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Juabeso District
Juabeso District Region Western Region District type Ordinary District Chief Executive Asiedu M. Abrampah Capital Juabeso Area 4,143 km² Population (2002) 242,121 ISO 3166 GH-WP-JB The Juabeso District is a district of Ghana in the Western Region. Sources [Districts of Ghana&..
Juab County, Utah
Juab County, Utah County seat Nephi, Utah Largest city Nephi, Utah Population (2000) 8,238 Area km² (3406 mi²) Year founded 1852 Named for Native American word for valley Juab County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was..
Juan
Juan is a Spanish form of the given name John. It was the 55th most popular name in the United States as of 2003. Persons known primarily by their first name \"Juan\" Juan Carlos, the king of Spain.Juan Silveira dos Santos, a football (soccer) player for Bayer Leverkusen and Brazil.For the charact..
Juan, Conde de Montizón
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Juan, Prince of Asturias
Infante don Juan de Trastamare de Aragon y de Trastamare de Castilla, (June 28 1478 in Seville–October 4 1497), Prince of Asturias and heir of Spain, was the only son of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon who survived to adulthood. At the age of 18 he married Margaret of Austria..
Juan-Carlos Bianchi
Juan-Carlos Bianchi (born September 15, 1970 in Maracay) is a former tennis player from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Partnering Nicolas Pereira he was defeated in the first round of the doubles competition. The righthander reached his..
Juan-Carlos Cruz
Juan-Carlos Cruz is a celebrity chef on Food Network. He hosts Calorie Commando and Take it Off (now titled Weighing In) on the network. Juan-Carlos lost a great deal of weight on a Discovery Health show called Discovery Health Body Challenge. Which is when he decided to do low-calorie cooking. C..
Juan-les-Pins
{| align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" |Juan-les-Pins is a town in the commune of Antibes, in the Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Côte d'Azur, which is part of the Ligurian Sea. It is famous for its annual jazz festival in July. New Orleans is a sister city, so..
Juana
Juana is a Spanish female first name. It is the feminine form of Juan, and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Jean, and Joan. Some famous bearers of this name include: Juana Azurduy de PadillaJuana BarrazaJuana BormannJuana Briones de MirandaJuana of CastileJuana CastroJuana Manuela Gorrit..
Juana Azurduy de Padilla
For the province of Bolivia see Juana Azurduy de Padilla Province Juana Azurduy de Padilla was a Bolivian guerilla leader in the early 19th century. She and her husband formed an army after Bolivia declared itself independent in 1809. By 1826, when Spain withdrew, she had been able to carve out a r..
Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport
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Juana Azurduy de Padilla Province
Juana Azurduy de Padilla is a province in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia. ..
Juana Barraza
Juana Barraza (b.1957) is an alleged female Mexican serial killer. Alleged to be professional wrestler known in the ring as "The Silent Lady". Barraza was arrested on 25 January 2006 while running away from a murder scene, on suspicion of being the Mexico City serial killer known as Mataviejitas (..
Juana Bormann
Juana Bormann (1903 – December 13, 1945) was a prison guard at several Nazi concentration camps, and was executed as a war criminal at Hameln after a trial in 1945. At her trial, Bormann said she had joined the Auxiliary SS in 1938 "to earn more money." She first served at the Lichtenburg con..
Juana Briones de Miranda
Juana Briones de Miranda (1802-1889) was born near the Santa Cruz Mission, in California. Her parents arrived with the earliest explorations of this then remote fringe of the Spanish empire, and her family members had accompanied both the Gaspar de Portolà and the Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition..
Juana Castro
Juana Castro, Fidel Castro's older sister, lives in exile in Little Havana, Miami, Florida. She is a pharmacist, and once was accused of selling prescription medicine over-the-counter. ..
Juana de Ibarbourou
Juana de Ibarbourou (1892–1979), also known as Juana de América, was an Uruguayan poet. She was one of the most popular poets of Spanish America. Her poetry, the earlier of which is often highly erotic, is notable for her identification of her feelings with the nature around her. Content..
Juana de la Cruz
Juana de la Cruz may refer to the Mexican scholar Sor Juana; or,the female equivalent of the Philippine personification Juan de la Cruz.This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to chang..
Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico
Juana Díaz is a municipality of Puerto Rico. Juana Díaz borders Ponce at the west, Jayuya and Orocovis at the north, Villalba to the north and east, Coamo and Santa Isabel to the east and the Caribbean Sea to the south. Several rivers run through the Juana Díaz territory, among them, Inabón..
Juana Enríquez
Juana Enriquez was married John II of Aragon, his second wife. She was a Aragonese Noblewoman. She gave birth to Fernando II of Aragon who was chosen over his half-brother, Carlos of Viana to rule Aragon. Fernando married Isabella of Castile who inherited the throne from her half-brother, Henry IV o..
Juana la Loca (2001 film)
Juana la Loca (English title: Mad Love) is a 2001 film about Juana of Castile, starring Pilar Lopez de Ayala in the title role. She won a Goya for her role; the film was nominated for a total of 12 Goyas. The film was directed by Vicente Aranda. It received 3 Goya awards, Spain's equivalent of th..
Juana la virgen
Juana la virgen (Juana's Miracle, 2002) is Venezuelan telenovela written by Perla Farias and directed by Perla Farias and Tony Rodrígues. It is distributed by Coral International all over the world. Theme song for the series is Jyve V's Sólo a Tu Lado Quiero Vivir. Contents 1 Synopsis2&nbs..
Juana Manuela Gorriti
Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818-1896) Argentine writer. Born in Salta near the Bolivian border, Gorriti came from a wealthy upper class family. Her family was among the unitarios and for political reasons, much of her family and Gorriti herself went into exile during the government of Juan Manuel de R..
Juana Manuel of Castile
Juana Manuel of Castile (1339 — 27 March 1381) was from 1369 the Queen consort of Castile. She also was the heiress of Escalon, Villena, Penafiel and Lara as well as the sovereign lady ("senora soberana") of Vizcaya (the Basque country). She was the daughter of the Infante Juan Manuel of Cast..
Juana Maria
Juana Maria (died October 18, 1853), better known to history as "The Lost Woman of San Nicolas" (her Indian name is unknown), was a Native American woman of the now-extinct Nicoleño tribe who lived alone on San Nicolas Island from 1835 until her discovery in 1853. The popular children's novel Islan..
Juana Maria de los Delores de Leon Smith
Juana Maria de los Delores de Leon Smith (c. 1798 - d. October 12 1872). Wife of General Sir Harry Smith, Governor of the Cape Colony. Juana Smith, at the age of 17, painted by an unknown artist 1815 in Paris Born into an old Spanish noble family, she was a direct great-granddaughter of J..
Juana Molina
Juana Molina (born in 1962 in Argentina) is a singer/songwriter and an actress. Following the military coup in Argentina of 1976, Molina's family fled the country and lived in exile in Paris for six years. She grew up in a musical environment and her tango-singing father taught her guitar from the ..
Juana Parra
Juana (Juanita) Parra (b. November 1970) is the daughter of Gabriel Parra, former drummer of Los Jaivas who died in a crash in Peru in 1988, and Eugenia Correa. Juanita joined the band as a drummer after her father's death. Her first CD with the band was Hijos de la tierra, 1995. ..
Juana Records
Juana Records was a record label distributed by TK Records. See also List of record labels ..
Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport
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Juandissimo Magnifico
Juandissimo Magnifico (often misspelled as Wandicimo or Wandissimo due to how his name is pronounced, and also as a pun on "wand") is a fictional character featured in The Fairly OddParents, obviously parodying Antonio Banderas. He first appeared in the episode "Fairy Fairy Quite Contrary", and i..
Juanes
Juanes, (born August 9, 1972), born Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez, is a Colombian singer-songwriter-guitarist born in Medellín. When he was younger, his father started calling him Juanes, rather than Juan, a contraction of his two first names Juan and Esteban. As his friends grew to know him..
Juanes discography
This is the page for the discography of Latin music singer Juanes. Contents 1 Albums2 Singles2.1 Single certifications3 References Albums All regularly released albums and their chart peak position: Billboard 200 (US), Latin Pop Albums (LPA), Top Latin Albums (TLA), Top Heats..
Juanfran
Juanfran is a common nickname for Spanish people named Juan Francisco, it may refer to: Juan Francisco García Spanish footballer born 1976Juan Francisco Torres Belén Spanish footballer born 1985 ..
Juang
JUANGS (Patuas, literally "leaf-wearers"), a jungle tribe of Orissa, India. They are found in only two of the tributary states, Dhenkanal and Keonjhar, most of them in the latter. They are estimated to amount in all to about 10,000. Their language belongs to the Munda family. They have no traditions..
Juanin Clay
Juanin Clay (born November 26, 1949 in Los Angeles, California; died March 12, 1995 in Los Angeles) was an American actress who appeared in the 1983 movie WarGames. She was one of the contenders for the role of Wilma Deering in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TV series, but lost the role when ..
Juanita
Juanita is a character from Fur Fighters. She is voiced by Sherryl Sheets. Overview Juanita is the wife of Rico the Penguin. She is the second boss in the game, where she has been enlarged and uses a strange ability to call suicidal fish out of the water to attack her husband. She is reverted to he..
Juanita (Underworld single)
Juanita is an album track by Underworld, first seen as Juanita / Kiteless / To Dream of Love on Second Toughest in the Infants (1996). This is a German promo release only with an exclusive edit of the track. It was available with exclusive artwork on CD, and vinyl 12". Contents 1 Track li..
Juanita Ángeles
Juanita Ángeles was a Filipina silent film actress, noted as a major female silent star of early cinema of the Philippines, another being Atang dela Rama. Ángeles born in 1900 and portrayed many leading roles. She was often paired with major silent film actors, including Julián Manansala, ..
Juanita Brooks
Juanita Leone Leavitt Pulsipher Brooks (1898 -1989) was an American historian and author, specializing in the American West and Mormon history. She is primarily famous for the integrity with which she researched and wrote about the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Her work is seen by many as the author..
Juanita Bynum
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Juanita cansino
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. Juanita Cansino aunt of Rita Hayworth was a dance instructor during the 1950's at the Vogue Studio of D..
Juanita Coco
Juanita Suzanne Coco (10 December 1975 – 2 May 1993) was an Australian singer and actress best known for her role on the popular talent/variety show Young Talent Time in the late 1980s. She appeared on the show from 1987 to 1988, aged 13, and was best known for her rendition of the song 'La Ba..
Juanita Craft
Juanita Craft Juanita Craft (b. Juanita Jewel Shanks February 9, 1902-August 6, 1985) was a civil rights pioneer and member of the Dallas City Council in Texas. Born in Round Rock, Texas, Craft came to Dallas from the Austin area in 1925, being employed as a maid at the Adolphus Hotel and lat..
Juanita García Peraza
Juanita Garcia Peraza a.k.a. "Mita" (June 24, 1897-February 21, 1970) born in Hatillo, Puerto Rico, was the founder of the first protestant religion of Puerto Rican origin. "Mita" Peraza was raised by her parents, who were evangelists. She was influenced by their strict religious beliefs, sin..
Juanita Hall
Juanita Hall (born November 6, 1901, died February 28, 1968, Bay Shore, New York) was the first African American to win a Tony Award, for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Bloody Mary in the musical South Pacific in 1950. She reprised her role in the film version of South Pacific in 1958, and..
Juanita Hansen
Juanita Hansen (March 3, 1895 - September 26, 1961) was an American motion picture actress. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, after finishing high school, in 1914 Juanita Hansen wanted to capitalize on her exceptional beauty and headed for Hollywood. There, she got her first acting job with L. Frank Baum..
Juanita High School
Juanita High School (JHS) is a high school in King County, Washington, administered by Lake Washington School District. It was opened on September 4, 1971 as a result of a campaign driven by an education theory known as the "Juanita Concept", developed by John Strauss, who became the school's first..
Juanita Kidd Stout
Juanita Kidd Stout, (March 7, 1919 - August 21, 1998 in Wewoka, Oklahoma, United States), was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1988-1989, and the first African-American woman elected to any judgeship in the United States and the first to serve on the Supreme Court of any state. ..
Juanita M. Kreps
Juanita M. Kreps Juanita Morris Kreps (born January 11, 1921) was U.S. Secretary of Commerce from January 23, 1977 until October 31, 1979 under President Jimmy Carter. Born in Lynch, Kentucky, she graduated from Berea College in 1942 and earned her Master's and Ph.D. in economics at Duke Univ..
Juanita Marquez
Juanita Marquez is a fictional character in Neal Stephenson's cyberpunk novel Snow Crash (1992). She is a brilliant computer hacker and a techno-mystic. Marquez' role model was her grandmother, who was capable of divining that her granddaughter was pregnant just by watching her face. That incident,..
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Juanita Millender-McDonald Juanita Millender-McDonald (born September 7 1938), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1996, representing California's 37th congressional district ([map]), which includes most of South Centr..
Juanita Moore
Juanita Moore (born October 19 1922 in Los Angeles, California) is an African-American actress. Moore had a number of bit parts and supporting roles in motion pictures through the 1950s and 1960s. Her most famous role was as housekeeper Annie Johnson in the 1959 color remake of Imitation of Life. M..
Juanita Nelson
Juanita Nelson (b. 1923) is an American activist and tax resister[link]. She co-founded the group Peacemakers in 1948. She is the author of A Matter of Freedom and Other Writings (1988). [link] She worked on desegregation campaigns in Cincinnati, Washington D.C. and elsewhere ..
Juanita Nielsen
Juanita Nielsen (1937 – ?) was an Australian publisher, heiress to the Mark Foys retail fortune, who was allegedly kidnapped and murdered on 4 July 1975. Nielsen was the publisher of NOW, an alternative newspaper in the Sydney suburb of Kings Cross, New South Wales, where she lived, and she was..
Juanita Stokes
Juanita Stokes (aka Smooth and "The Female Mack") is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of actress Irene Stokes and younger sister of music executive Chris Stokes. Christened 'Smooth' because of her skillful raps and jazz-tinged, mezzo soprano, she is best known for her hits: "You..
Juanita Tate
Juanita Tate (1938 – July 5, 2004) was a community activist who advocated green space for the poor citizens of South Los Angeles, California. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and relocated to the city of Los Angeles in the early 1980s. After the 1992 Los Angeles riots, she led the C..
Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré
Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré (born March 10 1942) is the first appointed black judge in the history of Quebec. She also holds the distinction of being the first black dean of a law school (University of Windsor's Faculty of Law) in Canada’s history. Dr. Westmoreland-Traoré was born in Verdun..
Juanita Wheeler
Juanita Wheeler (b. ?1976) is a member of the Australian Greens and a former student politician in Queensland. She is National Convenor of the Australian Greens, as well as holding a number of positions in the Queensland Greens. She studied at the Queensland University of Technology along with her ..
Juanita Wright
Juanita Wright (1935 – 10 September, 1996) was a professional wrestling manager best known as Sapphire in the World Wrestling Federation, managing Dusty Rhodes from 1989 to 1990. She also wrestled in the independent circuit, known as Princess Dark Cloud. Prior to her involvement with the WWF..
Juanito
Juanito may refer to the following: Juan Gómez (1954-1992), a Spanish footballer nicknamed JuanitoJuan Gutiérrez Moreno (b. 1976), a Spanish footballer nicknamed JuanitoJuan Jesús Gutierrez Robles (b. 1980), a 2006 Spanish footballer nicknamed JuanitoJuanito, 1970 FIFA World Cup mascot. ..
Juanito Oiarzabal
Juan Oiarzabal, commonly known as Juanito Oiarzabal, (born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, on 30 March, 1956) is a noted mountaineer and has written four books on the subject. He holds a world record for most summits of mountains over 8,000 meters high. Contents 1 The Himalayas2 Mountain..
Juanjo Domínguez
Juanjo Dominguez is one of the most remarkable guitar virtuosos tango players in Argentine history. Known for his skillfulness and unique performance ability, he knows deeply every popular genre and plays them with mastery. External links [Information at label EPSA Music] ..
Juanjo Guarnido
Juanjo Guarnido (born 1967) is a Spanish illustrator and the co-author of the French comic book series Blacksad. Biography Guarnido was born in Granada, Spain. He studied painting at the Art school of Granada. Meanwhile, he collaborated on several fanzines and published some drawings for Marvel..
Juankoski
Juankoski is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 5,685 (2003) and covers an area of 586.11 km² of which 118.74 km² is water. The population density is 9.7 inhabitants per km²...
Juanma Bajo Ulloa
Juan Manuel Bajo Ulloa (born January 1st, 1967) is a Spanish film director. Contents 1 Biography2 Awards3 Filmography4 External links Biography Juanma Bajo Ulloa was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain in 1967. He mortgaged his house to obtain the money to produce his first film ..
Juano Hernández
Juano Hernandez (July 19, 1901-July 17, 1970 born in San Juan, Puerto Rico) was one of the first Afro-Latin Americans to become a major star in the Negro Film Industry of the United States. Born Huano G. Hernandez in the capital of Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican fisherman and a Brazilian mother. H..
Juantania
Juantania is a localized language spoken exculsively on the La isla de Juan. Approximately 500 known speakers exist in the entire world. Exposure to other countries is extremely limited, because La isla de Juan does not possess an airport or other means of leaving the country. The language is mai..
Juantxo García-Mauriño
Juan ("Juantxo") de Dios García-Mauriño Sanchís (born March 11, 1964) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. ..
Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez
Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez (born October 23, 1935 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) is the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Rodríguez was born into a poor family, one of six siblings. His father used to earn only $18 a week as a laborer and cattle handler. When Rodr�..
Juan "Pachín" Vicéns
Juan "Pachín" Vicéns was a renowned basketball player from Ciales, Puerto Rico. He played with the Ponce Lions (Leones de Ponce). He joined the team in 1950 when he was only 15 years old, and led the team to six championships. Other milestones are: Named MVP of the league twice (1958 and 1960).Fi..
Juan (Suikoden)
Juan is a character in Konami's role playing game Suikoden III. Juan is the ever-drowsy owner of the training center at Budehuc Castle. His father was beaten by a drifter at his training center, who he is waiting for to return. The leaves he is often seen chewing are the cause of his drowsiness, w..
Juan Acevedo
Juan Carlos Acevedo (born May 5, 1970 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico) is a former right handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. During his career, Acevedo served primary as a relief pitcher, starting only 34 of his 366 games played. Extensively traded during his 8 year career, Acevedo played..
Juan Aguilera
For the science fiction writer, see Juan Miguel Aguilera. Juan Aguilera (born March 22, 1962) is a Spanish professional male tennis player, who was born in Barcelona, Spain. He has won 5 singles titles during his career, including one Tennis Masters shield: Hamburg Masters 1990. ..
Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez
Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez (September 17, 1749, Gijón – December 3, 1829, Madrid) was a Spanish writer on art. Bermúdez was born in Gijón. He founded an art academy at Seville, and was given responsibility to order the archive for Indian matters, and later made secretary of the Council..
Juan Alban
Juan Alban is the lead singer of Australian rock band Epicure. He also plays guitar. External links [Official site] ..
Juan Alberto Melgar Castro
Juan Alberto Melgar Castro (1930 - December 2, 1987) was a Honduran soldier and politician who became President of Honduras from April 22, 1975 to August 7, 1978, when he was overthrown by others in the military. During his rule, the process of land reform slowed because of pressure from land-owning..
Juan Alberto Schiaffino
Juan Alberto Schiaffino (born July 28, 1925 in Montevideo – died November 13, 2002) was an Uruguayan football (soccer) player with Italian passport. He played forward, in particular with C.A. Peñarol and A.C. Milan, and won the Football World Cup 1950 with the Uruguyan national team. Co..
Juan Aldama
Juan Aldama (January 3, 1774 in San Miguel el Grande, Guanajuato – June 26, 1811 in Chihuahua) was a Mexican insurgent during the Mexican War of Independence. He was brother of Ignacio Aldama. At the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence Aldama was a captain of the cavalry regiment of ..
Juan Aldama, Zacatecas
Juan Aldama is a city in northeastern Zacatecas. It is the biggest community and the seat government of the Municipality of Juan Aldama. ..
Juan Alderete
-->Juan Alderete (born September 5, 1963) is an American bassist known for his work with the band Racer X, where he is credited as John Alderete. Although he is still with Racer X, Juan currently dedicates most of his time to the band, The Mars Volta, which also brings him much recognition. Cont..
Juan Alejo de Arizmendi
Bishop Juan Alejo de Arizmendi (July 17, 1760-October 12, 1814) born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was a patriot and the first Puerto Rican to be consecrated Bishop. Bishop Juan Alejo de Arizmendi Arizmendi studied in the convent of the Dominican Frays in San Juan. He then went to Caracas, Venezu..
Juan Alfonso de Baena
Juan Alfonso de Baena (ca.1375-ca.1434) was a Castilian troubadour. Born at Baena, he served as escribano escribiente (notarial secretary) at the court of John II of Castile. He was a Marrano, or Jew who had converted to Christianity. Thus, he was also called "Judino." Under the title Cancione..
Juan Almeida
Juan Almeida is a Cuban revolutionary. Originally a brick layer by trade, he joined Fidel Castro and participated in the failed attack on the Moncada Barracks. He led one of the fronts of rebels in 1958, during the Cuban Revolution. Half a century later he is still considered one of Castro's most lo..
Juan Almonte
Juan Nepomuceno Almonte (1803-1869) was a 19th century Mexican official, soldier and diplomat. He was a leader of the Conservatives in Mexico in the 1860s, who served as Regent after the Second Mexican Empire was established by Napoleon III of France. Contents 1 Early and personal life2 ..
Juan Alonso Zayas
Second Lieutenant Juan Alonso Zayas (1869-October 8, 1898) born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was a Spanish Army commander who fought in the Siege of Baler in the Philippines. Zayas was born and raised in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. His father, born in Barcelona, Spain, was an officer in the..
Juan Álvarez
For the Argentine historian and scholar, see Juan Álvarez (historian). Juan Álvarez (1790-1867) was a general and interim president of Mexico from 1855 to 1856. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Juan Álvarez (historian)
Juan Álvarez (3 September 1878 – 8 April 1954) was a judge and historian born in Gualeguaychú, province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. Álvarez was born at a time of massive immigration in Argentina. His father, Serafín Álvarez, was an exiled Republican Spaniard; within the family, discussion..
Juan Amat
Juan Amat Fontanals (born July 10, 1946) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was topscorer of the tournament with sixteen goals, including fourteen penalty corners. He competed in four Olympics ..
Juan Andrés
redirect [[Template:POV-check]]Juan Andrés was a littérateur and historian (b. Planes, Valencia, Spain - 1740; d. Rome - 1817). He entered the Society of Jesus in 1754. When the Jesuits were expelled from Spain in 1767, Andrés made his abode at Ferrara (Italy) and taught philosophy there. After t..
Juan Andrés de Ustariz
Juan Andrés de Ustariz de Vertizberea was a Royal Governor of Chile during the early 18th century. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Juan Andrés Ramírez
Juan Andrés Ramírez (1947-) Uruguayan lawyer and politician. Juan Andrés Ramírez was born in 1947 in Montevideo. He studied law, becoming a well-known civil lawyer. He became a member of the National Party. In the 1989 general elections, he was elected as a Senator of the Herrerismo faction of ..
Juan Ángel Arias
Juan Ángel Arias was President of Honduras 1 February - 13 April 1903. ..
Juan Antonio Corretjer
Juan Antonio Corretjer (March 3, 1908-January 19, 1985) was born in Ciales, Puerto Rico and was a well known poet, journalist and independence political activist. Juan Antonio Corretjer Corretjer's father and uncles were involved in the "Ciales Uprising" of August 13, 1898, against the United ..
Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta
Don Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta (ca. 1685, El Puerto de Santa María, Spain—February 25, 1747, Mexico City) was archbishop of Mexico from March 21, 1731 to January 25, 1747 and Spanish viceroy of New Spain from March 17, 1734 to August 17, 1740. Contents 1 Early career2&n..
Juan Antonio Escurra
Juan Antonio Escurra was President of Paraguay November 25 1902 - August 11 1904. List of Presidents of Paraguay ..
Juan Antonio Flecha
Juan Antonio Flecha is an Argentine cyclist who was born in the town of Junin, in the province of Buenos Aires. When he was very young he moved to Spain. Spanish road racer Juan Antonio Flecha winning the Championship of Zurich in 2004. He gained fame in 2003 when he became the first rider bo..
Juan Antonio Lavalleja
Juan Antonio Lavalleja (June 24, 1784 - October 22, 1853) was an Uruguayan revolutionary. He led the group called "Thirty-Three Orientals" during Uruguay's Declaration of Independence from Brazil in 1825. After Uruguay's independence in 1827, Lavalleja sought the presidency as a rival to Fructuoso R..
Juan Antonio Llorente
Juan Antonio Llorente (born March 30, 1756 in Rincon de Soto (La Rioja), Spain; died February 5, 1823 in Madrid) was a Spanish historian. He studied at the university of Saragossa, and, having been ordained priest, became vicar-general to the bishop of Calahorra in 1782. In 1785 he became commissar..
Juan Antonio Lopez
For other people also named Antonio Lopez, see Antonio Lopez (disambiguation). Juan Antonio López (June 15, 1952 in Culiacán, Sinaloa - June 29, 2004 in Culiacán) was a Mexican boxer. López was best known for fighting Wilfredo Gomez twice for the WBC Super Bantamweight title. Most importantly, ..
Juan Antonio Marin
Juan Antonio Marin (born March 2, 1975 in San Jose, Costa Rica) is a professional male tennis player from Costa Rica. He turned pro in 1996. On October 11, 1999, Marin reached his career-high singles ranking: World No. 55. ..
Juan Antonio Pezet
Juan Antonio Pezet Juan Antonio Pezet (Lima 1809 - Lima 1879) was a Peruvian military officer and politician who served in the positions of Secretary of War, Vice president and President of Peru during his life. As President, his moderate and cautious attitude towards the occupation of the Ch..
Juan Antonio Pizzi
Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroja (born June 7 1968 in Santa Fe, Argentina) was a professional football (soccer) striker who played in different teams of Argentina, Mexico, Spain, and for the Spain. He started playing in Rosario Central, where he stayed 2 successful seasons before transferring to Mexico's..
Juan Antonio Ríos
Juan Antonio Ríos Morales (November 10, 1888-June 27, 1946) was president of Chile from 1942 to 1946, during World War II. A member of the Radical Party, he defeated General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo in the 1942 election, following the death of president Pedro Aguirre Cerda. Initially, his govern..
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Don Juan Antonio Samaranch i Torrelló, Marquis of Samaranch (es: Don Juan Antonio Samaranch i Torrelló, marqués de Samaranch) (born July 17, 1920 in Barcelona) is a Spanish sports official and was president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001. Contents 1 Biograp..
Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs
Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs (November 1, 1959 - ) is the son of Juan Antonio Samaranch (former president of the International Olympic Committee) and his late wife Bibi Salisachs. He's married and has four children. He has a MBA from New York University and a degree in industrial engineering fro..
Juan Antonio Sotillo
General Juan Antonio Sotillo was a nineteenth century military leader from Venezuela. During his long life, a very uncommon circumstance for a military leader at the time, he served under the army of Venezuelan general Simón Bolívar, The Liberator, as well as in most of the Venezuelan nineteenth c..
Juan Arango
Juan Arango (b. May 16/17, 1980 in Maracay, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a forward for RCD Mallorca, in the first division of the professional football league in Spain, and for Venezuela's national team. Arango is known as "Arangol" in Venezuela, and has been nicknamed the "..
Juan Arbós
Juan Arbós Perarnau (born November 12, 1952) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. ..
Juan Argerich
Juan Antonio Argerich (1862-1924) Statesman and internationally renowned writer, he was elected 6 times as a member of Congress in Argentina. Among the many policies he furthered during his tenure in congress are the elimination of electoral colleges for presidential elections (in favor of popular..
Juan Arnoldo Cayasso
Juan Arnoldo Cayasso (born June 24, 1961 in Limón) is a Costa Rican former soccer player who shined during the 1980s and 1990s. Cayasso played in Costa Rica for the two biggest teams, starting out in LD Alajuelense in the early 80's, and later switching to their arch-rivals Saprissa before the 1988..
Juan Arricivita
Juan Arricivita was a Catholic missionary. A native of Mexico in the eighteenth century. Little more is known of his life than that he was Prefect and Commissary of the College of Propaganda Fide, at Querétaro, in New Spain (Mexico), a zealous and efficient missionary, and a highly esteemed member..
Juan Atkins
This article is about a musician who sometimes releases music under the name Model 500. For the Smith & Wesson Model 500 revolver, see Smith & Wesson Model 500. For the Western Electric Model 500 telephone, see Model 500 telephone. Juan Atkins (born December 9, 1962 in Detroit) is an American musi..
Juan Aurich
Juan Aurich is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Chiclayo.   Copa Perú 2005/06 ..
Juan Azor
Juan Azor (1535–19 February 1603) was a Spanish philosopher and Jesuit priest. Azor was born at Lorca in the province of Murcia, southern Spain. He entered the Society of Jesus on18 March 1559, and went on to become professor of philosophy and later of theology, both dogmatic and moral, at Pi..
Juan B. Castagnino Fine Arts Museum
The Juan B. Castagnino Fine Arts Museum (in Spanish, Museo de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino) is an art museum in the city of Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina, considered the most important of the interior of the country and the second in national terms. It is administered by the municipal ..
Juan B. Justo
Juan Bautista Justo (born June 28 1865 in Buenos Aires - died on January 8, 1928 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine physician, journalist, politician, and writer. After finishing medical school he joined the Unión Cívica Radical, later participating in the foundation of the Socialist Party in 189..
Juan Badiano
Juan Badiano (b. 1484, Xochimilco, Mexico) translated from Nahuatl to Latin the "Medicenalibus Indorum Herbis" ca. 1552, a compendium of 250 medicinal herbs used by the aztecs. This compilation was originally done by Martin de la Cruz (another indian that was baptised with this Christian name). This..
Juan Bandini
Juan Bandini (1800–November 4, 1859) was an early settler of San Diego, California. Juan Bandini was born 1800 in Lima, Peru to José Bandini, an Italian sea captain. His father came to California in 1819 and 1821 and participated in the Mexican Revolution. After the revolution is father's..
Juan Bautista Alberdi
Alberdi's daguerreotype taken in Chile, dated between 1850 and 1853. Juan Bautista Alberdi (29 August 1810 - 19 June 1884) was a political theorist and diplomat, born in San Miguel de Tucumán, province of Tucumán, Argentina. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo and Chile..
Juan Bautista Alvarado
Juan Bautista Valentin Alvarado y Vallejo (February 14, 1809–July 13, 1882) was a Californio and Governor of Alta California from 1836 to 1842. Contents 1 Early life2 Governor Alvarado3 Tensions between Northern and Southern California4 An independent California5 ..
Juan Bautista Cabral
Juan Bautista Cabral (ca. 1789 – 3 February 1813) was an Argentine soldier of the Granaderos a Caballo Regiment who died in the Battle of San Lorenzo, while (according to legend) he was aiding then Colonel José de San Martín, whose horse had fallen to enemy fire. The action of Cabral in this..
Juan Bautista Ceballos
Juan Bautista Ceballos (1811-1859) was interim president of Mexico in January 1853. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Juan Bautista Comes
Juan Bautista Comes, also known as Joan Baptista Comes, (29 February, 1568 - 5 January, 1643) was a Spanish Baroque composer who was born and died in Valencia. Its is known that before 1613 he held posts as Maestro de Capilla in Lleida at it's cathedral and in Valencia at Colegio del Patriarca. Als..
Juan Bautista de Anza
Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto (July 1736 - December 19, 1788) was a Novo-Spanish explorer for the Spanish Empire. Contents 1 Life2 Legacy3 Further reading4 See also5 External links Life He was born in Fronteras, Sonora (near Arizpe) into a military family on the nor..
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail is a 1,210 mile United States national historic trail that runs from Nogales, Arizona, on the U.S.-Mexico border, to San Francisco, California. The trail commerates the 1775 – 1776 route that Spanish commander Juan Bautista de Anza took to build a ..
Juan Bautista de Pomar
Juan Bautista de Pomar (died 1590) was an historian and writer interested in pre-Columbian Aztec history. Based on references by Fray Juan de Torquemada, we can estimate that he was born in 1535. He was the great grandson of Nezahualcoyotl, and was half-Spanish on his father's side. Considered nobl..
Juan Bautista de Toledo
Juan Bautista de Toledo (died May 19, 1567) was a well-known Spanish sculptor and architect from Madrid. Nothing is known of his birth or childhood, but in 1547, Toledo went to Rome and studied under Michelangelo Buonarroti. He went next to Naples, where he had been summoned by the Viceroy, Don..
Juan Bautista Diamante
Juan Bautista Diamante (1640?–1684?), Spanish dramatist, was born at Castillo about 1640, entered the army, and began writing for the stage in 1657. He became a knight of Santiago in 1660; the date of his death is unknown, but no reference to him as a living author occurs after 1684. Like ma..
Juan Bautista Egusquiza
Juan Bautista Egusquiza Isasi (1845 - 1902) was President of Paraguay November 25 1894 - November 25 1898. He was elected to one four-year term as were most presidents of Paraguay of his era. He was a member of the Colorado Party (Paraguay). List of Presidents of Paraguay ..
Juan Bautista Gaona
Juan Bautista Gaona was President of Paraguay October 18 1904 - December 8 1905. List of Presidents of Paraguay ..
Juan Bautista Garcia
Juan Bautista Garcia (1904-May 31, 1974), born Jean Baptiste Romanacce was a French immigrant to Puerto Rico whose life and family became the inspiration for one of Puerto Rico's most successful television shows in history, Los Garcia Biography Juan Bautista Garcia's father died before he immigrate..
Juan Bautista Gill
Juan Bautista Gill was President of Paraguay November 25 1874 - April 12 1877. List of Presidents of Paraguay ..
Juan Bautista Pablo Forner
Juan Bautista Pablo Forner, (February 23, 1756-March 7, 1799), Spanish satirist and scholar, was born at Mrida (Badajoz), studied at the university of Salamanca, and was called to the bar at Madrid in 1783. During the next few years under the pseudonyms of Tome Cecial, Pablo Segarra, Don Antonio V..
Juan Bautista Pérez
Juan Bautista Pérez was President of Venezuela (1929-1931). ..
Juan Bautista Plaza
Juan Bautista Plaza (Caracas, Venezuela June 19, 1898 - 1965) was a classical composer. He began studies in medicine at the Central University of Venezuela but, with time, left in order to dedicate himself to music. His first teacher was Jesus Maria Suárez. He studied in Rome from 1920 and 192..
Juan Bautista Quirós Segura
Juan Bautista Quirós President of Costa Rica Term of office: 20 August 1919 to2 September 1919 – Preceded by:Federico Tinoco Granados – Succeeded by:Francisco Aguilar Barquero Date of birth:1853 Place of birth: Date of death:1934 Place of death: Party: Juan Bautista Quirós ..
Juan Bautista Rael
Juan Bautista Rael (August 14 1900 – November 8, 1993) was an American ethnographer, linguist, and folklorist who studied the people, stories, and language of the Northern New Mexico and southern Colorado areas of the Southwestern United States. Rael taught and studied at Stanford University..
Juan Bautista Sacasa
Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874-1946) was President of Nicaragua from 1933-1936. Born in the town of Leòn, Sacasa studied in the United States from 1889 to 1901, earning an M.D. from Columbia University. He served as a professor and dean of faculty at the National University in León, and was a supporte..
Juan Bautista Topete
Juan Bautista Topete (May 24, 1821 – October 29, 1885), Spanish naval commander and politician, was born in Mexico. His father and grandfather were also Spanish admirals. He entered the navy at the age of seventeen, cut out a Carlist vessel in 1839, became a midshipman at twenty-two, obtained..
Juan Bautista Torales
Juan Bautista Torales, nicknamed Téju (born March 9, 1956 in Luque, Asunción) is a former football defender from Paraguay. He was capped 77 times and scored 1 goal for Paraguay in a national career which lasted from 1979 to 1989. In other words he played for the Paraguayan team that won the 1979 C..
Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos
Juan Bautista Vicini (Burgos) (1871 - 1924) was a Dominican political figure. He served as the president of the Dominican Republic between 1922 and 1924. He also governed under U.S. military occupation from 1922 to 1924. ..
Juan Bautista Villalba
Juan Bautista Villalba (born August 29, 1924 in Luque) is a former Paraguayan footballer who played as a striker. Bautista was a striker, known for his great scoring ability and speed. He played for the Paraguayan national football team between 1945 and 1947, scoring ten goals. Unfortunately, Bauti..
Juan Bautista Yofre
Juan Bautista 'Tata' Yofre is an Argentine journalist and writer, and a former politician and journalist. Yofre was the Argentine Secretary of Intelligence from 1989 to 1990, in the early part of Carlos Menem's presidency. He was replaced by Hugo Anzorreguy following constant accusations of corrupt..
Juan Belmonte
José Goméz and Belmonte. Juan Belmonte y García (April 14, 1892-April 8, 1962) is considered the greatest matador of all time. He revolutionized the art of bullfighting. Born in the Triana area of Seville, Belmonte began his bullfighting career in 1908, touring around Spain in a children's..
Juan Benet
Juan Benet (1927-1993) was a Spanish writer. Contents 1 Early life2 Writing years2.1 First stage2.2 Second stage3 Legacy Early life Benet was born in Madrid. At the start of the Spanish Civil War, his father died, and he left for San Sebastian with his family to find ref..
Juan Berenguer
Juan Bautista Berenguer (born November 30, 1954, in Aguadulce, Panama) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins and other teams. He was affectionately known as "Senor Smoke" by fans everywhere. He had a career record of 67 wins and..
Juan Bernardino
Juan Bernardino was one of two Aztec peasants alleged to have had visions of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531. Life Little is known of the life of Juan Bernardino, or if he even existed. According to the legend, he lived in Tolpetlac, some nine miles north of Tenochtitlán. He broug..
Juan Bernardo Huyke
Juan Bernardo Huyke (1880-1961) was the first Puerto Rican born to serve as Governor of Puerto Rico. Background Huyke was born in Arroyo, Puerto Rico on June 11, 1880. He was an attorney, writer, publisher, educator, and statesman. He served as Puerto Rico’s Superintendent of School from 1908 ..
Juan Bordes
Juan Bordes Caballero (July 15, 1948, Gran Canaria), is a Spanish sculptor. With great knowlegde about the human figure, he´s developed an acclaimed work since the earlies 60´s. Links http://www.juanbordes.com Juan Bordes personal page..
Juan Boscán Almogáver
Juan Boscán Almogáver (1490? - September 21, 1542), Spanish poet, was born about the close of the 15th century. He was a Catalan of patrician birth, and, after some years of military service, became tutor to the duke of Alva. His poems were published in 1543 at Barcelona by his widow. They are di..
Juan Bosch
Juan Emilio Bosch y Gaviño (30 June 1909, La Vega – 1 November 2001, Santo Domingo) was the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic after the assassination of dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo in 1961. He founded the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in 1939 and th..
Juan Bottesini
Juan Bottesini was an Italian-Mexican maestro. He won a competition to compose music to the Mexican national anthem, but it was rejected due to asthetics. However, he was present in Mexico to perform the first rendition of the anthem on September 15, 1854. [link] ..
Juan Boza
Juan Boza is a Cuban artist living in exile in New York. Contents 1 History2 Awards3 Sources4 External links History Boza was born in Camaquey, Cuba in 1941 and moved to Havana in 1959 in order to study at San Alejandro. He was expelled from San Alejandro due to "political ..
Juan Caballero y Ocio
Juan Caballero y Ocio was born at Querétaro, Mexico on May 4 1644. He was a priest remarkable for lavish gifts to the Catholic church and for charity. While still a layman he was a mayor of his native city. After taking Holy Orders he held several high offices. He gave large sums of money to seve..
Juan Cabrera
Juan Cabrera is a nuclear power station in Almonacid de Zorita, 70 kilometers (45 miles) east of Madrid, Spain. The reactor began operations in 1968 and is due to be dismantled in 2006. The Nuclear Safety Council has investigated the plant's deficient security system and a missing screw that preven..
Juan Cailles
Juan Cailles, born in Nasugbu, Batangas, on November 10, 1871. Born to Hipolito Cailles, a Frenchman and Maria Kaupama, a woman of Indian extraction to a Maharaja and Maharani. Cailles graduated from the Escuela Normal run by Jesuits in Manila. Afterwards, he became as a schoolteacher in two towns i..
Juan Calzado
Bronze medal 1960Rome Field Hockey Men's Team Competition Juan Angel Calzado de Castro (born March 16, 1937) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who captured the bronze medal with his national side at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Later on he became the president of t..
Juan Camilo Montoya
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Juan Camilo Novoa
Juan Camilo Novoa Aguinaga (born October 5, 1981) is a boxer from Colombia, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Welterweight (69 kg) division by Korea's Kim Jung Joo. ..
Juan Campodónico
Juan Campodónico is an Uruguayan musician and producer, and former member of El Peyote Asesino. He produced albums by Jorge Drexler, and also participates on the Bajofondo Tango Club project. ..
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (May 23, 1606 in Madrid—September 8, 1682 in Vigevano) was a Spanish Catholic ecclesiastic and writer. He was a precocious child, early delving into serious problems in mathematics and even publishing astronomical tables in his tenth year. After receiving a superfici..
