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Contemporary Notables of the name Cecilia (post 1700) +

  • María Cecilia Barbetta (b. 1972), German-language writer, member of the PEN Centre Germany
  • Ana Cecilia Cantu (b. 1985), Mexican figure skater, a four-time national champion
  • Grace Cecilia Wisnewski (b. 2002), New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Wellington Phoenix in A-League Women and the New Zealand national team
  • Delia Cecilia Giovanola (1926-2022), Argentine human rights activist, o-founder of Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo
  • Mary Cecilia Robinson (1924-2021), English cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and appeared in 14 Test matches for England between 1949 and 1963
  • Lady Mary Cecilia Colman (1932-2021), English socialite, philanthropist, and extra lady-in-waiting to Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy
  • Lorna Cecilia Garman Wishart (1911-2000), the youngest of the Garman sisters, members of the bohemian Bloomsbury set in London
  • Emma Cecilia Thursby (1845-1931), American popular singer both in Europe and the United States in the late 1800s
  • Magdalena Cecilia Colledge (1920-2008), British four-time gold, five-time silver medalist figure skater


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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