Famous People with Name Karen

Karen Anne Carpenter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Karen Anne Carpenter: was a highly successful American singer and drummer. She and her brother, Richard, formed the popular 1970s duo The Carpenters.Carpenter was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Agnes Reuwer Tatum and Harold Bertram Carpenter.[2] When she was young, she use

Karen Mal            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Karen Mal: an American singer-songwriter based in Austin, Texas. She is best known for her strikingly open, child-like voice and her poetic and somewhat didactic songwriting. She is also known in the industry as a first-call session singer with a gift for harmony. T

Karen Morrow            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Karen Morrow: an American singer – actress best known for her work in musical theater. Her honors include an Emmy Award and a Theatre World Award, and an Ovation Award and five Drama-Logue Award nominations.[citation needed]Morrow was born in Chicago, Illinois and rais

Karen Clark Sheard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Karen Clark Sheard: a three-time Grammy Award winning American gospel singer, songwriter, member of seminal group The Clark Sisters, and mother of contemporary gospel singer Kierra "Kiki" Sheard.Karen Clark Sheard was born November 15, 1960. She has five older siblings : Leo

Karen Bill            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Karen Bill: a multi-sports star who has participated in the Olympic Games' trials. She had a career, from 1999 to 2002, as a female boxer.On May 7, 1999, she made her professional boxing career debut, when she lost by knockout in round three to Carmen Dominguez Paris at Lawton. She was not supposed to fight that night; she had bought a ticket and gone to see the fight undercard as a fan, but the boxer that was due to fight Dominguez did not show up, and Bill offered to fight her instead. Next, she lost to Kisha Snow, also by knockout but in four rounds, in a fight held at Tunica, Mississippi, on September 2.

Maulana Karenga            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maulana Karenga: and also known as Ron Everett) is an African American author, political activist, and ex-convict. He is best known as the founder of Kwanzaa, a week-long Pan-African celebration observed each year from December 26 to January 1, initiated in California in 1967.

Ron Karenga            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ron Karenga: is an African American author, political activist, college professor, and convicted felon. He is best known as the founder of Kwanzaa, a week-long Pan-African celebration observed almost exclusively in the United States each year from December 26 to Janua