Penny Knight is most remembered as the wife of Nike co-founder Phil Knight, however, she is much more than that. Born Penelope Parks, she encountered Phil when she was his accounting student at Portland State University, supported him during the troubled initial years of Nike, and is now one of the most generous philanthropists in…
What Is Severna Dakota? (Quick Answer) Severna Dakota is simply the name “North Dakota” expressed in Slavic languages such as Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovenian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian. In those languages, “severna” means “northern,” while “Dakota” stays unchanged because it comes from the historic name of the Indigenous Dakota people. Together, the two words are a…
Marguerite Whitley is the first wife of former NFL player and actor O.J. Simpson, a woman whose life is much more than just a single famous name. She was born and grew up in San Francisco, California, met Simpson when she was a teenager, created a family with him when he became famous, and then…
Lisa Thorner is an American ex-model and actress, but she is most famous as the former wife of comedian and actor Damon Wayans. She became his wife in 1984 and supported him through 16 years of fame and family, then quietly stepped away from Hollywood after their divorce in 2000. In 2026, she is one…
Schuyler Frances Fox is most famously the daughter of the iconic actor Michael J. Fox and actress Tracy Pollan, but she is slowly turning into someone to be known all by herself. Schuyler was born on February 15, 1995, together with her twin sister Aquinnah, and has created a quiet but meaningful life based on…
Bhavna Vaswani (born as Dr. Bhavna Vaswani Shyamalan) is an Indian-American clinical psychologist, social activist, and co-founder of the M. Night Shyamalan Foundation, one of the most powerful dignity-based philanthropies in the United States. She is best known as the wife of Hollywood director M. Night Shyamalan, and has developed an impressive career of her…
Born Heather Louise See on December 31, 1962, Heath McCartney is a British potter, designer and visual artist, most famously the adopted daughter of Beatles legend Paul McCartney and photographer Linda McCartney. Although her family name reverberates through the history of music, Heath created her own quiet identity based on pottery, tribe-influenced design, and a…
Kimberly Buffington is a real estate agent and an Austin, Texas-based American luxury real estate broker and entrepreneur who used to be the ex-wife of Hollywood actor Dennis Quaid. She had had a successful career in the high-end property sales, Buffington Signature Homes, a company her father co-founded, long before her marriage garnered national attention….
Louisa Kochansky, or, more commonly, Louisa Khovanski, is a Ukrainian-born photographer, glamour model and digital content maker who has made her interest in visual storytelling her personal brand recognized worldwide. She was born in Zaporozhye, Ukraine, and began her career behind the camera and slowly began appearing in front of it, developing one of the…
Naomi Yomtov is an American film producer, talent manager, author, and co-founder of Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment, widely known as the wife of actor Bob Odenkirk. She built a powerful career in Hollywood entirely behind the scenes, representing major comedy stars like Ayo Edebiri, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, and Jenna Fischer. As the woman who convinced…
