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Joan Merriam Smith (born Joan Merriam; 1936 – 1965) was an American aviator, famous for her 1964 solo flight around the world, in which she became the second woman to complete the trip, by following the equatorial route attempted in 1937 by Amelia Earhart. (Jerrie Mock set off the same week on a different route, and finished before Smith did.) In doing so she also became the first woman to fly a twin-engine aircraft around the world, and the first woman to fly the Pacific Ocean from west to east in a twin-engine plane.
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Joan Shakespeare (baptised 15 April 1569 – buried 4 November 1646) was the sister of William Shakespeare. She is the only member of the family whose known descendants continue down to the present day.
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Joan Lin Feng-jiao is a former Taiwanese actress. She is married to Hong Kong-born Chinese martial artist Jackie Chan.
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Joan Walton, OAM, (née Brewer; 1928 – 2017), better known as Jaye Walton, was an Australian media and journalism personality. She was a businesswoman, television personality and producer, and magazine publisher. Walton was the first South Australian woman to produce and host a television show, which by 1979 was the state's longest running show, was the first publisher of SA magazine, a documentary film maker, and raised awareness and funds for children's health and welfare charities in Australia and Thailand.
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The wonderful actress Joan Fontaine starred in Rebecca (1940), Suspicion (1941), Kiss The Blood Of My Hands (1948), and The Bigamist (1953).
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Joan Jett!
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Joan Naomi Benny, daughter of Jack and Mary (Livingstone) Benny.
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Joan Cusack is a voice actress, and one of her most notable roles is Jessie, a character introduced in Toy Story 2, a major character in both Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3 and the protagonist of Toy Story of Terror!.
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Joan Marie Laurer, also known by her ring name Chyna, was an American professional wrestler, glamour model, pornographic film actress, and bodybuilder. Chyna first rose to prominence in the World Wrestling Federation in 1997, where she was billed as the "Ninth Wonder of the World". A founding member of the stable D-Generation X as the promotion's first female enforcer, she held the WWF Intercontinental Championship twice and the WWF Women's Championship once. She was also the first woman to participate in the Royal Rumble and King of the Ring events, as well as to become number one contender to the WWF Championship. With singles victories over several prominent male wrestlers – including multiple-time world champions Triple H, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, and Jeff Jarrett – Chyna left what WWE called "a lasting legacy as the most dominant female competitor of all time". After leaving the WWF in 2001, Chyna wrestled sporadically, with New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2002 and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2011. This was her final appearance in a wrestling ring.
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Joan Smalls Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican fashion model. In 2013, she ranked at #8 on Forbes magazine's "World's Highest-Paid Models" list. In 2011, she became the first Latina model to represent Estée Lauder cosmetics. In January 2014, Smalls appeared on the "Return of the Supermodel" cover of American Elle.
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I'm hoping Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks) from Madmen can help revive this name! It took a while to grow on me, and now I wish I would see more kids being named Joan. :) My best friend's mom is Joan and she's the sweetest.
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Joan Staley (born Joan Lynette McConchie) (Born: May 20, 1940), an American actress.
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Joan Rivers, 1933-2014 :(
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Joan Bennett (1910-1990) was an American actress.
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Queen Juana I of Navarre (1273-1305), anglicized as Joan, whom the French called Jeanne Reyne de Navarre when she was the Queen Consort of France.
The entry has no Spanish/Mexican alternative, Juana would be it.
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The entry has no Spanish/Mexican alternative, Juana would be it.
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Joan the Wad is a character in Cornish folklore - queen of the pixies - and thus a traditional souvenir from Cornish gift shops.
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Joan was the second daughter of King Edward I and his wife Eleanor of Castile.
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Joan was also the name of the fifth daughter of King Edward I of England and his wife Eleanor of Castile.
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Joan was the name of the daughter of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainaut.
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Joan was the youngest child of Edward II of England and his wife Isabelle of France. She was married to King David II of Scotland. She is also known as "Joan of the Tower".
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Joan of England (1210-1238) was the oldest daughter of King John "Lackland" and his wife Isabelle. She married Alexander, King of Scots.
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Joan of England (1165-1199), daughter of King Henry II of England and his wife Eleonore of Aquitaine. By her first marriage she was Queen of Sicily.
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Oh! So many Joans! I love that name! :) Remember the Popess Joan, a female pontifice. And Joan the Mad, the queen of Spain. And aside from Saint Joan of Arc is also the other French saint Saint Joan (Jeanne) Fremiot of Chantal. And too, a Mexican nun-writer, Sister Joan Agnes of the Cross (Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz). Really, I love the name Joan!
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Joan Jett of the American rock group Joan Jett and the Blackhearts is a famous bearer of this name.
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Joan Sutherland -famous Australian soprano.
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Academy Award-winning Joan Fontaine, actress born in 1917, is a famous bearer of this name.
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Famous bearer: Actress Joan Crawford (1904-1977), who was born Lucille Faye LeSeur.
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Joan Baez helped start Bob Dylan's career, they also dated for a short time. he ended the romance during his 1965 tour.
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Joan of Arc was a famous bearer.
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Famous bearer: Joan of Arcadia, the CBS television show--and its title character.
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Joan, or Joanna, is Katy's youngest sister in the book "What Katy Did".
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A three-time Grammy Award nominee, Armatrading has also been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. She received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection in 1996.
In a recording career spanning nearly 50 years, Armatrading has released 20 studio albums, as well as several live albums and compilations.