Alisa is a female
given name, a version of
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 ...
in used in Russia, Finland, Estonia and other countries.
Notable people with the names Alisa and Alissa include:
Alisa
People
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Alisa Agafonova
Alisa Alexandrovna Agafonova (married name: Besseghier, uk, Аліса Олександрівна Агафо́нова, born 15 January 1991) is a former competitive ice dancer. She is best known for her partnership with Alper Uçar. Representin ...
(born 1991), Ukrainian former competitive ice dancer
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Alisa Ahmann (born 1994), German fashion model
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Alisa Bellettini
Alisa Marie Bellettini (October 1, 1954 – February 16, 2016) was an American television producer. In 1989, Bellettini created the landmark MTV television series, ''House of Style''. The series, originally hosted by supermodel Cindy Crawford, br ...
(1954-2016), American television producer
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Alisa Bokulich
Alisa Bokulich is an American philosopher of science and Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. Since 2010 she has been the Director of the Boston University Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Center for Philosophy and History ...
, American philosopher of science
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Alisa Buchinger
Alisa Theresa Buchinger (born 26 October 1992) is an Austrian karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg at the 2016 World Karate Championships in Linz, Austria. She is also a two-time gold medalist in this event at the European ...
(born 1992), Austrian karateka
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Alisa Burras
Alisa Marzatte Burras (born June 23, 1975) is a former professional women's basketball player.
She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and played for Westark Community College in Fort Smith, Arkansas from 1994 to 1996 and helped lead th ...
(born 1975), American former professional basketball player
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Alisa Camplin
Alisa Peta Camplin, (born 10 November 1974) is an Australian 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 third to receive a bron ...
(born 1974), Australian aerial skier
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Alisa Childers
Alisa Childers (born Alisa Noelle Girard; April 17, 1975) is an American singer and songwriter. She is known for being in the all female Christian music group ZOEgirl. She has had a string of top ten radio singles, four studio releases, and recei ...
(born 1975), American singer and songwriter
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Alisa Chumachenko
Alisa Chumachenko is a Russian entrepreneur.
Education
Chumachenko graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Art in 2004 with a degree in Art Direction.
Career
In 2010, she founded "Game Insight", a company building online games. In 201 ...
, Lithuanian entrepreneur
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Alisa Craig
Charlotte MacLeod (November 12, 1922 – January 14, 2005) was a Canadian-American mystery fiction writer.
Life and work
Charlotte Matilda MacLeod was born in 1922 in Bath, New Brunswick, Canada, but emigrated to the United States in 1923 and be ...
(1922-2005), American novelist Charlotte MacLeod’s pen name
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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 former competitive figure skater
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Alisa Durbrow
(born April 16, 1988) is a Japanese model, actress, and singer from Saitama Prefecture.
History
She is most famous for her role as Mio Kuroki in the Sailor Moon live action show ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon''. Her mother is of Japanese descen ...
(born 1988), Japanese model, actress, and singer
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Alisa Efimova
Alisa Borisovna Efimova (russian: Алиса Борисовна Ефимова, born 8 June 1999) is a Finnish-Russian pair skater. Competing for Germany with Ruben Blommaert, she is the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo silver medalist.
Earlier in h ...
(born 1999), Finnish-Russian pair skater
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Alisa Fedichkina
Alisa Andreyevna Fedichkina (russian: Алиса Андреевна Федичкина, ''FYEH-deech-kee-nah''; born 14 February 2002) is a Russian competitive figure skater. She is the 2017 International Cup of Nice champion and has won two si ...
(born 2002), Russian competitive figure skater
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Alisa Freindlich
Alisa Brunovna Freindlich (russian: Алиса Бруновна Фрейндлих, born 8 December 1934 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1981). Since 1983, Freindlich has been a leading ac ...
(born 1934), Soviet and Russian actress
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Alisa Galliamova
Alisa Mikhailovna Galliamova (russian: Алиса Михайловна Галлямова, tt-Cyrl, Алисә Михаил кызы Галләмова; born 18 January 1972 in Kazan) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Inte ...
(born 1972), Russian chess player
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Alisa Ganieva
Alisa Arkadyevna Ganieva (or Ganiyeva; russian: Алиса Аркадьевна Ганиева, born 1985) is a Russian author, writing novels, short prose and essays.
