American Famous Baby Names

Is a Jewish-American activist for Palestinian human rights, author, and public speaker, known for ta

Is a Jewish-American activist for Palestinian human rights, author, and public speaker, known for taking positions counter to the Israeli government regarding the Palestinian territories, including the wall/fence and checkpoints. Baltzer’s grandparents survived the Holocaust.[2]Baltzer first traveled to the Middle East in 2003 while on a Fulbright grant to teach English in Ankara, Turkey. Since then, she has traveled to the West Bank as a volunteer for the International Women's Peace Service to as she describes, document human rights abuses and support nonviolent resistance. Her publications have documented eight months of human conditions while on assignment in the West Bank for the International Women’s Peace Service. [3]

Also known as Anna Chan Chennault/Anna Chen Chennault) is the widow of World War II aviation hero Cl

Also known as Anna Chan Chennault/Anna Chen Chennault) is the widow of World War II aviation hero Claire Lee Chennault. She is "a very busy lady", and has had an illustrious career in her own right.

Is an American football quarterback playing for the Indianapolis Colts. He is the backup to Peyton M

Is an American football quarterback playing for the Indianapolis Colts. He is the backup to Peyton Manning. On April 13, 2007 he signed a one year contract worth $850,000 ($53,125 per game). On October 29, 2007 the Colts extended his contract for another three years, the financial terms of which have yet to be disclosed. [1] Jim Sorgi was drafted in the sixth round in the 2004 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts. Since then, Sorgi has proved to be an adequate backup to star QB Peyton Manning. While Manning gets the lion's share of the playing time, in his first season, Sorgi found some decent playing time against the Denver Broncos in which he threw for 175 yards and 1 TD.

An American singer-songwriter. Her debut album, Wreck of the Day, featuring her first radio hit, "Br

An American singer-songwriter. Her debut album, Wreck of the Day, featuring her first radio hit, "Breathe (2 AM)," was released on April 19, 2005. Nalick's second album is due for release on September 23, 2008 and features her current radio hit, Shine.She says in her Columbia Records biography that ever since she was a little girl she wanted to be a performer and that she actually began to write songs in fifth grade. Reportedly, while showing off her talents to her third grade teacher, her teacher told her that she'd end up "one day on The Tonight Show With Jay

Was American portrait and genre painter born in San Francisco, California, United States. She is per

Was American portrait and genre painter born in San Francisco, California, United States. She is perhaps best known for her portraits of famous women including Rosa Bonheur and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1889).At age three, Anna fell and suffered a fracture

Was a Canadian figure skater who competed in pairs.

Was a Canadian figure skater who competed in pairs.

Is a U.S. politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives

Is a U.S. politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing California's 14th congressional district. The district, known as "the heart of Silicon Valley," includes Redwood City, Sunnyvale a

Is an American rower. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in women'

Is an American rower. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in women's eight.

Is a Canadian alpine skier. She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the women's sla

Is a Canadian alpine skier. She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the women's slalom competition.

Is an American chess player with the title of Woman International Master.In her native Latvia, she t

Is an American chess player with the title of Woman International Master.In her native Latvia, she took the women's championship of 1992 and then moved to the U.S., where in 1994 she won the New York City High School Championship.

Is an Academy Award-winning, as well as Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated, Canadian-New Zealander act

Is an Academy Award-winning, as well as Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated, Canadian-New Zealander actress.

An economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York City. She is a past president o

An economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York City. She is a past president of the Western Economic Association[1]. She has changed the understanding of how the world works for economists as well as politicians, policy makers, and journalists. She has changed understanding in more than one field of economic analysis and has done so in the course of a long career of continuous activity.

Is a singer/songwriter, best known as the former frontwoman of that dog. She is the daughter of prod

Is a singer/songwriter, best known as the former frontwoman of that dog. She is the daughter of producer Lenny Waronker and actress/musician Donna Loren, the sister of session drummer Joey Waronker and married to Steven Shane McDonald of Redd Kross.

An American actress best known for her lead role as Cindy Campbell in the Scary Movie films.Her firs

An American actress best known for her lead role as Cindy Campbell in the Scary Movie films.Her first significant film role was in the independent production Lovers Lane (1999). Her breakout role was the horror film parody Scary Movie (2000). The 5'5" Faris is a natural blonde,[1] but dyed her hair black for the filming of Scary Movie and Scary Movie 2 so that her character more closely resembled Neve Campbell, who played the equivalent character in Scream, one of the films that Scary Movie parodied.Faris gained further popularity after becoming recurring character Erica in the final season of the popular American sitcom Friends. She also was in the critically acclaimed film Lost in Translationùin which she plays an actress promoting the fictional action movie Midnight Velocity.

Is a former synchronized swimmer who competed in three Olympic Games. After competing in the 1992 Su

Is a former synchronized swimmer who competed in three Olympic Games. After competing in the 1992 Summer Olympics and winning four European Championships representing the Soviet Union and its successor organizations, she defected to the United States in 1

Was the first woman in the United States to receive a jockey's license.She was born Anna Lee Mills i

Was the first woman in the United States to receive a jockey's license.She was born Anna Lee Mills in Montrose, Colorado in 1921. After officials at Agua Caliente Racetrack in Mexico were unable to find a rule that would bar women jockeys, she was given a

Is an American chemist and a NASA astronaut.Although Fisher was born in New York, she grew up in San

Is an American chemist and a NASA astronaut.Although Fisher was born in New York, she grew up in San Pedro, California and considers it her hometown. She is a 1967 graduate of San Pedro High School. She went on to received a bachelor of science in Chemist

An American professional basketball player currently plays for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She i

An American professional basketball player currently plays for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She is the first player from the University of Nebraska to ever play in the WNBA. After finding little success and playing time for several WNBA teams, she finally earned a spot on a WNBA All-Star team in 2004. She was one of the players selected to play in the historic WNBA vs. USA Basketball Game.On February 3, 2006, she was traded to the Indiana Fever from the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Kelly Miller. She is also playing in TS Wisla Can-Pack Krakow in Poland.

Is a retired female hammer thrower from the United States. Her personal best is 72.01 metres, achiev

Is a retired female hammer thrower from the United States. Her personal best is 72.01 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Walnut, California. Anna currently teaches English in her home state of Connecticut.

Is an Academy Award-, three-time Emmy Award- and two-time Golden Globe Award-winning American actres

Is an Academy Award-, three-time Emmy Award- and two-time Golden Globe Award-winning American actress of stage and film.One of Duke's first acting jobs was on the soap opera The Brighter Day, in the late 1950s. She also appeared in print ads and in television commercials

Was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star,[1] and the first Asian American to b

Was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star,[1] and the first Asian American to become an international star.[2] She had a long and varied career spanning film, television, stage, and radio.

Was a female tennis player from the United States. She won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1

Was a female tennis player from the United States. She won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1931. She was the runner-up in singles at the 1930 U.S. Championships, losing to Betty Nuthall Shoemaker. She also was the runner-up in women's doubles at the 1928, 1930, and 1932 U.S. Championships and in mixed doubles at the 1931 edition of those championships.

A Canadian folk music singer/songwriter who writes and performs as a duo with her sister Kate McGarr

A Canadian folk music singer/songwriter who writes and performs as a duo with her sister Kate McGarrigle.

Was an American model and television personality. She first gained popularity in Playboy, becoming t

Was an American model and television personality. She first gained popularity in Playboy, becoming the 1993 Playmate of the Year.

Is a female badminton player from Canada. She was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia and atte

Is a female badminton player from Canada. She was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia and attended Handsworth Secondary School.