Faye

Faye

Faye or Fay is a given name and surname in various cultures. In the West, the given name is usually feminine. __NOTOC__

People with the surname Fay or Faye

*Albert Bel Fay (1913–1992), American politician
*Dorothy Fay (1915–2003), American actress
*Paul B. Fay (born 1918), American politican

* Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye (born 1978), Senegalese football (soccer) player
* Amdy Faye (born 1977), Senegalese football (soccer) player
* Guillaume Faye (born 1949), French journalist and writer

Fictional characters

*Morgan le Fay, antagonist of King Arthur

People with the given name Fay or Faye

* Fay Bainter (1893–1968), American actress
* Fay Compton (1894–1978), English actress
* Fay Vincent (born 1938), American businessman and Commissioner of baseball
* Fay Wray (1907–2004), Canadian–American actress

* Carah Faye Charnow, member of the band Shiny Toy Guns
* Faye Dunaway (born 1941), American actress
* Faye Turney (born 1981), Leading Seaman in the Royal Navy, kidnapped in 2007
* Faye Wattleton (born 1943), American activist for women's rights
* Faye Wong (born 1969), Chinese singer, songwriter and actress
* Zhan Wen Tin (詹雯婷), also known as Faye, member of the Taiwanese band F.I.R.

Fictional characters

*Fay D. Flourite, character in the manga "Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle"

* Faye Valentine, character in the anime "Cowboy Bebop"
* Faye Whitaker, character in the webcomic "Questionable Content"

ee also

* Faye, Loir-et-Cher, France (village)
* Hurricane Faye (1975)
* Tropical Storm Fay (2002, 2008)
* Fay (disambiguation)
* Fey (disambiguation)


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  • FAYE (J.-P.) — FAYE JEAN PIERRE (1925 ) Après avoir passé l’agrégation de philosophie en 1950, Jean Pierre Faye, né à Paris, enseigne à Reims, Chicago, Lille. Entre 1958 et 1970, il publie six romans parmi lesquels Entre les rues (1958), La Cassure (1961),… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Faye Lo Po' — was an Australian politician, serving as member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Penrith between 1993 and 2003. Political careerA long time member of the Australian Labor Party, Faye served in local government (on the Penrith… …   Wikipedia

  • Faye — (spr. fǟ ), Hervé Auguste, Astronom, geb. 1. Okt. 1814 in Benoît du Sault, gest. 4. Juli 1902 in Paris, studierte in Paris unter Arago Astronomie, ward 1836 Adjunkt der dortigen Sternwarte, 1854 Professor der Astronomie an der Akademie in Nancy,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Faye — (Safi) (née en 1943) cinéaste sénégalaise, la première cinéaste dans l histoire du cinéma africain: Lettre paysanne (1975), Fad jal (1979) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Faye —   [faj], Jean Pierre, französischer Schriftsteller, * Paris 19. 7. 1925; gilt wegen seiner Sensibilität für sprachliche Mechanismen und aktuelle politische Ereignisse als einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der Avantgarde der 1960er und 1970er… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Faye — Faye, Fay englischer Name, Bedeutung: Fee; englische Nebenform von → Faith (Bedeutung: Glaube). In Deutschland selten anzutreffen. Namensträgerin: Fay Weldon, britische Schriftstellerin …   Deutsch namen

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  • Faye — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Patronymes 2 Prénoms 3 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Faye — noun A female given name, a spelling variant of Fay. Ten years ago, shortly before her sister married her husband, Bobby Gow, she announced to the family that she did not want to be known as Faith any longer; henceforward her name was to be Faye …   Wiktionary

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