Famous People with Name Gemma

Gemma Mary Spofforth            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Gemma Mary Spofforth: is a British backstroke swimmer.Spofforth represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics coming 4th in the 100 m and 9th in the 200 m backstroke swimming events.

Gemma Frisius            Origin/Culture/Country: Netherlands

Gemma Frisius: was a mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation.

Gemma Bellincioni            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Gemma Bellincioni: was an Italian soprano and one of the best-known opera singers of the late 19th century.Matilda Cesira was Bellincioni's real name. She was born in Monza, Italy, in 1864. Both her parents were singers, and after receiving training from them, she made her

Gemma Beadsworth            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Gemma Beadsworth: is an Australian water polo centre forward, who joined the Women's National Team in 2005. She was a member of the side that won the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as well as a silver medal at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne,

Gemma O'Toole            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Gemma O'Toole: is a Australian association footballer currently playing for Newcastle United Jets.

Cornelius Gemma            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelius Gemma: was a physician, astronomer and astrologer, and the oldest son of cartographer and instrument-maker Gemma Frisius. He was a professor of medicine at Louvain, and shared in his father's efforts to restore ancient Ptolemaic practice to astrology, drawing on the Tetrabiblos.

Gemma Frisius (or Reiner Gemma,            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Gemma Frisius (or Reiner Gemma,: was a mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation.While still a student, Frisius set up a workshop to produce globes and mathematical instruments. He became noted for the quality and accuracy of his instruments, which were praised by Tycho Brahe, among others. In 1533, he described for the first time the method of triangulation still used today in surveying. Twenty years later, he was the first to describe how an accurate clock could be used to determine longitude. Jean-Baptiste Morin (1583-1656) did not believe that Frisius' method for calculating out longitude would work, remarking, "I do not know if the Devil will succeed in making a longitude timekeeper but it is folly for man to try."[1