Famous People with Name Gemma

Gemma Bissix            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Gemma Bissix: She is best known for her roles as Clare Bates in the BBC One soap EastEnders (1993-1998 & 2008), and as the second actress to play Clare Devine in the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks (2006-2007) — for which she has won multiple awards. She has been acting since the age of 9.Bissix began her acting career at a young age. At the age of nine, in 1993, she was cast as Clare Tyler (later Bates), the daughter of Debbie Tyler (Nicola Duffett) and stepdaughter of Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley), in the long-running BBC soap opera, EastEnders. Her first acting role, Bissix had received no formal training, and has since commented, "that was my training [...] quite a lot of people [attend] drama school,

Gemma Louise Ward            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Gemma Louise Ward: an Australian model and actress. She is perhaps most known for having dollish features.At only sixteen, Ward was the youngest model to be listed by American Vogue as one of the nine "It Girls" in the modeling world. She has been in shows for designers such as Versace, Gucci, Chanel, Valentino, Alexander McQueen, and many more. Ward has also graced magazine covers such as Vogue, W, and TIME Magazine's Style and Design issue. In September 2004, at the age of 16, Ward became the youngest fashion model on the cover of the American edition of Vogue and was the first model to appear on the cover of Teen Vogue magazine

Gemma Mary Spofforth            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Gemma Mary Spofforth: is a British backstroke swimmer.Spofforth represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics coming 4th in the 100 m and 9th in the 200 m backstroke swimming events.

Gemma Frisius            Origin/Culture/Country: Netherlands

Gemma Frisius: was a mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation.

Gemma Bellincioni            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Gemma Bellincioni: was an Italian soprano and one of the best-known opera singers of the late 19th century.Matilda Cesira was Bellincioni's real name. She was born in Monza, Italy, in 1864. Both her parents were singers, and after receiving training from them, she made her

Cornelius Gemma            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelius Gemma: was a physician, astronomer and astrologer, and the oldest son of cartographer and instrument-maker Gemma Frisius. He was a professor of medicine at Louvain, and shared in his father's efforts to restore ancient Ptolemaic practice to astrology, drawing on the Tetrabiblos.

Gemma Frisius (or Reiner Gemma,            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Gemma Frisius (or Reiner Gemma,: was a mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation.While still a student, Frisius set up a workshop to produce globes and mathematical instruments. He became noted for the quality and accuracy of his instruments, which were praised by Tycho Brahe, among others. In 1533, he described for the first time the method of triangulation still used today in surveying. Twenty years later, he was the first to describe how an accurate clock could be used to determine longitude. Jean-Baptiste Morin (1583-1656) did not believe that Frisius' method for calculating out longitude would work, remarking, "I do not know if the Devil will succeed in making a longitude timekeeper but it is folly for man to try."[1