Juan Carazo
Juan Carazo (born October 10, 1964) is a former boxer from Caguas, Puerto Rico. Carazo was considered to be a boxing reincarnation of Wilfredo Benitez or Wilfredo Gomez by many of his fans, and he won his first five professional bouts by knockout in 1984. By his sixth bout, however, he had to rise..
Juan Cardinal Sandoval Íñiguez
His Eminence Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (born March 28, 1933 in Yahualica de González Gallo, Jalisco, Mexico) is a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Sandoval Íñiguez entered the seminary in 1945 and then went to Rome where he continued his studies. Sandoval Íñiguez was ordained as a pries..
Juan Carlos Alarcón
Juan Carlos Alarcón García (born 27 October 1971, Mérida, Venezuela) is Venezuelan actor. He is internationally known as his role as maternal uncle of Juana Pérez in Coral telenovela Juana la virgen. Contents 1 Filmography1.1 TV series1.2 Movies2 References Filmography TV..
Juan Carlos Arciniegas
Juan Carlos Arciniegas is the producer and a correspondent journalist for Escenario, a half-hour show broadcated by CNN en Español (the Spanish language CNN), that covers the latest entertainment world news. He also works as movie critic on Ojo Crítico, a weekly survey show about upcoming films. B..
Juan Carlos Blumberg
Juan Carlos Blumberg is an Argentine textile engineer, father of the late Axel Blumberg, an engineering student kidnapped and murdered in March 2004. He was named Humanitarian of the Year by the LatinTrade magazine the same year for his campaign Crusade for Axel. At the time of the kidnapping, Buen..
Juan Carlos Burbano
Juan Carlos Burbano (born 15 February, 1969) is a retired Ecuadorian football player. He played for a few clubs, including Deportivo Quito and Nacional Quito. He played for the Ecuador national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. ..
Juan Carlos Carbonell
Juan Carlos Carbonell (born May 16, 1970), is a Chilean open wheel racecar driver. Born in in Santiago, he began racing in the Chilean Formula 3 Series in 1989-1994. In 1995 he moved up to the Indy Lights, followed by the IMSA World Sports Car series in 1996. In late 1996, he started a single rac..
Juan Carlos Cardinal Aramburu
Juan Carlos Cardinal Aramburu (February 11, 1912-November 18, 2004) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina from 1975 to 1990, and was named to the College of Cardinals by Pope Paul VI in the consistory of 1976. Ordained a priest in 1934, he became a bishop in 1946, serving suc..
Juan Carlos Chávez
Juan Carlos Chávez (born January 18, 1967) is a retired Mexican football player. He played for Mexico national football team and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. ..
Juan Carlos Cremata
Biography --> One of the leading and most original directors in Cuba, Juan Carlos Cremata was born on november 18, 1961. In 1991 he graduated from the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños in Havana with his already classic: Oscuros Rinocerontes Enjaulados, a short film that went..
Juan Carlos Cruz
Juan Carlos Cruz is the host of Food Network's popular show Calorie Commando. He is famous for losing weight by making low fat, low calorie versions of popular dishes. ..
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (born February 12 1980, in Onteniente) is a professional tennis player from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the French Open in 2003, and in October that year he became the 21st player to hold the World No. 1 ATP singles ranking. He has also been a runner-up ..
Juan Carlos Franco
Juan Carlos Franco (born April 17 1973) is a former Paraguayan footballer who played as a midfielder. Franco, a one-club man, started and ended his career at Club Olimpia of Paraguay where he became a fan-favorite because of his loyalty and contributions to the club. He represented Paraguay at the ..
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is a Spanish film director. His only current full-length picture is Intacto, but he will take over Danny Boyle's role as director in the sequel to 28 Days Later, called 28 Weeks Later. ..
Juan Carlos Gumucio
Juan Carlos Gumucio (born November 7, 1949 - died February 25, 2002) was a Bolivian-born journalist, writer and linguist. The son of an architect, from an affluent and old-established family, Juan Carlos worked as a journalist for over 30 years, having started his career in his hometown, Cochabam..
Juan Carlos I of Spain
King Juan Carlos I Reign 22 November, 1975 - Present Predecessor Vacant Heir Apparent Felipe, Prince of Asturias Spouse Sofia of Greece and Denmark Issue Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca Felipe, Prince of Asturias Royal House B..
Juan Carlos Lectoure
Juan Carlos Lectoure nicknamed Tito was an Argentine businessman, mainly involved in boxing/sports events and former owner of Buenos Aires' Luna Park stadium. ..
Juan Carlos Lemus
Juan Carlos Lemus (born May 6, 1965) is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He also won the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 1991, beating the reigning champion at that time, Israel Akopkochyan. ..
Juan Carlos Lorenzo
Juan Carlos "Toto" Lorenzo (October 22 1922, Buenos Aires-November 14 2001, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine football (soccer) player and coach. He is an icon for Boca Juniors fans, as he coached the club to its first two Copa Libertadores titles. Contents 1 Biography2 Career2.1 As p..
Juan Carlos Navarro
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Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball)
Juan Carlos Navarro (born June 13, 1980 in Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona), nicknamed La Bomba (The Bomb), is a Spanish basketball player. The 1.92 m (6 ft 3 in) and 79 kg (169 lb) shooting guard/point guard currently plays for FC Barcelona of the Spanish ACB. He is widely considered one of the ..
Juan Carlos Oblitas
Juan Carlos Oblitas (born February 16, 1951 in Mollendo, Arequipa) is a Peruvian ex-football player and later a football manager, who is nicknamed El Ciego. As a player, he was a participant at the 1978 FIFA World Cup and at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He obtained 64 international caps with Peru. In ye..
Juan Carlos Onetti
Juan Carlos Onetti, born July 1, 1909 in Montevideo, Uruguay - died May 30, 1994 in Madrid, Spain, was a novelist and short-story writer. A high school dropout, Onetti's first novel, El pozo, published in 1939, met with his close friends' immediate acclaim, as well as from some writers and journali..
Juan Carlos Onganía
Juan Carlos Onganía Term of Office: June 29 1966—June 8 1970 Predecessor: Arturo Illia Successor: Roberto M. Levingston Vice-president: none Date of Birth: March 17,1914 Place of Birth: Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires Date of Death: June 8,1995 Place of Death: Buenos Aires Profession: Mil..
Juan Carlos Patino-Arango
Juan Carlos Patino-Arango was a Roman Catholic seminarian who is accused of child molestation and indecency. While studying in a Roman Catholic seminary, he allegedly molested three boys, who have since filed suit against him, the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza and Pop..
Juan Carlos Pérez Góngora
Juan Carlos Pérez Góngora is a Mexican politician from Nuevo León affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who currently serves in the lower house of the Mexican Congress. Pérez Góngora received a bachelor's degree in accounting from the Universidad Regiomontana (UR) and a mas..
Juan Carlos Plata
Juan Carlos Plata (born January 1, 1971, in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan football striker, the all-time international caps and goals leader for his national team. He has played all of his professional club career in CSD Municipal and is also the all-time top goalscorer for that club, and has bro..
Juan Carlos Pulido
Juan Carlos Pulido [poo-LEE-do] (born August 5, 1971 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Minnesota Twins (1994, 2003-04). He bats and throws left-handed. Signed at 18 in 1989 by Minnesota, the hard-throwing Pulido was a bright prospect in..
Juan Carlos Reyes
Juan Carlos Reyes was de facto Federal Interventor of Córdoba, Argentina from April 9, 1970 to June 17, 1970. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Juan Carlos Robinson Agramonte
Juan Carlos Robinson Agramonte was a member of the Cuban politburo and First Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Cuban Communist Party in Santiago de Cuba. In April 2006 he was dismissed from the Politburo, and in June he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption. [link] ..
Juan Carlos Romero
Juan Carlos Romero (b. 16 November 1950) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, the current governor of Salta Province. Romero was born in Salta where his father Roberto Romero was a politician, later governor of the province. He studied law and political science at the University of Buenos..
Juan Carlos Romero Hicks
Juan Carlos Romero Hicks (b. December 10, 1955 in the city of Guanajuato) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party (PAN). He is the current Governor of Guanajuato. Personal life and education Romero holds a bachelor's degree in industrial relations from the University of Guan..
Juan Carlos Stekelman
Juan Carlos Stekelman (born March 29, 1936, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a leading Argentine painter and print maker. He started his artistic studies at the Buenos Aires University of Engineering, before transferring to the Manuel Belgrano School of Arts and graduating in 1962. In the mid-1960s ..
Juan Carlos Valerón
Juan Carlos Valerón Santana (born June 17, 1975 in Arguineguin, Gran Canaria) is a deeply religous Spanish football (soccer) midfielder, who currently plays for Deportivo de La Coruña. Previously, Valerón played for UD Las Palmas (1995-97), RCD Mallorca (1997-98), and Atletico Madrid (1998-2000)..
Juan Carlos Wasmosy
Juan Carlos Wasmosy Monti (born December 15, 1938) was the President of Paraguay from 1993 until 1998. He was a member of the Colorado Party. Born in Asunción, Paraguay, Wasmosy trained as a civil engineer and became head of the Paraguayan consortium working on the Itaipu Dam. During this project..
Juan Carlos Yegros
Juan Carlos Yegros (born 15 July 1971) is a Paraguayan footballer. He represented Paraguay at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. External links [Career history] at Weltfussball.de ..
Juan Carlos Zabala
Juan Carlos Zabala (October 11, 1911 – January 24, 1983) was an Argentine athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Born in Rosario, Juan Carlos Zabala played football and basketball and did some swimming, before he met his future coach Alexander Stirling in 1927. Z..
Juan Carlo Salvania
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Juan Castillo
Juan Francisco Castillo [cas-TEEL-lyo] (born June 23, 1970 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played for the New York Mets (1994). Castillo compiled a career 0-0 record with 17 strikeouts and a 6.94 of ERA in 11 innings. See also List ..
Juan Castro
Juan Castro (born Juan Gabriel Castro in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico on June 20, 1972) is a Major League Baseball infielder. He is a currently a shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds. Castro bats right-handed, throws right-handed, and wears number 9. Castro is a 1990 graduate of CBTIS 43 High School ..
Juan Castro Blanco National Park
Juan Castro Blanco National Park ..
Juan Claudio de la Hoz y Mota
Juan Claudio de la Hoz y Mota (1630?-1710?), Spanish dramatist, was born in Madrid. He became a Knight of Santiago in 1653, and soon afterwards succeeded his father as regidor of Burgos. In 1665 he was nominated to an important post at the Treasury, and in his later years acted as official censor o..
Juan Čobrda
The Rev. Juan Čobrda is a retired bishop of the Lutheran church, heading a national church body in Argentina and the Slovak Zion Synod in the United States. He was born in Príbovce, near Martin, Slovakia on the 11th of August 1930. After World War II his family emigrated to Argentina. He was orda..
Juan Coghen
Juan Luis Coghen Alberdingk-Thijm (born July 9, 1959) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. ..
Juan Cole
Juan Ricardo Irfan Cole (born October, 1952) is a professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History in the History Department at the University of Michigan. He maintains a popular weblog and has been involved in several public controversies for his support of Arab and Muslim causes, and his c..
Juan Cole/sandbox
Juan R. I. Cole is a professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History in the History Department at the University of Michigan. Since 2002, he has become prominent as a blogger and pundit critical of U.S. and Israeli policies in the Middle East. Contents 1 Education and background2&nbs..
Juan Cole/sandbox/3
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Juan Cominges
Juan Cominges Full name: Juan Elías Cominges Mayorga.Nicknames: El Principe, la GirafaBirth date: October 1, 1983Place of birth: Callao, Peru.Position: Midfielder (creative, attacking) Peruvian footballer who has risen to fame in the South American scene over the recent years. This left-footed mi..
Juan Cortina
Juan Nepomuceno Cortina Goseacochea (May 16 1824–October 30 1894), better known as Juan Cortina or by his nicknames "Cheno Cortina" and "the Red Robber of the Rio Grande", was a Mexican rancher, politician, military leader, outlaw and folk hero. He is famous for leading a paramilitary Mexic..
Juan Corzo
Juan Corzo y Principe (1873 - 1941) was a Cuban chess master, champion of Cuba immediatialy preceding Capablanca. Born in Madrid, Corzo emigrated to Cuba in 1887. He studied under Pichardo and became Champion of the Havana Chess Club. He is best known for losing to Capablanca (4-3, 6 draws) in ..
Juan Crespi
Crespi redirects here. For the artist, please see Giovanni Battista Crespi. Juan Crespi (1721–1782), was a Spanish missionary and explorer in the Southwest, a Franciscan. He came to America in 1749, and in 1767 he went to the Baja California peninsula in charge of Mission Purísima Concepción. In..
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga
Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola (January 27, 1806 – January 17, 1826) was an early 19th-century Spanish composer who has been called the "Spanish Mozart." Arriaga acquired this nickname after he died because, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was also a child prodigy and ..
Juan Crisóstomo Falcón
Juan Crisóstomo Falcón y Zavarce Juan Crisóstomo Falcón y Zavarce (27 January 1820 – 29 April 1870) was president of Venezuela (1863-1868). Member of the liberal Venezuelan Federalist Party, he first served as president of Venezuela as the supreme chief of a rebel movement in Augus..
Juan Croucier
Juan Croucier (born August 22 1959) is an American, heavy metal musician. He was formerly a bassist for the metal bands Dokken and Ratt. Some people claim that in 1983, he and Jeff Pilson swapped places when Juan left Dokken for Ratt and claim that Pilson left Ratt to join Dokken. However, Juan Crou..
Juan Cruz
The name Juan Cruz may refer to: Juan Cruz (Baseball player)Juan Cruz (director) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Juan Cruz (Baseball player)
Juan Carlos Cruz (born October 15, 1978 in Bonao, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball pitcher who currently pitches for the Arizona Diamondbacks (since 2006) in the starting rotation. Cruz attended Janaco Bonao High School in Bonao. Juan was signed for the Chicago Cubs by scout Jose Se..
Juan Cruz (director)
Juan Cruz is a Spanish screenwriter and director. He co-directed the film Tapas as his directorial debut. External links ..
Juan Cruz Álvarez
Juan Cruz Álvarez (born November 20 1985 in Arrecifes, Argentina) is a race car driver. In 2005 he will drive for Campos in the GP2 Series, and has previously competed in Argentinian Formula Renault (2001-2002) and in the World Series by Nissan in 2004. In 2003 he was the World Series Light champio..
Juan D'Arienzo
Juan D'Arienzo (December 14, 1900-January 14, 1976) was an Argentine tango musician, also known as "El Rey del Compas" (King of the Beat). Departing from other orchestras of the golden age, D'Arienzo returned to the 2x4 feel that characterized music of the old guard, but he used more modern arrangem..
Juan d' anyelica
Juan d'anyelica is a Jazz Flamenco guitarist from Spain who plays extensively throughout Mexico. Recently, he appeared on Paco de Lucia's album Cositas Buenas. Furthermore, he has appeared at the Cancun Jazz Festival [link] ..
Juan Dalmau Ramírez
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Juan Damas Velasco
Juan Damas Velasco (born May 17, 1977 in Sevilla) is a Spanish football player. He played mostly for Sevilla FC and Celta Vigo. He played for Spain national football team and was a participant at the 2000 UEFA European Championship. Currently in negotiations for a move to the English Premier Leag..
Juan del Encina
Juan del Encina (1469-ca. 1533), often called the founder of Spanish drama, was born in 1469 near Salamanca, probably at [Encina de San Silvestre]. On leaving the University of Salamanca he became a member of the household of the second Duke of Alva. In 1492 the poet entertained his patr..
Juan Demóstenes Arosemena
Juan Demóstenes Arosemena (24 June, 1879 in Panama City - 16 December, 1939 in Penonomé) was President of Panama from October 1 1936 to December 16 1939. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Juan de Acuña, marqués de Casafuerte
Don Juan de Acuña y Manrique, marqués de Casafuerte (1658, Lima—March 17, 1734, Mexico City) was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from October 15, 1722 to March 17, 1734. Juan de Acuña y Manrique was the second criollo (meaning that he was Spanish but born in the New ..
Juan de Agramonte
Juan de Agramonte (fl. 1511) was a sailor from the Catalan region of Spain thought to have possibly travelled to Newfoundland in 1511. Because of England's ever increasing voyages to the New World, Spain became concerned by English intrusions into her territories, and planned to explore the north ..
Juan de Albi
Juan de Albi was a Spanish Carthusian of the Convent Val-Christ, near Segovia, date of birth uncertain; died 27 December, 1591. He was familiar with the Oriental languages, especially Hebrew, and had the reputation of being a skilled commentator. His work is: "Sacrarum semioseon, animadversionum et ..
Juan de Ávalos
Juan de Ávalos (b. Mérida, Spain, October 21, 1911 - d. Madrid, Spain, July 7, 2006) was a Spanish sculptor. Author of Los amantes de Teruel (The lovers of Teruel) in Teruel, Monumento a Luis Carrero Blanco (Monument to Luis Carrero Blanco) in Santoña, Cantabria, his most controversial works a..
Juan de Ayala
Juan de Ayala (28th December, 1745 - 30th December, 1797) was a Spanish naval officer who played a significant role in the European exploration of California, since he and the crew of his ship the San Carlos are the first Europeans known to have entered the San Francisco Bay. Ayala was born in Osun..
Juan de Bermudez
Juan de Bermudez (ber-moo'-deth) was a Spanish navigator of the 16th century. His fame is chiefly due to his discovery of the Bermuda Islands (1522), which are named in his honor. He died in 1570. ..
Juan de Betanzos
Juan de Betanzos was a Spanish scribe who worked for the Catholic Church in 16th century Peru. Little is known of de Betanzos's personal life, but by 1542 he was living in #redirect Cuzco and engaged in an ongoing study of Inca cultural traditions. He learned at least someQuechua, and married an Inc..
Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona
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Juan de Dios Castillo
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. Juan de Dios Castillo Gonzal..
Juan de Dios Ibarra
Juan de Dios Ibarra Corral (born February 17, 1979 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico) is a Mexican football goalkeeper who currently plays for Club América in the First Division in his native country. Career Ibarra began his career at Monterrey, where after spending several years in the youth squads,..
Juan de Dios Martínez
Juan de Dios Martínez was President of Ecuador 1932-1933. ..
Juan de Dios Orozco
Juan de Dios Orozco was Nicaraguan head of state in 1843. ..
Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales
Juan de Dios "El Capi" Ramírez Perales (born 8 March 1969 in Mexico City) is a retired Mexican football defender. He got 49 caps for the Mexican national team between 1991 and 1995, and was a squad member at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he played all four games. Clubs UNAM PumasCF MonterreyTor..
Juan de Escovedo
Juan de Escovedo (d. 1578), Spanish politician, secretary of John of Austria (Don Juan de Austria), and chiefly notable as having been the victim of one of the mysteries of the 16th century, began life in the household of Ruy Gomez de Silva, prince of Eboli, the most trusted minister of the early ye..
Juan de Flandes
Resurrection of Lazarus, c. 1500-1510. Juan de Flandes was a painter who was active in Spain from 1496 to 1519. He worked for Isabella of Castile and, after her death in 1504, for Spanish churches. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [media] ..
Juan de Fuca
Juan de Fuca (born 1536 as Ioannis Phokas in Kefalonia/Greece; † 1602 in Zákynthos/Greece, often reported as Apostolos Valerianos), was a Greek captain employed by Spain to sail northward from Mexico and look for a northern passage from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. In 1592 his explora..
Juan de Fuca Electoral Area
The Juan de Fuca Electoral Area comprises Electoral Districts B ("Langford") and D ("Sooke") of the Capital Regional District (CRD) of the Canadian Province of British Columbia. It consists of unincorporated districts in the CRD, exclusive of Salt Spring Island (Saltspring Island Electoral Area) an..
Juan de Fuca Plate
A map of the Juan de Fuca Plate The Juan de Fuca Plate, named after the explorer, is a tectonic plate subducting under the northerly portion of the western side of the North American Plate. It is bounded on the south by the Mendocino fault zone and along the west by the Pacific Plate. The Jua..
Juan de Fuca Provincial Park
Juan de Fuca Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Conservation4 Recreation5 See also6 External links History The park was established April 4, 1996. The region is so biologically significant that the Unive..
Juan de Fuca Trail
Following the southwestern edge of Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada), the Juan de Fuca Trail is a rugged, 47 km long backpacking (wilderness) trail. The trail is located in Juan de Fuca Provincial Park. Established in 1994, the trail begins at China Beach (near River Jordan) and ends at..
Juan de Garay
Juan de Garay (born in 1528 in Orduña, Spain - died near the Río de la Plata in 1583) was a Spanish conquistador. Garay worked and fought for the Spanish Empire, first in the Viceroyalty of Peru, and then at the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. He was governor of Asunción (present Paraguay) ..
Juan de Grijalva
Juan de Grijalva (born around 1489 in Cuéllar - January 21 1527) was a Spanish conquistador. Some authors said he was from the same family as Diego Velázquez. He went to Hispaniola in 1508 and to Cuba in 1511. He was one of the earliest to explore the shores of Mexico. He left Cuba with four shi..
