Famous People with Name Havilland

Olivia Mary De Havilland            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Olivia Mary De Havilland: is a two-time Academy Award-winning actress. She is the sister of actress Joan Fontaine, also an Academy Award winner.De Havilland was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her mother, Lilian Augusta Ruse (1886-1975), was an actress known by her stage name Lilian Fontaine, and her father, Walter Augustus de Havilland (1872-1968), was a British patent attorney with a practice in Japan. Her parents married in 1914 and divorced when Olivia was three. Her younger sister is actress Joan Fontaine (b. 1917), from whom she has been estranged for many decades, not speaking at all since 1975. Her paternal cousin is Sir Geoffrey de Havilland.

Sir Geoffrey De Havilland            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Sir Geoffrey De Havilland: was a British aviation pioneer and aircraft engineer. His Mosquito has been considered the most versatile warplane ever built.