Famous People with Name Sofia

Sofia Nizharadze            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Sofia Nizharadze: a Russian singer, actress and songwriter.Sofia graduated with honors from a musical academy, and afterward went to the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. By 11 she was choosen by the French journalist Bernard Pivot to take part in his telecast on TV5 Paris, where she performed well known French song Douce France. At 17 Sofia was a winner of several international competitions of young singers including the "Bravo, Bravissimo!" competition in Mini La Scala (Italy), "Crystal Note" (Moscow, Russia), "Crystal Fur-tree" (Borjomi, Georgia). She participated in many festivals: in Russia, Turkey, Italy, Latvia and Georgia. Since 2001, she's been a soloist in the Georgian National Philharmonic. In 2003, she was the lead in a musical-circus revue, "Svadba Soek".

Sofia Rotaru            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Sofia Rotaru: a Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovan and Soviet pop singer-songwriter, musician, dancer, record producer, film producer, actress, business woman, and author. She is known for combining a lyrical deep rich voice, sex appeal, and social or religious themes. In Eastern Europe and in the former USSR her career was marked by her stage success and numerous controversies. She has been named the "Queen of Pop" and "This Is All We Have" by the media.[1] Sofia Rotaru is one of the best paid singers in the world and the best paid singer in Ukraine. In 2008, she declared the highest revenue in the country, which is significantly higher than 500 million hryvnia (about $100 million).[2]

Sofia Jannok            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Sofia Jannok: a Swedish singer from Gällivare, Sweden. She mainly sings in Sami and does yoiking.

Sofia Talvik            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Sofia Talvik: a Swedish musician and singer/songwriter.Talvik's debut album Blue Moon was released in 2005. Blue Moon was recorded and produced entirely by Sofia Talvik herself and took 40 hours to record.It's Just Love, the first single to be released from her second album Street of Dreams (2007), features Bernard Butler, guitarist in former British band Suede. Talvik contacted Butler via MySpace while working on the album, looking for a partner with whom to duet on the single.Her third album Jonestown was released at the end of August 2008 and is the second album released on her own record label Makaki Music. The title on the album refers to the sanctuary built by the cult Peoples Temple that was founded by pastor Jim Jones, where over 900 people committed suicide.

Sofia Essaïdi            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Sofia Essaïdi: a Franco-Moroccan singer. She was born in Casablanca, Morocco.From August 30 to December 13, 2003, she participated in the show Star Academy France's third season, becoming a semi-finalist. She was very popular due to being quite charismatic and also havi

Doña Sofía            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Doña Sofía: She represented Greece in sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Ahmad Shahrul Azhar Sofian            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Ahmad Shahrul Azhar Sofian: currently plays for Proton FC in Malaysia Premier League, is a former Malaysian footballer best known for his time with Perak FA, where he was team captain and wore the number 7 jersey. He was a central midfielder.

Youssef Sofiane            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Youssef Sofiane: a French football player of Algerian origin who has played in England, the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Germany. He is currently playing for Lille B.Sofiane began his footballing career in August 2000 as a trainee at AJ Auxerre.[1] He joined West Ham United in June 2002,[2] when he was signed by manager Glenn Roeder on a free transfer as back-up to the club's strikers.[3] Opportunities were rare however and he made only two appearances for West Ham, as a substitute in a 2-1 away win against Preston, and in a 3-1 win over Rushden in the first round of the League Cup, both in August 2003.[4][5] He was loaned to Lille in January 2004 until the end of the 2003-04 season,[1

Alekos Sofianidis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Alekos Sofianidis: is a former Turkish-Greek football player and manager. Sofianidis was a left back. He is known as Aleko Sofyanidis in Turkey.Sofianidis was appointed Greece manager in 1988. His first game was against Hungary (winning 3-0) on 15 November 1988. Greece play

Ioannis Sofianopoulos            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Ioannis Sofianopoulos: was a Greek politician and leader of the Agrarian Party. he was elected a member of parliament for the Serres constituency in the 1933 Greek election. He served twice as Prime Minister of Greece between 1945 and 1946.