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Aguiar
Aguiar is a Galician-Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Antone S. Aguiar Jr. (1930–2014), American judge and politician * Bruno Aguiar, Portuguese footballer *Ernani Aguiar, Brazilian composer, choral conductor, and musicologist *Guma Aguiar, Brazilian-born American energy industrialist *João Aguiar (writer) (1943–2010), Portuguese writer and journalist *João Aguiar (swimmer) *Joselia Aguiar, Brazilian writer *Luis Aguiar, Uruguayan footballer *Fernando Aguiar, Portuguese-born Canadian soccer player See also *Aguiar (Barcelos), a civil parish in the municipality of Barcelos *Aguilar (surname) Aguilar is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abel Aguilar (born 1985), Colombian footballer * Alberto Aguilar (born 1960), Mexican footballer and manager * Alberto Aguilar Leiva (born 1984), Spanish footballer * Alejandr ..., Spanish variant {{surname, Aguiar Galician-language surnames Portuguese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guma Aguiar
Guma Leandro Aguiar (May 31, 1977 – disappeared June 19, 2012; declared legally dead January 29, 2015) was a Brazilian-born American energy industrialist and millionaire businessman who split his time between the United States and Israel. Aguiar was recognized as a philanthropist who supported a variety of Jewish causes including Nefesh B'Nefesh and the March of the Living. In July 2009, Aguiar invested over $4 million (USD) in support of the Beitar Jerusalem Football Club. On June 20, 2012, Aguiar was reported missing after his unoccupied boat was found on Fort Lauderdale Beach. The day before Aguiar went missing, a federal court judge ordered his mental health records be presented to the court as part of a lawsuit between him and his uncle Thomas Kaplan. Aguiar was declared legally dead in January 2015. Early life and education Aguiar was born on May 31, 1977 in Rio de Janeiro. He was one of four children of Ellen ( Kaplan), a Jewish mother, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Aguiar
Luis Bernardo Aguiar Burgos (born 17 November 1985) is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Club Oriental de Football as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Mercedes, Soriano Department, Aguiar started his career with Liverpool FC Montevideo. After an impressive season he transferred to FC Porto of Portugal but, after only two months with the club, not being able to reach the first team, he was loaned out during that season to C.F. Estrela da Amadora and Académica de Coimbra. On 11 April 2008, Aguiar scored in a 3–0 surprise win for Académica against S.L. Benfica. His very first goal in the Primeira Liga proved crucial for the Coimbra side, which finally narrowly avoided relegation as 12th. Aguiar remained in Portugal in June 2008, signing with rising S.C. Braga. He was essential in helping the Minho team win 11 of their first 15 competitive matches, netting on five occasions; on 23 October 2008, he scored from a free kick in another 3–0 upse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Aguiar (Portuguese Footballer)
Bruno João Morais Aguiar (born 24 February 1981) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a central midfielder. After an unsuccessful spell with Benfica, although he contributed to the team's first Primeira Liga title in over one decade, he left the club in 2005, going on to play professionally in Scotland and Cyprus. Club career Benfica Born in Lisbon, Aguiar grew in local S.L. Benfica's youth system, but spent the vast majority of his spell as a senior with their reserves. Additionally, he also served two loans, at Gil Vicente FC – six months – and F.C. Alverca, helping the former farm team return to the Primeira Liga in the second of his two full seasons, after which he returned to his ''alma mater''. Under Giovanni Trapattoni, hired for the 2004–05 campaign, Aguiar would make all of his appearances for Benfica's main squad, his first being a UEFA Champions League third qualifying round against R.S.C. Anderlecht on 10 August 2004 ( 1–0 home win, 1–3 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Aguiar
Fernando João Lobo Aguiar (born 18 March 1972) is a Canadian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was arguably Canada's second most successful player to have competed in Portugal, after Alex Bunbury, and was one of about a dozen Portuguese Canadians to have played football in the country. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 138 matches and 13 goals over six seasons, appearing in the competition for Marítimo, Beira-Mar, Benfica, União de Leiria and Penafiel; he added 195/25 in the Segunda Liga. Aguiar represented Canada internationally. Club career Born in Chaves, Aguiar moved to Canada at an early age, beginning his career in the Canadian Soccer League where he represented hometown's Toronto Blizzard. Although the league disbanded in 1992, he remained with the team for their only season in the American Professional Soccer League. Dubbed ''RoboCop'' due to his powerful frame, Aguiar started competing in Europe in 1994, with Portuguese P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguiar (Barcelos)
Aguiar is a surname of Galician-Portuguese origin. Its etymology comes from the Latin word ''aquilare'', translating to "eagle's nest". Notable people with the surname include: * Antone S. Aguiar Jr. (1930–2014), American judge and politician * Bruno Aguiar, Portuguese footballer *Ernani Aguiar, Brazilian composer, choral conductor, and musicologist *Guma Aguiar, Brazilian-born American energy industrialist *João Aguiar (writer) (1943–2010), Portuguese writer and journalist *João Aguiar (swimmer) *Joselia Aguiar, Brazilian writer *Luis Aguiar, Uruguayan footballer *Fernando Aguiar, Portuguese-born Canadian soccer player See also *Aguiar (Barcelos), a civil parish in the municipality of Barcelos *Aguilar (surname) Aguilar is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Abel Aguilar (born 1985), Colombian footballer * Alberto Aguilar (born 1960), Mexican footballer and manager *Alberto Aguilar Leiva (born 1984), Spanish footballer * Alejandro ..., Spanish vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Aguiar (swimmer)
