Famous People with Name Florence

Florence Fernandes            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Florence Fernandes: is a Portuguese slalom canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. She finished 22nd in the K-1 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Four years later in Sydney, Fernandes was eliminated in the qualifying round of the K-1 event.

Florence Ekpo-Umoh            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Florence Ekpo-Umoh: is a Nigerian-German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She last competed for her birth country Nigeria at the 1994 World Junior Championships. She defected to Germany in 1995 during a training camp there, married her German trainer in 1998 and received German citizenship in 2000. Since 1998, she represented the sports club USC Mainz.

Florence Crauford Grove            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Florence Crauford Grove: was an English mountaineer and author, sometimes known as F. Crauford Grove.Grove became an experienced alpinist in the late 1850s and joined the Alpine Club of London soon after it was formed in 1857, later serving as its President from 1884 to 1886. He

Florence Reville Gibbs            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Florence Reville Gibbs: was a Democratic congresswoman, the first woman to represent Georgia in the United States House of Representatives.In 1938, W. Benjamin Gibbs was elected as a Democrat to represent Georgia's Eighth congressional district in the 76th United States Congress

Florence "Flo" Isabel, Lady Bjelke-Petersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Florence "Flo" Isabel, Lady Bjelke-Petersen: is an Australian retired politician and writer. She was a member of the Australian Senate from 1981 to 1993, and is the widow of the longest-serving Premier of Queensland, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.At the 1980 federal election, Joh Bjelke-Petersen arranged

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.