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João
João, the Portuguese form of the name John, is the name of several Portuguese Kings and Princes: Kings: João I of PortugalJoão II of PortugalJoão III of PortugalJoão IV of PortugalJoão V of PortugalJoão VI of Portugal Princes: João, Prince of Portugal (1349-1387), son of Peter I of Portugal..
João-Maria Nabais
João-Maria Mendes de Abreu Cabral Nabais Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, 1974; Degree as Hospital Assistant of Paediatrics, H.C.L.-1985; admitted to Colégio das Especialidades de Pediatria Médica, Ordem dos Médicos – 1995. Current activity: Graduat..
João Alberto
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]João Alberto, Brazilian politician in the early 20th century. He was appointed by Getúlio Vargas provisional governor in place of the elected governor of São Paulo. Elite paulistas loathed Alberto, resenting his centralization efforts and alarmed by the his econo..
João Alberto Bacelar da Rocha Paris
João Alberto Bacelar Da Rocha Paris is a Portuguese diplomat, former secretary general of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presently Ambassador to the Vatican. External links [Ministry of Foreign Affairs official site]..
João Álvares Fagundes
João Álvares Fagundes (fl. 1521), an explorer and ship owner from Viana do Castelo in Northern Portugal, near Galicia, organized several expeditions to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia around 1520-1521. Fagundes explored the islands of St Paul near Cape Breton, Sable Island, Penguin Island, Burgeo, ..
João Alves
Joao Alves is a Portuguese soccer player who plays for Sporting Lisbon. He has also played for SC Braga and Boavista FC. Sporting Clube de Portugal - Current Squad 1 Nélson | 4 A. Polga | 5 C. Martins | 6 Hugo | 8 L. Loureiro | 10 S..
João Alves de Assis Silva
Jô (João Alves de Assis Silva), born March 23, 1987 in São Paulo is a Brazilian football (soccer) striker, signed with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. He began his professional career in 2003, at the age of 16. He is now playing for CSKA Moscow. ..
João Anes
Dom João Anes (or João Eanes) (d. Lisbon, 1402), was bishop (since 1384) and also the first archbishop of Lisbon. His place and date of birth are unknown. He was nominated as bishop of Lisbon soon after the assassination of his predecessor, Bishop Dom Martinho, who was defenestrated by the citize..
João Azevedo
João Mendonça Azevedo (Barreiro, 10 July 1915 - Barreiro, 4 January, 1991) was one of Portugal's best football (soccer) goalkeepers. He played for Sporting Lisbon a decade and a half, winning several National Champion and the Cup of Portugal titles. He earned 19 caps for the Portuguese national t..
João Baptista de Lacerda
João Batista de Lacerda (12th July 1846, Campos dos Goytacazes; 6th August 1915, Rio de Janeiro), was a physician and one of the pioneer Brazilian biomedical scientists in the fields of experimental physiology and pharmacology. He graduated in medicine in the medical school of Rio de Janeiro and..
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo Term of office: March 15, 1979–March 15, 1985 Predecessor: Ernesto Geisel Successor: José Sarney Date of birth: January 15, 1918 Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Date of death: December 24, 1999 Place of death: Rio..
João Barbosa Rodrigues
João Barbosa Rodrigues, 1842 - 1909 was a Brazilian botanist. He was born in Rio de Janeiro and raised in Campanha, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He returned to Rio de Janeiro with his family in 1858. He first dedicated to the commerce, but he was always interested in natural science, coll..
João Barreiros
João Manuel R. Barreiros (born July 31, 1952), also known by the pseudonym José de Barros, is a Portuguese science fiction writer, editor, translator and critic. He graduated in Philosophy from the University of Lisbon in 1977, and has been teaching it in high school since 1975. His experiences ..
João Bernardo de Miranda
João Bernardo de Miranda (born 1951) is an Angolan politician. He has been foreign minister of the country since January 1999. ..
João Bernardo Vieira
João Bernardo Vieira João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira (born 27 April 1939 in Bissau) has been President of Guinea-Bissau since 1 October 2005. Vieira made a political comeback in mid-2005 by winning presidential elections only six years after being ousted during a civil war that ended a previous n..
João Bosco
AJoão Bosco de Freitas Mucci, better known as João Bosco is a famous Brazilian MPB singer, guitarist, and composer. Born on July 13, 1946, in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, he went to Rio de Janeiro, where his songs where recorded by Elis Regina and were a success. Joao Bosco has been noted for "his..
João Botelho
João Botelho is a Portuguese film director born in Lamego, Portugal in 1949. Filmography: UM PROJECTO DE EDUCAÇÃO POPULAR(1976) (documentary)O ALTO DO COBRE (1976) (documentary)ALEXANDRE E ROSA (1978) (short) Co-Directed by Jorge Alves da Silva. starring Luis Lucas, Teresa Madruga. Screenplay:..
João Cabral de Melo Neto
João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920-2003) was born in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, and is considered one of the greatest Brazilian poets of all time. His style is quite unique, going against what most people think of poetry, be it the classical sonnet form or the free-verse form of nowadays. He is ..
João Café Filho
João Fernandes Café Filho --> Term of office: August 24, 1954–November 9, 1955 Predecessor: Getúlio Vargas Successor: Carlos Coimbra da Luz Vice-President: None Date of birth: February 3, 1899 Place of birth: Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Date of death: February 20, 19..
João Câmara
João Câmara Filho (born in João Pessoa, Paraíba (Brazil), in 1944) is a Brazilian painter. He lives and works in Olinda, in the state of Pernambuco. Perhaps his most famous paintings are from the "Scenes from Brazilian Life" produced between 1974 and 1976, this series comprises 10 paintings a..
João Canijo
João Canijo is a Portuguese film director born in 1957. ..
João Carlos de Oliveira
Men's Athletics Bronze 1976 Triple jump Bronze 1980 Triple jump João Carlos de Oliveira (May 28, 1954 - May 17, 1999) was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump. He won two Olympic bronze medals. His personal best of 17.89 metres, set on October 15 1975, stood as the w..
João Carlos di Genio
João Carlos di Genio is a Brazilian physician and educator. He created and is the main owner of the largest educational holding in the country, comprised by the Sistema Objetivo (primary, secondary and preparatory schools) and the Universidade Paulista (UNIP), a private university with more than 60..
João Carlos Martins
João Carlos Martins (born 1940) is a Brazilian classical pianist. He recorded the complete keyboard works of Bach. He was once called one of the best Bach pianists after Glenn Gould. But unfortunately an illness in his hands causes him problems. ..
João César Monteiro
João César Monteiro was a Portuguese film director. He was born in Figueira da Foz in February 2, 1939 and died of cancer in Lisbon on February 3, 2003. Filmography as Director: 1971 Quem Espera por Sapatos de Defunto Morre Descalso (short) 1972 Sophia de Mello Breyner Andersen (documentary)..
João Chagas
João Chagas Prime Minister of Portugal(President of the Ministry) Order: 56th (2nd of the Republic) Term of Office September 4, 1911 - November 13, 1911 Predecessor: António Teixeira de Sousa (efective)Teófilo Braga (interim, as President of the Provisional Government) Suc..
João Clemente Baena Soares
João Clemente Baena Soares (born 1931) was a Brazilian diplomat. He served as the Secretary-General of Organization of American States from 1984 to 1994. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
João Cleófas Martins
João Cleofas Martins (1901-1970) was a Capeverdean photographer and author. His father came from the island of Brava and he lived most of his live in Mindelo on the island of São Vicente. He was one of a few Capeverdean authors who criticized the government of the second Republic of Portugal. ..
João Coimbra
João Coimbra fullname João Carlos Amaral Marques Coimbra (born 24 May 1986 in Vimieiro, Santa Comba Dão) is a Portuguese footballer. He debuted for SL Benfica main team as a midfielder in season 2005/2006. He studies medicine at the New University of Lisbon. Career 2004/2005 SL Benfica B2005/200..
João Cutileiro
João Cutileiro (born 29 June at Évora is a Portuguese sculptor. He's famous around the world for his works with marble of women's torsos. ..
João das Regras
João das Regras, in English, literally John of the Rules, was a Portuguese jurist of the second half of the 14th century. João das Regras was born in Lisbon in an unknown date and died there on May 3, 1404. Son of João Afonso das Regras and Sentil Esteves, João das Regras became a stepson of Á..
João da Cruz e Sousa
João da Cruz e Sousa (November, 1861 - March 19, 1898) was a Symbolist poet from Santa Catarina, Brazil. A son of freed slaves, he was one of the great Afro-Brazilian writers. He published his first poem in 1877. Cruz e Sousa died of tuberculosis in 1898. Books Broquéis (1893)Missal (1893),Evoca..
João da Nova
João da Nova (pron. IPA /ʒu.'ɐ̃w̃ dɐ 'nɔ.vɐ/) (born c.1460 in Castillo de Maceda, Galicia; died 1509 in Cochin, India), also know as João da Nova Castelia ("João of New Castile") or João Galego ("João the Galician"), was a Portuguese explorer of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Having b..
João de Barros
João de Barros (pron. IPA [ʒu.'ɐ̃w̃ dɨ 'ba.ʁuʃ]) (1496 - October 20, 1570), called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia ("Decades of Asia"), a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia. Contents 0.0.1 ..
João de Castro
João de Castro (February 7, 1500 - June 6, 1548) was a Portuguese naval officer and fourth viceroy of the Portuguese Indies. He was called Castro Forte by Camoens. Castro was the son of Alvaro de Castro, civil governor of Lisbon. A younger son, and destined therefore for the church, he became at..
João de Deus
''This article is about the Portuguese poet; for the Brazilian psychic surgeon, see João de Deus (medium). João de Deus Ramos (1830–1896), better known as João de Deus, the greatest Portuguese poet of his generation, was born at São Bartolomeu de Messines in the province of Algarve on M..
