American Famous Girl Names with Letter A

Is a former competitive diver and, now, a lawyer. Montminy had a number of highpoints in her diving

Is a former competitive diver and, now, a lawyer. Montminy had a number of highpoints in her diving career. She won a gold medal on the 10m platform at 1994 Commonwealth Games and the 1995 Pan American Games. She participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics i

Is an rower from the United States.She competed for the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics he

Is an rower from the United States.She competed for the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the quadruple sculls event where she finished in second place. She competed for the United States in the 1988 Summer Ol

An American television and theater actress, known for playing Alexandra Borgia on the television dra

An American television and theater actress, known for playing Alexandra Borgia on the television drama Law & Order, a role she played from 2005 until 2006 in 34 episodes as well as Julia Lindsey Snyder from the daytime soap opera As the World Turns.Parisse guest-starred on shows such as Big Apple, Third Watch, and Friends. She made a 2002 appearance on Law & Order, playing an exotic dancer in the episode "Attorney Client" where she testified against another defendant (a defense attorney) who plotted the murder of his wife.

Is an American comedian and actress. She and Jerry Stiller are the parents of actor/comedian Ben and

Is an American comedian and actress. She and Jerry Stiller are the parents of actor/comedian Ben and actress Amy Stiller, and were a prominent 1960s comedy team, appearing as Stiller and Meara.

A retired Canadian curler from Ottawa. Merklinger is a two-time runner-up at the Tournament of Heart

A retired Canadian curler from Ottawa. Merklinger is a two-time runner-up at the Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's championship. She curled out of the Rideau Curling Club.After attending the 1990 and 1991 Tournament of Hearts' as an alternate for

Is an African-American author who has written about her experiences growing up poor and black in rur

Is an African-American author who has written about her experiences growing up poor and black in rural Mississippi, joining the Civil Rights Movement, and fighting racism against blacks in the United States beginning in the 1960s.

Was a pioneering American aviator, author, and the spouse of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh.Anne w

Was a pioneering American aviator, author, and the spouse of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh.Anne was raised in a household that fostered achievement. Every day at 5 PM, her mother would drop everything and read to her children. After the young Morrows outgrew this practice, they would employ that hour to read by themselves, or to write poetry and diaries. Anne in particular later capitalized on this routine learned in her youth to write her diaries, eventually published to critical acclaim.

Is an economist and was the former World Bank Chief Economist from 1982 to 1986. She was the first D

Is an economist and was the former World Bank Chief Economist from 1982 to 1986. She was the first Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, serving since September 1, 2001.

Is a former breaststroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer

Is a former breaststroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she won three medals: gold (200m Breaststroke), silver (100m Breaststroke), and bronze (4x100 m medley relay).

Was an American actress who is probably most famous for her roles as Mama Fratelli in Richard Donner

Was an American actress who is probably most famous for her roles as Mama Fratelli in Richard Donner's The Goonies, and as Mrs. Lift, the mother of Danny DeVito's character in her Academy Award nominated performance in Throw Momma from the Train.

Is a best-selling American author of gothic and religious-themed books. She is best known for her pr

Is a best-selling American author of gothic and religious-themed books. She is best known for her prevailing thematical focus on love, death, immortality, existentialism, and the human condition. She was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years until his death in 2002. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history. [1][2][3][4]

Was an American poet and writer.sexton was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and spent most of her life

Was an American poet and writer.sexton was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and spent most of her life near Boston, Massachusetts. In 1945, Sexton began attending a boarding school, Rogers Hall, in Lowell, Massachusetts. For a time as a young woman, she modeled at Boston's Hart Agency. Although she was already engaged to someone else, in August 1948 she eloped with Alfred Muller Sexton, known as "Kayo." The couple drove from Massachusetts to North Carolina, where the legal marrying age was 18. Before their divorce in the early 1970s, she had two children with Kayo: Linda Gray Sexton, later a novelist and memoirist, and Joyce Sexton. Controversy was stirred with the posthumous public release of tapes recorded during Sexton's psychotherapy (and thus subject to doctor-patient confidentiality), in which Sexton revealed the attempted incestuous rape of her daughter her daughter.[1] In this case the crime is confirmed by her duaghter, although no legal action was ever taken.

