Famous People with Name Nadia

Nadia Turner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nadia Turner: an American singer, songwriter, actress and radio/television personality, best known as the 8th place finalist on the fourth season of American Idol. Turner is a graduate from Florida International University in Miami.Since exiting American Idol, Nadia Turner has made guest appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Tony Danza Show[1] and served as a guest host on The View in December, 2006.Nadia Turner has performed and hosted many charities such as Big Brothers Big Sisters "Big Event" at the American Airlines Arena,[3] UM Sylvester Cancer Foundation, The Pet Project, and SOS Children Village. She was invited to Kuwait by a bloodline of Kuwait's royal family to perform at a private New Year's Eve party.[4]

Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe: a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.[1]

Nadia Ali            Origin/Culture/Country: Pakistan

Nadia Ali: a Pakistani American singer and songwriter who is best known as a former member of the band iiO, and for their breakthrough 2001 hit Rapture which reached #2 on the UK Singles chart and topped dance charts all over the world.After leaving iiO, Nadia released her first two singles as a solo artist. The first, "Who is Watching", was a collaboration with DJ/Producer Armin Van Buuren and appeared on his 2005 album Shivers. The second, "Something To Lose" was a duet with singer/songwriter Rosko produced by Creamer & K and released by Ultra Records. The duet was championed on the UK's BBC Radio One by influential DJ and tastemaker Pete Tong,[4] and remixes have appeared on releases by Roger Sanchez, as well as by Sharam Tayebi of Deep Dish for his Global Underground debut "Dubai."

Nadia Wheatley            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Nadia Wheatley: an award winning Australian writer of children’s fiction and non-fiction, adult non-fiction and biographies, and newspaper and journal articles. Her works often focus on "the difficulties faced by Aborigines or non-English-speaking newcomers to Australia, ... environmental issues and the effects of social change”.[1] She has been involved in developing projects to raise children's awareness about their environment and local history.Wheatley's first book was Five Times Dizzy.[4] Published in 1983, it was a critical success, and garnered many literary commendations and awards. Since then she has written many children's fiction and non-fiction books, most of them being shortlisted for and, often, winning awards.

Nadia Younes            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Nadia Younes: was an Egyptian national who spent her entire career, for over 33 years, in the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization, rising to high-level posts in a variety of areas.She was born in Cairo, Egypt, and earned a Master of Arts degree in pol