João de Deus (medium)
João Teixeira de Faria (born June 4, 1942—), better known by his alias João de Deus ("John of God"), is perhaps the most famous medium and psychic surgeon in Brazil today. He is based in Abadiânia, a small town in the state of Goiás, southwest of Brasília. Contents 1 Biography..
João de Deus Pinheiro
João de Deus Pinheiro, born 11 July 1945 in Lisbon, is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition; part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group. He was Minister for Education 1985-1997, Minister..
João de Santarém
João de Santarém (15th century) Portuguese explorer that discovered São Tomé and Príncipe together with Pedro Escobar. ..
João Domingos Pinto
João Domingos Silva Pinto (born 21 November 1961 in Vila Nova de Gaia; pron. IPA: /ʒu.'ɐ̃w̃ du.'mĩ.ɣuʃ 'pĩ.tu/) is a former Portuguese football player, and current coach of FC Porto junior team. A FC Porto trainee, it didn't took him much time to rise as the premier right defender in the ..
João do Canto e Castro
Name President of Portugal Order: 5th Term of Office December 14, 1918 - December 16, 1918 (provisional)December 16, 1918 - October 5, 1919 (efective) Predecessor: Sidónio Pais Successor: António José de Almeida Prime Minister of Portugal(President of the Ministry) ..
João do Rio
João do Rio was a nickname of João Paulo Emílio Cristóvão dos Santos Coelho Barreto, a Brazilian writer. He was born at Rio de Janeiro, state of Rio de Janeiro, in August 5, 1881, and died in the same city in June 23, 1921. ] ..
João Fernandes
João Fernandes (John, Joam) was a Portuguese explorer of the 15th century. He was perhaps the earliest of modern explorers in the upland of West Africa, and a pioneer of the European slave- and gold-trade of Guinea. We first hear of him (before 1445) as a captive of the Barbary Moors in the wester..
João Fernandes Lavrador
João Fernandes (pron. IPA [ʒu'ɐ̃ũ fɨɾ'nɐ̃ðɨʃ]) (?–1505) was a Portuguese landholder and sea explorer. He owned farmland on the island of Terceira in the Azores island group. The word lavrador (pron. IPA [lɐvɾɐ'ðoɾ]) is Portuguese for "farmer" or "landholde..
João Ferreira de Almeida
João Ferreira de Almeida (1628–1691), was a Portuguese pastor. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into the Portuguese language, which he started when aged 16 years, and translated until his death. He translated the New Testament completely and many books of the Old Testament. ..
João Francisco de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun
João de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun,Duke of Saldanha Prime Minister of Portugal(President of the Council of Ministers) Order: 3rd, 17th, 20th and 30th Term of Office (1st) May 27, 1835 - November 18, 11835(as Marquess of Saldanha)(2nd) October 6, 1846 - June 18, 1849(3rd) May 1, 1851 -..
João Franco
Prime Minister João Franco João Ferreira Franco Pinto Castelo Branco (pron. IPA /ʒu.'ɐ̃ũ 'fɾɐ̃.ku/; born 1855 – died 1929) was a Portuguese politician and prime minister in the last years of the Portuguese monarchy. Facing republican dissent, João Franco established an authoritari..
João Garcia
João Garcia Born June 11, 1967 Lisbon, Portugal ..
João Gilberto
João Gilberto (born João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira on June 10, 1931 in the town of Juazeiro, Bahia) is a Brazilian musician and considered one of the co-creators, with Tom Jobim (Antonio Carlos Jobim), of bossa nova. Contents 1 Biography2 Discography2.1 Garotos da Lua ..
João Gilberto Noll
João Gilberto Noll is a Brazilian writer, born on April 15 1946 in Porto Alegre. He studied Litetature at UFRGS and PUC. He has lived in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo for some years. Nowadays he lives in Porto Alegre. He was invited to teach Brazilian literature at the University of California, B..
João Gonçalves Zarco
--> João Gonçalves Zarco (c. 1390-1470), pron. IPA: [ʒu'ɐ̃ũ gõ'saɫvɨʃ 'zaɾku], was a Portuguese navigator and explorer who discovered the Madeira Islands. A nobleman of Prince Henry the Navigator's house, he led the fleet that discovered the island of Porto Santo (1419) and aft..
João Goulart
João Belchior Marques Goulart Term of office: September 7, 1961–April 1, 1964 Predecessor: Jânio Quadros Successor: Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli Date of birth: March 1, 1918 Place of birth: São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul Date of death: December 6, 1976 Place of death: Mer..
João Grego
João Grego (15th century) was a Portuguese explorer of the African coast. He accompanied Bartolomeu Dias in his journey around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/1488. ..
João Guimarães Rosa
João Guimarães Rosa (27 June 1908 - 19 November 1967) was a Brazilian novelist, probably the greatest Brazilian novelist born in the 20th century. His best-known work is the novel Grande Sertão: Veredas (translated as The Devil to Pay in the Backlands). Some people consider this to be the Brazili..
