Dembo is a
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
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António Dembo
General António Sebastião Dembo (1944 – February 25, 2002) served as Vice President (1992–2002) and later President (2002) of UNITA, an anti-Communist rebel group that fought against the MPLA in the Angolan Civil War.
Born to Sebastiã ...
, Angolan leader of
UNITA
The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( pt, União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, abbr. UNITA) is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought alongside the Popular Movement for ...
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Fennis Dembo
Fennis Marx Dembo (born January 24, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player for the 1989 National Basketball Association champion Detroit Pistons. A small forward, he only played in the NBA for one season, averaging 1.2 points a ...
, American basketball player
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Isaac Dembo
Isaac Dembo (, ) was a Russian-Jewish physician.
Biography
Dembo was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in Ponevezh, Kovno Governorate. He studied Hebrew and rabbinical literature under the direction of Shmuel Salant and other Talmudic authoriti ...
, Russian-Jewish physician
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Leonard Dembo
Leonard Tazvivinga Dembo, also Musoro We Nyoka (born Kwangwari Gwaindepi; 29 December 1959 in Chivi – 9 April 1996), was a Zimbabwean guitar-band musician and member of the bands Barura Express and The Outsiders. Incorporating traditional Shona ...
, Zimbabwean guitar-band musician
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Richard Dembo
Richard Dembo (24 May 1948 – 11 November 2004) was a French director and screenwriter.
Dembo achieved worldwide recognition with his first film: ''La diagonale du fou'', which received an Oscar in 1984 for best foreign film, as well as ot ...
, French director and screenwriter of Israeli origin
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Ron Dembo Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald.
Ron or RON may also refer to:
Arts and media
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* Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character
*Ron Douglas, the protagonist in ''Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe ...
, financial engineer and entrepreneur
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Yelena Dembo
Yelena Dembo (born December 8, 1983) is a Greek chess player, who holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She is also a chess teacher and author.
Family background
Dembo was born on December 8, 1983, in Penza, Russia. Sh ...
, Greek chess player
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Dembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Dembo, Cameroon