Famous People with Name Irene

Irene Ayako Uchida            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Irene Ayako Uchida: a Canadian scientist and Down's Syndrome researcher.she initially studied English literature at the University of British Columbia. As a child and teenager she played Violin and piano, and was described as "out-going" and "social" She went to visit her mother and sister who were in Japan at the time, and was able to catch a ship out of Japan prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 1941.In 1944 she continued her studies at the University of Toronto where she wanted to get a masters degree in social work. Her professors encouraged her to pursue a career in genetics, and as a result she completed PhD in human genetics at the University of Toronto in 1951 and worked at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

Irene Rice Pereira            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Irene Rice Pereira: was an American abstract artist, known for her work in the Geometric abstraction, Abstract expressionist, and Lyrical Abstraction genres and her use of the principles of the Bauhaus school.Pereira was forced to begin work in her teens as a secretary to support her family after her father's death. In 1927, she enrolled in night art classes at the Art Students League in New York City. Among her instructors at the Art Students League were Jan Matulka and Richard Lahey. In 1931, she traveled to Europe and North Africa to further her painting studies and she studied with Amédée Ozenfant in Paris. In the mid-1930s she studied with Hans Hofmann, and among her friends and colleagues were Burgoyne Diller, Dorothy Dehner, David Smith, Hilla Rebay, Arshile Gorky, John D. Graham, and Frederick Kiesler. In 1935, Pereira became one of the founders and first instructors at the Design Laboratory, a school patterned after the Bauhaus school.

Irène Bordoni            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Irène Bordoni: was a singer and a Broadway theatre and film actress. Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France from Italian family she had been a child actor, performing in Paris on stage and in silent films for a few years when she came to the United States in 1912. At age seve

Irene Cara            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Irene Cara: is an American singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling". She is best known for her recordings of the songs "Fame" and "Flashdance... What a Feeling". She also

Irene Kral            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Irene Kral: was a jazz singer who was born in Chicago, Illinois and died due to breast cancer in Encino, California.Irene's older brother, Roy Kral, was a successful musician when Irene started singing professionally as a teenager. She sang with bands on tours led by