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Quevedo (surname)
Quevedo is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Carla Quevedo (born 1988), Argentine actress and designer *General Silvestre Quevedo Rico, a General in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Mexico * Fernando Quevedo Rodríguez, a Guatemalan physicist * Fernando Quevedo Salazar, a Spanish racing cyclist * Francisco de Quevedo, a leading baroque poet of Spain's ''Siglo de Oro'' (Golden Century) * Gabriella Evelina Quevedo (born 1997), Swedish guitarist * Joaquim Amado Quevedo (1946–2022), Brazilian politician * José Quevedo, major in the Cuban army, fought Battle of La Plata during the Cuban Revolution * Juan de Quevedo, 16th-century Spanish Franciscan bishop and missionary *Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Spanish engineer and mathematician, would be called "Torres" *El Mami Quevedo, Spanish footballer (soccer player) *Miguel Ángel de Quevedo, Mexican botanist *Nuria Quevedo (born 1938), Spanish-German painter * Orlando Quevedo, a Filipine Roman Catholic prelate *Óscar Gon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Quevedo
Carla Quevedo (born 23 April 1988) is an Argentine actress. She is most known for her limited but crucial role in ''The Secret in Their Eyes'', in which she played Liliana Coloto. Career Her acting debut was in the year 2009 in Argentina film directed by Juan José Campanella, ''The Secret in Their Eyes'', winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It also stars Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, and Guillermo Francella. In the film, Quevedo plays Liliana Coloto a murdered girl around which the story centers. She currently is a designer for the La Belle Rebelle swimsuit line and lives in both New York City and Buenos Aires. Filmography Film Television Theatre Accolades In 2013, Quevedo won the Best Actress Award at the HollyShorts Film Festival in Los Angeles and was nominated by the Academia Argentina de Letras for the Cóndor de Plata for Best New Actress. References External links * Carla Quevedoat Cinenacional.com Cinena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuria Quevedo
Nuria Quevedo Teixidó (born 18 March 1938) is a Spanish painter and graphic artist, affiliated with the Communist Party, who has lived in Berlin since age 15. Biography Nuria Quevedo's father, José Quevedo Fernández, was an aviator of the Spanish Republican Air Force. In 1939 he left Spain for France, along with her mother, but he soon returned to Barcelona, where he stayed until 1942. That year the whole family reunited, this time in Berlin, where her father worked for the Nazis. In 1945 mother and daughter moved to Barcelona, and in 1952 they returned to meet with their father in East Berlin, where they would settle permanently. In East Berlin Quevedo studied at the Higher School of Visual and Applied Arts in Weissensee, with , Arno Mohr, and Klaus Wittkugel, later becoming a student at the East German Academy of Arts. She worked in a bookstore owned by the family. As a painter, she became well known in East Germany, where she exhibited together with . Several of the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Alejandro Lafone Quevedo
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Hebrew scriptures, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although Islamic texts do not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubén Quevedo
Rubén Eduardo Quevedo (; January 5, 1979 – June 7, 2016) was a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs (2000) and Milwaukee Brewers (2001–03). Career Quevedo was signed as an international free agent by the Atlanta Braves in 1995 and was traded to the Cubs in 1999. He played with the Cubs in 2000 and was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in 2001 for right-handed pitcher David Weathers. After three years with Milwaukee, Quevedo signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles in 2004. He appeared in one game for Baltimore's Double–A affiliate, the Bowie Baysox. Quevedo's most effective pitch was his changeup, which he threw with the same arm motion as his 89 MPH fastball. Meanwhile, his slider and curve were average. He allowed a significant number of fly balls, resulting in a high number of home runs allowed. In a four-year MLB career, Quevedo posted a 14–30 record with 237 strikeouts and a 6.15 ERA in 326 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reynaldo Vera González-Quevedo
Reynaldo Vera González-Quevedo (born 7 January 1961) is a Cuban chess Grandmaster (GM) (1988), two-times Cuban Chess Championship winner (1997, 2001), Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (1998). Biography First international success Reynaldo Vera González-Quevedo have in 1977 in Innsbruck, where he ranked 4th in World Junior Chess Championship. He is multiple participant of Cuban Chess Championship and two-time winner of these tournaments (1997, 2001). Reynaldo Vera González-Quevedo has achieved many successes on the international chess tournaments, including winning or shared the first places in Havana (1980), Varna (1986), León (1996), San Sebastián (2007). Reynaldo Vera González-Quevedo played for Cuba in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1980, at second reserve board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+3, =1, -2), * In 1984, at second reserve board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+1, =3, -1), * In 1986, at first reserve board in the 27th Chess Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Quevedo
Raymond Quevedo (24 March 1892 – 22 February 1962), better known as Atilla the Hun, was a calypsonian from Trinidad. He began singing in 1911 and was at his most prominent in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of the pioneers in spreading awareness of calypso beyond its birthplace in Trinidad and Tobago. Together with the Roaring Lion (Rafael de Leon) he brought calypso to the United States for the first time in 1934. One of his popular calypsos was " FDR in Trinidad", commemorating U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...'s 1936 trip to Trinidad. Atilla competed in the first Calypso Monarch, Calypso King contest in 1939, and won the title in both 1946 and 1947.Thompson, p. 5, 59 Known as a defender of the poor, Atilla was ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
