English Famous Girl Names with Letter A

Was a prominent eighteenth-century English poet, essayist, and children's author.A "woman of letters

Was a prominent eighteenth-century English poet, essayist, and children's author.A "woman of letters" who published in multiple genres, Barbauld had a successful writing career at a time when female professional writers were rare. She was a noted teacher

Is a British marathon canoeist who competed in the 1990s and 2000s, winning six world championship g

Is a British marathon canoeist who competed in the 1990s and 2000s, winning six world championship gold medals. She also competed in sprint canoeing. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Eight

Was an English–Canadian singer and comedienne. She gave many concerts in which she sang and played

Was an English–Canadian singer and comedienne. She gave many concerts in which she sang and played comic musical sketches on the piano. Among her best-known works are her concert performances and famous recordings of The Ring of the Nibelungs (An Analysis), a humorous 30-minute synopsis of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, and (on the same album) her parody How to Write Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera.[1]

Is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won three International T

Is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won three International Tennis Federation (ITF) singles titles, 12 ITF doubles titles and reached a career high singles ranking of world no. 262 on 9 August 2010. Smith is currentl

Is a former professional tennis player and current television presenter. Since retiring from tennis,

Is a former professional tennis player and current television presenter. Since retiring from tennis, she has turned to television presenting, with such shows as Treasure Hunt and Interceptor. In 2005, she appeared in the ITV programme Celebrity Wrestling

An English singer-songwriter.She has released eight albums to date. Lamb had a Top of The Pops perfo

An English singer-songwriter.She has released eight albums to date. Lamb had a Top of The Pops performance in 1983, with her cover version of The Doors "Riders on the Storm", her only hit on the UK Singles Chart.[1] Her debut album, Once Bitten included a guest appearance by Marillion vocalist, Steve Hogarth on keyboards. Her second album, The Flame, enjoyed one week at #84 in the UK Albums Chart in April 1984.[1] She has been diverse at times, her earlier albums showing decidedly new wave, synth-pop, experimental rock, jazz and ethnic influences.[2]

Is an international adventurer and activist, who came to prominence after climbing the summit of Mou

Is an international adventurer and activist, who came to prominence after climbing the summit of Mount Everest on 15 May 2004, making her the fourth British woman to do so.She is one of the few women to have publicly spoken about her ovarian tumor, in a b

An English poet and songwriter. Her first recording was The Sitting Room in 1982, and she has releas

An English poet and songwriter. Her first recording was The Sitting Room in 1982, and she has released over a dozen albums since then.Her experimental music occupies a region bounded roughly by electronic, dance (techno applies on occasion) and possibly avant-garde genres, with varying hard as well as romantic and orchestral styles.Clark is mainly a spoken word artist, but she also plays piano and occasionally accompanies herself, with piano and voice mixing in a somewhat atypical New Wave style. Many of her lyrics deal critically with the imperfections of humanity, everyday life, and politics. Especially in her early works she has created a gloomy, melancholy kind of atmosphere bordering on weltschmerz.

Is a British former professional tennis player. Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup

Is a British former professional tennis player. Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989. She was ranked as the top British player for periods during her 12 year career and achieved a best WTA ranking of 33

Also spelt Ann Jane Thornton, was a 19th century adventurer from Donegal who in 1832 posed as a boy

Also spelt Ann Jane Thornton, was a 19th century adventurer from Donegal who in 1832 posed as a boy to go to sea, in pursuit of a lost lover who had gone to the United States. She continued her career as a seaman until her arrival in London in 1835, when

Was an early English suffragist and a promoter of higher education for women.Keenly interested in th

Was an early English suffragist and a promoter of higher education for women.Keenly interested in the education of women, she made friends with Emily Davies, Barbara Bodichon, Frances Buss and others. After helping to found the North of England council fo

An English folk singer. Although she travelled widely, in the 1960s and early 1970s, appearing at fo

An English folk singer. Although she travelled widely, in the 1960s and early 1970s, appearing at folk clubs and venues in England and Ireland, she never aspired to commercial success or to achieve widespread public acknowledgement of her music. However, she was a highly influential figure in the English folk music revival, being a source of songs and musical inspiration for others such as A.L. Lloyd, Bert Jansch, Jimmy Page, The Watersons, June Tabor, Sandy Denny and Maddy Prior.

An English actress, dancer and singer.Anne Rogers has been singing and dancing on the stage since sh

An English actress, dancer and singer.Anne Rogers has been singing and dancing on the stage since she was 15. Her first role was that of Snow White. She was in the original London production of The Boy Friend, playing the female lead of Polly Browne for nearly four years. She was unable to play in the Broadway production of The Boy Friend because of London commitments, but later went to the United States to play Eliza Dolittle in the Hollywood and Chicago productions of My Fair Lady. After two years, she returned to London to play the same role for a period of three years. Rogers can claim to have appeared in three separate shows, each for over 1,000 performances.

Was a popular English vocalist, who is remembered for providing inspirational songs for soldiers bot

Was a popular English vocalist, who is remembered for providing inspirational songs for soldiers both on radio broadcasts, and in person, at British military bases during World War II. Shelton was also the original singer in the English language of the song, "Lili Marlene".[2]In 1942, Shelton began playing military bases across England and as her popularity grew, was offered her own radio program, Calling Malta, which remained on the air for five years. In 1944, Shelton was invited to sing with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and although some of these shows were recorded, none have ever surfaced in their entirety. Miller invited Shelton to stay on with the band and travel to Versailles, France for a series of shows; she had to turn him down due to prior commitments in Britain, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise as Miller's plane crashed shortly after the shows.

