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Menezes
Menezes, sometimes Meneses, was originally a Portuguese toponymic surname which originated in Montes Torozos, a region in Tierra de Campos, northeast of Valladolid and southeast of Palencia. The ancestor of the Meneses lineage was Tello Pérez de Meneses. The family wealth and power grew remarkably in the 13th and 14th centuries, through several marriages with the Castilian and Portuguese royal families. As a surname, Menezes/Meneses may refer to: People *Alex Meneses, United States actress and model * Alexandre Menezes, Brazilian guitarist *Alfred Menezes, Canadian cryptographer *Antonio Martínez de Meneses, Spanish playwright *Antônio Meneses (born 1957), Brazilian cellist * Armando Menezes (1902–1983), Goan poet, writer, academic and civil servant *Artur Menezes (born 1997), Brazilian blues and blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter *Christianne Meneses Jacobs, United States writer, editor, and teacher *Daiana Menezes (born 1987), Brazilian actress, model and television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís De Menezes Bragança
Luís de Menezes Bragança ( Konkani: ''लुईझ दॆ मॆनॆज़ॆस ब्रागान्सा''; 15 January 1878 – 10 July 1938), alternatively spelled as Luís de Menezes Braganza, was a prominent Indian journalist, writer, politician and anti-colonial activist from Goa. He was one of the few Goan aristocrats who actively opposed the Portuguese colonisation of Goa. During his lifetime, Menezes Bragança was widely hailed around the Lusosphere (Portuguese speaking world) as ''"O Maior de todos"'' ("The Greatest of all Goans") and in the Indian mainland as "The Tilak of Goa". Early life Luís de Menezes Bragança was born as Luís de Menezes on 15 January 1878 in Chandor, Salcette, to a ''Chardo'' family. His mother hailed from the illustrious Bragança clan of the same village. Later on in life, his maternal grandfather Francis Xavier Bragança who had no sons, nominated Luís, his eldest grandson as his heir. Luís then adopted his maternal sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Menezes
Artur Menezes (born July 14, 1997) is a Brazilian blues and blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has released five albums since 2010, with the most recent, ''Fading Away'' (2020), being released by Vizztone Records. That same year, Menezes got his Green Card granted by the US government, specifically because of his contribution to the blues. Life and career He was born in Brazil and was interested in music as a young child. His first interest was rock, spurred on by his elder brother. His outlook changed when he was around 13 years old and able to play the electric guitar. He experienced a different sounding track on the radio and discovered he had heard blues for the first time. The moment was life changing. Menezes spent a lot of time alone growing up as his parents had separated, and his mother worked long hours as a university teacher and then part time singer in the evenings. As his guitar playing flourished, he remained a blues devotee but utilised other sty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margareth Menezes
Margareth Menezes (born October 13, 1962) is a Brazilian singer from Salvador, Bahia. Her style is considered axé but her music also steers into samba and MPB territory, at times drawing on African rhythms and reggae. Menezes is best known in Brazil for her song "Me Abraça e Me Beija", a major hit in 1990. She also scored another hit with "Dandalunda", a song which became the unofficial anthem of the 2003 Salvador carnival. Menezes has achieved superstardom in her native Bahia but only moderate success in wider Brazil. She is famed for her energetic live performances and regularly tours and performs at carnival celebrations. In 1990, one of Menezes's tracks "Elegibô (Uma Historia De Ifa)" was used in the Mickey Rourke film '' Wild Orchid''. This prompted Island Records in the US to release a compilation album of some of her older material from Brazil on their subsidiary label, Mango. The album, simply titled ''Elegibô'', was an instant hit, reaching # 1 on the ''Billboard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Menezes
Alfred Menezes is co-author of several books on cryptography, including the ''Handbook of Applied Cryptography'', and is a professor of mathematics at the University of Waterloo in Canada."Alfred Menezes: Mini-biography" company website Education Alfred Menezes' family is from , a state in western India, but he was born in and grew up in |
Ivan Menezes
Sir Ivan Manuel Menezes (born July 1959) is an Indian-born American/British business executive. He has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of Diageo, a FTSE 100 British multinational alcoholic beverages company, since 1 July 2013, succeeding Paul S. Walsh. Early life Menezes was born in Pune, India in July 1959, the son of Manuel Menezes, who was the chairman of the Indian Railway Board. His brother Victor Menezes is the former chairman and CEO of Citibank. He was educated at St. Stephen's College, Delhi and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and the Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Career Menezes joined Diageo in 1997 and has held various senior positions including: Chief Operating Officer; Chairman, Latin America & the Caribbean; Chairman, Asia Pacific; President and CEO, Diageo North America; and Chief Operating Officer, Diageo North America. Menezes is a non-executive director of the US-based fashion retailer Coach, Inc. He was kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daiana Menezes
Daiana Alves Menezes (born June 20, 1987) is a Brazilian actress, singer, and television host based in the Philippines and working for GMA Network. Menezes is best known as one of the hosts of ''Eat Bulaga!''. Career Menezes worked with her father in their growing shoe business, leading her to take a Fashion Design business course. She later graduated from the New York Film Academy. Offers from several countries, including Thailand, were followed by one in the Philippines. She appeared in various commercials internationally before becoming a TV personality in the Philippines on TV5, ABS-CBN, and GMA Network. She was featured in Maxim Philippines' June 2009 issue and in FHM Philippines' October 2011, 2014, and 2017 issue. She endorses Baliwag Lechon, Master Siomai, Flauntit, Rebisco Hansel crackers, Texas Wild chips, Choco Mucho, Judge (chewing gum), Sassa Activewear, Belo, Pretty Looks, Lady Grace and Ever Bilena, Mike Cervera Hair, Shell, and Scratch It!. Menezes was awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelpho Menezes
