Famous People with Name Nancy

Nancy Joan Simons            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nancy Joan Simons: was an American swimmer. Simons won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Nancy Purves            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nancy Purves: is an American sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Nancy Olmstead            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nancy Olmstead: is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Nancy Ann Kerrigan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nancy Ann Kerrigan: is a two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist and 1993 U.S. champion. She began ice skating at age six at the local rink in her hometown of Stoneham, Massachusetts. Her two older brothers, Michael and Mark, played hockey, but hockey was not consi

Nancy Irene Rouillard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nancy Irene Rouillard: is an American pair skater. She began competing with Ronald Ludington in 1956 and she won her first national title under her maiden name. She changed her name professionally after she married Ludington in 1957. The Ludingtons went on to win the bronze med

Muma Nancy            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Muma Nancy: a dancehall DJ and singer. She has been known to the world as the first original dancehall female DJ with her dominating voice for over three decades" on the dancehall scene.[1] One of her most famous songs is "Bam Bam", labelled as a "well-known reggae anthem" by BBC and a "classic" by The Observer.[2][3]Nancy was one of 15 siblings.[4] Her brother Robert is better known as Brigadier Jerry, and by her mid-teens, she would occasionally perform on the Jahlove Music sound system that he worked with.[4] In 1980, producer Winston Riley was the first to take her into the studio, resulting in her first single, "Papa Dean" for his Techniques label.[4] Nancy went on to perform at Reggae Sunsplash, making her the first female deejay ever to perform there, and she is also the first female Jamaican deejay to tour internationally. She had further success with singles such as "One Two", "Money Can't Buy Me Love", "Transport Connection" and "Bam Bam". Her debut album, One Two was released in 1982.

Jean-Luc Nancy            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean-Luc Nancy: is a French philosopher.Nancy's first book, published in 1973, was Le titre de la lettre (The Title of the Letter, 1992), a reading of the work of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, written in collaboration with Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe. Nancy is the aut