Was a popular English vocalist, who is remembered for providing inspirational songs for soldiers bot

Was a popular English vocalist, who is remembered for providing inspirational songs for soldiers both on radio broadcasts, and in person, at British military bases during World War II. Shelton was also the original singer in the English language of the song, "Lili Marlene".[2]In 1942, Shelton began playing military bases across England and as her popularity grew, was offered her own radio program, Calling Malta, which remained on the air for five years. In 1944, Shelton was invited to sing with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and although some of these shows were recorded, none have ever surfaced in their entirety. Miller invited Shelton to stay on with the band and travel to Versailles, France for a series of shows; she had to turn him down due to prior commitments in Britain, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise as Miller's plane crashed shortly after the shows.[4] But Shelton soon performed with another American: Bing Crosby. Crosby and Shelton appeared on the Variety Bandbox radio show together and afterwards played a show together,

Is a British professional tennis player. She is a former long-standing British number 1, however due

Is a British professional tennis player. She is a former long-standing British number 1, however due to injury, she is currently British number 2, behind Elena Baltacha, and is ranked 123rd in the world (as of 8 November 2010). So far in her career she ha

Was a star of early wireless radio in the UK as a contralto singer. Her talent betrayed the meager s

Was a star of early wireless radio in the UK as a contralto singer. Her talent betrayed the meager settings of an amateur operatic society in a remote Yorkshire market town, and Sidwells became a star of the early radio broadcasts of the BBC.Sidwells married Matt Haygarth—a romantic story that was remembered and celebrated in a Yorkshire Television documentary in 1985.

An English progressive rock vocalist and songwriter.Originally a fashion student, she began studying

An English progressive rock vocalist and songwriter.Originally a fashion student, she began studying under opera singer Sybil Knight in 1970 and developed her extraordinary five-octave vocal range. In 1971, she became the lead singer of Renaissance after answering an ad in a magazine and auditioning for the band in Surrey.In 1977, she began her solo career with her album Annie in Wonderland, produced by Roy Wood who played most of the instruments, and who also duetted with her on one track, and also performed on the one-shot Intergalactic Touring Band album. Haslam and Wood were later married for a while. She has since released eight studio albums, three of which were released through her own record label, White Dove. She has also collaborated with Steve Howe on a number of projects.

A jazz singer and actress, best known as a member of the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.Ross is one

A jazz singer and actress, best known as a member of the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.Ross is one of the early practitioners of a singing style known as vocalese, which involves the setting of original lyrics to an instrumental jazz solo. Her 1952 treatment of saxophonist Wardell Gray's "Twisted" is a classic example of vocalese. "Twisted" is perhaps her most famous song and has been recorded by Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler and many others. Her first album, Singin' and Swingin' (1952) was recorded in New York with members of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Other albums include Skylark (1956), Sings A Song With Mulligan (1958) with baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker on trumpet, A Gasser! (1959) with Zoot Sims, In Hoagland (1981) with Georgie Fame and Hoagy Carmichael, and Music Is Forever (1995) featuring Tommy Flanagan on piano.

An English musician best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist, and occasional guitarist of the band

An English musician best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist, and occasional guitarist of the band Curve.Halliday was born on 5 July 1964 in Parsons Green, Fulham, and brought up in various locations across Europe. When her father abandoned his wife and children following a run-in with the law in Greece, the Halliday family returned to the UK, and eventually settled in Washington New Town, Tyne and Wear.

A British actress, model and singer of Indian and Finnish origin.Anya attended the Henrietta Barnett

A British actress, model and singer of Indian and Finnish origin.Anya attended the Henrietta Barnett School in Hampstead Garden Suburb, where she excelled in languages and music. She has been playing the flute and the piano since a young age. She is a talented horsewoman.She started her professional career modelling when she was sixteen, after which she was chosen to be part of the girl group Precious. The band was chosen by British viewers to represent the UK in the 1999 Eurovision song contest with their first single Say It Again, and arrived 12th. After that they released their first album, called 'Precious' with smash hits singles as 'Rewind' and 'It's Gonna Be My Way'. They worked with ex Take that member and producer Gary Barlow. In November 2000 they released their last single called "New Beginning" with a video clip set in an industrial warehouse with the girlband acting like tough girls. By the end of 2000

Is an international cricketer. She has been a member of the England women's cricket team since 2008.

Is an international cricketer. She has been a member of the England women's cricket team since 2008. A right-arm medium pace bowler and lower-order right-handed batsman, she plays her domestic cricket for Somerset women. Shrubsole made her ODI debut again

Is a former field hockey forward from Canada, who earned a total number of hundred international cap

Is a former field hockey forward from Canada, who earned a total number of hundred international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career. On national level she played for University of Victoria Vikes. Grimes earned a degree in kinesi

Was a prolific dramatist of the Restoration and was one of the first English professional female wri

Was a prolific dramatist of the Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing participated in the amatory fiction genre of British literature.

Was an English pianist of great renown in the middle to late 19th century.She was born and died in F

Was an English pianist of great renown in the middle to late 19th century.She was born and died in France. Her parents, Thomas Goddard, an heir to a Salisbury cutlery firm, and Arabella née Ingles, were part of an English community of expatriates living in Saint-Servan near Saint-Malo, Brittany. She remained very proud of her French background all her life, and spiced her conversation with French phrases .[1] She had an older sister, Ann.