Famous People with Name Alison

Alison Knowles            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alison Knowles: an American artist who produced work in a number of forms. Knowles was very active in the Fluxus movement, and continues to create work inspired by her Fluxus experience. She has created work that incorporates performance, radio, and sound, papermaking, and printmaking. She graduated from the Pratt Institute in New York with an honors degree in fine art. Knowles was married to the Fluxus artist and prominent intermedia theorist, Dick Higgins, from 1960 to 1970, and again from 1984 until Higgins' death in 1998.

Alison Saar            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alison Saar: an American artist who was born in Los Angeles, California in 1956 and grew up in Laurel Canyon, California. Her parents were Betye Saar, a well-known African American artist, and Richard Saar, an art conservationist. Both parents encouraged their three daughters, all artists, to look at a wide range of art. They were given books on art and were taken to area museums. They also saw Outsider Art, such as Simon Rodia's Watts Towers in Los Angeles and Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village in Simi Valley. During high school, Alison began assisting her father in his restoration work. Dealing with artifacts from different cultures?Chinese frescoes, Egyptian mummies, and Pre-Columbian and African art?taught Alison about properties of various materials, techniques,

Alison Hargreaves            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Alison Hargreaves: was an English (from Derbyshire) female mountain climber. She was educated in Derbyshire at Belper School. Her accomplishments included being the second person to scale Mount Everest solo without supplementary oxygen in 1995. She also soloed all the great

Alison Streeter            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Alison Streeter: has conquered the English Channel 43 times, more than anyone in the world and earning her the title of Queen of the English Channel (The title was previously held by Cindy Nicholas - the King of the English Channel is currently held by Kevin Murphy with 34 successful crossings). This total includes a triple-channel swim.

Alison Sheppard            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Alison Sheppard: is a freestyle swimmer from Scotland, who competed in five consequentive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, starting in 1988. She was one of Britain's leading freestyle sprint swimmers for almost two decades, prior to her retirement early in 2005.

Charles Hugh Alison            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Charles Hugh Alison: was a first-class cricketer who played four matches for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1902 and 1905. He also appeared in the Minor Counties Championship for Buckinghamshire in 1911. He made his highest first-class score of 20 against Oxford University in 1904.