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Maggie
Maggie or Maggy is a common short form of the name Magdalena, Magnolia, Margaret, or Marigold. People Maggie * Maggie Adamson, Scottish musician * Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock (born 1968), British scientist * Maggie Alderson (born 1959), Australian author * Maggie Alphonsi (born 1983), English rugby union player * Maggie Anderson, several people * Maggie Anwer, Egyptian-Italian director, producer and writer * Maggie Appleton, museum director * Maggie Atkinson (born 1956), English educator * Maggie Baird (born 1959), American actress * Maggie Bandur (born 1974), American television writer * Maggie Barrie (born 1996), Sierra Leonean sprinter * Maggie Barry (born 1959), New Zealand politician * Maggie Batson (born 2003), American actress * Maggie Baylis (1912–1997), American graphic designer * Maggie Beer (born 1945), Australian cook * Maggie Behle (born 1980), American Paralympic alpine skier * Maggie Bell (born 1945), Scottish vocalist * Maggie Benedict (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Dame Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock (; born 9 March 1968) is a British space scientist and science educator. She is an honorary research associate of University College London's Department of Physics and Astronomy, and has been the chancellor of the University of Leicester since 1 March 2023. Since February 2014, she has co-presented the long-running astronomy television programme ''The Sky at Night'' with Chris Lintott. In 2020, Maggie was awarded the William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics for her public engagement in physics. She is the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Physics News Award and she served as the president of the British Science Association from 2021 to 2022. Early life and education Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin was born in London on 9 March 1968 to Nigerian parents, Caroline Philips and Justus Adebayo Aderin, and was raised in Camden, London. Her middle name Ebunoluwa comes from the Yoruba words "ebun" meaning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Barry
Margaret Mary Barry (born 5 October 1959), generally known as Maggie Barry, is a New Zealand radio and television presenter and politician. As a member of the National Party Barry was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2011 general election for the seat of North Shore. During her term in the Fifth National Government she was the Minister for Conservation, Seniors Citizens, and Arts, Culture and Heritage. In 2020 she did not seek reelection. Barry has had a long career in broadcasting, including gardening shows, and has a rose named after her. Early life Barry's father was an accountant for the railways, and her mother was a florist. Both were strict Catholics. Barry was born in Wellington and went to Erskine College, a Roman Catholic school in Wellington. Broadcasting career Barry was a radio and television presenter for over 30 years. She began her broadcasting career in 1986 on National Radio's ''Morning Report'' and moved on to '' Nine to Noon'' in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Beer
Maggie Beer (born Margaret Anne Ackerman, 19 January 1945) is an Australian chef, food author, restaurateur, and food manufacturer. Beer was one of the judges on '' The Great Australian Bake Off'' alongside Matt Moran until 2022 and is also a regular guest on ''MasterChef Australia''. Early life Maggie Beer was born in Sydney in January 1945, to Ronald Ackerman, whose German ancestry was from his paternal grandparents, and Doreen Carter, who had English ancestry from her maternal great-grandparents. Her father's ancestors were gold miners in Hill End in regional New South Wales. Beer believed they were Jewish, but this was refuted in an episode of '' Who Do You Think You Are?'', as it emerged that her ancestors had been Catholic for as long as there were records. She grew up with her family in Sydney's western suburbs. Beer's parents faced issues with bankruptcy as she was growing up and re-invented themselves as caterers. She stated this contributed to her strong work ethi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Baird
Maggie May Baird (born March 29, 1959) is an American actress. She grew up in Colorado performing music, and studied theater and dance at the University of Utah, before moving to New York City, where she performed on Broadway. She made her television debut in 1981 in the soap opera '' Another World'' and her film debut in the 1989 feature '' An Innocent Man''. Baird continued to act in television and film after moving to Los Angeles in 1991, and became a member and teacher at the Groundlings, a troupe and improvisational theatre school. She acted in 2000s television series such as '' Bones'', ''The X-Files'' and '' Six Feet Under'', and provided the voices of Samara in the video game series ''Mass Effect'', and various characters in the ''Saints Row'' game series. In 2009, Baird released her debut studio album, ''We Sail''. Baird married Patrick O'Connell in 1995, with whom she has two children: musicians Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish. She wrote and co-starred with her s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Baylis
Margaret Hilbiber Baylis (1912December 10, 1997) was an American graphic designer, illustrator, and author of gardening books. Early life Margaret Hilbiber was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1912. At age 16 she was accepted as an architecture student at the University of Pennsylvania, one of three women in her cohort. Two years into her studies with the onset of the Great Depression, Maggie had to drop out of the program to support her family by working as an assistant advertising manager at a department store in Tacoma. Career During World War II, Baylis left for Hawaii where she worked as a civilian doing graphic design work for Moore Dry Dock Company In 1941 she moved to San Francisco two weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor and began work as an assistant advertising manager at ''Sunset (magazine), Sunset'' magazine, where she worked until 1951. While working for ''Sunset'', she opened her own graphic design studio and hired Douglas Baylis, a landscape architect whom sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Björklund
