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Domingo (name)
Domingo is a Spanish name based on Latin ''Dominicus'' meaning 'of the Lord'. Related names include Dominic, Domingos, Domingues, and Domínguez. Notable people named Domingo include: People with the given name * Domingo Alaba Obende (born 1954), businessman and public servant * Domingo Alzugaray (1932–2017), Argentine-born Brazilian actor and journalist *Domingo Amaizón (born 1936), Argentine middle-distance runner * Domingo Amestoy (1822–1892), Basque sheepherder, and banker * Domingo Andrés (1525–1599), Spanish humanist, writer and poet *Domingo Arenas (1888–1918), Mexican revolutionary * Domingo Báñez (1528–1604), Spanish Dominican and Scholastic theologian * Domingo Barrera (born 1943), Spanish boxer *Domingo Barret, governor of Yucatán, Mexico *Domingo Blanco (born 1995), Argentine footballer *Domingo Bordaberry (1889–1952), Uruguayan lawyer and political figure * Domingo Bryant (born 1963), American football player * Domingo Casco (born 1948), Argentin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic
Dominic is a name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans as a male given name. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". Variations include: Dominicus (Latin rendition), Chiziterem (Igbo), Dominik, Dominick, Domenic, Domenico (Italian), Domanic, Dominiq, Domonic, Domènec (Catalan), Domingo (Spanish), Dominykas (Lithuanian), Domingos (Portuguese), Dominggus and Damhnaic (Irish); feminine forms like Dominica, Dominika, Domenica, Dominga, Domingas; as well as the unisex French origin Dominique. The most prominent Roman Catholic with the name, Saint Dominic, founded the Order of Preachers, also known as Dominican friars. Saint Dominic himself was named after Saint Dominic of Silos. Notable people named Dominic, Dominik or Dominick include: People Saints * Saint Dominic of Silos (1000–1073), Spanish monk * Saint Dominic de la Calzada (1019–1109), Spanish saint *Saint Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Castillejo
Domingo Castillejo or Castillejos (died 1786) was a Spanish botanist, surgeon, and professor. From 1770 to 1786, he served as a professor of materia medica and botany at the Royal Naval College of Surgery in Cádiz, during which time his studies were devoted to the flora of the southern Iberian Peninsula. Among the many positions he held during this time was Cádiz correspondent for the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid; in this position he received many new plants imported from the New World, and acclimatized them for distribution to other nurseries throughout Spain and the Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Mo .... The illustrious botanist José Celestino Mutis, a contemporary of Castillejo, named the plant genus '' Castilleja'' in his honor. p.224. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Elías
Domingo Elías Carbajo (July 19, 1805, Ica, Peru – July 3, 1867, Lima, Peru) served as Interim President of Peru (Self-proclaimed President) for a brief period between June and August 1844. Biography He assumed the Presidency of Peru during an epoch of civil war, which divided Peru between the followers of Ramón Castilla's government and those of Domingo Elías Carbajo. After completing his elementary studies, he travelled to Madrid and Paris to continue his education. He returned in 1825 and made a living from agriculture in the Ica Region, where he started a large cultivation of cotton and wine. This epoch coincided with the arrival of Chinese coolies to replace the declining work of African slaves in 1849. After the defeat of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation during the decade of the 1840s, anarchy in Peru became rampant. In 1843, during the government of Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, Elías was named prefect of Lima. When Vivanco headed to southern Peru to confront the cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Drummond
José Domingo Drummond Cooper (14 April 1957 – 23 January 2002) was a Honduran footballer who participated at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Club career Born in Puerto Cortés, Drummond played his entire career for local side Platense in the Honduran National League, as a defender. International career Drummond also played for the ''Catrachos'' and represented his country in 14 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played in one game at the 1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national foo .... Death He died at the age of 44. References 1957 births 2002 deaths People from Puerto Cortés Association football defenders Honduran footballers Honduras international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players Platense F.C. players {{Honduras-footy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Dominguín
Domingo González Mateos, better known as Domingo Dominguín (4 August 1895 – 21 August 1958), was a Spanish bullfighter and progenitor of a dynasty of bullfighters. Career He was born in Quismondo in the province of Toledo into a peasant family. He left agriculture to take part in rural bullfights () until he took his '' alternativa'' on 26 September 1917 in Madrid with Joselito (José Gómez Ortega) for sponsor, facing a bull from the Contreras line.Paul Casanova and Pierre Dupuy, ''Toreros pour l'histoire''. Besançon: La Manufacture, 1991 () Until 1922 he performed at an honourable level but then suffered a rapid decline and retired from the bullring. He became an '' apoderado'' and an outstanding manager of bullfighters, including his youngest son Luis Miguel Dominguín and his future son-in-law Antonio Ordóñez. Family Dominguín married Gracia Lucas Lorente, with whom he had five children: Domingo, José, Gracia, Luis Miguel and Carmen. All three sons were well- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Deluana
