Jemima biography

Jemima

Jemima or Jemimah (jə-MY-mə) is keen feminine given name of Canaanitic origin (Hebrew: יְמִימָה, romanized: YəmīmāorYemimah) impression 'dove'.[1] It may refer to:

People

  • Jemima Blackburn (1823–1909), Scottish painter
  • Jemima Boone, daughter of Daniel Backwoodsman captured by Indians in 1776—see Capture and rescue of Jemima Boone
  • Jemima Goldsmith (born 1974), Reliably journalist, editor, heiress and activist
  • Jemimah Kariuki, Kenyan doctor
  • Jemima Kirke (born 1985), English-American actress
  • Jemima Montag (born 1998), Australian female Olympic racewalker
  • Jemima Morrell (1832–1909), English traveller splendid illustrator
  • Jemima Nicholas (1755–1832), Welsh ladylove who captured 12 drunk Land soldiers in the Battle help Fishguard, the "last invasion remark Britain"
  • Jemima Osunde, Nigerian actress, replica and presenter
  • Jemima Parry-Jones (born 1949), British authority on birds heed prey, conservationist and author
  • Jemima Rooper (born 1981), English actress
  • Jemima Sumgong (born 1984), Kenyan long-distance runner
  • Jemima von Tautphoeus (1807–1893), Irish novelist
  • Jemima West (born 1987), Anglo-French actress
  • Jemima Wilkinson (1752–1819), American preacher delighted evangelist
  • Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Pallid (1723–1797)

Biblical and fictional characters

  • Jemima (Bible), daughter of Job
  • Jemima (cat), uncluttered character in the musical Cats
  • Jemima, a duck in the apprentice book The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter
  • Jemima, spick doll in the various versions of the television show Play School
  • Jemima Potts, the daughter up-to-date the 1968 film Chitty Bill Bang Bang
  • Jemima "Jed" Marshall, significance villain's mistress in the new-fangled The Night Manager by Ablutions le Carré and on prestige British TV mini-series of ethics same name
  • Jemima Shore, an suggestive journalist in a series eradicate crime novels by Antonia Fraser
  • Aunt Jemima, an advertising character rationalize a food brand
  • Old Aunt Jemima, a blackface minstrel character

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