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Moya (surname)
Moya is a Spanish and also Catalan surname.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=moya Notable people with the surname include: * Alejandro Moya (born 1969), Cuban filmmaker * Angel Moya Acosta (born 1964), Cuban political activist * Carlos Moyà (born 1976), Spanish tennis player *Edu Moya (born 1981), Spanish footballer * Eidy Moya (born 1974), Venezuelan boxer * Enrique Moya (born 1958), Venezuelan author *Karina Moya (born 1973), Argentine track and field athlete * Héctor Manuel Moya Cessa (born 1966), Mexican scientist *Hidalgo Moya (1920–1994), American architect *Horacio Castellanos Moya (born 1957), Salvadoran author *Frank Moya Pons, Dominican historian * Gabriel Moya (footballer) (born 1966), Spanish footballer * Isabel Moya (1961-2018), Cuban journalist and professor *Joaquín Moya (1932–2011), Spanish Olympic fencer * Jon Moya (born 1983), Spanish footballer * Jose Moya del Pino (1891–1969), Spanish-born American painter, muralist and educator * Juan Moya (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Moya
Alejandro Moya (born 1969), commonly nicknamed Iskander, is one of the merging figures of the contemporary independent Cuban cinema. Director and scriptwriter of series for Cuban television, Moya directed his first feature film entitled ''Mañana'' (''Tomorrow'') in 2006, casting Rafael E. Hernández, Enrique Molina, Hugo Reyes, Violeta Rodriguez and Adria Santana. ''Mañana'' (''Tomorrow'') has been presented by the ICAIC (Cuban Institute of Arts and Cinematographic Industry) which registered it as a competition movie in the 2006 Festival of the New Latin American Cinema of Havana. Biography As a multi-faceted artist, Iskander is not only a cinema director, but he is also a TV director, a scriptwriter and a poet. When Alejandro Moya was a child, his father – one of the most renowned directors of the last 50 years’ Cuban TV - gave him the nickname of "Iskander", which was actually the Persian name of Alexander the Great. Since then, Alejandro kept it as his artist pseudonym. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Moya
Lucas Cristián Moya (born 1 February 1987) is an Argentina, Argentine Association football, football midfielder who plays for Central Córdoba de Rosario, Central Córdoba. Career Moya made his professional debut for Rosario Central on 26 August 2005 in a 4–0 home win against Lanús. He played two further games as an 18-year-old during 2005. He then played in the reserves until Primera División Argentina 2009–10#Torneo Apertura, Apertura 2009 where he established himself as a regular player in the first team. References External links * * * 1987 births Living people People from Catamarca Province Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Rosario Central footballers {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Moya
Sandra Elisa Moya Torres-Cablayan (born February 14, 1974) is a retired female track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during her career. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she was eliminated in the first round of the women's 4x400 metres relay competition, alongside Militza Castro, Beatriz Cruz and Maritza Salas Maritza Salas Kelly (born January 3, 1975) is a retired female track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during her career. She represented her native country, Puerto Rico, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she was eliminated i .... Moya ran the second leg in the heat 2 race. International competitions References *sports-reference 1974 births Living people Puerto Rican female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic track and field athletes for Puerto Rico Pan American Games competitors for P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador Moyà-Solà
Salvador Moyà-Solà (born 1955) is a Spanish paleontologist. He works in the Institut Català de Paleontología Miquel Crusafont in Sabadell, Catalonia. From 1983 to 2006, he was affiliated with the Diputación Provincial de Barcelona. In 2006 he became investigator of the Physical Anthropology unit of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. He is an expert in primates of the miocene. He has directed two important excavations in Catalonia: *Can Llobateres, in Sabadell (Barcelona province), where he found remains of ''Dryopithecus laietanus'', the first Catalan fossil, nicknamed “Jordi.” *Barranc de Can Vila 1, in Els Hostalets de Pierola Els Hostalets de Pierola is a Spanish municipality situated in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, province of Barcelona, Spain. The municipality includes the villages of Els Hostalets de Pierola, els Boscos de Can Martí, Can Fontimarc, Can F ... (Barcelona province), where he found the species '' Pierolapithecus catalaunicus'', nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabina Moya
Sabina Moya Rivas (born January 27, 1977 in Turbo, Antioquia) is a retired female javelin thrower from Colombia. Career She set her personal best (62.62 metres) on May 12, 2002 in Guatemala City Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, ne .... Achievements References External links *sports-reference 1977 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic athletes of Colombia Sportspeople from Antioquia Department Pan American Games competitors for Colombia Colombian female javelin throwers South American Games gold medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolfo Moya
Rodolfo Antonio Moya Spuler (born July 27, 1979) is a Chilean former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. In his career, Moya has played for the three biggest teams in Chile: Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Universidad Católica, Club Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Chile, and Colo-Colo. Career At 15 years, 4 months, and 21 days, Moya made his professional debut with Chilean club Corporación Deportiva Everton de Viña del Mar, Everton in Viña del Mar against Unión Española. Moya spent four years with Everton before moving to Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Universidad Católica. He would go on to cap five times for Austria Vienna in 2002 before returning to Chile to play for Huachipato, Club de Deportes La Serena, La Serena, and Audax Club Sportivo Italiano, Audax. Moya revived his career during the Torneo de Apertura de Chile 2007, 2007 Chilean Apertura Tournament, while playing with Audax. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Moya
Roberto Saturnino Moya Sandoval (February 11, 1965 – May 21, 2020) was a Cuban athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw. He was born in Havana, Ciudad de la Habana. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ... in this event, and his personal best is 65.68. Moya became a Spanish citizen in August 2001. Competition record Notes External links * * 1965 births 2020 deaths Cuban emigrants to Spain Spanish male discus throwers Cuban male discus throwers Cuban people of African descent Olympic athletes of Cuba Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Moya
Richard Moya (August 14, 1932 - February 16, 2017) was the first Mexican-American elected to public office in Travis County, Texas, becoming County Commissioner in 1970. Characterized as a "legendary Chicano activist" and a "political trailblazer" by Austin newspapers, he led the way for Latinos to follow him into public office. As a Travis County Commissioner, Moya helped to reform county services and hiring practices, opening doors for minorities. He was instrumental in bringing county government into the modern era. Later Moya served at the state level where he continued his push for better government. Youth Moya was born in Austin, Texas to Pete and Bertha Ramos Moya, and was raised in East Austin, a Mexican American barrio at that time. In 1942 the family settled into a house in East Austin after Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church moved there. Initially he was enrolled in Zavala elementary, "the Mexican School". When the family moved close to Metz elementary, the school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro De Moya
Pedro de Moya (1610–1660) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. Born in Granada, he was first trained under Juan del Castillo in Seville. He enlisted as a soldier for the armies in Flanders. Upon his discharge in 1641, he traveled to London. From there he returned to Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ... and Granada. He painted mostly religious paintings. His works included the ''Vision of Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis'', painted on oil on linen. References * *Gómez Moreno, Manuel, ''Una obra firmada por Pedro de Moya'', Archivo Español de Arte y Arqueología, 9 (1927). *Montaner López, Emilia, ''Más sobre Pedro de Moya'' (''More about Pedro de Moya''), Boletín del Seminario de Arte y Arqueología, vol. 52 (1986), p. 469-473. *Orozco Día ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Moya De Contreras
Pedro Moya de Contreras (sometimes ''Pedro de Moya y Contreras'') (c. 1528, Pedroche, Córdoba Province, Spain – December 21, 1591, Madrid) was a prelate and colonial administrator who held the three highest offices in the Spanish colony of New Spain, namely inquisitor general, Archbishop of Mexico, and Viceroy of Mexico, September 25, 1584 – October 17, 1585. He was the 6th Viceroy, governing from September 25, 1584, to October 16, 1585. During this interval he held all three positions. Ecclesiastical career Moya de Contreras received the degree of doctor of canon law from the University of Salamanca. Later he became head of the cathedral school in the Canary Islands, and then inquisitor of Murcia. In 1571 he became the first inquisitor general of New Spain (and thus the first inquisitor general in the New World). He established the Tribunal del Santo Oficio in Mexico City in 1571. As inquisitor general he required people of New Spain, from the ''oidores'' (members o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Moya
Patrick Moya (born 1955 in Troyes, France), is a Southern French artist. He is living in Nice on the French Riviera. Moya has been at the forefront since the 1970's of straddling the latest forms of media and technology. He is an early pioneer of video art in the metaverse, working in Second Life since July 2007. Career Moya arrived in Nice at the age of fifteen. He studied Fine Arts at the Villa Arson for three years. Inspired by the theory of Marshall McLuhan, he invented a TV show called Bonzour Bonzour where he is a TV artist. It was his first experimentation in video art. For ten years, he was hired as a nude model for the art students. In the early 1980s, assimilating the art work to the signature, Moya works only on the letters of his name, M-O-Y-A, saying that « art is signature ». For example, in 1991, he built a monumental steel sculpture in Taiwan with the four letters of his name, during a sculpture symposium, for the garden of the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Moya
Mike Moya (born December 1, 1969) is a Canadian rock musician, who is one of the founding members of post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. He left the band in 1998 to concentrate on his other bands Molasses, Set Fire to Flames and HṚṢṬA., but rejoined the band during their reunion in 2010. He was part of the live band of labelmate Elizabeth Anka Vajagic. He lives between Berlin and Montreal with his partner Maria Hinze and their family. Godspeed You! Black Emperor Together with Efrim Menuck and Mauro Pezzente, Moya formed Godspeed You! Black Emperor in the early 1990s. He contributed guitar to the band's 1997 debut album F♯A♯∞ and their follow-up EP Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada, but left the group in 1998, before the EP was released. Additionally, his vocals can be heard in the opening moments of the song "Antennas to Heaven," from the group's 2000 release Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven. Moya has been participating in the band's reunion. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