Is a female former professional tennis player from the United States. Smith's highest women's double

Is a female former professional tennis player from the United States. Smith's highest women's doubles ranking was World No. 1 in 1980 and 1981. Her highest singles ranking was World No. 12 in 1982. Smith is the author of Grand Slam: Coach Your Mind to Win in Sports, Business & Life, with a foreword by Billie Jean King, and The MACH 4 Mental Training System: A Handbook for Athletes, Coaches and Parents. Smith is a licensed psychologist in Texas, Massachusetts, and Arizona; a licensed specialist in school psychology in Texas; and a certified school psychologist in Arizona.

Was a major American artist of the mid-20th century; she is associated with both minimalism and Colo

Was a major American artist of the mid-20th century; she is associated with both minimalism and Color Field artists like Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland.She graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in psychology in 1943. She was married to James Truitt in 1948 (they divorced in 1969), and she became a full-time artist in the 1950's. She made what is considered her most important work in the early 1960s anticipating in many respects the work of minimalists like Donald Judd and Ellsworth Kelly. She was unlike minimalists in some significant ways.

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. novelist.Tyler grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, graduated at age

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. novelist.Tyler grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, graduated at age nineteen from Duke University, and completed graduate work in Russian studies at Columbia University in New York City. She worked as a librarian and bibliographer before moving to Maryland.

Was an American photographer and one of the original members of the Photo-Secession movement in Amer

Was an American photographer and one of the original members of the Photo-Secession movement in America. Her most famous images were taken between 1900 and 1920, and depict nude women in primordial, naturalistic contexts.

Is a Canadian film and television director.In addition to her films, she has directed episodes of Co

Is a Canadian film and television director.In addition to her films, she has directed episodes of Cold Squad, Da Vinci's Inquest, Mysterious Ways and This is Wonderland.

Created the role of Bess in George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess in 1935. She was also a radi

Created the role of Bess in George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess in 1935. She was also a radio and concert star.In 2000 she was awarded Norway's Council of Cultures Honorary Award.

Is a Golden Globe-, BAFTA- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actress.

Is a Golden Globe-, BAFTA- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actress.

Was one of the first great female jazz singers. In the late 1920s she ranked alongside Ethel Waters,

Was one of the first great female jazz singers. In the late 1920s she ranked alongside Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith and the Boswell Sisters.Her singing style was relaxed and suited the new jazz-influenced pop music of the late 1920s. Although she had a low

Is an American singer and actress. She was Walt Disney's most popular Mouseketeer, and went on to ap

Is an American singer and actress. She was Walt Disney's most popular Mouseketeer, and went on to appear in a series of beach movies.

Was a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 10th Assembly Distri

Was a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 10th Assembly District from her election in 1980 until January 3, 2011.

Is an American biochemist, a 1997 Rhodes Scholar and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics hel

Is an American biochemist, a 1997 Rhodes Scholar and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta.

Was a philanthropist and a former mayor of Dallas. The Annette Strauss Artist Square in the Arts Dis

Was a philanthropist and a former mayor of Dallas. The Annette Strauss Artist Square in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas is named in honor of her. She was the first female mayor of Dallas.Born in Houston, Texas, Annette Strauss graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1944. She moved to New York City where she received master's degrees in sociology and psychology from Columbia University. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She worked as a Red Cross social worker in Houston for a year until she married Ted Strauss, Sr. Managing Director of Bear Stearns, in 1946 and moved to Dallas in 1947.

Is an American musician and singer who was the original bass guitarist for The Bangles (1981-83) and

Is an American musician and singer who was the original bass guitarist for The Bangles (1981-83) and lead vocalist with Blood on the Saddle (1983-89). A native of Southern California, she was born Annette Celia Genevieve Zilinskas in Van Nuys and was recr