Philadelpho Menezes (born in 1960 in São Paulo, Brazil, died in 2000 following a car accident). Brazilian poet, visual poet, pioneer of new media poetry, professor in the Communication and Semiotics post-graduation program at the Pontifical University of São Paulo. He performed research for his post-graduate degree at the University of Bologna, in Italy (1990). With Brazilian artist Wilton Azevedo Philadepho Menezes created a pioneer intermedia-poetry CD-ROM: "InterPoesia. Poesia Hipermidia Interativa" (1998). In Italy he collaborated with the first net-poetry project: ''Karenina.it'', by Italian artist Caterina Davinio. Publications His doctorate thesis was published under the title "The Crises of the Past: Modernity, Post-Modernity, Meta-Modernity." He published his first book of poems, "4 achados construídos" (four found and built) in 1980. Other publications are: *Poemas 1980-1982 ("Poems 1980-1982") (1984) *Demolições (ou poemas aritméticos) emolitions (or arithmetic p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glória Menezes
Nilcedes Soares de Magalhães (née Guimarães; born 19 October 1934), known professionally as Glória Menezes, is a Brazilian actress. Life and career Glória Menezes was born in Pelotas, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Her real name, Nilcedes, is the joining of both her father's name, José Nilo, and her mother's name, Mercedes. At the age of six, she and her family moved to São Paulo, where she attended University of São Paulo's School of Dramatic Arts and founded a theater group called Jovens Independentes. Her professional career began on São Paulo's TV Tupi in 1959, in the soap opera ''Um Lugar ao Sol'', directed by Dionísio Azevedo. In 1962 she appeared in the film ''O Pagador de Promessas'', alongside Leonardo Villar and Anselmo Duarte. In 1963, alongside Tarcísio Meira, she starred in the first daily soap opera on Brazilian television, ''2-5499 Ocupado'', broadcast by TV Excelsior. It was during this soap opera that the two actors began dating. Partial fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Menezes
Manuel Menezes ICS (1922 – 15 June 1996), was an Indian business executive, chairman of the Indian Railway Board. Menezes was a Goan engineer, who worked for India's Railway Board, eventually rising to be chairman, and holding the rank of a principal secretary in the Indian Civil Service. Personal life and death He was the father of Michael Menezes, Marisa Mascarenhas, Ivan Menezes, CEO of Diageo, and Victor Menezes, former senior vice chairman of Citigroup Citigroup Inc. or Citi (Style (visual arts), stylized as citi) is an American multinational investment banking, investment bank and financial services corporation headquartered in New York City. The company was formed by the merger of banking .... He died on 15 June 1996. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Menezes, Manuel 1922 births 1996 deaths Engineers from Goa Indian business executives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Menezes
Professor Armando Menezes (1902–1983) was an Indian civil servant, writer, academic and poet who wrote in English. Biography He was born on 11 May 1902 in, São Matias, Divar, Goa. After a Portuguese education in Goa, he completed his higher studies at the Bombay University. At the M.A. Examination of the university he obtained the coveted Chancellor's gold medal in Latin. He taught at St Xavier's College Bombay, his own alma mater, where he became head of the department of English. Later he taught English at Karnataka College Dharwad, where he rose to become Principal. He became the first professor and chairman of the department of English in Karnatak University and some of the early.professors were his.doctoral students. Prof Menezes successfully translated Vachana Literature from Kannada into English with the assistance of S S Malawad, Prof Yeravintelimath and Prof Sarojini Shintri who was his doctoral student. This translation work is his substantial contribution to the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Barreto Menezes
Paulo Barreto Menezes (October 9, 1925 – February 15, 2016) was a Brazilian civil engineer and politician. He served as the Governor of the state of Sergipe from 1971 to 1975. Barreto Menezes died from cardiac arrest at the Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI) hospital in Aracaju Aracaju () is the capital of the state of Sergipe, Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country on the coast, about 350 km (217 mi) north of Salvador. According to the 2020 estimate, the city has 664,908 inhabitants, which re ..., Sergipe, on February 15, 2016, at the age of 90. He was being treated for a pulmonary infection at the time. He was buried in the Colina da Saudade cemetery in Aracaju. References 1925 births 2016 deaths Governors of Sergipe Brazilian civil engineers People from Aracaju {{Brazil-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge De Menezes
Jorge de Menezes (c. 1498 – 1537) was a Portuguese explorer, who in 1526–27 landed on the islands of Biak (Cenderawasih Bay), whilst he awaited the passing of the monsoon season, and on the northern coasts of the Bird's Head Peninsula, calling the region ''Ilhas dos Papuas''. He is thus credited with the European discovery of New Guinea. Jorge de Menezes was the Portuguese Governor of the Moluccas (modern Indonesia) from 1527 until 1530, residing on Ternate. While in office, he plundered a Spanish fort on Tidore, poisoned the sultan of Ternate and committed atrocities against the local population. Subsequently he was arrested and sent to Portuguese India. After his return to Portugal he was banished to the colony of Brazil Colonial Brazil ( pt, Brasil Colonial) comprises the period from 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese, until 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom in union with Portugal as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. Dur ..., wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |