Famous People with Name Edna

Edna O'Brien            Origin/Culture/Country: Irish

Edna O'Brien: is an Irish novelist and short story writer whose works often revolve around the inner feelings of women, and their problems in relating to men and to society as a whole.

Edna Annie Proulx            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edna Annie Proulx: is an American journalist and author.Annie Proulx was born in Norwich, Connecticut, to parents of French-Canadian ancestry. She graduated from Deering High School in Portland, Maine, then attended Colby College "for a short period in the 1950s." She later returned to school, studying at the University of Vermont from 1966 to 1969, and graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts in History in 1969.

Edna Tildesley Hughes            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Edna Tildesley Hughes: was a British swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics.She was also fourth in her first round heat of 100 m freestyle event and did not advance.

Edna Savage            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Edna Savage: was a traditional pop singer in the United Kingdom.She had two sisters, one older, one younger. Her father was a landscape gardener, her mother an amateur singer. She left school at age 15 (common in the UK in those days). At first she trained as a telephone operator, but after a few bands had her sing for them locally, she quit the telephone job to sing professionally.She auditioned twice for the BBC before making her first broadcast, in 1954. She recorded a number of records, only one of which charted, "Arrivederci Darling" in 1956, which made it to #19 in the UK Singles Chart.[1] In 1957 she participated in the UK qualifying heat for the Eurovision Song Contest. She had a short first marriage to fellow singer, Terry Dene, but married three times more.[2]

Edna Manley            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Edna Manley: is most well known as a well-known sculptor and contributor to Jamaican culture, as well as the wife of Norman Manley, founder of the Jamaican People's National Party. She is often considered the "mother of Jamaican art."[1] She was the daughter of Englis