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Prieto
Prieto is a surname of Spanish origin. It may refer to: *Abelardo Escobar Prieto (1938–2019), Mexican government official *Alfredo Prieto (1965–2015), Salvadoran-American serial killer *Amy Prieto, Colombian-American chemist *Antonio Prieto (Chilean actor), Antonio Prieto (1926–2011), Chilean actor *Carlos Prieto (cellist), Carlos Prieto (born 1937), Mexican cellist *Chris Prieto (born 1972), American baseball player and coach *Guillermo Prieto (1818–1897), Mexican writer and government official *Indalecio Prieto (1883–1962), Spanish politician *Isabel Prieto de Landázuri (1833–1876), Spanish-Mexican poet and dramatist *José Joaquín Prieto (1786–1854), 4th president of Chile *Juan António Prieto, Spanish paralympic runner *Juan Carlos Prieto, Spanish paralympic high jumper *Lorene Prieto, Chilean-New Zealander actor *Manuel Bulnes Prieto (1799–1866), general and 5th president of Chile *Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquis of Alhucemas (1859–1938), Spanish prime mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Prieto
Alfredo Rolando Prieto (November 18, 1965 – October 1, 2015) was a El Salvador, Salvadoran-United States, American serial killer. After being initially convicted for a single murder, he would later be connected to eight other murders committed in Virginia and California between May 1988 and September 1990 via DNA profiling. Capital punishment, Sentenced to death in both states, Prieto was executed by lethal injection in Virginia in 2015. Biography Alfredo Prieto was born on November 18, 1965, in San Martín, San Salvador, El Salvador to parents Arnoldo and Teodora Prieto, who had five other children. He spent his childhood and adolescence in poverty, since his parents experienced heavy financial difficulties during the Football War. Prieto's mother left El Salvador in 1975 due to her husband’s abuse and emigrated to the United States. During the outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War, Alfredo reportedly witnessed many civilians being killed, including his grandfather. Prieto w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indalecio Prieto
Indalecio Prieto Tuero (30 April 1883 – 11 February 1962) was a Spanish politician, a minister and one of the leading figures of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the years before and during the Second Spanish Republic. Early life Born in Oviedo in 1883, his father died when he was six years old. His mother moved him to Bilbao in 1891. From a young age, he survived by selling magazines in the street. He eventually obtained work as a stenographer at the daily newspaper ''La Voz de Vizcaya'', which led to a position as a copy editor and later a journalist at the rival daily ''El Liberal.'' He eventually became the director and owner of the newspaper. In 1899, at the age of 16, he had joined the PSOE. As a journalist in the first decade of the 20th century, Prieto became a leading figure of socialism in the Basque Country. Entering politics Spain's neutrality in World War I greatly benefited Spanish industry and commerce, but those benefits were not reflected in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Prieto
Rodrigo Prieto, American Society of Cinematographers, ASC, AMC (born November 23, 1965), is a Mexican cinematographer. He has been closely associated as cinematographer for Martin Scorsese and Alejandro González Iñárritu, among other directors. He is a member of both the Mexican Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers. Throughout his career, Prieto has received many awards and nominations, including three Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominations for Ang Lee's ''Brokeback Mountain'' (2005) and Martin Scorsese's ''Silence (2016 film), Silence'' (2016) and ''The Irishman'' (2019). Life and career Rodrigo Prieto was born in Mexico City, Mexico. His grandfather, Jorge Prieto Laurens, was the mayor of Mexico City and leader of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, but was later persecuted by the country's ruler because of political differences. Prieto's grandfather escaped with his family to Texas and then to Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Prieto (cellist)
Carlos Prieto was born in Mexico City and is a Mexican cellist and writer. He has received enthusiastic public acclaim and won excellent reviews for his performances throughout the United States, Europe, Russia and the former Soviet Union, Asia, and Latin America. ''The New York Times'' review of his Carnegie Hall debut raved, "Prieto knows no technical limitations and his musical instincts are impeccable." He plays a Stradivarius cello named the "Piatti" after Carlo Alfredo Piatti, affectionately nicknamed "Chelo Prieto" by the current owner. He is a promoter of contemporary, original classical instrument music by Latin American composers. The Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition is held every three years in Mexico. His son, Carlos Miguel Prieto, is music director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico. Early years Prieto began playing the cello at age four, studying under the instruction of Hungarian cellist Imre Hartman, and also with the Mexican cellist M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Prieto
Amy Prieto is a Professor of Chemistry at Colorado State University and the Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Prieto Battery. Education and early career Prieto received her Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry and philosophy from Williams College in 1996. There, she undertook an honors thesis entitled "The Synthesis and Characterization of Precursors to Zirconium-Containing Liquid Crystals" under the mentorship of Lee Young Park. Before beginning her doctoral work, she was a summer research fellow at Bell Labs, which she credits with fostering an appreciation for cross-disciplinary collaboration. She then attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she received her PhD in inorganic chemistry in 2001. For her graduate work, she worked in the laboratory of Angelica Stacy on her thesis entitled ''Electrodeposition of Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials'' working to synthesize solid-state materials. Following her PhD, she began a postdoctoral fellowship at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Prieto De Landázuri
