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Calderón (Quito)
Calderón () is a Spanish and Sefardi occupational surname. It is derived from the Vulgar Latin "''caldaria''" (" cauldron") and refers to the occupation of tinker. Calderón, or Calderon, may refer to: * Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician * Alfonso Calderon (activist), Spanish born activist and advocate for gun control * Alfonso Calderón (poet), Chilean poet and writer * Bernardo Calderón Cabrera, Mexican architect * Charles Calderon (born 1950), California lawyer and politician, brother of Ron * Cleofé Calderón, Argentine botanist * Diego de Landa Calderón, an early Bishop in the Yucatán * Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico * Felipe G. Calderón, Filipino constitutionalist * Francisco García Calderón, President of Peru in 1881 * Francisco García Calderón Rey, Peruvian writer and diplomat, representative at the Evian Conference in 1938 * Iñigo Calderón, Spanish footballer playing at Brighton & Hove Albion * Iván Calderón (boxer), Puerto Rican boxer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iñigo Calderón
Íñigo Calderón Zapatería (born 4 January 1982) is a Spanish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right-back, currently Manager (association football), assistant manager of Deportivo Alavés B. He played for Alicante CF, Alicante and Deportivo Alavés, Alavés in Spain, joining Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion in 2010 and going on to remain several years with the club while appearing in 232 competitive games. Club career Spain Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Calderón started his professional career with Alicante CF in the Segunda División B, achieving two first-place finishes and one third during his three-year spell but seeing his team consecutively fail in the promotion play-offs. In 2007, he moved to Deportivo Alavés (he had already represented its Deportivo Alavés C, C and Deportivo Alavés B, B sides early in his caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Calderón De La Barca
Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño (, ; ; 17 January 160025 May 1681) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, writer and knight of the Order of Santiago. He is known as one of the most distinguished Baroque writers of the Spanish Golden Age, especially for his plays. Calderón de la Barca was born in Madrid, where he spent most of his life. He was born on a boat in the Manzanares river, thus the name "de la Barca" added to his father's last name. During his life, he served as soldier and he was a Roman Catholic priest. Born when the Spanish Golden Age theatre was being defined by Lope de Vega, he developed it further, his work being regarded as the culmination of the Spanish Baroque theatre. As such, he is regarded as one of Spain's foremost dramatists and one of the finest playwrights of world literature. Biography Pedro Calderón de la Barca was born in Madrid on Friday, 17 January 1600, and was baptized in the parish of San Martín. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Calderón
Paul Calderón is a Puerto Rican actor, writer, director and producer. He is a founding member of the Touchstone Theatre, the American Folk Theatre and the LAByrinth Theater Company. He is also a member of the Actors Studio, auditioning and accepted as a member in 1984 alongside Melissa Leo and two other actors. Early life Calderón was born in Puerto Rico, and moved to New York City as a child. After a stint in the United States Army, studied acting under the G.I. Bill. He became a member of the Actors Studio in 1984, and was a founding member of the LAByrinth Theater Company. Career Calderón got his big break in 1984 in a revival of Miguel Piñero's '' Short Eyes'' directed by Kevin Conway at the Second Stage Theatre. In 1995 he won an Obie and an Audelco Award for his performance in ''Blade to the Heat'' at the Public Theater. His most notable Broadway role was opposite Robert De Niro in ''Cuba and His Teddy Bear''. He appeared Off-Broadway in such plays as ''Req ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco Calderón
Francisco "Paco" Calderón (born 1959 in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...) is a Mexican political cartoonist. He currently draws for the newspapers that belong to the Grupo Reforma. Calderón began his career in 1976 publishing in national newspaper ''El Heraldo de México'' and later in ''Excélsior''. From 1983 he was published in Monterrey's ''El Norte (Monterrey), El Norte'' and later other newspapers belonging to Grupo Reforma as well as ''Mural'' (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara), ''Palabra'' (Saltillo) and other newspapers and magazines. Calderón has participated in several radio and television programs, narrating the biographies of historical figures as well as giving political commentary. He was awarded the National Journalism Prize in 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Calderón
Mercedes Calderón Martínez (born 1 September 1965) is a former female volleyball player from Cuba, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci .... References databaseOlympics 1965 births Living people Cuban women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban women 20th-century Cuban people 21st- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Calderón
