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Vasconcelos Motta
Vasconcelos (also Vasconcellos) is a Portuguese surname. Today it can be found in Portugal, Brazil, and elsewhere in the Portuguese-speaking world. People *Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1837–1880), Portuguese Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa, India, in the 19th century. *Ana Vasconcelos (born 1981), Brazilian water polo player. * António-Pedro Vasconcelos (born 1939), Portuguese film director. *Augusto de Vasconcelos (1867–1951), Portuguese surgeon, politician and diplomat. * Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta (1890–1982), Brazilian cardinal. *Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos (1851–1925), Portuguese philologist. *Doroteo Vasconcelos (1803–1883), President of El Salvador in the 19th century. *Fernanda Vasconcellos (born 1984), a Brazilian movie, theater and television actress. * Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos (1919–1996), Brazilian chess master. *Gabriel Monteiro Vasconcelos (born 1996), Brazilian footballer * Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira (born 1992), Brazilian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel (footballer, Born September 1992)
Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira (born 27 September 1992), mononymously known as Gabriel (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Coritiba. A product of Cruzeiro's youth system, Gabriel was signed by Milan at the age of 19. He has since spent time both at the club and on various loans. At the international level, Gabriel made a single appearance for the Brazil national team in August 2012. Previously, he was part of the under-23 squad that won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Club career Cruzeiro (2007–2012) Gabriel started his footballing career in the youth teams of Cruzeiro in 2007. During the 2010 and 2011 seasons, he also featured as an unused substitute with the first team on four occasions, including one game of the 2011 Campeonato Mineiro, which Cruzeiro eventually won. Milan (2012–2018) Early seasons (2012–2014) At the beginning of the 2012–13 season, Gabriel was signed by Milan to serve as b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Mendez De Vasconcellos
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deriva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke
Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress. Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in '' The Maltese Falcon'' (1941). Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s. When talkies arrived, her voice was initially considered too masculine and she was off the screen for a year. After she appeared in a play with friend Florence Eldridge, film offers returned, and she resumed her career in sound pictures. In 1936, Astor's career was nearly destroyed by scandal. She had an affair with playwright George S. Kaufman and was branded an adulterous wife by her ex-husband during a custody fight over their daughter. Overcoming these stumbling blocks in her private life, she went on to greater film success, eventually winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of concert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís De Vasconcelos E Sousa, 3rd Count Of Castelo Melhor
Dom Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 3rd Count of Castelo Melhor (1636 – 15 August 1720) was a Portuguese politician and prime minister. Career Portuguese royal favourite who, as effective governor of Portugal from 1662 to 1667 during the reign of Afonso VI, was responsible for the successful prosecution of the war against Spain, which led, in 1668, to Spanish recognition of Portugal's new ruling dynasty. Shortly after Afonso VI's coming-of-age in 1662, Castelo Melhor saw an opportunity to gain power at court by befriending the mentally unstable king. He managed to convince the king that his mother, Luisa of Medina-Sidonia, was out to steal his throne and exile him from Portugal. As a result, Afonso took control of the throne and his mother was sent to a convent. The King appointed Castelo Melhor his secret notary (escrivão da puridade), a position in which the favourite was able to exercise the functions of first minister. Castelo Melhor overcame the difficulties which had h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Júlia Vasconcelos
Júlia Vasconcelos (born 15 June 1992) is a taekwondo competitor from Brazil. She participated in the 2013 and 2015 world championships and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ... in the 57 kg division. References 1992 births Living people Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Brazil Brazilian female taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Brazil Brazilian lesbian sportswomen LGBT taekwondo practitioners Sportspeople from São José dos Campos Martial artists from São Paulo (state) 21st-century Brazilian women {{Brazil-taekwondo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josefina De Vasconcellos
