Gemma can refer to:

Physical and life sciences

• A traditional name for the star Alpha Coronae Borealis.
• A gemma, an asexual reproductive structure in plants and fungi.
• A genus of clam (Gemma) in the family Veneridae; see amethyst gem clam.
• Gas phase Electrophoretic Mobility Molecular Analysis (GEMMA), which produces a beam of multiply charged ions by electrospray ionization and transforms them into singly charged ions or neutral particles, separates these particles according to electrophoretic mobility, and records the particle count at each EM.

Alpha Coronae Borealis (α CrB / α Coronae Borealis) is a binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis. ... Genera see text The Veneridae or venerids are a family of marine bivalve molluscs. ... Binomial name Gemma gemma Totten, 1834 Synonyms Gemma purpurea Lea, 1842 The amethyst gem clam (Gemma gemma) is one of the smallest known species of clam, reaching length of only 5 mm [1]. It is native to the Atlantic coast of North America, from Labrador to Texas [2], but is...

The given name or surname of famous men

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• Gemma Frisius (1508–1555), a Frisian mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker.
• Giuliano Gemma (1938–), an Italian actor, also known from several Spaghetti Westerns as Montgomery Wood.

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Gemma Frisius, seventeenth-century woodcut by E. de Boulonois For the crater, see Gemma Frisius (crater) Gemma Frisius (or Reiner Gemma, December 9, 1508 - May 25, 1555) was a mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker. ... 1508 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope. ... Satellite view of the German Bight (the Frisian Coast). ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... Mapmaker redirects here. ... Giuliano Gemma (born September 29, 1938) is an italian actor. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Giuliano Gemma (born September 29, 1938) is an italian actor. ...

The given name of famous women

Gemma is a female given name, of Italian origin, relatively popular in Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom.

• Gemma Atkinson, an English actress and model.
• Gemma Craven, an Irish actress.
• Saint Gemma Galgani, a young Italian woman who showed signs of stigmata in the late 1800s/very early 1900s, known as the first lay saint of the Passionists.
• Gemma Ward, an Australian supermodel.

Gemma Louise Atkinson (born 16 November 1984 in Bury, Greater Manchester) is an English actress, and is also a glamour model. ... Gemma Craven (born 1 June 1950 in Dublin, Ireland), is a British actress. ... Saint Gemma Galgani (born March 12th, 1878 in Camigliano, Italy, died April 11th, 1903) is a Catholic saint who was canonized by Pope Pius XII on May 2nd, 1940. ... Francis of Assisi, an early stigmatic. ... Passionists are a Roman Catholic religious order founded by St Paul of the Cross (Paul Francis Danei). ... Gemma Ward (born November 3, 1987) is an Australian supermodel and actress. ...

The name of fictional characters

• The name of one of the characters in the children's Hospital Radio series "The Space Gypsy Adventures", narrated by John Leeson.
• Gemma of Syr, Princess of Ossetia, is a fictional character in Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince series.
• Gemma Doyle, heroine of Libba Bray's novels A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing.

The Space Gypsy Adventures are a set of stories first broadcast on British Hospital Radio in 1986 and first published as a cartoon strip in The West Cumberland Times and Star newspaper in 1987. ... John Leeson (born March 1943 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England) is a British actor who although having had a varied stage and television career spanning forty years including both work in repertory and West End productions including Plaza Suite (1969); Flint (1970) and Dont Start Without Me (1971) and character... The Lord of River Run are characters in Melanie Rawns fantasy novels of the Dragon Prince series. ... Melanie Rawn is an author of fantasy literature and was born 1954. ... The Dragon Prince Series is made up of two trilogies, Dragon Prince and Dragon Star, written by fantasy author Melanie Rawn. ... Gemma Doyle (born c. ... Libba Bray Libba Bray (born Martha E. Bray on March 11, 1964 in Alabama) is an author of young adult novels, including the books A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels. ... Libba Bray A Great and Terrible Beauty is the first novel in a fantasy trilogy by Libba Bray. ... Rebel Angels is the second book in a fantasy trilogy by Libba Bray. ... Libba Bray The Sweet Far Thing a novel by Libba Bray, to be released in 2007. ...

Works of fiction

• Losing Gemma, a 2006 UK television drama based on a novel by Katy Gardner.

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