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Alfon
Alfon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Dov Alfon (born 1961), Israeli journalist and editor * Estrella Alfon (1917–1983), Filipino writer * Fernando Alfón de Ovando, Spanish military and nobleman * Juan Alfon, Spanish painter See also *Alphons Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsul ... * Alfonso González Martínez, Spanish footballer known as ''Alfon'' {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dov Alfon
Dov Alfon ( he, דב אלפון) (born 1961) is an Israeli journalist and author. He was the chief editor of Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir, Israel's largest publishing house. From 2008 to 2011, he was editor in chief of ''Haaretz'', a respected Israeli newspaper. He is currently the CEO of Storyvid.io, a non-profit cultural venture aiming to bridge between literature and new media. He was also the editor in chief of Alaxon, a Hebrew digital journal for Science and the Arts. On 16 September 2020, Dov Alfon was appointed editor-in-chief and head of editorial strategy of the French newspaper ''Libération''. Biography Dov Patrick Alfon was born in Sousse 1961. He grew up in Paris. He published his first short story at the age of nine in the comics weekly Spirou while attending the College Henry IV in the fifth arrondissement. On his 11th birthday, the family immigrated to Israel. They settled in Ashdod, where he studied at the Rogozin Makif Guimel secondary school. He later wrote abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrella Alfon
Estrella D. Alfon (July 18, 1917 – December 28, 1983) was a Filipinos, Filipina author who wrote in English language, English. She held an AA degree from the University of the Philippines and was a member of the UP Writers Club. Personal life Estrella Alfon was born in Cebu City in 1917. Her parents were shopkeepers. She attended college, studying medicine. After being mistakenly diagnosed with tuberculosis and sent to a Sanatorium, sanitarium, she resigned from her pre-medical education, leaving with an Associate of Arts degree. Alfon had several children: Alan Rivera, Esmeralda "Mimi" Rivera, Brian Alfon, Estrella "Twinkie" Alfon, and Rita "Daday" Alfon (deceased). She had ten grandchildren. Her youngest daughter was a Flight attendant, stewardess for Saudia, Saudi Arabian Airlines, and was part of the Saudia Flight 163, Flight 163 crew on August 19, 1980, when an in-flight fire Emergency landing, forced the aircraft to land in Riyadh. A delayed evacuation resulted in the dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphons
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese royal families. It is derived from a Gothic name, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements ''aþal'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''* Hildefuns''. It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century, and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th. and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th Century until the 15th. Variants of the name include: ''Alonso'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Alfón De Ovando
Fernando Alfón de Ovando was a Spanish military and nobleman. Life Fernando Alfón de Ovando was a natural son of ''Fray'' Diego Fernández de Ovando. He was a Marshal (''Mariscal'') of Castile who lived at Cáceres with a house at the Parish of San Mateos in 1405, married to Teresa Alfón. Their daughter Leonor Alfón de Ovando married Fernán Blázquez de Cáceres y Mogollón, who granted a will at Cáceres in 1443, the parents of Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando (– Monleón, aft. February 2, 1487) was a Spanish military and nobleman. Life Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando was a son of Fernán Blázquez de Cáceres y Mogollón, who granted a will at Cácere .... Sources *Cunha, Fernando de Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e (1906–1998), ''Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias''. MCMXCV, p. 401 {{DEFAULTSORT:Alfon De Ovando, Fernando Spanish untitled nobility ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Alfon
Juan Alfon, born at Toledo Toledo most commonly refers to: * Toledo, Spain, a city in Spain * Province of Toledo, Spain * Toledo, Ohio, a city in the United States Toledo may also refer to: Places Belize * Toledo District * Toledo Settlement Bolivia * Toledo, Orur ..., painted, in 1418, several altar-screens for the cathedral of that city, which are still preserved. References * People from Toledo, Spain Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 15th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters {{Spain-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |