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anglicized Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...

form of the Irish name ''

Muirne Muirne or Muireann Muncháem ("beautiful neck") was the sister of Uirne and the mother of Fionn mac Cumhail in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. She had many suitors, but her father, the druid Tadg mac Nuadat, had foreseen that her marriage ...

'' and may refer to: * Myrna Anselma (1936–2008), Dutch Antillean fencer * Myrna Blyth (born 1939), American editor and writer * Myrna Brown (1959–2007), African-American singer and songwriter best known as Screechy Peach * Myrna Clark, New Democratic Party candidate, Canada * Myrna Combellack, academic researcher and writer of the Institute of Cornish Studies * Myrna Culbreath (born 1938), American science fiction writer * Myrna Cunningham, Miskita feminist and indigenous rights activist from Nicaragua *

Myrna Dell Myrna Dell (born Marilyn Adele Dunlap; March 5, 1924 – February 11, 2011) was an American actress, model, and writer who appeared in numerous motion pictures and television programs over four decades. A Hollywood glamour girl in the early par ...

(1924–2011), American actress, model, and writer * Myrna Dey, Canadian writer and novelist *

Myrna Driedger Myrna Driedger (' ') (born 1952) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1998 to 2023, and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2023. Personal life She was born in B ...

, politician in Manitoba, Canada * Myrna Fahey (1933–1973), American actress, played Maria Crespo in Walt Disney's ''Zorro'' * Myrna Fyfe (born 1941), retired Canadian provincial level politician and hospital administrator * Myrna Gopnik, Professor Emerita of Linguistics at McGill University * Myrna Hague, Jamaican lovers rock and jazz singer and actress *

Myrna Hansen Myrna Hansen (born August 5, 1934) is an American actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1953. Education Hansen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Hansen. She graduated from Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, ...

(born 1934), Miss USA 1953 * Myrna Herzog (born 1951), Brazilian-Israeli Viol player and conductor * Myrna Katz, former South Africa cricketer * Myrna Kostash (born 1944), Canadian writer and journalist *

Myrna Lamb Myrna Lila Lamb (August 3, 1930, Newark, New Jersey – September 15, 2017, Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey) was an American playwright. Career Myrna Lamb graduated from The New School and Rutgers University. Anselma dell'Olio, film critic and d ...

(1930–2017), American playwright *

Myrna Lorrie Myrna Lorraine Petrunka (born August 6, 1940), known professionally as Myrna Lorrie, is a Canadian country singer/songwriter/musician. Lorrie first sang publicly at age 11 on Fort William radio station CKPR on a program called ''School of the A ...

(born 1940), Canadian country singer *

Myrna Loy Myrna Loy (born Myrna Adele Williams; August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress. As a performer, she was known for her ability to adapt to her screen partner's acting style. Born in Helena, Monta ...

(1905–1993), American film, television and stage actress *

Myrna MacAulay Townshippers' Association is a non-partisan, non-profit organization mandated to support the rights of English-speaking people in the historical Eastern Townships region of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is known in French as the Association d ...

of Townshippers' Association, in Quebec, Canada *

Myrna Mack Myrna Mack Chang (24 October 1949 – 11 September 1990) was a Guatemalan anthropologist. In 1990, she was stabbed to death by elements in the Guatemalan military due to her criticism of the Guatemala government's treatment of the indigeno ...

(1949–1990), Guatemalan anthropologist *

Myrna Narcisse The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake that struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest department, approximately wes ...

, director general of the Ministry of Women's Condition in Haiti, died in 2010 earthquake *

Myrna Opsahl The United Federated Forces of the Symbionese Liberation Army (commonly referred to simply as the SLA) was a small, American militant far-left organization active between 1973 and 1975; it claimed to be a vanguard movement. The FBI and wider Ame ...

, killed by the Symbionese Liberation Army *

Myrna Phillips Myrna A. Phillips (born November 1942) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988, and served as speaker of the assembly from 1986 to 1988. Phillips was born in Roland, Ma ...

(born 1942), politician in Manitoba, Canada *

Myrna Sharlow Myrna Docia Sharlow (19 July 1893 – 14 August 1952) was an American soprano who had an active performance career in operas and concerts during the 1910s through the 1930s. She began her career in 1912 with the Boston Opera Company and became on ...

(1893–1935), American soprano in operas and concerts *

Myrna Smith Myrna Yvonne Smith (May 28, 1941 – December 24, 2010)
– accessed December 2010 was an American songwriter and si ...

(1941–2010), American songwriter and singer *

Myrna Summers Myrna Summers (born March 30, 1949) is a gospel music singer who has performed professionally for over four decades and is now the Minister of Music at Reid Temple A.M.E. Church in Glenn Dale, Maryland. She has a commanding yet distinctive alto v ...

(born 1949), Gospel Music singer, Minister of Music in Glenn Dale, Maryland *

Myrna Vázquez Myrna Vázquez (1935-1975) was a Puerto Rican screen, stage, radio, and television actress. She later became an influential community activist in Boston's South End. Early life and career She was born in Cidra, Puerto Rico, in 1935, one of se ...

(1935–1975), Puerto Rican actress and Boston activist * Myrna Veenstra (born 1975), former field hockey player from The Netherlands * Myrna Weber (born 1941), American model * Myrna Williams (politician) (1929–2021), American political figure in Nevada *

Myrna Wooders Myrna Wooders (born 1950) is a Canadian economist who has made significant contributions to public economic theory, network theory and game theory. Specifically, her work has focused on coalition theory, public good theory and club theory. Myrna ...

, Canadian economist, contributor to public economic theory, network theory and game theory

Fictional characters

*Myrna Minkoff, a friend character in the novel ''

A Confederacy of Dunces ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole which reached publication in 1980, eleven years after Toole's death. Published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a foreword) ...

'' *Myrna Bookbottom, a polite British librarian with a violent alter-ego in the video game ‘’ Freaky Flyers’’

Fictional characters

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