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Anne Murray, Duchess of Atholl Anne, Duchess of Atholl (17 June 1814-22 May 1897) was born Anne Home-Drummond, daughter of Henry Home-Drummond of Blair Drummond. On 29 October 1839 she married the second Lord Glenlyon at Blair Drummond, thereby becoming Lady Glenlyon.
Anne Northup Anne Meagher Northup (born January 22 1948) is the former representative for the Third Congressional District of Kentucky. She represented the Louisville-centered district in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1997 to 2007.
Anne of Austria Anne of Austria (September 22, 1601 - January 20, 1666) was Queen Consort of France and Navarre and Regent for her son, Louis XIV of France. During her relatively brief Regency, 1643–1651, Cardinal Mazarin served as France's chief minister.
Anne of Brittany Anne of Brittany (January 25, 1477 – January 9, 1514), also known as Anna of Brittany and Anne de Bretagne (Anna Vreizh in Breton), was from birth a French aristocrat, and later became queen to two successive French kings. She was born in Nantes, in Brittany, and was the daughter of Francis II, Duke of Brittany and Margaret of Foix.
Anne of Gloucester Anne of Gloucester (1383-October 16 1438) was the eldest daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun. Her father was the youngest son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault.
Anne of Great Britain Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) became Queen of England and Ireland and Queen of Scots on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, when England and Scotland combined into a single state, Anne became the first sovereign of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Anne of Green Gables Anne of Green Gables is a book written by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery; it was first published in 1908. It was written as fiction for readers of all ages, but in recent decades has been considered a children's book.
Anne of Green Gables (1919 film) Anne of Green Gables (1919) is a silent film directed by William Desmond Taylor based upon the novel, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. This version is notable for having been adapted by famed female screenwriter Frances Marion.
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story was a 2000 television mini-series was highly anticipated among fans of Anne of Green Gables. It borrowed characters from the Anne of Green Gables novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery but not actual plot lines.
Anne of Kiev Anne of Kiev or Anna Yaroslavna (between 1024 and 1032 – 1075), daughter of Yaroslav I of Kiev and his wife Ingegerd Olofsdotter, was the queen consort of France as the wife of Henry I, and regent for her son Philip I.
Anne O. Krueger Anne Olive Krueger (born February 12, 1934) is an economist and was the former World Bank Chief Economist from 1982 to 1986. She has been the first Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, serving since September 1, 2001.
Anne Ottenbrite Anne Ottenbrite-Muylaert (born May 12, 1966 in Bowmanville, Ontario) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she won three medals: gold (200m Breaststroke), silver (100m Breaststroke), and bronze (4x100 m medley relay).
Anne Pitoniak Anne Pitoniak is an American actress born on 30 March 1922 in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA. She Was nominated twice for Broadway's Tony Award: as Best Actress (Play) in 1983, for "'night, Mother;" and as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) in 1994, for a revival of William Inge's "Picnic.
Anne Plunkett Anne Maree Plunkett is the Ambassador for Australia to the Republic of Ireland and the Holy See (Vatican), the latter position becoming formalised by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 May 2006 when he accepted her letters of credence. She has been a career staff officer and foreign service officer in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Anne Provoost Anne Provoost (born 1964 in Poperinge, Belgium) is a Flemish author who lives in Antwerp, Belgium, with her husband and three children. She is known for remaking myths, folk tales, fairy tales, and bible stories.
Anne Quist Johanne ("Anne") Marie Quist (born December 26, 1957 in Nijmegen, Gelderland) is a former international rower from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Eights at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Her teammates were Marieke van Drogenbroek, Lynda Cornet, Greet Hellemans, Nicolette Hellemans, Harriet van Ettekoven, Martha Laurijsen, Catharina Neelissen, and Wiljon Vaandrager.
