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Abad (surname)
Abad is a Hispanic surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Andy Abad (born 1972), American baseball player *Antonio Abad (1894–1970), Filipino writer * Carlos Abad (born 1995), Spanish footballer * Carmencita Abad (born 1933), Filipina actress *Diego José Abad y García (1727–1779), Jesuit poet and translator in New Spain and Italy *Fernando Abad (born 1985), Dominican baseball player *Gémino Abad (born 1939), Filipino poet * Margot Abad, Argentine film actress * Mercedes Abad (born 1961), Spanish journalist and short story writer *Pacita Abad (1946–2004), Filipina painter * Pere Esteve i Abad (1942–2005), Catalan politician *Héctor Abad Gómez (1921–1987), Colombian human rights leader *Héctor Abad Faciolince Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958) is a Colombian novelist, essayist, journalist, and editor. Abad is considered one of the most talented post-Latin American Boom writers in Latin American literature. Abad is best known for his bestselling nove . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Abad
Fausto Andrés Abad (born August 25, 1972) is an American former professional baseball player. Listed at 6' 1" (1.85 m), 184 lb. (83 k), Abad batted and threw left handed. He is also known as ''Tulile'' (to-lee'-leh) in the Dominican Republic. Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, he is of Cuban descent as his father left Cuba during the Fidel Castro revolution. Before being drafted, he graduated from Jupiter High School in Florida, and then attended Middle Georgia College. Professional career Abad was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round (443rd overall) of the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his debut with the Gulf Coast Red Sox that year. In 1994 he advanced to Single-A Sarasota Red Sox, where he hit .288. He remained in Sarasota through part of 1995, advancing to Double-A Trenton Thunder for whom he hit .240. He was sent back down to Single-A Sarasota in 1996, and hit .287 for them before rejoining Trenton, where he batted .277. In 1997 he hit .303 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Abad
Antonio Abad y Mercado (May 10, 1894 – April 20, 1970), was a prominent Filipino poet, fictionist, playwright and essayist. Personal life Antonio Abad y Mercado was born in Barili, Cebu, under the Captaincy General of the Philippines, on 10 May 1894. He was educated at the University of San Carlos, Colegio-Seminario de San Carlos in Cebu City. He married Kampampangan teacher Jesusa Henson y Aquino., and had three sons: Gémino Abad, Gémino, Antonio Jr., and Edmundo. Career Abad frequently wrote in both, his native language, Cebuano, and Spanish. He was a strong advocate of the Spanish language and Hispanic-Filipino culture when it was discouraged during the American colonial period in the Philippines. Abad was one of the leading contributors of Hispanic-Filipino literature during his time, producing novels and plays criticizing the occupation of the islands by the Americans. His works would later be known as part of the Golden Age of Fil-Hispanic Literature (1898-1941). Tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Abad
Carlos Javier Abad-Hernández Trujillo (born 28 June 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Atlético Baleares. Club career Born in Puerto de la Cruz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Abad graduated from CD Tenerife's youth setup. He made his debuts as a senior with the reserves in the 2013–14 campaign in Tercera División, while still a junior. Initially a fourth-choice goalkeeper at the start of 2014–15, Abad profited from Jacobo Sanz's departure and Nauzet Santana's serious injury, being promoted to Roberto's backup. On 16 November 2014 he played his first match as a professional, replacing the latter due to injury in a 0–2 away loss against UE Llagostera in the Segunda División championship. On 24 July 2015 Abad extended his contract with the ''Blanquiazules'' until 2020, and was loaned to Real Madrid Castilla five days later, for two years. He returned to the ''Blanquiazules'' for the 2017–18 campaign, but acted as a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmencita Abad
Carmencita Abad, known as Carmencita Decano Abad in real life, (born 1933) is a Filipina actress. She made her film debut with ''Tres Muskiteros'' (a.k.a. ''3 Muskiteers'') was a younger sister of another PreWar actress Corazon Noble. Inspired of Alexander Dumas's The Three Muskiteers a Filipino version made by Sampaguita Pictures in 1951 was Abad's first major role. The only movie under Sampaguita Pictures that was released in 1951 before she moved to the rival company, Lvn Pictures, in the early 1950s. Abad's first movie in Lvn Pictures was in cameo roles with Evelyn Villar teamed up with a handsome lead actor of the company Armando Goyena as a Filipino Super Hero as Kapitan Kidlat from the movie Kidlat, Ngayon. Early life Filmography * 1951 – ''Tres Muskiteros'' a.k.a. Three Muskiteers * 1953 – ''Kidlat, Ngayon'' – Lvn Pictures, a.k.a. Lightning, Today * 1954 – ''Damong Ligaw'' – Lvn Pictures * 1954 – ''Ikaw ang Dahilan'' – Lvn, a.k.a. You are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego José Abad Y García
Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''. Etymology ''Tiago'' hypothesis Diego has long been interpreted as variant of ''Tiago'' (Brazilian Portuguese: ''Thiago''), an abbreviation of ''Santiago'', from the older ''Sant Yago'' "Saint Jacob", in English known as Saint James or as ''San-Tiago''. This has been the standard interpretation of the name since at least the 19th century, as it was reported by Robert Southey in 1808 and by Apolinar Rato y Hevia (1891). The suggestion that this identification may be a folk etymology, i.e. that ''Diego'' (and ''Didacus''; see below) may be of another origin and only later identified with ''Jacobo'', is made by Buchholtz (1894), though this possibility is judged as improbable by the author himself. ''Didacus'' hypothesis In the later 20t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Abad
