American Famous Baby Names

Akon rose to fame in 2004 following the release of his single "Locked Up" from his debut album Troub

Akon rose to fame in 2004 following the release of his single "Locked Up" from his debut album Trouble. His second album, Konvicted, earned him a Grammy Award nomination for the single "Smack That". He is the founder of Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. He is well known for singing hooks and has over 145 guest appearances and 21 Billboard Hot 100 songs to his credit. He is the only artist to ever accomplish the feat of holding both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice.[6]

Was an American philosopher, logician, and author.Alice Ambrose was born in Lexington, Illinois and

Was an American philosopher, logician, and author.Alice Ambrose was born in Lexington, Illinois and studied philosophy and mathematics at Millikin University. After completing her PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1932, she went to Cambridge U

Is a Canadian short-story writer and three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fict

Is a Canadian short-story writer and three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction. Widely considered one of the finest living English-language short story writers,[citation needed] her stories focus on human relationships looked at through the lens of daily life. While most of Munro’s fiction is set in Southwestern Ontario, her reputation as a short-story writer is international. Her "accessible, moving stories" explore human complexities in a seemingly effortless style.[1] Munro's writing has established her as "one of our greatest contemporary writers of fiction," or, as Cynthia Ozick put it, "our Chekhov."[2]

Is an American sculptor.Aycock studied at Douglass College in New Brunswick, New Jersey graduating w

Is an American sculptor.Aycock studied at Douglass College in New Brunswick, New Jersey graduating with a bachelor of arts in 1968, she then went to New York where she studied for her masters at Hunter College where she was taught and supervised by Robert Morris,

Was an American abstract expressionist painter who worked in oils and watercolor.She grew up in Kans

Was an American abstract expressionist painter who worked in oils and watercolor.She grew up in Kansas, Illinois and Miami, Florida, her family traveled south to Florida yearly because of Alice poor health. They settled in Illinois when World War II started. She was interested in becoming an artist from an early age and choose to study art when she attended Lindenwood College for Women in Missouri and at Indiana University. She also studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and lived in Paris throughout the late 1950s and 1960s. She was briefly married to painter Paul Jenkins, the union lasted from 1964 to 1968.

Was an American playwright and author.Childress was born in South Carolina, but at age nine, after h

Was an American playwright and author.Childress was born in South Carolina, but at age nine, after her parents separated, she moved to Harlem where she lived with her grandmother. Though her grandmother had no formal education, she encouraged Alice to pursue her talents in reading and writing. Alice attended public school in New York for her middle school and high school education. She became involved in theater immediately after her graduation. In the 1940's, she studied Drama in the American Negro Theatre (ANT).

Was an American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, composer, and the wife of John Coltrane.After John

Was an American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, composer, and the wife of John Coltrane.After John Coltrane (Sr.)'s death she continued to play with her own groups, moving into more and more meditative music, and later playing with her children. She was

Is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans five decades. With a stage sh

Is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans five decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood and boa constrictors, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal, and garage rock to create a theatrical brand of rock music that would come to be known as shock rock

Was an American writer and poet.She became known as a campaigner for women's suffrage and published

Was an American writer and poet.She became known as a campaigner for women's suffrage and published a brilliant series of satirical poems in the New York Tribune. These were published subsequently as Are Women People?. These words became a catchphrase of

(born on 1927) is an American golf

(born on 1927) is an American golf

Was an American actress and singer. She is remembered first for her stardom at 20th Century Fox and,

Was an American actress and singer. She is remembered first for her stardom at 20th Century Fox and, later, as the radio comedy partner of her second husband, bandleader-comedian Phil Harris.

