Famous People with Name Adrienne

Adrienne Lecouvreur            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Adrienne Lecouvreur: a French actress.She was credited with having developed a more natural, less stylized, type of acting[citation needed].She had a romance with Maurice de Saxe, which ended in tragedy when she was apparently poisoned by her rival, Maria Karolina Sobieska, Duchess of Bouillon. The refusal of the Catholic Church to give her a Christian burial moved her friend Voltaire to write a bitter poem on the subject.

Adrienne Pauly            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Adrienne Pauly: a French actress and pop-rock singer, born in Clamart, France.She joined the Conservatoire National Superieur d'Art Dramatique in 1996, where she studied drama, and acted in films until 2002, when she discovered the piano through Camille Bazbaz. After, sh

Adrienne Janic            Origin/Culture/Country: Slavic

Adrienne Janic: is an actress and former co-host of Discovery Channel's Overhaulin'. Adrienne is half Yugoslavs and half Mexican. She is currently hosting Hot Import Nights on the Speed Channel.She also an extra in the movie Cattle Call.

Adrienne ("Janet") Cornelia Dykman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Adrienne ("Janet") Cornelia Dykman: is an American archer.

Adrienne Bolland            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Adrienne Bolland: was a French test pilot and the first woman to fly over the Andes. In 1921, Bolland worked as a test pilot for Caudron. The flight over the Andes was a publicity stunt to promote the new G3 model of the French aircraft manufacturer. Bolland started on April 1, 1921 in Mendoza, Argentina and kept a flight level of 14,750 feet (4500 m), which meant she had to fly around some of the mountains. After a 10 hours flight, she landed in Santiago de Chile. Many people had gathered to celebrate the feat — notably missing was the French consul who believed it was an April Fool's Day joke.