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Peraza Cay
Peraza is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Armando Peraza (1924–2014), Latin jazz percussionist *Carlos Castillo Peraza (1947–2000), intellectual, journalist and Mexican politician, Member of the National Action Party * Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza, Cuban politician *Elluz Peraza (born 1958), pageant titleholder, was born in Caracas, Venezuela *Enrique Caballero Peraza (born 1959), Mexican politician, Medical Doctor and Psychologist * GuillĂ©n Peraza, Castilian Count *Hernan Peraza the Elder, Castilian conquistador and territorial lord * Hernan Peraza the Younger, Castilian conquistador and territorial lord *InĂ©s Peraza, Castilian territorial Lady *JosĂ© Peraza, Venezuelan baseball player *Juanita GarcĂa Peraza (1897–1970), founder of the only Protestant religion of Puerto Rican origin * Kevin Peraza, Mexican - American BMX freestyle competitor * Larrea Peraza, Cuban olympic beach volleyballer at the 2008 Summer Olympics * Miguel Peraza (born 1959), Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Peraza
Armando Peraza (May 30, 1924 – April 14, 2014) was a Latin jazz percussionist and a member of the rock band Santana. Peraza played congas, bongos, and timbales. Biography Early life Born in Lawton Batista, Havana, Cuba in 1924 (although the birth year is uncertain), he was orphaned by age 7 and lived on the streets. When he was twelve, he supported himself by selling vegetables, coaching boxing, playing semi-pro baseball, and becoming a loan shark. His music career began at seventeen when he heard at a baseball game that bandleader Alberto Ruiz was looking for a conga player. Ruiz's brother was on the same baseball team as Peraza. Despite the absence of experience in music, he practiced and won the audition. Moving to New York He left Cuba for Mexico in 1948 to tend to his sick friend, conga drummer Mongo SantamarĂa. They arrived in New York City in 1949. After playing in Machito's big band, Peraza was invited by Charlie Parker to participate in a recording session that incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Peraza
José Francisco Peraza Polo (born April 30, 1994) is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman and shortstop in the New York Mets organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox, and New York Mets. Listed at and , he bats and throws right-handed. Career Atlanta Braves Peraza signed with the Atlanta Braves for $350,000 as an international free agent on July 2, 2010. He made his professional debut in 2011 for the Dominican Summer League Braves. Peraza split the 2012 season between the Gulf Coast League Braves and the Danville Braves. He was promoted to the Rome Braves in 2013, where he spent the whole season. He started 2014 with the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. In 66 games with Lynchburg, Peraza batted .342 and stole 35 bases. He was promoted to the Mississippi Braves of the Class AA Southern League in June, and selected to play in the All-Star Futures G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oswaldo Peraza
Oswald José Peraza ay-RAH-za(born October 19, 1962) is a Venezuelan former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Baltimore Orioles (1988). He batted and threw right-handed. As of the 2014 season, he is the pitching coach for the Dominican Summer League Blue Jays. Peraza was a hard thrower with a fastball in the 94–95 range. He also had a good slider and a fine change-up. He was traded from the Toronto Blue Jays to the Orioles for Mike Flanagan on August 31, 1987 in a transaction that was completed four days later on September 4 when José Mesa was sent to Baltimore. Retrieved January 29, 2023. Peraza debuted with Baltimore in 1988, then misse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oswald Peraza
Oswald Dair Peraza (born June 15, 2000) is a Venezuelan professional baseball third baseman and shortstop for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). Peraza signed with the Yankees as an international free agent in 2016. He made his MLB debut in 2022. Career Peraza signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent in July 2016. He made his professional debut in 2017 with the Dominican Summer League Yankees. He was later promoted to the Gulf Coast Yankees that season. Peraza played the 2018 season with the Pulaski Yankees and 2019 with the Staten Island Yankees and Charleston RiverDogs. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to season being cancelled because of the Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on baseball, COVID-19 pandemic. The Yankees added Peraza to their 40-man roster after the 2020 season to protect him from being exposed in the Rule 5 draft. He played the 2021 season with the Hudson Valley Renegades, Somerset Patriots, and Scranton/W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Peraza
Miguel Peraza is a Mexican self-taught sculptor, born in Mexico City September 29, 1959. His production consists of about 300 works of small format and 34 monumental works, with many monuments along Mexico and Colombia, mainly in universities. Throughout his career he has demonstrated mastery of materials, regardless of the size of his sculptures, and covering many topics. Life and work Peraza's first sculpture was made back in 1975. Since then, he has carved in different sizes and materials, such as bronze, marble, wood, stainless steel, and others. He has participated in 28 individual and 2 group exhibitions, displaying his sculptural proposal in several countries such as Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, United States, France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Mexico. Throughout his life he has gathered his artistic expression, teachings and publishing. He has lectured more than 5 conferences in the United States, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, and Mexico. He is a specialist in the fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larrea Peraza
Tamara Larrea Peraza (born November 25, 1973, in Havana) is a female beach volleyball player from Cuba, who won the gold medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Dalixia Fernández. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and List of cities in Oceania by population, Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metro .... References * External links * * * 1973 births Living people Cuban beach volleyball players Women's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Cuba Beach volleyball play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Peraza
Kevin Peraza (born September 2, 1994) is an American BMX freestyle competitor who has represented Mexico and the United States internationally. His father is an ex-BMX racing rider, and his three brothers, Victor, David and Eddie, are also BMX riders. Career Peraza has won multiple medals at the FISE. In 2013, he won two third-place medals at Park and Spine. In 2014, he won a third-place medal in Park. In 2015, he won a second-place medal in Park. In dirt biking, he won the Red Bull Dirt Conquers competition in 2014, and placed second place at the Mongoose Jam 2015 Dirt Competition. Peraza has competed in four X Games, winning gold medals at the X Games Austin 2016 in the BMX Dirt event and X Games Minneapolis 2017 in BMX Park. He secured three top-ten finishes in BMX Park and two in BMX Dirt. In 2013 and 2016, he won in the BMX Park Simple Sessions. In 2013, he won third place at the Play BMX Contest. In 2017, he won third place at the X-Knights. He has also won medals at Ul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juanita GarcĂa Peraza
Juanita GarcĂa Peraza also known as "Mita" (June 24, 1897 – February 21, 1970) was the founder of the "Mita congregation", a spin-off of the Pentecostal church with Puerto Rican origins which is described in Melton's ''Encyclopedia of Protestantism''. Erik Camayd-Freixas, a sociologist considers this group to be a cult. The group had and still has a large following. When Peraza died, the Senate of Puerto Rico closed their offices for three days in her honor. Early years GarcĂa Peraza was born in Hatillo, Puerto Rico, and raised by her parents, both belonging to wealthy Catholic families that had immigrated to Puerto Rico from the Canary Islands in the 1830s. Her father had previously married one of his cousins, of the prominent GarcĂa family of the Arecibo, Puerto Rico, region; well-known Puerto Rican writer RenĂ© MarquĂ©s GarcĂa is one of her nephews. After divorcing his cousin, her father married GarcĂa Peraza's mother, from another Canarian family. When her family move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inés Peraza
Inés Peraza de las Casas (Seville, c. 1424 - Seville, 1503) was the territorial lady of the Canary Islands, which she inherited from her father Hernán Peraza the Elder and her late brother Guillén Peraza. As the first monarch since the islands were unified by her father, Inés titled herself “Queen of the Canary Islands,” which she held until the assignment to the Catholic Monarchs to the islands of La Palma, Gran Canaria and Tenerife in 1477. Biography Early life She was born approximately 1424 in Seville to Hernán Peraza the Elder and his wife, Inés de las Casas (for whom she was named), lords of the Canary Islands. Her father's family was influential in Seville as lords and mayors while her mother's ancestry is of French origin. While her father and brother built a consolidated lordship in the islands, Inés remained in Seville for her early life. She was under the tutelage of the Duke of Medina Sidonia, Don Juan de Guzmán, through 1447. In the next year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Castillo Peraza
Carlos Enrique Castillo Peraza (Mérida, Yucatán, April 17, 1947 – Bonn, Germany, September 8, 2000) was an intellectual, journalist and Mexican politician, member of the National Action Party (PAN) of which he was the 15th President from 1993 to 1996. Carlos Castillo Peraza was a lawyer in the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, was a collaborator and contributor of many newspapers of the country and began as journalist in ''El Diario de Yucatán''. From 1967 he became a member of the PAN and occupied an ample variety of positions in his local and national structure. During their management as National President of the PAN, their nearer collaborators were Jesus Galván Muñoz, ex-president Felipe Calderón, Enrique Caballero and Luis Correa Mena. In 1980 and 1988, he was candidate to Governor of Yucatán and in 1984 to Municipal President of Mérida, he was elect Federal Deputy to the LIV Legislature and National President of the PAN and in 1997 he became a candidate of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernan Peraza The Younger
Hernán (or Fernán) Peraza de Ayala, (Seville, c. 1450 - San Sebastián de La Gomera, 1488), also known as Hernán/Fernán Peraza The Younger (“el Joven”) or The Groom (“el Mozo”) to distinguish him from his Hernan Peraza the Elder, grandfather, was a nobleman and Castilian conquistador who participated in the European conquest of the Canary Islands in the 15th century. Peraza was also the territorial lord of the islands of La Gomera and El Hierro. Biography Hernán Peraza the Younger was born in the city of Seville in approximately 1450. He was the son of Diego GarcĂa de Herrera and InĂ©s Peraza, InĂ©s Peraza de las Casas, lords of the Canary Islands by inheritance of his grandfather, Hernan Peraza the Elder, Hernán Peraza the Elder, and therefore part of the influential Peraza family that was significant in the history of the Canary Islands. In 1477 he began to govern the island of La Gomera on behalf of his parents, settled in Lanzarote, and the island was offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
