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Gianna
Gianna is a female Italian given name, a diminutive form of ''Giovanna''. In English, it is translated as " Jane", "Jean", " Joan", " Joanne" or "Joanna". These names mean "God is gracious". See also ''John'' for the origin. Variations *Feminine: Giana, Gia, Giovanna *Masculine: Gianni, Giovanni People * Gianna Amore (born 1968), American model and actress *Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki (born 1955), Greek businesswoman * Gianna Berger (born 1999), Swiss politician * Gianna Bryant (2006–2020), American student-athlete, daughter of professional basketball player Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant. *Gianna Maria Canale (1927–2009), Italian actress * Gianna Creighton (born 2001), American soccer player *Gianna D'Angelo (1929–2013), American soprano *Gianna Dior (born 1997), American pornographic film actress *Gianna Galli (1935–2010), Italian soprano *Gianna Gourley (born 2001), American soccer player *Gianna Hablützel-Bürki (born 1969), Swiss fencer *Gianna Jannoni (born 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gianna Bryant
Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant (May 1, 2006 – January 26, 2020), also known as Gigi Bryant and Mambacita, was an American student-athlete and the daughter of former professional basketball player Kobe Bryant. Along with her father and seven others, she died in a helicopter crash in 2020 at age 13. Life Gianna "Gigi" Bryant was born on May 1, 2006, the daughter of National Basketball Association Hall-of-Famer athlete Kobe Bryant and businesswoman, philanthropist and model Vanessa Bryant. She had an older sister, Natalia, and two younger sisters, Bianka and Capri. Bryant often accompanied her father, sitting with him at the 2008 NBA Finals press conference and playing on the court during warm-ups at the 2016 All-Star Game. In 2020, a video went viral of the pair talking intensely in the stands while watching a basketball game. The ''Hartford Courant'' reported, by 2018, when she was only 11, that college basketball coaches were asking her father to encourage her to attend their co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gianna Nannini
Gianna Nannini (; born 14 June 1954) is an Italian singer and songwriter. Her most notable songs include "America" (1979), "Fotoromanza" (1984), "I maschi" (1987), "Meravigliosa creatura" (1995), "Sei nell'anima" (2006) and "Bello e impossibile" (1986). The latter became a hit across Europe, especially in Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Early life Nannini was born in Siena on 14 June 1954. She has a younger brother Alessandro Nannini, a former Formula One racing driver. She studied piano and composition in Milan in the late 1970s. Career Nannini scored her first domestic hit in 1979 with the single "America" and the album ''California (Gianna Nannini album), California'', which became a success in several European countries. Her international breakthrough happened in 1984 with the release of her sixth album, the Conny Plank-produced ''Puzzle (Gianna Nannini album), Puzzle'', which peaked in the top 10 in the Italian, German, Austrian and Swiss charts. The first s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gianna Beretta Molla
Gianna Beretta Molla (4 October 1922 – 28 April 1962) was an Italian Catholic pediatrician. Although aware of possible fatal consequences, Molla refused both an abortion and a hysterectomy during her pregnancy with her fourth child in order to preserve the child's life. Molla's medical career followed the teachings of the Catholic Church; she believed in following her conscience while coming to the aid of others who required assistance. Molla also dedicated herself to charitable work amongst the elderly and was involved in Catholic Action; she also aided the Saint Vincent de Paul group in their outreach to the poor and less fortunate. Molla's beatification was celebrated in 1994 and she was canonized as a saint a decade later in mid-2004 in Saint Peter's Square. Life Gianna Beretta was born in Magenta on 4 October 1922, a Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, as the tenth of 13 children (only eight survived into adulthood) to Maria de Micheli (c. 1887 - 1 May 1942) and Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gianna Dior
Gianna Dior (born May 12, 1997) is an American pornographic film actress and erotic photography model. She is the winner of multiple awards including the 2020 AVN Award for Best New Starlet and the 2022 AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year. Early life and education Dior was born in California on May 12, 1997 and grew up in small town near Auburn, Alabama. She is of Italian and Native American descent. Both of her parents were in the military. Dior attended Auburn University, where she studied psychology. Career After noticing Dior on Tinder, a porn agent in Miami approached her to shoot adult scenes. Following that, she made her debut at the age of 21 in May 2018. Her stage name Gianna Dior was chosen by her first agent who wanted to find something that recalled her Italian origins. In September 2018 she was named as the Penthouse Pet of the Month. In 2019, Dior became the Penthouse Pet of the Year. In 2020, Dior rose to industry prominence by winning Best New Starlet A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant ( ; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise, spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential basketball players of all time, Bryant won five NBA Finals, NBA championships and was an 18-time NBA All-Star, All-Star, four-time NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player, All-Star MVP, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, 12-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team, All-Defensive Team, the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), two-time Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, NBA Finals MVP, and two-time List of NBA annual scoring leaders, scoring champion. He ranks fourth in List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders, league all-time regular season and List of NBA career p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gianna Jessen
Gianna Jessen (born April 6, 1977) is an American anti-abortion activist. She was born during a failed instillation abortion attempt. The 2011 film '' October Baby'' is loosely based on Jessen's life. Early life Jessen was born April 6, 1977, in Los Angeles, California. Her medical records indicate that she was born in the 30th week of pregnancy to a 17-year-old girl during a failed saline abortion. Jessen's birth certificate is signed by the doctor who was performing the abortion. Jessen weighed at birth, and was born with cerebral palsy, a motor condition that affects various areas of body movement, which she says was caused by the abortion attempt. She describes it as a "tremendous gift". Jessen spent three months in the hospital before being placed in foster care. She was adopted at the age of four. Career 1990s Jessen's career as an activist began in 1991, when she was 14, after her adoptive mother, Diana DePaul, told Jessen she was born to a 17-year-old girl, during a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gianna Manzini