Life
Ganieva was born in Moscow in an Avar family but moved with her family ...
(born 1985), Russian author and essayist
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Alisa M. Goldstein
Alisa Miriam Goldstein is an American genetic epidemiologist who researches the genetic and environmental causes of cancer. She is a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute.
Life
Goldstein received a Ph.D. in genetic epidemiology ...
, American genetic epidemiologist
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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 th ...
(born 1965), American middle distance runner
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Alisa Jakobi
Alisa Jakobi (born 18 January 1981) is an Estonian artist, actress and graphic designer.
Life and education
Alisa Jakobi is an Estonian artist. She studied in the Estonian Academy of Arts, completing a BA in Graphic Design in 2005. Later she ...
(born 1981), Estonian artist, actress, and graphic designer
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Alisa Kajornchaiyakul
Alisa Kajornchaiyakul ( th, อลิสา ขจรไชยกุล) (born October 18, 1966) was Thailand's representatives at Miss World 1982 in the United Kingdom.
References
1966 births
Living people
Miss World 1982 delegates
A ...
(born 1966), Thai beauty pageant winner
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Alisa Kano
Alisa Kano (born November 7, 1994) is an American group rhythmic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. As a member of the American group rhythmic gymnastics team, she won a gold and two s ...
(born 1994), American group rhythmic gymnast
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Alisa Kelli Wise
Alisa Kelli Wise (born December 14, 1962) is an Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.
Education
Wise is a graduate of Auburn University and the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama. She la ...
(born 1962), American lawyer and judge
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Alisa Kezheradze
Alisa Kezheradze ( ka, ალისა კეჟერაძე; 11 December 1937, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia – 18 February 1996, London, UK) was a Georgian pianist and teacher. She received her first piano lessons from her pianist mother Luc ...
(1937-1996), American pianist and teacher
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Alisa Khachatryan
Alisa Khachatryan is an Armenian professional footballer. She currently plays for Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>clas ...
, Armenian professional footballer
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Alisa Khaleyeva
Alisa Yuzy Khaleyeva ( az, Alisa Yuzy Xalıyeva; born September 26, 1978) is an Azerbaijani former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Khaleyeva competed for Azerbaijan in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics i ...
(born 1978), Azerbaijani former swimmer
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Alisa Kireeva
Alisa Kireeva (born August 17, 1989 in Kiev, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2006 Ukrainian national silver medalist. She placed 19th in the qualifying round at the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships. Kiree ...
(born 1989), Ukrainian former competitive figure skater
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Alisa Kirilyuk
Alisa Kirilyuk (born July 9, 1990) is a Russian sailor
A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the oper ...
(born 1990), Russian sailor
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Alisa Kleybanova
Alisa Mikhailovna Kleybanova (russian: Алиса Михайловна Клейбанова, 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 wo ...
(born 1989), Russian former tennis player
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Alisa Kolosova
Alisa Vladimirovna Kolosova (russian: Алиса Владимировна Колосова; born 29 July 1987 in Moscow) is a Russian mezzo-soprano.
Kolosova studied music from age five, focusing on piano and choral singing, then enrolled in th ...
(born 1987), Russian mezzo-soprano
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Alisa Koonen
Alisa Georgievna Koonen (russian: Али́са Гео́ргиевна Ко́онен), also known as Alice Coonen ( – August 20, 1974), was a Russian and Soviet actress and the wife of the director Alexander Tairov.
Biography
Early lif ...
(1889-1974), Russian and Soviet actress
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Alisa Kozhikina (born 2003), Russian singer
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Alisa Kresge
Alisa Kresge (born April 1, 1985) is a former American women's basketball player and current coach. She is the head coach of the Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team.
Playing career
Kresge played at Marist where she was part of four MAA ...
(born 1985), American former basketball player and current coach
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Alisa Krylova
Alisa Sergeevna Krylova (rus. Алиса Сергеевна Крылова) — (born June 21, 1982 in Mirny, Yakutia) is a Russian model, the winner of Mrs. Russia 2010 and Mrs. Globe 2011 beauty contests.
Biography
Krylova was the first ch ...
(born 1982), Russian supermodel and international journalist
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Alisa Kwitney
Alisa Kwitney (born 1964) is a writer of comedic romance novels and graphic novels.
Biography
Kwitney grew up in New York City, on Manhattan's Upper West Side,[Alisa LaGamma
Alisa LaGamma is the Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Curator of the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
She received her PhD from Columbia University in 1995 for a dissertation titled "The A ...]
, American art historian
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Alisa Lepselter
Alisa Lepselter (born 1963) is an American film editor who has edited director Woody Allen's films since 1999.
Life and career
Lepselter received a bachelor's degree from Duke University in 1985 with a major in art history. Lepselter began her ...
(born 1963), American film editor
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Alisa Margolis
Alisa Margolis (born 1975 in Kiev, Ukraine) is an artist based in Berlin.
Margolis graduated at the Columbia University in New York in 1997 and her MFA fellowship at de Ateliers in Amsterdam in 2003.
Her work has been shown internationally in ma ...
(born 1975), Ukrainian artist
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Alisa Marić
Alisa Marić, PhD ( Serbian Cyrillic: 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 ...
(born 1970), Serbian chess player
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Alisa Melekhina
Alisa Melekhina (born June 26, 1991) is one of the top female chess players in the United States, a classically trained ballerina, and an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Melekhina is a frequent contender in the U.S. Women ...
(born 1991), American chess player and ballerina
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Alisa Mikonsaari
Alisa Mikonsaari (born 19 June 1993) is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2013 Finnish national bronze medalist and 2011 Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist.
Competitive Career
Mikonsaari replaced the injured Kiira Korpi in the Finnish team ...
(born 1993), Finnish figure skater
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Alisa Mitskog
Alisa Mitskog is an American politician who, as of 2017, sits in the North Dakota House of Representatives.
A chiropractor by profession, Mitskog has served in the North Dakota House of Representatives since 2015. She previously served on the Wahp ...
, American politician
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Alisa Mizuki
is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. Mizuki is represented by the talent agency Vision Factory. Born in Nerima, Tokyo to Japanese-American parents, Mizuki began modelling for magazines and appearing in commercials at the age of four.
On ...
(born 1976), Japanese actress, singer, and model
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Alisa Mon
Alisa Vladimirovna Mon (born 15 August 1964) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer who became popular in the late 1980s after performing the song "Plantain". The second wave of popularity was associated with her 1997 hit "Diamond".
Early life
Sh ...
(born 1964), Soviet and Russian pop singer
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Alisa Ozhogina
Alisa Ozhogina Ozhogin (born 31 October 2000 in Moscow) is a Russian-born Spanish synchro (artistic) swimmer, a two-time 2020 European medalist in team events.
She was born in Moscow, Russia, but grew up in Sevilla
Seville (; es, Sevil ...
(born 2000), Russian-born Spanish synchro swimmer
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Alisa Palmer
Alisa Palmer is a Canadian theatre director and playwright. She was the artistic director of Nightwood Theatre from 1993 to 2001. Palmer is currently the artistic director of the English section of the National Theatre School of Canada.
Early l ...
, Canadian theater director and playwright
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Alisa Persons
Alisa Persons is an American writer and video filmmaker.
Persons co-wrote '' The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors''. Her photojournalism includes work on a regional Emmy Award winning morning show for an ABC televisi ...
, American writer and video filmmaker
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Alisa Reyes
Alisa Adriana Reyes is an American actress, best known for three seasons that she appeared on Nickelodeon's ''All That'' (1994–97) and providing the voice of LaCienega Boulevardez in the Disney Channel original series, ''The Proud Family'' (200 ...
(born 1981), American actress
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Alisa Rukpinij
Alisa Rukpinij ( th, อลิษา รักพินิจ born 2 February 1995) is a Thai international footballer who plays as a forward.
International goals
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Women's as ...
(born 1995), Thai international footballer
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Alisa Sadikova
Alisa Sadikova ( rus, Алиса Садикова, links=no) (born 30 March 2003) is a prodigy classical harpist from Russia.
Biography
Sadikova was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Harpist and family friend Olga Shevelevich first spotted th ...
