Today is the name day for people called Florence. Florence is derived from the French version of (Saint) Florentia, a Roman martyr under Diocletian. The Latin florens, florentius means "blossoming", verb floreo, meaning "I blossom / I flower / I flourish". 10 famous Florences:
Florence Nightingale: Statistician and founder of modern nursing.
Florence Griffith Joyner: also known as Flo-Jo, American track and field athlete and the fastest woman ever recorded. She set world records in 1988 for the 100 m and 200 m.
Florence Welch: Lead vocalist with the band Florence and the Machine.
Florence Harding: First lady of the United States from 1921 until 1923 as the wife of President Warren G. Harding.
Florence Chapman: American singer and a founding member of the Motown vocal female group the Supremes.
Florence Henderson: American actress best known for her role as Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch.
Florence Winsome Leighton: UK TV presenter better known as Wincey Willis.
Florence: Character in The Magic Roundabout
Florence Bascom: American pioneer for women as a geologist and educator. In the 19th century she earned two bachelor's degrees.
Florence Lawrence: Canadian-American stage performer and film actress. She is often referred to as the "first movie star", and was long thought to be the first film actor to be named publicly until evidence published in 2019 indicated that the first named film star was French actor Max Linder.
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