956) is an American singer and actress from Houston, Texas. She is best known for her 1981 R&B/soul ballad " Very Special". In her music career, she works closely with her siblings, Eloise Laws, Hubert Laws ...

(born 1956), American singer and actress * Debra Lee, several people * Debra Lehrmann (born 1956), American judge * Debra Maffett (born 1956), American beauty queen and television host *

Debra J. Mazzarelli Debra Jean Mazzarelli (born April 7, 1955) is an American politician from New York. Life She was born April 7, 1955, in Bay Shore, Suffolk County, New York. She graduated B.A. in political science from St. Joseph's College. She entered politics ...

(born 1955), New York politician *

Debra Marshall Debra Gale Marshall (formerly McMichael and Williams; born March 2, 1960) is an American former professional wrestling valet, occasional professional wrestler, and actress. She is best known for her appearances with World Championship Wrestling ( ...

(born 1960), American former professional wrestling manager, actress and former WWF/E Diva *

Debra Mason Debra "Debbie" Mason (born 31 January 1968) is a British long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic ...

(born 1968), British long-distance runner *

Debra Meiburg Debra Meiburg MW is an multi-media wine journalist, wine educator, wine judge and a first recipient of the Master of Wine title in Asia. She is also founding director, along with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, of the Cathay Hong Kong In ...

, Master of Wine * Debra Messing (born 1968), American actress * Debra McGee (born 1958), English television, radio and stage performer * Debra McGrath (born 1954), Canadian actress and comedian *

Debra Milke Debra Jean Milke (née Sadeik; born March 10, 1964) is a German-American woman who spent over 25 years in prison in the state of Arizona. She was one of three people sentenced to death for the December 2, 1989 shooting death of her four-year-old ...

(born 1964), American wrongfully convicted inmate * Debra Monk (born 1949), American actress, singer, and writer *

Debra Moody Debra Moody (born May 28, 1956) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 81 since January 8, 2013. Education Moody attended Arkansas State University and the University of ...

(born 1956), American politician *

Debra Monroe Debra Monroe is an American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and essayist. She has written seven books, including two story collections, a collection of essays, two novels, and two memoirs, and is also editor of an anthology of nonfiction. ...

, American writer * Debra Mooney (born 1947), American actress *

Debra Mullins Debra Mullins (born 12 February 1957) is the president of the Queensland Court of Appeal. She has served on the Supreme Court of Queensland since 2000, and was elevated to the Court of Appeal in 2020. She was appointed as senior counsel in and ...

(born 1957), Australian judge *

Debra Nails Debra Nails (born November 15, 1950) is an American philosophy professor who taught at Michigan State University. Nails earned her M.A. in philosophy and classical Greek from Louisiana State University before going on to earn a Ph.D. in philosophy ...

(born 1950), American philosopher *

Debra Opri Debra Ann Opri is an American attorney. Opri's main office is in Los Angeles. Opri is licensed to practice law in California, New York, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia D.C. Opri is best known as a celebrity attorney and guest commentat ...

, American lawyer * Debra Oswald (born 1959), Australian writer *

Debra Paget Debra Paget (born Debralee Griffin; August 19, 1933) is an American actress and entertainer. She is perhaps best known for her performances in Cecil B. DeMille's epic ''The Ten Commandments'' (1956) and in Elvis Presley's film debut, '' Love Me ...

(born 1933), American actress *

Debra Pepler Debra Pepler is a Canadian psychologist known for her research and advocacy within the field of childhood aggression and bullying. She is currently a distinguished research professor at York University in Toronto, Ontario. Career Pepler comp ...

, Canadian psychologist *

Debra Peppers Debra D. Peppers (born c. 1951), Ph.D., is an educator, motivational speaker, television host on WTJR and radio co-host on KJSL/KYFI. She was educated at the University of Alabama (1973, BA English/speech communication) and Webster University (1 ...

, American broadcaster *

Debra Phillips Debra Phillips (born 1958) is an Australian artist. Her main practice is photography but she also works across other forms such as sculpture and moving image. She has been an exhibiting artist since the 1980s, is a part of many collections, and ...

(born in 1958), Australian artist *

Debra Ponzek Debra Ponzek is an American chef, who won the James Beard Foundation Award for Rising Star Chef in 1992 beating her then-husband Bobby Flay. She is now the owner of Aux Délices restaurants in Connecticut. Career Debra Ponzek was born and brought ...

, American chef *

Debra L. Reed Debra L. Reed (born 1957) is an American businesswoman who served as the CEO of Sempra Energy from 2011 until her retirement in 2018. She was the first female CEO of Sempra Energy, a Fortune 500 energy services holding company based in San Diego, ...

(born 1957), American businesswoman *

Debra Richtmeyer Debra Richtmeyer is an American classical saxophonist born June 19, 1957, in Lansing, Michigan. Richtmeyer earned her B.M.E. and M.M. at Northwestern University, where she studied with Frederick L. Hemke. She is Professor of Saxophone at the Un ...

(born 1957), American classical saxophonist *

Debra Ringold Debra Jones Ringold (born September 8, 1954) is a professor at the Atkinson Graduate School of Management at Willamette University and is a marketing research consultant. She was selected to advise the U.S. Census Bureau on methods for improving ...

(born 1954), American academic * Debra R. Rolison, physical chemist at the

Naval Research Laboratory The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. It was founded in 1923 and conducts basic scientific research, applied research, technological ...

