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Luis Augusto García (footballer)
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 derivat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Guzmán
Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956) is a Puerto Rican actor. His career spans over 40 years and includes a number of films and television series. He has appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson's films ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), ''Magnolia (film), Magnolia'' (1999) and ''Punch-Drunk Love'' (2002), and Steven Soderbergh's films ''Out of Sight'' (1998), ''The Limey'' (1999) and ''Traffic (2000 film), Traffic'' (2000). His other film credits include ''Q & A (film), Q & A'' (1990), ''The Hard Way (1991 film), The Hard Way'' (1991), ''Carlito's Way'' (1993), ''Snake Eyes (1998 film), Snake Eyes'' (1998) and ''Keanu (film), Keanu'' (2016). For his role in ''The Limey'', he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. On television, he starred as Raoul Hernandez on the HBO prison drama ''Oz (TV series), Oz'' (1998–2000), José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha on ''Narcos'' (2015), Jesse "Mama" Salander on the CBS medical drama ''Code Black (TV series), Code Black' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luisito
Luisito is a hypocorism of the Spanish name Luis, which may also be found as a given name. Notable people include: * Luisito Campisi (born 1987), Italian footballer * Luisito Comunica (born 1991), Mexican YouTuber * Luisito Espinosa (born 1967), Filipino boxer * Luisito Martí (1945–2010), Dominican musician, comedian, actor, producer and television host * Luisito Occiano (born 1971), Filipino Roman Catholic prelate * Luisito Pié (born 1994), Dominican taekwondo athlete * Luisito Rey (1945–1992), Spanish singer-songwriter * Luisito Vigoreaux (born 1951), Puerto Rican actor and producer Spanish-language hypocorisms Masculine hypocorisms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis IX Of France
Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians. Following the death of his father, Louis VIII, he was Coronation of the French monarch, crowned in Reims at the age of 12. His mother, Blanche of Castile, effectively ruled the kingdom as regent until he came of age, and continued to serve as his trusted adviser until her death. During his formative years, Blanche successfully confronted rebellious vassals and championed the Capetian cause in the Albigensian Crusade, which had been ongoing for the past two decades. As an adult, Louis IX grappled with persistent conflicts involving some of the most influential nobles in his kingdom, including Hugh X of Lusignan and Peter I of Brittany. Concurrently, England's Henry III of England, Henry III sought to reclaim the Angevin Empire, Angevin continental holdings, only to be decisively def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
