Florence (disambiguation)
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Florence may refer to:
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Places
- Florence, the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy.
- In the United States:
- Florence, Alabama
- Florence, Arizona
- Florence, California
- Florence, Colorado
- Florence, Illinois
- Florence, Kansas
- Florence, Kentucky
- Florence, Massachusetts
- Florence, Minnesota
- Florence, Mississippi
- Florence, Missouri
- Florence, Montana
- Florence, New York
- Florence, Oregon
- Florence, South Carolina
- Florence, South Dakota
- Florence, Texas
- Florence, Wisconsin
- see also: Florence Township
- see also: Florence County
- see also: New Florence
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Other
- Florence, a feminine name derived from the Latin verb floreo, meaning "to flower", in the sense of a blossom. In olden times it was sometimes a masculine name or a surname and usually derived from the name of the Italian city of that name.
- Florence, a character in the children's television programme: The Magic Roundabout.
- Florence Beatrice Price, African-American composer and teacher *[1].
- Florence Nightingale, a pioneer of modern nursing.
- Hercules Florence, a French/Brazilian artist and inventor of photography.
- Tyler Florence is a celebrity chef and TV host.
- Florence Kelley was an American social reformist and feminist [2]
- Florence King is a Mississippi author of several novels including Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady.
- Florence Mills, star actress of 1920s black theatre and Harlem Renaissance
- Florence Harding was the wife of American president Warren G. Harding
- Florence Sabin (1871-1953), anatomist and pathologist, first female professor at Johns Hopkins Medical School
- Florence Beaumont was one of eight Americans known to have set themselves on fire in protest of the Vietnam war
- Florence Henderson, is an American actress and singer
- Florence Ballard, was an African-American singer.
- Florence Knapp, an American supercentenarian
- Florence Lawrence, was an inventor and actress, who was referred to as "The First Movie Star."
- Florence Griffith Joyner was an American athlete, still holder of the World Records in the 100 m and 200 m
- Florence Foster Jenkins was an American soprano
- Florence LaBadie was a Canadian silent movie actress
- Florence Marjorie Robertson was a British actress and singer
- Florence (computers) is an Apple Computer IIGS emulator written in Java 1.3.[3]
- Florentine, a fighting style which uses a sword in each hand.