Famous People with Name Sheila

Sheila Taormina            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sheila Taormina: is an American athlete, who competes in triathlon and swimming. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Taormina earned a gold medal as a member of the winning women's 4×200 meter freestyle relay team.

Sheila Grace Young-Ochowicz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sheila Grace Young-Ochowicz: is a former speed skater and track cyclist from the United States.Young and her family moved to Detroit, Michigan where she graduated from Denby High School in 1968. Young was a member of Wolverine Sports Club in the metropolitan Detroit area, which has p

Sheila Chandra            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Sheila Chandra: an English pop singer of Indian descent.As a teenager she formed the band Monsoon, and created a fusion of Western (synthpop) and Indian pop styles. She married Steve Coe, who became the band's producer, and along with Martin Smith, the band evolved into this talented trio. They made a lone album Third Eye in 1982 from which they had a surprise hit single "Ever So Lonely". They followed-up with the single Shakti which peaked at #41, but this was to be the band's final charting single. Monsoon recorded a varied selection of songs. The album also includes a cover of The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows", featuring the distinctive EBow guitar sound of Bill Nelson.

Sheila Harms            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Sheila Harms: was a soprano in Germany and Austria. She specialized in the vocal interpretation of Lieder, Oratorio, and Opera, which she combined with her musicianship at the piano.Upon graduating from the Royal College of Music, Sheila won the Dame Clara Butt Award for being the best soprano of her year. This award took her to Vienna, Austria, during the Allied occupation of that city after WWII, where she attended the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, receiving her Performer’s Diplomas in Lieder, Oratorio, and Opera. Sheila won practically every scholarship Great Britain had to offer, including a Sir James Caird Scholarship for three years in succession. During her stay in Vienna, she met and married her husband, baritone Werner Harms, who was in Austria on a Fulbright scholarship, and who had previously studied at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.

Sheila Ferguson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sheila Ferguson: was one of the longest serving singers of 1970s American female soul music group The Three Degrees.Ferguson settled in the UK after marrying an Englishman. She has appeared extensively in theatre, including the musical Soul Train and Always which also sta