Juan de Herrera
Juan de Herrera (b. Mobellán (Santander), Spain 1530 - d. Madrid, Spain 1593) was a Spanish architect. Juan de Herrera completed his studies at the University of Valladolid in the spring of 1548. He helped to plan El Escorial which introduced a style that influenced Spanish architecture for ov..
Juan de Jáuregui
For the Spanish painter and writer, see Juan de Jáuregui y Aguilar (1583-1641). Juan de Jáuregui (1562 - March 18, 1582) was killed trying to assassinate Prince William I of Orange. He was a Biscayan by his birth in Bilbao. In 1582, he was in the service of a Spanish fur merchant, Gaspar de Añ..
Juan de Jáuregui y Aguilar
Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Hurtado de la Sal (24 November 1583 – 11 January 1641), was a Spanish poet, scholar and painter in the Siglo de Oro. Contents 1 Biography2 Bibliography3 References4 See also Biography Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Hurtado de la Sal (also kn..
Juan de Lángara
Juan Francisco de Lángara y Huarte, A Coruña, Galicia c. 1736-Madrid, 1806) Spanish naval officer who fought Rodney at the Moonlight Battle or Cabo Santa María, off Gibraltar Spain, 16 January 1780. Having entered the royal Spanish navy at a young age, Lángara quickly distinguished himself in va..
Juan de la Cierva
Juan de la Cierva (21 September 1895 – 19 December 1936) was a Spanish aeronautical engineer and pilot. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1919 of the Autogiro, a type of aircraft that later came to called an autogyro. After four years of experimentation, la Cierva developed ..
Juan de la Cosa
Juan de la Cosa Map of Juan de la Cosa Juan de la Cosa (c. 1460- February 28, 1510), was a Spanish cartographer, conquistador and explorer. De la Cosa was the maker of the first world map to incorporate the territories of the Americas that were discovered in the 15th century. Contents..
Juan de la Cruz
Juan de la Cruz is Spanish for John of the Cross In the Philippines, the name Juan de la Cruz is symbolically used to represent the "average Filipino" and usually he's wearing the native Salakot hat, barong tagalog, pants, and slippers (commonly called as step-ins). It can also be used to refer to..
Juan De la Cruz Band
The Juan De la Cruz Band was the first Pinoy rock and roll band in the Philippines. In December 1970, the band was featured in the first open field rock festival in the Philippines, the Antipolo Rock Festival. The band's popularity gained momentum in September 1971 when it backed up the production o..
Juan de la Cruz Band
In 1970, the Pinoy rock band known as the Juan de la Cruz Band was born. Though many musicians had crossed the band's path, it mainly consisted of Joey "Pepe" Smith, Wally Gonzalez, and Mike Hanopol. Contents 1 Timeline2 Discography2.1 Albums2.1.1 Singles3 Notable member..
Juan de la Cruz Fernández Miranda
Juan de la Cruz Fernández Miranda (born November 11, 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a rugby player who has so far won 26 caps playing at fly-half or centre for the Argentina rugby union side (los Pumas). He made his international test debut at the age of 22 on 27 September, 1997 against Urugua..
Juan de la Cueva
Juan de la Cueva (born 1550 in Seville; died 1609 or 1610) was a Spanish dramatist and poet. Towards 1579, he began writing for the stage. His plays, fourteen in number, were published in 1588, and are the earliest manifestations of the dramatic methods developed by Lope de Vega. Abandoning the Sen..
Juan de la Encina
Juan de la Encina may refer to: the pseudonym of Spanish writer Ricardo Gutiérrez AbascalJuan del Encina, the Spanish dramatist This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the l..
Juan de la Rosa
Juan de la Rosa Profile Born August 7, 1986 Birthplace Tamaulipas, Mexico Nationality Mexican Residence Harlingen, USA Height 5' 9" Nickname El Gallo Negro Classification Middleweight Boxing Record Fights 6 Wins (KOs) 6 (5) Losses 0 Draws 0 Contender Results First Round Beat Salma..
Juan de Leyva de la Cerda, conde de Baños y marqués de Leyva
Don Juan de Leyva de la Cerda, conde de Baños y marqués de Leyva y de Ladrada (February 2, 1604, Alcalá de Henares—March 27, 1678, Guadalajara, Spain) was a Spanish nobleman and viceroy of New Spain from September 16, 1660 to June 28, 1664. Contents 1 Early career2 Abuses as..
Juan de Mariana
Juan de Mariana, (1536, Talavera - February 17 1624, Madrid), was a Spanish historian. He studied at the University of Alcalá, and was admitted at the age of seventeen into the Society of Jesus. In 1561 he went to teach theology in Rome, reckoning among his pupils Robert Bellarmine, afterwards car..
Juan de Matos Fragoso
Juan de Matos Fragoso (1614-?1689), a Spanish dramatist of Portuguese descent, was born about 1614 at Alsitc (Alemtejo). After taking his degree in law at the University of Evora, he proceeded to Madrid, where he made acquaintance with Juan Pérez de Montalbán, and thus obtained an introduction to ..
Juan de Mena
Juan de Mena (1411-1456) was a Spanish poet from Córdoba. He was an important administrator for John II of Castile; his poetry is generally considered to be monotonous but with occasional flashes of brilliance. ..
Juan de Mena District
Juan de Mena is a district of the Cordillera Department, Paraguay. ..
Juan de Mendoza y Luna, marqués de Montesclaros
Don Juan de Mendoza y Luna, Marquis of Montesclaros (es: Don Juan de Mendoza y Luna, marqués de Montesclaros) (January, 1571, Guadalajara, Spain—October 9, 1628, Madrid), Spanish nobleman, man of letters, and the tenth viceroy of New Spain. He governed from October 27, 1603 to July 2, 1607..
Juan de Nova Island
Juan de Nova Island (French: locally Île Juan de Nova or officially Île Juan da Nova) is a 4.4 km² low, flat, tropical island in the narrowest part of the Mozambique Channel, about one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique at [17°03′S 42°45′E]. Anchorage i..
Juan de Oñate
Juan de Oñate Don Juan de Oñate y Salazar (1552 – 1626) was a Spanish explorer, colonial governor of the New Spanish (present day Mexico) province of New Mexico, and founder of various settlements in the present day Southwest of the United States. Oñate was born in the New Spanish ..
Juan de Padilla
For the revolutionary see Juan Lopez de Padilla. Juan de Padilla (1500?–1544?), born in Andalusia, was a Spanish Roman Catholic missionary who spent much of his life exploring North America alongside Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. Over three hundred Spaniards, including Padilla and three othe..
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
Archbishop Juan de Palafox y Mendoza Don Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (June 26, 1600, Navarre—October 1, 1659, Navarre) was a Spanish bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. He also held political office in the New World. From June 10, 1642 to November 23, 1642 he was viceroy of New Spain. ..
Juan de Pareja
Juan de Pareja, as painted by Diego Velázquez (1650) Juan de Pareja (1610-1670), a native of Seville and mulatto son of a female slave, is primarily known as a member of the household and workshop of painter Diego Velázquez. He was also a painter in his own right, but never rose to the level ..
Juan de Quevedo
Juan de Quevedo (Bejori, c. 1450 - Barcelona, December 24, 1519) was a Spanish Franciscan priest and bishop. His antecedents are unknown. At the request of King Ferdinand, husband of Queen Isabella, Pope Leo X, on August 28, 1513, appointed Quevedo bishop of Santa Maria de la Antigua, or Darien, on..
Juan de Quintana
Juan de Quintana (?–1534) was a Franciscan friar and confessor to the Habsburg emperor Charles V. Juan de Quintana was a student of Eramus and a student at the Sorbonne receiving his doctorate there. He was a member of the Cortès d’Aragon, the parliament or advisory council for the King o..
Juan de Saavedra
Juan de Saavedra was president of the Audiencia of Lima (Peru) in February, 1564, when Viceroy Diego López de Zúñiga y Velasco died or was killed. Saavedra served as interim viceroy briefly until Lope García de Castro replaced him as president of the Audiencia and interim viceroy later in the sa..
Juan de Salcedo
Juan de Salcedo (b.1549 - d. Ilocos Sur, 1576) was a Spanish commander and soldier. He was known as the last of the conquistadors. Born in Mexico in 1549, Salcedo was the second eldest grandson of Miguel López de Legazpi. He joined Legazpi and brother Felipe de Salcedo in 1564 for the conquest of ..
Juan de Tassis y Peralta, 2nd Count of Villamediana
Don Juan de Tassis y Peralta, 2nd Count of Villamediana, (es: Don Juan de Tassis y Peralta, secundo conde de Villamediana) (1582 - August 21, 1622), was a Spanish poet. In Spain he is simply known as Conde de Villamediana. He was born at Lisbon towards the end of 1582. His father, a distinguished d..
Juan de Torquemada
Juan de Torquemada may refer to; Juan de Torquemada, a 15th century Cardinal and author.Fray Juan de Torquemada, a 17th century Spanish historian. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may w..
Juan de Torquemada (Cardinal)
Juan de Torquemada (1388 - September 26, 1468), or rather Johannes de Turrecremata, Spanish ecclesiastic, was born at Valladolid, and was educated in that city. At an early age he joined the Dominican Order, and soon distinguished himself for learning and devotion. In 1415 he accompanied the genera..
Juan de Valdés
Juan de Valdés (c. 1509-1541), Spanish religious writer, younger of twin sons of Fernando de Valdés, hereditary regidor of Cuenca in Castile, was born about 1500 at Cuenca. He has been confused with his twin-brother Alfonso (in the suite of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, at his coronation in Aach..
Juan de Valdés Leal
Juan de Valdés Leal (1622–1690) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque era. External links [Find-A-Grave profile for Juan de Valdés Leal] ..
Juan de Valladolid
Juan de Valladolid (English: John of Valladoid) (1420-?), also known as Juan Poeta ("John the poet"), was a Castilian poet. Born Jewish, he converted to Christianity later in life. As a Marrano, or baptized Jew, he married a Christian woman named Jamila. Some say he later married a Moorish woman in..
Juan de Vega
Juan de Vega was an ambassador of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. He first served as ambassador of Charles V at Rome, where he met Ignatius of Loyola. Esteeming him and Ignatius’ religious order, the Jesuits, when Vega was appointed Viceroy of Sicily he brought Jesuits with him. A Jesuit college ..
Juan de Zumárraga
Juan de Zumárraga (1468 – 3 June 1548) was a Spanish Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico. Zumárraga was born in Durango in Spain's Basque provinces. He entered the Franciscan Order, and in 1527 was custodian of the convent of Abrojo, where he received Charles V. Shortly afterwards..
Juan Díaz
Juan Díaz is a common personal name in most Spanish-speaking countries that can refer to different people: Juan Díaz Canales, a Spanish comics artistJuan Díaz de Solís, a Spanish navigatorJuan Díaz, a secular priestJuan Díaz, an Argentinian boxerJuan Díaz, a Mexican-American boxerJuan Díaz..
Juan Díaz Canales
Juan Díaz Canales (born in 1972 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish comics artist and an animated film director. Biography At an early age, Juan Díaz Canales became interested in comics and their creation, which progressed and broadened out to include animated films. At the age of 18, he entered a sc..
Juan Díaz de Solís
Juan Díaz de Solís, (Lebrija, Seville, 1470 – Rio de la Plata, 1516), Spanish navigator and explorer. Díaz de Solís was navigator on expeditions to the Yucatan in 1506 and Brazil in 1508 with Vicente Yáñez Pinzón. He became a pilot-major in 1512 following the death of Amerigo Vespucci. T..
Juan Diego (actor)
Juan Diego (* 14 December 1942 in Bormujos, Seville, Spain; † ), full name Juan Diego Ruíz Montero is a Spanish actor who has appeared on stage, in television and film productions since 1957. Among his leading roles are San Juan de la Cruz in La noche oscur (1989), Cabeza de Vaca in Cabeza de V..
Juan Diego Botto
--> Juan Diego Botto-Rota (born August 29, 1975, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-Spanish actor. Botto's father disappeared during the Argentine Dirty War when Juan Diego was only two years old. With his mother and older sister María, also an actress, he moved to Madrid, Spain in searc..
Juan Diego Botto-Rotta
--> Juan Diego Botto-Rota (born August 29th 1975, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a Argentine-Spanish actor. Initially Juan Diego's life started out with some hardship, having his father disappear in the Argentine Dirty War when Juan Diego was only 2. His Mother and older sister Maria Botto, also a..
Juan diego catholic high school
Juan Diego Catholic High School Founded in 1999 in Draper, Utah, Juan Diego Catholic is the third Catholic High School in the state of Utah. It's campus features three computer labs, a large library, a cafeteria, and two gyms, as well as weightlifting facilities. It's campus also contains St. Joh..
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
Tradition maintains that Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin was an indigenous Mexican who had a vision of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe. He was canonised in the Roman Catholic Church on July 31, 2002, becoming the first indigenous American saint in the Catholic Church. Statue of Saint Juan ..
Juan Diego Flórez
Juan Diego Flórez was born in Lima, Peru on January 13, 1973 where his father, Rubén Flórez, was a noted guitarist and singer of Peruvian folk and Creole music. Initially intending to pursue a career in popular music, he entered the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Lima at the age of 17. His ..
Juan Dinarés
Juan Antonio Dinarés Quera (born September 23, 1969 in Terrassa) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. ..
Juan Dixon
Juan Dixon is a professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. Dixon lived a tragic childhood as both his mother and father were addicted to heroin and died before he reached the age of 18. Dixon used basketball as an escape and with his unwavering work ethic, suc..
Juan Donoso Cortés
Juan Donoso Cortés, marqués de Valdegamas (May 6, 1809 - May 3, 1853), Spanish author and diplomatist, was born at Valle de la Serena (Extremadura). He studied law at Seville, and entered politics as an advanced liberal under the influence of Quintana. His views began to modify after the rising a..
Juan Downey
Juan Downey Juan Downey (May 11, 1940 - June 9,1993) was a pioneer video artist. Born in Santiago, Chile, he received a B.A. in architecture from the Catholic University of Chile. He also studied at S.W. Hayter's Atelier 17 in Paris and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He immigrat..
Juan Eichelberger
Juan Tyrone Eichelberger Bats Right, Throws RightHeight 6' 3", Weight 205 lb. University of CaliforniaDebut September 7, 1978Final Game June 20, 1988Born October 21, 1953 in St. Louis, MO USA [BR page] Playing career In 1989 and 1990, Juan Eichelberger played for the West Palm Beach T..
Juan Emilio Cheyre
Juan Emilio Cheyre Espinosa (b. October 10 1947) is a retired Chilean Army General. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army from 2002 to 2006. As Commander-in-Chief he attempted to distance the Army from former dictator General Augusto Pinochet, and condemned the human rights abuses of Pinoche..
Juan Encarnación
Juan Encarnación #43 Position Right Fielder Team St. Louis Cardinals Years of Experience 9 years Age 30 Height 6-3 Weight 215 lb. Bats Right Throws Right College N/A 2006 Salary ,500,000 Place of Birth Las Matas de Farfan, Dominican Republic Signe..
Juan Escarré
Juan Pablo Escarré Urueña (born February 23, 1969 in Alicante) is a Spanish field hockey player, who competed for Spain in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, when he captured the silver medal with his national side. In December 2004 the veteran midfielder won the Champions Trophy in Lahore..
Juan Escoiquiz
Juan Escoiquiz (1762-1820) was a Spanish ecclesiastic, politician and writer born in Navarre in 1762. His father was a general officer and he began life as a page in the court of King Charles III. He entered the church and was provided for by a prebend at Saragossa. In his memoirs, Manuel de Godoy a..
Juan Espinola
Juan Espínola was a Dominican merengue musician in the early 20th century. He is best known for his attempts to bring merengue music to mainstream audiences through ballrooms and other public venues. These attempts failed during his career due to the risque nature of the merengue lyrics. Reference..
Juan Esquivel
Juan Esquivel may refer to: Costa Rican footballerSpanish Governor of Jamaica, 1510 - 1514Juan García Esquivel, Mexican band leader, pianist, and film composer. ..
Juan Esteban Montero
Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez (1879 - 1948) was a Chilean political figure. He served as president of Chile between 1931 and 1932. |- style="text-align: center;" Presidents of Chile Blanco Encalada | Freire | Pinto Díaz | Prieto | Bulnes | Montt Torres | Pérez | Errázuriz Zañartu ..
Juan Esteban Pedernera
Juan E. Pedernera Term of Office: November 5 1861—December 12 1861 Predecessor: Santiago Derqui Successor: Bartolomé Mitre Vice-president: none Date of Birth: December 25 1796 Place of Birth: San José del Morro, San Luis Date of Death: February 1 1886 Place of Death: Buenos Aires ..
Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch
Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch (September 6, 1806-August 2, 1880) was a Spanish dramatist. He was born at Madrid, the son of a German carpenter, and was educated for the priesthood. Having no religious vocation, he followed his father's trade till 1830, when he learned shorthand and joined the staff o..
Juan Eusebio Nieremberg
Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595, Madrid—April 7 1658, Madrid), Spanish Jesuit and mystic. He joined the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1614, and subsequently became lecturer on scripture at the Jesuit seminary in Madrid until his death. He was highly esteemed in devout circles as the author of D..
Juan Evangelista Venegas
Juan Evangelista Venegas born c.1928 died 1980s, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was the first Puerto Rican to win an Olympic medal. Venegas grew up in the poor section of San Juan where fighting was a common way of life. Many of the youth saw the sport of boxing as a way to a better life. Among them..
Juan F. Acosta
Juan F. Acosta (May 27, 1890 – 1968), born in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, was a noted Puerto Rican composer and music teacher. Juan F. Acosta Acosta who came from a numerous family, was born and educated in the town of San Sebastian located on the western part of Puerto Rico. His parent..
Juan F. Ramos
Juan Ramos is an at-large member of the Philadelphia City Council. He is the second Latino to serve on the City Council, having helped oust incumbent Angel Ortiz in the 2003 election. redirect[[Template:Portal]]External link [Juan Ramos - Philadelphia City Council] ..
Juan Facundo Quiroga
Juan Facundo Quiroga Juan Facundo Quiroga (1788 – February 16 1835) was an Argentine caudillo (charismatic leader) who supported federalism at the time when the country was still in formation. Contents 1 Early years2 Ruler of La Rioja and federalist leader3 Quiroga's d..
Juan Federico Ponce Vaides
Juan Federico Ponce Vaides (1889 – 1956) was the acting President of Guatemala from 4 July 1944 to 20 October 1944. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Juan Fernández
Juan Fernández (c. 1536–c. 1604) was a Spanish explorer and navigator. Probably between 1563 and 1574 he discovered the Juan Fernández Islands west of Valparaíso, Chile. He also discovered the Pacific islands of San Félix and San Ambrosio (1574). Fernández is the subject of debate over t..
Juan Fernandez Firecrown
The Juan Fernández Firecrown (Sephanoides fernandensis) is a hummingbird found solely on Isla Róbinson Crusoe, one of a three-island archipelago belonging to Chile. It is non-migratory and shares the island with the smaller Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephanoides). The population of thi..
Juan Fernandez Fur Seal
The Juan Fernandez Fur Seal (Arctocephalus philippii) is a fur seal that breeds on the Juan Fernandez Islands off the coast of Chile. It is the second smallest of the pinnipeds (the closely-related Galapagos Fur Seal is smaller still). Discovered by navigator Juan Fernández in the sixteenth centu..
Juan Fernández Islands
Orthographic projection centred over Juan Fernandez The Juan Fernández Islands is a sparsely inhabited island group in the South Pacific Ocean, situated about 667 km off the coast of Chile, and is composed of several volcanic islands: Robinson Crusoe, ([33°38′00″S, 78°51′0..
Juan Fernández Navarrete
Juan Fernández Navarrete (1526-1579), surnamed El Mudo (The Mute), Spanish painter of the Madrid school, was born at Logroño. An illness in infancy deprived him of his hearing, but at a very early age he began to express his wants by sketching objects with a piece of charcoal. He received his fir..
Juan Fernando Cobo
Juan Fernando Cobo Agudelo (born August 27, 1959, in Cali, Colombia) is a Colombian painter, illustrator, sculptor and cultural promoter, one of the most notable artists of his native region, Valle del Cauca. Contents 0.1 Artistic Career0.2 Current Activities0.3 External Links0.3..
Juan Fernando Fonseca
Juan Fernando Fonseca, better known as Fonseca, is a colombian singer who was born in May 29, 1979 in Bogotá. He debuted in 2002 with his first CD, named after himself, which was popular in his home country. It included hits as "Magangue", "Confiésame" and "Noche de Carnaval." His second and cur..
Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Juan Fernando López Aguilar (born June 10, 1961) is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politician, and a the Minister of Justice in the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (since April 18 2004). ..
