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feminine form of the male name

Adrien Adrien is a given name and surname, and the French spelling for the name Adrian. It is also the masculine form of the feminine name Adrienne. It may refer to: People Given name * Adrien (dancer) (1816–1870), French dancer and choreographer * ...

. Its meaning is literally "from the city of Hadria." *

Adrienne Ames Adrienne Ames (born Ruth Adrienne McClure; August 3, 1907 – May 31, 1947) was an American film actress. Early in her career she was known as Adrienne Truex. Early years Ames was born in Fort Worth, Texas, one of six children of Samuel Hugh Mc ...

(1907–1947), American actress * Adrienne Armstrong (born 1969), wife of Green Day frontman

Billie Joe Armstrong Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician and actor. He is best known for being the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. He is als ...

Adrienne Arsenault Adrienne Arsenault (born 1966 or 1967) is a Canadian journalist who is the Chief Correspondent of CBC News and anchor of '' The National'' since November 2017. Early life and education Born and raised in Toronto, Arsenault is the daughter of ...

(born 1967), Canadian journalist *

Adrienne Bailon Adrienne Eliza Bailon-Houghton (née Bailon (); born October 24, 1983) is an American television personality, singer, and actress. She is a former member of the girl groups 3LW and the Cheetah Girls. From 2013 to 2022, Bailon was a co-host o ...

(born 1983), member of girl group The Cheetah Girls and host of the Real Talk Show *

Adrienne Barbeau Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American actress and author. She came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical ''Grease (musical), Grease'', and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findl ...

(born 1945), American actress *

Adrienne Beames Adrienne Beames (7 September 1942, Victoria, Australia – 27 December 2018) was an Australian long-distance runner frequently credited as the first woman to break the 3-hour barrier in the marathon. 1971 marathon attempt In the early 1970s, ...

(1942–2018), Australian long-distance runner *

Adrienne Bolland Adrienne Bolland, born Boland, (25 November 1895 – 18 March 1975) was a French test pilot. She was the first woman to fly over the Andes between Chile and Argentina. She was later described as "France's most accomplished female aviator", set ...

(1896–1975), French test pilot and first woman to fly over the Andes *

Adrienne Clarke Adrienne Elizabeth Clarke (née Petty; born 6 January 1938) is professor emeritus of Botany at the University of Melbourne, where she ran the Plant Cell Biology Research Centre from 1982 to 1999. She is a former chairman of the Commonwealth Sc ...

(born 1938), Australian botanist and former Lieutenant Governor of Victoria *

Adrienne Clarkson Adrienne Louise Clarkson ( zh, c=伍冰枝; ; born February 10, 1939) is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as the 26th governor general of Canada from 1999 to 2005. Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941, as a refuge ...

(born 1939), Canadian journalist and former Governor General of Canada *

Adrienne Corri Adrienne Corri (born Adrienne Riccoboni; 13 November 1931 – 13 March 2016) was a Scottish actress. Early life She was born Adrienne Riccoboni in Glasgow in November 1931, the daughter of an English mother (Olive Smethurst) and an Italian fa ...

(1930–2016), Scottish actress *

Adrienne Fazan Adrienne Fazan (May 9, 1906 – August 23, 1986) was an American film editor who first started cutting films in 1933. She worked on many MGM films, including '' The Tell-Tale Heart'' (1941), '' Anchors Aweigh'' (1945), '' Singin' in the Rain'' (1 ...

(1906–1986), American Academy Award-winning film editor *

Adrienne Frantz Adrienne Danielle Frantz (born June 7, 1978) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She appeared as Amber Moore in ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (1997–2005, 2010–2012) and ''The Young and the Restless'' (2006–2010, 2013). Career ...

(born 1978), American actress and singer-songwriter *

Adrienne Goodson Adrienne Goodson (born October 19, 1966) is an American former basketball player, a 6-foot forward who played professionally for 14 years, in Brazil, the American Basketball League (1996-1998), ABL, and the WNBA. Amateur basketball career Bor ...

(born 1966), American former professional basketball player *

Adrienne Horvath Adrienne Horvath (23 March 1925 – 4 July 2012) was a French politician. She represented the 3rd district of Gard in the French National Assembly from 19 March 1978 to 22 May 1981, as a member of the French Communist Party. She was born in Tu ...

(1925–2012), French politician * Adrienne W. Kemp (1930–2022), British mathematical statistician *

Adrienne Kennedy Adrienne Kennedy (born September 13, 1931) is an American playwright.Peterson, Jane T., and Suzanne Bennett. "Adrienne Kennedy". ''Women Playwrights of Diversity''. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. 201–205. She is best known for '' Funnyhou ...

(born 1931), African-American playwright *

Adrienne Krausz Adrienne Krausz is a Hungarian pianist. The winner of the 1989 Cincinnati World Competition while a student at the Ferenc Liszt Academy, she took part at the 1992 and 1993 Montecarlo Masters, reaching the finals. Soon afterwards she was engaged ...

(born 1967), Hungarian pianist *

Adrienne de La Fayette Marie Adrienne Françoise de Noailles, Marquise de La Fayette (2 November 1759 – 25 December 1807), was a French marchioness. She was the daughter of Jean de Noailles and Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau. On 11 April 1774, she married Gilb ...

(1759–1807), wife of

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (), was a French military officer and politician who volunteered to join the Conti ...

Adrienne La Russa Adrienne La Russa (born May 15, 1948) is an American retired actress known for her role as Brooke Hamilton on ''Days of Our Lives'', which she played from 1975 to 1977. Her film career included roles in ''The Black Sheep (1968 film), The Black S ...

(born 1948), American actress *

Adrienne Lau Adrienne Lau (born 7 September 1983) is an Asian-American singer, actress and TV personality. She may be the first Chinese-American female singer to reach the Top 20 on the U.S. Pop Billboard Sales Chart. Early life Born in Hong Kong in 1983 ...

, American singer and actress *

Adrienne Lecouvreur Adrienne Lecouvreur (5 April 1692 – 20 March 1730), born Adrienne Couvreur, was a French actress, considered by many as the greatest of her time. Born in Damery, she first appeared professionally on the stage in Lille. After her Paris debut ...

(1692–1730), French actress * Adrienne Maloof (born 1961), American businesswoman and television personality * Adrienne Matzenauer (aka Adrienne Fontana, Adrienne Myerberg, Adrienne Henoch) (1914–2010), American singer * Adrienne Pearce, South African actress *

Adrienne Posta Adrienne Posta (born Adrienne Luanne Poster) is a British actress and singer, prominent during the 1960s and 1970s. She adopted the surname 'Posta' in 1966.Adrienne Poster, page on "Ready Steady Girls" (readysteadygirls.eu). Retrieved 19 Novembe ...

(born 1948), English actress *

Adrienne Sophie Rayl Adrienne Sophie Rayl (1898–1989) was an American mathematician and one of the few women to earn a PhD in mathematics in the United States before World War II. Biography Rayl was born September 25, 1898, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Sophie Ca ...

(1898–1989), American mathematician *

Adrienne Rich Adrienne Cecile Rich ( ; May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", and was credited with bringing "the ...

(1929–2012), American poet and essayist *

Adrienne Roy Adrienne Roy (June 28, 1953 – December 14, 2010) was a comic book color artist who worked mostly for DC Comics. She was largely responsible for coloring the Batman line (''Batman'' and ''Detective Comics'') throughout the 1980s and early 1990 ...

(1953–2010), comic book colorist *

Adrienne Shelly Adrienne Shelly ( Levine; June 24, 1966 – November 1, 2006) was an American actress, film director, and screenwriter. She gained recognition for her roles in independent films, particularly Hal Hartley's '' The Unbelievable Truth'' (1989) and ...

(1966–2006), American filmmaker and actress *

Adrienne Simpson Adrienne Marie Chilton (; 26 November 1943 – 4 December 2010) was a New Zealand broadcaster, historian, musicologist and writer. Her works focused on biographies, cricket, music, popular culture and social commentary. She was a professor of gene ...

(1943–2010), New Zealand broadcaster, historian, musicologist and writer * Adrienne Steckling-Coen (1934–2006), American fashion designer known as Adri *

Adrienne Du Vivier Adrienne Du Vivier (16261666 Montreal Census – 20 October 1706) was a French pioneer and one of the first white women to settle in the colony of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She and her husband are often referred to as "Montreal's First Citizens." ...

(1626–1706), one of the first white women settlers in Montreal *

Adrienne Vittadini Adrienne Vittadini (born October 9, 1943, in Győr, Hungary) is an American fashion designer. Biography When she was 13, her family fled Győr during the 1956 Hungarian revolution. In 1979, she got into fashion design as a hobby, which later tur ...

(born 1945), Hungarian-American fashion designer * Adrienne Wu (born 1990), Canadian fashion designer

Fictional characters

* Adrienne Attoms, from the Netflix original series '' Project Mc²'' * Adrienne Delaney, protagonist in the 1995 computer game ''Phantasmagoria'' *

Adrienne Frost Adrienne Frost is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Jay Faerber and Terry Dodson, Adrienne Frost first appeared in ''Generation X'' #48 (February 1999). The character appeared in stories set in ...

, Marvel Comics character *

Adrienne Johnson Kiriakis Adrienne Johnson Kiriakis is a fictional character on NBC's daytime drama ''Days of Our Lives''. She had been portrayed by actress Denise Wanner from November to December 1986 before Judi Evans took over the role from December 1986 to February 19 ...

, from the soap opera ''Days of our Lives''

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