Famous People with Name Florence

Florence Rivault            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Florence Rivault: was a French mathematician and royal servant. He was born probably at La Cropte, near Laval, France. He was a "Gentleman of the Bedchamber" to Henry IV, and a teacher of Louis XIII. He discovered that water, if confined in a bombshell and heated, would explode the shell. He published that fact in his treatise on artillery in 1605, where he wrote: "The water is converted into air, and its vaporization is followed by violent explosion." His discovery is seen as one of the steps leading to the invention of the steam engine. He died in Tours, France in January 1616.

Florence E. Sutton            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Florence E. Sutton: was an American tennis player. She was born on September 2, 1883 to Adolphus De Gruchy Sutton and Adelina Esther Godfray. She was the sister of May Godfrey Sutton. She was a finalist for both singles and doubles titles in the US Open in 1911, losing to Ha

Florence Hartmann            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Florence Hartmann: is a French journalist and author. During the 1990s she was a correspondent in the Balkans for the French newspaper Le Monde. In 1999 she published her first book, Milosevic, la diagonale du fou, reissued by Gallimard in 2002. From October 2000 until October 2006 she was official spokesperson and Balkan adviser to Carla Del Ponte, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.

Florence May Chadwick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Florence May Chadwick: was an American swimmer who was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. She also made contributions to various youth groups. She was born in San Diego on November 9, 1918. Chadwick had her first swimming competition win at the age

Florence Chambers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Florence Chambers: was an American backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 she finished fourth in the 100 metre backstroke event.

John John Florence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John John Florence: Florence is the oldest of three children, and grew up in Haleiwa, Hawaii, in an ocean side house at the Banzai Pipeline. His parents split up after a bad marriage, and he resides with his mother, Alexandra, and his two younger brothers Nathan and Ivan.[3] He was introduced to surfing by Alexandra, who is a surfer herself.[1] She brought up John John and his two brothers alone, and she has described how she raised the family in their "own little world" on the beach. She has said John John's progression seemed natural to her.[4] Florence claims he rode a surf board with his mother at the age of six months, who put him in a life vest on her own board,[1] and he was riding on his own by the age of five.[2]

Bob Florence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bob Florence: was an American jazz arranger and pianist. He began taking piano lessons at five and initially intended to be a concert pianist. However, on taking classes with Bob McDonald he changed direction toward jazz.At the beginning of his career Florence worked a

JJ Florence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

JJ Florence: is an American surfer. Florence became well known in the winter of late 2005 and early 2006 when he became the youngest ever surfer to compete in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. He had previously won five amateur awards, the 2003 1st NSSA Nationals Open

David Florence            Origin/Culture/Country: English

David Florence: is a British slalom canoeist. He won a silver medal in the men's slalom C-1 at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.