American Famous Baby Names

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 an American beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World

Is an American beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships, alongside Jenny Johnson Jordan.

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

Is a Cuban-American gymnast who competed for the United States at the 2004 Olympics. Hatch began gym

Is a Cuban-American gymnast who competed for the United States at the 2004 Olympics. Hatch began gymnastics in her native Cuba at the age of five. She won her first Cuban National Championships at the age of ten; over the course of her career she would win the title a total of seven times.

Is a Canadian figure skater. She is a five time medalist at the Canadian nationals.

Is a Canadian figure skater. She is a five time medalist at the Canadian nationals.

Better known as Anne Spencer was an American Black poet and active participant in the New Negro Move

Better known as Anne Spencer was an American Black poet and active participant in the New Negro Movement and Harlem Renaissance period.

Is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter who performs under the moniker St. Vince

Is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter who performs under the moniker St. Vincent. She was a member of The Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens' touring band.

An American singer and songwriter. She first hit the modern rock charts in the mid-1990s. Poe is the

An American singer and songwriter. She first hit the modern rock charts in the mid-1990s. Poe is the daughter of Polish film director Tad Danielewski and his wife, Priscilla Machold. She is also the sister of author Mark Z. Danielewski. Poe's musical styl

Is a professional poker player and author. In 2010 she won the National Heads-Up Poker Championship,

Is a professional poker player and author. In 2010 she won the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, earning a cash prize of $500,000 in addition to the title.

Is an American poet, librettist, and critic, translator, and editor of poetry. She is known for her

Is an American poet, librettist, and critic, translator, and editor of poetry. She is known for her attention to a variety of poetic forms, her focus on earth-based spirituality, and her interest in the traditions of women's poetry. She is the author of f

Is an American actress and singer.Golden began her career as the lead singer of The Shirts (which he

Is an American actress and singer.Golden began her career as the lead singer of The Shirts (which headlined CBGB's in the late seventies). During the early 90s she performed as part of the duo Golden Carillo with Frank Carillo. They released 3 albums, Fir

Was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary

Was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures.In 1894 Annie became a member of Pickering’s women, the women hired by Harvard Observatory director Edward Pickering to complete the Draper Catalog mapping and defining all the stars in the sky.Anna Draper, the widow of Henry Draper a wealthy physician and amateur astronomer, set up a fund to support the work. Pickering made the Henry Draper Catalog a long term project to obtain the optical spectra of as many stars as possible, also to index and classify stars by spectra. Measurements were hard enough, the development of a reasonable classification was as much as a problem in theory as fact accumulation.

A Canadian curler from Gatineau, Quebec. She currently plays second for Marie-France Larouche.Lemay

A Canadian curler from Gatineau, Quebec. She currently plays second for Marie-France Larouche.Lemay has won five provincial titles. At the 1999 and 2000 Tournament of Hearts, she played second for Janique Berthelot. In 2000 she moved to the Larouche team

Was an American singer.She was born in Wayne, Maine, and studied in Milan. She made her debut as an

Was an American singer.She was born in Wayne, Maine, and studied in Milan. She made her debut as an operatic contralto in Copenhagen in 1868. She had a successful European career for several years, singing in Stockholm, Paris and London, and made her firs

A country singer and songwriter under the stage name Rattlesnake Annie. She earned her nickname as a

A country singer and songwriter under the stage name Rattlesnake Annie. She earned her nickname as a child from her respect of snakes. McGowan began recording music in 1974 and achieved success in Europe. She became the first female country musician to to

Is a retired female diver from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's 3 metres springboard

Is a retired female diver from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's 3 metres springboard event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She was affiliated with the Club Aquatique Montréal Olympique during her career. For August 2008, sh