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Gallego (surname)
Gallego is a Spanish language, Spanish surname. It is a regional name denoting someone from Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Notable people with the surname include: *Américo Gallego, Argentine footballer *Antonio Gallego Gallego, Spanish musicologist *Blas Gallego (born 1941), Spanish artist *Fernando Gallego (c. 1440–1507), Spanish painter *Gerald and Charlene Gallego, a married couple who committed serial murders from 1978 to 1980 *Gina Gallego (born 1955), American actor *José Gallego (footballer born 1923), Spanish footballer who played in England in the 1950s *José Gallego (footballer born 1959), Spanish footballer with Athletic Bilbao *Joseph Shalom Gallego ( 1624), poet and cantor *Luis Miguel Gallego (born 1970), Mexican singer *Mike Gallego (born 1960), American baseball player and coach *Pete Gallego, Texas politician *Ricardo Gallego, Spanish footballer *Ruben Gallego (born 1979), American politician *Rubén Gallego (born 1968), Russian writer *Soledad Gallego-Díaz (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Gallego
Michael Anthony Gallego (born October 31, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an infielder from 1985 to 1997, most notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics team that won three consecutive American League pennants and a World Series championship in . He also played for the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals. After his playing career, Gallego served as a major league coach. Career Gallego was born in Whittier, California, of Mexican descent. Before playing professionally, he graduated from St. Paul High School, where he lettered in baseball and football, and then attended the University of California, Los Angeles (1978–81, history major). Gallego represented the United States at the 1979 Pan American Games. He was the Athletics starting second baseman during their three-year run of American League Championships from 1988 through 1990, which included a World Series sweep in 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish-language Surnames
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of 20 countries. It is the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's fourth-most spoken language overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The oldest Latin texts with traces of Spanish come from mid-northern Iberia in the 9th century, and the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo, a prominent city of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallegos (other)
Gallegos may refer to: People * Gallegos, a common Spanish surname for "those from Galicia" Places *Gallegos (Mieres), parish in Mieres, Asturias, Spain *Gallegos, Segovia, village and municipality in the province of Segovia, Spain *Gallegos de Solmirón, village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, Spain *Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Río Gallegos, city in Santa Cruz, Argentina *San Felices de los Gallegos, village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, Spain Other *Gallegos River, in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina *Rómulo Gallegos Prize, Venezuelan prize for literature See also * Gallego (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallegos
Gallegos is a Spanish surname. It is a regional name denoting someone from Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Notable people with the surname include: People *Alphonse Gallegos (1931–1991), American Roman Catholic bishop * Antonio Hernández Gallegos (1912−1973), Mexican Roman Catholic bishop * Benjamín Gallegos Soto (1960–2018), Mexican politician *Carlos Gallegos (born 1992), Mexican boxer *Chon Gallegos (1939–2023), American football player * Daniel Arévalo Gallegos (born 1962), Mexican politician * Daniela Múñoz Gallegos (born 1984), Mexican tennis player * Dave Gallegos (born 1969), American Top Fuel Racer * David Gallegos (first elected 2012), American politician *Deborah E. Gallegos, 2005 Chief Investment Officer for New York City * Dezi Gallegos (born 1995), American playwright * Doreen Gallegos (first elected 2012), American politician * Eduardo Gallegos (born 1992), Mexican footballer * Elena Gallegos Rosales (1882–1954), Salvadoran-born First Lady of Costa Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallego (other)
Gallego may refer to: * Gallego (surname) * Galician language, the language spoken in northwestern Spain * Gállego (river), a tributary of the Ebro, a river in the north of Spain * Del Gallego, Camarines Sur, a municipality in the Philippines * Gallego (footballer) or Francisco Fernández Rodríguez, Spanish football player * The Galician Pony, also known as the Gallego horse, or ''Caballo de pura raza gallega'' * A common Spanish and Portuguese name for ''Squalius carolitertii'' * A common term in Latin America to refer to people from Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ... or of Spaniard descent. This is sometimes used in a pejorative way. * A person from Galicia, Spain. See also * Gallegos (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soledad Gallego-Díaz
