Famous People with Name Amelia

Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson: was a figure in the American Civil Rights Movement and later became a leader in the Schiller Institute founded by Lyndon LaRouche.she became involved as a young woman in campaigning for women's suffrage. She and her husband, Bill Boynton, knew George Washington Carver at the Tuskegee Institute. In 1934 she registered to vote, a privilege which later became a right. A few years later she wrote a play, "Through the Years", which told the story of creation of Spiritual music, in order to help fund a community center in Selma, Alabama. The Robinsons met Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in 1954 at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where King was the pastor.

Amelia Ellen Bruckner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Amelia Ellen Bruckner: an American actress noted for her roles in the Disney Channel shows Phil of the Future and American Dragon: Jake Long. Bruckner has also been featured in Hollywood films such as Nancy Drew, in which she plays Bess Marvin and in Rebound in the role of Annie.Bruckner began her professional career as a fourth grader guest appearing in shows like ER, Malcolm In the Middle, The West Wing, Oliver Beene, Judging Amy, and Ally McBeal.During her career, Bruckner was a member of the Disney Channel Circle of Stars. Her popularity derives mainly from her role as the comical little sister, Pim Diffy, in Phil of the Future. She frequently appeared along fellow child-actress Kay Panabaker. The two actresses worked together again in the 2007 film Nancy Drew,where Bruckner plays Bess Marvin .

Amelia Mary Earhart            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Amelia Mary Earhart: was a noted American aviation pioneer, and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books a

Amelia Reid            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Amelia Reid: was a pilot, flight instructor, businesswoman, airshow performer and airport advocate.In 1960 Reid founded Amelia Reid Aviation, a flight school at Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose, California. She ran the business out of her 1959 Ford and later, two trailers. She mortgaged her home and constructed a permanent hangar and office building in 1967, from which she operated her flight school for the rest of her life.[1]Reid logged over 55,000 flight hours and trained more than 4,000 pilots. She flew in countless airshows, her last at age 75 in a Cessna Aerobat. She won the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Lawrence P. Sharples Award and was inducted into the National Association of Flight Instructors Hall of Fame.[1][2][3]

Marco Amelia            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Marco Amelia: a World Cup-winning football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Italian Serie A club Palermo and the Italian national team.A product of AS Roma's youth system, Amelia was loaned to Livorno in 2001, where he has since remained, aside from splitting the 2003-04 season with Lecce and Parma, spending time with the latter as a backup to Sébastien Frey. He scored a dramatic late goal for Livorno when he headed in a late free kick during a 2006-07 UEFA Cup group stage match against FK Partizan Belgrade on November 2, 2006, ensuring a 1-1 draw and becoming the first Italian goalkeeper to score in European competition.