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Andreu Avellí Artís
Andreu () is a common Catalan and southern French given name of Ancient Greek origin, which also appears as a surname. The word Andreu is derived etymologically from the ancient Greek vocabulary word ''andros'', the genitive of ''aner'' ("man") and so means "of the man". Thus, the name Andreu takes the meaning the one who is "manly", "strong", "courageous" or a "warrior". The contemporary Greek equivalent of the name is Andreou; the English equivalent is Andrew. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Andreu Blanes (born 1991), Spanish orienteering competitor * Andreu Buenafuente (born 1955), Spanish late night show host and founder of the group El Terrat * Andreu Canals (born 1973), Spanish rower * Andreu Febrer (1375–1440), Spanish poet and diplomat * Andreu Fontàs (born 1989), Catalan football player for the FC Barcelona * Andreu Guerao (born 1983), Spanish footballer * Andreu Ivars, Valencian Franciscan priest and historian * Andreu Jacob (born 1971), Catalan com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalan Language
Catalan (; autonym: , ), known in the Valencian Community and Carche as ''Valencian'' (autonym: ), is a Western Romance language. It is the official language of Andorra, and an official language of three autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Valencian Community, and the Balearic Islands. It also has semi-official status in the Italian comune of Alghero. It is also spoken in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France and in two further areas in eastern Spain: the eastern strip of Aragon and the Carche area in the Region of Murcia. The Catalan-speaking territories are often called the or "Catalan Countries". The language evolved from Vulgar Latin in the Middle Ages around the eastern Pyrenees. Nineteenth-century Spain saw a Catalan literary revival, culminating in the early 1900s. Etymology and pronunciation The word ''Catalan'' is derived from the territorial name of Catalonia, itself of disputed etymology. The main theory suggests that (Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreu Veà Baró
Andreu Veà, Ph.D. (1969 in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona, Spain), is an engineer, president of the Internet Society (ISOC-ES) and member of the advisory board of the Internet Hall of Fame. He has been appointed as ''Digital Champion for Spain'' in late 2014. Digital Champions are ambassadors for the Digital Agenda, appointed by their Members States to help every European become digital and reporting to the European Commission. For all his activities, in 2017 he has been awarded with the "National Internet Personal-Trajectory Prize", summoned and failed by the Internet Day Impulse Committee, made up of more than 60 social Spanish organizations led by the Association of Internet Users. The prize is given by the President of the Senate of Spain during the World Internet Day (May 17), at the Spanish Senate Palace. Born in Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Girona, Spain) in 1969. Telecom Engineer (’91) and Electronic Engineer (’93), Andreu Veà has an MBA in IT Management and a Ph.D. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Alberto Andreu
Juan Alberto Andreu Alvarado, known as Melli (); born 6 June 1984), is a Spanish former footballer. A versatile defender, he could play as either a right-back or a centre-back. He spent most of his professional career at Betis, for which he appeared in 215 competitive matches and won the 2005 Copa del Rey. Club career Betis Born in Barbate, Province of Cádiz, Melli joined Real Betis as a 14-year-old, and made his way up through the ranks until he reached the reserves in 2001. He spent a short period on loan at Andalusia neighbours Polideportivo Ejido in the late stages of the 2001–02 season, in the Segunda División. Melli scored his first professional goal through a header from a Joaquín Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981), Spanish football winger * Joaquín (footballer, born 1982 ... corner kick, against CA Osasu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillemette Andreu
Guillemette Andreu-Lanoë (born August 3, 1948 in Paris), is a French Egyptologist and archaeologist. A former member of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology of Cairo, she has been a curator and director of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre Museum since May 2007. Biography After studying history, Andreu specialized in Egyptology (hieroglyphs, hieratic, Coptic) and produced a thesis on the law and order in Ancient Egypt at Sorbonne in 1978 under the direction of Professor Jean Leclant. Following this academic work, she was appointed scientific member of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo in 1978-1982. There, for four years, she participated in excavations of this institute in the Nile Valley (Deir el-Medina), in the oases of the Western Desert ( Balat at Dakhla Oasis, the at Kharga, and a Christian monastic site in the Nile Delta (the Kellia). Meanwhile, she continued research on Pharaonic Egypt and civil and administrative measures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gogó Andreu
Ricardo César Andreu (July 27, 1919 – May 1, 2012) was an Argentine actor, comedian and musician. He was born in a family of actors. His parents were Antonio Andreu and Isabel Anchart, who were owners of an itinerary theatre company that made tours through the Argentine provinces. When he was 12 years old the tango singer José Razzano, brought him to the Broadway theatre where he met Carlos Gardel. Selected filmography * '''' (1947) * '' |
Gabriela Velasco Andreu
Gabriela Velasco Andreu (born 1 April 1985) is a former professional Spanish tennis player. Velasco Andreu won 12 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 20 June 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 369. On 17 July 2006, she peaked at number 229 in the doubles rankings. Velasco Andreu made her WTA Tour debut at the 2003 Copa Colsanitas The Copa Colsanitas is a women's professional tennis tournament held in Bogotá, Colombia at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento. Held since 1998, this WTA 250 tournament is played on outdoor clay courts A clay court is one of the types of tennis .... She retired from professional tennis in 2007. ITF finals Singles (0–4) Doubles (12–17) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Velasco Andreu, Gabriela 1985 births Living people Spanish female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Andreu