(born 2003), Russian prodigy classical harpist
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Alisa Shevchenko
Alisa Shevchenko (russian: Алиса Андреевна Шевченко), professionally known as Alisa Esage, is a Russian-born computer security researcher, entrepreneur and hacker with Ukrainian roots. She is known for working independentl ...
(born 1984), Russian hacker and cybersecurity researcher
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Alisa Solomon
Alisa Solomon, is a writer, Professor of Journalism, and the Director of the Arts and Culture concentration at the Columbia Journalism School. Born in 1956, Solomon served as a story consultant for the documentary on the musical ''Fiddler on the ...
(born 1956), American writer, journalist, and editor
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Alisa Spahić
Alisa Spahić (born 22 November 1990) is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in ...
(born 1990), Bosnian footballer
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Alisa Stomakhina
Alisa Stomakhina (born 20 June 2002) is a Russian-born figure skater who competes internationally for Austria. She is a two-time Austrian junior champion (2016 & 2017), and she competed at the 2018 World Championships.
Career
Stomakhina began ...
(born 2002), Russian-born figure skater for Austria
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Alisa Takigawa
is a Japanese musician from Tokyo who is signed to SME Records. She made her music debut in 2015 with the release of her first single "Season", the title track of which was used as an ending theme to the anime series ''The Seven Deadly Sins''. H ...
(born 1991), Japanese musician and singer-songwriter
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Alisa Tishchenko (born 2004), Russian group rhythmic gymnast
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Alisa Ueno
Alisa Ueno (植野有砂, born 21 December 1989) is a Japanese singer, disk jockey, model, fashion designer, businessperson, and internet personality based in Tokyo. She is best known for featuring on the Sofi Tukker song " Best Friend", alongs ...
(born 1989), Japanese singer, disk jockey, model, fashion designer, businessperson, and internet personality
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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
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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, Ne ...
(born 1969), American author, journalist, and film producer
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Alisa Van Oijen
Alisa van Oijen (born 1 October 1992) is an Austrian former professional cycle sport, racing cyclist. She was born in the Netherlands and moved to Austria at the age of six. From 2014 to 2015, van Oijen was riding for the women's UCI team Vitalog ...
(born 1992), Austrian former professional racing cyclist
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Alisa Vetterlein
Alisa Vetterlein (born 22 October 1988) is a German former football goalkeeper, who played for various teams in the Bundesliga. She is the older sister of Laura Vetterlein.
Club career
In 2009, Vetterlein transferred from 1. FFC Frankfurt to ...
(born 1988), German former footballer
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Alisa Walker
The Redhead Express is an American country music band consisting of four sisters: Kendra (lead singer, songwriter and guitarist), Alisa (second lead and baritone singer who plays fiddle and mandolin), LaRae (banjo, dobro and guitar, and sings te ...
, member of American country music band Redhead Express
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Alisa Walton
Alisa Walton (born January 15, 1970) is a Canadian actress best known for her work as Marigold on TVOntario's '' Polka Dot Shorts'' from 1993 to 2001, and as Socks the Monkey on the series' ''Elliot Moose'' on TVOntario and PBS.
Walton is also a ...
(born 1970), Canadian actress
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Alisa Weilerstein
Alisa Weilerstein (born April 14, 1982) is an American classical cellist. She was named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow.
Life and career
Weilerstein was born in Rochester, New York. to a secular Jewish family.
She started playing the cello at age four. ...
(born 1982), American classical cellist
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Alisa Wells
Alisa Wells, (November 26, 1927 – January 5, 1988) born Alice Wells, and also known as Alisa Andrews, Alice Wells-Witteman and Alisa Attenberger, was an American photographer who created multi-layered images and worked with found Photographic ...
(1927-1988), American photographer
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Alisa Xayalith
Alisa Xayalith (born 24 August 1986) is a New Zealand musician, and is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player for New Zealand indie electronic band The Naked and Famous.
Early life
Xayalith was born in New Zealand, a ...
(born 1986), New Zealand musician
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Alisa Zhambalova
Alisa Sayanovna Zhambalova (russian: Алиса Саяновна Жамбалова ; 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 ...
(born 1994), Russian cross-country skier
Fictional characters
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Alisa Bannings
The following list introduces the characters of the ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' in Main and Movie Timeline.
Protagonists Nanoha Series
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:
: The main protagonist of the series, Nanoha is an ordinary nine year old girl that answered a cal ...
, in the Japanese multimedia franchise ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha''
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Alisa Bosconovitch
, lead=yes is a video game character from the ''Tekken'' series developed by Namco Bandai Games, first appearing in '' Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion''. Created by Dr. Bosconovitch, Alisa is a gynoid with detachable body parts. She and Lars Alexa ...
, from the “Tekken” video game series
*Alisa Jones, in the American web television series ''
Jessica Jones
Jessica Campbell Jones Cage is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos and first appeared in '' Alias'' #1 (November 2001), ...
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Alisa Selezneva
Alisa Selezneva or Seleznyova (Russian: Алиса Селезнёва) is the main character of the series of children's science fiction books by Russian writer Kir Bulychev. The first book with Alisa Selezneva was published in 1965, and the se ...
, in Russian writer Kir Bulychev’s series of children’s science fiction books
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Alisa Tager
Cipher (Alisa Tager) is a fictional mutant character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a young African-American woman who first appeared in ''Young X-Men'' #8 (Nov. 2008) and was created by Marc ...
, or Cipher, from “X-Men” comics
Alissa
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Alissa Anderegg
Alissa Anderegg (born April 8, 1994) is an American beauty pageant titleholder and national Alzheimer's activist who was crowned as the winner of Miss World America 2020 to represent the United States in Miss World. Anderegg represented New Yo ...
(born 1994), American beauty pageant titleholder and Alzheimer’s activist
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Alissa Bjerkhoel
Alissa Leanne Bjerkhoel (pronounced ''byeer''-kul) is an American litigation coordinator at the California Innocence Project (CIP), a law school clinic that investigates cases of factual innocence while training law students. Bjerkhoel was born i ...
, American lawyer
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Alissa Chavez
Alissa Marie Chavez is an American inventor and entrepreneur. She is known for her invention "Hot Seat", an alarm for child car seats being left occupied, which she invented as a teenager. She is the founder and CEO of the company Assila.
Early l ...
, American inventor, entrepreneur, and engineer
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Alissa Crans, American mathematician
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Alissa Czisny
Alissa Czisny (born June 25, 1987) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Skate Canada champion (2005, 2010), the 2011 Skate America champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion ( ...
(born 1987), American former competitive figure skater
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Alissa Firsova
Alissa Firsova ( Russian: Алиса Фирсова; 24 July 1986) is a Russian-British classical composer, pianist and conductor.
Born in Moscow to the composers Elena Firsova and Dmitri Smirnov, she moved to the UK in 1991.
In 2001 she won ...
(born 1986), Russian-British classical composer, pianist, and conductor
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Alissa Golob
Alissa Golob is a Canadian pro-life activist, and co-founder of RightNow, a political group that aids in electing pro-life candidates in local nomination elections.
Personal life
Golob was born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario, the oldest of nine ch ...
, Canadian
anti-abortion
Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life or abolitionist movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in respo ...
and women’s rights activist
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Alissa J. Rubin
Alissa Johannsen Rubin is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist, currently serving as the Baghdad Bureau chief for ''The New York Times''. She has spent much of her career covering the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans.
Early ...
, American journalist and writer
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Alissa Johnson
Alissa Johnson (born May 28, 1987) is an American ski jumper, who has been ranked in the top ten in the world. She was involved in the drive to add women's ski jumping to the Winter Olympics, being featured in the film '' Ready to Fly''. Johnson a ...
(born 1987), American ski jumper
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Alissa Jordaan
Alissa Jordaan (born 30 June 2003) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Athletics
She is classified as a T47 athlete. She was a member of Northern Suburbs Little Athletics Club in Sydne ...
(born 2003), Australian Paralympic athlete
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Alissa Jung (born 1981), German actress and physician
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Alissa Kallinikou
Alissa Kallinikou ( gr, Αλίσσα Καλλινίκου; born May 24, 1985) is a Cypriot sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. She set a personal best time of 52.05 seconds, by winning the women's 400 metres at the 2008 Greek National C ...
