Inez is a feminine given name. It is the English spelling of the
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
and
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Port ...
name Inés/Inês/Inez, the forms of the
given name "
Agnes". The name is pronounced as , , or .
Agnes is a woman's given name, which derives from the Greek word hagnē, meaning "pure" or "holy". The Latinized form of the Greek name is Hagnes, the feminine form of Hagnos, meaning "chaste" or "sacred".
People
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Inez
Inez is a feminine given name. It is the English spelling of the Spanish and Portuguese name Inés/Inês/Inez, the forms of the given name " Agnes". The name is pronounced as , , or .
Agnes is a woman's given name, which derives from the Greek ...
(Tina Inez Gavilanes Granda, born 1977), Danish singer
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Inéz (Ines Reingold-Tali), Estonian musician and artist
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Inez Knight Allen
Amanda Inez Knight Allen (September 8, 1876 – June 5, 1937) was a Mormon missionary and a Utah politician. In 1898, she became one of the first two single women to be missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ...
(1876–1937), American Mormon missionary and politician
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Inez Andrews
Sister Inez Andrews, born Inez McConico (April 14, 1929 – December 19, 2012) and better known as Inez Andrews, was an American gospel singer. Her soaring, wide-ranging voice — from contralto croon to soul-wrenching wail — made her a pilla ...
(1929–2012), American singer
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V. Inez Archibald (born 1945), British Virgin Islander politician and businesswoman
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Inez Asher (1911–2006), American novelist and television writer
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Mildred Inez Caroon Bailey (1919–2009), American military commander
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Inez Barbour Hadley
Inez Barbour Hadley (September 23, 1879 – January 8, 1971) was an American soprano. Though she was neither a composer nor a conductor, she was president of the National Association of American Composers and Conductors from 1937 to 1971.
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(1879–1971), American soprano singer
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Inez Barron, American politician
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Inez Baskin
Inez Jesse Baskin (June 18, 1916 – June 28, 2007) was an American journalist and civil rights supporter who covered the Civil Rights Movement and the Montgomery bus boycott for African American readers and publications.
Biography
Baskin was ...
(1916–2007), American journalist
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Inez Clough
Inez Clough was a singer, dancer, and film actress in the United States during the early 1900s. Clough, an African American, was born on March 1, 1873 in Worcester, Massachusetts and died on November 21, 1933 in Elgin, Illinois.
Career
Clough sp ...
(1873–1933), American actress
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Inez Courtney
Inez Courtney (October 12, 1897 – April 5, 1975) was an American actress on the Broadway stage and in films.
Early years
Born in Amsterdam, New York, Courtney came from a large Irish-American family. After her father's death when she was fif ...
(1908–1975), American actress
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Emily Inez Denny
Emily Inez Denny (December 23, 1853 - August 23, 1918) was a painter who drew scenes from Seattle's early history, along with landscapes of the Puget Sound region. Her parents were Seattle pioneers David Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa Boren Denny ...
(1853–1918), American painter
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Inez Dickens
Inez E. Dickens (born July 15, 1949) is the Assemblymember for the 70th district of the New York State Assembly. She is a Democrat. The district includes portions of El Barrio, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, and Morningside Heights in Manhattan. She ...
, American politician
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Inez Fabbri
Inez Fabbri (26 January 1831 – 30 August 1909), ''née'' Agnes Schmidt, was an Austrian American soprano, voice teacher and impresaria. She sang in Austria, Germany, England, South America and the Caribbean, making her home in San Francisc ...
(1931–1909), Austrian American singer
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Inez Fischer-Credo (born 1928), Canadian equestrian
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Inez De Florio-Hansen
Inez De Florio (born 1943) is a German applied linguist and educational psychologist whose work focuses on science-oriented teaching and learning with particular reference to multilingualism and intercultural competence. She is a proponent of (qu ...
(born 1943), German linguist
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Inez Foxx (born 1942), American singer
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Inez Fung
Inez Fung (; born April 11, 1949) is a professor of atmospheric science at the University of California, Berkeley, jointly appointed in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science and the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Manageme ...
(born 1949), American climatologist
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Inez García
Inez García (1941–2003) was a Hispanic woman who became a cause célèbre of the feminist movement when she was charged with the 1974 murder of a man who had raped her.