Soledad Gallego-Díaz (born 1951) is a Spanish journalist, and was the editor of Spanish newspaper '' El País'' from June 2018 to June 2020. Biography Born in Madrid in 1951, she lived for a year in Palo Alto and another year in Nashville when she was a toddler. She took studies at the Official School of Journalism of Madrid. She worked for Pyresa and '' Cuadernos para el Diálogo'' before joining ''El País'' shortly after the foundation of the newspaper in 1976. She has been correspondent in Brussels, Paris, London, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ... and New York. She won the Cirilo Rodríguez Journalism Award in 2010. Her appointment as the first-ever female editor of ''El País'' was announced in June 2018. She succeeded Antonio Caño, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubén Gallego
Rubén David González Gallego (born 1968 in Moscow) is a Russian writer of Spanish ancestry. After being born with severe cerebral palsy in the Soviet Union, Gallego was separated from his family at the age of one. He was sent to a state orphanage, because his grandfather, Ignacio Gallego, a Spanish Communist politician (General Secretary of the Spanish Communist Party since 1984), was ashamed of his birth disorder. He later told his daughter, Aurora Gallego Rodríguez (Rubén's mother), that her son had died. Born without the use of his hands and feet, Gallego was tenacious and survived to adulthood, eventually marrying and having children. He lived in Russia and worked as a computer specialist until 2001, when he was reunited with his mother in Prague. Gallego lived in Freiburg, Germany, later moved to the United States. He now resides in Israel. His memoir, ', about his dreadful childhood in different Soviet orphanages won the Russian Booker Prize. The book was translat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Gallego
Rubén Marinelarena Gallego (; born November 20, 1979) is an American politician and U.S. Marine combat veteran, having served and deployed as a USMCR Corporal during Operation Iraqi Freedom, who is the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 7th congressional district. A Democrat, he previously served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, serving as assistant minority leader from 2012 until he resigned to run for Congress. Gallego was elected to Congress in 2014. His district includes most of southern, western, and downtown Phoenix, along with a portion of Glendale. He served as the national chair of Eric Swalwell's 2020 presidential campaign. Early life and education Gallego was born in Chicago, and is a first-generation American, with a Colombian mother and a Mexican father. Along with his three sisters, he was raised by a single mother. The family eventually moved to Evergreen Park, Illinois, and he graduated from Evergreen Park Community High School. Gallego att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Gallego
Ricardo Gallego Redondo (born 8 February 1959 in Madrid) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Most of his professional career was associated to Real Madrid, for which he appeared in more than 300 official games in nearly ten years, winning a total of ten major titles. Gallego gained almost 45 caps for Spain, representing the nation in two World Cups and as many European Championships. His nickname was "El soso" (The insipid) Club career A product of La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid's youth system, Gallego made a quick impression with the first team, appearing in 26 matches in his debut year and being a midfield mainstay during the subsequent seasons as he totalled 250 first division matches with the conquest of, among others, four leagues, two Spanish cups and back-to-back UEFA Cups (1985–86); blessed with physical and technical ability alike, he could operate with equal efficiency as sweeper. In the 1986–87 campaign, Gallego contribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Gallego
Pete Peña Gallego (born December 2, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district from 2013 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 68th district (74th district from 1993) beginning in 1991. Gallego defeated freshman incumbent Quico Canseco of San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio for Texas's 23rd congressional district seat in the November 6, 2012, general election. Canseco conceded the race on November 9. Gallego ran for re-election in 2014, in what the ''Texas Tribune'' called the "only obviously competitive November congressional race" in Texas. He was defeated by challenger Republican Party (United States), Republican Will Hurd on November 4, 2014. In 2016 he ran for Congress once more in the 23rd district, losing to Hurd a second time. In 2018, Galleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in multiple genres and styles, including Latin pop, pop songs, Latin ballad, ballads, boleros, Tango (flamenco), tangos, jazz, big band, and mariachi. Luis Miguel is also recognized as the only Latin singer of his generation to not cross over to the Anglo market during the "Latin Explosion" in the 1990s. Despite recording only in Spanish language, Spanish, Luis Miguel continued to be the best-selling Latin artist in the 1990s, and was credited for popularizing the bolero genre into the mainstream market. He has sold around 60 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. Latin pop music, along with his personal life and showmanship on stage, has made Luis Miguel popular for nearly his entire career, which s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
