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Franco (name)
Franco is a common surname in Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Sephardic communities deriving from the word "Frank", in reference to the Germanic tribe of the Franks, who invaded Gaul during the Migration Period. It is also commonly used as a given name in Italian. Surname Politicians * , former president of Paraguay * , Spanish general, dictator and head of state, “caudillo” of the Government * |
Franks
The Franks ( la, Franci or ) were a group of Germanic peoples whose name was first mentioned in 3rd-century Roman sources, and associated with tribes between the Lower Rhine and the Ems River, on the edge of the Roman Empire.H. Schutz: Tools, Weapons and Ornaments: Germanic Material Culture in Pre-Carolingian Central Europe, 400-750. BRILL, 2001, p.42. Later the term was associated with Romanized Germanic dynasties within the collapsing Western Roman Empire, who eventually commanded the whole region between the rivers Loire and Rhine. They imposed power over many other post-Roman kingdoms and Germanic peoples. Beginning with Charlemagne in 800, Frankish rulers were given recognition by the Catholic Church as successors to the old rulers of the Western Roman Empire. Although the Frankish name does not appear until the 3rd century, at least some of the original Frankish tribes had long been known to the Romans under their own names, both as allies providing soldiers, and as e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernando Franco
Hernando Franco (1532 – November 28, 1585) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, who was mainly active in Guatemala and Mexico. Life Franco was born in Galizuela (now part of Esparragosa de Lares, Badajoz Province) in Extremadura, a source region for many people who came to the New World in the 16th century. He was trained in music as a choir boy, and later apprentice and journeyman, at Segovia Cathedral by Gerónimo de Espinar, who may also have been a teacher of Tomás Luis de Victoria. While a youth he met and befriended Lázaro del Álamo, who was to precede him as ''maestro de capilla'' in Mexico City. Most likely Franco went to Nueva España in the 1550s, though there is no record of his activities until 1571 when he appears in the records as ''maestro de capilla'' of the cathedral of Santiago de Guatemala, the capital city of the Captaincy General of Guatemala. That magnificent building, since destroyed by an earthquake, had been newly constructed in the valley o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Franco
Felipe Malzac Franco (born May 07, 1985 in Rio de Janeiro) is a male water polo player from Brazil. Nicknamed "Mega" he competed for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games, where he claimed the silver medal with the Brazil men's national water polo team The Brazil men's national water polo team represents Brazil in international men's water polo competitions and friendly matches. Results Olympic Games * 1920 – 6th place * 1932 – disqualified * 1952 – 9th place * 1960 – 12th place * 1 .... References Profile 1982 births Living people Brazilian male water polo players Water polo players from Rio de Janeiro (city) Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-waterpolo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Franco Raymundo
Eduardo Franco Raymundo (13 February 1934 – 4 May 1996) was a Spanish chess player, Clare Benedict Cup individual gold medal winner (1962), Spanish Team Chess Championship winner (1968, 1969). Biography From the late 1950s to the early 1970s, Eduardo Franco Raymundo was one of Spain's leading chess players. In 1957, in Zaragoza he shared 3rd place in Spanish Chess Championship. With chess club ''CA Schweppes Madrid'' Eduardo Franco Raymundo won two gold (1968, 1969) and silver (1973) medals in Spanish Team Chess Championships. He was participant of many international chess tournaments. Eduardo Franco Raymundo played for Spain in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1962, at fourth board in the 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+3, =1, -7), * In 1966, at first reserve board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+2, =2, -4). Eduardo Franco Raymundo played for Spain in the European Team Chess Championship: * In 1961, at eighth board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship in Oberhausen (+ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball competition. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL (Basketball Super League) or ISBL (Israeli Basketball Super League). For sponsorship reasons, the league is also referred to as Ligat Winner Sal ( he, ליגת ווינר סל), lit. ''Winner Basket League'', with "Winner" being the name of a game operated by the league's primary sponsor, Toto Winner. The league is run by the Israeli Basketball Super League Administration Ltd. Overview Ligat HaAl comprises the top 12 basketball clubs in Israel, and was founded in 1954. The league itself is most known in Europe, due to the success of the Israeli teams in European-wide competitions, such as the EuroLeague, EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup (formerly calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Franco
Danny Franco (דני פרנקו; born 5 December 1973) is an Israeli basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League. Franco began his coaching path as coach for Hapoel Tel Aviv's youth teams, and during that time he also coached the Israeli youth national team. Among the many teams Franco has coached are: Ironi Ramat Gan, Hapoel Afula, Hapoel Gilboa Galil (as Hapoel Galil Elyon), Hapoel Holon with whom he won the Israeli State Cup in 2009, Barak Netanya, and Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Jerusalem, Ironi Nahariya and Hapoel Tel Aviv. Beginning of career and youth coach Franco grew up in Holon, where he played for Hapoel Holon's youth team. At age 16, he participated in an instructor's course at the Wingate Institute, and was invited by legendary coach Yehoshua Rozin to coach in the Hapoel Tel Aviv youth division. Over the years, Franco also coached the Blich High School team, in the Israeli High School's top division. Franco led Bli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony DeFranco
