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Fortes Ice Cream Parlour, Bracelet Bay, Swansea
Fortes is a family name in mostly Portuguese-speaking countries. Famous people named Fortes include: * Agostinho Fortes Filho (1901–1966), known as ''Fortes'', Brazilian international footballer. * Alberto Fortes (born 1958), Spanish-German author and chef. *Alvin Fortes (born 1994), Dutch footballer. * Amâncio José Pinto Fortes (born 1990), Angolan football midfielder . * Carlos Fortes (footballer, born 1974), Dutch footballer. * Carlos Manuel Santos Fortes (born 1994), Portuguese footballer. *Corsino Fortes (born 1933), Cape Verdean poet. *Eddy Fortes (born 1950), Rotterdam-based Cape-Verdean rapper. * Emanuel Fortes (born 1970), Brazilian former international freestyle swimmer. * Enrique Fortes (born 1947), Cuban volleyball player. * Fábio Fortes (born 1992), Portuguese footballer. * Felisberto Fortes (1927–2013), Portuguese rower. *Filipe Fortes, Brazilian Businessman and Investor. *Hermínia da Cruz Fortes (1941—2010), Cape Verdean singer. * Jeffrey Fortes (born 1989), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agostinho Fortes Filho
Agostinho Fortes Filho (9 September 1901 – 2 May 1966) was a Brazilian Football (soccer), football player. He played all his career for Fluminense F.C., Fluminense and was a member of the Brazil national football team, Brazilian squad at the 1930 FIFA World Cup finals and won two Copa América, South American Championship (1919 South American Championship, 1919, 1922 South American Championship, 1922). He's regardesd as one of the first midfielders that played with and without the ball at his time. Honours Club * Campeonato Carioca (4): :Fluminense: 1917, 1918, 1919, 1924 National * Copa América, South American Championship (2): :Brazil: 1919 South American Championship, 1919, 1922 South American Championship, 1922 References 1901 births 1966 deaths Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's international footballers 1930 FIFA World Cup players Fluminense FC players Place of death missing Men's association football mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Fortes
Joseph Seraphim Fortes (9 February 1863 – 4 February 1922) was a British-Canadian lifeguard. He was a prominent figure in the early history of Vancouver, and the city's first official lifeguard. Early life Joe Fortes was born in 1863 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. His father was a Barbadian "of full African blood" and his mother was "entirely or largely" Spanish or Portuguese. At 17 Fortes left Trinidad for England. Residing for five years in Liverpool, he learned to swim at St George’s Baths, where he became a swimmer and diver of some note. He won a three-mile race across the Mersey River, received a gold medal for life-saving, and exhibited his talents as part of an 11-person swim team in a tour of English and French seaside resorts. In 1884 he sailed around Cape Horn from Liverpool on the ''Robert Kerr'', arriving in Burrard Inlet, a coastal fjord in southwestern British Columbia, in September 1885. His name occurs repeatedly in the ship's log as Seraphim Fortes. Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susana Fortes
Susana Fortes (born in 1959 in Pontevedra, Spain) is a Spanish writer and columnist. Fortes graduated in geography and history at the University of Santiago de Compostela and in American history at the University of Barcelona. She combines her passion for novels with her work as a secondary school teacher in Valencia. In the past, she also has taught Spanish and Art History and participated in various University conferences in Louisiana and California. Her novel ''El amante albanés'' (English: The Albanian Affairs) was runner up in the 2003 Planeta literary prize. ''Esperando a Robert Capa'' (English: Waiting for Robert Capa) won the 2009 Fernando Lara Novel Award The Fernando Lara Novel Award ( es, Premio Fernando Lara de Novela, links=no) is given annually in Spain by the José Manuel Lara Foundation and the Planeta publishing house to an unpublished novel in the Spanish language. The publication of the f .... Selected bibliography * ''Querido Corto Maltés'', (1994, Tusqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Fortès
Steven Fortès (born 17 April 1992) is a professional footballer who last played as a centre-back for Lens. Born in France, he represents Cape Verde at international level. Club career Born in Marseille, Fortès played club football in France for SCO La Cayolle, Arles-Avignon B, Arles-Avignon and Le Havre. During the 2016–17 season he made 27 appearances for Le Havre, 25 in Ligue 2 and 2 in the Coupe de la Ligue. In June 2017, Fortès joined Toulouse on a free transfer signing a four-year contract. He was loaned to Lens in January 2019 until the end of the season. On 21 June 2019, the deal was made permanent with Fortes agreeing to a three-year contract. In August 2021 he moved on loan to Oostende. In summer 2022, after his return from loan, Fortès was linked with a move away from Lens. International career Fortès made his senior international debut for Cape Verde in 2015. He was named in the squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations The 2021 Africa Cup of Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Fortes
Roberto Duete Fortes (born November 9, 1984) is an Angolan basketball player. Fortes is a member of the Angola national basketball team and formerly the Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team. He represented Angola at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. He is currently playing for Recreativo do Libolo at the Angolan major basketball league BIC Basket. Personal Fortes moved to the United States with his family at the age of 11, after leaving his native Angola to flee the Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies .... He also attended North Side High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana and Daytona State Community College prior to attending Illinois State. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Fortes
