|
Peña (surname)
Peña or de la Peña is a Spanish habitation surname. The origin of the surname can be traced directly to the Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...; the earliest public record of the surname dates to the 13th century in the Valle de Mena (Burgos) in the Kingdom of Castile. The origin of the last name is in present-day Galicia, Spain. The Peñas lived, originally, near a cliff or rocky land. Records indicate that the name derives from the Spanish word ''peña'' meaning "rock," "crag" or "cliff." The bearers of this surname proved their noble descent in the Order of Saint James of the Sword in 1626, 1629, 1651 and 1657; in the Order of Calatrava, in 1657, 1687, 1688, 1700 and 1785; in the Order of Alcántara in 1644 and 1693 and in the Royal and Distingui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Spanish
Old Spanish (, , ; ), also known as Old Castilian or Medieval Spanish, refers to the varieties of Ibero-Romance spoken predominantly in Castile and environs during the Middle Ages. The earliest, longest, and most famous literary composition in Old Spanish is the (c. 1140–1207). Phonology Vowels Monophthongs Diphthongs Consonants ( and were apico-alveolar.) and These were still distinct phonemes in Old Spanish, judging by the consistency with which the graphemes and were distinguished. Nevertheless, the two could be confused in consonant clusters (as in ~ “dawn”) or in word-initial position, perhaps after or a pause. and appear to have merged in word-initial position by about 1400 and in all other environments by the mid–late 16th century at the latest. At an archaic stage, the realizations of (from Latin ) would have been approximately as follows: * before or * before or * or before By early Old Spanish, had been replaced with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Peña
Elizabeth Maria Peña (September 23, 1959 – October 14, 2014) was an American actress. Her film credits include '' Down and Out in Beverly Hills'' (1986), '' Batteries Not Included'', '' La Bamba'' (both 1987), ''Jacob's Ladder'' (1990), '' Rush Hour'' (1998), ''The Incredibles'' (2004), and '' Nothing like the Holidays'' (2008). Peña won the 1996 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female and a Bravo Award for Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film for her work in '' Lone Star'' (1996). She also voiced Rosa Santos in the animated television series '' Maya & Miguel'' and Mirage in ''The Incredibles''. Peña was a founding member of the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA). Early life Peña was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on September 23, 1959, to Mario and Estella Margarita Peña. Mario Peña was a Cuban actor, playwright, director, and designer, and Estella Margarita Peña was a producer. The Peña family moved to Cuba when Elizabeth was less th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Francisco Peña Gómez
José Francisco Peña Gómez (6 March 1937 – 10 May 1998) was a politician from the Dominican Republic. He was the leader of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), a three-time candidate for president of the Dominican Republic and former Mayor of Santo Domingo. He is considered, along with Joaquín Balaguer and Juan Bosch (politician), Juan Bosch, as one of the most prominent Dominican political figures of the 20th century. Early life Born to María Marcelin, a Haitian woman, and Oguís Vincent, a Haitians in the Dominican Republic, Haitian immigrant, on March 6, 1937, in Mao, Dominican Republic, Mao, Dominican Republic, Peña Gómez was adopted as an infant by Simón Pichardo and Andrea Rodríguez de Pichardo, a Dominican family, when his parents had to flee to Haiti (where they died) in order to save their lives as the Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, Rafael Trujillo enacted the Parsley Massacre against Haitians that same year. In later years, Peña Gómez’ o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Peña (steeplechaser)
José Gregorio Peña Trejo (born 12 January 1987) is a Venezuelan track and field athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. His personal best for the event is 8:20.87 minutes Biography Born in San Cristóbal, Táchira, he first established himself on the continental youth scene. His first international outing came at the 2002 South American Youth Championships in Athletics, where he came fourth in the boy's 2000 metres steeplechase race. At the 2004 edition of the competition, he won the steeplechase gold medal and also came fourth in the 1500 metres and fifth in the 3000 metres flat events. Moving up to the junior under-20 ranks, he ran at the 2005 South American Junior Championships in Athletics. There he won the 3000 m steeplechase silver medal behind Peru's Mario Bazán and he also placed eighth in the 1500 m final. He represented Venezuelan on the global stage at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but did not progress beyond the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horacio De La Peña
Horacio Armando de la Peña (; born 1 August 1966), nicknamed "el Pulga" ("the Flea"), is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina, who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 31. De la Peña was born in Buenos Aires. He began playing on the ATP circuit professionally in 1984, when he was 17. He won four ATP World Tour titles in his career, all of which were on clay. He also won six doubles titles – five on clay. De la Peña is most well known as the former coach of Chilean Fernando González. He was also considered the unofficial captain of the Chilean Davis Cup team. As well as González, de la Peña has coached other tennis players, like Franco Squillari, Martín Rodríguez, Guillermo Coria, and a number of other Chilean and Argentine tennis players. De la Peña currently runs occasional tennis clinics in Santiago, Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horacio Peña (author)