Background
García was born in New York City and raised in Spanish ...
(1941–2003), American feminist
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Inez M. Haring, (1875-1968) US botanist
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Inez Hogan
Inez Hogan (August 5, 1895 – February 1973) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books, particularly animal stories. She was born in Washington, D.C. and attended the Cape Cod School of Art. She lived in Provincetown and New ...
(1895–1973), American writer and illustrator
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Inez Haynes Irwin
Inez Haynes Irwin (March 2, 1873 – September 25, 1970) was an American feminist author, journalist, member of the National Women's Party, and president of the Authors Guild. Many of her works were published under her former name Inez Haynes G ...
(1873–1970), American author and politician
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Inez James
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Inez James (November 15, 1919 – December 19, 1993), also known as Inez James Walden, was an American composer working mostly in the motion picture industry. She is remembered as being one of three writers of the song " Vaya Con Dios", ...
(1919–1993), American composer
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Inez Y. Kaiser
Inez Yeargan Kaiser (April 22, 1918 – July 31, 2016) was an American educator, public relations expert, and entrepreneur. She was the first African-American woman to run a public relations company with national clients.
Early life and educatio ...
(born 1918), American entrepreneur
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Inez van Lamsweerde (born 1963), Dutch photographer
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Inez McCormack
Inez McCormack (née Murphy; 28 September 1943 – 21 January 2013) was a Northern Irish trade union leader and human rights activist. She was the first female president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (1999 to 2001), representing the U ...
(1943–2013), Northern Irish trade union leader and human rights activist
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Inez Milholland
Inez Milholland Boissevain (August 6, 1886 – November 25, 1916) was a leading American suffragist, lawyer, and peace activist.
From her college days at Vassar, she campaigned aggressively for women’s rights as the principal issue of a wi ...
(1886–1916), American suffragist
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Inez Palange (1889–1962), American actress
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Inez Pearn
Marie Agnes Pearn (1913–1976), known as Inez Pearn and by the pen name Elizabeth Lake, was a British novelist who was acclaimed for her "remorseless interest in emotional truth", her "formidable ... characterisation", and her ability to evoke pl ...
(1913-1976), English novelist
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Inez Pijnenburg (born 1949), Dutch politician
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Inez Plummer, American actress
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Inez Beverly Prosser (1895–1934), American psychologist
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Inez Storer (born 1933), American painter
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Inez Tenenbaum
Inez Moore Tenenbaum (born March 8, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who served as South Carolina Superintendent of Education and as Chair of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. In 2016 she joined a law firm. She is a ...
(born 1951), American attorney
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Inez Trueman
Inez Geneva Trueman (April 8, 1917 – August 22, 2015) (née Gandrud) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Manitoba legislature from 1969 to 1973, and later ran for the House of Common ...
(1917–2015), Canadian politician
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Inez Turner (born 1972), Jamaican sprinter
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Inez Clare Verdoorn
Inez Clare Verdoorn (15 June 1896 – 2 April 1989) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, noted for her major revisions of plant families and genera. She is also a niece of Eugene Nielen Marais, lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer.
Sh ...
(1896–1989), South African botanist and taxonomist
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Inez Viegas
Inez Viegas (born December 13, 1970) is a Brazilian actress.
Biography and career
Inez entered theater at the age of twelve. She trained in Brazil and New York. She was a member of the theater group Tá na Rua, which she remained a part of ...
(born 1970), Brazilian actress
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Inez Voyce
Inez Ferne Voyce (August 16, 1924 – July 26, 2022), nicknamed Lefty, was a first basewoman who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 148 lb., she batted and threw left-handed.
Early ...
(1924–2022), American baseball player
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Inez Bjørg David (born 1982), a Danish actress and TV presenter working in Germany
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Colette Inez (1931–2018), American poet
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Maycon Carvalho Inez
Maycon Carvalho Inez (born 21 July 1986) is a Brazilian football player who last played for Macaé Esporte Futebol Clube.
Playing career ASA de Arapiraca & Nova Iguacu
Maycon has played for ASA de Arapiraca in the Brazilian Série B and No ...
