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Leana
Leana is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Leana de Bruin (born 1977), South African and New Zealand netball player * Leana Wen (born 1983), American physician and public health advocate See also * Lena (name) Lena is a feminine given name, a short form of Helena (Ἑλένη), meaning “torch” or “shining light.” It may be a given name by itself or as a diminutive of other names: Magdalena and variants of Elena. People with the given name ... {{Given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leana Wen
Leana Sheryle Wen (; pinyin: ''Wēn Línyǎn''; born Wen Linyan; January 27, 1983) is an American physician, author, professor, speaker, consultant, columnist, and television commentator. She is former health commissioner for the city of Baltimore and former president of Planned Parenthood. Wen has served as a public health communicator during the COVID-19 pandemic and 2022 mpox outbreak, appearing frequently on CNN as a medical analyst. She was asked to testify four times to Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic, including twice to the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. She has garnered criticism by some public health advocates for her views on the pandemic. Wen serves as a public health professor at George Washington University and is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. She is a columnist for ''The Washington Post'' and a medical analyst for CNN. Early life and family Born Wen Linyan () in Shanghai, China on January 27, 1983, to Ying Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leana De Bruin
Leana de Bruin (née du Plooy) (born 9 July 1977) is a South African and New Zealand international netball player. De Bruin played 34 tests for South Africa before moving to New Zealand in 2000. She made her on-court debut for the Silver Ferns in 2003, and has gone on to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games and Netball World Championships, playing in the goal defence and goal keeper positions. In 2009, she pulled out of the team due to pregnancy, before returning the following year. De Bruin played for the Southern Sting, Capital Shakers, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic and the Northern Force in the National Bank Cup. With the start of the ANZ Championship in 2008, de Bruin stayed in Auckland with the new Northern Mystics franchise. The following year, she returned to the Magic in Hamilton, partnering in the defensive circle with Silver Ferns teammate Casey Williams. De Bruin played most of the 2009 round-robin season before pulling out due to pregnancy. She returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena (name)
Lena is a feminine given name, a short form of Helena (Ἑλένη), meaning “torch” or “shining light.” It may be a given name by itself or as a diminutive of other names: Magdalena and variants of Elena. People with the given name * Lena (actress), Malayalam film actress * Lena Ackebo (born 1950), Swedish comic creator * Lena Åkesson (born 1967), Swedish boxer * Lena Anderssen, Faroese-Canadian singer-songwriter * Lena Ashwell (1872–1957), British actress * Lena Asplund (born 1956), Swedish politician * Lena Baker (1900–1945), American convicted of murder * Lena Bergman (born 1943), Swedish social services employee * Lena Bergström (born 1961), Swedish textiles and glass designer * Léna Bernstein (1906–1932), German aviator * Lena Berntsson (born 1978), Swedish athlete * Lena Börjeson (1879–1976), Swedish sculptor, teacher * Lena Northern Buckner (1875–1939), American social worker * Lena Burke (born 1978), Cuban singer and actress * Len ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |