Vivien
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Vivien may refer to:

Women
  • A character in Arthurian legend, in some versions the name of Lady of the Lake
    Lady of the Lake
    The Lady of the Lake is the name of several related characters who play parts in the Arthurian legend. These characters' roles include giving King Arthur his sword Excalibur, enchanting Merlin, and raising Lancelot after the death of his father...

    , in others the equivalent of Morgan LeFay
  • Renée Vivien
    Renée Vivien
    Renée Vivien, born Pauline Mary Tarn was a British poet who wrote in the French language. She took to heart all the mannerisms of Symbolism, as one of the last poets to claim allegiance to the school...

    , British poet
  • Vivien Leigh
    Vivien Leigh
    Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier was an English actress. She won the Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire , a role she also played on stage in London's West End, as well as for her portrayal of the southern belle Scarlett O'Hara, alongside Clark...

    , English actress
  • Vivien Cardone
    Vivien Cardone
    Vivien Elisabeth Cardone is an American actress. She is known for her role as Delia Brown on The WB's Everwood.-Early life:...

    , American actress
  • Vivien Duffield
    Vivien Duffield
    Dame Vivien Duffield, DBE , is an English philanthropist.-Career:The daughter of millionaire businessman Sir Charles Clore and his wife, Lady Francine, Vivien Louise Duffield was educated at the Lycée Français, Heathfield School and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University where she read languages...

    , British philanthropist


Men
  • Jean-Baptiste Vivien de Châteaubrun, French dramatist
  • Joseph Vivien
    Joseph Vivien
    Joseph Vivien was a French painter of Lyon.He left his native Lyon for Paris at the age of twenty and found employment in the large atelier of Charles Le Brun, the equivalent of an academy...

    , French painter
  • Marc-Vivien Foé
    Marc-Vivien Foé
    Marc-Vivien Foé was a Cameroonian international footballer, who played in midfield for both club and country. With success in the French League, and stints in the English Premier League, his sudden death, while in the middle of an international competitive fixture, came as a shock to the worldwide...

    , Cameroonian footballer
  • Vivien Thomas
    Vivien Thomas
    Vivien Theodore Thomas was an African-American surgical technician who developed the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome in the 1940s...

    , American surgeon


Place
  • Vivien, Western Australia
    Vivien, Western Australia
    Vivien is an abandoned town located between Leinster and Leonora in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.Initially the town was known as Harris which was developed in 1903 then extended in 1905 when the local progress association asked for additional lots to be surveyed...

    , an abandoned town

See also

  • Saint-Vivien (disambiguation)
  • Vivienne
    Vivienne
    Vivienne is a common female first name derived from the Latin vivus, meaning "alive." A common alternate spelling is Vivian, which at one time was used mainly for males but is now also commonly used for females...

  • Vivian (disambiguation)
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