Paula Fortes (1945–2011) was a Cape Verdean independence activist. A native of Mindelo, Fortes became an orphan at 13, and at 16 joined the struggle against the Portuguese; she organized students at the Escola Piloto. After finishing her studies she trained to become a nurse. She was instrumental in the founding of the Organização das Mulheres de Cabo Verde, of which she served as a leader. She also served in government on the island of Sal, Cape Verde, Sal, thus becoming the only woman to hold office in the national government immediately after independence. Fortes died in Portugal after an illness of some duration. 2013 saw the posthumous publication of her memoir, ''Minha Passagem''. References 1945 births 2011 deaths Cape Verdean activists Cape Verdean women activists Cape Verdean women in politics 20th-century women politicians People from Mindelo {{CapeVerde-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paco Fortes
Francisco "Paco" Fortes Calvo (born 4 January 1955) is a Spanish former football forward and manager. Even though he also played for Barcelona, his career was mainly associated with Farense in Portugal, either as a player or manager. Playing career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Fortes emerged through local FC Barcelona's youth ranks, going on to spend four years with the first team and also being loaned one season to CD Málaga. He only featured regularly for the former in 1975–76 – 23 matches, three goals – adding 11 UEFA Cup appearances with three goals in two separate campaigns. He made his La Liga debut on 5 October 1975 at the age of 20, in a 3–0 home win against Granada CF. Released by the ''Blaugrana'' in 1979, Fortes signed for neighbours RCD Español, staying with the club for three seasons. Subsequently, he joined Real Valladolid still in the top flight, going on to appear in 175 games and score 14 goals in the competition. He earned his only cap for Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odaïr Fortes
''This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Lopes and the second or paternal family name is Fortes.'' Odaïr Júnior Lopes Fortes (born 31 March 1987) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Régional 1 club Reims Saint-Anne and the Cape Verde national team. Career Fortes was born in Praia to four brothers and sisters, he immigrated to the neighbourhood of Moulin-Vert in Vitry-sur-Seine in the Paris area in 2004. His first French club was UJA Alfortville where he spent three seasons first in the Paris-Île-de-France Division d'Honneur in 2007 and then CFA2 in 2008 he moved to Stade de Reims, in his first season, he played 23 matches in Ligue 2 and the club was relegated to the National level. In the 2009–10 season, he scored two goals in the first seven matches and Reims finished 2nd and returned to Ligue 2 in the following season, the club finished second in the 2011–12 season and participated into Ligue 1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meyer Fortes
Meyer Fortes FBA FRAI (25 April 1906 – 27 January 1983) was a South African-born anthropologist, best known for his work among the Tallensi and Ashanti in Ghana. Originally trained in psychology, Fortes employed the notion of the "person" into his structural-functional analyses of kinship, the family, and ancestor worship setting a standard for studies on African social organization. His celebrated book, ''Oedipus and Job in West African Religion'' (1959), fused his two interests and set a standard for comparative ethnology. He also wrote extensively on issues of the first born, kingship, and divination. Life Fortes received his anthropological training from Charles Gabriel Seligman at the London School of Economics. Fortes also trained with Bronisław Malinowski and Raymond Firth. Along with contemporaries A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, Sir Edmund Leach, Audrey Richards, and Lucy Mair, Fortes held strong functionalist views that insisted upon empirical evidence in orde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Fortes
Marco Fortes (born 26 September 1982) is a male shot putter from Portugal. His personal best throw is 21.02 meters – Portuguese record – was achieved at the 2012 European Cup Winter Throwing in Bar, Montenegro, where he won the gold medal. Career Fortes was born in Portugal to Mozambican immigrants. At the age of 25, he was the first Portuguese shot putter to participate in the Olympics. In Beijing 2008, after beating his personal (and national) record (18.05) he jokingly stated "I seem to perform better in the afternoon. Apparently I would do better to remain in bed on mornings." In response, he was expelled from the Olympic committee. This spawned controversy, especially when Nelson Évora Nelson Évora GCIH (born 20 April 1984) is an Ivory Coast-born Portuguese track and field athlete who specializes in the triple jump. Évora is a former outdoor Olympic, World, and European triple jump champion. He has also won a European i ..., who was the only Portuguese a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Fortes
Nicholas Fortes (born November 11, 1996) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2021. Amateur career Fortes attended DeLand High School in DeLand, Florida. Undrafted out of high school, he attended the University of Mississippi and played college baseball for the Rebels. In his junior season at Ole Miss, he hit .319/.435/.519 with 11 home runs and 49 RBIs. He was drafted by the Miami Marlins in the 4th round of the 2018 MLB draft. Professional career He began his professional career in 2018 by splitting the season between the GCL Marlins, the Batavia Muckdogs, and the Greensboro Grasshoppers, hitting a combined .226/.346/.258 with no home runs and 11 RBIs. He spent the 2019 season with the Jupiter Hammerheads, hitting .217/.293/.308 with 3 home runs and 29 RBIs. He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He split the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Fortes
Nicholas Fortes (born November 11, 1996) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2021. Amateur career Fortes attended DeLand High School in DeLand, Florida. Undrafted out of high school, he attended the University of Mississippi and played college baseball for the Rebels. In his junior season at Ole Miss, he hit .319/.435/.519 with 11 home runs and 49 RBIs. He was drafted by the Miami Marlins in the 4th round of the 2018 MLB draft. Professional career He began his professional career in 2018 by splitting the season between the GCL Marlins, the Batavia Muckdogs, and the Greensboro Grasshoppers, hitting a combined .226/.346/.258 with no home runs and 11 RBIs. He spent the 2019 season with the Jupiter Hammerheads, hitting .217/.293/.308 with 3 home runs and 29 RBIs. He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He split t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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