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Valenzuela (surname)
Valenzuela is a surname that originated in Spain. Notable people with the name include: * Alfred Valenzuela, Mexican-American United States Army general * Arturo Valenzuela, Chilean-American academic * Cristina Valenzuela, American voice actress * Eric Valenzuela, American college baseball coach * Fernando de Valenzuela, 1st Marquis of Villasierra, Spanish royal favourite and minister * Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican former professional baseball pitcher * Ismael Valenzuela, American horse racing jockey * Jesse Valenzuela, American musician * Juan Carlos Valenzuela (footballer), Mexican footballer * Juan Carlos Valenzuela (politician), Honduran politician * Laura Valenzuela, birth name Rocío Espinosa López-Cepero, Spanish television host, actress, and model * Luis Malla Valenzuela, Chilean politician * Luisa Valenzuela, post-modern Argentine novelist * Pat Valenzuela, American horse racing jockey, nephew of Ismael Valenzuela * Pío Valenzuela, Filipino physician and patriot * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Valenzuela
MG Alfred A. Valenzuela is a retired United States Army major general who commanded United States Army South (USARSO) at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico and San Antonio, Texas. Served as Deputy Commanding General DCINC ) US Southern Command, Panama/Miami. Served in Kuwait with 3d Infantry Division. Awards and decorations His decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Army Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (with three Oak Leaf Clusters), Soldier's Medal for Heroism , Bronze Star with "V" device, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal and the Joint Meritorious Unit Award (3rd award). * Defense Distinguished Service Medal * Army Distinguished Service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Valenzuela
Rocío Espinosa López-Cepero (born 18 February 1931, in Seville), known professionally as Laura Valenzuela, or Laurita Valenzuela in her beginnings, is a retired Spanish television presenter, actress and model. She was one of the first television presenters in Spain appearing in the early broadcasts of Televisión Española (TVE). In 1969, she hosted the Eurovision Song Contest held in Madrid. Biography Before becoming known in Europe for hosting 1969 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, she was a model and appeared in many publications around the world. She was one of the first faces that Spain saw on television when Televisión Española (TVE) was launched in 1956. She starred in many films since the early 1950s up through the late 1960s. In 1971, when she married film director José Luis Dibildos and had her daughter, presenter Lara Dibildos, she retired from public life, until she returned to television in 1990 on private channel Telecinco. Later on, she returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valenzuela (other)
Valenzuela may refer to: Places *Valenzuela, Paraguay * Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines *Valenzuela, Spain * Valenzuela de Calatrava, Spain * Valenzuela, Louisiana Other uses * Valenzuela (surname) Valenzuela is a surname that originated in Spain. Notable people with the name include: * Alfred Valenzuela, Mexican-American United States Army general * Arturo Valenzuela, Chilean-American academic * Cristina Valenzuela, American voice actress * ..., including a list of people with the name * ''Valenzuela'' (insect), a genus of barklice in the family Caeciliusidae See also * Venezuela (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ritchie Valens
Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), known professionally as Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens was killed in a plane crash eight months into his music career. Valens had several hits, most notably " La Bamba", which he had adapted from a Mexican folk song. Valens transformed the song into one with a rock rhythm and beat, and it became a hit in 1958, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement. He also had an American number-two hit with "Donna". On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as "The Day the Music Died", Valens died in a plane crash in Iowa, an accident that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as pilot Roger Peterson. Valens was 17 at the time of his death. In 2001, Valens was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Valenzuela (referee)
Ricardo Andres Valenzuela (born February 7, 1964) is a United States former soccer referee from Richmond, California, who officiated for the U.S. Soccer Federation in various leagues and competitions, as assigned. He was also a FIFA referee. His other occupation is as a schoolteacher. Career He first took up refereeing in 1982, officiating in youth soccer in New Mexico, and progressed to become a FIFA referee in 1999. In the lead-up to the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup tournament, he was appointed to a friendly match between the United States and Canada at the Civic Stadium, Oregon, on June 6, 1999, which finished 4–2 to the USA women. On July 13 of that year, he also oversaw the representative friendly at the Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado, between the United States men's national soccer team and Derby County, from the East Midlands of England, which the United States won 2–1. He was in charge of one of the semi-finals in the 2001 U.S. Open Cup, between Los Angele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pío Valenzuela
Pío Valenzuela y Alejandrino (July 11, 1869 – April 6, 1956) was a Filipino physician and revolutionary leader. At the age of 23, he joined the society of Katipunan, a movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution. Together with Andrés Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto, they formed the secret chamber of the society called ''Camara Reina''. He took charge of the publication of ''Ang Kalayaan'', Katipunan's first and only official publication. He was the one who tried to convince the exiled José Rizal to join the revolutionary movement. When the Katipunan was discovered, he fled to Balintawak (now part of Quezon City) on August 20, 1896, but he later availed of an amnesty that the Spanish colonial government offered and he surrendered on September 1, 1896. He was deported to Spain where he was tried and imprisoned in Madrid. He was later transferred to Málaga, and then to a Spanish outpost in Africa. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Valenzuela
Patrick Angel Valenzuela (born October 17, 1962, in Montrose, Colorado) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family, his father plus three of his uncles, including Ismael Valenzuela, were jockeys. He rode his first career winner on November 10, 1978, at Sunland Park Racetrack in Sunland Park, New Mexico. In 1980, 17-year-old Pat Valenzuela became the youngest jockey to ever win the Santa Anita Derby. He was voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award by his peers in 1982. Pat Valenzuela has repeatedly said throughout his career that the best horse he has ever ridden was Arazi. In 1989 Pat Valenzuela won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes aboard Sunday Silence but lost his chance to capture the American Triple Crown when he was beat by Easy Goer in the Belmont Stakes. Pat Valenzuela is a seven-time winner of Breeders' Cup races. In 1992, he became the first jockey to twice win two Breeders' Cup races on the same card. During his career, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luisa Valenzuela
Luisa Valenzuela Levinson (born 26 November 1938) is a post-'Boom' novelist and short story writer. Her writing is characterized by an experimental style which questions hierarchical social structures from a feminist perspective. She may be best-known for her work written in response to the dictatorship of the 1970s in Argentina. Works such as ''Como en la guerra'' (1977), ''Cambio de armas'' (1982) and ''Cola de lagartija'' (1983) combine a powerful critique of dictatorship with an examination of patriarchal forms of social organization and the power structures which inhere in human sexuality and gender relationships. Biography Luisa Valenzuela Levinson was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 26 November 1938, to Pablo Francisco Valenzuela, a physician, and to writer Luisa Mercedes Levinson. At the family home, various writers gathered such as Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges, and Ernesto Sabato. Though she felt an interest in natural sciences from an early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Malla Valenzuela
Luis Malla Valenzuela (born 16 May 1992) is a Chilean politician who is part of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile. Biography A member of the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ..., he was elected in 2021. References External links BCN Profile 1992 births Living people 21st-century Chilean politicians Liberal Party of Chile (2013) politicians Deputies of the LVI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile {{Chile-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Valenzuela (politician)
Juan Carlos Valenzuela Molina (born 21 December 1970 in Santa Rosa de Copán) is a Honduran politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking .... He currently serves as deputy of the National Congress of Honduras representing the National Party of Honduras for Lempira. References 1970 births Living people People from Santa Rosa de Copan National Party of Honduras politicians Deputies of the National Congress of Honduras {{Honduras-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Valenzuela
Arturo A. Valenzuela (born 23 January 1944) is a Chilean-American academic who was the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs from November 5, 2009, until August 2011. His confirmation had been blocked by Senator Jim DeMint (R, SC) due to a dispute over President Barack Obama's approach to the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis. He previously served as Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He was previously Professor of Political Science and Director of the Council on Latin American Studies at Duke University. In May 2011 it was reported that Valenzuela would be leaving his government post later that summer to return to his academic activities. He officially left office at the end of August 2011. Early life Valenzuela was born Arturo Arms Valenzuela Bowie in Concepción, Chile to American Methodist missionaries Raymond Arms Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Valenzuela (footballer)
Juan Carlos Valenzuela Hernández (born 15 May 1984) is a Mexican former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), centre-back. He is popularly known by his nickname "Topo". Club career Atlas Valenzuela came up from the CF Atlas, Atlas youth system, debuting in Clausura 2003 against future club Estudiantes Tecos, Tecos UAG. América In Clausura 2008 he was acquired by Tecos where his performance arouse the interest of Club América and the Mexico national football team, Mexico national team. Valenzuela made his debut for América against Chivas in the 2009 InterLiga. Tijuana On December 11, 2015 Club Tijuana announced that Valenzuela would be their new signing for the Clausura 2016 in hope of reinforcing their defense. The newly appointed manager, Miguel Herrera chose Valenzuela because of their experience together in his ex team Club America. International career Mexico national team Valenzuela debuted on 24 September 2008 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
