Famous People with Name Florence

Florence Descampe            Origin/Culture/Country:

Florence Descampe: (born on 1 September 1969 in Brussels, Belgium) is a veteran professional golfer

Florence Agnes Henderson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Florence Agnes Henderson: is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for playing the role of Carol Brady in the television program The Brady Bunch, which ran from 1969 to 1974.

Florence Balcombe            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Florence Balcombe: was the wife of Bram Stoker whom she married in 1878. She had previously been courted by the author/playwright Oscar Wilde. Balcombe, a celebrated Victorian beauty, is also chiefly remembered as being responsible for the destruction of most of the prints of the 1922 horror film Nosferatu

Florence Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Florence Lawrence: was a Canadian inventor and silent film actress, who is often referred to as "The First Movie Star". She was also known as "The Biograph Girl", "The Imp Girl" and "The Girl of a Thousand Faces". During her lifetime, Lawrence appeared in more than 270 films for various motion picture companies.

Florence Buchsbaum            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Florence Buchsbaum: officially registered as "Gertrude Rosenberg", was born in Strasbourg, France, from which, after a short stay in Portugal, she went with her parents to Brazil in 1940. She married Otto Buchsbaum in 1945, and later adopted "Florence" as her first name. She was a painter, a musician, a theater director and helped Otto Buchsbaum to lead the movement called "Teatro ao Encontro do Povo" (Theater for the People) and also shared the work to run the newspaper "Abertura Cultural" (Cultural Opening), which was the mainstay of the politico-ecological movement "Resistência Ecológica" (Ecological Resistance), founded by Otto Buchsbaum in the 1970s.

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.