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Ríos
Rios, Ríos or Riós are Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician surnames. The name has numerous origins. In Germany, Italy, France, UK, and the Americas the Ríos surname can also be found in the surname history books . The name was derived from the Spanish word "Rio," which means "river" (pronounced: Ree-Oess). The surname Ríos is a rich sign of ancestry which includes royals and nobles . Historians believe the Ríos family derived from the Royal House of Asturias and King Liuvigilds Dynasty . The original bearer of the name Ríos, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the region of Northwestern Spain which is today's Galicia and Asturias . In the Middle Ages, names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate.The Ríos Family originally lived near a river . As early as the 10th Century, the Ríos family has been involved in political reform, business, military, Christianity, athletics, music, education, science, law, medicine, arts, archi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Ríos
Brandon Lee Ríos (born April 29, 1986) is an American professional boxer. He held the WBA lightweight title in 2011 and has challenged once for the WBO welterweight title in 2015. Nicknamed "Bam Bam", Ríos was known for his aggressive pressure fighting style, formidable punching power, and exceptionally durable chin during his prime. Amateur career Ríos compiled a stellar amateur record of 230–35. In 2004 he became the U.S. National Amateur Featherweight champion, and was also a United States Olympic alternate at 125 lbs. "When I met Roberto in the Olympic trials in Mississippi, that's when Roberto came and worked my corner, which it was a bad mistake," Rios said as García laughed. "I should have never done that because my dad was my amateur coach through my whole career. You get used to one person and then you come with another guy and he doesn't really know you? To me, it kind of messed me up. But then again, I'm glad we met because we exchanged information and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Ríos
Alexis Israel Ríos (born February 18, 1981) is an American former professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, and Kansas City Royals. A World Series champion with the Royals in 2015, Rios is a two-time MLB All-Star. In 2007, he was a Fielding Bible Award winner for right fielders. In 2013, he hit for the cycle and achieved six hits in one game. Rios is a three-time World Baseball Classic participant with the Puerto Rico national baseball team. Professional career Ríos was drafted in the first round (19th overall) by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1999 MLB draft. A top prospect in the Blue Jays organization for several years, Ríos had considerable success in the organization's minor league system. In , he hit .352 with 11 home runs and 82 RBI en route to winning the Double-A Eastern League Most Valuable Player award. Ríos was promoted to Triple-A Syracuse for the start of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Ríos Piter
Armando Ríos Piter (born 21 February 1973) is a Mexican politician who served as a senator in the LXIII and LXIV Legislatures of the Mexican Congress representing Guerrero as a legislator from the Party of the Democratic Revolution; while a senator, he became an independent and briefly pursued an independent presidential campaign. He also served as a federal deputy during the LXI Legislature. Life Ríos Piter was born in Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero, but obtained his education in Mexico City, concurrently obtaining an economics degree from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and a law degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. His first public job was in the INFONAVIT, and a year later, he moved over to the SHCP. Political career In 2000, Ríos Piter entered state government for the first time when he became the deputy secretary for political matters in the government of the state of Guerrero, though he would soon leave the post in order to work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanca De Los Ríos
Blanca de los Ríos Nostench (15 August 1859 – 13 April 1956) was a Spanish writer and painter. Life and work Blanca de los Ríos Nostench was an outstanding writer and literary critic, although she remains an obscure figure despite her intense and fruitful efforts. Her work has been translated into almost all European languages. Her birth into a cultured family brought her a broad education, as Consuelo Flecha points out in her 2000 biography of the author: "Surrounded by a family environment of writers, politicians, artists, and doctors, her education benefited from the wealth of stimuli and possibilities that this cultural context provided her with: her father, , architect; her maternal grandfather, doctor; her uncles, writers like José Amador de los Ríos; and politicians, were a reference which she knew how to intelligently call on, even though she knew that, as a woman, not all roads were equally easy for her." She married (1861–1923), a well-known architect and arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Ríos
Roberto "Bobby" Ríos Osorio (born August 14, 1957) is a retired Puerto Rican basketball player. Ríos played as a point guard and shooting guard for five different teams during his career, and won three championships. He is currently 5th in assists and 7th in scoring of all-time in the league. Career Ríos was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico on August 14, 1957. He debuted with the Vaqueros de Bayamón in 1978. In 1981, Ríos was traded to the Leones de Ponce where he became the starting point guard. He ended up averaging 17.7 points per game in his first season and remained a consistent scorer during this first stint with the team. However, in the middle of the 1985 season, Ríos was traded to the Atléticos de San Germán. He averaged 15 points per game during 23 games with San Germán, and won his first championship. During the next five seasons with the team, Ríos averaged over 20 points per game in every season. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Ríos
Alberto Álvaro Ríos (born September 18, 1952) is a US academic and writer who is the author of ten books and chapbooks of poetry, three collections of short stories, and a memoir. Rios was named Arizona's first state poet laureate in August 2013, a position he continues to hold. Life Alberto Ríos graduated from University of Arizona with an MFA. He is a Regents' Professor at Arizona State University, where he has taught since 1982 and where he holds the further distinction of the Katharine C. Turner Endowed Chair in English. His book ''A Small Story About the Sky'' was published in 2015 by Copper Canyon Press. Other books of poems include ''The Dangerous Shirt'', along with ''The Theater of Night'', winner of the 2007 PEN/Beyond Margins Award, ''The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body'', finalist for the National Book Award, ''Teodoro Luna's Two Kisses'', ''The Lime Orchard Woman'', ''The Warrington Poems'', ''Five Indiscretions'', and ''Whispering to Fool the Wind'', which wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolfo Ríos
José Adolfo Ríos García (born 11 December 1966) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He won the 1999 U.S. Cup with Mexico. Club career Ríos García made his debut for UNAM in 1985 and remained there until 1990, when he went to play for Veracruz. He was a starter for Veracruz, playing 7 years, making over 230 appearances for the team. In 1997, he went on to play for Necaxa. In the winter of 1998, he became won the Mexican Primera División for the first time, defeating Chivas de Guadalajara on an aggregate score of 0–2. He continued to play with the club for one more season, making 72 appearances with the club in total. In the summer of 1999, he transferred to Club America, and became an instant starter. In the summer of 2002, he was the starting goalkeeper for America in their victory against Necaxa in the Championship Final, which allowed him to win the second Mexican Primera División title of his career, and Club America's ninth over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo Giner De Los Ríos
Bernardo Giner de los Ríos (1888, Málaga - 1970) was a Spanish architect, politician, and writer of architectural books. He built a number of buildings in and around Madrid, including many schools. Background The son of Hermenegildo Giner de los Ríos and Laura García Hoppe, Bernardo Giner de los Ríos was born into a family of intellectuals and progressive politicians. His uncle, Francisco Giner de los Ríos, was a philosopher and proponent of the ideas of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause. Francisco Giner de los Ríos translated selections from Krause's aesthetic writings in 1874 as ''Compendio de Estética''. Francisco and Hermenegildo Giner de los Ríos also founded the freethinking ''Institución Libre de Enseñanza'' in 1876. Career Architecture Beginning his career in the 1920s, Bernardo Giner de los Ríos specialised in the construction of schools, serving as a school inspector for the Spanish province of Levante, around Alicante, and built many schools in Madrid. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángel Fernández De Los Ríos
Ángel Fernández de los Ríos (27 July 1821 – 18 June 1880) was a Spanish politician, journalist, writer and urbanist. Political career Ángel Fernández de los Ríos joined the National Militia in 1842. He became a member of the Progressive Party (''Partido Progresista''). He was among the centrist group formed by the ''puros'', who included Baldomero Espartero (1793–1879), Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz (1805–1873), Pedro Calvo Asensio (1821–1863) and Patricio de la Escosura (1807–1878). They advocated an advanced liberal policy to consolidate the gains of the bourgeois revolution. He took part in the insurrectionist movements against the 1847–1849 Government of General Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia. Fernández de los Ríos was a member of the committee that prepared to 17 July 1854 pronouncement at the start of the Spanish Revolution of 1854. Other members were Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897), Antonio de los Ríos Rosas (1812–1873) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonella Ríos
Antonella Ríos Mascetti (born July 31, 1974) is a Chilean television and film actress. Her best-known roles were Mariana in the telenovela "Brujas" and Gracia in the film " Los Debutantes". Filmography Films Telenovelas * Machos ( Canal 13, 2003) - Yoly Mondaca * Hippie ( Canal 13, 2004) - Juana Pizarro * Brujas ( Canal 13, 2005) - Mariana Carvajal * Descarado ( Canal 13, 2006) - Catalina Montoya Bernard * Lola ( Canal 13, 2008) - Francisca Monsalve * Cuenta Conmigo ( Canal 13, 2009) - Margarita Jimenez * Maldita (Mega Mega or MEGA may refer to: Science * mega-, a metric prefix denoting 106 * Mega (number), a certain very large integer in Steinhaus–Moser notation * "mega-" a prefix meaning "large" that is used in taxonomy * Gravity assist, for ''Moon-Eart ..., 2012) - Claudia Montero References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rios, Antonella 1974 births Chilean telenovela actresses Chilean film actresses Chilean people of Italian descent Living people P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmelo Ríos Santiago
Carmelo Javier Ríos Santiago (born May 21, 1973 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican politician, lawyer and senator. He has been a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico since 2005. Early years and studies Carmelo Ríos was born on May 21, 1973 in Santurce, Puerto Rico to Carmelo Ríos Nazario and Lydia Santiago Estrella. He studied at the Ramón Marín Elementary School in Guaynabo and in 1991, he entered Florida Air Academy in the US. That same year, he started his college studies in Orlando receiving an associate degree in Economy from Valencia Community College. In 1993, he transferred to Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Economy. Professional career Ríos started working as a lawyer, and as a legal aide of the Commissioner of Municipal Affairs, and Director of the Lawsuit Division of the Corporation of State Insurance Fund. In 2001, he started his own law firm specializing in Admin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina De Los Ríos Y Lisperguer
Catalina de los Ríos y Lísperguer (c. 1604 – January 16, 1665), nicknamed La Quintrala because of her flaming red hair, was an aristocratic 17th-century Chilean landowner and murderer of the Colonial Era. She is famous for her beauty and, according to legend, her cruel treatment of her servants. Her persona is strongly mythified, and survives in Chilean culture as the epitome of the wicked and abusive woman. Life Gonzalo de los Ríos y Encío and his wife, Lisperguer y Flores, both members of the Chilean nobility. Paternal descent Her father was the Gonzalo de los Ríos y Ávila, a Spanish soldier who fought in the Conquest of Chile, and María Encío, the sister of Juan Encío, who was one of the financiers of the expedition of Pedro de Valdivia. Gonzalo de los Ríos y Encío was an exalted landowner of Santiago's colonial society. He held the rank of general in the Royal Army and was a maestre de campo who served as mayor of Santiago in 1611, 1614 and 1619. He was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