Anne Ramsay Anne Elizabeth Ramsay (born September 11, 1960), is an American actress best known for her role as Lisa Stemple on Mad About You, for which she shared a nomination for Best Ensemble in a Comedy series for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Anne Ramsey Anne Ramsey (1 September 1929 - 11 August 1988) was an American actress who is most recognized for two roles: as Mama Fratelli in Steven Spielberg's The Goonies; and as Mrs. Lift, the mother of Danny DeVito's character in her Academy Award nominated performance in Throw Momma from the Train.
Anne Ranasinghe Anne Ranasinghe, born on October 2 1925 as Anneliese Katz in Essen, Germany, is an internationally renowned poet from Sri Lanka. Escaping from Nazi Germany to England, she married a Sri Lankan professor and became a citizen of Sri Lanka in 1956.
Anne Rogers Clark Anne Rogers Clark (1929 – 20 December 2006) was an American dog breeder and trainer and one of the few people licensed to judge all 165 breeds and varieties recognized by the American Kennel Club. She was co-author of The International Encyclopedia of Dogs and a fixture at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show since 1941.
Anne Sargeant Anne Sargeant (born 28 December, 1957) represented Australian Netball for over a decade, 1978 -1988, captaining the Australian Netball Team for six years. Perhaps one of the greatest ambassadors for sport this country has known, Anne has continued to channel her many talents into sport and the media.
Anne Savage (DJ) Anne Savage is a leading UK hard dance DJ, playing styles including hard house, hard trance and techno. Savage is an established and popular DJ in the UK hard dance scene and plays mainly in England, but also plays around the world, such as in Ibiza.
Anne Shelton Anne Shelton, OBE (November 10 1923, in Dulwich, London - July 31 1994) was a popular English vocalist who is widely remembered for providing inspirational songs for soldiers both on radio broadcasts, and in person, at British military bases during World War II.
Anne Shirley Anne Shirley is a fictional character from the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Montgomery wrote in her journal that the idea of Anne's background came from relatives who, planning to adopt an orphaned boy, received a girl instead.
Anne Steele (Buffyverse) Anne Steele (born in 1981), formerly known as Joan, "Sister Sunshine", "Chantarelle" and "Lily", is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. The character is portrayed by Julia Lee.
Anne Stephenson Anne Stephenson is a violinist who was a member of Humouresque ( with Caroline Lavelle and Virginia Hewes)in the early 80s and toured as part of Marc and the Mambas. Since then, she has also played with groups ranging from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to The Cure and Siouxsie & the Banshees; and from the Manic Street Preachers to the Brilliant Strings Quartet (featuring her former Venomettes bandmate Gini Ball, née Hewes).
Anne Stuart Anne Stuart is an enormously popular and prolific romance novelist with a career spanning over 30 years. She has written over 40 novels and was the recipient of the Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland Anne, Duchess of Sutherland (21 April 1829-25 November 1888) was born Anne Hay-Mackenzie, daughter of John Hay-Mackenzie of Newhall and Cromarty and a great-great-granddaughter of the last Mackenzie Earl of Cromarty. On the 20 June 1849 she married Lord Stafford, eldest son of the second Duke of Sutherland.
Anne Swarbrick Anne Swarbrick (born in Toronto, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
Anne Tardos Anne Tardos is a poet, visual artist, and composer born in Cannes, France. She grew up in Paris and moved twice in her youth--once to Budapest, where she learned Hungarian, and then to Vienna, where she learned German but attended a French high school.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (born 1960 in Mechelen, Belgium, grew up in Wemmel) studied from 1978 to 1980 at MUDRA in Brussels, the school linked to La Monnaie and to Maurice BĂ©jart's Ballet of the XXth Century. In 1981, she attended the Tisch School of the Arts in New York.
Anne Thompson Anne Thompson (born October 12, 1957 in Piedmont, Alabama) is the Deputy Film Editor at the Hollywood Reporter. She’s a contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, Wired, and Premiere, where she served as the West Coast Editor from 1996 to 2002.
