Famous People with Name Agnes

Agnes Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Agnes Martin: was a Canadian-American painter, often referred to as a minimalist; Martin considered herself an abstract expressionist.Her signature style is defined by an emphasis upon line, grids, and fields of extremely subtle color. While minimalist in form, these paintings were quite different in spirit from those of her other minimalist counterparts, retaining small flaws and unmistakable traces of the artist's hand; she shied away from intellectualism, favoring the personal and spiritual. Her paintings, statements, and influential writings often reflect an interest in Eastern philosophy, especially Taoist. Because of her work's added spiritual dimension, which became more and more dominant after 1967, she preferred to be classified as an abstract expressionist

Agnes ("Sis") Cunningham            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Agnes ("Sis") Cunningham: was an American musician, best known for her involvement as a performer and publicist of folk music and protest songs. She was the founding editor of Broadside Magazine, which she published with her husband Gordon Friesen and their daughters.

Agnes Nalani Lum            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Agnes Nalani Lum: a Chinese-Hawaiian gravure idol star, singer, actress, and bikini supermodel popular in Japan in the late 1970s and early 1980s.[1][2][3] At that time, she was nicknamed "Lum-chan" in Japan, though now that nickname can be confused with that of the fictio

Agnes Geraghty            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Agnes Geraghty: was an American swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.

Agnes Zawadzki            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Agnes Zawadzki: is an American figure skater. As of 11 December 2010 (2010 -12-11), Zawadzki has the season's 20th highest total score. As of 14 December 2010 (2010 -12-14), the International Skating Union (ISU) ranks her 38th in the world.

Jane Francesca Agnes, Lady Wilde (            Origin/Culture/Country: Irish

Jane Francesca Agnes, Lady Wilde (: was an Irish poet and supporter of the nationalist movement; she married Sir William Wilde on 12 November 1851, and they had three children: William 'Willie' Charles Kingsbury Wilde (1852 – 1899), Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), and Isola Francesca Emily Wilde

Lore Agnes            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Lore Agnes: was a German politician. A house-wife from Düsseldorf, Agnes was a leading figure in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the socialist women's movement in the city. She was a member of parliament 1919-1933.Agnes was elected to the Weimar Nati

Battista Agnese            Origin/Culture/Country: Genoa

Battista Agnese: was a cartographer from Genoa, who worked in Venice.In 1525 he prepared an early map of Muscovy that was based on the geographical data, narrated to Paolo Giovio by the Russian ambassador Dmitry Gerasimov.His workshop produced at least 71 manuscript atlases of sea charts between 1534 and 1564, more cheaply than Dieppe maps but still considered of fine craftsmanship. The charts normally included latitude but not longitude, along with various decorative features.

Nicolas Agnesi            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Nicolas Agnesi: is a French rugby union player, born 9 in Draguignan (Var), who plays as left prop for RC Toulonnais (1.84 m, 111 kg).