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Girón Family
Giron or Girón may refer to: People Girón or Giron is a Spanish and French surname and refer to the following people: * Alicia Girón García (1938-2020), Spanish librarian * Charles Giron (1850-1914), Swiss painter * Francisco Hernández Girón (died 1554), Peruvian conquistador and rebel * Gabriel Girón (born 1988), Mexican basketball player * José Antonio Girón (1911-1995), Falangist politician * Marcos Giron (born 1993), American tennis player * Pedro Girón (other), several people with this name * Socorro Girón (1919-2004), Puerto Rican historian Places * Giron, France * Girón, Santander, a town in Colombia * Playa Girón, location of the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion * Girón, Azuay, a town and canton in Ecuador * Kiruna (; ; ; ) is the northernmost Stad (Sweden), city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland, Sweden, Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016) in Norrbotten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Girón García
Alicia Girón García (1938 – 22 February 2020) was a Spanish librarian. She began working in the Madrid public library system in 1969 where she helped plan expansion and digitisation and eventually became its director. From 1983 Girón was deputy director-general of libraries at the Ministry of Culture (Spain), Ministry of Culture helping to draft a law mandating library services in settlements with more than 5,000 inhabitants. She later joined the Biblioteca Nacional de España (the national library of Spain), heading its bibliographic processing department and launching a programme to digitise its collection. Girón was appointed director of the library on 24 May 1990, the first woman to hold the position. She remained in post until 9 January 1992, overseeing the reformation of the library as an independent organisation and establishing an interlibrary loan system. Girón later headed the Biblioteca Nacional de Préstamo (national lending library) and the National Newsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Giron
Charles Alexandre Giron (2 April 1850 – 9 June 1914) was a Swiss painter and art critic. He specialized in portraits and scenes with figures; some of them mildly humorous. Biography Giron was born on 2 April 1850 in Geneva. His father, Antoine-Alexandre Giron, was a Catholic from Spain, who came to Switzerland via Sardinia. His mother, Marie Henriod, was a Huguenot from Neuchâtel. Initially, he was apprenticed to an enameler, but decided to become an artist instead. He began by taking lessons from François Diday and Barthélemy Menn in Geneva. In 1872, he went to Paris, where he frequented the Hôtel de Nice, a boarding house on the that was home to some painters from Switzerland. Later, he shared several studios with Max Leenhardt. His first exhibition at the Salon came in 1876 and consisted mostly of landscapes. Eventually, he found a position in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel at the École des Beaux-Arts. During his time in France, he travelled extensively, visiting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Hernández Girón
Francisco Hernández Girón, born in Cáceres, Spain, Cáceres, Extremadura, died in Lima on December 7, 1554, was a Spanish conquistador. Hernández Girón arrived in Peru in 1535 with, among others, the future governor Blasco Núñez Vela. In the ensuing struggle for power between the Pizarro brothers and the Diego de Almagro, Almagristas in 1537, he supported neither. Diego de Almagro, Almagro was executed in 1538 and Francisco Pizarro, governor of Peru, was assassinated by Almagro's son in 1541. In the struggle following once next governor Cristóbal Vaca de Castro had defeated the Almagristas at Chupas and then becoming imprisoned by Blasco Núñez Vela, appointed royal viceroy, Hernández Girón became a supporter of the latter. He fought at the battles of battle of Añaquito, Añaquito and managed to escape death in an emerging defeat. At battle of Jaquijahuana, Jaquijahuana, he again took the side of the royal forces under Pedro de la Gasca, with great success. On Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Girón
Gabriel Oscar Girón Villarreal (born 27 February 1988) is a Mexican-Panamanian professional basketball player for Libertadores de Querétaro of the Mexican Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He was a part of the 2017 Mexican championship winning Fuerza Regia team, and was a member of the Mexico's national basketball team at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin, Italy. Personal life Girón was born in Mexico to a Panamanian father and Mexican mother. His brothers Daniel and Eduardo Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Dudu (footballer, born 1992) (Eduardo Pereira Rodrigues), Brazilian footballer * Eduardo (footballer, born 1 ... are also a basketball players, Daniel represents Panama internationally. References External linksProfile at 2016 FIBA OQT [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Antonio Girón
José Antonio Girón de Velasco (28 August 1911, Herrera de Pisuerga, Palencia – 22 August 1995, Fuengirola, Málaga) was a prominent Spanish Falangist politician. He was minister of Labor (1941–57), counselor of the Council of the Realm and member of the ''Cortes Españolas''. He was one of the most heard voices against any kind of changes during the last years of Francoist regime, taking part in the political group known as " the Bunker", for their reluctance to the Spanish transition to democracy after Franco's death. He began his political activities during his university studies in Valladolid. In 1931 he joined '' Juventudes Castellanas de Acción Hispánica'' (Castilian Youth for Spanish Action), a small political group founded in Valladolid by Onésimo Redondo, that would merge with Ramiro Ledesma's ''Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista'' (Unions of the National-Syndicalist Offensive) and José Antonio Primo de Rivera's ''Falange Española de las JONS''. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Giron
Marcos Andres Giron ( ; born July 24, 1993; ) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 37 achieved on August 5, 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 194 achieved on August 1, 2022. Giron won the singles title at the 2014 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships for UCLA. He won his first singles title on the ATP Tour at the 2024 Hall of Fame Open. Early life and background Giron was born in Thousand Oaks, California to Argentine and Ecuadorian parents. Giron was coached by former UCLA teammate Karue Sell during the 2023 ATP season. Juniors He won the boys' singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2009 and the men’s invitational in 2011. Professional career 2020: First Major wins & top 100 debut Giron reached the second round of a major for the first time at the US Open where he defeated Marc Polmans in five sets. A month later, he reached the second round of the French Open, defeating Quentin Halys in five sets. In both v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Girón (other) (1778–1842)
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Pedro Girón may refer to: *Pedro Girón, 1st Lord of Osuna (1423–1466), known as Pedro Girón Acuña Pacheco *Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Count of Ureña (died 1531) *Pedro Téllez-Girón, 1st Duke of Osuna (1537–1590) *Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna (1574–1624) * Pedro Téllez-Girón, 8th Duke of Osuna (1728–1787) *Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna (1755–1807) *Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duke of the Infantado (1768–1841) *Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin, 14th Duke of the Infantado (1810–1844) *Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón (1786–1851) *Pedro Agustín Girón Pedro Agustín Girón y de Las Casas, 1st Duke of Ahumada, 4th Marquis of the Amarillas (1778–1842) was a Spanish military officer and politician. The son of a general, he fought against the French during the French Revolutionary Wars. Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socorro Girón
Socorro Girón (9 March 1919 – 2005) was a Puerto Rican historian, writer, and scholar. She is best known for her legendary book ''"Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina: Historia de Ponce desde sus comienzos hasta la Segunda Decada del Siglo XX."'' (Ponce, el teatro La Perla and La Campana de la Almudaina: History of Ponce from its beginnings to the second decade of the 20th century.) Early years and schooling Girón was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1919. She received her Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras in 1984. Career Professor and scholar In 1965, after having received her M.A. degree (1962), Girón published her first major work titled "Gregorio Marañon, escritor" (Gregorio Marañon, writer). This was followed by several additional works. In 1973, mayor Luis A. Morales granted her the ad honorem title of Official Historian of the Government of Municipality of Ponce. In 1984, she became a professor of Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giron, France
Giron () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Geography Climate Giron has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Giron is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Giron was on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 12 January 1987. Population See also *Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 391 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Ain [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playa Girón
:''Note: "Playa Girón" is also the title of a song included in the album " Días y Flores", by Silvio Rodriguez.'' Playa Girón (; "Girón beach") is a beach and village on the east bank of the Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), which is located in the province of Matanzas, on the southern coast of Cuba. It is part of the municipality of Ciénaga de Zapata. Geography Playa Girón is located in one of the largest wetlands in the world, the Ciénaga de Zapata (Zapata Swamp). The adjoining village of Girón was named after the notorious French pirate Gilberto Giron (c.1604). History Bay of Pigs Invasion In April 1961, Playa Girón was one of two landing sites for seaborne forces of about 1,500 armed Cuban exiles in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, an American CIA-sponsored attempt to overthrow the new government of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro. Over 72 hours, fighting took place in many parts of the Cienaga de Zapata, Playa Girón being the last remaining area occupied by the inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girón, Azuay
Girón is a town and parish in Azuay Province, Ecuador. The town has a population of 4,353, and Girón parish as a whole has a population of 8,441. History Girón was initially occupied by the Leoquina culture. During the Inca Empire, the area was known as Pacaybamba, meaning guava tree valley. The name Girón was given to the city by Captain Francisco Hernández Girón during his stay there in 1534. The exact date of the city's founding is unknown, as the relevant documents have been lost. When the Spanish built ranches on the land, its indigenous inhabitants moved away into the surrounding countryside and mountains. During the colonial era, land was concentrated in the hands of the rich, and there was a high level of social stratification."Reseña histórica" . Municipalidad de Girón. Girón ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