Anne Tremko Anne Tremko is an American actress best known for playing Leslie Burke on the short-lived Saved by the Bell: The College Years TV show. Although she hasn't had a starring role in anything since 1997, she did make a guest appearance on a 2003 episode of Judging Amy.
Anne Ursu Anne Ursu is an American author based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with (as of 2006) three published novels. She is also known as Batgirl, "the mistress of sass," and a popular unofficial blogger for the Minnesota Twins baseball team.
Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albemarle Anne van Keppel (24 June 1703 – 20 October 1789) was born Lady Anne Lennox, the daughter of the 1st Duke of Richmond and a granddaughter of King Charles II. On 21 February 1722, she married the 2nd Earl of Albemarle at Caversham, Oxfordshire, whereupon she became Countess of Albemarle.
Anne van Schuppen Anne van Schuppen (born October 11, 1960) is a former long-distance runner from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 41st place, clocking 2:40:46.
Anne Van Dyke Anne Van Dyke (Born 1955) is a travel journalist from Auckland, New Zealand. After being a travel agent in both the United States and New Zealand, she then received her very own travel segment in March 2001 on TVNZ's Breakfast show, a morning television talk show airing on Channel One.
Anne Van Lancker Anne Van Lancker (born on 4 March 1954 in Temse) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for North-East with the Socialistische Partij, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
Anne Vondeling prize The Anne Vondeling prize (Anne Vondelingprijs), named after the politician Anne Vondeling a member of the Labour Party, is annually given to journalists who write in a clear manner concerning political subjects.
Anne Warner Anne Marie Warner (born 5 December 1945), Australian state politician, was born in Lucknow, India, and was a social welfare union organiser before entering politics. She was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Kurilpa in 1983, and for South Brisbane in 1986.
Anne Wilkinson Anne Wilkinson (previously Hails) was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Brooke Satchwell during the character's first appearance in 1996 until her departure in 2000. In 2006, news of Anne's pregnancy reached Ramsay
Anne Willan Anne Willan is an internationally renowned authority on French cooking and the founder of the prestigious La Varenne cooking school in Paris, France. She is well known on both sides of the Atlantic as a leading authority on cooking, with over 35 years of experience as a teacher, cookbook author and food columnist.
Anne Winters Anne Winters is a leftist American poet and a professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Having received an early university education at both New York University and Columbia University in New York City, where she was born and raised, she went on to complete her PhD at the University of California, Berkeley.
Anne Wood Anne Wood CBE is a British children's television producer, and is the creator of the TV programmes, Teletubbies and Boohbah. She founded the company Ragdoll Productions, which develops and produces such programmes.
Anne-Caroline Chausson Anne-Caroline Chausson (born October 8, 1977 in Dijon, France) is a French downhill time trial and cross-country mass start, dual, and four-cross mountain bicycle racer, best known for having won fifteen Union Cycliste Internationale senior world championship rainbow jerseys, fourteen continental championships, and seven Mountain Bike World Cup season-ending championships, and, in part in view of which, for having been a nominee for the 2003 Laureus World Sports Awards Alternative Sportsperson of the Year.
Anne-Joseph Théroigne de Méricourt Anne-Joseph Théroigne de Méricourt (August 13, 1762 – June 9, 1817) became a figurehead during the French Revolution. She was born at Marcourt (from which her designation "de Méricourt" was corrupted), a small town on the banks of the Ourthe in Luxembourg.
Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles (5 February 1650—2 October 1708), was one of the chief generals of France towards the end of the reign of Louis XIV, and, after raising the regiment of Noailles in 1689, he commanded in Spain during both the War of the Grand Alliance and the War of the Spanish Succession, and was made marshal of France in 1693.
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (also given as Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Triosson, Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson) January 5, 1767 - December 9, 1824),Long, George. (1851) The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, C.