(born 1986), Brazilian footballer
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Mike Inez (born 1962), American bass guitarist
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Romain Inez
Romain Inez (born April 30, 1988 in Caen) is a French former professional footballer who last played as a defender for Seraing.
Career
Inez began his career at Caen where he made 5 Ligue 2 and 20 Ligue 1 appearances. Whilst at Caen he spent tim ...
(born 1988), French footballer
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Inês de Castro
Inês de Castro (; in Castilian: Inés; 1325 – 7 January 1355) was a Galician noblewoman and courtier, best known as lover and posthumously-recognized wife of King Peter I of Portugal. The dramatic circumstances of her relationship with Peter ...
(1325-1355, born in the Kingdom of Galicia), Queen consort of Portugal (posthumous)
Characters
* Inez, the character played by
Lumi Cavazos
Luz Maria Cavazos (born 21 December 1968) is a Mexican actress. She won Best Actress awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Brazil's Festival de Gramado for her portrayal of "Tita" in '' Like Water for Chocolate''. The film received the attenti ...
in ''
Bottle Rocket
''Bottle Rocket'' is a 1996 American crime comedy film directed by Wes Anderson in his feature film directorial debut. The film is written by Anderson and Owen Wilson and is based on Anderson's 1994 short film of the same name. ''Bottle Rocket' ...
''
* Inez, the character played by
Sofía Vergara
Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara (; born July 10, 1972) is a Colombian and American actress and model. She was the highest paid actress in American television from 2013 to 2020. in ''
Chef
A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term ''chef de cuisine'' (), the director or head of a k ...
''
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Inez
Inez is a feminine given name. It is the English spelling of the Spanish and Portuguese name Inés/Inês/Inez, the forms of the given name " Agnes". The name is pronounced as , , or .
Agnes is a woman's given name, which derives from the Greek ...
, a character from the children's television series ''Cyberchase''
* Inez, the character played by
Rachel McAdams
Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a theatre degree program at York University in 2001, she worked in Canadian television and film productions, such as the drama film '' Perfect Pie'' (20 ...
in ''
Midnight in Paris
''Midnight in Paris'' is a 2011 fantasy comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. Set in Paris, the film follows Gil Pender ( Owen Wilson), a screenwriter, who is forced to confront the shortcomings of his relationship with his materiali ...
''
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Inez Salinger, a character from the American soap opera ''
One Life to Live''
* Inès Serrano, a character in Jean-Paul Sartre's ''
No Exit
''No Exit'' (french: Huis clos, links=no, ) is a 1944 existentialist French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The play was first performed at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in May 1944. The play begins with three characters who find themselves waitin ...
''
* Little Inez Stubbs, the character played by
Taylor Parks
Taylor, Taylors or Taylor's may refer to:
People
* Taylor (surname)
** List of people with surname Taylor
* Taylor (given name), including Tayla and Taylah
* Taylor sept, a branch of Scottish clan Cameron
* Justice Taylor (disambiguation)
P ...
from ''
Hairspray
Hairspray may refer to:
* Hair spray, a personal grooming product that keeps hair protected from humidity and wind
* ''Hairspray'' (1988 film), a film by John Waters
** ''Hairspray'' (1988 soundtrack), the film's soundtrack album
** ''Hairspray ...
'' (2007)
* Inez Temple, the superhero known as
Outlaw
An outlaw, in its original and legal meaning, is a person declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, all legal protection was withdrawn from the criminal, so that anyone was legally empowered to persecute or kill them ...
in
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 19 ...
* Inez Victor, née Christian, character in Joan Didion's ''Democracy''
* Inez Wong, the mother of Amy Wong on the TV series
Futurama
* Inez, a doll from the
Groovy Girls
Groovy Girls were a line of fashion dolls manufactured by the American toy company Manhattan Toy and launched in 1998. Each year new dolls were produced until 2019.
History
Groovy Girls launched in 1998 as a funky alternative to Barbie. Each do ...
doll line by Manhattan Toy
* Marsha Inez Dwanelle, a character from ''
Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer
''Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer'' is an American animated television series created by Aaron Springer. The series lasted for one season and aired on Disney XD from June 3 to June 15, 2017.
Plot
The show follows the adventures ...
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