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Alice Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Ailsa Berk Ailsa Berk is a British dancer, actress, and puppeteer. She is well known for performing the puppetry for Aslan on British television with William Todd-Jones in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' television serial which was aired by the BBC from 1988 ...

, British actress *

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Ailsa Mellon Bruce (June 28, 1901 – August 25, 1969) was a prominent American socialite and philanthropist who established the Avalon Foundation. Early life Ailsa was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 28, 1901. She was the daughter of ...

(1901–1969), American art collector * Alisa Buchinger (born 1992), Australian karateka *

Alisa Camplin Alisa Peta Camplin, (born 10 November 1974) is an Australian former Freestyle skiing, aerial skier who won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics, the second ever winter Olympic gold medal for Australia. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Camplin finished ...

(born 1974), American aerial skier * Ailsa Carmichael, Lady Carmichael (born 1969), Scottish advocate and judge *

Ailsa Chang Ailsa Chang (born January 12, 1976) is an American journalist. She’s a host of the NPR newsmagazine ''All Things Considered''. She is a former host of '' Planet Money'' and previously covered United States Congress for NPR. Prior to joinin ...

(born 1976), American journalist *

Alisa Childers Alisa Childers (born Alisa Noelle Girard; April 17, 1975) is an American author and singer, known as a member of the all-female Christian music group ZOEgirl. Career Early years Born Alisa Noelle Girard to Karen and Christian music pioneer ...

(born 1975), American singer *

Alisa Drei Alisa Drei (born 28 February 1978) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She finished in the top ten at seven European Championships. Life and career Drei began skating at the age of three in Moscow; she and her mother subsequently mo ...

(born 1978), Finnish figure skater * Alisa Durbrow (born 1988), Japanese model, actress and singer * Ailsa McGown Clark (1926–2014), British zoologist * Ailsa Craig (journalist) (1917–2012), Australian journalist *

Alisa Efimova Alisa Borisovna Efimova (, born 8 June 1999) is an American pair skater. With her current partner, Misha Mitrofanov, she is the 2025 United States Figure Skating Championships, U.S. national champion and 2024 Skate America bronze medalist. Compe ...

(born 1999), Finnish-Russian pair skater * Alisa Esage (born 1984), Russian cybersecurity researcher *

Alisa Freindlich Alisa Brunovna Freindlich (born 8 December 1934) is a Russian actress. Since 1983, Freindlich has been a leading actress of the Bolshoi Drama Theater in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was awarded the title of the People's Artist of the USSR in ...

(born 1934), Russian actress *

Alisa Galliamova Alisa Mikhailovna Galliamova (, ; born 18 January 1972 in Kazan) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is twice runner-up at the Women's World Chess Championship, in 19 ...

(born 1972), Russian chess player *

Alisa Ganieva Alisa Arkadyevna Ganieva (or Ganiyeva; , born 1985) is a Russian author, writing novels, short prose and essays. Life Ganieva was born in Moscow in an Avar people (Caucasus), Avar family but moved with her family to Dagestan, where she lived i ...

(born 1985), Russian author * Ailsa Garland (1917–1982), British journalist *

Alisa Harvey Alisa Harvey (temporarily Alisa Harvey-Hill; September 16, 1965) is a middle-distance runner from the United States. She set her personal best in the women's 1,500 meters 4:08.32 on June 26, 1992, at the US Olympic Trials in New Orleans and in t ...

(born 1965), American middle-distance runner * Ailsa Hughes (born 1991), Irish rugby player *

Ailsa Keating Ailsa Macgregor Keating is a mathematician specialising in symplectic geometry and homological mirror symmetry. She is a professor in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at the University of Cambridge. Education and c ...

, British mathematician *

Alisa Kirilyuk Alisa Kirilyuk (born July 9, 1990) is a Russian sailor. She and Liudmila Dmitrieva placed 13th in the women's 470 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially br ...

(born 1990), Russian sailor *

Alisa Kleybanova Alisa Mikhailovna Kleybanova (, born 15 July 1989) is a Russian former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 20, achieved in February 2011. In her career, she won two singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour. ...

