Famous People with Name Jacqueline

Jacqueline Cochran            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacqueline Cochran: was a pioneer American aviator, considered to be one of the most gifted racing pilots of her generation. Her contributions to the formation of the wartime Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) and WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) were also significant.Known by her friends as "Jackie," and maintaining the Cochran name, she flew her first major race in 1934. In 1937, she was the only woman to compete in the Bendix race. She worked with Amelia Earhart to open the race for women. That year, she also set a new woman's national speed record. By 1938, she was considered the best female pilot in the United States. She had won the Bendix and set a new transcontinental speed record as well as altitude records (by this time she was no longer just breaking woman's records but was setting overall records). She was the first woman to break the sound barrier (with Chuck Yeager right on her wing), the first woman to fly a jet across the ocean, and the first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic. She won five Harmon Trophies as the outstanding woman pilot in the world. Sometimes called the "Speed Queen," at the time of her death, no pilot, man or woman, held more speed, distance or altitude records in aviation history, than Jackie Cochran.

Jacqueline Leigh Kennedy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacqueline Leigh Kennedy: was the wife of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. She was later married to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis from 1968 until his death in 1975. In later years she had a successful career as a book editor.

Jacqueline Hennessy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacqueline Hennessy: Hennessy currently hosts the current affairs program Medical Intelligence for Rogers Cable in Toronto, Ontario. She also serves as associate editor of Chatelaine magazine. Hennessy has won several awards for her work, including the Canadian Nurses Associa

Jacqueline Patricia Pillon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacqueline Patricia Pillon: is a Canadian actress. Aside from her acting career, she is a provider of the voice of the W Network in Canada.At the age of 12, she started her first work in the theater. As a voice artist she first appeared in Gahan Wilson's The Kid, as the title character. Other roles include Jane Doe, Crossed Over, Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story, and Gilda Radner: It's Always Something, as comedy writer Anne Beatts. She appeared repeatedly on both "Queer as Folk" and "Street Time". Her latest role will be to appear in the upcoming mini-series "XIII".

Jacqueline Burroughs            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacqueline Burroughs: a Canadian actress.stint in the legendary animated anthology Heavy Metal (1981), while her TV-series résumé includes the roles of Mrs. Amelia Evans in Anne of Green Gables (1985) and Hetty King in Road to Avonlea (1990). In 1987, Jackie Burroughs produced, directed, wrote, and starred in A Winter Tan, a film based on the letters of Maryse Holder, published in 1979 as the book entitled "Give Sorrow Words - Maryse Holder's Letters from Mexico"