Juan Ferrara
Juan Ferrara (born Juan Félix Gutiérrez Puerta, November 8, 1943 in Mexico) is a famous Mexican telenovela and film actor, and the son of the well known actress Ofelia Guilmáin, who died on April of 2005. Contents 1 Biography2 Filmography2.1 Telenovelas2.2 Films3 Exter..
Juan Forn
Juan Forn (born 1959 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a writer, translator and editor. He has written three novels (Frivolidad, Corazones cautivos más arriba and Puras mentiras), a compilation of short stories (Nadar de noche) and essays (La tierra elegida). ..
Juan Francisco Azcárate y Ledesma
Juan Francisco Azcárate y Ledesma (1767, Mexico City—January 31, 1831, Mexico City) was a lawyer, a Mexico City councilman, and a leader of the movement for Mexican independence from Spain. Azcárate y Ledesma, born in Mexico City, was a Criollo and a lawyer for rich clients. Shortly after o..
Juan Francisco Bulnes
Juan Francisco Bulnes is a municipality in the Honduran department of Gracias a Dios. ..
Juan Francisco Camacho
Juan Francisco Camacho (1824 - January 23, 1896), Spanish statesman and financier, was born in Cadiz. The first part of his life was devoted to mercantile and financial pursuits at Cadiz and then in Madrid, where he managed the affairs of and liquidated a mercantile and industrial society to the sa..
Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, 1st Count of Revillagigedo
Don Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, 1st Count of Revillagigedo (Spanish: Don Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, primer conde de Rivellagigedo) (1681, Spain—1766, Spain) was a Spanish general, governor of Havana, captain general of Cuba, and viceroy of New Spain (from July 9, 1746 ..
Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra
Captain Juan Francisco Bodega y Quadra, Marina real, circa 1785. Spanish naval officer and explorer Juan Francisco Bodega y Quadra wears the full dress uniform of a captain in the Marina real (the Spanish navy). (Museo Naval, Madrid) Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (baptized 3 June, 1743..
Juan Francisco de Molina
Juan Francisco de Molina was President of Honduras 11 January - 13 April 1839. ..
Juan Francisco García
For othe people named "Juanfran", See Juanfran. Juan Francisco García nickname Juanfran (born 15 July 1976 in Valencia) is a Spanish football full-back. Teams and clubs 1994-1997: Levante UD1997-1999: Valencia CF1999-2004: Celta de Vigo2004-2005: Beşiktaş JK2005-2006: Ajax Amsterdam on loan..
Juan Francisco Marco y Catalán
Juan Francisco Marco y Catalán (born October 24 1771 in Bello, Zaragoza, died March 16 1841 in Rome) was a Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal. He belonged to the Roman Curia. He was created cardinal in December 1828 by Pope Leo XII. Catalán participated at the Papal conclave, 1829 which elected P..
Juan Francisco Masdeu
Juan Francisco Masdeu (1744-1817), Spanish historian, was born at Palermo on the 4th of October 1744. He joined the Company of Jesus on the 19th of December 1759, and became professor in the Jesuit seminaries at Ferrara and Ascoli. He visited Spain in 1799, was exiled, and returned in 1815, dying at..
Juan Gabriel
Juan Gabriel (born Alberto Aguilera Valadés on 7 January 1950, in Cotija, Michoacán) is a Mexican singer and songwriter who is one of the most famous living representative of the Mexican ranchera, ballad, mariachi, and pop music. He attended boarding school in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, but left ..
Juan Galindo
Juan Galindo (1802 – 1839) was a Central American explorer and army officer. He fought for Central American independence from Spain and led the charge that took the fortress at Omoa, the last Spanish stronghold in Central America. Galindo's father was a government official in Costa Rica. He w..
Juan Gallardo
Juan Gallardo is Chairman of Grupo Embotelladoras Unidas S.A. de C.V. (bottling); Chairman of Mexico Fund Inc. (mutual fund); and Vice Chairman of Home Mart de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (retail trade). Former Chairman and CEO of Grupo Azucarero Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (sugar mills). Other directorships: Cat..
Juan García de Zéspedes
Juan García de Zéspedes (Puebla?, 1619 – Puebla August 5, 1678). Mexican composer, singer, and viol player and teacher. He was appointed a soprano in 1630 at Puebla Cathedral. When the maestro refused to teach, Zéspedes took over much of this work. In 1664 he succeeded maestro Gutiérrez de..
Juan García Esquivel
Juan García Esquivel Juan García Esquivel (January 20 1918 – January 3 2002) often known as simply Esquivel, was a Mexican band leader, pianist, and film composer. He's known today mostly for creating unique lounge jazz music. Esquivel is sometimes called "The King of Space Age Pop."..
Juan Garcia Gruber
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Juan García Oliver
Juan García Oliver (1901, Reus, Tarragona Province—1980) was a Catalan Anarcho-syndicalist revolutionary, and a leading figure of Anarchism in Spain. During the General Strike of 1917, García Oliver arrived in Barcelona and got involved in trade union activities. Along with Buenaventura Dur..
Juan Garza
Juan Raul Garza (c1957 - June 19, 2001) was an American murderer and drug trafficker who was executed for a federal crime. In 1993 Garza was convicted of murdering three people during the course of running a marijuana smuggling and distribution ring based in Brownsville, Texas. He was sentenced t..
Juan Giambruno
Dr. Juan Giambruno (born February 23, 1950 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan cardiac surgeon at Universidad de la República, Montevideo. His major work is a fully implantable artificial heart called CATO (Corazón Artificial Total Ortotópico - Spanish for Orthotopic Total Artificial Heart), which l..
Juan Gilberto Funes
Juan Gilberto Funes "El Búfalo" (The Buffalo)(1964-1992) was born in the province of San Luis, Argentina. Known for his physical type of play, he was the terror of any defensive player he ever faced. A vital piece of the 1986 River Plate team that won the Copa Libertadores for the first time, in wh..
Juan Gimenez
Juan Antonio Giménez López (born November 16, 1943) is an Argentine comic book artist. Biography Giménez López was born at Mendoza. He finished his highschool education as industrial designer to later attend the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona (Spain). His first stories, for Argentine e..
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda (1494 - 1573) was a Spanish philosopher and theologian. He was the adversary of Bartolomé de las Casas in the Valladolid Controversy in 1550 concerning the justification of the Spanish Conquest of the Indies. Sepúlveda was the defensor of the Spanish Empire' right of conq..
Juan Gisbert
Juan Gisbert, Sr. (born April 5, 1942, in Barcelona, Spain) played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as No. 32 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings (achieving that ranking on April 8, 1975). He won one singles title and reached the finals at the ..
Juan Gómez
Juan Gómez González, or "Juanito" (November 10, 1954 — April 2, 1992) was a famous and skilled football player for Real Madrid in the 1970s and 1980s. He died in a car accident. However, it was at local rivals that he started his career, having to forge his papers to play for an Under-18 A..
Juan González
''For the journalist and radio host, see Juan Gonzalez; for the former president of Paraguay, see Juan Natalicio González Juan González in Cleveland Indians uniform Juan Alberto González Vázquez (born October 20, 1969 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico), better known as Juan González, and nicknamed..
Juan Gonzalez (journalist)
''For the baseball player, see: Juan Gonzalez Juan Gonzalez is an American investigative journalist. He has been a columnist for the New York Daily News since 1988. He is also a co-host of the radio program Democracy Now!. Gonzalez has written three books. Fallout: The Environmental Consequences o..
Juan González de Mendoza
Juan González de Mendoza (c. 1540-1617) was the author of the first Western history of China to publish Chinese characters for Western delectation. Published by him in 1586, Historia de las cosas más notables, ritos y costumbres del gran reyno de la China is an account of observations in China. A..
Juan Gossaín
Juan Gossaín (born San Bernardo del Viento, Córdoba ) is a Colombian journalist and writer. Bibliography La mala hierbaLa nostalgia del alcatrazLa balada de María Abdala (2003)Puro cuento [link] ..
Juan Gotti
Juan Gotti (born Juan Ramos) is a Mexican American rapper who was born in Eagle Pass, Texas, relocated briefly to Galveston at a young age, before settling in Houston's infamous South Side. Reared in a tough gang-riddled barrio, Ramos proved to be a "diamond in the rough," getting in trouble but ..
Juan Goytisolo
Juan Goytisolo is a Spanish poet and novelist. He is openly gay and has rejected his home country of Spain, which he sees as over decadent and sexually repressed. He currently lives in voluntary exile in Marrakesh. Juan Goytisolo was born in Barcelona in 1931. His father was imprisoned by..
Juan Gregorio de las Heras
Juan Gregorio de las Heras (Buenos Aires, 1780 – Santiago de Chile, 1866) was an Argentine military who took part in the South American Wars of Independence and was also a governor of the province of Buenos Aires. He fought for the resistance against the British invasions of the Río de la Plata ..
Juan Gris
The Sunblind, 1914, Tate Gallery. José Victoriano González-Pérez (March 23, 1887 – May 11, 1927), better known as Juan Gris, was a Spanish painter and sculptor who lived and worked in France most of his life. His works are closely connected to the emergence of an innovative artistic gen..
Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport
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Juan Gualberto González
Juan Gualberto González was President of Paraguay September 25 1890 - June 1894. List of Presidents of Paraguay ..
Juan Gundlach
Juan Gundlach Juan Cristóbal Gundlach (1810 - 14 March 1896), born Johannes Christoph Gundlach in Marburg, Germany, was a Cuban naturalist and taxonomist. Biography Gundlach graduated from Marburg University, where his father was professor of physics, as Doctor of Philosophy in 1837. In 1839..
Juan Gutierrez de Padilla
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c. 1590-1664) was a composer of New Spain (now called Mexico). He was born in Malaga, Spain but moved to Puebla, Mexico in 1620 to compose music in the new world. His music is primarily sacred motets, often for double choir, in the Renaissance style. ..
Juan Gutiérrez Moreno
Juan Gutiérrez Moreno aka Juanito (born July 23, 1976 in Cádiz, Spain) is an Spanish football player, who currently plays for Real Betis. His most usual demarcations are central defender and full-back. On June 23, 2006, Juanito scored Spain's only goal as they defeated Saudi Arabia 1-0 in Kaiser..
Juan Guzmán
The name Juan Guzmán may refer to: Juan Guzmán Tapia, a Chilean judge, who prosecuted Augusto PinochetJuan Guzmán, a former Major League Baseball pitcherJuan Guzmán, a photographer This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an..
Juan Guzmán (pitcher)
Juan Andres Guzmán Correa (born October 28, 1966 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1985. Guzman spent much of his playing career with the Toronto Blue Jays throughout the 90's. ..
Juan Guzmán Tapia
Juan Salvador Guzmán Tapia (b. April 22, 1939) is a retired Chilean judge who became famous internationally for being the first judge to prosecute former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges, after Pinochet's return to Chile, following several months of under arrest in London, ..
Juan Hamilton
John Bruce Hamilton (born 1946), most commonly known as Juan Hamilton is an American potter best known for his association with artist Georgia O'Keeffe. ..
Juan Hartmann
Asteroids discovered: 3 965 Angelica November 4, 1921 1029 La Plata April 28, 1924 1254 Erfordia May 10, 1932 Juan Hartmann was an Argentinian astronomer. He was the director of the Observatorio Astronómico de La Plata from November 1922 to May 1934. He oriented the work of the obse..
Juan Hernández
Gold medal 1980Moscow Boxing Men's Bantamweight Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez (born December 24, 1962) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the golden medal in the Bantamweight division (-54 kg) at age seventeen at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he defeated Venezuel..
Juan Hernandez (author, playwright)
Juan Hernandez is the author of Cuban, That's All and More Cuban, That's All, a series of monologues detailing the Cuban exile experience from 1959 post-revolution Cuba through 2004. External link [Website of Juan Hernandez] ..
Juan Hohberg
Juan Eduardo Hohberg (born June 19, 1926) was an Uruguayan football player and coach. Hohberg scored three goals as a forward for the Uruguay national football team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland, including two in one of the most exciting World Cup matches ever played, the semi-final wi..
Juan Huarte de San Juan
Juan Huarte de San Juan or Juan Huarte y Navarro (c. 1530-1592) was a Spanish physician and psychologist. He was born at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port around 1530, and was educated at the university of Huesca, where he graduated in medicine. Though it appears doubtful whether he practised as a physician ..
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela (born August 30, 1979, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a professional male tennis player from Argentina, and a clay specialist. Chela was suspended by the ATP in 2001 for 3 months and US$ 8,000 for the use of metil-testosterone during the Cincinnati Masters. On August 9, 2004 he r..
Juan Ignacio Molina
Juan Ignacio Molina Juan Ignacio Molina (June 24, 1740 – September 12, 1829) was a Chilean priest and naturalist. Molina was born at Guaraculen a big farm located near Villa Alegre, in the current province of Linares, in the Maule Region of Chile. He was educated at Talca and the Jesuit..
Juan Ignacio Sánchez
Juan Ignacio Sánchez Brown, also known as Pepe Sánchez (born May 8 1977 in Bahía Blanca) is an Argentine professional basketball player, and point guard for Argentina's Olympic champion basketball team. Pepe Sánchez (1.93 metres, 6 feet 4 inches) was the first Argentine to play in the NBA, c..
Juan Isidro Jimenes
Juan Isidro Jimenez (1846 - 1919) was a Dominican political figure. He served as the president of the Dominican Republic between 15 November 1899 and 2 May 1902, again from 1903 until 1904, and finally between 5 December 1914 and 7 May 1916. External link [Juan Jimenes on Find-A-Grave] ..
Juan J. Orosa
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. Juan J. Orosa is a Mexican writer, born in México City in 1969. In 1987 he began studying physics at t..
Juan Javier Espinosa
Juan Javier Espinosa (1815 - 1870) was President of Ecuador 20 January 1868 to 19 January 1869. ..
Juan Jesús Cardinal Posadas Ocampo
His Eminence Juan Jesús Cardinal Posadas Ocampo (b. November 11, 1926 in Tarimoro, Guanajuato – d. May 24, 1993 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) was a Mexican priest who served as the 8th archbishop of the Mexican see of Guadalajara and as cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Posadas Ocampo was el..
Juan Jesús Gutierrez Robles
Juan Jesús Gutierrez Robles aka Juanito (born 17 February 1980 in Málaga, Andalusia) is Spanish football player who currently plays for Real Sociedad of the Spanish La Liga. His usual demarcation is Defender. ..
Juan Jesús Vivas Lara
Juan Jesús Vivas Lara is the President of the [[Wiktionary:autonomy|autonomous]] city of Ceuta. ..
Juan José Alvarado
Juan José Alvarado was President of Honduras 15 - 27 April 1839. ..
Juan José Arévalo
Juan José Arévalo Bermejo (1904 – 1974) was the first of the reformist presidents of Guatemala. Arévalo's 1944 election is considered by historians the first fair election in Guatemala's history; until that time the country had been a military dictatorship. He was President from 15 March ..
Juan José Arreola
Juan José Arreola Zúñiga (September 21, 1918 - December 3, 2001) was a Mexican writer. Youth and early career Arreola was born in Ciudad Guzmán (then Zapotlán el Grande), in the state of Jalisco. He was the fourth son of Felipe Arreola and Victoria Zúñiga. In 1930, he began working as a bo..
Juan José Cañas
Juan José Cañas (c. 1826 - 1918) is perhaps most famous for the (allegedly joint writing) of Himno Nacional De El Salvador (National Hymn of El Salvador) with Italian born composer Juan Aberle. For much of his early life Cañas did not live in El Salvador, but instead studied medicine at univers..
Juan José Carricondo Perez
Juan José Carricondo Perez (born 4 May 1977 in Barcelona), usually known as Juanjo, is a professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He spent the latter part of season 2005-06 on loan to Hamilton Academical. Juanjo started his career at ..
Juan José Castelli, Chaco
|} Juan José Castelli (usually abbreviated to Castelli) is a city in the province of Chaco, Argentina, located 274 km from the provincial capital Resistencia. It has about 37,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC], and is the head town of the General Güemes Department. The area ..
Juan José de Amézaga
Juan José de Amézaga (1881 - 1956) was president of Uruguay from 1943 to 1947. See also List of Presidents of Uruguay |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Juan José Elhuyar
Juan José Elhuyar y de Suvisa (June 15,1754 – September 20,1796) was a Spanish chemist and mineralogist, the joint discoverer of tungsten with his brother Fausto Elhuyar in 1783. He was born in Logroño, and died in Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia. External link [Juan José Elhuyar de ..
Juan José Estrada
Juan José Estrada was President of Nicaragua 1910-1911. ..
Juan José Flores
Juan José Flores (July 19, 1800–October 1, 1864), called "The founder of the Republic", was a military general who became the first president of Ecuador in 1830, and later served two more terms, from 1839 to 1843 and from 1843 to 1845. He was born in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, and joined t..
Juan Jose Gutierrez
Juan Jose Gutierrez directs Movimiento Latino USA and is a long-time immigrant rights advocate. He is based in Los Angeles, California. He was formerly the executive director of the One Stop Immigration Center. ..
Juan José Guzmán
Juan José Guzmán was President of El Salvador from 14 April 1842 to 1 February 1844. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Juan José Ibarretxe
Juan José Ibarretxe Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu (born May 15, 1957) is a Basque politician. A leading member of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), he is the President (lehendakari) of Spain's Basque Country autonomous community since January 2, 1999. He was born in Llodio in the provinc..
Juan José Imbroda Ortíz
Juan José Imbroda Ortíz is the president of the Spanish province of Melilla, located in northern Africa. ..
Juan José Jayo
Juan José Jayo (born 20 January 1973 in Lima) is a Peruvian football midfielder. He is a member of the national team, and has played 89 matches and scored 1 goal since his debut in 1994 [link]. Clubs 1990-98: Alianza Lima1998-00: Unión de Santa Fe2000-01: Celta de Vigo2001-02: UD L..
Juan José Latorre
Juan José Latorre Benavente (Santiago; March 24, 1846 - July 9, 1912) Chilean Vice Admiral, one of the principal actors of the War of the Pacific, and hero of the Battle of Angamos. Contents 1 Early life2 War of the Pacific years2.1 Naval Battle de Chipana2.2 Second Naval B..
Juan Jose Marti
Juan Jose Marti (1570?-1604), Spanish novelist, was born at Orihuela (Valencia) about 1570. He graduated as bachelor of canon law at Valencia in 1591, and in 1598 took his degree as doctor of canon law; in the latter year he was appointed co-examiner in canon law at Valencia University, and held the..
Juan José Medina
Manuel Antonio Ortiz was President of Paraguay 22 January 1841 - 9 February 1841. List of Presidents of Paraguay ..
Juan José Paso
Juan José Paso, (January 2, 1758 in Buenos Aires–September 10, 1833) was an Argentine politician who participated in the events that started the Argentine War of Independence known as May Revolution of 1810. Paso studied at the Univerity of Córdoba and graduated in Theology in 1779. Back in..
Juan José Rodríguez
Juan José Rodríguez (born 23 June, 1967) is a retired Costa Rican football player. He played for a few teams, including AD San Carlos. He played for the Costa Rica national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. ..
Juan José Saer
Juan José Saer (28 June 1937 - 11 June 2005) was one of the most important Argentine novelists of the last fifty years. Born to Syrian immigrants in Serodino, a small town in the Santa Fe Province, he studied law and philosophy at the University of Litoral, where he taught History of Cinematography..
Juan José Torres
Juan José Torres González (1921— 1976) was a Bolivian socialist politician and military leader. He served as President of Bolivia from October 7 1970 to August 21 1971. Torres was born to a poor family and joined the military as a young man, eventually rising to the rank of general. He came to ..
Juan José Urráburu
Juan José Urráburu (1844-1904) was a Jesuit and a scholastic philosopher. [Catholic Encyclopedia article] ..
Juan José Viamonte
Juan José Viamonte González (February 9, 1774 - March 31, 1843) was an Argentine general in the early 19th century. Viamonte was born in Buenos Aires and entered the army in his youth. He fought in many battles and apparently advanced steadily. In the Battle of Huaqui, which the revolutionary for..
Juan L. Ortiz
Juan Laurentino Ortiz (June 11, 1896 - September 2, 1978) was an Argentine poet, born in the town of Puerto Ruiz, Entre Ríos Province. He died in Paraná, capital of the same province, at the age of 82. ..
Juan Laporte
Juan Laporte (born November 24, 1959) is a former boxer who was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico. Juan Laporte moved to New York at a young age, where he grew up into a pretty well known contender, but one that many boxing critics didn't consider to be material to become a world champion earlier in his..
Juan Lavalle
Juan Galo Lavalle (born on October 17 1797 in Buenos Aires – died on October 9, 1841 in San Salvador de Jujuy) was an Argentine military figure and statesman. Lavalle was born to María Mercedes González Bordallo and Manuel José de La Valle y Cortés, general accountant of rents and tobacco ..
Juan Lechín Oquendo
Juan Lechín Oquendo (May 18, 1914 – August 27, 2001) was a labor-union leader and head of the Federation of Bolivian Mine Workers (FSTMB) from 1944 to 1987 and the Bolivian Workers' Union (COB) from 1952 to 1987. He also served as vice president of Bolivia between 1960 and 1964. Lechín ..
Juan Lembeye
Ruddy Turnstone from Aves de la Isla de Cuba Juan Lembeye (1816 - 1889), was a Spanish naturalist. Lembeye was the author of Aves de la Isla de Cuba (1850), the only book of bird illustrations to be published in Cuba. Born in Galicia, Lembeye lived in Cuba from the 1830s to the 1860s, and bec..
Juan Lindo
Juan Lindo was President of El Salvador between February 22, 1841 and February 1, 1842, and President of Honduras two times in succession between February 12, 1847 and February 1, 1852. He was born in Tegucigalpa in Honduras on March 16, 1790 and died there in Gracias on 26 April, 1857. He graduated..
Juan Lindolfo Cuestas
Juan Lindolfo Cuestas (6 January 1837 - 21 June 1905) was an Uruguayan politician and served as the president of Uruguay from 1897 until 1899 and for a second term from 1899 to 1903. |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Juan Linz
Juan J. Linz is the Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University, best known for his theories on totalitarian and authoritarian systems of government. Linz has also done extensive research on the breakdowns of democracy and the transition back to a democratic regime. He is the author ..
Juan Lopez de Padilla
Juan Lopez de Padilla (born 1490 in Toledo, Spain; died April 24, 1521 near Villalar, Spain) was an insurrectionary leader in the Castilian War of the Communities, where the people of Castile made a futile stand against policies of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his Flemish ministers. Padill..
Juan Lozano
Juan Lozano (born August 30, 1955) was a Spanish football midfielder. His former clubs include Beerschot and Anderlecht, and he was awarded the Footballer of the Year award for the Belgian league in 1987. Lozano was capped once for the Spanish national team. ..
Juan Luis Arsuaga
Juan Luis Arsuaga Ferreras (born 1959, Madrid) obtained doctor and bachelor degrees in Biological Sciences at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he is also the head of the Paleontology Department. As a child he already showed a great interest in Prehistory after reading Quest for Fire an..
Juan Luis Cardinal Cipriani Thorne
--> Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (born in Lima, 28 December, 1943) is a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church. Contents 1 Young Cipriani2 Religious Life3 Archbishop Cipriani4 Conclave 20055 Criticism6 Externa..
Juan Luis Carrera
Juan Luis Carrera is a musician and recording engineer based in Washington, D.C. As a musician, Carrera was the bassist for the Dischord Records band The Warmers and has also played with bands like Lungfish, Lois, Junk Man Ray, and The Junction. More recently he's been running the D.C. based lab..
Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra (born June 7, 1957 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican singer and songwriter best known for popularizing merengue and bachata styles of music internationally. Juan Luis Guerra, at a concert in Madrid (Spain), July 2005. After a year of study in philosophy an..
Juan Luis Sanfuentes
Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui (December 27 1858 - July 16 1930) was President of Chile between 1915 and 1920. He was son of writer and politician Salvador Sanfuentes Torres and Matilde Andonaegui. |- style="text-align: center;" Presidents of Chile Blanco Encalada | Freire | Pinto Día..
Juan Luis Segundo
Juan Luis Segundo, S.J. (born Montevideo, Uruguay March 31, 1925 - died January 17, 1996) was a Jesuit priest and theologian who was one of the most important figures in the movement known as "Liberation theology." He wrote numerous books on theology, ideology, faith, hermeneutics, and social justi..
Juan Luís Vives
Statue of Juan Luís Vives, outside of the Biblioteca Nacional de España, in Madrid. Juan Luís Vives (March 6, 1492 – May 6, 1540), Spanish scholar, was born at Valencia. According to the 1997 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, as a teenager he saw his entire family wiped out by t..
Juan Luna
Juan Luna, self portrait Juan Luna y Novicio, (1857 – 1899) a Filipino painter, was born on October 23, 1857 in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, the third child of seven children. He showed artistic promise early on and was encouraged to take painting and traveled to Rome to study the masters. He settl..
Juan Madrid
Juan Madrid (Málaga, 1947) is a Spanish writer, journalist and script writer. Contents 1 Biography2 Bibliography2.1 Novels2.2 Tales2.3 Youth Literature2.4 Scripts2.5 Other3 External Links Biography He studied in Madrid and got a degree in Contemporary His..
Juan Maino
Juan Bosco Maino Canales (died 1976?) was a photographer, political activist, and opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile. He was a leader in MAPU (Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitaria, or United Popular Action Movement). He was detained on May 26 1976 by DINA agents and "disappeared". In..
Juan Manuel
may refer to Juan Manuel, Lord of Villena Juan Manuel, Duke of Penafiel, nephew of King Alfonso X el Sabio, Spanish prose writer This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the ..
Juan Manuel, Duke of Penafiel
Don Juan Manuel, Infante of Castile (May 5? 1282–1349), son of the infante Don Manuel and Beatrix of Savoy, and grandson of St. Ferdinand, was born at Escalona. Most famous for composing Libro de los ejemplos del conde Lucanor y de Patronio, one of the earliest works of prose in Castilian Span..
Juan Manuel, Lord of Villena
:For another Juan Manuel of Castile, the son of this person, see Juan Manuel, Duke of Penafiel Juan Manuel (1234 - 1283, sometimes called only Manuel), He was a younger son of Ferdinand III of Leon and Isabel of Swabia, and the name Manuel, new in Iberian peninsula, was given to him to commemorat..
Juan Manuel Álvarez
Juan Manuel Alvarez (born 1978) is a Californian suspected of causing the January 26 2005 Glendale train crash, a collision between a passenger train and a car in Glendale, California (a suburb of Los Angeles). The derailed train also hit a Union Pacific Railroad freight train parked on a siding and..
Juan Manuel Bordeu
Juan Manuel Bordeu (Balcarce, Buenos Aires, January 28, 1934 - November 24, 1990) was a racing driver from Argentina. A protégé of Juan Manuel Fangio, Bordeu had a successful early career but a bad testing accident wrecked his chances in Formula One. His only F1 entry was at the 1961 French Gran..
Juan Manuel de Rosas
General de Rosas Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rosas y López de Osornio (born Juan Manuel Ortiz de Rozas, 1793-1877) was a conservative Argentinian politician who ruled Argentina from 1829 to 1852. Rosas was one of the first famous caudillos in Latin America. Rosas came on to the nati..
Juan Manuel Fangio
| Years = 1950 - 1951, 1953 - 1958 | Team(s) = Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes, Ferrari | Races = 51 | Championships = 5 | Wins = 24 | Podiums = 31 | Poles = 29 | Fastest laps = 23 | First race = 1950 British Grand Prix | First win = 1950 Monaco Grand Prix| Last win = 1957 German Grand Prix| Last ..
Juan Manuel Fangio II
Juan Manuel Fangio II, or, in traditional English, Juan Manuel Fangio Jr. (born 1956 in Argentina) is a former auto racing champion and the nephew of legendary auto racer Juan Manuel Fangio. Fangio II grew up meeting some of auto racing's most famous champions of his uncle's era. In 1958, his uncl..
Juan Manuel Frutos
Juan Manuel Frutos was President of Paraguay June 3 1948 - August 15 1948. List of Presidents of Paraguay ..
Juan Manuel Gálvez
Juan Manuel Gálvez was a President of Honduras from January 1, 1949 till December 5, 1954. His election, for the National Party of Honduras (PNH), ended the 16 year dictatorship of Tiburcio Carías Andino. ..
Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport
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Juan Manuel García Passalacqua
Juan Manuel Garcia-Passalacqua (born February 22, 1937 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a well known lawyer, writer and political analyst. He was born in the San Juan's Hato Rey district. Garcia Passalacqua showed interest in studying from a very young age, and he holds degrees from Tufts, Tulane and H..
Juan Manuel Lebrón
Juan Manuel Lebrón (born April 22, 1947) is a well known Puerto Rican actor, model, script writer, television producer and salsa singer. Career Juan Manuel Lebrón began his show business career as a youngster, when he became a singer at the Sexteto Ritmico group. Not long after, Lebrón became t..
Juan Manuel Márquez
Juan Manuel Márquez (born August 23, 1973, Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican boxer in the featherweight division. He defeated Manuel Medina to win the IBF title and Derrick Gainer to win the WBA title. He was recently stripped of his belts for failing to defend against the respective number one co..
Juan Manuel Molina
Juan Manuel Molina (born March 15, 1979) is a Spanish race walker. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Event 2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 3rd 20 km 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 5th 20 km 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd 20 km Universiade Izmir, Turke..
Juan Manuel Oliva
Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party (PAN) who is currenlty running as the PAN candidate to Governor of Guanajuato. Oliva has served in the upper house of the Mexican Congress and as general secretary of Governor Juan Carlos Romero Hicks. See a..
Juan Manuel Ortiz Palazón
Juan Manuel Ortiz Palazón aka Ortiz (born 1 March 1982 in Guardamar del Segura, Valencian Community) is Spanish football player who currently plays for Polideportivo Ejido on loan from Atlético de Madrid in the Spanish Segunda División. His usual demarcation is Midfielder. Teams 2001-2003: Atlé..
Juan Manuel Peña
Juan Manuel Peña Montaño (born January 17, 1973 in Santa Cruz) is a football defender from Bolivia. He has played around 70 international matches for the Bolivia national team, including an appearance in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He played for Blooming FC in Bolivia and Independiente Santa Fé in ..
Juan Manuel Silva
Juan Manuel Silva (born 1972-10-12), nicknamed el Pato ("the Duck") is an Argentine racing driver from Resistencia, province of Chaco. In 2005 he was the champion of the Turismo Carretera competition. His father used to build racing cars for him. Already as a teenager he won two annual karting comp..
Juan Manuel Sucre Figarella
Juan Manuel Sucre Figarella (1925-1996), a member of the Sucre family was a Venezuelan Army Brigadier General (General de Brigada - EJ) who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Venezuelan army in the 1970's during the administration of President Rafael Caldera. He is a direct descedant of the great W..
Juan Manuel Urtubey
Juan Manuel Urtubey (b. 6 September 1969) is an Argentine politician, a senior figure in the ruling Front for Victory faction of the Justicialist Party (PJ) in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies. Urtubey was born in Salta and was educated at the Institute of Humanities of Salta and the University of..
Juan Manuel Vargas
Juan Manuel Vargas Date of birth: 5/10/83Full name: Juan Manuel Vargas RiscoNicknames: El Loco, Chucky. Peruvian football player who plays in the wing, in the defense, or in the midfield, in both offensive and defensive positions. 'El Loco' Vargas got his start in the popular Peruvian team Universi..
Juan Manuel Vivaldi
Juan Manuel Vivaldi (born July 17, 1979 in Buenos Aires) is a field hockey goalkeeper from Argentina, who plays club hockey in his native country for Banco Provincia. He is a member of the Men's National Team since 2001, and was the stand-in for first choice goalie Pablo Moreira at the 2004 Summer O..
Juan March Institute
The Institute, located in Madrid (Spain), it is part of the Juan March Foundation, one of the Spanish's leading charities for social research. The objective of the institute is to achieve an effect equally through scientific publications and training the next academic generation. Contents 1&nbs..
Juan March Ordinas
Juan March i Ordinas (1880–1962) was a Spanish financier and British agent on the side of Francisco Franco's forces during and after the Spanish Civil War. He was born in Santa Margalida on the island of Mallorca, and initially he was involved with the business of smuggling tobacco between North..
Juan Marén
Juan Luis Marén (born August 20, 1971) is an Cuban wrestler (Greco-Roman style) who has won three Olympic medals. ..
Juan María Bordaberry
Juan María Bordaberry Term of Office: March 1 1972—June 12 1976 Predecessor: Jorge Pacheco Areco Successor: Alberto Demichelli Vice-president: Jorge Sapelli Date of Birth: June 17, 1928 Place of Birth: Montevideo Profession: Rancher Political Party: Colorado Party Juan María Bordabe..
Juan María de Salvatierra
Juan María de Salvatierra (November 15, 1648–July 17, 1717) was a Catholic missionary to the Americas. His family was of Spanish origin, the name being written originally Salva-Tierra. Born in Milan, Italy, he studied in the Jesuit college of Parma. It was there that he accidentally came a..
Juan María Fernández y Krohn
Juan María Fernández y Krohn (born in Spain in 1950) is a former Catholic priest, who tried to assassinate John Paul II. Ordained as a priest in 1978, he was made a member of the Society of Saint Pius X in 1979, but was expelled from the group the following year, because he openly proclaimed that..
Juan María Lekuona
Juan María Lekuona Berasategi (Oiartzun, Guipúzcoa, 1927 - Donostia, 5 December de 2005) was a Basque poet in euskera. He was Manuel Lekuona's nephew. In 1953 he became a priest. After his residence in Rome, where he defended his thesis, he worked in Añorga, near Donostia. He read Gabriel Ares..
Juan María Marrón
Juan María Marrón (February 8, 1808–September 17, 1853) was an early settler of San Diego, California. Marrón was a ship's captain before settling San Diego in the early 1820s. On January 12, 1834 Marrón married Felipa Osuna. She was born c. 1818, daughter of Juan María Osuna. They had ..
Juan María Osuna
Juan María Osuna (1785–March 5, 1851) was an early settler of San Diego, California Juan María Osuna was born 1785 in California to Theodoso Osuna (from Spain) and Luguarda Quisques (Indian). He was a soldier and corporal of the San Diego Company and settled in San Diego. Osuana was Distr..
Juan María Solare
Juan María Solare (born August 11, 1966) is a composer and pianist. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he studied and received his diploma in piano, composition and conducting at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música Carlos López Buchardo. He has composed more than 240 works, about a third of them..
Juan Marichal
Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez (born October 20, 1937 in Laguna Verde, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher known for his high leg kick, dominating stuff and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the opposing batters' helmets. Marichal ent..
Juan Mari Brás
Juan Mari Brás (born December 2, 1925 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican independence advocate who founded the Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP). Juan Mari Brás Mari Bras' father was an active member of the independence movement of Puerto Rico and often took his son to political m..
Juan Marsé
Juan Marsé is a Spanish novelist, journalist and screenwriter, born in Barcelona on January 8 1933 as Juan Faneca. His mother died in childbirth, and he was soon adopted by the Marsé family. At age 14 he started to publish some of his writings in the Insula magazine and in a cinema magazine while..
Juan Martín
John Martin [Juan Martin] (born England, 1948) is an English flamenco guitarist. John Martin started learning the guitar at the age of six, eventually becoming much accomplished on the instrument, playing in local bands in Sussex.After moving to Spain from Shoreham-by-sea and Brighton he ..
Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar
Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar (November 24, 1583 - January 11, 1641), Spanish poet, was baptized at Seville. Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar studied at Rome, returning to Spain shortly before 1610 with a reputation as both a painter and a poet. A reference in the preface to the Novela..
Juan Martinez de Rozas
Juan Martinez de Rozas (1759- Mendoza March 3, 1813), the earliest leader in the Chilean struggle for independence, was born at Mendoza in 1759. In early life he was a professor of law, and of theology and philosophy at Santiago. He held the post of acting governor of Concepción at one time, and wa..
Juan Martínez Montañés
Juan Martínez Montañés (c. 1580-1649), Spanish sculptor, was born at Alcalá-la-Real, in the province of Granada. His master was Pablo de Roxas. His first known work, dating 1597, is the graceful St. Christopher in the church of El Salvador at Seville. His boy Christ (dated 1607) is in the s..
Juan Martin Coggi
Juan Coggi Juan Martin Coggi (born December 19, 1961) is a former boxer from Argentina. A native of Santa Fe, which was also the birthplace of Carlos Monzon, Coggi was a three time world Jr. Welterweight champion, and a national hero in his home country. His nickname was El Latigo (The Whip)...
Juan Martin Del Potro
Juan Martin Del Potro (b. September 23, 1988) is a tennis player from Argentina. As of early 2006, Del Potro is the youngest player in the ATP Top 200. ..
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón Juan Martín de Pueyrredón y O'Dogan (December 18, 1776 - March 13, 1850) was an Argentine general and politician of the early 19th century. He was born in Buenos Aires, where he was educated at the royal college, which he left in 1791 to assume the responsibiliti..
Juan Martín Díez
Juan Martín Díez, called the Empecinado (Spanish: the determined one), was a historic Spaniard famous for his contributions to the Peninsular War. Contents 1 Early life2 Military successes3 Liberal revolution and decline4 The ''Empecinado'' nickname5 References Early..
Juan Martín Hernández
Juan Martín Hernández (July 07, 1982) is an Argentine Rugby Union player born in Buenos Aires. He started his rugby career in the amateur club of Deportiva Francesa in Buenos Aires and in 2005 he moved to Paris to play professional rugby for Stade Français, one of the top clubs in France and Eu..
Juan Martín Maldacena
Juan Maldacena at Harvard Juan Martín Maldacena (born September 10, 1968) is a theoretical physicist born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Among his many discoveries, the most famous one is the most reliable realization of the holographic principle - namely the AdS/CFT correspondence, the success..
Juan Mascaró
Juan Mascaró (December 8, 1897 – March 19, 1987) was a translator born in Majorca (an island of Spain) to a farming family. He is responsible for one of the most popular English translations of the Hindu text Bhagavad Gita, and of some of the major Upanishads (both written originally in Sansk..
Juan Matos
Juan Matos was an artist in the movie "Crash". He graduated from Murry Bergtraum High School in 1979. ..
Juan Matta-Ballesteros
Juan Ramon Matta-Ballesteros is a Honduran citizen who, in 1988, was abducted from his Tegucigalpa home by United States Marshalls accompanied by Honduran Special Forces, taken to Illinois, and remanded into the custody of the DEA, after an earlier extradition attempt failed. Matta-Ballesteros cont..
Juan Melendez
Juan Melendez (born 1951 in Brooklyn, New York) is a human rights activist who served 17 year on Death row because he was erroneously sentenced to death. He founded the "Juan Melendez Voices United for Justice Project" and tours the U.S. and Europe to speak against the Death Penalty. Reference ..
Juan Meléndez Valdés
Juan Meléndez Valdés (11 March 1754 - 24 May 1817) was a Spanish poet. He was born at Ribra del Fresno, Badajor. Destined by his parents for the priesthood, he graduated in law at Salamanca, where he became indoctrinated with the ideas of the French philosophical school. In 1780 with Batilo, a pa..
Juan Mendez
--> Juan Mendez is a former Niagara University men's basketball player. His college career spanned from 2001 to 2005. Mendez was born on September 23, 1981 in Montreal. Vitals Sex: MalePosition: FHeight: 6'8"Weight: 245lbsHometown: Montreal, Quebec Career Highs Juan entered his senior year with..
Juan Méndez
Juan E. Méndez (born 11 December 1944) is an Argentine lawyer and academic who serves as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. He was named to the newly-created post on 14 July 2004 by Kofi Annan. Contents 1 Duties as Special Adviser2 Bac..
Juan Meza
Juan Meza (born March 18, 1956), also known for his nickname Kid Meza, is a former boxer who was world Super Bantamweight champion. Meza was born in Mexicali, Mexico. Short biography Mesa was born Jesus Fernández. Prior to beginning his career, and for undisclosed reasons, he changed his name offi..
Juan Miguel Aguilera
Juan Miguel Aguilera (born in Valencia in 1960) is a Spanish science fiction author. He was first trained as an industrial designer. As an author, he has received the Ignotus prize, the Alberto Magno prize, and the Juli Verne prize. His first works were written in collaboration with Javier Redal. ..
Juan Miguel Mercado
Juan Miguel Mercado (born 7 July 1978 in Armilla, Granada) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer since 1998. In 2006, he rides on the Agritubel team, a UCI Continental team that rides in UCI Europe Tour and invited UCI ProTour events. At the Tour de France, Mercado won Stage 18 at the 2004 ..
Juan Minujín
Juan Minujín (born May 20, 1975 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actor. External links [Juan Minujín] at [cinenacional.com][Juan Minujín] at the Internet Movie Database ..
Juan Modesto
Juan Modesto Guilloto León (El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, 1906-Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1968) was a Republican army officer during the Spanish Civil War. He originally worked at a sawmill before joining the Spanish Army. He served in Morocco, becoming a sergeant major of the Legion. Affiliat..
Juan Monaco
Juan Monaco (born March 29, 1984) is a male tennis player from Argentina. His current and career-high ATP Entry ranking is #59, achieved on May 16, 2005. In 2006 he reached the 3rd round of French Open. He started playing tennis professionally in 2002. External link [Profile at ATP] ..
Juan Montalvo
Monument of Juan Montalvo in Ambato, Ecuador Juan María Montalvo Fiallos (April 13, 1832–January 17, 1889) was an Ecuadorian author and essayist, generally thought to be one of Ecuador's best writers of the period. A political liberal, Montalvo's beliefs were marked by anti-clericism a..
