Famous People with Name Elaine

Elaine Stritch            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elaine Stritch: is an Emmy- and Tony Award-winning American actress, perhaps most famous for her trademark performance of "The Ladies Who Lunch" in Company.

Elaine Marie De Kooning            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elaine Marie De Kooning: was an abstract expressionist painter and a vibrant figure in the New York School. She was born Elaine Marie Fried in Brooklyn, New York,During her youth, her artistic sensibility was encouraged by her mother, who took her to museums and taught her to draw what she saw. After graduating from Erasmus Hall High School then doing a brief stint at Hunter College She began to study at the Leonardo da Vinci Art School, New York, in 1936, but soon transferred to the American Artists School.USA.

Elaine Lan Chao            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elaine Lan Chao: and the first Asian-American woman to be appointed to a President's cabinet in American history. Chao is the President's only original cabinet member

Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal: American artist, was born Elaine Hamilton in 1920 in Catonsville, Maryland, near Baltimore. Championed by the influential French critic Michel Tapié, she exhibited twice in the Venice Biennial, won first prize at the 1968 Biennale de Menton (France), and gave solo exhibitions in the United States, Mexico, Italy, Pakistan, Japan, and France. She is best known for the work of her final stylistic phase, a kind of action painting.

Elaine Tanner-Watt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elaine Tanner-Watt: is a retired Canadian swimmer.Nicknamed "Mighty Mouse" partly because of her small stature (standing barely five feet tall) and partly due to her competitive drive, Elaine Tanner made one of the biggest impacts in the water of any Canadian swimmer ever.