Domingo J. Deluana was an enlisted Marine of the Philippine Marine Corps and a posthumous recipient of the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Medal of Valor. Sergeant Deluana served with the 9th Marine Battalion during the 2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. In a military operation in Matanog, Maguindanao, Deluana and Marine officer Lolinato To-ong were themselves wounded while providing suppressive fire to cover the medical evacuation of wounded fellow Marines. Despite their wounds, they continued maneuvering and providing cover fire until a rocket propelled grenade A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) is a shoulder-fired missile weapon that launches rockets equipped with an explosive warhead. Most RPGs can be carried by an individual soldier, and are frequently used as anti-tank weapons. These warheads are ... blast hit the pair. Deluana and To-ong were killed in action. Medal of Valor citation "For acts of conspicuous cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Damigella
Domingo Nicolas Damigella (born January 6, 1968 in Tandil, Buenos Aires) is a former featherweight boxer from Argentina, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was eliminated in the first round by Great Britain's David Anderson David Anderson may refer to: People In academia or science *David Anderson (academic) (born 1952), American college professor *David Anderson (engineer) (1880–1953), Scottish civil engineer and lawyer *David Anderson, 2nd Viscount Waverley (1911 .... Nicknamed ''Minguito'', Damigella made his professional debut on November 26, 1988. 1988 Olympic results Below is the record of Domingo Damigella, an Argentinian featherweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics: * Round of 64: lost to David Anderson (Great Britain) by decision, 1-4 Title bouts References * 1968 births Living people People from Tandil Featherweight boxers Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Argent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Cullen
Domingo Cullen (1791 – 21 June 1839) was the governor of province of Santa Fe, Argentina during 1838. Biography Cullen was born in Tenerife, Canary Islands, but moved to Argentina in the 1820s after establishing commercial activities (linked with fluvial trade) in the area. He met Santa Fe's ''caudillo'' Estanislao López when serving as a deputy of the Cabildo of Montevideo. After being involved in activism related to the independence of Uruguay and the resistance against Brazil (see Cisplatine War), he returned to Santa Fe, settled in a ranch, and married Joaquina Rodríguez del Fresno, the young widow of Pedro Aldao and sister-in-law of López. In 1828 he became a counselor of López, and his Minister of Government in 1833. At the time of López's death on 15 June 1838, Cullen was in Buenos Aires as representative of Santa Fe, trying to find a peaceful solution to the ongoing French blockade of the port (caused by a law of 1821 that obligated resident foreign citizens of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Cruz
Domingo Cruz (3 July 1864 – 20 October 1934), a.k.a., "Cocolía", was a late 19th-century Puerto Rican musician, and director of the Ponce Firefighters' Band (now the Ponce Municipal Band). Early years Domingo Cruz was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on 3 July 1864. Professional career Cocolía (Spanish for little crab) played the saxhorn with "La Lira Ponceña" orchestra (by 1919 also known as the ''Ponce Symphony Orchestra'') under the baton of Ponce's renowned composer Juan Morel Campos. Famous for his danceable tunes, Cocolía was also a music teacher and director of the Firefighters' Band, the ''Banda Municipal de Ponce''. Upon the death of Juan Morel Campos, Cruz became the director of the Ponce Municipal Band. He directed it from 1896 until 1916. Death Cocolia died in 1934 in the Province of Alicante, Spain. Legacy The city of Ponce recognized his work with a statue. For many years, Cocolia's statue stood in front of the Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos, which to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Cordero
Domingo Cordero Clase (born 17 October 1965 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a retired Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-07-19. His personal best time was 49.12 seconds, achieved in July 1991 in Xalapa. This was the Puerto Rican records in athletics, Puerto Rican record. He won gold medals at the Athletics at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games, 1990 and Athletics at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games, 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games as well as the 1989 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, 1989 and 1991 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, 1991 Central American and Caribbean Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Colín
Domingo Colín (born 4 August 1952) is a Mexican former racewalker who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... References External links * 1952 births Living people Mexican male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican people {{Mexico-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Cisma
Domingo Cisma González (born 9 February 1982) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back, currently assistant manager of FC Cartagena. He appeared in 182 La Liga matches over eight seasons, totalling five goals for Almería, Numancia, Racing de Santander, Atlético Madrid and Elche. Playing career Born in Seville, Andalusia, Cisma played for Ayamonte CF and Atlético Madrid B during his early career. For 2005–06 he signed with UD Almería of the Segunda División, contributing 20 games the following season (scoring in a 2–1 win at Elche CF) as the Andalusia club promoted to La Liga for the first time ever. Moving to recently promoted CD Numancia in July 2008, on loan, Cisma netted his first top-flight goal on 26 October, in the 96th minute, for a 2–1 home victory over Racing de Santander. He was first choice throughout the relegation-ending campaign. Cisma then returned to Almería, where he finally became a starter, even appearing as a central defen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