Horacio Peña (born 1936 in Managua, Nicaragua) is a professor, writer, and poet. Currently an instructor at Huston-Tillotson College and the Seminary of the Southwest—both in Austin, Texas, he is often recognized as the most important Nicaraguan American A Nicaraguan American (, ''nicaragüense-estadounidense'', or ) is an American of Nicaraguan descent. They are also referred to as "nica" or "nicoya". The Nicaraguan American population at the 2010 Census was 348,202. Nicaraguans are the el ... poe His poems have appeared in numerous publications, including "El Pez y La Serpiente" (The Fish and the Serpent), La Prensa Literaria (The Literary Press), both from Nicaragua; Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos (Hispanic American Notebooks) from Madrid; Papeles de Son Armadans, from Palma de Mayorca; Linden Lanemagazine, from Texas, and others. A translator from the English, Italian, and French, he was a professor of Cultural History at the National University of Nicaragua for many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horacio Peña (actor)
Horacio Peña (born 1943) is an Argentine actor who has appeared in films and TV in Argentina since 1966. He has made about 30 appearances to date mostly in film acting in films such as the 1988 Victor Dinenzon film, '' Abierto de 18 a 24'' alongside actor Gerardo Romano Gerardo Romano (born 6 July 1946) is an Argentina, Argentine actor who has made some 45 appearances in mainstream film and television in Argentina since 1979. He is widely regarded as one of Argentina's leading actors. Romano has mostly appeared .... In the 1990s his career seemed to concentrate more in television but since 2000 he has been known primarily as a film actor in Argentina. References External links * 1936 births Living people Argentine male film actors Place of birth missing (living people) {{Argentina-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Peña
Gabriela Peña Romero (born 23 August 1995) is a Dominican footballer who plays as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People *Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Smal ... for Bob Soccer FC and the Dominican Republic women's national team. Club career Peña has played for Bob Soccer School FC in the Dominican Republic. References External links * 1995 births Living people Dominican Republic women's footballers Women's association football forwards Dominican Republic women's international footballers Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games 21st-century Dominican Republic sportswomen {{DominicanRepublic-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florencia Peña
María Florencia Peña (born 7 November 1974) is an Argentine actress. She played Mónica Argento in the sitcom ''Casados con hijos (Argentine TV series), Casados con hijos'' (2005–2006). Filmography Television Theater Movies Television Programs Awards and nominations References External links * 1974 births Living people Argentine women comedians Actresses from Buenos Aires Argentine television actresses Argentine film actresses Argentine stage actresses Argentine musical theatre actresses Argentine musical theatre female dancers Argentine musical theatre women singers Argentine musical theatre producers {{Argentina-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix De La Peña
Félix de la Peña (died August 23, 1873) was an Argentine politician, and governor of Córdoba Province, Argentina. After accepting the resignation of Mariano Fragueiro, the Córdoba lower house of representatives named Félix de la Peña as interim governor on July 24, 1860, and soon thereafter confirmed him to the post. He continued the work of his predecessor, dividing big departments into smaller units to simplify their governance and administration. He created the San Justo Department, and Unión Department. His legislation started the first steam-powered mill in the province, increasing the production of flour which, along with leather products and mining, became the main exports for the Cordoba economy. After the assassination of San Juan Province governor, Antonino Aberastian, by the governor of San Luis Province, Colonel Juan Saá, Félix de la Peña deplored this incident and made him responsible for this tragedy. The situation became tense when Saá marched the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Peña Biafore
Felipe is the Spanish variant of the name Philip, which derives from the Greek adjective ''Philippos'' "friend of horses". Felipe is also widely used in Portuguese-speaking Brazil alongside Filipe, the form commonly used in Portugal. Noteworthy people with this name include: Royalty * Felipe I of Spain * Felipe II of Spain Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He was also ''jure uxoris'' K ... * Felipe III of Spain * Felipe IV of Spain * Philip V of Spain, Felipe V of Spain * Felipe VI, Felipe VI of Spain, King of Spain * Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón, nephew of the Spanish king Others * Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico * Felipe Herrera, Chilean economist * Felipe Zúniga del Cid (born 1948), Honduran politician * FELIPE may refer to the Popular Liberation Front (Spain), Popular Libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Peña
Federico Fabian Peña (born March 15, 1947) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 12th United States secretary of transportation from 1993 to 1997 and the 8th United States secretary of energy from 1997 to 1998, during the presidency of Bill Clinton. He previously served as the 41st mayor of Denver from 1983 to 1991. Early life Born in Laredo, Texas, Peña earned a Bachelor of Arts (1969) and Juris Doctor (1972) from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas School of Law, respectively. Career Moving to Colorado, where he became a practicing Lawyer, attorney, Peña was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat in 1979, where he rose to become Minority Leader. Mayor of Denver In 1983, Peña defeated William H. McNichols Jr., a 74-year old incumbent, to become the first Hispanic mayor of Denver, a post to which he was re-elected in 1987. During his time as mayor in the late 1980s and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
