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Alves Crespo (playwright, 1847–1907)
Alves is a surname that appears to originate both from Portugal and Scotland. It is debatable whether the surname appeared first in one country or the other, since it is more prevalent in Portugal, but registered as far back as the 13th century in the church records at Alves, Moray, Northern Scotland. Notable people with the surname include: * Adriana Alves (born 1995), Angolan sprinter *Afonso Alves (born 1981), Brazilian footballer *Anastácio Alves (born 1963), missing Madeiran Roman Catholic priest * Bruno Alves (born 1981), Portuguese footballer *Camila Alves (born 1982), Brazilian model and television performer *Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia (born 1982), Portuguese footballer known as "Carlitos" *Dani Alves (born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Daniel Miguel Alves Gomes (born 1983), Portuguese footballer known as "Danny" * Diego Alves (born 1985), Brazilian footballer * Jéssika Alves (born 1991), Brazilian actress * João Alves (bishop) (1925–2013), Portuguese Roman Catholi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jock Alves
William "Jock" Alves ( 1909 – 10 February 1979) was a Scottish-born Rhodesian physician and politician who served as mayor of Salisbury (now Harare) from 1972 to 1974. He later served as a member of the Senate of Rhodesia until his death. An epidemiologist by profession, he directed a bilharzia research laboratory in Salisbury and later worked with the World Health Organization on parasitic disease projects. Medical career Alves was of Scottish origin. Alves earned his Bachelor of Arts from a South African university. He pursued his doctorate at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, but had to return to Southern Rhodesia in 1947 before completing his degree. He later returned and was awarded a PhD in 1953. Alves was a physician and was the director of the Bilharzia and Malaria Research Laboratory in Salisbury from 1944 into the 1950s. He also belonged to the department of parasitology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He was considered an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Alwis
De Alwis ( si, ද අල්විස්, translit=da Alvis) is a Sinhalese surname derived from the Portuguese surname Alves. Notable people * Albert L. De Alwis Seneviratne, Ceylonese politician * Amali de Alwis (born 1980), British executive * Anandatissa de Alwis (1919–1996), Sri Lankan politician * Anuk de Alwis (born 1991), Sri Lankan cricketer * Ashanthi De Alwis, Sri Lankan musician * Charles Alwis Hewavitharana, Sri Lankan Sinhala independence activist and physician * Guy de Alwis (1959–2013), Sri Lankan cricketer * James De Alwis (1823–1878), Ceylonese politician * Lakshman de Alwis (1940–2008), Sri Lankan athlete * Lanka de Alwis, Sri Lankan cricketer * Malathi de Alwis, Sri Lankan anthropologist * Neal de Alwis (born 1914), Ceylonese politician * Padmalal de Alwis, Sri Lankan politician * Prasantha Lal De Alwis, Sri Lankan lawyer * Premakeerthi de Alwis (1947–1989), Sri Lankan broadcaster * Sacha De Alwis (born 1992), Sri Lankan cricketer * Stanley d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alves Dos Santos
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Alves dos Santos and dos Santos Alves are a combined surname, may refer to: Sports people * Tatiana Alves dos Santos Brazilian volleyball player Football (soccer) players * Caio César Alves dos Santos (1986) * Claudiano "Diano" Alves dos Santos (1981) * Jaílson Alexandre Alves dos Santos (1981) * Rafael Alves dos Santos (1984) * Heleno dos Santos Alves (1978) Brazilian football (soccer) player Other persons * Rui Baltazar dos Santos Alves, revolutionary Mozambican politician and university rector See also *Alves da Silva Alves da Silva is a combined surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adson Alves da Silva (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Alexandre Alves da Silva (born 1981), Brazilian footballer * Cintia Alves da Silva, Brazilian linguist and sem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alves Da Silva
Alves da Silva is a combined surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adson Alves da Silva (born 1982), Brazilian footballer *Alexandre Alves da Silva (born 1981), Brazilian footballer * Cintia Alves da Silva, Brazilian linguist and semiotician * Daniel Alves da Silva (born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Eduardo Alves da Silva (born 1983), Brazilian born Croatian footballer *Giovane Alves da Silva (born 1982), Brazilian footballer *Pedro Alves da Silva (born 1981), Brazilian footballer * Paulo Ricardo Alves da Silva (born 1987), Brazilian footballer * Simone Alves da Silva (born 1984), Brazilian long-distance runner See also * Alves *Silva Silva is a surname in Portuguese language, Portuguese-speaking countries, such as Portugal and Brazil. It is derived from the Latin word , meaning "forest" or "woodland". It is the family name of the House of Silva. The name is also widespread i ... {{surname Portuguese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiago Alves (other)
