Johanne Abeyratne Samarasekera
Origin/Culture/Country: ArabicJohanne Abeyratne Samarasekera: is a former cricketer. After playing twelve first-class games for his native Colombo in 1988-89 to 1989, Samarasekera emigrated to the United Arab Emirates. He made the national side for the 1994 Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup in Sharjah, where he played in his f
Johanne "Jo" Whiley
Origin/Culture/Country: NorthamptonJohanne "Jo" Whiley: Whiley was born to Martin, an electrician, and Christine a postmistress. She attended Campion School near Northampton and then studied applied languages at Brighton Polytechnic – "I went to Brighton Polytechnic to do languages, which I didn't particularly
Johanne Luise Heiberg
Origin/Culture/Country: DanishJohanne Luise Heiberg: was one of the greatest Danish actresses of the 19th century. She is most famous for her work at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, where she achieved great success.Like Hans Christian Andersen she originally belonged to a poor milieu. She was the daughter of a stallholder and innkeeper and of his Jewish wife, very early she showed artistic gifts and entered the ballet school 1820. By the help of patrons she was promoted to the rank of an actress and made a successful debut 1827. From then she for more than thirty years appeared the absolutely leading actress of Danish theatre.