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Lori (given Name)
Lori is a female given name, a variant of Laura and Lorraine. People * Lori Alan (born 1966), American voice actress * Lori Alhadeff (born 1975), American activist * Lori Balmer (born 1958), Australian singer * Lori Berenson (born 1969), American activist * Lori Mann Bruce, American academic * Lori Cardille (born 1954), American actress * Lori Chavez-DeRemer (born 1968), United States Secretary of Labor * Lori Dittman, American politician * Lori Douglas, Canadian judge * Lori Dupuis (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player * Lori Dungey (born 1957), New Zealand actress * Lori Ehrlich (born 1963), American politician * Lori Foster, American romance novelist * Lori Goldstein, American fashion designer * Lori Stewart Gonzalez (born 1957), American speech pathologist and academic administrator * Lori Greiner, American entrepreneur and television personality * Lori Harvey, American model, entrepreneur, and socialite * Lori Hoey, England women's international footballer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura (given Name)
Laura is a traditionally feminine given name in Europe and the Americas, of Latin language, Latin origin, whose meaning ("bay laurel") is a metonym for a victor, and an early hypocorism from Laurel (given name), Laurel and Lauren. Origin and usage The name Laura is the feminized form of ''laurus'', Latin for "bay laurel plant", which in the Greco-Roman era was used as a symbol of victory, honor or fame. The name represents the embodiment of victory and strength. The name ''Daphne (given name), Daphne'', derived from Ancient Greek, carries the same meaning. Popularity In British North America, the name ''Laura'' reached 17th most popular in 1880 and 1882, but dropped to #43 in 1899. It was among the top 50 names for female newborns for much of the early 20th century in the United States, but dropped to 100–120 between 1930 and 1950; reached No.10 in 1969, and has since steadily decreased in popularity. In Europe, ''Laura'' remains popular. In 2009 it ranked within the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Greiner
Lori Greiner () is an American television personality and entrepreneur. She is known for her QVC show ''Clever & Unique Creations'' (2000–present) for which she has been called the "Queen of QVC", and for being an investor on the reality series ''Shark Tank'' (2012–present). She has hundreds of inventions and holds over 120 patents. She is the president and founder of For Your Ease Only, Inc. Life Greiner grew up in the Near North Side, Chicago. She majored in communications at Loyola University Chicago and worked for ''The Chicago Tribune'' while in college. She was an aspiring playwright and sold jewelry on the side. She is married to Dan Greiner. Career Greiner is the president and founder of For Your Ease Only, which launched in 1996. The same year, she created and patented a plastic earring organizer; J.C. Penney picked up the product before the holiday season, allowing her to pay off her $300,000 loan in 18 months. In addition to jewelry storage, she has patented consum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Singer
Lori Singer (born November 6, 1957) is an American actress and musician. The daughter of conductor Jacques Singer, she was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and raised in Portland, Oregon, where her father served as the lead conductor of the Oregon Symphony from 1962 to 1972. Singer was a musical prodigy, making her debut as a cellist with the Oregon Symphony at thirteen, and was subsequently accepted to the Juilliard School, where she became the institution's youngest graduate. In the early 1980s, she signed with Elite Model Management before shifting her focus to acting. She was cast as Julie Miller, a teenage dancer and cellist, in the television series ''Fame (1982 TV series), Fame'', in which she appeared between 1982 and 1983. Singer gained notice for her lead role as Ariel Moore in the musical drama film ''Footloose (1984 film), Footloose'' (1984). She was later cast in supporting roles in John Schlesinger's drama ''The Falcon and the Snowman'' (1985), the comedy ''The Man wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Roach
Lori Roach (born 1970) is a Bahamian road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most comm .... In 2019, she placed second in the Bahamas National Championship Women's time trial and also participated in the aquabike competition in the 2019 Caribbean Age Group Triathlon. References 1970 births Living people Bahamian female cyclists {{Bahamas-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Piestewa
Lori Ann Piestewa ( ; December 14, 1979 – March 23, 2003) was a United States Army soldier killed during the Iraq War. A member of the Quartermaster Corps, she died in the same Iraqi attack in which fellow soldiers Shoshana Johnson and Piestewa's friend Jessica Lynch were injured. A Hopi, Piestewa was the first Native American woman to die in combat while serving in the U.S. military and the first woman in the U.S. military killed in the Iraq War. Arizona's Piestewa Peak is named in her honor. Early life and education Piestewa was born in Tuba City, Arizona, to Terry Piestewa and Priscilla "Percy" Baca. Her father is Hopi Native American and her mother is Mexican-American. The couple first met in 1964 and married in November 1968.Witness Testimony – House Committee on Vet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Petty
Lori Petty (born October 14, 1963) is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She made her big screen debut appearing in the 1990 comedy film '' Cadillac Man'' and later starred in films ''Point Break'' (1991), '' A League of Their Own'' (1992), ''Free Willy'' (1993), '' In the Army Now'' (1994), '' The Glass Shield'' (1994) and played the title role in ''Tank Girl'' (1995). She created and starred in the short-lived Fox sitcom '' Lush Life'' in 1996 and acted in number of independent movies in her later career. In 2008, Petty wrote and directed independent drama film ''The Poker House'' based on her early life during the 1970s. In 2014 she joined the Netflix comedy-drama series, ''Orange Is the New Black'' as Lolly Whitehill as a guest star in the second season, and a recurring character in the third, fourth and seventh seasons. Early life Petty, the eldest of three children, was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the daughter of a Pentecostal minister. She had a diffic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Meyer
Lori Meyer is an American former softball coach who served as the head coach for the Minnesota State Mavericks softball team for 41 years. She compiled a record of 1,444–769–3 at Minnesota State, and is the winningest coach in NCAA Division II history. Early life Meyer attended Upper Iowa University and played volleyball, basketball and softball. She then attended Minnesota State University, Mankato where she graduated with a master's degree in physical education in 1985. Coaching career Meyer began her coaching career at Minnesota State in 1985. She helped lead the Mavericks to three North Central Conference championships (1987, 1989, 2007) and five Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference titles (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017). The Mavericks also advanced to the NCAA Division II softball tournament 18 times, with three appearances in the NCAA National Championship (1987, 2011 and 2017). In 2013, she was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori McKenna
Lorraine McKenna ( Giroux; born December 22, 1968) is an American folk, Americana, and country music singer-songwriter. In 2016, she was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and won Best Country Song for co-writing the hit single " Girl Crush" performed by Little Big Town. In 2017, she again won Best Country Song at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards for writing " Humble and Kind" performed by Tim McGraw. McKenna along with Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby and Hillary Lindsey wrote the second single off the soundtrack to the 2018 film '' A Star Is Born'' called " Always Remember Us This Way.” McKenna performed backing vocals along with Lindsey and Hemby, and the song received a nomination for Song of the Year at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. Early and personal life McKenna was born and raised in Stoughton, Massachusetts, where she still lives today. Her mother died when she was seven years old, a theme often touched on in her music. She met her husband, Gene McKen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Loughlin
Lori Anne Loughlin (; born July 28, 1964) is an American actress. From 1988 to 1995, she played List of Full House and Fuller House characters#Rebecca Donaldson Katsopolis, Rebecca Donaldson Katsopolis on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''Full House'', and reprised the role for its Netflix sequel ''Fuller House (TV series), Fuller House'' (2016–2018). Loughlin is also known for her roles of Jody Travis in ''The Edge of Night'' (1980–1983), List of 90210 characters#Debbie Wilson, Debbie Wilson in The CW series ''90210 (TV series), 90210'' (2008–2012), Jennifer Shannon in the ''Garage Sale Mystery'' television film series (2013–2018), and Abigail Stanton in ''When Calls the Heart'' (2013–2019). She was a co-creator, producer, and star of the two seasons of The WB series ''Summerland (TV series), Summerland'' (2004–2005). In 2020, Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, fraud in connection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Lively
Lori Lively is an American actress, television co-host/designer, and acting coach. She is best known for ''Dead Space'' (1991). Early life Lori Lively is the first born to talent manager Elaine Lively () and her first husband Ronald Otis Lively. Her younger siblings are sister Robyn and brother Jason Lively. Following her parents' divorce, her mother married acting coach Ernie Lively () in 1979. She was later adopted by Ernie, who is the father of her younger siblings, Eric and Blake Lively Blake Ellender Brown (born August 25, 1987), known professionally as Blake Lively, is an American actress. A daughter of actor Ernie Lively, she made her professional debut in his directorial project ''Sandman'' (1998). She had her breakthrou .... Her mother, adoptive father, and all four siblings are or have been in the entertainment industry. Filmography Film Television Video games Production credits References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lively, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Elaine Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962) is an American politician and attorney who was the mayor of Chicago#List of mayors, 56th mayor of Chicago from 2019 until 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she was the first Black woman and first LGBTQ people, LGBTQ person to serve as mayor of Chicago. Lightfoot was the second woman (after Jane Byrne) and the third Black person overall to hold the office. She was also the List of first openly LGBT politicians in the United States, second openly lesbian woman to serve as mayor of one of the ten List of United States cities by population, most populous cities in the United States. Graduating from the University of Chicago Law School, Lightfoot first worked as an attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and, later, as a partner at the law firm Mayer Brown. She also held positions in Chicago government prior to serving as mayor. Appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Lightfoot was the president of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori Lieberman
Lori Lieberman (born November 15, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who accompanies herself on guitar and piano. She co-wrote and recorded the first version of "Killing Me Softly with His Song", which became a hit single for Roberta Flack in 1973, and again in 1996 with a new arrangement by the Fugees. Lieberman's writing partners and management team of Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel did not assign her credit for helping to write the song, so she did not receive millions of dollars worth of royalties. Lieberman released four studio albums through Capitol Records in the 1970s, in the style of soft rock and folk. After a retreat in 1978, she resumed her recording career in 1995. Biography Early life Lieberman was born in Los Angeles in 1951 to a Jewish family. Her father, Kenneth Lieberman, was a chemical engineer who invented popcorn ceiling treatment. The middle of three sisters, she spent her childhood and adolescence traveling between California and Switzerland where sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
