Famous People with Name Vilma

Vilma Egresi            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Vilma Egresi: is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s.

Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois: was a former Cuban chemical engineer and revolutionary who was married to Raúl Castro, the current Cuban President and brother to Former Cuban President Fidel Castro. Espín had four children (Deborah - married to Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Calleja -, Mariela, Nilsa and Alejandro Castro Espín) and seven grandchildren. Her daughter, Mariela Castro, currently heads the Cuban National Center for Sex Education. Espín was often described as "Cuba's First Lady".

Vilma Lidia Ibarra            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Vilma Lidia Ibarra: is an Argentine politician, formerly Senator for Buenos Aires and now a National Deputy. She is the sister of Aníbal Ibarra, the former Chief of the Buenos Aires government.Ibarra was born in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires Province and moved to the city of Buenos Aires in 1966. She studied at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires where she led the communist youth wing. She graduated in law at the University of Buenos Aires and worked as a lawyer.In 1996, Ibarra became a national deputy and Secretary of the FrePaSo block in the Chamber. In 1999 she was elected to the Senate. In 2000 she became a city councillor in Buenos Aires, taking a leading role in her brother's administration. In 2001 she was re-elected to the Senate. Since 2003 she has been a supporter of Peronist President Néstor Kirchner. In August 2004, Ibarra proposed legislation to legalise abortion in certain circumstances. In 2007 she suggested legislative changes to permit same sex marriage.

Vilma Von Webenau            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Vilma Von Webenau: composer, first student of Arnold Schönberg, granddaughter of Julie von Webenau, daughter of Arthur Weber Edler von Webenau, k. & k. counsellor in Constantinople