María Inés Calderón (1605, in Madrid – 1678, in Guadalajara) also known as La Calderona and Marizápalos, was a Spanish actress, the mistress of Philip IV and the mother of his only recognized natural son, John of Austria the Younger. Biography María Calderón attracted the attention of the monarch upon her debut at the theatre de Corral de la Cruz in Madrid in 1627. She was at the time involved in a relationship with Ramiro Pérez de Guzmán, Duke of Medina de las Torres, widower of the daughter of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel. The King forced her to quit her career and installed her in a palace in Madrid. Upon the birth of her son in 1629, she lost the custody of him despite her protests. Her relationship to the king ended the same year. There were rumors at the time that her son was fathered by Ramiro Pérez de Guzmán. In March 1642, María Calderón was forced to become a nun against her will. She retired to the monastery of San Juan Bautista of Valfermoso of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (; born 10 August 1951) is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. An economist by profession and a journalist by trade, Santos is a member of the wealthy and influential Santos family, who from 1913 to 2007 were the majority shareholders of '' El Tiempo'' until its sale to Planeta DeAgostini in 2007. He was a cadet at the Navy Academy in Cartagena. Shortly after graduating from the University of Kansas, he joined the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia as an economic advisor and delegate to the International Coffee Organization in London, where he also attended the London School of Economics. In 1981, he was appointed deputy director of ''El Tiempo'' newspaper, becoming its director two years later. Santos earned a mid-career/master's in public administration in 1981 from Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), and was a 1988 Nieman Fellow for his a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Manuel Calderón (musician)
José Manuel Calderón (El Maestro de Bachata) is considered the first musician to record '' bachata'' with "Borracho de amor" and "Condena", in 1962 at the Radio Televisión Dominicana studios.Julie A. Sellers Bachata and Dominican Identity / La bachata y la identidad dominicana- 2014 - 0786476737 "Bachatero Edilio Paredes remembers the first bachata “Condena (Conviction/ Sentence),” recorded by José Manuel Calderón: “In 1962, the first recording of what we now call bachata was made. Then, it was called 'bolero de guitarra." Calderón's voice was unlike typical ''bachateros'', in that he sang in baritone. He also innovated instrumentation in ''bachata'', applying strings, horn sections and piano, as well as replacing the maracas with a güira. Calderón moved to New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Calderón Cabrera
José Luis Calderón Cabrera (born Mexico City, November 6, 1924 – Mexico City, June 7, 2004) was a Mexican architect. He was professor at the Universidad Anáhuac campus del Norte and at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. On his early years he worked together with his brother Bernardo, especially on restorations of churches and monuments. After the brothers split, Calderón continued his work until the 1980s, when became a restoration project manager himself. After the 1985 earthquake in Mexico City, Calderon became a member of the professional group that assessed the remaining buildings' structural conditions. In 2004, he was awarded the Medal of Academic Merits by the Universidad Anáhuac. Soon after his death, Universidad Anahuac dedicated a memorial to his work and legacy.^ ''Homenaje póstumo a un excelente catedrático: Arq. José Luis Calderón Cabrera'' Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish), Universid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Calderón
José Luis Calderón (born October 24, 1970) is an Argentine former football striker. He played for 17 years between 1989 and 2006 without winning a trophy, but since then, between the ages of 36 and 39 he won four major championships with three teams. Nicknamed ''Caldera'', he is remembered for a 48-metre goal he scored against Boca Juniors in 1999 and for his hat-trick against Estudiantes' derby rivals Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata on October 15, 2006. He retired in 2010, at almost 40 years of age. Club career After a promising spell in the youth system of Defensores de Cambaceres, he was transferred to Estudiantes de La Plata, the team he supported as a child, in 1992. His scoring helped the team return from relegation in 1994. Later, he played for Independiente for a year and Italian side S.S.C. Napoli during the 1997–98 season. He returned to Independiente for two years and then moved to Mexico to play with and América and Atlas. Calderón has had multiple spells wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Calderón (basketball)
José Manuel Calderón Borrallo (; born September 28, 1981) is a Spanish basketball executive and former player who is a special advisor for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). With the Spain national team, he won a FIBA World Cup title in 2006, two Olympic silver medals in 2008 and 2012, as well as a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won a EuroBasket title in 2011, two silver medals in 2003 and 2007 as well as a bronze in 2013. Calderón earned an All-EuroBasket Team selection in 2007. Early life and European career José Calderón was born and raised in the town of Villanueva de la Serena, in Spain. His main inspiration for basketball came from his father, who used to play basketball for his hometown's team, Doncel La Serena. Calderón used to enjoy seeing his father play. He accompanied him to his games and practices. He received a proposal to play professional basketball after he won a junior team championship. After a dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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