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Ursula was actually pretty common in medieval England Princess Ursula was the daughter of Cecily Neville and Richard Plantagenet Duke of York although she sadly died young. Another famous bearer was the English medieval soothsayer and fortune teller from Knaresborough Yorkshire Mother Shipton born Ursula Shipton and gave her predictions from a cave or grotto in the countryside and her predictions for the future are still pretty well known down to the modern day in England.
Ursula K. Le Guin (October 21,1929 - January 22, 2018) was an American novelist. She's best known for her works of speculative fiction, and her Earthsea fantasy series.Le Guin was the first woman to win both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel following the release of The Left Hand of Darkness in 1969. Le Guin would go on to win 7 more Hugos and receive numerous accolades throughout her career.
Ursula Andress is a Swiss film and television actress, former model and sex symbol, who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. She is best known for her breakthrough role as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, Dr. No. She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the Bond-parody Casino Royale. Her other films include Fun in Acapulco, She, The Blue Max, Perfect Friday, The Sensuous Nurse, Slave of the Cannibal God, The Fifth Musketeer and Clash of the Titans.
Ursula Dronke, noted medievalist (1920-2012).
As Anyechka said, one of the main characters of D. H. Lawrence's The Rainbow and the sequel Women in Love is called Ursula Brangwen.
Ursula von der Layen, member of the German government (currently minister of defence).
Ursula Nordstrom, author of the book "The Secret Language," bore this name.
Ursula of Austria (1541-1543), ninth daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. She died young.
Ursula Stephens (b 1954) is an Australian politician. She is a senator with the Australian Labor Party. She was born in Ireland.
Ursula is also the name of a vampire in one of the new vampire chronicles by Anne Rice.
Ursula is a character in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
There is the artist Ursula Vernon, a very nice, witty, and talented lady who paints surreal fruit and animals and clockwork.
Ursula is a model for the gameshow Deal or No Deal.
Though the popular association with this name is the villan in the Little Mermaid, it always reminds me of the poor little girl, Ursula Sunshine Assaid, who's tragic death was covered in the media back in the early 80's. So every time I hear it I always think of the image of a sweet little girl.
Another famous bearer is Ursula LeGuin, the great science fiction writer. Two of her novels wone both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards.
Wasn't Ursula the name of the evil woman in the Little Mermaid? If my memory serves me correct, I think it was.
I'm one of many who have not been able to hear this name without thinking of the sea witch from the film "The Little Mermaid". As I have grown older, I have grown to like it more, but for a long time this name scared me.
Ursula Stanhope is the main female character in the Disney movie "George of the Jungle."
Ursula Flint married Hogwarts headmaster Phineus Nigellus Black they had five children.
Ursula is the name of Phoebe's twin sister on the sitcom Friends, both characters are played by Lisa Kudrow.
Famous bearer: Ursula Andress.

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