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Contreras Palma
Contreras is a Spanish surname of toponymic origin, for "from the surrounding area". It is a common family name in the Hispanic-speaking world. People *Adán Amezcua Contreras (born c. 1969), Mexican co-leader (with his two younger brothers) of the Colima Cartel *Alan Contreras (born 1956), American writer and ornithologist *Albert Contreras (1933–2017), American artist * Alejandro Contreras (born 1993), Chilean footballer *Alonso de Contreras (1582–1641), Spanish soldier, sailor, privateer, adventurer and writer *Ana Brenda Contreras (born 1986), Mexican-American singer and actress *Andrés Contreras (1943–2014), Chilean agronomist and potato expert * Anthony Contreras (born 2000), Costa Rican footballer * Billy Contreras (born 1984), American jazz violinist and bluegrass fiddler * Carlos Contreras (other), several people with this name * Carme Contreras i Verdiales (1932–2020), Spanish actress *Carmen Contreras-Bozak (1919–2017), American who was the first Hisp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toponymic Surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name."Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar. This can include specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or of lands that they held, or can be more generic, derived from topographic features.Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59. Toponymic surnames originated as non-hereditary personal s, and only subsequently came to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Contreras (taekwondo)
Edgar Contreras (born 16 July 1992) is a Venezuelan taekwondo athlete. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 68 kg. In 2017, he competed in the men's featherweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships The 2017 World Taekwondo Championships was the 23rd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held in Muju, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southe ... held in Muju, South Korea. References 1992 births Living people Venezuelan male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Venezuela Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Venezuela 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-taekwondo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Contreras (other)
José Contreras (born 1971) is a Cuban Major League Baseball pitcher. José Contreras may also refer to: *José Castellanos Contreras (1893–1977), Salvadoran military officer and diplomat who rescued Jews during the Holocaust * José Alirio Contreras (born 1978), Venezuelan cyclist * José Contreras (footballer, born 1982), Chilean football right-back *José Manuel Contreras (born 1986), Guatemalan football midfielder * José Contreras (footballer, born 1994), Venezuelan football goalkeeper *José Miguel Contreras By Divine Right is a Canadian indie rock band led by guitarist and vocalist José Miguel Contreras. History The band was formed in 1989 by high school friends Contreras, drummer Mark Goldstein, bass guitarist Liz Teear and guitarist Steve Berma ..., Canadian rock singer and guitarist of By Divine Right See also * Contreras surname {{hndis, Contreras, José ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Fructuoso Contreras
Jesús Fructuoso Contreras Chávez (January 20, 1866 – July 13, 1902) was a Mexican sculptor. He has been called the most "representative sculptor of late 19th century Mexico". Biography Jesús Fructuoso Contreras was born in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes on 20 January 1866. Contreras received his primary education at Placido Jimenez's school, where he studied drawing. Such was his success that at 14 years, his classmates and teachers supported him to continue his studies at the National School of Fine Arts in Mexico City. At the age of 21, he was given a scholarship by the government to study in Paris. He was a nephew of José María Chávez Alonso. Due to the support he received from the government of Porfirio Diaz, he was able to work on various monuments, including twenty bronze sculptures on the Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City. With support from the government of Aguascalientes, Contreras founded the ''Fundición Artística Mexicana'', where some of the sculpture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Amezcua Contreras
José de Jesús Amezcua Contreras (born c. 1975, along with his brothers Adán and Luis, was a leader of the Colima Cartel, a Mexican methamphetamine and meth-precursor smuggling organization. The Colima cartel has become a branch of the Sinaloa Cartel as are the Milenio Cartel, Guadalajara Cartel, and Sonora Cartels. Arrest On June 1, 1998, Luis and Jesús Amezcua were arrested in Guadalajara by agents from the Mexican counter-narcotics agency, Fiscalía Especial para Atención a los Delitos contra la Salud (FEADS). The Colima Cartel at the time of the arrests of Luis and Jesús was believed to be "the most prominent methamphetamine trafficking organization operating ... as well as the leading supplier of chemicals to other methamphetamine trafficking organizations" Within 9 days of their arrest, ''The New York Times'' reported two of the three charges Luis and Jesús Amezcua Contreras were facing were dropped. Judge José Nieves Luna Castro dropped from each, one count of cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Contreras