Fernando Antonio Abad (; born December 17, 1985) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros, Washington Nationals, Oakland Athletics, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, and Baltimore Orioles. Professional career Houston Astros Abad began his professional career in 2006, pitching for the Dominican Summer Astros. That year, he went 5–2 with a 1.32 ERA in 15 games (11 games started). He also struck out 64 batters in 61 innings. He split 2007 between the Greeneville Astros (17 games, four starts) and Tri-City ValleyCats (two games), going a combined 6–4 with a 4.25 ERA, with 59 strikeouts in 53 innings. In 2008, he pitched for the Lexington Legends, going 2–7 with a 3.30 ERA in 45 relief appearances, striking out 94 batters in 76 innings. Abad pitched for the Lancaster JetHawks (41 games) and Corpus Christi Hooks (three games, all starts) in 2009, going a combined 4–7 with a 4.00 E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gémino Abad
Gémino Henson Abad (born February 5, 1939) is a literary critic from Cebu, Philippines. He is a National Artist for Literature of the Philippines. His family moved to Manila when his father, Antonio Abad, was offered professorships at Far Eastern University and the University of the Philippines. He earned his A.B. English from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1964 "magna cum laude". His MA with honors and Ph.D. in English literature degrees were obtained from the University of Chicago in 1966 and 1970, respectively. He served the University of the Philippines in various capacities: as Secretary of the University, Secretary of the Board of Regents, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Director of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing. For many years, he also taught English, comparative literature and creative writing at U.P. Diliman. Abad co-founded the ''Philippine Literary Arts Council'' (PLAC) which published ''Caracoa'', a poetry journal in English. His other wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margot Abad
Margot Abad was an Argentine film actress during the golden age of Argentine cinema. She performed with Luis Sandrini, Santiago Gómez Cou, Olinda Bozán, Vicente Rubino, Lolita Torres, and Héctor Quintanilla. Filmography * 1945: ''La Amada Inmóvil LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...'' References Argentine film actresses Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{Argentina-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Abad
Mercedes Abad (born 1961, in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish journalist and short story writer. Early life and career She graduated in Journalism from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona after studying for her baccalaureate at the Liceu Francès. Following several incursions into the world of cinema and theatre, in 1986 she won the Premio ''La sonrisa vertical'', a prize for erotic narrative with her book of short stories ''Ligeros libertinajes sabáticos''. She has published other collections of short stories: ''Felicidades conyugales'' (1989), ''Soplando al viento'' (1995) and more recently ''Amigos y fantasmas'' (2004, winner of the Mario Vargas Llosa NH Short Story Award for the best book of short stories in 2004); the novel ''Sangre'' (2000), and the humorous essay ''Sólo dime dónde lo hacemos'' (1991). Furthermore, she is the author of several plays and of various adaptations, including ''XXX'', for the company La Fura dels Baus La Fura dels Baus () is a Spanish th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacita Abad
Pacita Barsana Abad (October 5, 1946 – December 7, 2004) was an Ivatan and Philippine painter. She was born in Basco, Batanes, a small island in the northernmost part of the Philippines, between Luzon and Taiwan. Her more than 30-year painting career began when she traveled to the United States to undertake graduate studies. She exhibited her work in over 200 museums, galleries, and other venues, including 75 solo shows, around the world. Abad's work is now in public, corporate, and private art collections in over 70 countries. Personal life Daughter of Jorge A. Abad and Aurora Barsana Abad, who both served as congressman and congresswoman in Batanes. In 1968, Abad earned a BA degree in political science in University of the Philippines Diliman hoping to follow her parents' footsteps. While continuing her graduate studies in UP in 1969, Abad's father was victimized in an election fraud financed by President Marcos. She began organizing and joining student demonstrations in Mani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pere Esteve
Pere Esteve i Abad (26 December 1942 – 10 June 2005) was a Catalan Spanish politician, belonging to the political organisation ''Catalunya 2003'' (now dissolved), who became Deputy of Trade, Tourism and Consumer Affairs at the Catalan regional Government proposed by the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) party, with which he ran to the autonomic elections of the 2003. He resigned in October 2004 due to health reasons. Life overview Industrial Engineer by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He taught Electronics and State Machines. He also has worked as director in the private sector, and has been an associated in industrial corporations and consulting services companies. He has written several papers and a book, named ''Estratègia per Catalunya''. Civic background Between 1965 and 1968 he made up youth people associations as well as Christian movements. In 1974 he roled in the pre-political group ''Amics de Tiana'' (Friends of Tiana), where he left the follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor Abad Gómez
Héctor Abad Gómez (1921 – August 25, 1987) was a Colombian medical doctor, university professor, and human rights leader who founded the Colombian National School of Public Health. He developed practical public health programs for the poor in Medellín. Abad is known for saying "the murderers don't know how to do: to use words to express the truth – a truth that will last longer than their lie." El olvido que seremos (2006; t. Oblivion: A Memoir) "Oblivion: A Memoir" by Héctor Abad Faciolince, is a memoir written about the author's father, Hector Abad Gomez. It discusses the life and the circumstances of Gomez's murder by paramilitaries. Ashley McNelis from the ''Bomb'' Magazine, describes the book as "...an honest and thorough reflection on a man's life from his son's perspective that also considers the private sphere of the family and the political turbulence in Colombia in the 1980s." Literary works * Manual de tolerancia (1988) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
