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Meg
Meg is a feminine given name, often a short form of Margaret, Megan, Megumi (Japanese), etc. It may refer to: People *Meg (singer) (born 1980), Japanese singer *Meg Baird, American musician *Meg Bateman, Scottish writer * Meg Bellamy, British actress * Meg Bennett (1948–2024), American screenwriter and actress * Meg Beresford (born 1937), British campaigner against nuclear weapons and activist * Meg Brown, Australian politician *Meg Bussert (born 1949), American opera singer *Meg Cabot (born 1967), American author of romantic and paranormal fiction * Meg Burton Cahill (born 1954), American politician and former Arizona state senator * Meg Campbell (1937–2007), New Zealand poet *Meg Christian (born 1946), American folk musician *Meg Connery (1881–1958), suffragist organizer and activist * Meg Cranston (born 1960), American artist *Meg Crofton, American businesswoman *Meg Daly, American evolutionary biologist *Meg Davis, American singer of traditional music *Meg DeLacy (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan
Megan is a Welsh feminine given name, originally a diminutive form of Margaret. Margaret is from the Greek μαργαρίτης (''margarítēs''), Latin ''margarīta'', "pearl". Megan is one of the most popular Welsh-language names for women in Wales and England, and is commonly truncated to Meg. Megan was one of the most popular feminine names in the English-speaking world in the 1990s, peaking in 1990 in the United States and 1999 in the United Kingdom. Approximately 54% of people named Megan born in the US were born in 1990 or later. The name is also frequently spelled Meagan, Meaghan, Meghan, or Mehgan outside of Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom due to spelling influence from Irish-language names Meagan * Meagan Best (born 2002), Barbadian squash player * Meagan Chauke (born 1992), South African activist * Meagan Cignoli, American photographer, filmmaker, and businessperson * Meagan Day, American writer, editor, and activist * Meagan Dixon (born 1997), Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Frampton
Meg & Dia is an American rock band formed in 2004. It was founded by sisters Meg and Dia Frampton before becoming a five-piece act (renamed Cowards Courage and released the CD ''Straight Out of a Story Book in Las Vegas'') where they started, with additional members Eddie Friends, Ryan Hardy, Jon Cash and Alex Kruse. With the departure of the latter four, Meg & Dia subsequently reverted to their root name with additional members Nicholas Price, Jonathan Snyder (formerly of Madison) and Carlo Gimenez. Meg & Dia (also then known as The Meg & Dia Band) released their debut album, '' Our Home is Gone'', in 2005. At the time, the band consisted of just the two Frampton sisters, and the album's tracks were mostly acoustic songs. Meg played guitar and provided back-up vocals while Dia sang. A year later, they released their second album, '' Something Real'' which featured their most well known song "Monster", their first album released under Doghouse Records. The band signed with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi
is a Japanese feminine given name. In Japanese, the word megumi means "blessing; grace." Written forms While the word megumi means blessing and can be written using that kanji, it may also be spelled using other kanji, such as the kanji for love, or written using kana. *恵, "blessing, grace" *愛, "love" *恵美, "blessing, favor; beauty" *旋美, "rotate, turn; beauty" *寵美, "love, affection, patronage; beauty" *巡美, "circumference, patrol; beauty" *廻美, "round, game, revolve, go around, circumference; beauty" *斡美, "administer, go around, rule; beauty" People with the name * Megumi Fujii (藤井 恵, born 1974), retired Japanese mixed martial artist * Megumi Furuya (めぐみ, born 1981), Japanese gravure idol, tarento, actress, and singer, who simply uses the stage name Megumi *Megumi Hayashibara (林原 めぐみ, born 1967), Japanese voice actress, lyricist and singer *Megumi Han (潘 めぐみ, born 1989), Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Cabot
Meggin Patricia Cabot (born February 1, 1967) is an American novelist. She has written and published over 50 novels of young adult and adult fiction and is best known for her young adult series ''The Princess Diaries'', which was later adapted by Walt Disney Pictures into The Princess Diaries (film), two feature films. Cabot has been the recipient of numerous book awards, including the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, the American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, the Tennessee Volunteer State TASL Book Award, the Book Sense Pick, the Evergreen Young Adult Book Award, and the IRA/CBC Young Adult Choice. She has also had number-one ''New York Times'' bestsellers, and more than 25 million copies of her books are in print across the world. Early life and career Meggin Patricia Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, in Bloomington, Indiana. After she graduated from Indiana University, Cabot moved to New York City, with the original aim of pursuing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg (singer)
Meg (Yorichika Keiko (); born October 3, 1980), universal-music.co.jp) stylised in , is a Japanese recording artist, record producer, model and fashion designer from Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. She is signed with Starchild Records, a division of King Records. Between 2003 and 2013 she created over a dozen albums and two dozen singles. She started a fashion brand call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Donnelly
Meg Elizabeth Donnelly (born July 25, 2000) is an American actress. She played Taylor Otto in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''American Housewife'' (2016–2021), Addison Wells in the Disney Channel film series Zombies (franchise), ''Zombies'' (2018–present), and List of Supernatural and The Winchesters characters#Mary Winchester, Mary Campbell in the The CW, CW television series ''The Winchesters'' (2022–2023). Early life Donnelly was born in New York City and grew up in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey. She is an only child. She began training in voice, dance and acting at the Annie's Playhouse School of Performing Arts in Far Hills, New Jersey at the age of six. She has appeared as a featured vocalist in several Kids of the Arts, Broadway Kids and Time To Shine productions in New York City. While in New York, to better communicate with Japanese exchange students at her high school, she began learning their language, later releasing one of her singles in Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Duffy
Meg Duffy is an American musician and guitarist who has played as a Session musician, studio musician on records by The War on Drugs (band), The War on Drugs, Weyes Blood, Perfume Genius, Sasami, and William Tyler (musician), William Tyler, among many others. Duffy was a longtime member of Kevin Morby's live band, is a current member of Perfume Genius's band, and is the sole member of Indie rock, indie-rock band Hand Habits. Background Duffy is originally from Amsterdam (city), New York, Amsterdam, New York, and first started playing guitar at 17, although they had played drums since 5th grade. After graduating from high school, Duffy attended Schenectady County Community College for guitar performance as the only female student in the program. After graduating from college they briefly relocated to Albany, New York, prior to joining Morby's band in Los Angeles, California. Duffy uses Genderqueer, non-binary Third-person pronoun, gender-neutral pronouns. Session work Duffy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Cranston
Meg Cranston (born 1960) is an American artist who works in sculpture and painting. She is also a writer. Early life and education Cranston was born in Baldwin, New York. She earned a B.A. in Anthropology/Sociology from Kenyon College in Ohio in 1982. She received an MFA in Studio Art from California Institute of the Arts in 1986. She also attended the Jan van Eyck Akademie in Maastricht, The Netherlands in 1988. Work Although she often takes personal attributes or historical events as a starting point, Cranston's work equally deals with the formal language of art and the role of the artist in helping us see the world in new ways. She is currently the chair of fine arts at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. She has exhibited internationally since 1988. In 1992 she was part of the Helter Skelter exhibition at MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and showed at the 1993 Biennale di Venezia. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Elison
Meg Elison (born May 10, 1982) is an American author and feminist essayist whose writings often incorporate the themes of female empowerment, body positivity, and gender flexibility. Her debut novel, ''The Book of the Unnamed Midwife'', won the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award, and her second novel, ''The Book of Etta'', was nominated for the award in 2017. Elison's work has appeared in several markets, including '' Fantasy & Science Fiction'', Terraform, '' McSweeney's Internet Tendency'', Catapult, and '' Electric Literature''. Elison "grew up a military brat with the United States ARMY" where she "lived all over the country." At fourteen she began working to support herself. Elison has lived in Missouri, Savannah, Nevada, North Carolina, Utah, Southern California, and New York, contributing to her vast ability for distinct settings. Background A high school dropout, Elison advanced through the California community college system and ultimately graduated from University of Calif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg DeLacy
Meg DeLacy is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Shiv (comics), Cindy Burman in the DC Universe (streaming service), DC Universe series ''Stargirl (TV series), Stargirl''. Early life DeLacy was born and raised in Southern California. Her mother is Filipina. Career DeLacy began her acting career in 2012, when she started creating music at the age of 8 before picking up a guitar when she was 12 years old. DeLacy has her own YouTube channel. In 2012, DeLacy made her feature film debut in the South Korean comedy-drama film ''Papa (2012 South Korean film), Papa'', in which she played the role of Maya. From 2013 to 2015, DeLacy was cast to play the lead role in the web series ''Side Effects'' portraying Whitney Connolly. In 2016, DeLacy had a recurring role in the teen drama series ''Recovery Road (TV series), Recovery Road'', playing Nyla. In 2017, DeLacy appeared as Candy in the comedy film ''Austin Found'' directed by Will Raee, which was released on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Baird
Meg Baird is an American musician based in San Francisco, California, United States, who, in addition to her solo career, is known as a founding member, lead vocalist, and drummer for Heron Oblivion, along with members from Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound and Comets on Fire. She was also a guitarist and the lead female vocalist in Philadelphia psychedelic folk rock band Espers, and played drums in Philadelphia punk band Watery Love. Baird frequently collaborates with the Los Angeles-based harpist Mary Lattimore. Early life Originally from New Jersey, United States, Baird's family history is based in the folk tradition: Baird is the great-great niece of Isaac Garfield "I.G." Greer, a historian and Appalachian folk singer born in 1881. His inclusion on one of the earliest albums issued by the Archive of Folk Culture in the Library of Congress helped expose Baird to folk music at a young age, while she was taking piano lessons, teaching herself guitar, and listening to Smithso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Foster
Margaret "Meg" Foster (born May 10, 1948) is an American film and television actress. Some of her many roles were in the 1979 TV miniseries version of '' The Scarlet Letter'', and the films '' Ticket to Heaven'', ''The Osterman Weekend'' and '' They Live''. She also starred as Christine Cagney in the first season of '' Cagney & Lacey''. Early years Foster was born in Reading, Pennsylvania to David and Nancy (née Adamson) Foster on May 10, 1948,Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 14-20 (May 9, 2017). APNews. Accessed 2023-01-27. and grew up in Rowayton, Connecticut with four siblings: sisters Gray, Jan and Nina, and brother Ian. She studied acting at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