(born 1989), Russian tennis player *

Alisa Kwitney Alisa Kwitney (born 1964) is an American writer of comedic romance novels and graphic novels. Biography Kwitney grew up in New York City, on Manhattan's Upper West Side,Ailsa Land Ailsa Horton Land (; 14 June 1927 – 16 May 2021) was a professor of Operational Research in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and was the first woman professor of Operational Research in Britain. She is most well ...

(1927–2021), English professor *

Ailsa Lister Ailsa Lister (born 8 April 2004) is a Scottish cricketer. In October 2020, Lister was named in Scotland's squad to play Ireland at the La Manga Club during their tour of Spain. However, the matches were called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In ...

(born 2004), Scottish cricketer *

Ailsa Magnus Ailsa Magnus (born 1967) is a Scottish sculptor. She has created many sculptures by commission, which stand in locations in Britain. Life Magnus was born in Cupar, Fife; she studied sculpture at the Edinburgh College of Art from 1985 to 1989, gr ...

(born 1967), Scottish sculptor *

Ailsa Mainman Ailsa Jean Mainman is a British archaeologist and pottery specialist. Career Mainman completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield and is now a research associate at the University of York. She is a former assistant director of York Archae ...

, British archaeologist and ceramics specialist *

Alisa Marić Alisa Marić, PhD ( sr-Cyrl, Алиса Марић, ; born 10 January 1970) is a Serbian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and International Master (IM). On 27 July 2012, she was elected as Minister of Youth and Sp ...

(born 1970), Serbian chess player * Ailsa Maxwell (1922–2020), British code breaker and historian * Ailsa McGilvary, New Zealand bird conservationist and photographer * Ailsa McKay (1963–2014), Scottish economist * Ailsa O'Connor (1921–1980), Australian artist and sculptor * Alisa van Oijen (born 1992), Austrian cyclist *

Alisa Ozhogina Alisa Ozhogina Ozhogin (born 31 October 2000) is a synchro (artistic) swimmer. Born in Russia, she represents Spain internationally. She is a two-time 2020 European medalist in team events. She was born in Moscow, Russia, but grew up in Sevi ...

(born 2000), Spanish synchronized swimmer *

Ailsa Piper Ailsa Mary-Ellen Piper (born 1959) is an Australian writer, director and performer. Early life Piper was born in Perth, Western Australia, but grew up on a sheep station in the outback region of Gascoyne. Her parents divorced when she was a ch ...

(born 1959), Australian actress, director and performer *

Alisa Vainio Alisa Pauliina Vainio (born 16 November 1997) is a Finnish long-distance runner. She won bronze at the 2015 European Athletics Junior Championships in 3,000m steeplechase. She has two Finnish championships from 10,000m (2015 and 2018) and one fr ...

(born 1997), Finnish long-distance runner *

Alisa Valdes Alisa Valdes (born 1969 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American author, journalist, and film producer, known for her bestselling novel, '' The Dirty Girls Social Club''. Early life Valdes was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her father, Nels ...

(born 1969), American writer * Ailsa A. Welch (born 1956), British scientist *

Alisa Xayalith Alisa Xayalith (born 24 August 1986) is a New Zealand musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and Electronic keyboard, keyboard player for the indie electronic band the Naked and Famous. Early life Xayalith, the daughter of Laos, ...

(born 1986), New Zealand musician *

Alisa Zhambalova Alisa Sayanovna Zhambalova (; born 13 September 1994) is a Russian cross-country skier who competes internationally. Early and personal life Zhambalova was born on 13 September 1994 in Sagan-Nur in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. She represen ...

(born 1994), Russian cross-country skier

Fictional characters

Ailsa Stewart Ailsa Stewart (also Hogan) is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Judy Nunn. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 17 January 1988. Ailsa was married to Alf Stewar ...

, fictional character from ''Home and Away'' * Alisa Seleznyova, fictional character from an eponymous children's book series

Fictional characters

See also