Another one in our series First Names First! Your “task” – should you accept it – is to pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them! This time it is all about Anna/Ana!

Anna Maria Garthwaite* textile designer – Harston, Leicestershire, England (1688)

Anna Bochkoltz* opera singer/ voice teacher/composer – Trier, Germany (1815)
Anna Fisher Beiler* British-born American missionary and newspaper editor - Newcastle upon Tyne, England (1848)
Anna Haava* Estonian poet/ writer/translator - Pala, Livonia, Russian Empire (1864)
Anna B. Eckstein* teacher/champion of world peace - Coburg, Germany (1868)
Anna Pavlova* prima ballerina – Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (1881)

Anna Magnani* actress – Rome, Italy (1908)

Anna Mae Bullock* (Tina Turner) singer - Nutbush, TN USA (1939)

Anna Hanski* singer – Helsinki, Finland (1970)
Anna Eriksson* singer/filmmaker/composer – Pyhäranta, Finland (1977)
Anna König Jerlmyr* politician/mayor - Stockholm, Sweden (1978)

Anna Kournikova* tennis player – Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union (1981)
Anna Paquin* New Zealand-Canadian actress – Winnipeg, MB Canada (1982)
Anna Camp* actress/ singer – Aiken, SC USA (1982)
Anna Kendrick* actress – Portland, ME USA (1985) pic
Ana Ivanovic* tennis player – Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia (1987)

Anna Shcherbakova* figure skater – Moscow, Russia (2004)

Updated 22.11.2022