Alda
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- Saint AldaSaint AldaSaint Alda was an Italian Christian saint and nurse.She was born in Siena, Italy and became widowed and childless after seven years of marriage. She retired to a cottage outside Siena and devoted herself to almsgiving and asceticism. She experienced visions of Jesus performing the deeds...
, an Italian mystic - Alan AldaAlan AldaAlphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo , better known as Alan Alda, is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H...
, American actor, best known for his portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H - Arlene AldaArlene AldaArlene Alda is an American photographer, clarinetist and writer of children's books.-Literary works:Alda's most recent work as an author, Did You Say Pears? was published by Tundra Books in 2006. Previous books published by Tundra include "The Book of ZZZs" and Morning Glory Monday...
, photographer, musician, author; wife of Alan Alda - Robert AldaRobert AldaRobert Alda was an American actor. He was the father of actors Alan Alda and Antony Alda.-Life and career:...
, American actor, father of Alan Alda - Alda LaraAlda LaraAlda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque, known as Alda Lara . Created a large poetic output in the Portuguese language. Attended Coimbra and Lisbon Universities...
, Portuguese writer - Alda MeriniAlda MeriniAlda Merini was a renowned Italian writer and poet.She was born in Milan and died there aged 78.Alda Merini started her poetic career when she was really young and soon she gained the attention and the admiration of many famous italian writers, like Giorgio Manganelli, Salvatore Quasimodo and Pier...
(1931–2009), Italian writer
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- ALDA (Association of Local Democracy Agencies), an international non-governmental organisation created in 1999
- Alda (automobile)Alda (automobile)The Alda was a French automobile created by Fernand Charron of Charron, Girardot et Voigt . It was manufactured between 1912 and 1922. The car had a dashboard radiator and a inline-four engine that was claimed to be capable of going "6 to 47 mph in top gear"...
, a French automobile manufactured between 1912 and 1922 - Alda, elegiac comedyElegiac comedyElegiac comedy was a genre of medieval Latin literature or drama popular in the twelfth century. About twenty such works survive, almost all of them produced in west central France . Though commonly identified in manuscripts as comoedia, modern scholars often reject their status as comedy. Unlike...
of William of Blois (12th century )