Famous People with Name Louise

Louise Arbour,            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louise Arbour,: the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.In 1967, she graduated from College Regina Assumpta, and proceeded to the Université de Montréal where she completed an LL.L. with distinction in 1970. She became the Law Clerk for Mr. Justice Louis-Philippe Pigeon of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1971-1972 while completing graduate studies at the Faculty of Law (Civil Section) of the University of Ottawa. She was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1971 and to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1977. She was made a Companion to the Order of Canada in 2007 "for her contributions to the Canadian justice system and for her dedication to the advancement of human rights throughout the world".

Louise Charron            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louise Charron: a Canadian jurist. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in October, 2004, and is the first native-born Franco-Ontarian Supreme Court judge. (This distinction has sometimes been attributed to Louise Arbour, but Arbour was born and raised Québécoise.)Charron received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton University in 1972, her Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Ottawa in 1975, and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1977. She practiced civil litigation before joining the Crown Attorney's office in 1980. She then became a law professor at the University of Ottawa.

Louise Lawler            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louise Lawler: a U.S. artist and photographer. From the late 1970s onwards, Lawler's work has focused on the presentation and marketing of artwork. Much of this work consists of photographs of other peoples' artwork and the context in which it is viewed. Examples of Lawler's photographs include images of paintings hanging on the walls of a museum, paintings on the walls of an art collector's opulent home, artwork in the process of being installed in a gallery, and sculpture in a gallery being viewed by spectators.Along with photography, she has created conceptual and installation art. Some of her works, such as the "Book of Matches", are ephemeral and explore the passing of time, while others, such as "Helms Amendment (963)," are expressly political.

Louise Bogan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louise Bogan: was an American poet.Louise Bogan was born in Livermore Falls, Maine, where her father Daniel Bogan worked for various paper mills and bottling factories. She spent most of her childhood years with her parents and brother growing up in mill towns in Maine

Louise Elisabeth Glück            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louise Elisabeth Glück: is an American poet. She served as the 12th U.S. Poet Laureate from 2003-2004.Glück was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island. Her father helped invent the X-Acto Knife[1]. Glück graduated in 1961 from George W. Hewlett High School, in Hewlett,

Anneliese Louise            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Anneliese Louise: is a Dutch -born American actress and singer

Tina Louise            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tina Louise: is an American model, singer and actress. She is best known for her role as "movie star" Ginger Grant on the TV sitcom Gilligan's Island.She was born in New York City, an only child, and attended the Miami University of Ohio in Oxford, Ohio. She began her career as a model and nightclub singer while she studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Her acting debut came in 1952 in the Bette Davis musical revue Two's Company, followed by roles in other Broadway productions, such as John Murray Anderson's Almanac, The Fifth Season, and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?. She also appeared in such early live TV dramas as Studio One, Producers Showcase, and Appointment with Adventure.

Charlotte Louise            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charlotte Louise: was an African-American anti-slavery activist, poet, and educator.Forten was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mary Woods and Robert Bridges Forten, members of the prominent black Forten-Purvis families of Philadelphia. Robert Forten and his brother-i

Adelaide Louise            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Adelaide Louise: was a daughter of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Princess Adelaide was born on 19 October 1889 at Grünholz Manor in Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia as the fourth eldest daughter of Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbug-Glücksburg and his wife Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.