Isabel Ángela Prieto González Bango (1 March 1833 – 28 September 1876), better known as Isabel Prieto de Landázuri, was a Spanish poet and dramatist, considered "one of the first women to enter the literary canon of Mexico in the 19th century," since this country was where she created most of her literary legacy. Biography There are disagreements regarding the birthplace of Isabel Prieto de Landázari; although most consider that she was born in Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, Spain, in 1833, some writers like the Spanish determined that she was actually born in Mexico City. There are yet other sources that say that she was born in 1828 in Spanish territory. She was the daughter of the Panamanian Sotero Prieto Olasagarre (at that time, Panama was under Spanish rule) and the Spaniard Isabel González Bango de la Puebla, and she was the oldest of their eleven children. At age four, Prieto's family moved to Mexico, where she devoted herself to studying. There she learned se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario Prieto
Rosario de los Milagros Prieto Pérez (born April 13, 1942, in Dominican Republic) better known as Rosario Prieto is a Dominican-born actress, Naturalization, naturalized Venezuelan, who has developed her career in Venezuela. Biography When she was one and a half years old, Rosario Prieto arrived in Venezuela with her parents, who were political refugees. Despite being born in the Dominican Republic, the actress identifies as Venezuelan. Personal life One day, when Rosario Prieto was dancing on the stage of "El Show de Renny" she met Chucho Sanoja, director of the RCTV orchestra. She fell in love married him. She then began to explore the world of singing, since she was part of the orchestra led by her husband and studied with master Eduardo Lanz. Two years after being married, Rosario Prieto had her first daughter named María Eugenia Sanoja Prieto and later, three sons who died. She then traveled to the United States where she studied choreography upon returning to Venezuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Prieto
Guillermo Prieto Pradillo (10 February 1818 – 2 March 1897) was a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, poet, chronicler, journalist, essayist, patriot and Liberal politician. According to Eladio Cortés, during his lifetime he was considered Mexico's national poet, and his political allegiance to the Mexican liberals allowed him to serve as Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs under different administrations. In his writings he used several pen names, including Don Benedeno and Fidel. Early years Prieto was born in Mexico City, the son of José María Prieto Gamboa and Josefa Pradillo y Estañol. His childhood was spent near Molino del Rey (King's Mill), next to the historic Chapultepec Castle, since his father administered the mill and the associated bakery. When Prieto was 13 his father died and his mother had a nervous breakdown. Andrés Quintana Roo and Fernando Calderón took him under his protection, and he was thus able to continue his studies. After working ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfredo Prieto
Wilfredo Prieto (born 1978; Sancti Spíritus, Cuba), is a Cuban conceptual artist. He moved to Havana to pursue his art studies at The University of Arts of Cuba (ISA), graduating in 2002. Overview He has a university diploma as a painter but he has not painted anything for the last 10 years. He admires the conceptualist Marcel Duchamp Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (, , ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso ... but tries to distance himself from any traditional way of making art and also tries to stay free of any particular historical or cultural considerations that could obstruct his creativity. Havana is certainly a significant point of reference and a very important focus for him. His medium keeps changing, it depends on the particular idea or the concept he is working on and he never gets attached to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Prieto
Christian Michael Prieto (born August 24, 1972) is a former professional baseball player who played one season in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in . Prieto attended Carmel High School, and the University of Nevada. Prieto is currently the first base coach for the Tampa Bay Rays. Career He was signed June 8, 1993 by San Diego Padres scout Don Lyle after being selected by the Padres in the 24th round of 1993 draft. Prieto was granted free agency, October 15, 1999, and subsequently signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers, January 20, 2000. After being signed by the Dodgers, he was loaned to the Mexico City Red Devils from July 18 – September 6, 2000. The Dodgers allowed him to go to free agency on October 15, 2001. Prieto was then signed by the Houston Astros on December 17, 2001, then released on April 29, 2002. The Oaxaca Guerreros signed him in May 2002, then he played for the independent Chico Outlaws starting in August 2002. The Oakland Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorio Riego Prieto
Victorio Manuel Riego Prieto (1 February 1932 – 12 June 2009), was a Paraguayan chess player, three-times Paraguayan Chess Championship winner (1963, 1972, 1977). Biography From the begin of 1960s to the mid-1990s Victorio Riego Prieto was one of Paraguay's leading chess players. He three times won Paraguayan Chess Championships: 1963, 1972, and 1977. In 1969, in Mar del Plata Victorio Riego Prieto participated in World Chess Championship South American Zonal tournament and shared 14th–15th place. Victorio Riego Prieto played for Paraguay in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1968, at third board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+10, =2 -3), * In 1978, at third board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+2, =4, -3), * In 1986, at fourth board in the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai (+4, =2, -4), * In 1988, at first reserve board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+3, =1, -4), * In 1994, at fourth board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+3, =1, -7), * In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Prieto (Chilean Actor)
Juan Antonio Espinoza Prieto (26 May 1926 – 14 July 2011) was a Chilean singer and actor. Also a popular singer, he scored an international 1961 hit with " La novia", mostly known in English-speaking countries as "The Wedding". In 1995 a ''20 Greatest Hits'' CD was released, which included such hits as "La novia" and "El milagro". He also made a very popular Spanish version of a song from the Italian singer Domenico Modugno. Prieto also sang a popular ballad, "Juan Bobo", in homage to the popular Juan Bobo of Puerto Rican folklore. Retrieved 2013-05-29 Partial filmography * '' Juan Mondiola'' (1950) * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
