Lorinda and Laurinda are female first names. They may refer to:

People

Lorinda Munson Bryant Lorinda Munson Bryant (21 March 1855 − 13 December 1933) was an American writer and educator. Biography She was born near Granville, Ohio, in 1855 to Marvin M. Munson, a lawyer, and Emma Sabin Culbertson. In 1875, she married Charles W. Bryant, ...

(1855-1933), American writer and educator *

Laura Cardoso Laura Cardoso, artistic name of Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso Balleroni OMC (born 13 September 1927) is a Brazilian actress. She is celebrated as one of the best and most well known Brazilian actresses of cinema, theater and television. Early li ...

, born Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso (born 1927), Brazilian actress *

Lorinda Cherry Lorinda Cherry ( Landgraf; November 18, 1944 – February 2022) was an American computer scientist and programmer. Much of her career was spent at Bell Labs, where she was for many years a member of the original Unix Lab. Cherry developed severa ...

, computer scientist *

Lorinda de Roulet Lorinda "Linda" de Roulet ('' née'' Payson; born May 8, 1930) is an American philanthropist. She is the former president of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. She served in the role from 1975 through 1980. She succeeded her mother, Joa ...

(born 1931/1932), American philanthropist *

Anna Etheridge Lorinda Anna "Annie" Blair Etheridge (May 3, 1839 – January 23, 1913 ) was a Union nurse and vivandière who served during the American Civil War. She was one of only two women to receive the Kearny Cross. She was inducted into the Michigan Wo ...

, born Lorinda Anna Blair (1839-1913),

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

nurse *Laurinda Mphoko, wife of Phelekezela Mphoko, Zimbabwean politician *

Lorinda Panther Lorinda Panther (née O'Brynne; born 15 March 1963) is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. Panther made her Football Ferns in a 0–0 draw with Australia Australia, officially the Commonw ...

(born 1963), New Zealand footballer *

Lorinda Perry Lorinda Perry (December 23, 1884 – August 30, 1951) was an American economist, college professor, and lawyer, based most of her life in Illinois. Early life Perry was born December 21, 1884, in Melvin, Illinois, the daughter of Eugene Beauha ...

(1884-1951), American economist, lawyer, professor *

Laurinda Hope Spear Laurinda Hope Spear, FAIA, ASLA, LEED AP (born 1950) is an American architect and landscape architect based in Miami, Florida. She is one of the founders of Arquitectonica, the international architecture, planning, and interior design firm, which ...

(b. 1950), American architect * Lorinda Theron (born 1967), daughter of

Annique Theron Annique Theron (born Anna Elizabeth nnekieHeystek in North Transvaal, April 18, 1929 - Pretoria, February 22, 2016) was a South African businesswoman best known for her line of cosmetics and health care products featuring rooibos as a main ingre ...

, South African businesswoman

Fictional characters

* ''Laurinda'' (2014), a novel by

Alice Pung Alice Pung (born 1981) is an Australian writer, editor and lawyer. Her books include the memoirs ''Unpolished Gem'' (2006), ''Her Father's Daughter'' (2011) and the novel ''Laurinda'' (2014). Pung is a practising solicitor. She has also worke ...

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