Famous People with Name Sheila

Sheila Harms            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Sheila Harms: was a soprano in Germany and Austria. She specialized in the vocal interpretation of Lieder, Oratorio, and Opera, which she combined with her musicianship at the piano.Upon graduating from the Royal College of Music, Sheila won the Dame Clara Butt Award for being the best soprano of her year. This award took her to Vienna, Austria, during the Allied occupation of that city after WWII, where she attended the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, receiving her Performer’s Diplomas in Lieder, Oratorio, and Opera. Sheila won practically every scholarship Great Britain had to offer, including a Sir James Caird Scholarship for three years in succession. During her stay in Vienna, she met and married her husband, baritone Werner Harms, who was in Austria on a Fulbright scholarship, and who had previously studied at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.

Sheila Ferguson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sheila Ferguson: was one of the longest serving singers of 1970s American female soul music group The Three Degrees.Ferguson settled in the UK after marrying an Englishman. She has appeared extensively in theatre, including the musical Soul Train and Always which also sta

Sheila Margaret Rutherford            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Sheila Margaret Rutherford: a former English cricketer. She played 4 Test matches for the England women's cricket team in 1960/61.

Sheila Scott            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Sheila Scott: was an English aviatrix.she broke over 100 aviation records through her long distance flight endeavours, which included a 34,000-mile (55,000 km) "world and a half" flight in 1971. On this flight, she became the first person to fly over the North Pole in

Sheila Piercey            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Sheila Piercey: is a South African post-war tennis player. She is also known under her married name, Sheila Piercey-Summers.Along with her compatriot Eric Sturgess, she won three mixed doubles titles, at the French Open in 1947 and 1949 and at Wimbledon in 1949.