* Debra Rupp (born 1951), American film and television actress *

Debra Sandlund Debra Sandlund (Debra Stipe) (born May 29, 1962, in Geneseo, Illinois) is an American television and film actress. She's a graduate of Northwestern University where she studied both Opera & Theatre. She won the Miss Dream Girl USA 1987 Pageant a ...

(born 1962), American television and film actress *

Debra Sapenter Debra Elaine Sapenter (born February 27, 1952), is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meters. She was born in Prairie View, Texas. In 1975 she was rated as the number one 400 meter women's sprinter in the United States. She comp ...

, American sprinter *

Debra Satz Debra Satz is an American philosophy, American philosopher and the Vernon R. & Lysbeth Warren Anderson Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. She is the Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society, Professor o ...

, American philosopher *

Debra Saunders Debra J. Saunders is an American syndicated columnist and fellow with the Discovery Institute's Chapman Center for Citizen Leadership. Her column is syndicated by Creators Syndicate and is carried by newspapers in the United States. Saunders serv ...

(born 1954), American journalist * Debra Saunders-White, American politician *

Debra Saylor Debra Saylor (born 1962 in Dubuque, Iowa) is an American pianist, classical singer and voice instructor. She came to prominence during the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for amateurs in Fort Worth Fort Worth is the fifth-larges ...

(born 1962), American pianist, classical singer and voice instructor *

Debra Searle Debra Louise Searle MVO MBE (born 8 July 1975), née Newbury, later Veal, is a British adventurer, businesswoman, author and keynote speaker. In 2002, Searle rowed across the Atlantic alone after her then husband and rowing partner, Andrew Vea ...

(born 1975), British adventurer, television presenter, author and motivational speaker * Debra Searles. Australian theoretical chemist *

Debra Shipley Debra Ann Shipley (born 22 June 1957) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Stourbridge from 1997 until the 2005 general election, when she stood down for reasons of ill health. She was succe ...

(born 1957), politician in the United Kingdom *

Debra Silverstein Debra Silverstein is the Alderman of the 50th Ward of the City of Chicago, Illinois. She defeated 38-year incumbent Bernard Stone in the 2011 runoff election, a race in which she was endorsed by Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel. As of 2019–2020, sh ...

, American politician *

Debra Solomon Debra Solomon is an American filmmaker, animator, illustrator, and author known best for being the animation supervisor and creator of the animated Lizzie from the Disney Channel show ''Lizzie McGuire'' (2001–2003). She has made a variety of s ...

, filmmaker and animator *

Debra Sparrow Debra Sparrow, or (Thelliawhatlwit), is a Musqueam weaver, artist and knowledge keeper. She is self-taught in Salish design, weaving, and jewellery making. Biography Sparrow was born and raised on the Musqueam Indian Reserve, part of the tradi ...

, Musqueam weaver, artist and knowledge keeper *

Debra Stephenson Debra Stephenson (born 4 June 1972) is an English actress, comedian, impressionist and singer, best known for her roles as Diane Powell in ''Playing the Field'', Shell Dockley in '' Bad Girls'' and as Frankie Baldwin in ''Coronation Street''. ...

(born 1972), British actress *

Debra Stock Debra Ann Stock (born 17 July 1962) is a former English international cricketer. A right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler, she played in seven Test matches and fifteen One Day Internationals for England between 1992 and 1996, and wa ...

(born 1962), former English international cricketer *

Debra Teare Debra Ann Campbell Teare (July 11, 1955 – November 10, 2018)Debra Teare
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(born 1955), American artist * Debra Thomas (born 1967), American former figure skater and physician *

Debra Todd Debra Todd (born October 15, 1957) is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Prior to her election to the Supreme Court in 2007, she served as a judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania from 2000 through 2007. She is a member ...

(born October 15, 1957), American judge *

Debra Waples Debra Lynn Waples (born July 30, 1953) is an American fencer. She was the captain of the USA fencing team and competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games ...

(born 1953), American fencer * Debra Webb, American writer * Debra Weinstein, American poet * Debra Winger (born 1955), American actress * Debra Wilson (born 1962), American comedian and actress *

Debra Wong Yang Debra Wong Yang (; pinyin: Yáng Huáng Jīnyù) is the former United States Attorney for the Central District of California. She was appointed in May 2002 by President George W. Bush, who made her the first Asian American woman to serve as a Un ...

, former United States Attorney for the Central District of California *

Debra Zane Debra Zane is a casting director, based in Los Angeles, California, known for her work in film and television. Zane has worked with some of the most successful directors in the world such as Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, and Steven Soderberg ...

, American casting director

Fictional characters

Debra Barone This is a list of fictional characters from ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', an American sitcom, originally broadcast on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. The show revolves around the life of Italian-American Ray Barone, a sportswriter ...

, from the American television comedy series ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' *

Debra Dean Debra Lynn Dean (born 1957) is an American writer, best known for her 2006 novel, ''The Madonnas of Leningrad''. Life Dean was born and brought up in Seattle and studied English and Drama at Whitman College, graduating in 1980. She then trained ...

, on the British series ''EastEnders'' *

Debra Morgan Debra Charlotte Morgan (spelled Deborah in the novels) is a fictional character created by Jeff Lindsay for his ''Dexter'' book series. She also appears in the television series, based on Lindsay's books, portrayed by Jennifer Carpenter. In Li ...

, in the television show based on Jeff Lindsay's Dexter book series *

Debra Whitman Debra Whitman is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Introduced in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #196 (Sept 1979), she served as a brief love interest for Peter Parker in the ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' ...

, comic book character in Marvel Comics

People

Fictional characters

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