João Carlos da Silva Paquete Aguiar (born September 8, 1983) is an Angolan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He represented Angola, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and held numerous Angolan titles and meet records in the 50 m freestyle, while playing for August 1 Swimming Club in Luanda. Aguiar competed only in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 24.00. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including two-time Olympians Howard Hinds of the Netherlands Antilles and Emin Guliyev of Azerbaijan. He rounded out the field to last place in 25.70, just 1.7 seconds below his entry standard, and 1.98 behind leader Estebán Blanco Estebán Blanco Uhlenhaut (born 16 December 1981) is a Costa Rican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Representing Costa Rica at the 2000 Summer Olympics, he currently holds a nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Aguiar (writer)
João Casimiro Namorado de Aguiar (28 October 1943 – 3 June 2010) was a Portuguese writer and journalist. He spent his youth in Portuguese Mozambique. Aguiar was born and died in Lisbon. After working for a time in the Portuguese tourist industry in Brussels and Amsterdam, he studied journalism at the Free University of Brussels and in 1976 returned to Portugal to work as a journalist. He worked for RTP (where he began his career in 1963) and a variety of daily and weekly periodicals such as the ''Daily News'', '' A Luta'', ''Diário Popular'', '' O País'', and ''Sábado''. In 1981 he was named press secretary of the Ministry of Quality of Life, a short-lived government department concerned with sports and the environment. He was a regular contributor to the monthly magazine ''Superinteressante'' and sat on its editorial board. He died of cancer on 3 June 2010 in Lisbon. He dedicated himself to literature, being one of the most acclaimed Portuguese novelists in the genre of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joselia Aguiar
Joselia Aguiar is a Brazilian writer. She was born in Salvador, Bahia in 1978. She has a PhD in history from the Universidade de São Paulo. She worked at Folha de Sao Paulo and curated the International Literary Festival of Paraty (Flip) in 2017 and 2018. Currently she is the director of the Mário de Andrade Library. Aguiar is the biographer of the Brazilian novelist, Jorge Amado. She won the Premio Jabuti The and its twin the are sedans sold in Japan from 2001 to 2021 by Toyota. The sedans are designated as a compact car by Japanese dimension regulations and the exterior dimensions do not change with periodic updates. Unlike Toyota's other v ... for her 2018 book ''Jorge Amado: a biography''. References External links Interview with Joselia Aguiarat Asymptote Journal Articles by Joselia Aguiarat Revista Pesquisa FAPESP 1978 births Living people Brazilian biographers Brazilian women biographers People from Salvador, Bahia 21st-century Brazilian women writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernani Aguiar
Ernani Henrique Chaves Aguiar (born 30 August 1950 in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian composer, choral conductor, and musicologist. Life and career A scholarship winner to the Argentine Mozarteum, Aguiar studied under various composers and conductors in South America and later in Europe, including Sergiu Celibidache. As a musicologist, he has specialized in the revising, editing, and revival of works by composers of the 18th century Minas Gerais School. He has written a number of instrumental pieces, but his most famous works are his choral pieces, such as the fiery ''Salmo 150'', composed in 1975 and published in 1993, which features rhythmic backgrounds with very rapid articulations. ''Salmo 150'' has proved a very popular piece among choral conductors worldwide, particularly within the American Choral Directors Association. He is currently a professor of music at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, a fellow of the Villa-Lobos Institute, and a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguilar (surname)
Aguilar is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Abel Aguilar (born 1985), Colombian footballer * Alberto Aguilar (born 1960), Mexican footballer and manager *Alberto Aguilar Leiva (born 1984), Spanish footballer * Alejandro Aguilar (born 1990), Costa Rican footballer *Alfredo Aguilar (born 1988), Paraguayan footballer *Amalia Aguilar (born 1924), Cuban and Mexican film actress and dancer in the 1940s and 1950s * Annette A. Aguilar (born 1957), American percussionist, bandleader, and educator * Antonio Aguilar Barraza (1919–2007), Mexican singer * Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (1942), Ecuadorian writer * António Maria de Aguilar (born 1978), Portuguese rugby player * Baron Diego Pereira d'Aguilar (1699–1759), Spanish Marrano * Belmer Aguilar (born 1973), Colombian footballer * Carlene Aguilar (born 1982), Filipino actress and former beauty queen *Carlos Aguilar (born 1988), American soccer player * Cynthia Aguilar–Villar (born 1950), Filipina politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galician-Portuguese
Galician-Portuguese ( gl, galego-portugués or ', pt, galego-português or ), also known as Old Portuguese or as Medieval Galician when referring to the history of each modern language, was a West Iberian languages, West Iberian Romance language spoken in the Middle Ages, in the northwest area of the Iberian Peninsula. Alternatively, it can be considered a historical period of the Galician language, Galician and Portuguese languages. Galician-Portuguese was first spoken in the area bounded in the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean and by the Douro River in the south, comprising Galicia and northern Portugal, but it was later extended south of the Douro by the ''Reconquista''. It is the common ancestor of modern Portuguese language, Portuguese, Galician language, Galician, Galician-Asturian, Eonavian, and Fala language, Fala varieties, all of which maintain a very high level of mutual intelligibility. The term "Galician-Portuguese" also designates the subdivision of the modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antone S
Antone is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Annie Antone (born 1955), American basket weaver *Bruce Antone (born 1960), American politician *Clifford Antone (1949–2006), American blues musician *Steve Antone (1921–2014), American politician Given name: * Antone "Tony" Costa (1944-1974), American serial killer *Antone Davis (born 1967), American football player *Antone Smith (born 1985), American football player *Antone Williamson (born 1973), American baseball player See also *Antona (name) *Antono (name) *Antone, Oregon, former community in Wheeler County, Oregon, United States *Antonee *Antonen Antonen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Joose Antonen (born 1995), Finnish ice hockey player *Juuso Antonen (born 1988), Finnish ice hockey player See also *Antonin (name) *Antenen *Antone *Antonee Antonee is a gi ... {{given name, type=both Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