Francisco "Frankie" Andreu (born September 26, 1966) is an American former professional cyclist whose career highlights include riding as team captain of the U.S. Postal Service cycling team in 1998, 1999 and 2000. During his career, he won a number of race stages and finished fourth in the cycling road race at the 1996 Olympics. His testimony played a key part in the United States Anti-Doping Agency's investigation of fellow U.S. Postal cyclist Lance Armstrong's doping practices. Biography Cycling career Andreu was born in Dearborn, Michigan. He began his cycling career in track cycling, with Wolverine Sports Club in Detroit, winning the individual pursuit during the 1984 Junior National Track Cycling Championships in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania. In 1985, he finished first in the Madison during the National Track Cycling Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana and second in the points race and team pursuit. In 1988, he qualified as a member of the United States cycling team for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Andreu
Fernando Andreu Merelles is a judge of the Audiencia Nacional in Spain. He plays a leading role especially in humanitarian law and in pursuing war-crime and similar issues (see linking articles relating to Rwanda, Israel, etc.). Such investigations are made possible by Spain's principle of universal jurisdiction in alleged cases of crimes against humanity, genocide, and terrorism. 2002 Gaza Strip bomb On 29 January 2009 Andreu opened preliminary investigations into claims that a bomb attack on Gaza in 2002 warranted the prosecution of the former Israeli defence minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, the former defence chief-of-staff Moshe Ya'alon, the former air force chief Dan Halutz, and four others, for crimes against humanity. He has been investigating the deaths of 15 Palestinians terrorists, part of them civilians, who died when the Israeli air force bombed a house in Gaza City. The attack killed a leader of the military wing of the Islamist movement Hamas, Salah Shehade, along wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etelvina Andreu
Etelvina Andreu Sánchez (born 1969) is the General Director of Consumer and Citizen Services of the Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Politics. In addition to her political career, she has also specialised in research into the pancreas. Background Andreu was born in Alicante on 6 March 1969. She holds a degree in physics from the University of Valencia, and a doctoral degree in medicine from the University of Alicante. Career She started her professional career as a researcher at the University of Alicante, and later she worked as a professor at the Miguel Hernández University. She co-authored several well-cited papers on the functioning of the pancreas. In 2004 she was appointed as the representative of the Spanish government ('' Subdelegada del Gobierno'') in Alicante. In the municipal elections of 2007, Etelvina Andreu Sánchez was the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (''Partido Socialista'') candidate for the mayor post of Alicante. She lost the elections by about 4,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Andreu
Enrique 'Quique' Andreu Balbuena (born 20 October 1967) is a Spanish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * 1967 births Living people Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics CB Zaragoza players FC Barcelona Bàsquet players Ionikos N.F. B.C. players Joventut Badalona players Liga ACB players Olympic basketball players of Spain Spanish men's basketball players 1990 FIBA World Championship players Sportspeople from Valencia 1994 FIBA World Championship players {{Spain-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concha Andreu
Concepción "Concha" Andreu Rodríguez (born 10 March 1967) is a Spanish oenologist and politician who currently serves as the President of La Rioja. Since 2011 she has been a member of the Parliament of La Rioja. Biography Andreu was born in 1967 in Calahorra. She studied biological sciences at the University of Salamanca and obtained a master's degree in viticulture and oenology from the University of Zaragoza. She obtained a seat at the Parliament of La Rioja in 2011. In the 2015 Riojan regional election, Andreu was the candidate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) for President of La Rioja The president of La Rioja is the head of government of the Spanish autonomous community of La Rioja. The current incumbent is Concha Andreu of the PSOE The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español ; PSOE ) is ..., and PSOE obtained 10 seats out of 33, while the People's Party (PP) obtained 15. Andreu was subsequently the parliament spoke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Andreu
Christian Roger Andreu (born November 15, 1976) is a French musician best known as the lead guitarist of metal band Gojira, and was guitarist on a Familha Artús album. Music Christian Andreu's influences include bands such as Death, Metallica, Morbid Angel, Tool, Slayer, and classical music. His favorite non-metal musicians are Mozart, La Tordue, Têtes Raides, and Björk, as well as Bulgarian music and Indian music. He cites French singers such as Alain Bashung, Barbara, Jacques Brel, and Georges Brassens. In an interview for Lyon's ''ZYVA Magazine'', Andreu explained that he does not listen to much metal music apart from Gojira, stating that he primarily listens to classical music. Andreu credited " Symbolic" from the band Death as the song that portrays him. In 2007, he was also a guitarist in an experimental ethno-tribal progressive rock band playing in a traditional style called Familha Artús. On May, 2019 towards the end of the song "Stranded" at Ohio's Sonic Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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