Thiago Alves may refer to: *Thiago Alves (tennis) (born 1982), Brazilian tennis player *Thiago Alves (fighter) (born 1983), Brazilian mixed martial artist *Thiago Soares Alves Thiago Soares Alves (born July 26, 1986) is a Brazilian volleyball player, who is a wing spiker and has competed for Fenerbahçe Grundig and the national team. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officiall ... (born 1986), Brazilian volleyball player See also * Tiago Alves (other) {{hndis, Alves, Thiago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Alves
Robert Alves (1745–1794), was a Scottish poet and prose writer. Alves was born in Elgin on 11 December 1745. His father's circumstances were humble, but as a boy of promise he was placed at the Elgin grammar school, where he made such good use of his opportunities that when sent to Aberdeen he took at Marischal College the highest bursary of the year in which he competed. An ‘Elegy on Time’, written while he was at Aberdeen, procured him the friendship of Br. Beattie, then one of the professors of Marischal College. On leaving Aberdeen Alves was successively master of a Banffshire parish school and tutor in the family of a gentleman who offered him a living in the Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland ( sco, The Kirk o Scotland; gd, Eaglais na h-Alba) is the national church in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Scottish Reformation, Reformation of 1560, when it split from t .... But he preferred the head-mastership, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurício Alves Peruchi
Maurício is the Portuguese variant of Mauricio (given name). The diminutive is Maurinho. Sportspeople with the name include: *Maurício José da Silveira Júnior, Brazilian footballer in Greece *Maurício Copertino, Brazilian footballer *Maurício de Oliveira Anastácio, Brazilian footballer *Maurício dos Santos Nascimento, Brazilian footballer *Maurício Fernandes, Brazilian footballer * Maurício Ramos, Brazilian footballer *Maurinho, Brazilian footballer *Maurício Lima, Brazilian volleyball player LGBT community members with the name include: *Mauricio De Andrade Filho (Kakito) Mauricio may refer to: *Mauricio (given name) *Maurício José da Silveira Júnior (born 1988), Brazilian footballer known by the mononym Maurício *Maurício (footballer) (Maurício dos Santos Nascimento, born 1988), Brazilian footballer *216428 M ..., President of the LGBT community of Salvador. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mauricio Portuguese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Domingas Alves
Maria Domingas Fernandes Alves (born 28 November 1959), nickname Mana (sister) Micato or Mikato, resistance name Beta Mau, is a women's rights activist, former resistance fighter, civil servant and non-party politician from East Timor. From 2007 to 2012 she was Minister of Social Solidarity. Early life Alves was born in Laclo, Manatuto. Her father was chief of a sub-district in Portuguese Timor, and then a member of the parliament of Manatuto during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor. Alves attended the Liceu Dr. Francisco Machado, Dili. She is married to Jacinto Alves, with whom she had four daughters and a son. Resistance careers During the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975-1999), Alves was one of the main female leaders of the resistance movement, especially around Laclubar and Laclo. She participated actively in the ''Organização Popular de Mulheres Timorense'' (Popular Organisation of East Timorese Women) (OPMT), the women's organization of FRETILIN. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magno Alves
Magno Alves de Araújo (born 13 January 1976) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Career Magno Alves was born in Aporá, Bahia, Brazil. Between 1998 and 2003 he made 265 appearances and scored 111 goals for Fluminense as a striker, winning the Rio State Championship in 2002. Alves' most famous match was against Santa Cruz. as he scored 5 goals, earning the nickname ''Magnata''. After a short stint in the Korean Professional Football League (K-League), Alves joined Oita Trinita of the Japan Professional Football League (J1 League). In 2006, he joined J1 League champion, Gamba Osaka, as a replacement for the team's former ace striker Clemerson de Araújo Soares, who left the team for family reasons. He joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad after being sent away by Gamba Osaka due to disciplinary problems. In July 2010, he signed a contract with Brazilian club Ceará. He scored overall for Ceará 103 times in 224 matches, becoming the club's 6th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lennox Alves
Lennox Alves (born 7 March 1956) is a former Guyanese cricketer who played a single first-class match for Essequibo in the final of the 1980–81 inter-county Jones Cup. Alves, a right-handed batsman, was born in Suddie in what was then British Guiana (now part of Guyana's Pomeroon-Supenaam region). He was one of four Essequibo players from Suddie, the others being batsman Alfred Maycock, wicket-keeper Jeff Jones, and fast bowler Courtney Gonsalves. In the match, played against Berbice at the Kayman Sankar Cricket Ground in Hampton Court (on the Atlantic coast), he scored 39 runs across his two innings. In the first innings, he scored 10 runs before being caught by Reginald Etwaroo off the bowling of Derek Kallicharran, a brother of West Indies Test player Alvin Kallicharran. In the second innings, he scored 29 runs (bettered only by Patrick Evans' 34 runs), before being dismissed by Etwaroo, caught by Amarnauth Ramcharitar. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |