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Amaya (surname)
Amaya is a Japanese surname and a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: People with Japanese-language surname * Naohiro Amaya (1925–1994), Japanese politician * Daisuke Amaya (1977-), Japanese software developer * Sohichiro Amaya (1983-), Japanese baseball player People with Spanish-language surname * Andrés Amaya (c.1645-1704), Spanish Baroque painter. * Manuel de Amaya (c.1740-c.1800), Spanish merchant and politician. * Lorenzo Amaya (1896-1969), Argentine sports shooter. * Carmen Amaya (1913/1914-1963), Spanish Romani flamenco dancer and singer. * Ramón Amaya Amador (1916-1966), Honduran journalist, author, and political activist. * Mario Amaya (1933-1986), American art critic, museum director and magazine editor, and director. * Dionisia Amaya (1933-2004), was a teacher and Honduran Garifuna community activist. * Jorge Amaya (1934-), Argentine equestrian. * Angel Amaya (1934-), Venezuelan boxer. * Mario Abel Amaya (1935-1976), Argentine lawyer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Surname
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are Japanese orthography, pronounced and romanization of Japanese, romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10% of the population, while the top 100 surnames cover slightly more than 33%. This ranking is a result of an August 2008 study by Meiji Yasuda Life, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, which included approximately 6,118,000 customers of Meiji Yasuda's insurance and annuities. References {{Names_in_world cultures Japanese names Names by culture Japanese culture Lists of surnames, Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Amaya
George Amaya (February 12, 1950 – September 25, 2005) was an American professional tennis player of Colombian descent. He died of cancer at his home in Atlanta in 2005. Amaya spent most of his childhood in Colombia, but was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts and lived in the U.S. until the age of five. He had returned to the U.S. by the time he was college age and attended Presbyterian College Presbyterian College (PC) is a private Presbyterian liberal arts college in Clinton, South Carolina. History Presbyterian College was founded in 1880 by the William Plumer Jacobs. He had served as the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Cl ... in Clinton, South Carolina, where he was an NAIA singles and doubles champion. A left-handed player, Amaya turned professional in 1975 and was ranked amongst the world's top 200, featuring in the main draw of three US Opens. He was a long serving director of tennis at the Cherokee Town and Country Club in Atlanta and is a member of the Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Amaya
Antonio Amaya Carazo (; born 31 May 1983) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender. He spent most of his professional career with Rayo Vallecano, making 254 appearances across three spells in all of the top three divisions. Club career Early years and Rayo Born in the capital of Madrid, Amaya began his career at local San Cristóbal de los Ángeles. He joined another team in the community, Rayo Vallecano, in 2002, also serving a six-month loan spell at lowly UD San Sebastián de los Reyes in the Segunda División B. Eventually, Amaya returned to Rayo, becoming an important defensive unit for a side that returned to Segunda División at the end of the 2007–08 season and comfortably retained their league status the following campaign, with the player appearing in less than half of the games (18 out of 42). Wigan Athletic Amaya signed for Premier League club Wigan Athletic on a three-year contract on 14 August 2009, being joined by Rayo teammate Mohamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Amaya
José Antonio "Ringo" Amaya Pardo (born 16 July 1980) is a retired Colombian people, Colombian Association football, footballer. Amaya, who played as a defensive midfielder, was capped with the Colombian U-20 squad before being part of the Colombia national football team, senior squad that took part in Copa America 2004. After Colombia did poorly at Copa América 2007, Amaya was chosen to lead the midfield. His performances in international friendlies and World Cup Qualifiers attracted attention, and Amaya was signed for one season by Barcelona S.C. in the Spanish leagues. Amaya has won the Copa Mustang four times, once with Atlético Junior and three times with Atlético Nacional. Statistics (Official games/Colombian Ligue and Colombian Cup) (''As of November 14, 2010'') References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amaya, Jose 1980 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers 2004 Copa América players Atlético Junior foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolores Amaya
Dolores Amaya (born 16 April 1980) is an Argentine rower. She competed in the women's double sculls event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... Aged 16, she was Argentina's youngest rowing competitor at the 1996 Olympics. References External links * 1980 births Living people Argentine female rowers Olympic rowers for Argentina Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Argentine women {{Argentina-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Amaya
Iván Amaya Carazo (born 3 September 1978) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current manager of Racing Madrid FC. Club career Born in Madrid, Amaya started his professional career at hometown's Rayo Vallecano, totalling 31 games with the first team in his first two seasons, the first of which was spent in the Segunda División with promotion. After that, he returned to the second tier but stayed in the city, joining Atlético Madrid for another couple of years and being rarely utilised. After another unassuming La Liga spell with RCD Espanyol, Amaya appeared in 40 matches for Getafe CF in 2003–04, promoting to the top flight for the third time (a first-ever for Getafe). However, he featured very rarely the following campaign, returning to division two in January 2005 as he joined Ciudad de Murcia. Amaya then spent two seasons in the second tier, with Elche CF. In July 2009 he was bought by Udinese Calcio, bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |