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Ida (given Name)
Ida is a feminine given name found in Europe and North America. It is popular in Scandinavian countries, where it is pronounced Ee-da. The name has an ancient Germanic etymology, according to which it means ‘industrious’ or ‘prosperous’. It derives from the Germanic root ''id'', meaning "labor, work" (also found in "Iði"). Alternatively, it may be related to the name of the Old Norse goddess ''Iðunn''. Ida also occurs as an anglicisation of the Irish language, Irish feminine given name Íde. Ida is a currently popular name in the Nordic countries and is among the top 20 names given to girls born in 2019 in Denmark. It was among the top 20 names for newborn girls in Norway in 2013 and among the top 50 names for newborn girls in Sweden in 2013. It was among the top 10 names for girls born to Swedish speaking families in Finland in 2013. Finnish variant Iida was among the top ten most popular names given to newborn girls in Finland in 2013. Ida was at its height of popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion#Europe, subregion of northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also refer to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes a part of northern Finland). In English usage, Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for Nordic countries. Iceland and the Faroe Islands are sometimes included in Scandinavia for their Ethnolinguistics, ethnolinguistic relations with Sweden, Norway and Denmark. While Finland differs from other Nordic countries in this respect, some authors call it Scandinavian due to its economic and cultural similarities. The geography of the region is varied, from the Norwegian fjords in the west and Scandinavian mountains covering parts of Norway and Sweden, to the low and flat areas of Denmark in the south, as well as archipelagos and lakes in the east. Most of the population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida, Countess Of Boulogne
Ida of Boulogne (c. 1160 – 1216) was suo jure Countess of Boulogne from 1173 until her death. Life Ida was the elder daughter of Matthew of Alsace and Marie I, Countess of Boulogne. Her maternal grandparents were King Stephen of England Stephen (1092 or 1096 – 25 October 1154), often referred to as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 22 December 1135 to his death in 1154. He was Count of Boulogne '' jure uxoris'' from 1125 until 1147 and Duke of Normandy from 113 ... and Matilda I of Boulogne. Her mother, a nun, had been abducted from a convent and forced into marriage by Matthew. As a consequence, her parents' marriage was controversial and, in 1170, was annulled. Reign Her father continued to rule until his death in 1173, when she succeeded. Upon the advice of her uncle, Philip I, Count of Flanders, she married first in 1181, to Gerard of Guelders, but he died in the same year. She next married Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen, but he died in 1186. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Haendel
Ida Haendel, (15 December 1928 - or 1923, the exact year remains uncertain 1 July 2020) was a world renowned Polish-British-Canadian violinist. Haendel was a child prodigy, her career spanning over seven decades. She also became an influential teacher. Early career Born in 1928 to a Polish Jewish family in Chełm, Poland, her talents were evident when she picked up her sister's violin at the age of three. Major competition wins paved the way for success. Performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto, she won the Warsaw Conservatory's Gold Medal and the first Bronislaw Huberman, Huberman Prize in 1933, at 5 years old. At the age of seven she competed against towering virtuosos such as David Oistrakh and Ginette Neveu to become a laureate of the first Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, in 1935. These accolades enabled her to study with the esteemed pedagogues Carl Flesch in London and George Enescu in Paris. During World War II she played in factories and for British and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Genther Schmidt
Ida Therese Genther Schmidt (December 1, 1902 – October 10, 1999) was an American anatomist and biochemistry researcher, working in endocrinology and especially on the effects of radiation. She was on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati's medical school for 33 years, beginning in the 1930s. She co-authored research papers with Leo Loeb, Marie Agnes Hinrichs, and Chi Che Wang. Early life and education Genther was born in Oradell, New Jersey, the daughter of Gustave Genther and Louisa Baer Genther. Her parents were German immigrants; she worked as a domestic servant in her childhood. A teacher helped her continue her studies, and arranged a college scholarship for the young Genther. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1925, as a zoology major with a chemistry minor. She earned a master's degree at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1927, and completed a Ph.D. at Washington University in St. Louis in 1930. Career She taught zoology at Washington Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Galli
Ida Galli (born 8 October 1939) is an Italian film actress best known for her roles in spaghetti Western and ''giallo'' films in the 1960s and 1970s. Galli has appeared under several pseudonyms, including Arianna, Evelyn Stewart and Isli Oberon. Extremely prolific, some of her most notable roles include ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960), ''Hercules in the Haunted World'' (1961), ''The Leopard'' (1963), ''The Whip and the Body'' (1965), ''Blood for a Silver Dollar'' (1965), ''Adiós gringo'' (1965), ''Django Shoots First'' (1966), ''Special Mission Lady Chaplin'' (1966), ''The Sweet Body of Deborah'' (1968), ''The Weekend Murders'' (1970), ''The Case of the Scorpion's Tail'' (1971), ''The Bloodstained Butterfly'' (1971), ''Knife of Ice'' (1972), ''Footprints on the Moon (1975 film), Footprints on the Moon'' (1975), and ''The Psychic'' (1977). Life and career Ida Galli was born in Sestola, Italy. Her date of birth has variously been given as 9 April 1942 and 8 October 1939. After finishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Finney Mackrille
