Known in her youth as one of the most beautiful princesses in Europe, Mary was betrothed in December 1507 to Charles of Castile, later Holy Roman Emperor.

Known primarily for her powerful voice and roles in musical theatre, she has been called " the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage.

Known for her improvisation and distinctive " honeyed gravel voice ," Kavner was cast in her first professional acting role as Brenda Morgenstern in Rhoda in 1974.

* Ella Ewing -- Known as " The Missouri Giantess ", Worlds tallest woman in her era.

Known for her help of Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2009, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide.

Known, too, for her decorative furniture pieces and her doll-portraits, Vassilieff's works remain very popular.

Known as " the Ecstasy lady ", after hiring her, he insisted that she changed her name to Hedy Lamarr, choosing the surname in homage to a beautiful film star of the silent era, Barbara La Marr, who had died in 1926 from tuberculosis.

Known to her family as Christa, she was born at Židlochovice Castle ( Groß Seelowitz ), near Brno, in Moravia, a daughter of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria.

Known for little girl type roles such as Pollyanna ( one of her highest grossing films ever ) Pickford had been trying to escape typecasting since 1923 taking on roles such as Rosita.

Known for her bawdy double entendres, West made a name for herself in vaudeville and on the stage in New York before moving to Hollywood to become a comedienne, actress and writer in the motion picture industry.

* Laverne De Fazio ( Penny Marshall )— Known for being a tough-talking tomboy, Laverne Marie De Fazio grew up in Brooklyn, with her Italian immigrant parents and grandmother ; Laverne's parents moved to Milwaukee, where her mother died and was buried.

Known today as a missionary pioneer and a popular songwriter, Gustava also wrote one of the first autobiographies by a woman in Norway: her " Reminiscence from my Life " from 1880.

Known as the " long call ", it is often given in duet, which is unusual among the loons ; the female's contribution is longer and softer than her mate's.

In an African naming ceremony before her death, she took the name Gambda Adisa, which means " Warrior: She Who Makes Her Meaning Known ".

Known as " The Mount ", her kitchen and restaurant service became famous.

Known for her rich vocals, Rimes rose to stardom at age thirteen following the release of the Bill Mack song " Blue ", becoming the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972.

Known for her profoundly strange and bizarre stories of life growing up in her hometown, Rose was married to Charlie Nylund, with whom she had five children.

Known as the " Doll Woman ", she used her business in New York City to send information on U. S. Naval forces to contacts in South America via steganographic messages.

Known as Modì, which translates as ' cursed ' ( maudit ), by many Parisians, but as Dedo to his family and friends, Modigliani was a handsome man, and attracted much female attention.

Known as Oklahoma's favorite son, Rogers was born to a prominent Cherokee Nation family in Indian Territory ( now part of Oklahoma ).

Known as " Field Trips ", that first concert was held as a benefit for the Springfield Creamery, which is owned by members of Ken Kesey's family.

Known to his friends and family as " EP ," Evans-Pritchard had five children with his wife Ioma.

Known to friends as " Bungo ", he was born to a noble family in Hertsmere, England, and educated at Eton College, along with his brothers.

Known as an accomplished alliance builder, Zambada has historically worked closely with the Juárez Cartel and the Carrillo Fuentes family, while maintaining independent ties to Colombian cocaine suppliers.

Known by the fashionable English form of her name, " Mary ", she was the youngest child of Baron Albin von Vetsera, a diplomat in foreign service at the Austrian court, and his much younger wife, Eleni ( known as Hélène ) Baltazzi, who was a member of a wealthy Greek banking family prominent in the Ottoman Empire.

Known for her plush silhouette, sloe eyes, and gift for light comedy, Ira von Fürstenberg ( she and her brother Egon changed the zu to von for use in their public lives, although the former predicate historically implied a noble family's retention of ancestral estates, whereas von only suggests family origin ) was a sumptuous star of European-made B-movies in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

Known to her family as " Thora ," or sometimes " Snipe ," in reference to her sharp facial features.

Known as Compass Point and built by the Acland family in 1840 of local sandstone, it is based on the Temple of Winds in Athens.

Known as The Heart of the Fens, Spalding is famous as a centre of the bulb industry, and has close links with the Netherlands ( origin of the Geest family, who were former major local employers ).

Known filter-feeding pterosaur species are in the family Ctenochasmatidae, and include Pterodaustro and Ctenochasma.

Known to his family and friends as " Jack ", he first became interested in flying at the age of seventeen and gained his pilot's licence in November 1912.

Known to his family and friends as " Teddie ", he began his career in engineering before the outbreak of the First World War.

* Pentatomidae – Known as stink bugs, it is the largest family in Pentatomoidea.

Known as " Rudy " to friends and family, Wanderone started playing pool as a child while living in Washington Heights, Manhattan.

Known within the Manson family as Sadie Mae Glutz, Atkins was convicted for her participation in eight of these killings, including the most notorious, the " Tate / LaBianca " murders.

Known as the PMAX project, its focus was to produce a computer systems family with the economics and performance to compete against the likes of Sun Microsystems and other RISC-based UNIX platforms of the day.

Known for its family oriented atmosphere the Normandy has become a landmark for tourists and locals.

Known to his family as " Muffy ", he was born in New Court, London.

Known as Tod to her family, she was born in Philadelphia.

Known to his family as " Bob ", he was born in New Orleans to George Walter Anderson, a grain broker, and Annette McConnell Anderson, member of a prominent New Orleans family, who had studied art at Newcomb College, where she had absorbed the ideals of the American Arts and Crafts movement.