João Havelange
Dr. Jean-Marie Faustin Goedefroid de Havelange, usually known as João Havelange (born May 8, 1916 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was the president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998. He succeeded Sir Stanley Rous and was succeeded by Joseph Blatter. Since 1963, João Havelange has been a member of the Internat..
João Henrique Costa Carvalho Carneiro
An uprising singing sensation in Vaduz, João is part of a new wave band called the Swishausen. J.H.C3, as he is called, also plays the guitar and violin. So far his band has released two albums only released in local music stores. J.H.C3 is also known for his parodies of several artists into the Sw..
João Hogan
João Navarro Hogan (Lisbon 1914-1988) was portuguese painter and printmaker. João Hogan attented the Academy of Fine Arts for one year and then the National Society of Fine Arts in Lisbon while becoming a wood carver. This job will lead to the production of many woodcuts. His first exhibition ..
João Infante
João Infante (15th century) Portuguese explorer of the African coast. Accompanied Bartolomeu Dias in his journey around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/1488. ..
João Lobeira
João Lobeira (c. 1233-1285) was a Portuguese troubadour of the time of King Alphonso III, who is supposed to have been the first to reduce into prose the story of Amadis de Gaula. Doña Carolina Michaelis de Vasconcellos, in her masterly edition of the Cancioneiro de Ajuda Halle, 1904, vol. 1. pp...
João Loureiro
João Loureiro is the chairman of the Portuguese sports club Boavista FC from Porto. Boavista's football team is one of the most powerful in Portuguese SuperLiga championship, after SL Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting CP. João Loureiro his a lawyer by training, and was the vocalist and leader of the..
João Luis de Almeida
João Luis de Almeida was a boxer from Angola. He represented his country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He competed in the Men's Bantamweight (54 kg) division. He received a bye during round one of the competition but eventually lost in round 2 on points (0-5) to Great Britain..
João Magueijo
João Magueijo at the journée de la Science at the EPFL, on the 11th of November 2005 João Magueijo is a cosmologist and lecturer in Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London. He is a supporter of the Variable Speed of Light theory of cosmology, which proposed the speed of light was m..
João Mário Grilo
João Mário Grilo is a Portuguese film director born in Figueira da Foz on November 8th 1958. He attended Economics at the University of Coimbra but dropped out. Later he graduated in Sociology at the University of Lisbon. His most recent project was writing and directing 451 Forte in 2000 Externa..
João Marques de Oliveira
João Marques de Oliveira (1853 — 1927) was a Portuguese naturalist painter. He studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in Porto and in 1873 travelled to France with is colleague António Silva Porto, were they studied with academical painters Adolphe Yvon and Alexandre Cabanel. They became famili..
João Moutinho
João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho, or simply João Moutinho (pron. IPA: /ʒu.'ɐ̃w̃ mo.'ti.ɲu/ or /mow.'ti.ɲu/; born on September 8, 1986 in Portimão) is a promising star of the Portuguese football (soccer) playing for Sporting Clube de Portugal. João comes from a family of athletes, his fath..
João Neiva, Espírito Santo
João Neiva is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Espírito Santo. Its estimated population in 2004 was of 16.239 inhabitants. ..
João Paulo Cassandra
João Paulo Cassandra is a São Toméan politician. He has been President of the Regional Government of Príncipe since 20 June 2006. Cassandra is a member of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe-Social Democratic Party (MLSTP-PSD) |- style="text-align: center;" ..
João Paulo Cunha
João Paulo Cunha is a deputy of the Brazilian Workers Party from São Paulo and was elected president of the House of Representatives in 2003. He fought but failed to achieve a second term in this position, which shifted to Severino Cavalcanti in February 2005. He became involved in the major ..
João Paulo II Airport
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João Pereira
João Pereira may refer to: João Pereira - Angolan footballer born in 1977, nickname Jamba.João Pereira (footballer) - Portuguese footballerJoão Pereira - Colonial Heads of São Tomé, 3 February 1490 to 29 July 1493 ..
João Pereira (footballer)
João Pereira (João Pedro da Silva Pereira, born February 25, 1984) is a Portuguese football (soccer) player who currently plays for Portuguese side Benfica. A temperamental right-sided defender also known for his love to the club and for how mad he gets when the team is losing. ..
João Pereira Jamba
João Pereira, better known as Jamba (born 10 July 1977 in Benguela, Angola), is an Angolan football central defender who plays for AS Aviacao. He is a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup. He has played in 29 straight international competitions for Angola, making hi..
João Pessoa
João Pessoa, also known as the city where the sun comes first, is located at the easternmost point of the Americas at 34º 47' 38" west longitude and 7º 9' 28" south latitude. Local residents call this easternmost point Ponta do Seixas. João Pessoa is the capital of Paraíba, a state in th..
João P Vieira
João Vieira (born 1975) is a Portuguese author and magazine and newspaper columnist. He specializes in new technologies, and is frequently asked to consult for companies trying to prepare for the future. In 1998, at age 22, João Vieira started writing for websites about web programming. One yea..
João Ramalho
João Ramalho is a municipality/county in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are [22°15′01″S, 50°46′04″W]. The population in 2004 is 4,245, the area is 417.18 km² The elevation is 551 m. ..
João Ricardo
João Ricardo Pereira Batalha Santos Ferreira (born January 7, 1970 in Luanda, Angola) better known as João Ricardo (pron. IPA: [ʒu'ɐ̃ũ ʁi'kaɾðu]) is an Angolan football goalkeeper and member of the national team and 2006 FIFA World Cup participant. Ricardo is Angolan of Portugues..
João Rodrigues
João Rodrigues (1561–1634, or perhaps 1558–1633) was a Portuguese member of the Society of Jesus (a Jesuit) who carried out missionary work in Japan. He wrote several books, including in 1603 a Japanese–Portuguese dictionary entitled Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (in Japanese: 日葡辞書, ..
João Saldanha
João Saldanha was a Brazilian journalist and football manager. He is credited with taking the Brazilian national team to the 1970 FIFA World Cup, which they eventually won. Saldanha was born in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul but moved to Rio de Janeiro at age 14. He was nicknamed João Se..
João Simões Lopes Neto
João Simões Lopes Neto was a Brazilian regionalist writer of Rio Grande Do Sul born March 9, 1865. After some unsuccessful business ventures he married at 27. He only wrote three works of note, but nevertheless had a strong importance to Brazilian regionalist writing. He died of a perforated ulcer..
João Soares
João Barroso Soares (born Lisbon, 29 August 1949) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, member of the Socialist Party, and was mayor of Lisbon. He is the son of the former Portuguese Prime Minister and President, Mário Soares, and the actress Maria Barroso. In 2004, he lost to José Sócrates ..
João Soares da Mota Neto
João Soares da Mota Neto, also known as Mota (born November 21, 1980, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer, currently plays for Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma of K-League. Mota began his career with Ceará Sporting Club in 1998, he went to play for La Liga side RCD Mallorca from 1999 to 2000, however, Mota wen..
João Tamagnini Barbosa
João Tamagnini Barbosa Prime Minister of Portugal(President of the Ministry) Order: 69th (15th of the Republic) Term of Office December 23, 1918 - January 27, 1919 Predecessor: João do Canto e Castro Successor: José Relvas Date of Birth 1883 Place of Birth: ? Dat..
João Tomás
João Henrique Pataco Tomás (born on 27 May 1975, in Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal) is a Portuguese footballer, playing as a striker. He achieved some notability playing for Académica de Coimbra, earning the nickname of O Jardel de Coimbra (The Coimbra's Jardel) after Mário Jardel, a big name of P..
João Ubaldo Ribeiro
João Ubaldo Osório Pimentel Ribeiro is a Brazilian author born in Bahia on January 23, 1941. In the English speaking world his An Invincible Memory has been highly praised.[link][link] He has also written for films and guest starred on a Brazilian TV show called Celebridade. He..
João Vaz Corte-Real
João Vaz Corte-Real (pron. IPA [ʒu'ɐ̃ũ vaʃ 'koɾt(ɨ) ʁi'aɫ]) was a Portuguese explorer in the 15th century. In 1472 he was granted lands on Terceira Island on the Azores because he had discovered Terra Nova do Bacalhau (literally, New Land of the Codfish); there is considerable ..
João Vieira
A number of men have the name João Vieira, including: João Bernardo Vieira (born 1939), Guinea-Bissau general and presidentJoão P Vieira (born 1975), Portuguese IT professional who writes about new technologiesJoão Vieira, athlete from Portugal, placed 10th for Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olymp..
João Vieira Pinto
João Pinto is also the name of another former Portuguese football player, see João Domingos Pinto. João Manuel Vieira Pinto, pron. IPA /ʒu.'ɐ̃w̃ vi.'ɐj.ɾɐ 'pĩ.tu/, (born 19 August 1971 in Porto, Portugal) is a Portuguese footballer, who made his name mostly at a domestic level and as a k..
João Viera
João Viera is an important sea turtle nesting island in the Bijagós Archipelago of Guinea-Bissau. It is also a centre for sea fishing and is the centre of the João Viera Marine Park. ..
João Vilela
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. João Vilela is a forward and a Portuguese soccer Player for SL Benfica. ..
João villaret
João Villaret João Henrique Pereira Villaret was born in 1913 in Lisbon and died in 1961. His family had a long association with the stage and his brother became a Director. He is reputed to have become the most famous Portuguese actor of the 20th Century. His range of acting spread from high dr..
João Voz e Violão
João Voz e Violão (portuguese for "João: voice and acoustic guitar") is a bossa nova album by João Gilberto, released in 2000. Recording very little in the 1990s, this album is João Gilberto's first studio album since 1991's João. Track listing "Desde que o Samba é Samba" (Veloso) - 3:54"V..
João Weber Griebeler
João Weber Griebeler was born in Roque Gonzales, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. João Weber Griebeler is the author of the short story "Um Sonho Que Se Foi" ("A Dream Gone By"), his first fictional piece. In 2004 his first novel "Párias da História" ("Pariahs of History") was released. (None of thes..
Jooba
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. The jooba is a clogging move, originating from Africa, which involves touching your legs by slapping your thigh..
Jook-sing
Jook-sing (Traditional Chinese: 竹升; Cantonese Yale: Jūk sìng) is a Cantonese term used to describe an American-born Chinese person who has grown up in a Western environment. Contents 1 Etymology2 Usage in North America3 Stereotyped values and cultures4 Related concepts5&..
Joola
Joola is a german company making table tennis products like raquets, balls and clothes. Products includes shirts like Beagle and Linea, raquets like Kool! and Joola K1-K5 and shoes like Touch and Step. External links http://www.joola.com ..
Jools Holland
Jools Holland at the Tsunami Relief concert in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, January 22nd 2005 Julian Miles Holland, OBE (born 24 January 1958) is a British pianist, bandleader, television presenter, architectural eccentric and pop music enthusiast. Holland was a founding member of the highly..
Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis
Farscape character Jool Title N/A Homeworld Unknown Race Interion Gender Female Affiliation Moya's crew, Priests of Arnessk Portrayer Tammy MacIntosh Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis (played by Tammy MacIntosh) is a fictional character from the science fiction television progr..
Joolz Denby
Joolz Denby (8th April 1955) (previously more widely known simply as Joolz) is a poet and novelist based out of Bradford. Initially, known simply as Joolz, Denby first garned recognition for herself as a touring "punk" performance poet and one of the first to gain recognition in modern times, often ..
Joomla!
Joomla! is a free, open source content management system written with PHP for publishing content on the world wide web and intranets using a MySQL database. Joomla! includes features such as page caching to improve performance, web indexing, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, bl..
Joon
Joon is a gotra of Jats found in Haryana in India. Joons are descendants of Rao Joon of the Solanki clan of rulers. Raj Raja Ahumal Solanki, forefather of Ahlawats reigned up to 1068 AD. His son Sameswar II ruled up to 1176 AD. He was dethroned by his brave brother Bikr Manak who crowned hi..
Joonas Hallikainen
Joonas Hallikainen (born October 5, 1985 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender. Hallikainen has played with the Jokerit junior team, and has represented Team Finland in international play. When netminder Pasi Häkkinen left for Denmark after the 2004-2005 season, Hallikainen beca..
Joonas Kokkonen
Joonas Kokkonen (November 21, 1921 – October 1 or 2, 1996) was a Finnish composer. He was one of the most internationally famous Finnish composers of the 20th century after Sibelius; his opera The Last Temptations has received over 500 performances worldwide, and is considered by many to be F..
Joonas Kolkka
Joonas Kolkka (born September 28 1974 in Lahti) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie. He has played as a left winger most of his career, but can also play on the right wing. Kolkka started his career with Reipas Lahti and MyPa in Finland's Veikkausliiga...
Joondalup, Western Australia
. Joondalup is a suburban centre 26 km north of Perth's centre, and a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It is the centre of the local government area of the City of Joondalup (although the suburb previously resided in the City of Wanneroo before these areas were altered). Joondalup is a..
Joondalup Drive
Joondalup Drive is a main road in the city of Perth, Western Australia. The road cuts through the main centre of City of Joondalup and extends for a few kilometres out towards neighbouring residential suburbs. The road was extended in 2005 to the isolated suburb of Banksia Grove to provide easy a..
Joondalup railway line, Perth
Transperth Railway Lines Armadale / Thornlie Fremantle Joondalup Midland Mandurah List of Transperth stations Joondalup Line, also known as Currambine Line or Clarkson Line, is a suburban railway line in Perth, Australia. It runs through Perth'..
Joondalup railway station, Perth
Joondalup Train Station, is a Transperth train station 26km from Perth Train Station, in Western Australia. It is on the Joondalup Line. Contents 1 History2 Platforms3 Bus stands4 See also History Built in 1990-2 for original opening of Joondalup Line. It was the original te..
Joondanna, Western Australia
Joondanna is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling. There is a Catholic church, St. Denis, in Joondanna, and a small Catholic primary school of the same name. Joondanna is named after a farm said to be owned by an early settler in the area. Its post ..
JOONE
JOONE (Java Object Oriented Neural Engine) is a component based neural network framework built in Java. Contents 1 Features2 Comparison3 See also4 External links Features Joone consists of a component-based architecture based on linkable components that can be extended to ..
Joong-Moo
Chung-Mu (otherwise spelled Joong-Moo) was the given name to the great Admiral Yi Sun-Sin of the Yi Dynasty. He was reputed to have invented the first armoured battleship (kobukson), which was the precursor of the present day submarine, in 1592. The reason this pattern ends in a left-hand attack is ..
Joongang Control Co.
Joongang Control Co., Ltd is a machinery company, headquartered in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, which was established in 1987. It manufactures many electric power and lighting automation products. Contents 1 History2 Products3 See also4 External links History 1987:Established Joon..
JoongAng Ilbo
JoongAng Ilbo is a newspaper published in Seoul, Korea. It is one of the "big three newspapers" in Korea. It boasts a circulation of 1.96 million copies in Korea (as of 2004). Its average page count per copy is around 52. The paper also publishes an English edition, the JoongAng Daily, in allianc..
Joon Gon Kim
Joon Gon Kim, also known as Dr. Joon Gon Kim, is the founder of Korea Campus Crusade for Christ, established in 1958 with collaboration and support from Dr. Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, International. During the Korean War, he lost both his father and his wife. In 1957, ..
Joon Ho Seuk
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Dr. Joon Ho Seuk helped organize a series of educational workshops in the Baltic republics of the former Soviet..
Joop Bersee
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since July 2006. Joop Bersee was born in 1958..
Joop den Uyl
--> Joop den UylAugust 9, 1919 - December 24 1987 Predecessor:Barend Biesheuvel Prime Minister1973-1977 Succeeded byDries van Agt Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dr. Johannes Marten "Joop" den Uyl (August 9, 1919 - December 24, 1987) was a Dutch politician, prime minister of the Netherlands..
Joop Doderer
Johan Heinrich (Joop) Doderer (August 28, 1921 - September 22, 2005) was a Dutch actor, well known for his role as the tramp Swiebertje in the eponymous television series. The series ran for 17 seasons between 1955 and 1975, and was broadcast by the NCRV. Beside the role as Swiebertje, Doderer playe..
Joop Hiele
Johannes ("Joop") Frederik Hiele (born December 25, 1958 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a former football goalkeeper from The Netherlands, who earned seven caps for the Netherlands national football team. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the European title at the 1988 European Football Cha..
Joop ter Heul
Joop ter Heul was a fictional character in a series of five books written for teenage girls by Dutch novelist Setske de Haan (1889-1948), who wrote under the pen name Cissy van Marxveldt. Joop was high-spirited, headstrong and stubborn. The first four books, published over a six-year period (1919-..
Joop van den Ende
Joop van den Ende (February 23 1942) is a billionaire media tycoon and theatre producer from The Netherlands, and co-founder of Endemol. Joop van den Ende is born in Amsterdam. In 1954 he play`s for the first time in a musical and op his 17`th birthday he buys the rights from the televisionshow Bat..
Joop van Oosterom
Joop van Oosterom (1937–) is a Dutch billionaire and chess enthusiast. For many years he has staged the annual Melody Amber tournaments in Monaco, where world-class Grandmasters play rapid and blindfold games. Van Oosterom was a strong correspondence chess player, but suffered a severe stroke ..
Joop Westerweel
Joop Westerweel (January 25 1899 - August 11 1944) was a progressive schoolteacher who became a Dutch World War II resistance leader, the head of the Westerweel Group. Westerweel, and his colleagues, both Jewish and non-Jewish, helped save in the region of 200 to 300 Jewish lives by organizing an ..
Joop Wijn
Joannes Gerardus (Joop) Wijn (born 20 May 1969 in Haarlem) is junior minister (staatssecretaris) of Finances in the second Balkenende cabinet of The Netherlands. His responsibilities include the functioning of the Internal Revenue Service. Wijn studied economics and Dutch law at the University of A..
Joop Zoetemelk
Gerardus Joseph ("Joop") Zoetemelk (born December 3, 1946) is a retired cyclist from The Netherlands. He is listed as the 8th greatest road cyclist of all time in Daniel Marszalek's internationally acknowledged [weighted ranking], edging out luminaries like Fausto Coppi and Roger De Vlae..
Joosh Butcher
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Joossesweg
Joossesweg in the municipality of Veere. Joossesweg is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Veere. The statistical area "Joossesweg", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 20.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statlin..
Joost Banckert
Joost van Trappen Banckert (1597-1647) was a Dutch Vice Admiral who worked most of his sailing life for the admiralty of Zeeland. He was born in 1597 or 1599. Early in his career he was active against the Dunkirk privateers and was promoted to captain in 1624. That year he took service for the Zeela..
Joost Bürgi
Joost Bürgi, or Jobst Bürgi (February 28 1552, Lichtensteig, Switzerland - January 31 1632, Kassel, Hesse-Kassel) was a Swiss clockmaker and mathematician. He is sometimes regarded as the inventor of the logarithm (published in 1620), although credit often goes to John Napier, who published his w..
Joost Elffers
Joost Elffers is an American publisher. His books have been translated into most major languages including French, German, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Korean. Books The 48 Laws of PowerThe Art of SeductionThe 33 Strategies of War by Robert GreeneThe Secret Language of BirthdaysThe Secret Language ..
Joost Lagendijk
Joost Lagendijk (born 8 June 1957 in Roosendaal, Netherlands) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of Green Left, which is part of the European Greens, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. He is chair of the Joint Parliamentary Co..
Joost Posthuma
Joost Posthuma (8 March 1981 in Hengelo) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He rides on the UCI ProTour for the Rabobank professional cycling team. Major achievements 2006 — Rabobank 2nd, Stage 5 – Paris-Nice* 2nd overall, Best Young Rider23rd, Prologue – Tour de Franc..
Joost Schmidt
Joost Schmidt (1893-1948) was a teacher or master at the Bauhaus and later a professor at the College of Visual Arts, Berlin. ..
Joost Swarte
Joost Swarte (born 24 December, 1947, Heemstede, the Netherlands) is a Dutch comic artist and graphical designer. He is best known for his ligne claire or clear line style of drawing, and in fact coined the term. Joost Swarte studied industrial design in Eindhoven and started drawing comics in the..
Joost Tinbergen
Joost M. Tinbergen is a Dutch ecologist. Tinbergen is the son of the biologist Luuk Tinbergen, and nephew of Nobel-prize winning brothers Jan and Niko Tinbergen. His younger brother is the film-maker Tijs Tinbergen. Tinbergen gained his PhD from the University of Groningen in 1980. His thesis was..
Joost van den Broek
Joost van den Broek (Also known as Juicy or Juiced )is a keyboardist, and was born on the 13th of July 1982. He has 12 years of musical experience, continuing to the present day. He studied for 4 years, obtaining a degree in Music production and the use of keyboards. He then went on to study for..
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van de Vondel. Joost van den Vondel (November 17, 1587 - February 5, 1679) was a German-Dutch writer and playwright. Biography van den Vondel was born in the Große Witschgasse in Cologne, to Mennonite parents. In 1595, probably because of their religious conviction, they fled to Utrech..
Joost van der Westhuizen
Joost van der Westhuizen (born 20 February 1971) is a former South African rugby union footballer who was the Springboks' first choice scrum-half in the late 1990s. He was capped 89 times for the Springboks and scored 38 tries. He is the most capped Springbok of all time and holds the record for the..
Joost van Vollenhoven
Joost van Vollenhoven (born 21 July 1877, Rotterdam – died 20 July 1918, Parcy-et-Tigny, Aisne département) was a Dutch-born French soldier and colonial administrator. He lived in Algeria, then a French colony, for most of his youth, and became a naturalized French citizen in 1899. His most impor..
Joos Valgaeren
Joos Valgaeren (born March 3, 1976 in Leuven) is a Belgian football defender who, as of 2005, is playing for Club Brugge. His former clubs include Roda JC in The Netherlands and Celtic F.C. in Scotland. Valgaeren played 19 times for Belgium as of November 17, 2004 and was in the squad for the Euro..
Joos van Wassenhove
Joos van Wassenhove, Justus or Jodocus of Ghent, or Giusto da Guanto. (c.1410 - c.1480) was a Flemish painter who later worked in Italy. The public records of the city of Ghent have been diligently searched, but in vain, for a clue to the history of Justus or Jodocus, whom Vasari and Guicciardin..
Joo (era)
Jōō refers to two Japanese era name, Jōō (貞応) from 1222 to 1224 and Jōō (承応) from 1652 to 1655. ..
Joo (first)
Jō'ō (貞応) was a Japanese era after Jōkyū and before Gennin that spanned from 1222 to 1224. The reigning emperor was Emperor Go-Horikawa. There is another era, from 1652 to 1655 with same pronunciation but different kanji (承応) Change of era On the 13th day of the 4th month of Jōkyū 4 ..
Joo (second)
Jōō (承応) was a Japanese era name after Keian and before Meireki and spanned from 1652 to 1655. Reigning emperors were Go-Komyo and Go-Sai. There is another era with the same pronunciation but different kanji (貞応) Change of era To mark the death of the third Shōgun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, on ..
Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency
Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency (如切单选区) is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) located in the eastern region of Singapore. The SMC encompasses the areas of Joo Chiat, Katong, Haig Road, Siglap and a portion of East Coast Park. It had previously existed from 1959 until 1988, when i..
Joo Koon MRT Station
Joo Koon MRT station, tentatively (EW29) is a proposed above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West MRT Line in Singapore as part of the Boon Lay extension announced by the Land Transport Authority in December 2004. The station will also be linked to a future bus interchange next to the..
Joo Mi Kim
Joo Mi Kim (born July 16, 1984 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean golfer. Kim attended Choo Ang University and turned professional in 2002. She won two tournaments on the LPGA of Korea Tour in 2003 and a third in 2004. In the latter year she finihsed 12th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournam..
Joo Se Hyuk
Joo Se Hyuk is a Korean table tennis player who has revolutionized the way players think about the defensive style. He is a member of the Korean National Team. Contents 1 Style of Play2 Equipment3 Tournament History and Credentials4 Coaches5 Life History6 See also ..
Jo O'Meara
Joanne Valda O'Meara (born 29 April, 1979 in Romford) is a British singer and actress. Formerly the lead singer of the group S Club 7, she launched a solo career after the group's split in 2003. Contents 1 Biography1.1 S Club 71.2 Solo Career2 Discography2.1 Albums2.2&..
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