Famous People with Name Winifred

Winifred Christie            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Winifred Christie: was a British pianist and composer best known as an advocate of the Moór-Duplex piano.Winifred Christie spent a significant portion of her career promoting the Moór-Duplex piano, a double keyboard with a coupler between the two manuals (an octave apart), invented by Christie’s husband, Hungarian pianist, inventor, and composer Emanuel Moór.[2][3] The Moór-Duplex aided in the playing of octaves, tenths, and even chromatic glissandos. The piano makers Steinway, Bechstein, and Bösendorfer all put the mechanism into their instruments. Christie performed on the instrument frequently in Europe and the United States and published (in collaboration with Moór) a manual of technical exercises for the instrument.

Winifred Geraldine Ramsey Beamish            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Winifred Geraldine Ramsey Beamish: was an English tennis player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 she won the silver medal in the doubles competition with her partner Dorothy Holman. She also competed in the mixed doubles event with Alfred Beamish but they were eliminated i

Winifred Alice "Freda" James            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Winifred Alice "Freda" James: was a British tennis player of the 1930s. From 1931 to 1939, she was part of the British team in the Wightman Cup.

Winifred Margaret Slocock McNair            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Winifred Margaret Slocock McNair: was a female tennis player from Great Britain. She is best remembered for her women's doubles (partnering Kathleen McKane) gold medal at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.