Famous People with Name Marianne

Marianne Mithun            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marianne Mithun: a leading scholar of American Indian languages and language typology.Mithun began her career with extensive fieldwork on Iroquoian languages, especially Mohawk, Cayuga, and Tuscarora, but has done considerable work on the languages of North America in general, culminating in her magisterial book The Languages of Native North America. She has also worked in California on Central Pomo and the Chumashan languages, on Central Alaskan Yupik, and on the Austronesian language Kapampangan. She is currently Professor of Linguistics at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Marianne Moore            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marianne Moore: was a Modernist American poet and writer.In part because of her extensive European travels before the First World War, Moore came to the attention of poets as diverse as Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, H.D., T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound. From 192

Marianne Illing            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marianne Illing: is a Canadian water polo player.Illing is a graduate of Carleton University. She was a member of the Canadian women's Olympic water polo team in Athens, 2004. She was part of the 4th place women's water polo team at the 2003 world championships in Barcelo

Marianne Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marianne Martin: is an American road racing cyclist. She won the first Tour de France for women in 1984 (now called the Grande Boucle), covering the 616-mile course in 29 hours, 39 minutes, and 2 seconds. The race was held in July, had 18 stages. The women's tour ran the

Marianne St-Gelais            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marianne St-Gelais: is a Canadian short track speed skater.