Anne-Marie David Anne-Marie David, born May 23, 1952, is a French singer. She has the rare, although not unique, distinction of having represented two different countries at the Eurovision Song Contest, with considerable success on both occasions.
Anne-Marie Irving Anne-Marie Irving (born February 16, 1977 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also competed with The Black Sticks at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
Anne-Marie Johnson Anne-Marie Johnson (born July 18,1960 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress who has starred in film and on television. Her first role was as Aileen Lewisin on the 1984 NBC comedy series Double Trouble.
Anne-Marie Losique Anne-Marie Losique (also known by the stage name AML) is a Quebec television producer, television host and singer. Along with Marc Trudeau, she is co-founder of production company Image Diffusion International.
Anne-Marie Slaughter Anne-Marie Slaughter is the current Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. She was educated at Princeton University, (Worcester College) Oxford University, and Harvard Law School.
Anne-Sofie Østvedt Anne-Sofie Østvedt (married Strømnæs (born 2 January 1920) was one of the leaders of the Norwegian intelligence organisation XU. She started her resistance work by publishing underground newspapers, and in December 1941 XU recruited her.
Anne-Sophie Lapix Anne-Sophie Lapix (born April 29 1972 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Aquitaine) is a French journalist and television presenter. She is the current host of Zone Interdite and 12:50 on M6, and will move to TF1 in September 2006.
Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat-de-Courcelles Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat-de-Courcelles, la marquise de Lambert (1647 - 1733) was a celebrated French literary figure whose salon was frequented by Fontenelle, Fénelon, Houdar de la Motte, Montesquieu and Marivaux.
Anne, Duchess of Montpensier Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier (May 29, 1627 - April 3,The date given by Saint-Simon. 1693) was a French courtier, known as "la Grande Mademoiselle", remembered for her voluminous memoirs of the reign of Louis XIV.
Anne, Princess Royal The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Laurence; née Windsor, later Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Phillips; 15 August 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family and the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II. She is the seventh holder of the title Princess Royal, and is currently ninth in the line of succession to the British Throne.
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange Princess Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (2 November 1709 - 12 January 1759) was the second child and eldest daughter of George II and his consort, Queen Caroline. She was the wife of William IV of Orange, the first hereditary stadtholder of the Netherlands.
Annea Lockwood Annea Lockwood (born July 29, 1939 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand born American composer and teaches electronic music at Vassar College. Her work often involves recordings of natural found sounds, though she may be more famous for her Fluxus inspired pieces involved burning or drowning pianos.
Annealed disorder In statistical physics a system is said to present annealed disorder when some parameters entering its definition are random variables, but whose evolution is related to that of the degrees of freedom defining the system. It is defined in opposition to quenched disorder, where the random variables may not change its value.
Annealing (biology) Annealing, in genetics, means for DNA or RNA to pair by hydrogen bonds to a complementary sequence, forming a double-stranded polynucleotide. The term is often used to describe the binding of a DNA probe, or the binding of a primer to a DNA strand during a polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
Annealing (glass) Annealing, in glassblowing and lampworking, is the process of heating, and then slowly cooling glass to increase "softness" (ductility) and durability. This process relieves the internal stresses, making the glass much more durable.
Annealing (metallurgy) Annealing, in metallurgy and materials science, is a heat treatment where in the microstructure of a material is altered, causing changes in its properties such as strength and hardness. It is a process that produces equilibrium conditions by heating and maintaining at a suitable temperature, and then cooling very slowly.
Annecy International Animated Film Festival The International Animated Film Festival of Annecy (Festival du Film d'Animation du Annecy) was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became annual in 1998.
Anneewakee The Anneewakee Treatment Center for Emotionally Disturbed Youth was a Douglasville, Georgia based adolescent treatment center which was shut down in the mid 1980s amidst allegations physical and sexual abuse, exploitation of child labor, and deprivation of education.
