Famous People with Name Louisa

Louisa Lawson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Louisa Lawson: was an Australian writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist.Louisa Lawson was born and raised in Mudgee, New South Wales. The second of 12 children, her family were typical strugglers, and like many girls at that time left school at the age of thirteen. In 1866 she married Niels Larsen (Peter Lawson). Lawson's husband was often absent gold mining or working with his father-in-law, leaving her to raise four children - Henry b 1867, Charles b 1869, Peter b 1873, Annette b 1877 (died at 8 months) and Gertrude b 1877 - on her own. In 1882 she took her children and moved to Sydney. There, Lawson managed boarding houses and saved money that she later used to purchase shares in the radical pro-federation newspaper The Republican in 1887. With her earnings and her experience from working on The Republican, Lawson was able in May 1888, to edit and publish The Dawn.

Louisa Anne Meredith            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Louisa Anne Meredith: was an English and Australian writer and illustrator.Louisa Anne Meredith, the daughter of Thomas Twamley and Louisa Ann Meredith, was born near Birmingham, England on 20 July 1812. She was educated chiefly by her mother, and in 1835 published a volume, Poems, which was favourably reviewed. This was followed in 1836 by The Romance of Nature, mostly in verse, of which a third edition was issued in 1839. Another volume was published in the same year, The Annual of British Landscape Scenery, an account of a tour on the River Wye from Chepstow to near its source at Plynlimon.

Louisa Hanoune            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Louisa Hanoune: is head of Algeria's Workers' Party (Parti des Travailleurs, PT). In 2004, she became the first woman to run for President of Algeria. Hanoune was imprisoned by the government several times prior to the legalization of political parties in 1988. She was jailed soon after she joined the Trotskyist Social Workers Organisation, an illegal party, in 1981, and again after the 1988 October Riots, which brought about the end of the National Liberation Front's (FLN) one-party rule.

Louisa Adelaide Nott-Bower            Origin/Culture/Country: Welsh

Louisa Adelaide Nott-Bower: was a Welsh archer who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. She was born in Troedyraur, Ceredigion and died in Richmond, London.

Louisa Bisby            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Louisa Bisby: is an Australian football (soccer) player, born in England, who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League.

Koon Wai Chee Louisa            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Koon Wai Chee Louisa: is a female badminton player from Hong Kong.Koon competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Li Wing Mui. They were defeated by Gail Emms and Donna Kellogg of Great Britain in the round of 32.

Annett Louisan            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Annett Louisan: a German singer. She lives with a large part of her family in Hamburg. Louisan is her stage name, derived from the name of her grandmother, Louise. Concerning her birth year, there is contradicting testimony, with the official date being given as 1979. In