Famous People with Name Flora

Flora Cross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Flora Cross: She played the lead role of Eliza in the 2005 film Bee Season, opposite Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche and Max Minghella. She auditioned for the part shortly before moving to Argentina, where she was living when offered the role. "My manager sent the tape in, and then I was called in for an audition that was very long and very tiring," recalls the actor. "It went on for five hours. Two weeks later I was told I got the part".[1] Despite the fact that she portrays a spelling bee champion, she claims to be a terrible speller.[1] Cross next played Ingrid in the film Margot at the Wedding, released in 2007.

Flora ("Flo") Jean Hyman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Flora ("Flo") Jean Hyman: was an American volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist. She died during a volleyball match in Japan, as a result of Marfan Syndrome.

Flora Isabel MacDonald            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Flora Isabel MacDonald: is a Canadian politician.She was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1972 general election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Kingston and the Islands. She remained in parliament until her defeat in the 1988 election.

Jim Flora            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jim Flora: best known for his distinctive and idiosyncratic album cover art for RCA Victor and Columbia Records during the 1940s and 1950s, was also a prolific commercial illustrator from the 1940s to the 1970s and the author/illustrator of 17 popular children's boo

Ian Ocampo Flora            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Ian Ocampo Flora: is a Pampanga based journalist, professor at the Holy Angel University, and photojournalist. Flora has been actively writing for many local newspapers but he is most popular as a provincial journalist of Sun.Star Pampanga.

Evangelos Florakis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Evangelos Florakis: was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General. After retiring from the Hellenic Army, from 2000 until his death in a helicopter accident in 2002 he commanded the Cypriot National Guard. In 1994 he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier and served as Deputy Commander of the 15th Infantry Division and subsequently as CO of the 50th Mechanized Infantry Brigade. In 1996 he was promoted to Major General and given command of the 16th Mechanized Infantry Division. He subsequently served as Director of the Supreme War Academy in Thessaloniki. In 1999, as a Lieutenant General, he assumed command of the II Army Corps, which he led until his retirement in May 2000. He was immediately recalled to service as Chief of the Cypriot National Guard (the senior command positions of the CNG are customarily filled by active or retired Greek officers), replacing Lt. General Dimitrios Dimou. Florakis was married to a Cypriot, Athina Savvidou from Paphos, and quickly became a popular and well-liked officer in Cyprus. He was killed in an accident on 10 July 2002 near Paphos, when his Bell 206 helicopter crashed. Aside from Florakis, the Air Force Commander Brigadier Stylianos Demenagas and three other officers were killed.