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The English term gypsy or gipsy [16] is commonly used to indicate Romani people, [17] and use of the word gipsy in modern-day English is pervasive (and is a legal term under English law—see below), and some Romani organizations use it in their own organizational names, particularly in the United Kingdom.
Häns'che Weiss, famous for his Gypsy jazz style, won the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis; Hüsnü Şenlendirici – Turkish musician; Ion Voicu (1923–1997) – Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor, founder of Bucharest Chamber Orchestra; Irini Merkouri (born 1981) – Greek pop singer; Iva Bittová – Czech singer and violinist
Zhena Muzyka - Founder of Zhena’s Gypsy Tea [13] Boris Pelekh - singer [14] [15] Sani Rifati - Kosovar-American human rights activist and the President of Voice of Roma; Levi and Matilda Stanley - 19th century immigrant Romanichal elders; Nettie Stanley - matriarch of the family starring in the TLC reality television series "Gypsy Sisters"
There has been an increased consciousness of the existence of the Roma as an American people after the Cold War, but there remains a sense of mythology around the group. [5] An announcement made on New York television station WABC referred to Romani people as 'real live Gypsies', suggesting a question mark on their existence. [8]
listed alphabetically by surname. Adam Ant (born 1954) – English punk/New Wave musician; of Romanichal descent; Jake Bowers (born 1971) – journalist and broadcaster; James Carver (born 1969) – British MEP (Member of the European Parliament) Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) - English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer
This list of stage names lists names used by those in the entertainment industry, alphabetically by their stage name's surname followed by their birth name. Individuals who dropped their last name and substituted their middle name as their last name are listed. Those with a one-word stage name are listed in a separate article. In many cases ...
After their wedding the couple went north to Blackpool. During a war, Leon was in the RAF and Ileana (Eileen) was a staff car driver for ICI. The marriage was dissolved in 1947 in Nottingham. Baildon was a famous fair and meeting place for Gypsies. Petulengro/ Smith was well known as a broadcaster on Gypsy subjects.
The term gitano evolved from the word egiptano [10] ("Egyptian"), which was the Old Spanish demonym for someone from Egipto (Egypt). "Egiptano" was the regular adjective in Old Spanish for someone from Egypt, however, in Middle and Modern Spanish the irregular adjective egipcio supplanted egiptano to mean Egyptian, probably to differentiate Egyptians from Gypsies.