Famous People with Name Joan

Joan Renee Cartwright            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joan Renee Cartwright: is a Jazz and Blues singer, composer, author and educator. She has toured five continents and 15 countries including the United States, eight European countries, Brazil, Mexico, Ghana, Gambia, South Africa, the People's Republic of China and Japan, with h

Joan Diener            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joan Diener: was an American theatre actress and singer with a three-and-a-half-octave range.Diener met her future husband, theatre director Albert Marre, when she won the role of Lalume, the seductive wife of the Wazir, in Kismet, winning a Theatre World Award for he

Joan Dixon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joan Dixon: was an American film and television actress in the 1950s. She is known for her role in the film noir, Roadblock (1951).Dixon's career, while under contract at RKO Pictures, was in the hands of Howard Hughes. He attempted but failed to make her into the st

Joan La Barbara            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joan La Barbara: is an American vocalist and composer associated with contemporary music. She is a former student of Helen Boatwright. She has worked with her husband Morton Subotnick since 1979, as well with many other contemporary composers such as John Cage, Morton Fel

Joan Osborne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joan Osborne: an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her song "One of Us," and for her work with members of The Grateful Dead.Originally from the Louisville suburb of Anchorage, Kentucky, Osborne moved to New York City in the late 1980s, where she formed

Saint Joan Of Arc            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Saint Joan Of Arc: is a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, claiming divine guidance, and was indirectly responsible for the coronation

Léo Joannon            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Léo Joannon: was a French writer and film director. Born in Aix-en-Provence,[1] Joannon was originally a law student who became a novelist and journalist before entering the film industry in the 1920s as a cameraman.[2] Joannon first attracted international attention in early 1939 during the production of S.O.S. Mediterranean, when his attempts to include shots of a German naval ship docked in the port of Tangier created a diplomatic incident between the pre-World War II French and German governments. The film later won the Grand Prix du Cinema Français.[3]

Johnny S. Joannou            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Johnny S. Joannou: is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates 1976–1983, the Senate of Virginia 1984–1991, and has been in the House again since 1998. He currently represents the 79th district, made up of parts of t

Joseph Joanovici            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Joseph Joanovici: was a Jewish-French iron supplier, who supplied both Nazi Germany and the French Resistance. He may also have been an agent of the Soviet Comintern. His activities made him a millionaire, but he was found guilty of collaboration and died in prison after an escape attempt and extradition request by Israel.