Was an American aviatrix, thoroughbred race horse breeder and owner, environmentalist, philanthropis

Was an American aviatrix, thoroughbred race horse breeder and owner, environmentalist, philanthropist and a member of the prominent du Pont family. In 1949, she and her husband settled on a country estate in Middleburg, Virginia where they maintained Hick

The lead vocalist and lyricist of Crystal Castles.Glass was born in 1988 in Toronto. In an NME inter

The lead vocalist and lyricist of Crystal Castles.Glass was born in 1988 in Toronto. In an NME interview, she stated that at the age of 14, she changed her name and age, and ran away from home to live in a community of punks and drug addicts[citation needed]. She claimed this move was "due to an early existential crisis. I wanted to live primitively with no money and no shelter." A week after she turned 15, she was approached by Ethan Kath who had seen her play in her noise girlband, Fetus Fatale in Toronto's Y bar. Kath was reportedly impressed by her performance, claiming at the the time he thought he had found the "missing ingredient" to his music. Kath handed her a CD with 60 instrumental tracks of which she recorded vocals for five.

Is an American attorney and politician who has represented the 14th Norfolk District in the Massachu

Is an American attorney and politician who has represented the 14th Norfolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 2003. She is the current Chair of the Joint Committee on Education and a member of the Special Joint Committee on Redi

Was an American diver who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 she was eliminated in the fir

Was an American diver who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In 1920 she was eliminated in the first round of the 10 metre platform event.

Is a former professional "Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive year

Is a former professional "Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years are from 1996-2005. Had the moniker of "Feisty".

Was an American classical scholar and archaeologist best known for laying the groundwork for the dec

Was an American classical scholar and archaeologist best known for laying the groundwork for the decipherment of Linear B.Starting in the early 1940s, Kober conducted her studies of Linear B while an assistant to Sir John Myers. At the time, it was agreed that the writing direction of Linear B was from left to right. Most of the known clay tablets were inventory data which contributed to the early decipherment of the counting system. The number of distinct characters that had been identified – 90 – indicated a syllabary writing system. Arthur Evans also suggested that the language used inflection. While some scholars suspected it might be related to Greek or a Cypriot language, most assumed Linear B was an unknown Cretan language.

Is an artist based in Los Angeles. She works in a variety of media including sculpture made of styro

Is an artist based in Los Angeles. She works in a variety of media including sculpture made of styrofoam, candies and cardboard,[2] video and photographic collage.[3]She has shown work in many exhibitions including ‘Owl Society Part Two’ at Hudson Franklin, New York, ‘If the Hippies Cut Their Hair, I Don’t Care, I Don’t Care’ at Galerie Michael Hall, Vienna and ‘Play it as it Lays: 17 Artists from Los Angeles’ at The London Institute, London. She is represented by Shane Campbell in Chicago.

Lives in Rapid City, South Dakota. Married to James McCoy, they have two children: Steven McCoy and

Lives in Rapid City, South Dakota. Married to James McCoy, they have two children: Steven McCoy and Kimberly McCoy. She was a Republican State Representative from District 35 in Pennington County, South Dakota from 1999 to 2006. She lists her occupation a

Is an American author and feminist.

Is an American author and feminist.

Was an American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships from 1936 through 1940. Five of th

Was an American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships from 1936 through 1940. Five of those championships were in singles, six were in women's doubles, and seven were in mixed doubles.

Was a Tony Award-winning American actress. She was best known for her roles as Esmeralda on Bewitche

Was a Tony Award-winning American actress. She was best known for her roles as Esmeralda on Bewitched (in which she had a recurring role from 1969 to 1972), as Cousin Alice on Mayberry R.F.D. (1970-1971) and as Bernice Clifton on Designing Women (1986-1993) (Emmy Nomination, Best Supporting Actress; 1992).

Is an American pair skater. With partner William Fauver, she is the 1976 U.S. silver medalist. They

Is an American pair skater. With partner William Fauver, she is the 1976 U.S. silver medalist. They represented the United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics, where they placed 12th. She began working for WBZ-TV in Boston, Massachusetts in 1984, where she

Is an American alpine skier who has competed since 2005. Her best World Cup finish was ninth at a do

Is an American alpine skier who has competed since 2005. Her best World Cup finish was ninth at a downhill event in Switzerland in January 2010. McKennis was named to the US team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in late 2009.

(born on May 15, 1956 in Marysville, California) is an American golfer. S

(born on May 15, 1956 in Marysville, California) is an American golfer. S