Josefina Alys Hermes de Vasconcellos (26 October 1904 – 20 July 2005) was an English sculptor who worked in bronze, stone, wood, lead and perspex. She was at one time the world's oldest living sculptor. She lived in Cumbria much of her working life. Her most famous work includes ''Reconciliation'' (Coventry Cathedral, University of Bradford); ''Holy Family'' (Liverpool Cathedral, Gloucester Cathedral); ''Mary and Child'' (St. Paul's Cathedral); and ''Nativity'' (at Christmas) at St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Trafalgar Square). Biography de Vasconcellos was born in Molesey in Surrey; she was the only child of Hippolyto de Vasconcellos, a Brazilian diplomat and Freda Coleman, an English Quaker. After drawing lessons at Bournemouth Art School, de Vasconcellos studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London and, after the award of a Bronze Medal for Design in Sculpture during 1923, she studied in Florence under Guido Calore and Libero Andreotti before enrolling in the Académ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Vasconcelos
José Vasconcelos Calderón (28 February 1882 – 30 June 1959), called the "cultural " of the Mexican Revolution, was an important Mexican writer, philosopher, and politician. He is one of the most influential and controversial personalities in the development of modern Mexico. His philosophy of the " cosmic race" affected all aspects of Mexican sociocultural, political, and economic policies. Early life Vasconcelos was born in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, on February 28, 1882, the son of a customs official. José's mother, a pious Catholic, died when José was 16. The family moved to the border town of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, where he grew up attending school in Eagle Pass, Texas. He became bilingual in English and Spanish, which opened doors to the English-speaking world. The family also lived in Campeche while the northern border area was unstable. His time in living on the Texas border likely contributed to fostering his idea of the Mexican "cosmic race" and rejection of Anglo cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Brazilian Writers
This is a list of Brazilian writers, those born in Brazil or who have established citizenship or residency. Writers for children * Ana Maria Machado (born 1941) * Francisco Marins (1922–2016) * Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005) * Júlio César de Mello e Souza (1895–1974), best known as Malba Tahan * Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001) * José Bento Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948) * Socorro Acioli (born 1975) * Daniel Munduruku (born 1964) Chroniclers * Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987) * Fernando Sabino (1923–2004) * João do Rio (1881–1921) * João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941–2014) * José de Côrtes Duarte (1895–1982) * Luis Fernando Verissimo (born 1936) * Paulo Mendes Campos (1922–1991) * Pedro Bloch (1914–2004) * Rubem Braga (1913–1990) * Tati Bernardi (born 1979) Short story writers * Adrino Aragão (born 1936) * Aníbal Machado (1894–1964) * Alcântara Machado (1901–1935) * Dalton Trevisan (born 1925) * João Simões Lopes Neto ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Mauro De Vasconcelos
José Mauro de Vasconcelos (February 26, 1920 – July 24, 1984) was a Brazilian writer. Biography José Mauro was born in Rio de Janeiro on February 26, 1920. His family was very poor, and when he was still very young, he migrated to Natal where relatives took care of him. Entering the Medical faculty, Mauro abandoned the course of studies in his second year and returned to Rio de Janeiro. There he worked as a boxing instructor and even as a painter's model. Mauro initiated his literature with the novel ''Banana Brava''. His greatest success was his novel My Sweet Orange Tree (''Meu Pé de Laranja Lima'') that tells about his own personal experiences and the shocks he suffered in his childhood with the abrupt changes of life. The story centers around little José, a 5-year-old boy who is being raised in a poor family with many brothers and sisters in Bangu, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Partly because he rarely sees his parents, who are out to work long hours and only co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Maria Botelho De Vasconcelos
José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos is an Angolan politician. He was the Minister of Petroleum. Career Vasconcelos was Minister of Petroleum from 1999 to 2002. In the latter year, he was replaced as Minister of Petroleum by Desiderio Costa Desiderio is both a surname and a given name in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese (Desidério), derived from the Latin Desiderius. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Monsù Desiderio (1593–1620), French painter * Reginald B. Desideri ... and was instead appointed as Minister of Energy and Water. Following the September 2008 parliamentary election, Vasconcelos was again appointed as Minister of Petroleum on October 1, 2008. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