Israel Contreras (born December 27, 1960) is a Venezuelan former professional boxer who won the World Boxing Organization and World Boxing Association world bantamweight titles. He had a supporting role in the Mel Gibson film ''Apocalypto''. Boxing career Contreras turned professional in 1981 and lost his first title fight to WBA super flyweight title holder Khaosai Galaxy by KO in 1986. He later moved up in weight and in 1990 captured the WBO bantamweight title with a TKO over Ray Minus. Contreras vacated the title to fight Luisito Espinosa Luisito Pio Espinosa (born June 26, 1967) is a Filipino former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2005. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBA bantamweight title from 1989 to 1991 and the WBC featherweight ... for WBA belt in 1991 and won by KO in the 5th. He lost the belt in his first defense to Eddie Cook. He retired in 1995 after a TKO loss to Johnny Vasquez. Contreras collapsed in the ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Contreras
Gerardo Iván Contreras Gámez (born January 29, 1974, in Tampico) is a former Mexican professional volleyball player. His position on the field is outside hitter. Contreras has been voted ''player of the year'' in 2005, 2007 and 2008 in Belgium. Contreras is also captain of Knack Roeselare. Contreras attended Penn State University where he won an NCAA National Championship as a freshman and was named the AVCA National Player of the Year in 1997. Among Contreras' former teams are Osnabrück in Germany, MTV Näfels in Switzerland, Knack Roeselare in Belgium and Ziraat Bankası Ankara in Turkey. In 2004, he won the MVP award from the Liga de Voleibol Superior Masculino, playing with Gigantes de Adjuntas. He played for this team from 2002 to 2006. Before playing volleyball, Contreras was practicing athletics, especially hurdling, high jump and long jump. Contreras had also tried karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidalgo Contreras
Hidalgo Contreras Covarrubias (born 27 December 1969) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party. He was a deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress from 2003 to 2006 representing Baja California. References 1969 births Living people Politicians from Baja California National Action Party (Mexico) politicians Autonomous University of Baja California alumni Academic staff of the Autonomous University of Baja California 21st-century Mexican politicians Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Baja California {{Mexico-deputy-NationalAction-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavo Lozano Contreras
Gustavo Lozano-Contreras (1938–2000) was a Colombian botanist. He was a Professor of Botany at the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional in Colombia. With Eduino Carbonó, he described 125 species of plants endemic to Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. He served as Director of Botany in the Science Faculty of the National University of Colombia in Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges .... References 1938 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Colombian botanists {{Colombia-botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Contreras Roeniger
María Gloria Contreras Roeniger, better known as Gloria Contreras (November 15, 1934 – November 25, 2015) was a Mexican dancer and choreographer. Biography Contreras was born in Mexico City. She studied dancing under Nelsy Dambré in Mexico from 1946 to 1954, and, after joining the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, visited the School of American Ballet in New York from 1956 to 1964, where she was taught by Pierre Vladimirov, Felia Doubrovska, Anatole Oboukhoff, Muriel Stuart and George Balanchine. From 1958 to 1965 she was also taught by Carola Trier. Contreras taught choreography at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and was director of its choreography workshop, which she founded in 1970. Following Balanchine, she had a neo-classical choreographic style and utilized the music of Mexican composers in her work. Contreras had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Contreras (boxer)
Francisco Contreras (born 21 March 1984) is a Dominican professional Boxing, boxer. He is trained by former world champion Robert Garcia (American boxer), Robert Garcia. Early life Contreras was raised in a poor family, he first entered a boxing gym at the age of five. His father Bonifacio was also a boxer and even had two brothers who were also boxers. Amateur career Francisco was a member of the Dominican national team and ended his amateur career with a record of 350–14. Professional career In September 2008, Contreras beat José Herley Zúñiga Montaño to win the World Boxing Council, WBC CABOFE light welterweight title. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Contreras, Francisco Lightweight boxers 1984 births Living people Dominican Republic male boxers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Contreras III
Enrique Contreras III (born May 22, 1992) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. He has competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and most notably, NASCAR Mexico Series. He is the son of former Indy Lights racer Enrique Contreras II and nephew of NASCAR driver Carlos Contreras. Racing career Regional series Mexico Series Contreras has run the full schedule before, in 2011, 2014 and 2015. He broke through in 2014, scoring his first four top ten finishes while finishing all but one race (mechanical problems at Nuevo Autodromo de Queretaro). In 2015, he added three more top tens, with just one crash. K&N Pro Series East Contreras made his K&N Pro Series East debut in 2012, driving four races. He recorded a best finish of 11th at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. In 2013, Contreras ran the first three races of the season, scoring 25th at Bristol Motor Speedway, 19th at Greensville-Pickens and 24th at Five Flags Speedway. National series Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |