Lorna is a modern feminine given name. It is widely believed to have been invented by R. D. Blackmore for the heroine of his novel Lorna Doone, which appeared in 1869. This accreditation is mistaken, however, as there the Scottish censuses of 1841 and 1851 reveal individuals of the name, with variant spellings 'Lorna' and 'Launa'.

The name Lorna is most popular in Scotland and has be regarded as the feminine version of the masculine given name Lorne, which itself comes from the area of Lorne, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It has also be considered a derivative of Loren referring to the laurel tree symbolic of honor or victory.

In the U.S., according to the 1990 census,[3] the name ranks 572 of 4275. As a surname, Lorna ranks 62296 out of 88799. Those with the name Lorna include: The name Lorna is most popular in Scotland and is often regarded as the feminine version of the masculine given name Lorne, which itself comes from the area of Lorne, Scotland.

In the U.S., according to the 1990 census, the name ranks 572 of 4275. As a surname, Lorna ranks 62296 out of 88799.

Russell Albion "Russ" Meyer (March 21, 1922 – September 18, 2004) was a U.S. motion picture director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, actor and photographer.

Meyer is known primarily for writing and directing a series of successful low-budget sexploitation films that featured campy humor, sly satire and large-breasted women.

Russ Meyer was born in San Leandro, California to William Arthur Meyer, a German-American Oakland police officer, and his wife Lydia Lucinda Hauck. His parents divorced shortly after he was born, and Meyer was to have virtually no contact with his father during his life. When he was fourteen years old, his mother pawned her wedding ring in order to buy him an 8mm film camera. He made a number of amateur films at the age of 15, and served during World War II as a U.S. Army combat cameraman for the 166th Signal Photo Company. In the Army Meyer forged his strongest friendships, and he would later ask many of his fellow combat cameramen to work on his films. Much of Meyer's work during World War II can be seen in newsreels and in the film Patton (1971). On his return to civilian life, he was unable to secure cinematography work in Hollywood due to a dearth of industry connections. He made industrial films, freelanced as a still photographer for mainstream films (he did the still photography for Giant), and became a well known glamour photographer whose work included some of the initial shoots for Hugh Hefner's Playboy magazine. Meyer would go on to shoot three Playboy centerfolds during the magazine's early years, one of his wife Eve Meyer in 1955. He also shot a pictorial of then-wife Edy Williams in March 1973.

Luís Remo de Maria Bernardo Fernandes (Konkani:लुईज रेमो जे मारिया बेर्नांद फेर्नांदेज) more popularly known as Remo Fernandes (born 8 May 1953), is a pop/rock/Indian fusion artist and playback singer from the state of Goa, India. His musical work is a fusion of many different cultures and styles he's been exposed to as a child in Goa and in his later travels around the world. Such influences include Goan and Portuguese music, Sega music from Mauritius and Seychelles, African music, Latin music from Cuba and Nicaragua, the music of erstwhile European communist states, those of the dancehalls from Jamaica and Soca from Trinidad. Writing and singing songs in English made his success more distinctive in the context of the Bollywood-dominated, Hindi language-based, occasionally even disco music scene that was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. His music, reflecting life and socio-political happenings in India with which every Indian could identify, became popular largely with the growing, English-educated, Indian middle class. A popular stage performer in India, he has also taken part in many music festivals around the world. He now writes and sings his songs in five different languages, English, Hindi, French, Portuguese, and Konkani.

Lorna Maitland (born November 19, 1943) is a film actress noted mostly for her large-breasted figure, with measurements of 42D-22-36. She appeared in three Russ Meyer films: Lorna, Mudhoney and Mondo Topless. Her given name is Barbara Popejoy. She was born in Glendale, California.

Lorna was a dancer in Las Vegas when she answered an ad in Daily Variety placed by Russ Meyer for the lead in Lorna (1964). Maitland was 20, weighed 135 pounds and measured 42D–25–36. She was one of 132 actresses who applied, but Maitland was not chosen, her audition photos having been accidentally overlooked. During the first day of shooting, in September 1963, Meyer hired Maitland to replace his initial choice, whom he considered too small chested. At that time, Maitland was three months pregnant, which augmented her already very large breasts.

Meyer chose a name for her. He chose 'Lorna' after a secretary he had once been attracted to. The surname 'Maitland' he chose to overcome the 'backwoods roots' of the character. Lorna marks the end of Russ Meyer's "nudies" and his first foray into serious film making. It is perhaps his most romantic film, despite the tragic ending. The director describes the movie as "a brutal examination of the important realities of power, prophecy, freedom and justice in our society against a background of violence and lust, where simplicity is only a facade." Reviews described Maitland as "a wanton of unparalleled emotion...unrestrained earthiness...destined to set a new standard of voluptuous beauty." Lorna was called "the female Tom Jones (film)".

James Rucker is an American social entrepreneur and co-founder of Color of Change.

Rucker currently runs Color of Change, an online activist organization that claims to strengthen the voice of African Americans in the United States. Color of Change was founded by Rucker and Van Jones in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and was instrumental in raising awareness for the cause of the Jena Six.