Famous People with Name Nina

Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff: an American professor at Penn State university known for her research in life sciences and biotechnology. She received in 2006 the National Medal of Science in the field of Biological Sciences, the highest award for lifetime achievement in scientific research in the United Statesshe is graduated summa cum laude in 1966 from Syracuse University with a dual major in biology and chemistry[1], she received her PhD in 1972 from The Rockefeller University. Fedoroff arrived at Penn State in 1995 and founded and directed the organization now known as the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. In 2002, she was appointed an Evan Pugh professor, the university's highest academic honor. She currently holds the Verne M. Willaman chair of Life Sciences.

Nina Raginsky            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nina Raginsky: a Canadian photographer.she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University in 1962. While at Rutgers she studied painting with Roy Lichtenstein, sculpture with George Segal and Art History with Allan Kaprow.From 1963 to 1981, she was a freelance photographer with the National Film Board of Canada.She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984. She is a Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Nina Rachel Shapiro Gordon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nina Rachel Shapiro Gordon: is an American rock singer. Co-founder of the band Veruca Salt, Gordon pioneered and revived Bangles-inspired pop rock for the mid-'90s grunge generation. She quickly became known for her instantly infectious power-pop hooks and melodies, writing Veruca S

Nina Paley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nina Paley: is an American cartoonist, animator and free culture activist. She directed the animated feature film Sita Sings the Blues. She was the artist and often the writer of comic strips Nina's Adventures and Fluff, but most of her recent work has been in animat

Nina Katchadourian            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nina Katchadourian: is an American artist. She is known for conceptual works that explores themes of mapping, translation, and public space. Her projects have been exhibited widely, including a solo show of video installations at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in July 2008.

Li Nina            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Li Nina: a musician who gained fame in early 2004 as a result of his off-key audition performance of Ricky Martin's hit song "She Bangs" on the third season of the television series American Idol.Originally from Sha Tin, Hong Kong, Hung moved to Camden, NJ, United States in 1993 and graduated from the John H. Francis Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles. He was a student at University of California, Berkeley and now attends the CSU Northridge.While studying civil engineering at University of California, Berkeley, Hung was inspired to audition for the third season of American Idol in San Francisco during September 2003 after winning a talent contest at his dormitory.[citation needed]

Song Nina            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Song Nina: is a Chinese volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Yukio Ninagawa            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yukio Ninagawa: a Japanese theatre director, particularly known for his Japanese language productions of Shakespeare plays and Greek tragedies. He has directed Hamlet differently six times.Although most famous abroad for his touring productions of European classics, Ninagawa has also directed works based on contemporary writing from Japan, including the Modern Noh plays of Yukio Mishima (which toured to New York's Lincoln Center in early summer 2005) and several other plays by Japanese dramatists, including Shuji Terayama and Kunio Shimizu. His production of Titus Andronicus was performed in England in June 2006, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford and the Theatre Royal in Plymouth. In 2007 his company participated in the Barbican International Theatre Event (BITE) series at the Barbican Arts Centre in London, with their production of Coriolanus.

Ajit Ninan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ajit Ninan: is a well-known Indian political cartoonist, best known for drawing the Centrestage series of cartoons in India Today magazine and Ninan's World in the Times of India.

Herbert Ninaus            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Herbert Ninaus: is a former Austrian and later Australian National Football player and manager. Herbert Ninaus began his career with his brother Erwin Ninaus at FC St. Veit, after which he, and later his brother, moved to first division side GAK. The winger soon debuted in the Austrian league in the 1954/55 season, becoming a regular player. After a strong 1957/58 season, scoring 24 goals in 25 games, Herbert Ninaus was called up for the 1958 World Cup but was not used.