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Evelyn Ashford ( born April 15, 1957 in Shreveport, Louisiana ) is a retired American athlete, the 1984 Olympic champion in the 100 m. She has run under the 11 second barrier over 30 times and was the first to run under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games.
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In 1988, Torrence achieved a tie with Evelyn Ashford in the 55 m race at the U. S. national indoor championships.
* Evelyn Ashford, Jeanette Bolden, Alice Brown, and Chandra Cheeseborough — Athletics, Women's 4x100 m Relay
* Evelyn Ashford, Alice Brown, Sheila Echols, and Florence Griffith-Joyner — Athletics, Women's 4x100 m Relay
* Gwen Torrence, Evelyn Ashford, Carlette Guidry, Esther Jones, and Michelle Finn ( heats ) — Athletics, Women's 4x100 m Relay
In 1979, at the World Cup in Montreal, she was beaten into second place in the 100 m by Evelyn Ashford ( U. S .), thus starting a competitive rivalry.
Göhr made a good start to the 1981 season winning her third consecutive European Cup 100 m title at Zagreb in 11. 17 s. Yet, on the world stage at the World Cup in Rome, Göhr had to settle for less than gold, again beaten by Evelyn Ashford, as well as by Kathy Smallwood-Cook ( Great Britain ).
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Donald Campbell was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, the son of Malcolm, later Sir Malcolm Campbell, holder of 13 world speed records in the 1920s and 30s in the famous Bluebird cars and boats, and his second wife, Dorothy Evelyn née Whittall.
Troughton was born on 25 March 1920 in Mill Hill, Middlesex, England to Alec George Troughton, a solicitor, and Dorothy Evelyn Offord, who married in 1914 in Edmonton, and had an elder brother, Alec Robert ( 1915 – 1994 ), and a younger sister, Mary Edith ( 1923 – 2005 ).
Villechaize was born in Paris to English-born Evelyn ( Recchionni ) and raised there by her and his stepfather André Villechaize, a French surgeon who adopted him.
Greer Garson was born Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson in Manor Park, Essex, England in 1904, the only child of George Garson ( 1865 – 1906 ), a clerk born in London, but with Scottish lineage, and his wife, Nina ( née Nancy Sophia Greer ; died 1958 ).
His second marriage was to Mary Evelyn Martin ( born 1919 ), a descendant of the Martyn family of The Tribes of Galway.
David Cassidy was born at Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City, New York, the son of actor Jack Cassidy and actress Evelyn Ward.
Dorothy Tutin was born in London on 8 April 1930, daughter of John Tutin and his wife Adie Evelyn ( Fryers ), a couple who married the following year.
Larry Norman was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the oldest son of Joe Hendrex " Joe Billy " Norman ( December 9, 1923 – April 28, 1999 ), who had served as a sergeant in the US Army Air Corps during World War II and worked at the Southern Pacific Railroad while studying to become a teacher, and his wife, Margaret Evelyn " Marge " Stout ( born in 1925 in Nebraska ).
* Lynn Forester de Rothschild ( born 1954 ), Chief Executive Officer of E. L. Rothschild, a holding company she owns with her husband Sir Evelyn Robert de Rothschild.
Les Paul was born Lester William Polsfuss outside Milwaukee, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to George and Evelyn ( 1888 – 1989 ) ( née Stutz ) Polsfus.
Robinson was the youngest of three children ; his older sister Marie was born in 1917 and his older sister Evelyn was born in 1919.
On 4 November 2008, he had a fourth child, Snow Evelyn Robin Juliet Gibb, born out of a private relationship with a housekeeper, Claire Yang.
Marianne Evelyn Faithfull ( born 29 December 1946 ) is an English singer, songwriter and actress whose career has spanned five decades.
He married Dorothy Evelyn Whittall in 1920 in Westminster and their son Donald was born in 1921, and they had a daughter Jean in 1923.
Born into a family whose wealth was largely founded on gunpowder production, John Evelyn was born in Wotton, Surrey, and grew up in the Sussex town of Lewes.
He was born to Walter Edward Guinness ( created 1st Baron Moyne in 1932 ), son of the 1st Earl of Iveagh, and Lady Evelyn Stuart Erskine, daughter of the 14th Earl of Buchan.
After the war, Bennett had married his first wife, Evelyn, with whom he had a daughter, Ann, born August 1920.
He was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and it is sometimes thought that his father may have been the Englishman Samuel Gibbons, who worked under Inigo Jones, but even two of his closest acquaintances, the portrait painter Thomas Murray and the diarist John Evelyn, cannot agree on how he came to be introduced to King Charles II.
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