Margrethe "Maggie" Björklund is a Danish guitarist and singer-songwriter who composes, plays, and sings music in the folk and alternative country genres. She began her career playing electric guitar in the female band The Darleens and briefly for the experimental pop band Miss B Haven. Björklund then started playing pedal steel guitar as a studio musician and has released two solo recordings. Early life Maggie Björklund was born in Denmark and grew up near Copenhagen. She took piano lessons, but switched to guitar as soon as she could. She moved to Hollywood and attended the Musicians Institute, where she was introduced to country music. She returned to Denmark after a year. Career Back in Denmark, she formed the all-female country band Darleens, and they recorded three albums for Sony Records. After Darleens split up, she took pedal steel guitar lessons from Jeff Newman in Nashville, Tennessee. Her 2011 debut ''Coming Home'' was produced by Johnny Sangster ( The Tripw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Black Kettle
Maggie Black Kettle (August 20, 1917 – September 14, 2011) was a Canadian community leader in the Siksika Nation. She taught traditional crafts, dance, and the Blackfoot language in Calgary. She was a storyteller, and appeared in film and television programs in her later years. Early life Black Kettle was born in the Siksika First Nations Reserve near Gleichen, Alberta. At age 7, she was enrolled at a Catholic boarding school in Cluny, where she was forbidden to speak Blackfoot, her only language as a child. Career Black Kettle was considered a matriarch and spiritual leader of the Siksika people. She attended community events, including local ceremonies, large North American powwows, and the Indian Village exhibition at the annual Calgary Stampede. She taught the Blackfoot language and traditional crafts and dances at the Plains Indian Cultural Survival School, and at the Piitoayis Family School, both in Calgary. During the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Black Kettle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie De Block
Maggie Celine Louise De Block (; born 28 April 1962) is a Belgian politician of the Open VLD who has been chairing her party's group in the Chamber of Representatives since 2020. De Block served as Minister of Social Affairs and Health in the governments of Prime Ministers Charles Michel and Sophie Wilmès from 2014 until 2020. Following a reshuffle on 9 December 2018 to prevent the government's collapse, she additionally resumed responsibility for Asylum and Migration. Early life and career Maggie Celine Louise De Block was born in Merchtem, Province of Brabant (present-day Flemish Brabant) on 28 April 1962. She was the first of three children born to Jan De Block who worked at the Belgian railway company the NMBS/SNCB. After her first brother was born, her mother became a housewife to care for the children. When Maggie was seven her father died in a car accident. Five months later her mother gave birth to Maggie's second brother who they called Jan after their father. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret
Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Iranian languages, Old Iranian. It has been an English language, English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages. It became less popular between the 16th and 18th century, but became more common again after this period, becoming the second-most popular female name in the United States in 1903. Since this time, it has become less common, but was still the ninth-most common name for women of all ages in the United States as of the List of most popular given names, 1990 census. Margaret has many diminutive forms in many languages, including Daisy (given name), Daisy, Greta (given name), Greta, Gretchen, Maggie, Madge (given name), Madge, Maisie (given name), Maisie, Marge, Margie, Margo (given name), Margo, Margot, Marnie (given name), Marnie, Meg, Megan, Molly (name), Molly, Peggy (given name), Peggy, and Rita (given name), Rita. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Bell
Margaret Bell (born 12 January 1945) is a Scottish vocalist. She came to fame as co-lead vocalist of the blues rock group Stone the Crows, and was described as the UK's closest counterpart to American singer Janis Joplin. Bell was also prominently featured as a guest vocalist on the song " Every Picture Tells a Story" (1971) by Rod Stewart. Career Early career From a musical family, she sang from her teenage years, leaving school at the age of fifteen, to work as a window dresser by day and singer at night. Bell was introduced to Leslie Harvey, by his older brother Alex, after getting up on stage to sing with the latter. Leslie Harvey was, at that time, a guitarist with the Kinning Park Ramblers. Bell joined the group as one of the vocalists. After the band split up, Bell moved to the Mecca Band at the Sauchiehall Street Locarno, and later to the Dennistoun Palais Band. Power/Stone the Crows She then rejoined Harvey, forming Power, initially known as The Power of Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Boyle
Maggie Boyle (24 December 1956 – 6 November 2014) was an English, London-born folk singer, who also played flute, whistle and bodhrán. Early life Margaret Boyle was born in the Battersea district of southwest London, and grew up in London's Irish community. Her father was a fiddle player from the Donegal Gaeltacht, and her mother a dancer. In addition to her father, her other main tutor was Oliver Mulligan, a singer from County Monaghan, resident in London. As a youngster Boyle joined the Fulham branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, through which she won All‑Britain singing competitions. As a teenager Boyle performed with her brothers Kevin and Paul as The Boyle Family. Through the overlapping folk club and Irish music scenes in London she met Steve Tilston, a professional folk singer, and they married in 1984, but divorced by 1999. Career In 1984, at the recommendation of Mike Taylor of the musical group Incantation, Boyle joined the live performance production compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Benedict
Maggie Benedict (born in Pretoria on February 10, 1981) is a South African actress, writer and director. She studied acting at Pretoria Tech. Benedict is best known for playing the role of Akhona Miya on the SABC 1 soap opera '' Generations'' (2011-2014). Benedict has appeared in films including ''Attack On Durfur'' (2009), ''Step to a Start Up'' (2014) and ''Queen of Katwe'' (2016). She received the South African Film and Television Awards for best ensemble cast award for her performance in the 2011 film ''The Mating Game''. During her theatre stint, Benedict performed at the Civic Theatre in ''Showboat and Goldilocks'' and ''The Three Bears''. On television, Benedict starred as Akhona Miya in the SABC drama ''Generations'' from 2011 to 2014, and as Violet in the e.tv telenovela series '' Ashes To Ashes'' (2015–2016), for which she received South African Film and Television Awards for Best-supporting actress. From 2010 to 2011, she co-starred as Zoey Matsekwa in the M-Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
