Famous People with Name Sonja

Sonja Henie            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Sonja Henie: was a Norwegian figure skater and actress. She is a three-time Olympic Champion (1928, 1932, 1936), a ten-time World Champion (1927-1936) and a six-time European Champion (1931-1936). Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies figure skater. At the height of her acting career she was one of the highest paid movie stars in Hollywood.

Sonja AldTn            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Sonja AldTn: is a Swedish singer mostly famous for her 2006 and 2007 Melodifestivalen entries, her friendship with Shirley Clamp and her ability to write songs for other artists, for example the hard rock/heavy metal band The Poodles, who also participated in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2006.In the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2007, Sonja AldTn participated with the ballad "F÷r att du finns", which reached "Andra Chansen" ("Second chance") when it finished 4th in the semifinal in +rnsk÷ldsvik on 17 February 2007. "F÷r att du finns" became a Svensktoppen hit, and became reached the 4th place at the Swedish singles chart.

Sonja Graf            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sonja Graf: was a German chess master who also lived in Argentina and the United States. She was the Women's World Sub-Champion, two-time winner of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship and author of two books which describe her life in chess as well as the sufferings of her abusive childhood.

Sonja Davies            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Sonja Davies: was a New Zealand trade unionist, peace campaigner, and Member of Parliament.Davies helped to found the Working Women's Council, and in 1974 she became the first female executive of the Federation of Labour. She became the Labour MP for Pencarrow in 1987

Sonja Kristina Linwood            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Sonja Kristina Linwood: an English musician, usually known as Sonja Kristina, and most famous as vocalist for Curved Air.She helped run and performed at the Troubadour Folk Club in the late 1960s. She also performed in the stage musical Hair and sang with Strawbs.Curved Air had a changing line-up over its nine albums (1970 - 1976 and 1990), and Sonja was the only member to take part in every line-up.After Curved Air she returned to Hair for a second spell. Since then she has performed solo, including her involvement with the acid folk movement in London in the early 1990s, culminating in her critically acclaimed Songs from the Acid Folk in 1991, and recently in multi-media duo MASK, along with Marvin Ayres.