Juan Morales
Juan Morales Hechevarria (born July 12, 1948) is a former Cuban athlete who competed mainly in 100 metres hurdles. Together with Hermes Ramírez, Pablo Montes and Enrique Figuerola he won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Mexico City 1968. He was a prominent athlete in the American..
Juan Mora Fernández
Juan Mora Fernández, was Costa Rica's first elected head of state. He was considered a liberal and decided to move the government. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Juan Moreira
Juan Moreira (?-April, 1874) is a well-known figure in the history of Argentina, an outlaw, gaucho and folk-hero. Contents 1 Early life2 The Point of No Return3 Death4 External links Early life Moreira was born in the administrative area of La Matanza, in the Province of Buen..
Juan Morel Campos
Juan Morel Campos (May 16, 1857 – May 12, 1896), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was one of the composers of danzas who took that musical genre to its highest level. Juan Morel Campos Campos began to study music at the young age of eight in Ponce under the guidance of Antonio Egipciaco. He ..
Juan Moreno
Juan Carlos Moreno (born February 28, 1975 in Maiquetia, Vargas State, Venezuela) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Texas Rangers (2001) and San Diego Padres (2002). He batted and threw left-handed. In a two-season career, Moreno posted a 3-3 record with 39 stri..
Juan Morillo
Juan Bautista Morillo (born 5th November 1983 in San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a baseball pitcher, who plays in the minor league system of the Colorado Rockies franchise. He played in the 2005 All-Star Futures Game in Detroit. While playing with the Tulsa Drillers, Morillo has a re..
Juan N. Babauta
Juan N. Babauta Term of Office: January 14, 2002 – January 6, 2006 Preceded by: Pedro P. Tenorio Succeeded by: Benigno R. Fitial Date of birth: September 7, 1953 Place of birth: Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands Profession: Politician First Lady: Diane Babauta Pa..
Juan Natalicio González
Juan Natalicio González Paredes (September 8, 1897 - 1966) was President of Paraguay from August 15 1948 to December 30 1948. Natalicio González was born in Villarrica on September 8, 1897. Having lost his parents, he moved to Asunción, Paraguay´s capital, in 1912 to finish his high school stud..
Juan Negrín
League of Nations. Eighteenth Assembly, Opening the eighteenth pleanary of the General Assembly by Juan Negrín (Spain). Geneva, 1937 Juan Negrín López (February 3, 1887 - November 12, 1956) was a Spanish political figure during the Spanish Civil War. Biography Born in Las Palmas de Gran Ca..
Juan Nicolás Böhl de Faber
Juan Nicolás Böhl de Faber (Hamburg, 1770 - Cádiz, 1836) was a German lover of Spanish literature and culture. He was the father of Spanish/Swiss novelist Cecilia Böhl de Faber, aka "Fernán Caballero". Faber started his life in Spain at a shop owned by his bourgeoisie parents. In addition to t..
Juan Nieves
Juan Manuel Nieves Cruz (born January 5, 1965 in Las Lomas, Puerto Rico) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who, on April 15, 1987, became the second-youngest player in major league history to throw a no-hitter, and so far the only Milwaukee Brewer to do so. After playing for the Milwaukee..
Juan Núñez
Juan Núñez (born November 19, 1959) is a retired Dominican athlete who competed in the sprints. Achievements 1987 Pan American Games - bronze medal (100 metres)1987 Central American and Caribbean Championships - gold medal (100 metres)1987 Central American and Caribbean Championships - silver m..
Juan Núñez de la Peña
Juan Núñez de la Peña (May 1641-January 3, 1721), Spanish historian. Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, he studied Latin and the humanities in the college of San Agustín de La Laguna and was subsequently ordained priest. He worked in Toledo as a notary before returning to the Canary Islands...
Juan O'Donojú
Juan O'Donojú (1762, Seville, Spain—October 8, 1821, Mexico City) was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from July 21, 1821 to September 28, 1821, during Mexico's war of independence. He was the last Spanish viceroy of the colony. Born in Seville of Irish descent, O'Donoj�..
Juan O'Gorman
Juan O'Gorman (July 6, 1905 - January 17, 1982), was a Mexican artist, both a painter and an architect. O'Gorman was born in Coyoacán, Mexican Federal District, a suburb within greater Mexico City, to an Irish father, Cecil Crawford O'Gorman (a painter himself) and a Mexican mother. In the 1920s h..
Juan Oiarzabal
Juan Oiarzabal (born 30 March, 1956 at Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain) is a Spanish mountain climber . He was the sixth man to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders, and the fourth one to accomplish this feat without supplementary oxygen. His mark of 21 ascents of eight-thousanders remains unsurpasse..
Juan Oropeza
Juan Oropeza Riera (April 24, 1906 – November 29, 1971) was a Venezuelan writer, lawyer, educator, politician and diplomat. He was born in Carora in the state of Lara. In his youth, he opposed the totalitarian regime of President Juan Vicente Gómez and became a member of a student-led movem..
Juan Ortega y Montañés
Don Juan Ortega y Montañés (July 3, 1627, Siles, Spain—December 16, 1708, Mexico City) was a Roman Catholic bishop and colonial administrator in Guatemala and New Spain. He was successively bishop of Durango (1670 to 1681), of Guatemala (1681 to 1684) and of Michoacán (1684 to March 24, 1..
Juan Osorio
Juan Osorio (born c. 1960) is a well known Mexican telenovela and music producer. His relationship with ..
Juan Pablo Ángel
Juan Pablo Ángel Arango (born October 24, 1975 in Medellín) is a Colombian football striker, who is currently playing for Aston Villa. Ángel stated playing professional soccer at Atletico Nacional in his home city of Medellín, Colombia. Ángel was sold to River Plate, Argentina, were he was ..
Juan Pablo Di Pace
Juan Pablo Di Pace starred in the video for the 2004 Eric Prydz hit "Call on Me". In the video, he is the only man amongst a group of women in an aerobics class. A sequel to the widely popular video is currently in the making. He also appears in the film "Survival Island" along with Billy Zane, of ..
Juan Pablo Duarte
Juan Pablo Duarte y Diez Juan Pablo Duarte y Diez (born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, January 26 1813 – died in Caracas, Venezuela, July 15 1876), during the period of (in Spanish called) España Boba. Duarte is considered as one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic. ..
Juan Pablo García
Juan Pablo García (born November 24, 1981 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican soccer player who, currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA in Major League Soccer. Garcia was trained in the Atlas youth system and made his debut in the Verano 2000 season against Pachuca. He played for Mexican national..
Juan Pablo Hourquebie
Juan Pablo Hourquebie (born May 3, 1976 in Quilmes) is a field hockey defender from Argentina, who is nicknamed Juanpi. He is a member of the Men's National Team since 1997, and competed in two Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. Hourquebie was on the side that won the golden medal at the 2003 Pan Am..
Juan Pablo Martínez Irtia
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.Juan Pablo Martinez Irtia (born August 9, 1989) is an Argentine actor. He is better known for his work in Cris Mo..
Juan Pablo Montoya
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Juan Pablo Paz
Juan Pablo Paz is an Argentine physicist, working in the field of quantum computation. A member of University of Buenos Aires, he spent time at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is now working again at the University of Buenos Aires. External links [link] [Personal Homepage]..
Juan Pablo Rebella
Juan Pablo Rebella (Montevideo, 1974 - July 6, 2006) was a Uruguayan film director and screenwriter. He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studied Social communication, it was here that he started to direct short films and his collaboration with fellow student Pablo Stoll first be..
Juan Pablo Rodriguez
Juan Pablo Rodríguez Guerrero (born August 7, 1979 in Zapopan, Jalisco) is a Mexican football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Chivas of the Primera División de México. ..
Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl
Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl (26 November, 1826 – 22 July, 1905) was President of Venezuela from 1888 to 1890. He was the first civilian president who was elected by constitutional procedures in 50 years, and the only one who could finish his term properly, until 74 years later. He founded the Nat..
Juan Pablo Sorín
Juan Pablo Sorín (born May 5, 1976 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian football player who, as of 2006, is playing for Villarreal in the Spanish La Liga. He is a much-travelled player, having spent time in Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Italy and France. He is captain of the Argentinian team in the 200..
Juan Pachín Vicéns Auditorium
This article is about the indoor sports arena and auditorium in Ponce, Puerto Rico. For the basketball player whose name it carries, see Juan "Pachín" Vicéns. Juan Pachín Vicens Auditorium is a well known sports venue in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is one of the most famous of the islan..
Juan Pachot
Juan Pachot is a former softball player from Puerto Rico. Pachot enjoyed a long career as a professional softball player, establishing himself as one of the best known Puerto Rican players in that sport. His career spanned 25 years. Juan Pachot represented Puerto Rico at the Pan American games, ..
Juan Padilla
Juan Miguel Padilla (born February 17 1977 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball player and relief pitcher for the New York Mets. MLB career Padilla was a 24th round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins. He spent six seasons in the Twins' minor league system before breaking into t..
Juan Padrós
Juan Padrós was the first chairman of Real Madrid during the club's founding in 1902. As such he is the first official president of the club. He remained president until 1904, when he was succeeded by his brother Carlos Padrós. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Juan Pajota
Captain Juan Pajota was involved in the Raid at Cabanatuan, an action which took place in the Philippines on 30 January 1945 by US Army Rangers and Filipino guerrillas and resulted in the liberation of more than 500 American prisoners of war (POWs) from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan. A loca..
Juan Pardo
Juan Pardo was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. ..
Juan Pedro Julián Aguirre y López de Anaya
Juan Pedro Julián Aguirre y López de Anaya (October 19 1781 – July 17 1837) was an Argentine revolutionary and politician. Aguirre was born in Buenos Aires. He fought in the wars against the British troops of 1806/07, rising to the rank of Captain. In 1820, he served as the Supreme Directo..
Juan Pedro Villamán
Juan Pedro (J.P.) Villamán (April 5 1959 - May 30 2005) was a Dominican-American sportscaster who served as the Spanish language play-by-play announcer for the Boston Red Sox. The youngest of nine children, Villamán fell in love with broadcasting at an early age. At age of 13, he called baseball ..
Juan Pellón
Juan Pellón Fernández-Fontecha (born January 21, 1955) is a former field hockey player from Spain, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. ..
Juan Pérez
Juan Pérez (born 3 September 1978) is a baseball player currently in the New York Mets' farm system. The Mets purchased his contract from the Pawtucket Red Sox in November 2005, and optioned him to the Norfolk Tides in March 2006. Perez was selected to play in the 2004 All-Star Futures Game. Refer..
Juan Pérez de Gijón
Juan Pérez de Gijón (fl. 1460 – 1500) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. Nothing is known about his life, except for his approximate period of activity. He is one of the composers of secular songs who contributed to the huge Cancionero Musical de Palacio, the largest and most diver..
Juan Pérez de la Serna
Juan Pérez de la Serna (1573 - 1631), was born in Cervera and died in Zamora. He was the sixth Archbishop of Mexico. He arrived at his seat in 1613. ..
Juan Pérez de Montalbán
Juan Pérez de Montalbán (1602 - June 25, 1638), Spanish dramatist, poet and novelist, was born at Madrid. At the age of eighteen he became a licentiate in theology, was ordained priest in 1625 and appointed notary to the Inquisition. In 1619 he began writing for the stage under the guidance of Lo..
Juan Perón
Juan Domingo Perón Term of Office June 4 1946-September 21 1955 andOctober 12 1973-July 1 1974 Predecessors Edelmiro Farrell and Raúl Lastiri Successors Eduardo Lonardi and Isabel Perón Vice presidents Hortensio Quijano, Alberto Tessaire and Isabel Perón Birth October 8,..
Juan Pierre
Juan D'Vaughn Pierre (born August 14, 1977 in Mobile, Alabama), is a professional baseball center fielder for the Chicago Cubs. He bats and throws left-handed. Juan became a fan favorite early in his career because of his speed and durability. He led the National League in stolen bases in 2001 and ..
Juan Pistarini
Juan Pistarini (born 1882-1956) was an Argentine general and politician. Pistarini was born in the town of Victorica, La Pampa Province. He served as Minister of Public Works (1942-52) and as marine, agriculture minister and interior minister. He was vice president of the republic during Edelmiro ..
Juan Pizarro
Juan Ramon Pizarro Cordova born February 2, 1937 in Santurce, Puerto Rico, was a major league baseball pitcher. Juan Pizarro made his major league debut on May 4, 1957 with the Milwaukee Braves. From 1957 to 1974 Pizarro pitched for eight different teams. They were the following: Milwaukee Bra..
Juan Pizarro II
Juan Pizarro (1511 - 1536) was a Spanish conquistador who accompanied his brothers Francisco, Gonzalo and Hernándo Pizarro for the conquest of Peru in 1532. Illegitimate son of Captain Gonzalo Pizarro and Maria Alonso. Half brother of Francisco and Hernando Pizarro. Full brother of Gonzalo Pizarro..
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León (c. 1460 – July 1521) was a Spanish conquistador. He was born in Santervás de Campos (Valladolid). As a young man he joined the war to conquer Granada, the last Moorish state on the Iberian peninsula. Ponce de León accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second voyage ..
Juan Ponce de Leon II
Juan Ponce de León II born in Puerto Rico in the early part of the 16th century, was the first Puerto Rican to assume the temporary governorship of Puerto Rico. Juan Ponce de Leon II He was born Juan Troche Ponce de Leon and was the son of Juan Garcia "Gracie" Troche and Juana Ponce de Leon..
Juan Ponce Enrile
Juan Ponce Enrile Senator of the Philippines1987–1992, 1995–2001, 2004–incumbent Secretary of Finance (Acting)1966–1968 Secretary of Justice1968–1970 Secretary/Minister of National Defense1970–1986 Representative, 1st District of Cagayan1992–..
Juan Ponce Sumuroy
Juan Ponce Sumuroy (also spelled as Sumoroy or Sumudoy) was a Waray hero and leader of a rebellion in Eastern Visayas against the Spaniards from 1649-1650. (Other sources list his name as Juan Agustin Sumoroy rather than Juan Ponce Sumuroy). The rebellion has subsequently been named after him, hen..
Juan Prim
Joan Prim, Spanish general and statesman Reus, Prim's Monument Don Juan Prim, Count of Reus, Vicount del Bruch, Marquis of los Castillejos (es: Joan Prim i Prats, conde de Reus y vizconde del Bruch, marqués de los Castillejos) (December 12, 1814 – December 30, 1870), Spanish gener..
Juan Pujol
Juan Pujol may be: Joan Pau Pujol, Catalan composer, also known as Juan PujolJuan Pujol (alias Garbo), double-agent working for the British in World War IIJuan Gregorio Pujol, Argentine politician, governor of Corrientes Province 1852-9This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list..
Juan Pujol (alias Garbo)
Garbo was the British codename of Juan Pujol García (February 14 1912 – October 10 1988), a double agent who played a key role in the success of D-Day towards the end of World War II. The false information Pujol supplied to the German command helped persuade Hitler that the main attack would ..
Juan R. Correa-Pérez
Dr. Juan R. Correa-Pérez, Ph.D. (born May 3, 1968 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a scientist credited with becoming the first clinical Andrologist and Embryologist established in Puerto Rico (1998). ..
Juan R. Francisco
Juan R. Francisco is a Filipino linguist and indologist, who discovered the Maranao version of the Ramayana, that is native to the Philippines. He then translated it into English. He's also a professor in University of the Philippines in Manila. Juan R. Francisco is the foremost indologist in the P..
Juan R. Torruella
Juan R. Torruella (b. 1933) (IPA pronunciation: [tju ˈɹu jʌ]) is a Puerto Rican jurist, who currently serves as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He is the first hispanic to serve in that court. Education Torrruella holds a degree from the University..
Juan Rafael Mora Porras
Juan Rafael Mora President of Costa Rica Term of office:26 November 1849 to14 August 1859 – Preceded by:Miguel Mora Porras – Succeeded by: José María Montealegre Date of birth:8 February 1814 Place of birth:San José Date of death:30 September 1860 Place of death:Puntarenas Pa..
Juan Ramón Balcarce
Juan Ramón González de Balcarce (March 16, 1773 - November 12, 1836) was an Argentine military leader and politician. Juan was the older brother of Antonio González de Balcarce. He fought against the British in 1807, and in the 1812 military campaign in Peru under General Manuel Belgrano. He was..
Juan Ramón de la Fuente
Juan Ramón de la Fuente (born 1951) is the rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) from 1999. He was appointed by President Ernesto Zedillo to solve the 10-month student strike that began under the previous UNAM administration, which he solved using police force [Mexican ..
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez (December 24, 1881 – May 29, 1958) was a Spanish poet. He was born in Moguer, near Huelva in the Andalusia region of Southern Spain. He made the region famous with his prose poem about a writer and his donkey, called Platero y Yo (1914). He was a prolific poet and wrote s..
Juan Ramón López Caro
Juan Ramón López Caro (born March 23, 1963 in Lebrija, Spain) is the head coach of Levante UD of the Spanish La Liga. Lopéz Caro came to Real Madrid in 2001 to take charge of the reserve team - Real Madrid Castilla (at that time call Real Madrid B). The 42-year-old has quietly earned a reputatio..
Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
The Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium is a 15,000 seat stadium at Route 2 and Route 5, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Built in 1974 and originally used for baseball, it has been reconfigured to be primarily used for soccer and is now the home of the Puerto Rico Islanders. ..
Juan Ramon Rocha
Juan Ramón Rocha (born May 08 1954 in Santo Tomé, Corrientes) is an Argentine fromer footballer, and coach. He began his career at Newell's Old Boys, and moved to Boca Juniors in 1979. After a successful season, winning the Nacional 1979, he was transferred to Greek Panathinaikos. Nicknamed The ..
Juan Ramón Salgado
Juan Ramòn Salgado Caves (1961-May 2, 2006) was a Liberal politician from Honduras. He was fatally shot by an unknown gunman. Salgado served as the deputy leader of the governing Liberal Party and was also the mayor of Trujillo. ..
Juan Ramón Verón
Juan Ramón Verón (born March 17, 1944) was a professional Argentine football player. Nicknamed La Bruja (The Witch), Juan Ramón Verón was a footballer renowned for his technical ability. He played for Estudiantes de La Plata, who were a dominant force in Argentine football during the late 1960s..
Juan Rene Serrano
Juan Rene Serrano Gutierrez (born 23 February 1984) is an athlete from Mexico. He competes in archery. Serrano competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was defeated. His final r..
Juan Rico
Juan "Johnnie" Rico is a character from Robert A. Heinlein's book Starship Troopers. He was the son of a wealthy Filipino family who joined the Terran Mobile Infantry almost on impulse and over his parents' objections. He was sent to boot camp "Arthur Currie" with 2008 other recruits, and graduat..
Juan Rincón
Juan Rincón (born January 23, 1979 in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Minnesota Twins (2001-present). He bats and throws right-handed. Currently, Rincon is a premier middle reliever/set-up man on the Minnesota pitching staff. He t..
Juan Rios
Juan Oscar Rios (born December 15, 1966 in Rio Piedras) is a former tennis player from Puerto Rico, who represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Italy's Omar Camporese. The righthander reached his highest sing..
Juan Rius Rivera
General Juan Rius Rivera (1848-1924) born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, became the Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Liberation Army upon the death of General Antonio Maceo. Rius was born into a wealthy family of the town of Mayaguez, located on the west coast of Puerto Rico. There he received both his..
Juan Rivera
Juan Rivera may refer to: Juan Rivera an early Spanish explorer of North AmericaJuan Rivera, the baseball playerJuan Rivera, a professional wrestler, better known by his stage name Savio Vega. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title..
Juan Rivera (baseball player)
Juan Luis Rivera (born July 3, 1978 in Guarenas, Miranda State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball outfielder who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Previously, Rivera played with the New York Yankees (2001-03) and Montreal Expos (2004). He bats and throws right-handed. Rivera was sign..
Juan Rivera (explorer)
Juan Maria Antonio Rivera (also spelled Ribera) was an 18th century Spanish explorer who explored southwestern North America, including parts of Southern Rocky Mountains. In 1765, at the request of Governor Tomas Velez Cachupin of New Mexico, he led an expedition from Santa Fe northward through pres..
Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon
Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon is a man who spent seventeen years, eight months and one day on Florida’s death row for a crime he did not commit. He was exonerated and released from death row on January 3, 2002, making him the 99th death row inmate in the United States to be exonerated and released s..
Juan Rodolfo Wilcock
Juan Rodolfo Wilcock (1919-1978) was an Argentine author and poet, and an associate of Jorge Luis Borges. His collection La sinagoga degli iconoclasti(1972) was translated into English as The Temple of Iconoclasts. ..
Juan Rodríguez
Juan Rodríguez may refer to: Juan Rodríguez, aka the Deaf, Andalucian mariner, was one of the first eighteen people who sailed around the world (in Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano's expedition).Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo or João Rodrigues Cabrilho, Portuguese sailor and conquistador ..
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
João Rodrigues Cabrilho (in Portuguese) (Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo in Spanish) (ca. 1499 – January 3, 1543) was a Portuguese explorer noted for his exploration of the west coast of North America while sailing for Spain. Cabrillo was the first European explorer to navigate the coast of presen..
Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca
Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca (Toro, near Seville 1451– Burgos March 4, 1524) was a Spanish prelate, a courtier and bureaucrat whose position as chaplain to Queen Isabella enabled him to become the powerful counsellor to the Reyes Católicos Ferdinand and Isabella, who entrusted him with the bui..
Juan Roldán
--> Juan Domingo Roldán (born March 6, 1957) is an Argentine former boxer whose nickname was Martillo (Hammer). Roldán was very famous across Latin America during the 1980s, many articles about him appearing on The Ring En Espanol magazine. Roldán, born in the Cordoba province, made his profes..
Juan Román Riquelme
Juan Román Riquelme (born June 24, 1978 in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) is a football player, who currently plays for Villarreal CF of Spain. Growing up in Don Torcuato, Riquelme grew up in a family of 10 in strict poverty. Contrary to popular belief, he was not uneducated or s..
Juan Romero
Juan Romero Juan Romero managed to fight with the greatest matadors of the time. He achieved a reputation as a safe bullfighter and was one of the best paid. He appears as one of the first to condemn improvised bullfights. He organized his own team of assistants and forced bullrings to hire them. H..
Juan Ruiz
Juan Ruiz (ca. 1283 - ca. 1350) was Archpriest of Hita, in Guadalajara, Spain, and is best known for his ribald, earthy epic poem, Libro de buen amor (The Book of Good Love). He was born either in Alcalá de Henares, or perhaps Alcalá de Real, a village of Granada, then part of al-Andalus, or Musli..
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza (1581? - August 4, 1639), was a Mexican dramatist. He was born about 1581 at Real de Taxco, Guerrero, where his father was superintendent of mines. He went to Spain in 1600, studied law at the University of Salamanca, and in 1608 went back to Mexico to compete for a..
Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito
Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, I Conde de Venadito, oil on canvas by Antonio María de Esquivel, dated in 1834, Museo Naval, Madrid Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, conde de Venadito (February 3, 1754, Cádiz, Spain—January 11, 1835, Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish naval officer and viceroy of New Spain from S..
Juan Rulfo
Juan Rulfo (16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986) was a Mexican novelist, short story writer, and photographer-one of Latin America's most esteemed authors. Rulfo's reputation rests on two slim books, the novel Pedro Páramo (1955), and El llano en llamas (1953, The Burning Plain), a collection of sh..
Juan S.P. Hidalgo, Jr.
Juan S.P. Hidalgo, Jr., born July 12, 1936, is an Ilocano fiction writer (short story, novel), poet, editor, translator, and painter. He was former managing editor of Bannawag, a weekly Ilocano magazine. During his 37-year stint (1961-1998) as senior literary editor at Bannawag, he guided, encourage..
Juan Sainfleur
Juan Sainfleur (born February 17, 1982) is a Dominican athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 2004 Ibero-American Championships. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he failed to finish in his 100 metre heat, thus failing to make it through to the second round. ..
Juan Samuel
Juan Milton Samuel (born December 9, 1960 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a baseball coach and a former second baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1983 through 1998, Samuel played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1983-88, 1989[start]), New York Mets (1989[end]),..
Juan Sánchez Vidal
Juan Sánchez Vidal (born January 3, 1958) is a world renowned model airplane collector. Sánchez Vidal, born in the Palma de Mallorca, has over one thousand commercial airline models, a collection which many experts believe to be the largest airplane collection in the world. Sánchez Vidal began w..
Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez
Ramírez is a character from the fictional universe of Highlander movies, portrayed by actor Sean Connery. He is an Immortal. Although Ramírez only appeared in [[Highlander: There Can Be Only One|Highlander]] and [[Highlander II: The Quickening|Highlander II]] he was mentioned in [[Highlander: T..
Juan Santamaría
Juan Santamaría (August 29, 1831 - April 11, 1856), is officially recognized as the national hero of the Republic of Costa Rica. A national holiday in Costa Rica, Juan Santamaría Day, is held every April 11 to commemorate his death. Santamaría was born in the city of Alajuela. When U.S. adventu..
Juan Santamaría International Airport
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Juan Sarquis
Juan Sarquis is a Cuban classical music composer. Background Born in 1964 he migrated to the USA in the early 70's. He studied music at West Los Angeles College, Los Angeles City College, and the Southern Cal Conservatory of Music. Also took film scoring classes at UCLA. Work Has written over ..
Juan Sebastián Elcano
right Juan Sebastián Elcano (also seen as del Cano or Elkano) (Getaria, Gipuzkoa, Spain, 1476 – Pacific Ocean, August 4 1526) was a Basque explorer serving the Spanish Empire. He commanded the first successful expedition to circumnavigate the globe in 1522. A merchant ship captain, E..
Juan Sebastián Elcano (Spanish ship)
The Juan Sebastián de Elcano is a training ship for the Spanish Navy. A four-masted topsail schooner, at 370 feet long it is the third-largest Tall Ship in the world. It is named after Spanish explorer Juan Sebastián Elcano, captain of Ferdinand Magellan's last exploratory fleet. The ship also ..
Juan Sebastian Lach
Juan Sebastian Lach (born October 3, 1970 in Mexico City) is a composer of classical and electroacoustic works. Short Biography He has played keyboards and piano in jazz and rock bands in Mexico City such as Santa Sabina while studying composition. Since 2001, he has lived and studied in the Nethe..
Juan Sebastián Verón
Juan Sebastián Verón (born March 9, 1975 in La Plata) is an Argentine professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Estudiantes de La Plata. He is the son of Argentina striker Juan Ramón Verón, who was known as La Bruja (The Witch) and who scored against Manchester United in the ..
Juan Seguín
--> Juan Nepomuceno Seguín (IPA: ['xwaŋ nepomu'θeno se'ɣiŋ]) (1806–1890) was a Tejano hero of the Texas Revolution. He led a band of twenty-five Tejanos who favored a revolt and fought on the Texan side at the Battle of the Alamo. Because Seguín spoke only Spanish, he was chose..
Juan Serralles
Juan Serralles (born c.1845-1921 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) was the founder of what was to become "Serralles Distillers, Inc.", producers of "Don Q", a world renowned brand of Puerto Rican rum. Juan Serralles was the son of Sabastian Serralles, a wealthy Spaniard who settled in Ponce in the early 18th ..
Juan Serrano
Juan Serrano was a sixteenth century navigator who sailed with Ferdinand Magellan during the first circumnavigation of the world (1517-1519). Of Portuguese origin, Serrano was brother or cousin to Francisco Serrão, who was residing in the Spice Islands when the voyage began and whom Magellan hoped..
Juan Silveira dos Santos
Juan Silveira dos Santos (usually called Juan; born February 1 1979 in Rio de Janeiro) is football (soccer) player at the position of defender. He currently plays for the German club Bayer Leverkusen. Before he came to Germany in 2002, he played for Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. He is part of the..
Juan Simón
Juan Simón is a former football (soccer) defender from Argentina. ‹ The [Template messagestemplate] below has been proposed for deletion. See [Templates for deletion#Template:templates for deletion] to help reach a consensus on what to do. › Argentina Squad ..
Juan Sinforiano Bogarín
Juan Sinforiano Bogarín (born August 21, 1863, Mbuyapey – died February 25, 1949) was the first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Asunción in Paraguay. He became an ordained priest in 1886 and was appointed Bishop of Paraguay in 1894, at the age of 31. The see was elevated to an archdiocese on May 1,..
Juan Smith
Juan Smith Date of Birth: 30 July 1981 Place of Birth: Bloemfontein, South Africa Height: 1.96 m Weight: 107 kg Position: Number 8 Country: South Africa Test Debut: 2003 (against Scotland) Final Test: Active Test Caps: 24 Test Points: 10 Club(s): ..
Juan Soldado
Juan Soldado, the name given to Juan Castillo Morales by his devotees, is a folk saint revered by many in northwestern Mexico and in the southwestern United States. A private in the Mexican army, Castillo was executed on February 17, 1938 for the rape and murder of Olga Camacho Martínez, an eight-y..
Juan Soler
Juan Soler (born Juan Soler Valls-Quiroga on January 19 1966 in Tucumán, Argentina) is a Mexican actor and former rugby player and model. He is married to Mexican actress Maki with whom he has a daughter with. He was born in Argentina to a family of Catalonian and Galician decent. As a teenager he..
Juan Somavía
Juan Somavía (b. 21 April 1941) is a Chilean attorney. He is the Director-General of the International Labour Organization since 4 March 1999. External link [Biography at ILO site] ..
Juan Soriano
Juan Soriano (b. August 8, 1920 as Juan Rodríguez Montoya d. February 10, 2006) was a Mexican painter and sculptor. Soriano was born in Guadalajara and displayed his first painting at age 14. He moved to Mexico City in 1935, where after a difficult start he was accepted into the local art scene. ..
Juan Tamariz
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. Juan Tamariz Martel (born in Madrid, october 18, 1942). Spanish magician. As a cardician, he is very well resp..
Juan Tanamera
Juan Tanamera (born December 24th, 1845, died September 9th, 1945) was a hero and celebrity of the Cuban people whose contributions to the island's culture are carried out to this day. He is widely considered throughout the Cuban community by several Latin American historians as "The First Cuban." ..
Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol (31 December 1900 - 23 April 1984) was a Puerto Rican trombonist and composer of "Caravan" and "Perdido". ..
Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (Malabo, 1966) is a Annobonese writer from Equatorial Guinea. He has written novel, poetry and essay. He works as an editor in chief for El Patio, published by the Centro Cultural Hispano Guineano in Malabo. Works 1994 - Poemas.1998 - Rusia se va a Asamse (novel)1999 - L..
Juan Trippe
Trippe, Time, 1933 Juan Terry Trippe (June 27, 1899 – April 3, 1981) was an airline entrepreneur and pioneer. Trippe graduated from The Hill School in 1917, and then Yale in 1921. He began working on Wall Street, but soon became bored. After receiving an inheritance he started working w..
Juan Tuñas
Juan "Romperredes" Tuñas (born c.1917) is a former Cuban footballer. He played for the Cuban clubs Juventud Asturiana and Centro Gallego, and is the sole surviving member of the Cuba national football team that played at the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France. After helping lead Cuba to the quarterfina..
Juan Uribe
Juan Uribe was born on (July 22, 1979). He is an infielder in Major League Baseball who now plays shortstop for the Chicago White Sox. He was traded to the White Sox from the Colorado Rockies on December 2, 2003, for Aaron Miles. He was originally signed to back up Willie Harris as the second bas..
Juan Valderrama
Juan Valderrama Blanca (May 24, 1916 – April 12, 2004) was a Spanish flamenco and folk singer. Born in Torredelcampo, Juanito's recording career began in 1935 and lasted more than 60 years. Among his most famous songs is "El Emigrante", written in 1949, a ballad for the millions of displaced..
Juan Valdez
Juan Valdez and his mule in the logo of Café de Colombia. Juan Valdez is a fictional character that has appeared in advertisements for the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia since 1959, representing the Colombian coffee farmer. He typically appears alongside his mule Conchita,..
Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón
Juan Valentín de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón (born September 29, 1999 in Barcelona) is the eldest son of HRH the Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin, and seventh in the Line of succession to the Spanish Throne, after his mother. He was named Juan like his great-grandfather the Cou..
Juan Valera Espín
Juan Valera Espín aka Varela (born 21 December 1984 in Murcia, Region of Murcia) is Spanish football player who currently plays for Atlético de Madrid of the Spanish La Liga. His usual demarcation is Midfielder. Teams 2000-2002: Bullas CF2002-2005: Real Murcia2005-currently: Atlético de Madrid ..
Juan Valera y Alcala Galiano
Juan Valera. Juan Valera y Alcala Galiano (1824 – 1905) was a Spanish author, writer and political figure. He was born at Cabra, in the province of Córdoba. He was educated at Malaga and at the University of Granada, where he took his degree in law, and then entered upon a diplomatic car..
Juan Vargas
Juan Vargas (born March 7, 1961) is a Democratic member of the California State Assembly. Juan Vargas was born in National City, California, where he grew up. He is the third of ten children of Tomas and Celina Vargas, who immigrated to the United States from Mexico in the late 1940s and raise..
Juan Vasquez
Juan F. Vasquez (born Texas, 1948) is a judge of the United States Tax Court. Vasquez attended Fox Tech High School and San Antonio Junior College, where he studied Data Processing; he received of B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin in 1972. After working for two years as ..
Juan Vázquez de Mella
Juan Vázquez de Mella y Fanjul (Cangas de Onís, Asturias, 8 June 1861, Madrid 26 February 1928) is not very well known in the English-speaking world. Some of his contemporaries have been translated into English and are commonly, if loosely, associated with Spanish traditionalism. The late Frederic..
Juan Velasco Alvarado
Juan Velasco redirects here. For a Spanish footballer, see Juan Damas Velasco. Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado (June 16 1910– December 24 1977) was a left-leaning Peruvian General who ruled Peru from 1968 to 1975 under the title of "President of the Revolutionary Government". Early Years Ve..
Juan Velasco Damas
Juan Velasco Damas aka Velasco (born 15 May 1977 in Seville) is Spanish football player who currently plays for Atlético de Madrid of the Spanish La Liga. His usual demarcation is Defender. Teams 1995-1996: Coria CF1996-1997: Sevilla B1997-1999: Sevilla FC1999-2004: Celta de Vigo2004-present: Atl�..
Juan Velázquez de León
Juan Velázquez of León was a Spanish conqueror, who along with Hernán Cortés participated in the third Spanish expedition to continental America (present day Mexico) in 1519. He was distinguished being relative of the then Governor of Cuba Diego Velázquez, but overall served Hernán Cortés and..
Juan Vellejo Corona
Poster announcing a benefit for Corona's legal defense fund, ca. 1970s, by José Montoya Juan Vellejo Corona (born 1934) is an American serial killer who was accused and convicted of murdering 25 men in 1971. He was originally from Mexico but moved to Yuba City, California, after he left scho..
Juan Verdera
Juan performing live Juan Verder (born Juan Verdera Fernández), aka The Muses Rapt is a Spanish psychedelic trance musician. He began his career in the early 80's when he worked as a keyboardist with experimental punk bands like Derribos Aria, who used drum machines and guitars to create a h..
Juan Verón
Juan Verón can refer to two Argentine footballers: Juan Ramón Verón, nicknamed La BrujaJuan Sebastián Verón, his son, nicknamed La Brujita This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish..
Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo
Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo (sometimes given as Juan Vicente de Güemes Pacheco de Padilla y Horcasitas) (1740, Havana—May 2, 1799, Madrid) was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from October 17, 1789 to July 11, 1794). He is..
Juan Vicente Gómez
Juan Vicente Gómez (July 24, 1857 - December 17, 1935) was a military general and president of Venezuela on three occasions from 1908 until his death in 1935. The barely literate cattle herder Gómez rose to political prominence as a supporter of Cipriano Castro through his exile in Cuba. He b..
Juan Vicente Torrealba
Juan Vicente Torrealba Pérez (born December 20, 1917) in Caracas, Venezuela, is a Venezuelan harpist and composer of popular music. Although born on the outskirts of Caracas, the family moved while he was very young to a ranch in Camaguán, Guárico. The poverty of the family and the region ..
Juan Villafuerte
Villafuerte's, Self Portrait, age 18, oil on canvas, 1963. Villafuerte's,He Builds, oil on canvas, 1972. Villafuerte's, Monster: From the Transmutation Series, ink on paper, 1974. Juan Villafuerte (b.1945, Guayaquil, Ecuador; d.1977 Barcelona, Spain) (Juan Antonio Villafuerte Estr..
Juan Villalonga
POSSIBLE COPYRIGHT VIOLATION If you have just labeled this page as a possible copyright infringement, please add the following to the bottom of [ Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2006_August_26/Articles]* {{subst:article-cv|}} from []. ~~~~ The previous content o..
Juan Villoro
Juan Villoro (Mexico City, 1956-) is a Mexican writer and journalist. He has been well known among intellectual circles in Mexico, Latin America and Spain since receiving the Herralde prize for his novel El testigo. Biography Juan Villoro received his bachelor's degree in sociology from the Metropo..
Juan Vivion de Valera
Juan Vivion de Valera was the man Eamon de Valera maintained was his father. According to Eamon's account, Juan Vivion was a Spaniard who emigrated to America. There, he met Eamon's mother Kate Coll, who had immigrated from Knockmore in County Limerick, and married her in 1881, a year before Eamon..
Juan Vucetich
Juan Vucetich (July 20, 1858 – January 25, 1925) was a Croatian-born Argentine anthropologist and police official who pioneered the use of fingerprinting. Vucetich was born Ivan Vučetić at Hvar in Dalmatia (then Habsburg Monarchy, now Croatia). In 1882 he emigrated to Argentina. In 1891 Vu..
Juan Williams
Juan Williams is an Emmy Award-winning writer, radio, and television correspondent. Williams is currently serving as a senior national correspondent for National Public Radio. Prior to joining NPR, Williams spent 23 years working at the Washington Post as a columnist and White House correspondent...
Juan Williams Rebolledo
Juan Williams Rebolledo (Curacaví 1825 - Santiago, June 24, 1910) Chilean Rear-Admiral, organizer and Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean navy at the beginning of the War of the Pacific. Contents 1 Early Life2 Chincha Islands War years3 War of the Pacific years4 Later Life ..
Juan Yagüe
Juan Yagüe Blanco (1891 – October 29, 1952) was a Spanish army officer during the Spanish Civil War. The son of a doctor, he enrolled at a young age in the Infantry Academy of Toledo, where Francisco Franco was a fellow cadet. The two men received their commissions concurrently and served to..
Juan Zambudio Velasco
Velasco, full name Juan Zambudio Velasco, (born 1921 in La Alquería, Murcia and dead 21 January of 2004 in Barcelona) was a Spanish football (soccer) goalkeeper, who played for Mollet and FC Barcelona. He retired playing in CE Sabadell. He was contracted by FC Barcelona in 1942, when he was 21. He..
Juan Zanotto
The cover for Falka (French edition) #1. Juan Zanotto (September 26, 1935 – April 13, 2005) was an Italian-born Argentine comic book artist who worked both in Europe and Argentina. Biography Born Giovanni Zanotto in Cuceglio, in the province of Turin (Piedmont), he moved with his family..
Juan Zorrilla de San Martín
Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (December 28, 1855 - November 3, 1931) was an Uruguayan epic poet. One of his most famous poems was Tabaré. ..
Juarez (1939 film)
Juarez is a 1939 film with Brian Aherne, Bette Davis, and John Garfield. Awards Best Supporting Actor (nomination) - Brian Aherne External links ..
Juarez Echenique
Benjamin Juarez Echenique is a music conductor, born in Mexico City on July 17, 1951. He studied in Mexico at the National School of Music, National University of Mexico, the California Institute of the Arts, where he obtained his Master of Fine Arts in Music, as well as in Italy, France and England..
Juarez Gallos de Pelea
The Juarez Gallos de Pelea were a Mexican franchise in the American Basketball Association during the 2003-2004 season. ..
Juarez murders
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]The Juarez Murders involve more than 450 young women who have been found dead in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico since 1993. Another 400 are still missing. Most of the victims were between the ages of 17 and 22, come from poverty, and work at the "Maquiladoras" (fo..
Juarzon District
Juarzon District is one of seven districts located in Sinoe County, Liberia. Districts of Liberia Bomi County: Klay | Mecca Bong County: Fuamah | Jorquelleh | Kokoyah | Panta-Kpa | Salala | Sanayea | Suakoko | Zota Gbarpolu County: Belleh | Bopolu | Bokomu | Kongba | Gbarma Grand Bas..
Juaso
Juaso is a town in Ghana. It is the capital of Asante Akim South district. ..
Juaye-Mondaye
Juaye-Mondaye is a commune of the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie région in France. Its postal code is 14250. The INSEE code is 14346. ..
Juayúa
Juayúa is a municipality in the Sonsonate department of El Salvador. ..
Juazeiro
Juazeiro is a city and municipality in eastern Brazil in the state of Bahia. It had a population of 198,065, according to the 2004 census, and an area of 6,415.4 km². The population density was 31.34 hab/km² (2000). The elevation is 373 meters. It became a city in 1833. [link] Althou..
Juazeiro do Norte
Juazeiro do Norte is the third-largest city in Ceará state, in northeastern Brazil. It is located 528 km south of the state capital Fortaleza in the arid sertão. The municipality has a population of 225,300 (2005 official estimate} and covers 219 km² (84,56 sq.miles). Juazeiro do Norte is best-..

 

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