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Fernando Lujan (bishop)
Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the Germanic given name Ferdinand, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey". First name * Fernando el Católico, king of Aragon A * Fernando Acevedo, Peruvian track and field athlete * Fernando Aceves Humana, Mexican painter * Fernando Alegría, Chilean poet and writer * Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula One driver * Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer * Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter * Fernando Antogna, Argentine track and road cyclist * Fernando de Araújo (other), multiple people B * Fernando Balzaretti (1946–1998), Mexican actor * Fernando Baudrit Solera, Costa Rican president of the supreme court * Fernando Botero, Colombian artist * Fernando Bujones, ballet dancer C * Fernando Cabrera (baseba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernanda
Fernanda is a Portuguese language, Portuguese, Spanish language, Spanish and Italian language, Italian feminine equivalent of Fernando, a male given name of Germanic peoples, Germanic origin, with an original meaning of "adventurous, bold journey". __TOC__ People *Fernanda Abreu (born 1961), Brazilian popular singer *Fernanda Brandão (born 1983), Brazilian singer and dancer based in Munich, Germany *Fernanda Castillo (born 1982), Mexican actress *Fernanda Contri (born 1935), Italian jurist and politician *Fernanda Cornejo (born 1989), Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder, crowned Miss International Ecuador 2011 *Fernanda Eberstadt (born 1960), American writer *Fernanda de Freitas (born 1980), Brazilian film, television and stage actress *Fernanda Gattinoni (1906–2002), Italian fashion designer *Fernanda G. Weiden, system administrator and a former council member of Free Software Foundation Latin America *Fernanda González (born 1990), Olympic and National record-holding backstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero Angulo (born 19 April 1932) is a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor, born in Medellín. His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political criticism or humor, depending on the piece. He is considered the most recognized and quoted living artist from Latin America, and his art can be found in highly visible places around the world, such as Park Avenue in New York City and the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Self-titled "the most Colombian of Colombian artists" early on, Botero came to national prominence when he won the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1958. He began creating sculptures after moving to Paris in 1973, achieving international recognition with exhibitions around the world by the 1990s. His art is collected by many major international museums, corporations, and private collectors. In 2012, he received the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director and member of the Royal Spanish Academy for seven years. He was born in Peru while his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour in Latin America. He would later use her surname for his stage name when he moved to Spain in 1924. Biography The most probable thing, as he wrote in his memoirs, is that he was born in Lima on 28 August 1921, even if his birth certificate indicates that he was born in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. The reason for this is that his mother, the theater actress Carola Fernán Gómez, was touring South America when he was born in Lima, so his birth certificate was issued days later in Argentina, a country whose nationality he retained, in addition to Spanish nationality, which was granted to him in 1984. Being an extramarital son, his father was also the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Delgadillo
Fernando Delgadillo (born December 7, 1965) is a Mexican musician and composer. He is considered a major representative of the Folk music genre in Mexico. Biography In 1986, Delgadillo began performing in "El Sapo Cancionero", a venue in Mexico City popular with undiscovered folk singers. In 1988, he became a regular performer. In 1989, along with other musicians and writers, he created SEIMUS, or "Sociedad de Escritores y Músicos Urbanos Subterraneos" (Society of Underground Urban Musicians and Writers). In 1990, SEIMUS recorded a home-made cassette, and in the same year Delgadillo recorded another two, named "Fernando Delgadillo" and "La Cancion Informal" (Informal Song). in 1991 he recorded two more cassettes. In 1992, he recorded his first CD, "Con cierto aire a ti" (With a certain air of you). The words in this title also have a double-meaning in Spanish "Con cierto = With a certain; Concierto = concert". He continued to record a number of albums in the years that foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Cortez
Fernando Cortez (born October 29, 1981 in Stockton, California) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. His last MLB team was the Kansas City Royals. Career Tampa Bay Rays Cortez was selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 9th round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft. He began his professional career that year for the Hudson Valley Renegades. He received a promotion to the Charleston RiverDogs in 2002, where he would spend the season. In 2003, he played for the high-A Bakersfield Blaze and the AA Orlando Rays. In 2004, he remained in AA for the Montgomery Biscuits. He began 2005 in Montgomery before receiving a promotion to the AAA Durham Bulls.He saw his first Major League action with the Devil Rays in , serving as a utility infielder in his limited time with the club after making his debut on July 5, 2005. Kansas City Royals On June 20, , Cortez, along with outfielder Joey Gathright, was traded to Kansas City for left-handed pitcher J.P. Howell. Cortez was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Colunga
Fernando Colunga Olivares () (born 3 March 1966) is a Mexican actor best known for his work in Mexican telenovelas. Colunga gained international fame for playing Luis Fernando de la Vega in the Mexican soap opera ''Maria la del Barrio''. He is also known for his roles as Manuel Fuentes-Guerra in the historical drama set in the Mexican post-independence period of the mid- 19th century, '' Real love'', and for playing Jesús García in '' Porque el amor manda''. He received his drama education at Centro de Educación Artística de Televisa (CEA) in Mexico City. Career Colunga worked as an actor in 1988, when he debuted twice as Eduardo Yañez's stuntman in the soap opera ''Dulce Desafío''. After that, he decided to start his acting career and enrolled in the Centro de Educación Artística de Televisa in 1990. In his early career, he was known to many audiences for his role in the Mexican version of ''Sesame Street.'' Colunga also starred in other shows, such as ''The Web'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Collor De Mello
Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (; born 12 August 1949) is a Brazilian politician who served as the 32nd president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his impeachment trial by the Brazilian Senate. Collor was the first President democratically elected after the end of the Brazilian military government. He became the youngest president in Brazilian history, taking office at the age of 40. After he resigned from the presidency, the impeachment trial on charges of corruption continued. Collor was found guilty by the Senate and disqualified from holding elected office for eight years (1992–2000). He was later acquitted of ordinary criminal charges in his judicial trial before Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, for lack of valid evidence. Fernando Collor was born into a political family. He is the son of the former Senator and Leda Collor (daughter of former Labour Minister Lindolfo Collor, led by his father, former governor of Alagoas and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Climent
Fernando Climent Huerta (born 27 May 1958 in Coria del Río, Sevilla) is a retired competition rower and Olympic champion from Spain. He won a silver medal in the coxless pair event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, together with Luis María Lasúrtegui Luis María Lasúrtegui Berridi (born 28 March 1956 in Pasaia, Guipúzcoa) is a Spanish competition rower and Olympic champion. He won a silver medal in the coxless pair event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, together with Fernando C ...."1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Rowing" (Retrieved on 12 May 2008) He is now the President of the Spanish Rowing Federation. References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Executive Of Macau
The Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (; pt, Chefe do Executivo da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau) is the head of government of Macau, a special administrative region of China. The position replaced the office of Governor of Macau, the former head of Macau as an overseas province of Portugal. Under the Basic Law of Macau, the chief executive's role is to: ...be the head of the Macau Special Administrative Region and shall represent the Region. The Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region shall be accountable to the Central People's Government and the Macau Special Administrative Region in accordance with the provisions of this Law. The current chief executive is Ho Iat Seng. His office is located at the Macau Government Headquarters, formerly the Governor's House (from 1883-1926) and the Governor's office (from 1926 to 1999). The CE has used this as his office since 2009. History The office was created by the first sessio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macanese People
The Macanese people ( pt, Macaense) are an East Asian ethnic group that originated in Macau in the 16th century, consisting of people of predominantly mixed Cantonese and Portuguese as well as Malay, Japanese, English, Sinhalese, and Indian ancestry.Teixeira, Manuel (1965),''Os Macaenses'', Macau: Imprensa Nacional; Amaro, Ana Maria (1988), ''Filhos da Terra'', Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, pp. 4–7; and Pina-Cabral, João de and Nelson Lourenço (1993), ''Em Terra de Tufões: Dinâmicas da Etnicidade Macaense'', Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, for three varying, yet converging discussions on the definition of the term Macanese. Also particularly helpful is ''Review of Culture'' No. 20 July/September (English Edition) 1994, which is devoted to the ethnography of the Macanese.Marreiros, Carlos (1994), "Alliances for the Future" in ''Review of Culture'', No. 20 July/September (English Edition), pp. 162–172. Name The term "澳門人" (meaning ''Macanese'') an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Chui Sai On
Fernando Chui Sai-on (; born 13 January 1957) is a Macau politician who served as the 2nd Chief Executive of Macau from 2009 to 2019. He served as Secretary for Social and Cultural Affairs from 1999 to 2009. Chui was born in 1957 to local construction tycoon Chui Tak-seng and Chan Keng-fan, the second son after Chui Sai-cheong. His wife is a niece of the late Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok Ying-tung. Education In Macau, Chui attended Lingnan High School and then finished high school at Hawaiian Mission Academy in Honolulu before pursuing his post-secondary education. Chui obtained his university training in the United States where he obtained his various degrees: * Bachelor's degree in City Hygiene Administration from California State University, Sacramento * PhD in Public Health at the University of Oklahoma * Registered member of the American Association of Public Hygiene * Registered member of the American Association for the Management of Medical Affairs He was guest profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Camargo
Luis Fernando Camargo Flechas (born December 17, 1977) is a Colombian road racing cyclist, who is currently suspended from the sport. He is nicknamed "Tenorio". Major results ;2005 : 1st Stage 10 Vuelta a Colombia ;2007 : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia ;2008 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Boyacà : 1st Overall Vuelta a Bolivia ::1st Stage 8a (ITT) : 1st Stage 7 Clásico RCN ;2009 : 1st Overall Vuelta al Ecuador ::1st Stage 3 : 10th Overall Vuelta a Colombia ;2010 : 3rd Overall Doble Sucre Potosí GP Cemento Fancesa : 7th Overall Vuelta al Ecuador ;2011 : 5th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica ;2012 : 6th Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stages 9 & 11 (ITT) ;2014 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia The Vuelta a Colombia (Spanish for ''Tour of Colombia'') is an annual cycling road race, run over many stages throughout different regions in Colombia and sometimes Venezuela and Ecuador during the first days of August. It is organized by the ... ::1st Stage 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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