Ida Finney Mackrille (1867 – 1960) was an American suffragist and a women's political leader in the State of California. She was known as the “Woman Orator of the West.” From 1911 until 1932, she was active in suffragist movement, and after she remained active in other types of politics. Biography Ida Finney was born on August 21, 1867, in Richmond, Indiana, to parents Sara A. Long Finney and Joel J. Finney. Her father had served in the 57th Indiana Infantry Regiment. She was raised with two sisters. She married in 1897 to William R. Mackrille, a chief deputy clerk of the California State Supreme Court. Mackrille served as the first vice-president of the San Francisco Center of the California Civic League, a group that fought for equality for women. She was considered one the foremost orators in California, often speaking on women's issues and politics. She served as San Francisco Office Manager for the 1921 Presidential campaign of Warren G. Harding. Later in life s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Engberg
Ida Engberg (; born 1 July 1984) is a Swedish techno DJ and record producer. Engberg began her career when she was 13 spinning vinyl at the youth center after school. It was only a hobby but after filling in for another DJ at the age of 18 she got a regular night at a club. Later she went to work at the Spy Bar, one of the most famous clubs in Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately .... In 2006, Engberg relocated to Ibiza for the season and expanded DJing into learning how to produce. Back in Stockholm she was offered a residency at the infamous Cocktail club. The first single she released was "Disco Volante". The song became a hit in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany in the summer of 2007. In 2008, Sébastien Léger remixed the song. This version was relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Ekeroth Clausson
Ida Ella Marie Ekeroth Clausson (born 1991) is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial power .... A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has represented Västra Götaland County East since September 2022. She had previously been a substitute member of the Riksdag for Urban Ahlin between October 2015 and December 2015. References 1991 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Women members of the Riksdag 21st-century Swedish women politicians Swedish politicians 21st-century Swedish politicians {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Horton East
Ida Horton East (March 19, 1842–February 4, 1915) was an American philanthropist and social reformer. She was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.). Early life and education Ida Tennessee (nickname, nicknamed "Tennie") Horton was born in Bethesda, Tennessee, March 19, 1842. Her father, Rev. Henry Cato Horton of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was a Virginian. Her mother, Elizabeth Elliott Kennedy, was a South Carolina, South Carolinian. Her grandparents came from England and Ireland and could boast a coat-of-arms on both sides of the house, but strong republican sentiments forbade a display of them. East was eligible as a Colonial Dames of America, Colonial Dame, being the granddaughter of Capt. Thomas Kennedy, of Virginia, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War under Francis Marion. She was a relative of the Pickneys, and was descended on her maternal side from Capt. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Dwinger
Ida Dwinger (born 6 March 1957) is a Danish actress. She graduated from Odense Theater School in 1984. Filmography Movies * '' Open Hearts'' aka Dogme #28 (2002) * '' Facing the Truth'' (2002) * '' Reconstruction'' (2003) * ''Princess'' (2006) * '' Just Like Home'' (2007) * '' Fighter'' (2007) * '' Aching Hearts'' (2009) TV-series * ''Clown A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an Improvisational theatre#Comedy, open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct cosmetics, makeup or costume, costuming and reversing social norm, folkway-norms. The art of ...'' (2005) (episode 10) * '' Better Times'' (2004-2006) (episodes 3, 5, 19) * '' Sommer'' (2008) (episodes 1-10) External links * 1957 births 21st-century Danish actresses Living people {{Denmark-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Dixon
Ida Elizabeth Dixon (December 25, 1854 – November 22, 1916) was an American socialite and golf course architect from Pennsylvania. She was the first female golf course architect in the United States and perhaps in the world. She designed the Springhaven Country Club golf course in Wallingford, Pennsylvania in 1904. Early life Ida Elizabeth Gilbert was born in Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ..., Pennsylvania, on December 25, 1854. She was married to the Quaker businessman and Pennsylvania Railroad executive Henry P. Dixon. In addition to his position at the railroad, Henry Dixon was also the owner of the Henry P. Dixon Company, a manufacturer of grates, fireplaces, and furnaces, and was a dealer in tiles for hearths, halls, and mantel facades. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Di Benedetto
Ida Di Benedetto (born 3 June 1945)Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini, ''Catalogo dei viventi 2009'' - voce Di Benedetto Ida, Venezia, Marsilio Editori, 2008, is an Italian actress and producer. Biography Born in Naples, Di Benedetto started her career working on stage with Roberto De Simone. Di Benedetto appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1974 and 2004. She starred in the film '' The Whores'', which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. She won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress in 1981 for her supporting role as Maria Rosa in '' Fontamara'' from the same name novel by Ignazio Silone and the following year she won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for '' Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy''. Selected filmography Producer * '' The Fine Art of Love'', directed by John Irvin (2006) Cinema actress * '' Il gioco della verità'', directed by Michele Massa (1974) * '' ...a tutte le auto della polizia'', dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