(born 1985), Cypriot sprinter
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Alissa Keny-Guyer
Alissa Carolyn Keny-Guyer (born on May 20, 1959) was an American politician and a Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives who represented District 46 (parts of SE and NE Portland) since her September 27, 2011 appointment by the ...
(born 1959), American politician
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Alissa M. Weaver
Alissa Margaret Weaver is an American oncologist. In 2017, she was promoted to the Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair of Cell and Developmental Biology and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
...
, American oncologist
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Alissa Moreno
Alissa Moreno is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of Indie-pop, Country, Americana, and Folk. Her co-write "Every Day (Rascal Flatts song), Every Day", recorded by Rascal Flatts, reached No. ...
, American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress
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Alissa Musto
Alissa Musto (born in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American singer, pianist and songwriter. As a child prodigy, she won piano competitions while placed in older divisions and debuted on the national series ''America's Most Talented Kid'' at n ...
, American singer, pianist, and songwriter
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Alissa Nutting
Alissa Nutting (born 1980 or 1981) is an American author and creative writing professor. Her writing has appeared in ''Tin House'', ''Fence'', ''BOMB'' and the fairy tale anthology ''My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me''. She is an assoc ...
, American author and creative writing professor
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Alissa Quart
Alissa Quart (born 1972) is an American nonfiction writer, critic, journalist, editor, and poet. Her nonfiction books are ''Republic of Outsiders: The Power of Amateurs, Dreamers and Rebels'' (2013), ''Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Chi ...
(born 1972), American nonfiction writer, critic, journalist, editor, and poet
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Alissa St Laurent
Alissa St Laurent (born 26 July 1984) is a Canadian ultramarathon runner. She began her ultra career in 2013 and has competed for the Canadian National team in 100km World Championships and the 2015 IAU Trail World Championships. She holds num ...
(born 1984), Canadian ultramarathon runner
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Alissa Thomas-Newborn
Alissa Thomas-Newborn is an American Orthodox Jewish spiritual leader who became the first Orthodox female clergy member to preside in the Los Angeles, California area''The Jewish Journal'A giant step for Orthodox women clergy May 5, 2015 when ...
, American Orthodox Jewish spiritual leader
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Alissa Walser
Alissa Walser (born 1961) is a German writer, translator, and artist. She was born in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. Her father is the German writer Martin Walser. She is known for her short stories, plays, novels, and translations. Many o ...
(born 1961), German writer, translator, and artist
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Alissa White-Gluz
Alissa White-Gluz (; born 31 July 1985) is a Canadian singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, and former lead vocalist and founding member of the Canadian metalcore band the Agonist. Her vocal ...
(born 1985), Canadian singer
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Alissa Wykes
Alissa Wykes (born ) is a former American football running back who played for the Philadelphia Liberty Belles of the National Women's Football Association. When she was playing, she was 5'6" tall, weighed 209 pounds, and was nicknamed "A-Train" by ...
(born 1967/1968), American former football player
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Alissa Yagi (born 1995), Japanese actress and model
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Alissa York
Alissa York (born 1970) is a Canadian writer and the 1999 winner of the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award. She lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba before settling in Toronto with her writer/filmmaker/publisher husband Clive Holden.
York is best known fo ...
(born 1970), Canadian writer
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Alyssa (disambiguation) Alyssa is a female given name.
Alyssa may also refer to:
* ''Alyssa'' (album), a 1989 album by Alyssa Milano
* Dido, Queen of Carthage in Greco-Roman stories, also referred to as Elissa or Alyssa
* Alyssa Lloyd, protagonists of The Demolitionist ...
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Ailsa (disambiguation) Ailsa may refer to:
People
*Ailsa (name), including a list of people with the name
*Marquess of Ailsa, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1831
Places
* Ailsa Craig, an island in the outer Firth of Clyde, Scotland
* Ailsa Craig, ...
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Arisa (disambiguation) Arisa (born 1982) is an Italian singer.
Arisa may also refer to:
* Arisa (given name), a feminine given name
* ''Arisa'' (manga), a Japanese manga series
* ''Arisa'' (album), a 1991 album by Arisa Mizuki
*Arisa Station
is a railway station o ...
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