Famous People with Name Carol

Carol Leifer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carol Leifer: American comedian Jerry Seinfeld's ex-girlfriend, and is believed to be part of the basis for the character Elaine Benes of, Seinfeld.Leifer is an accomplished stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actor and has been involved in such television shows as Seinfeld, It's Like, You Know..., Alright Already, and The Larry Sanders Show. With Mitchell Hurwitz, she is the creator of the short-lived The Ellen Show (2001). In 1988, she had her own special on Cinemax titled Carol Doesn't Leifer Anymore, which was produced by David Letterman. This was shortly followed several more specials, tiled Carol Leifer Comedy Cruise (1989), Really Big Show (1990), and Gaudy, Baudy, and Blue (1992).

Carol Greider            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carol Greider: a molecular biologist at Johns Hopkins University, who discovered the enzyme telomerase in 1984 while working with Elizabeth Blackburn. She pioneered research on the structure of telomeres, the ends of chromosomes.Greider grew up in Davis, California. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a B.A. in biology in 1983. She completed her Ph.D. in molecular biology in 1987 at the University of California, Berkeley, under Elizabeth Blackburn. At Berkeley, Greider co-discovered telomerase, a key player in cancer, with Blackburn.

Carol S. Wald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carol S. Wald: was an American artist who was also widely known for her talents as an illustrator. Her collages and paintings appeared in Time, Fortune. and Ms, and on the covers of Business Week, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and Saturday Review.Carol Wald was born in Detroit, Michigan where she began studying art at age twelve. At age sixteen, while still a student at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, her talent was recognized by the mayor of Detroit, Albert Cobo, and in 1954 was awarded a four year scholarship at the Art School of the Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit. In 1960, the Detroit Institute of Arts purchased one of her paintings, "Children On Stilts". In 1963,

Carol Gilligan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carol Gilligan: an American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist best known for her work with and against Lawrence Kohlberg on ethical community and ethical relationships, and certain subject-object problems in ethics. She is currently a Professor at New York University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge. She is best known for her 1982 work, In a Different Voice.She began her teaching career at Harvard University in 1967, receiving tenure with the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1986. Gilligan taught for two years at the University of Cambridge (from 1992-1994) as a Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions. In 1997, she was the to be appointed to the Patricia Albjerg Graham Chair in Gender Studies.[

Carol Webb            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carol Webb: a Canadian curler. She currently plays second position for Suzanne Gaudet.Webb played in three straight Canadian Junior Curling Championships from 2001 to 2003, all for different provinces. In 2001 she played third for Sylvie Robichaud on Team New Brunswi