Famous People with Name Carmel

Carmel Bird            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Carmel Bird: an Australian novelist, short story writer and literary editor. She has also been a school teacher, and a teacher of creative writing.Bird took a BA from the University of Tasmania and taught from 1961 to 1981 (English and French in secondary schools until 1973). She lived and studied for a period in Europe and the USA before settling in Melbourne. While in Melbourne she taught adult courses at the Council for Adult Education in the short story.She has taught at many universities and TAFEs, including Holmesglen TAFE for 1986 and 1987 and most recently at La Trobe University in 2003, and has been a writer in residence. She also supported the Arts Victoria young writers programme and gave a two-week lecture at the Melbourne Zoo about writing. She is a frequent guest at the Melbourne Writers' Festival.

Carmel Bakurski            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Carmel Bakurski: is a retired female field hockey defender from Australia. She made her debut for the Australian women's national team during the 1998 season (Argentina Tour) following the 1997 Junior World Cup (silver medal). Nicknamed Carma she was a member of the Hocke

Carmel Frances Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Carmel Frances Clark: is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from New Zealand, who represented her native country at 1984 Summer Olympics. She finished in 8th place in both backstroke finals.

Eddie Carmel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eddie Carmel: was a well-known person who suffered of acromegaly, a disorder of the pituitary gland, caused in his case by a tumor, which if left untreated causes uncontrolled growth. Popularly known as "The Jewish Giant", Carmel was billed at the height of 8 ft 9 in (268 cm) tall, though he may have more realistically been around 7 ft 6 ¾ in tall. At the time of his death at age 36, he had shrunk 6 ¾ inches, due to kyphoscoliosis (curvature of the spine, a mixture of scoliosis, and kyphosis, meaning hunchback).

Zefania Carmel            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Zefania Carmel: was an Israeli yachting world champion. As teammates on Israel’s Zevulun Bat-Yam Club, the two won the Israeli Championship in 1966 in the 420-Class, and topped an international field of competition in the same event on New York’s Hudson River in August 1