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Freda Josephine Baker (née McDonald; 1906 – 1975), naturalised as Joséphine Baker, was an American-born French dancer, singer and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant.
Empress Joséphine
Joséphine Bonaparte was the Empress of the French as the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I. She is widely known as Joséphine de Beauharnais.
Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, also Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte of Luxembourg was the Grand Duchess consort of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. She was a first cousin of Harald V of Norway. She was the first child of King Leopold III of Belgium, and sister of the late King Baudouin and retired King Albert II, and aunt of King Philippe.
Napoleon's wife was actually called Marie Josèphe Rose.
Josephine was the full name of a character in Les Miserables, who was Fantine's friend when they were in Paris. She was nicknamed Zephine.
Joséphine was indeed Bonaparte's first wife and her granddaughter who was named after her became queen of Sweden and Norway in the early 19th Century, and the first practicing Catholic queen since the Middle Ages.
Actually, Josephine was the *first* wife of Napolean. He had a second one. [noted -ed]

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