Hermine
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Hermine is a feminine form of Herman
. Hermine, Herminie, or Hermin may refer to:
Herman
Herman is a Dutch and English male given name. Its original meaning was "army man" and derives from the Germanic elements "heri" meaning "army" combined with "man" meaning "man"...
. Hermine, Herminie, or Hermin may refer to:
People
- Catharine Hermine KølleCatharine Hermine KølleCatharine Hermine Kølle was a Norwegian adventurer and painter.She was born at Snarøya in the Oslofjord as the daughter Christian Kølle . Her father was a language teacher and theologian. In 1803 the family moved to Kopervik on the island of Karmøy in the county of Rogaland, Norway...
(1788-1859), a Norwegian adventurer and painter - Hermine BaronHermine BaronHermine Baron was a record-making Grand Life Master contract bridge player; a native of Omaha, she moved to southern California in the mid-forties. Having contracted polio at an early age, she played the game from a wheelchair. At her death, she had accumulated 22,654 masterpoints, the most of...
(1912-1996), an American contract bridge player - Hermine ("Herma") BaumaHerma BaumaHermine Bauma was an Austrian athlete who competed mainly in the javelin...
(1915-2003), an Austrian athlete - Hermine Beckett Hanna, who may have started National Grandparents Day
- Hermine Bergauer, mother of Austrian writer Robert MusilRobert MusilRobert Musil was an Austrian writer. His unfinished long novel The Man Without Qualities is generally considered to be one of the most important modernist novels...
- Hermine BosettiHermine BosettiHermine Bosetti née von Flick , was a German coloratura soprano.Bosetti sang her debut in Wiesbaden as "Ännchen" in Der Freischütz. In 1900 she was a member of the Vienna State Opera and from 1901 until 1924 she was a star singer with the Bavarian State Opera...
(1875-1936), a German coloratura soprano - Hermine BraunsteinerHermine BraunsteinerHermine Braunsteiner Ryan was a female camp guard and the first Nazi war criminal to be extradited from the United States.-Early life:...
(1919-1999), a Nazi camp guard - Herminie CadolleHerminie CadolleHerminie Cadolle was the inventor of the modern bra and founder of the Cadolle lingerie house.Herminie was a close friend of the French insurrectionist Louise Michel, and it was this connection that lead her to leave for the safety of Buenos Aires...
(1845–1926), inventor of the modern bra and founder of Cadolle house - Hermine DavidHérmine DavidHermine Lionette Cartan David was a French painter and the wife of Jules Pascin....
(1886-1970), a French painter and wife of Jules Pascin - Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre, a celebrity who cmpeted on La Ferme CélébritésLa Ferme CélébritésLa Ferme Célébrités is the French version of the international TV show The Farm, produced in France by Endemol and broadcast on TF1. A certain number of B-List celebrities appearing on it. The show was running in 2004 and 2005, then in 2010. It was hosted by Christophe Dechavanne and Patrice...
- Hermine de GraafHermine de GraafHermine de Graaf is a Dutch novelist. In 1988 she won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for her novel De regels van het huis.-References:...
(born 1951), a Dutch novelist - Hermine DemorianeHermine DemorianeHermine Demoriane is a French singer, writer and former tightrope walker. Born in 1942 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, daughter of an engineer and a journalist, she married the British poet Hugo Williams in 1965, with whom she has a daughter, Murphy Williams, also a writer and journalist.-Bohemian London:At...
(born 1942), French singer, writer and tightrope walker - Hermine Huntgeburth, director of The White MasaiThe White MasaiThe White Masai , directed by Hermine Huntgeburth, is a 2005 movie about Swiss woman Carola falling in love in Kenya with Maasai Lemalian . The film is based upon an autobiographical novel by Swiss writer Corinne Hofmann....
- Hermin JosephHermin JosephHermin Joseph is a retired Dominican sprinter.Her greatest international achievement was a sixth place at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada...
(born 1964) , a Dominican sprinter - Hermine KittelHermine KittelHermine Kittel was an Austrian contralto from Vienna. She studied singing with Amalie Materna in Vienna. She made her operatic debut in 1897 in Ljubljana. Kittle first sang under Gustav Mahler at the Vienna Hofoper and later premiered in a revision of Ariadne auf Naxos...