Anneka Rice Anneka Rice (born Anne RiceChanged her name when she joined the British actors union Equity], as somebody had already registered birth name], [[4 October 1958 in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan) is a Welsh television presenter.
Anneli Ute Gabanyi Anneli Ute Gabanyi (b. October 18, 1942) is a Romanian-born German political scientist, literary critic, journalist, and philologist, especially known for her research on the society and culture of the Cold War period in Romania and the Romanian Revolution of 1989.
Annelid The annelids, collectively called Annelida (from Latin anellus "little ring"), are a large phylum of animals, comprising the segmented worms, with about 15,000 modern species including the well-known earthworms and leeches. They are found in most wet environments, and include many terrestrial, freshwater, and especially marine species (such as the polychaetes), as well as some which are parasitic or mutualistic.
Anneliese Michel Anneliese Michel (September 21, 1952 – July 1, 1976) was a Catholic woman from Germany who believed she was possessed by six or more demons and subsequently underwent an exorcism. Two motion pictures, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Requiem are based on her story.
Anneliese Rothenberger Anneliese Rothenberger (born June 19, 1926) is a German opera lyrical soprano. Born in Mannheim in 1926, she studied with Erika MĂĽller, took up her first engagement in Koblenz in 1943, before GĂĽnther Rennert offered her a job at the Hamburg Opera House 1947, where she sang in Rennert's now famous production of Alban Berg's Lulu twenty years later, a role she would also perform at the Munich Opera Festival, under the direction of Christoph von Dohnanyi.
Annelise Coberger Annelise Coberger (born September 16, 1971 in Christchurch) is a former New Zealand alpine skier. She became the first person from the Southern Hemisphere to win a medal at the Winter Olympics when she won silver in the slalom at Albertville in France in 1992.
Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen Anne Lucia Cornelia Maria ("Anneloes") Nieuwenhuizen (born October 16, 1963 in Bussum) is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the golden medal with the National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Annemarie Forder Annemarie Forder (born January 31, 1978) is an Australian who competes in Olympic air pistol and won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the same event, where she placed 23rd.
Annemarie Groen Annemarie Groen (born October 16, 1955 in Naarden, Noord-Holland) is a former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. There she was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 100m Backstroke, clocking 1:09.
Annemarie Lorentzen Annemarie Lorentzen (Born Annemarie Olsen September 23,1921 in Hammerfest, Norway) was the first female Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications 1973-1976 and Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs 1976-1978, as well as the Norwegian ambassador to Iceland. She is a member of the Norwegian Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) and was recently honored with an award highlighting her life-time of service to the Labor Party.
Annemarie Mol Annemarie Mol is a Dutch ethnographer and philosopher who has written and worked with a range of scholars including John Law. She has helped to develop post-ANT/feminist understandings of science, technology and medicine.
Annemarie Sanders Annemarie Sanders-Keijzer (born April 3, 1958 in Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland) is an equestrian from The Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage Event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She did so alongside Tineke Bartels, Ellen Bontje, and Anky van Grunsven.
Annemarie Verstappen Anna Maria ("Annemarie") Theodora Petra Verstappen (born October 3, 1965 in Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant) is a former freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who won a total numer of three medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Annenberg Center for Communication The Annenberg Center for Communication (ACC) at the University of Southern California promotes interdisciplinary research in communications between the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Viterbi School of Engineering, and the separate USC Annenberg School for Communication, also funded by Walter Annenberg.
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is a music venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It helped to popularize the works of composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass; the Center has also hosted shows by performers ranging from the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra to Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Annenberg School for Communication The Annenberg Schools for Communication are institutions founded for the promotion of communication and journalism scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. The schools were established in 1959 at Penn and in 1971 at USC through grants from Walter H.
Annenschule Saint Anna German High School (), usually known as Annenschule (), was a school in Saint Petersburg, Russia founded in 1736 for children of the German population of the city. In 1918 Annenschule became Soviet work school â„–11, and later school â„–203.
