Midge
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A midge
is a very small, two-winged flying insect. "Midge" may also refer to:
Midge
A midge is a very small, two-winged flying insect. "Midge" may also refer to:-Real:* Midge Costanza , American politician* Mildred Gillars , aka "Midge", American broadcaster of Nazi propaganda during World War II...
is a very small, two-winged flying insect. "Midge" may also refer to:
Real
- Midge CostanzaMidge CostanzaMargaret Costanza , widely known as "Midge", was an American Presidential advisor, social and political activist...
(1932–2010), American politician - Mildred Gillars (1900–1988), aka "Midge", American broadcaster of Nazi propaganda during World War II
- Midge PottsMidge PottsMidgelle Regina Potts - known as Midge Potts - is a transgender peace activist and Navy veteran who ran as a Progressive Party candidate in the 2010 Missouri Senate election...
, political activist - Marjorie RendellMarjorie RendellMarjorie Osterlund Rendell is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a former First Lady of Pennsylvania. In 2003, she was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women".- Personal background :Rendell was born in...
(born 1947), American jurist and first lady of Pennsylvania - Midge UreMidge UreJames "Midge" Ure, OBE is a Scottish guitarist, singer, keyboard player, and songwriter...
(born 1953), Scottish guitarist, singer and songwriter - Midge BosworthMidge BosworthMidge Bosworth, , is a former Australian racing driver.Bosworth raced in the 1960s and is most remembered for winning the 1965 Bathurst 500, co-driving with Barry Seton in a Fairfield Motors entered Ford Cortina GT500...
(born 1941), former Australian racing driver - Midge DecterMidge Decter-Biography:Midge Rosenthal Decter was born on July 25, 1927 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She attended the University of Minnesota, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and New York University....
(born 1927), American neoconservative journalist and author of various books - Midge GilliesMidge GilliesMidge Gillies is a British journalist and biographer. Educated at Girton College, Cambridge, she has written extensively for newspapers including The Guardian and the Los Angeles Times and is the author of seven books, including biographies of the British music hall star Marie Lloyd and the pioneer...
, British journalist and biographer - Midge GladmanMidge GladmanMarjorie "Midge" Gladman Van Ryn of Santa Monica, California, was an important American amateur tennis player in the early part of the 20th Century....
(born c. 1900), an important American amateur tennis player - Midge MackenzieMidge MackenzieMidge MacKenzie was a Dublin-born writer and filmmaker who first become notable with her multimedia production Astarte, with the Joffrey Ballet, and with Women Talking, a documentary with interviews of Kate Millett, Betty Friedan and other leading figures in the US women’s liberation...
(1938–2004), Dublin born writer and film maker - Midge MarsdenMidge MarsdenKeith Douglas "Midge" Marsden MNZM is a New Zealand blues and R&B guitarist, harmonica-player, and singer with a musical career spanning four decades.-Biography:...
(born 1945), New Zealand blues and R&B guitarist, harmonica-player, and singer - Midge MillerMidge MillerMarjorie "Midge" Miller was a Wisconsin Democratic politician.Born in Morgantown, West Virginia, Miller served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1971 to 1985....
(1922–2009), Wisconsin Democratic politician - Midge WilliamsMidge WilliamsMidge Williams was an African American swing and jazz vocalist during the 1930s and 1940s. Although not as famous as other jazz recording artists, Williams was a respected singer and her group, Midge Williams and Her Jazz Jesters, made several well-received recordings during the late 1930s.-Early...
(1915–1952), African American Swing Jazz vocalist during the 1930s and 1940s - Tiffany MidgeTiffany MidgeTiffany Midge is a Native American poet . Her poetry is noted for its depiction of a self divided by differing identities, and for a strong streak of humor...
, Native American poet (enrolled member, Standing Rock Sioux)
Fictional
- Midge Hadley, a character in the Barbie line of dolls by Mattel
- Midge KlumpMidge KlumpMidge Klump is a fictional character appearing Archie Comics.-History:The character of Midge was designed by Dan DeCarlo and bears an uncanny resemblance to pin-ups he did for men's magazines just before he started working for Archie Comics. She was originally created simply to serve as Moose's...
, a character from Archie Comics - Midge and Bob PinciottiMidge and Bob PinciottiMidge Pinciotti and Bob Pinciotti are two fictional characters on the popular Fox sitcom That '70s Show . They are the loving, lovable but dim-witted parents of the red-haired tomboy Donna Pinciotti , and Donna's less-frequently seen younger sister, Tina...
, two characters from the TV show That '70s Show
Miscellaneous
- JC MidgeJC MidgeJC Midge is a kit car designed by John Cowperthwaite. Like the Locust the body is made of aluminum skinned plywood or MDF and using a grille from a Wolseley 1500 . The design is clearly inspired of British 1930s cars like the MG J2 Midget and similar to the Burlington in both design and construction...
, a kit car - Mary, Mungo and Midge, an animated series for children that featured a pet mouse called Midge
- Midge LinuxMidge LinuxMidge Linux is an OpenWrt Linux-based firmware distribution for devices based on Infineon Technologies ADM-5120 System-on-a-chip, such as Edimax BR-6104K and BR-6104KP....
, a linux mini-distribution for routers, an Australian torpedo launch
See also
- "Mij", an Iraqi otter featured in the book Ring of Bright WaterRing of Bright WaterRing of Bright Water is a British feature film starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna in a story about a Londoner and an otter living on the Scottish coast. The film was based upon a 1960 autobiographical book of the same name by Gavin Maxwell, featuring the stars of Born Free, another movie...
- MidgetMidgetA midget is a short person with relatively average bodily proportions in comparison with other human beings. The term is often improperly used to describe a person with the medical condition dwarfism. The two terms are often used synonymously because both terms originate as words defining small...
, derived term