(1879-1948), an Austrian contralto - Hermine Nistler (born 1900), oldest living Austrian as of 2009
- Hermine Pfleger, birth name of actress Mia May, who married producer-director Joe MayJoe MayJoe May , born Julius Otto Mandl, was a film director and film producer born in Austria and one of the pioneers of German cinema....
- Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887-1947), second wife of German Emperor William II
- Hermine Santrouschitz (1909-2010), better known as Miep GiesMiep GiesMiep Gies was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family and several family friends in an attic annex above Anne's father's place of business from the Nazis during World War II...
, who hid the family of Anne Frank in her attic - Hermine StindtHermine StindtHermine Stindt was a German freestyle swimmer, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.She won a silver medal in relay together with her teammates Grete Rosenberg, Louise Otto and Wally Dressel....
(1888-1974), a German swimmer who competed in the 1912 Olympics - Hermine von SiegstädtHermine von SiegstädtHermine von Siegstädt was a Bohemian operatic soprano. She joined the company at the Vienna Hofoper in 1864 where she sang regularly in mostly supporting roles for the next 19 years. She most notably portrayed the role of Astaroth in the world premiere of Karl Goldmark's Die Königin von Saba in...
(born 1844), an Bohemian operatic soprano - Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-HoymPrincess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-HoymPrincess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym was by birth a princess of the House of Ascania and by marriage an Archduchess of Austria.-Family:...
(1797-1817), an archduchess of Austria - Princess Pauline of Waldeck and PyrmontPrincess Pauline of Waldeck and PyrmontPrincess Pauline Emma Auguste Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont was a member of the House of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont...
(born 1855), , princess consort of Bentheim and Steinfurt
Fictional characters
- Hermine, a fictional character in Herman Hesse's 1927 novel SteppenwolfSteppenwolf (novel)Steppenwolf is the tenth novel by German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse. Originally published in Germany in 1927, it was first translated into English in 1929. Combining autobiographical and psychoanalytic elements, the novel was named after the lonesome wolf of the steppes...
Places
- HerminHerminHermin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A small farming village, situated some northwest of Arras on the D72 near its junction with the D341 road...
, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, northern France - Herminie, PennsylvaniaHerminie, PennsylvaniaHerminie is a census-designated place in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 856 at the 2000 census.-History:...
, United States - Sainte-HermineSainte-HermineSainte-Hermine is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.-Geography:The river Smagne flows southwestward through the commune and crosses the town. The river Lay forms most of the commune's northern border....
, a commune in Vendée, western France
Ships
- Grande HermineGrande HermineGrande Hermine was the name of the carrack that brought Jacques Cartier to Saint-Pierre on 15 June 1535, and upon which he discovered the estuary of the St. Lawrence River and the St. Lawrence Iroquoian settlement of Stadacona . It is believed to be represented in the local flag of Saint Pierre and...
, the ship believed to have brought Jacques Cartier to Saint-Pierre in 1535 - Petite Hermine, another of Jacques Cartier's ships
Tropical storms
- Tropical Storm Hermine (1980)Tropical Storm Hermine (1980)Tropical Storm Hermine was the eleventh tropical cyclone as well as the eight named storm of the 1980 Atlantic hurricane season. Hermine developed from a tropical wave which moved off the coast of Africa on September 11. It began to cross the Caribbean over the next several days, thought a there...
- Tropical Storm Hermine (2004)Tropical Storm Hermine (2004)Tropical Storm Hermine was a moderate tropical storm that made landfall in southeastern Massachusetts. The eighth tropical cyclone and named storm of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, it formed from the same frontal zone over the western Atlantic that spawned Hurricane Gaston. Hermine remained...
- Tropical Storm Hermine (2010)Tropical Storm Hermine (2010)Tropical Storm Hermine , was a rare basin-crossing tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage from Guatemala to Oklahoma in early September 2010. The system was first classified as Tropical Depression Eleven-E on September 3 in the Gulf of Tehuantepec...