Gianna Manzini (24 March 1896 – 31 August 1974) was an Italian writer whose ''Ritratto in piedi'' won her the Premio Campiello in 1971. It is a semi-autobiographical portrait of her father, an Italian anarchist. After several banishments for his political activities, her anarchist father was exiled to the small hilltop town of Cutigliano in 1921, 25 km northwest of Pistoia, where he died of a heart attack in 1925 after being chased by fascist hoodlums. Biography Manzini was born in Pistoia. Her mother was Leonilda Mazzoncini, born 22 December 1864, in Pistoia, and her father was Giuseppe Manzini, born 7 October 1853, originally from Modena. Her childhood in Pistoia was spent in the anxious company of her mother's family who, disapproving of her anarchist father's beliefs and activities, was instrumental in causing her parents to separate. Gianna and her mother lived with her mother's two sisters, and Gianna's father lived in a rented room in Pistoia and had a clock repair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki (born Ioanna Daskalaki, December 12, 1955) is a Greek businesswoman and Ambassador-at-Large for the Hellenic Republic. She is best known for being the leader of the bidding and organizing committees for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In July 2019, she was appointed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to lead ''Greece 2021'', a year-long initiative to both commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution and to introduce to the world a new Greece of effort and optimism. She was named one of the 50 most powerful women by ''Forbes magazine'' and is the author of the New York Times Bestseller ''My Greek Drama''. Early life Ioanna Daskalaki was born to a middle-class family in Heraklion, Crete. Daskalaki studied law in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Personal life In 1990, she married the Greek shipping and steel magnate Theodore Angelopoulos, and has since been involved in several aspects of Angelopoulos' business interests, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vanessa Bryant
Vanessa Marie Bryant (born Vanessa Urbieta Cornejo; May 5, 1982) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the widow of American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant. With her husband, she founded the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Foundation in 2007 to provide scholarships to minority college students worldwide. Bryant leads the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting child athletes who are in need. On January 26, 2020, Bryant's husband Kobe and her daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Bryant subsequently filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County, which was later settled in 2023. Early life Bryant was born Vanessa Urbieta Cornejo on May 5, 1982, in Los Angeles, California, to Mexican immigrant Sofia Urbieta. Her parents divorced when she was three and her father relocated to Mexico; she is estranged from her father. Her mother was a shipping clerk at an electronics company who married her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gianna Gourley
Gianna Gourley (born January 23, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for DC Power FC of the USL Super League, on loan from Fort Lauderdale United FC. She played college soccer for the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Grand Canyon Antelopes women's soccer, Grand Canyon Antelopes. Early life Gourley was born and raised in Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada. She played club soccer for Heat FC 01 in the ECNL. Gourley attended Bishop Gorman High School, where she played both soccer and basketball. She led the soccer team to two Nevada 4A state titles and one undefeated season. As a senior, she scored 28 goals, earned TopDrawerSoccer High School All-American honors, and was named Nevada's Gatorade Player of the Year awards, Gatorade Player of the Year. Gourley had also been named to the All-State team the year prior. College career Iowa Hawkeyes Getting off to a quick start, Gourley recored two goals and two assists in her first six games with the Iowa Haw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gianna Kneepkens
Gianna Kneepkens (born March 4, 2003) is an American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins of the Big Ten Conference. She previously played for Utah Early life and high school career Gianna Kneepkens was born in Duluth, Minnesota to Donald and Betsy Kneepkens. The youngest of six siblings, Kneepkens grew up playing basketball against her five older brothers. She played for Marshall School in Duluth. As a varsity starter beginning in eighth grade, Kneepkens helped her team to two consecutive Minnesota State Tournament appearances. In her final high school game, Kneepkens scored 67 points, an all-time state record. She was named 2021 Gatorade Minnesota Girls Basketball Player of the Year, joining Paige Bueckers who won the award the year before. During her high school career, Kneepkens scored 3,704 points, which ranked fourth all-time in Minnesota state history at the time. She ultimately committed to playing college basketball for Utah. College career Freshman season Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jun Ji-hyun
Wang Ji-hyun (; born 30 October 1981), known professionally as Jun Ji-hyun (), is a South Korean actress and model. She rose to fame with her role in the romantic comedy film ''My Sassy Girl'' (2001), which became a tremendous sensation across Asia and sparked an international breakthrough for Korean cinema. Other notable films include '' Il Mare'' (2000), '' Windstruck'' (2004), '' The Thieves'' (2012), ''The Berlin File'' (2013) and ''Assassination'' (2015). She also starred in the popular television series ''My Love from the Star'' (2013–2014) and '' The Legend of the Blue Sea'' (2016–2017), as well as the Netflix series '' Kingdom'' (2021). Jun has received multiple awards, including two Best Actress trophies at the Grand Bell Awards and a Grand Prize for Television at the Baeksang Arts Awards. Her success in film and television has established her as a top hallyu star. She is referred to as one of "The Troika," along with Kim Tae-hee and Song Hye-kyo, collectively kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