Annesley Hall, Nottinghamshire Annesley Hall near Annesley in Nottinghamshire, England, is the ancestral home of the Chaworth-Musters family. Mary Chaworth who lived at the Hall was the boyhood lover of the the poet Lord Byron, who lived at nearby Newstead Abbey.
Annetenna Annetenna was a short-lived band that emerged from the ashes of Ednaswap. On formation, the band were immediately signed by Columbia Records and recorded a self-titled album, which was then shelved by the record label.
Annett's key In railway signalling, an Annett’s key is a large key that locks levers or other items of signalling apparatus, thereby functioning as a portable form of interlocking. When not in use, the key is normally held in an Annett's lock that is fixed to the lever or apparatus concerned.
Annette Baier Annette Baier (born 1929) is a well-known moral philosopher and Hume scholar, focusing in particular on Hume's moral psychology. For most of her career she taught in the philosophy department at the University of Pittsburgh.
Annette du Plessis Annette du Plessis (born October 11 1955), is an Afrikaner artist who moved into the African Township New Brighton, Nelson Mandela Bay (formerly Port Elizabeth), South Africa at the beginning of 1989 during apartheid years.
Annette Ducharme Annette Ducharme is a Canadian musician and songwriter. She is best known as a songwriter for other performers, including Tom Cochrane and Lawrence Gowan, but has also recorded several albums, both as a solo artist and as a member of the band Bowers-Ducharme Duo (with Jimmy Bowers).
Annette Ellis Annette Louise Ellis (born 13 October 1946), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Namadgi, Australian Capital Territory 1996-98 and the Division of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory since 1998. She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and was a public servant, electorate adviser and ministerial adviser before entering politics.
Annette Ferguson Annette Ferguson is a Scottish observational astronomer who specializes in the area of galaxy evolution. She is currently a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow at the Max-Planck-Institut fĂĽr Astrophysik in Garching, Germany,
Annette Fuentes Annette Fuentes is an American journalist who writes regularly on health and social policy for The New York Times, The Nation the Village Voice, The Progressive, and In These Times, where she is a contributing editor. Fuentes is also on the faculty of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.
Annette Hurley Annette Kay Hurley (born 23 March 1955), Australian politician, has been an Labor member of the Australian Senate since July 2005, representing the state of South Australia. She was elected at the 2004 federal election.
Annette Kellerman Annette Marie Sarah Kellermann (born July 6 1887 in Sydney – died November 5 1975 in Southport, Australia) was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville and film star, writer, and advocate for the change of women's swimwear. She is often credited for inventing the sport of synchronised swimming after her 1907 performance of the first water ballet in a glass tank at the New York Hippodrome.
Annette King Annette Faye King (born 13 September 1947) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the governing Labour Party, and currently serves in Cabinet as Minister of Police, Minister of Food Safety, Minister of Transport and Minister of State Services.
Annette Kolodny Annette Kolodny (b. 1941) is a feminist literary critic and activist, and currently holds the position of College of Humanities Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Annette M. Böckler Annette Mirjam Böckler (born June 26, 1966) is currently a teaching assistant for Bible and Jewish Exegesis at the Hochschule fuer Juedische Studien (College for Jewish Studies) at the University of Heidelberg, and a writer and translator in the Jewish subject area.
Annette Sterling Annette Sterling (born July 4, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan as Annette Beard) is an American soul and R&B singer and one of the original members of the legendary Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. She joined her childhood friends Martha Reeves, Rosalind Ashford and Gloria Williamson in forming the Del-Phis in 1960.
Annette Strauss Annette Strauss (January 26, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was a philanthropist and a former mayor of Dallas. The Annette Strauss Artist Square in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas is named in honor of her.
Annette Vadim Annette Vadim (born Annette Strøyberg, December 7, 1936 - December 12, 2005) was a Danish actress who was the second wife of the French film director Roger Vadim. Her films included Vadim's Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1959).

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