Cecelia is a variation of the given name
Cecilia
Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for girls born ...
. People with the name include:
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Cecelia Adkins
Cecelia Nabrit Adkins (September 3, 1923 – January 2, 2007) was an African-American publisher from Atlanta. She was the first woman, and first lay person, elected to the position of executive director of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. ...
(1923–2007, African-American publisher
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Cecelia Ager (1902–1981), American film critic and reporter
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Cecelia Ahern (born 1981) is an Irish novelist
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Cecelia Akagu
Cecilia Akagu is a Brigadier General in Nigerian Army. She is an accountant and serves in the Accounts Directorate of the Army. She is married to Clifford Wande who is also a Brigadier General in Nigerian Army. They are the first couple to both ...
(fl. 2010s–2020s), Nigerian Army brigadier general
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Cecelia Antoinette
Cecelia Antoinette Bruton (November 24, 1949 – May 28, 2020), known professionally as Cecelia Antoinette or CeCe Antoinette, was an American actress, comedian, and writer.
Early life
Cecelia Antoinette Bruton was born a twin in Dallas, in ...
(1949–2020), American actress, comedian, and writer
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Cecelia Ayanori Bukari-Yakubu
Cecelia Ayanori Bukari-Yakubu was a Ghanaian politician. She was the second member of parliament representing the Northern Region and Upper Region from 1960 to 1965 and the member of parliament for Pusiga from 1965 to 1966.
Bukari-Yakubu was ...
(fl. 1960s), Ghanaian politician
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Cecelia Svinth Carpenter (1924–2010), first historian to write in detail about the Nisqually people
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Cecelia Condit
Cecelia Condit (born 1947, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American video artist. Condit's films are noted for their attempts to subvert traditional mythologies of female representation and psychologies of sexuality and violence.
Condit has ...
(born 1947), American video artist
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Cecelia Cortes (born 1989), American professional squash player
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Cecelia Felgueras
Cecelia Felgueras (born 6 January 1962) is an Argentine politician. She was the comptroller of PAMI during the Presidency of Fernando de la Rúa but would lose the position because of prosecution over alleged corruption. She was then briefly ...
(born 1962), Argentine politician
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Cecelia Frey (born 1936), Canadian poet, novelist, and short story writer
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Cecelia Lee Fung-Sing (born 1933), Chinese actress and Cantonese opera singer from Hong Kong
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Cecelia Goetz (1917–2004), American lawyer and bankruptcy judge
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Cecelia González (fl. 2020s), American politician serving in the Nevada Assembly
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Cecelia Hall
Cecelia Hall (Cece Hall) is an Oscar winning sound designer and sound editor. She was the first woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing for ''Top Gun'' and went on to win the Oscar for ''The Hunt for Red October, ...
(fl. 1970s–2010s), American sound designer and sound editor
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Cecelia Holland
Cecelia Holland (born December 31, 1943) is an American historical fiction novelist.
Early life and education
Holland was born December 31, 1943, in Henderson, Nevada. She grew up in Metuchen, New Jersey, where she started writing at age 12, rec ...
(born 1943), American historical fiction novelist
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Cecelia Joyce
Cecelia Nora Isobel Mary Joyce (born 25 July 1983) is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batter and leg break bowler, she played 57 One-Day Internationals and 43 Twenty20 Internationals for Ireland between 2001 and 2018. She played in her fin ...
(born 1983), Irish cricketer
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Cecelia Kenyon (1923–1990), American political scientist
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Cecelia Pedescleaux (born 1945), African-American quilter of traditional and art quilts
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Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders (1879–1966), African-American civil rights leader
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Cecelia Tichi (born 1942), American academic and author of mystery novels
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Cecelia Watson (fl. 2010s–2020s), American author and historian
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Cecelia Wolstenholme
Cecelia Wolstenholme (18 May 1915 – 25 October 1968), later known by her married name Cecelia Thornton, was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships, and England in the Br ...
(1915–1968), English competitive swimmer
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