The DeFranco Family, featuring Tony DeFranco, was a 1970s pop music group and family from Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. The group, all siblings, consisted of guitarist Benny DeFranco (born 11 July 1953); keyboardist Marisa DeFranco (born 23 July 1954); guitarist Nino DeFranco (born 19 October 1955); drummer Merlina DeFranco (born 20 July 1957); and lead singer Tony DeFranco (born 31 August 1959). The group had a number of hits between 1973 and 1977, including "Abra-Ca-Dabra" and their biggest hit, "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat." Either Tony DeFranco or the entire family made frequent appearances in the teen magazines of this period, such as ''Tiger Beat'' and ''Flip''. By the late 1970s, the group had faded from the pop scene. Biography The five siblings who comprised the DeFranco Family were born to Italian immigrant parents and raised in Port Colborne and Welland, Ontario. Initially performing as the DeFranco Quintet, the group found success after a demo tape of their songs wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pippo Franco
Pippo Franco (pseudonym of Franco Pippo) was born 2 September 1940 and is an Italian actor, comedian, television presenter, and singer. He made his name first as a musician in the early 1960s, and in the late 1960s began a career in film, starring in a great number of ''commedia sexy all'italiana'', the "sexy comedy" subgenre of Italian comedy. In the 1970s he expanded into television, acting in TV movies and presenting variety shows. His type of comedy borrows heavily from cabaret. Throughout his career he continued to sing, appearing many times at the Sanremo Festival. He has made children's music as well, and has co-written three books on (linguistic) humor. Biography Franco was born in Rome to an Irpinian family, who had moved to Rome from Vallata, in the Province of Avellino. Cinema Franco's first role in a box office hit was 1969's ''Nell'anno del Signore'', directed by Luigi Magni and starring "an exceptional cast of actors" including Franco, Nino Manfredi and Claudia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry J
Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following: People Arts and entertainment * Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer *Larry Boone, American country singer * Larry Collins, American musician, member of the rockabilly sibling duo The Collins Kids *Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning American actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director *Larry Emdur, Australian TV host *Larry Feign, American cartoonist working in Hong Kong *Larry Fine, of the Three Stooges * Larry Gates, American actor *Larry Gatlin, American country singer *Larry Gelbart (1928–2009), American screenwriter, playwright, director and author *Larry Graham, founder of American funk band Graham Central Station *Larry Hagman, American actor, best known for the TV series ''I Dream of Jeannie'' and ''Dallas'' *Larry Henley (1937–2014), American singer and songwriter, member of The Newbeats *Larry H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Franco (poet)
José Franco ( Calobre, March 24, 1936 - Las tablas, May 9, 2022) was a poet from Panama. Life and career Early years Born in Calobre, a city in the Province of Veraguas Veraguas () is a province of Panama, located in the centre-west of the country. The capital is the city of Santiago de Veraguas. It is the only Panamanian province to border both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It covers an area of 10,587.6&nb ... of Panama. Adulthood *Served Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay Literary works *Smilla en Flor, 3 editions (1973–1985) *La Sangre Derramada (1984) *Una Cruz Verde en el Camino (1979) *Coplas y Fábulas a Pelusa (199) *Redobles al Amanecer (1977) *Horas Testimoniales (1976) *Poemas a mi Patria (1975) *Patria Sagrada (1974) *Dormir con los Muertos (1974) *Cantares a la Revolución (1972) *Proyecto de la Constitución Política de la República de Panamá (1972) *Patria de Dolor y Llanto (1961) *Panamá Defendida, 20 editions (1958–1989) *Sollozos An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Franco
Ricardo Franco (24 May 1949 in Madrid – 20 May 1998 in Madrid) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. Biography Nephew of Jesús Franco. He died at 49 years old when he filmed '' Lágrimas negras''. He wrote lyrics for pop songs for Tam Tam Go!, "Manuel Raquel" hit for example. "Loco de amor" played Café Quijano was written by Franco too. Filmography as film director *'' Gospel, el monstruo'' (1969). *'' El desastre de Annual'' (1970). *'' El increíble aumento de la vida'' (1974). *''Pascual Duarte'' (1975). *'' Los restos del naufragio'' (1978). *'' Disa, cincuenta aniversario'' (1983). *'' Gringo mojado'' (1984). *'' El sueño de Tánger'' (1985). *'' Berlín Blues'' (1988). *''La mujer de tu vida'' (1988) (TV episode). *''Crónicas del mal'' (1991) (TV). *'' La canción del condenado'' (1991). *'' ¡Oh, cielos!" (1993). *'' Después de tantos años'' (1994) (documentary) *'' La buena estrella'' (1997). *'' Lágrimas negras'' (1998). as screenwriter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Franco
Jesús Franco Manera (12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013) was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, known as a prolific director of low-budget exploitation film, exploitation and B-movies. In a career spanning from 1959 to 2013, he wrote, directed, produced, acted in, and scored approximately 173 feature films, working both in his native Spain and (during the rule of Francisco Franco) in France, West Germany, Switzerland and Portugal. Additionally, during the 1960s, he made several films in Rio de Janeiro and Istanbul. Biography Of Cuban and Mexican parentage, Franco was born in Madrid, Spain, Madrid and studied at the city's Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas and the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris. He began his career in 1954 (aged 24) as an assistant director in the Spanish film industry, performing many tasks including composing music for some films as well as co-writing a number of the screenplays. He assisted directors such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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