Famous People with Name Sonia

Sonia Barrio Gutiérrez            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Sonia Barrio Gutiérrez: is a former field hockey player from Spain, who was a member of the Women's National Team that surprisingly won the golden medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics on home soil (Barcelona).

Sonia Robertson            Origin/Culture/Country: Zimbabwe

Sonia Robertson: is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Her identical twin sister Sandra Chick was one of her teammates in the capital of the Soviet Union, and b

Sonia Manzano            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Sonia Manzano: an American actress and writer. She is best known for playing Maria on Sesame Street since 1971. She also licenses her image to promote items of baby clothes and plates in Hispanic America.Manzano was born in the South Bronx, New York of Puerto Rican descent, and attended the High School of Performing Arts, where she began her acting career.

Sonia Tschorne Berestesky            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Sonia Tschorne Berestesky: is an architect and prominent Chilean politician. She has been a militant for the Socialist Party for the last 16 years, working with the governments of the concertación since 1990. She became the Ministry of Public Works' National Director of Architecture and Deputy Secretary of Urban Development during the governments of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle y Ricardo Lagos.

Sonia Margarita Escudero            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Sonia Margarita Escudero: is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. She sits in the Argentine Senate representing Salta Province, until 2009 in the majority block of the Front for Victory. She is Secretary General of the Latin American Parliament.Escudero qualified as a lawyer at the Catholic University of Salta and practiced law privately from 1977 to 1996. She was a legal adviser in various capacities to the Salta legislatures and government and was a public prosecutor for Salta 1988-90. She also taught at the Catholic University of Salta.