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Karan, Donna

(Encyclopedia) Karan, Donna, 1948–, American fashion designer, b. Forest Hills, N.Y., as Donna Faske. Daughter of a tailor and a garment saleswoman, she started to design clothes as a teenager and…

Reed, Donna

(Donna Belle Mullenger)actressBirthplace: Denison, IowaBorn: 1921Died: 1986

Donna Lopiano

Donna LopianoBorn: Sept. 11, 1946 Former basketball and softball star who was women's AD at Texas for 18 years before leaving to become executive director of Women's Sports Foundation in 1992…

2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music Related Links Pulitzer Prizes Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and…

Donna Karan Biography

Donna Karan(Donna Faske)fashion designer, business executiveBorn: 10/2/1948Birthplace: Forest Hills, N.Y. Known as the queen of Seventh Avenue, Donna Karan is the owner and chief designer of…

Donna Shalala Biography

Donna Shalalaeducator, administrator, public officialBorn: 2/14/1941Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Though she's best known as the former secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services…

Brewer's: Prima Donna

(Italian). A first-class lady; applied to public singers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Prima FaciePrig A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…

Brewer's: Donna Anna

A lady beloved by Don Ottavio, but seduced by Don Giovanni, who also killed her father, the “Commandant of the City,” in a duel. (Mozart's opera of Don Giovanni.) Source: Dictionary of…

Donna Summer Biography

Donna Summer(Donna Gaines)singerBorn: 12/31/1948Birthplace: Boston Grammy Award-winning singer who was disco's diva and, surviving the period, emerged as a 1980s pop star. Her recordings…