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Lui
Lui is a French adult entertainment magazine created in January 1964 by Daniel Filipacchi. This monthly was particularly successful from 1964 to the early eighties, featuring many B-List but also prominent French actresses, such as Brigitte Bardot, Mireille Darc or Marlène Jobert. Its motto was ..
Luie hond
Luie hond (Lazy Dog) is a Dutch reggae group, founded in the summer of 1997, from Leeuwarden. Luie hond consists of Joris Mous (lead singer/guitar), Andries van Wieren (drummer), Johan Viswat (bass/vocals), Arjan Kiel, (keyboard/vocals), and Wyno Bruinsma (guitar/vocals). Albums and singles: H..
Luigi
For the Belgian singer known as Luigi, see Luigi Verderame. is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Luigi is the younger (sometimes twin) brother of Nintendo mascot Mario. He first appeared in the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros. as the character control..
Luigi's Mansion
, released in 2001, was a launch title for the Nintendo GameCube system; it was also the first official Mario-series title for the system. Originally designed to show off the graphical capabilities of the Gamecube after its introduction in 2001, Luigi's Mansion was also the second Mario title to fe..
Luigi, Count Cibrario
Luigi, Count Cibrario (February 23, 1802 – October 1, 1870) was an Italian statesman and historian. Born in Usseglio, in the province of Turin, he was descended from a noble but impoverished Piedmontese family. He won a scholarship at the age of sixteen, and was teaching literature at eightee..
Luigino
Luigino is a currency issued from 1994 to 1996 in Seborga, an Italian city which claims to be an independent principality. Its legal status is controversial. The self proclaimed Prince Giorgio I issued new coins made of different metals, such as silver. They are accepted in Seborga by all local sho..
Luigino Longo
Luigino Longo (born 1958), also known as Gigi, is a Norwegian-Italian trade union and socialist activist. He is currently serving jail time in Sweden following a controversial trial in which he was convicted of assaulting the police during the 2001 Gothenburg demonstrations against George W. Bush an..
Luigi (disambiguation)
Luigi is the Italian version of the given name Louis. Its familiar form is Gigi or sometimes Gigio, e.g. as in Topo Gigio. Luigi is a character from the Mario series of video games developed by Nintendo. Luigi is a common nickname for the famous teacher of jazz technique Eugene Louis Faccuito. ..
Luigi Alamanni
Luigi Alamanni (sometimes spelt Alemanni) (March 6, 1495–April 18, 1556), Italian poet and statesman, was born in Florence. He was regarded as a prolific and versatile poet, and is credited with introducing the epigram into Italian poetry. His father was a devoted adherent of the Medici par..
Luigi Albertini
Luigi Albertini (1871, Ancona – 1941, Rome) was an influential Italian journalist and an early and outspoken antifascist. He was a member of parliament in the Italian Senate from 1914 until the advent of the fascist dictatorship of Mussolini. Under his direction, the Milan newspaper Corriere della..
Luigi Aloysius Colla
Luigi Aloysius Colla (1766-1848) was an Italian botanist of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. He was a member of the Provisional Government of Savoy from December 12 1798 to April 2 1799, taking his turn as chairman of the government in rotation for a ten-day term. In 1820 Colla described two ..
Luigi Alva
Luigi Alva né Luis Ernesto Alva y Talledo (10 April 1927) was the foremost lyric tenor of the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Peru, where he studied with Rosa Mercedes, he went to Milan on a grant to perfect his singing. After his debut at the Piccolo Teatro alla Scala in 1955, he was soon invited to sin..
Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi
Luigi Amedeo Giuseppe Maria Ferdinando Francesco (January 29, 1873 – March 18, 1933), better known as Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (Italian: Duca degli Abruzzi) was an Italian mountaineer and explorer who made the first ascent of Mount Saint Elias (Alaska-Yukon) in 1897. Contents 1&nbs..
Luigi Anichini
Luigi Anichini, Italian engraver of seals and medals, a native of Ferrara, lived at Venice about 1550. Michelangelo pronounced his "Interview of Alexander the Great with the high-priest at Jerusalem", "the perfection of the art". His medals of Henry II of France and Pope Paul III. are greatly valued..
Luigi Antonio Sabbatini
Luigi Antonio Sabbatini (1732, Albano Laziale, Italy - January 29 1809, Padova, Italy) was an Italian composer and music theorist. He studied music at Bologna in the Franciscan Monastery, under Father Giovanni Baptista Martini. He published a textbook on the theoretical elements of music, in 1789,..
Luigi Apolloni
Luigi Apolloni (born 2 May, 1967 in Frascati) is a retired Italian football player. He played for several clubs, including AC Reggiana, AC Parma and Hellas Verona. He played for Italy national football team (15 matches/1 goal) and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where Italy won the s..
Luigi Arditi
Luigi Arditi (22 July 1822 - 1 May 1903, was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor. Born on 22nd July 1822 in Crescentino, Piemonte (Italy)died on 1st May 1903 in Hove, near Brighton (England) This Italian was a brilliant composer and fine opera conductor. Luigi began his musical career as a..
Luigi Ballerini
Luigi Ballerini, born in Milan in 1940, currently living in New York, is an Italian poet, professor of modern and contemporary Italian Literature at the UCLA and a cooking historian. His works of poetry were issued under the following titles: eccetera. E (Guanda, 1972)Che figurato muore (Scheiwille..
Luigi Barzini
Luigi Barzini, Sr. (Orvieto 1874, Milan 1947) and his son Luigi Barzini, Jr. (Milan, 1908 - Rome, 1984) were two noted Italian journalists and writers. For more details, see their respective pages. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same t..
Luigi Barzini, Jr.
Luigi Barzini Jr. (1908-1984) was born in Milan, Italy. After completing his studies in Italy and at Columbia University, he worked for two New York newspapers. He returned to Italy in 1930 to become a correspondent for Corriere della Sera. In 1940 he was confined by the Fascists to forced residenc..
Luigi Barzini, Sr.
Luigi Barzini sr (1874 in Orvieto - 1947 in Milan) was a well-known Italian journalist, war correspondent and writer. Barzini started his career as a journalist in [1898] working for minor Italian magazines and was almost immediately noticed and hired by Luigi Albertini, then director ..
Luigi Beccali
Luigi Beccali (November 19, 1907 - August 29, 1990) was an Italian athlete, winner of 1500 m at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Born in Milan, Luigi Beccali, as a youth, was fascinated by cycling and track and field athletics, but choose the latter, when he met the coach Dino Nai. Luigi Beccali, an Ita..
Luigi Bertoni
Luigi Bertoni (born in Milan 1872, died in Geneva 1947) was an Italian-born anarchist writer and typographer. In July 1900 Bertoni founded the anarchist bilingual periodical Il Risveglio/Le Réveil Geneva. He was the editor of the journal until his death in 1947. He was also a regular contributor t..
Luigi Bianchi
Luigi Bianchi was born on January 18 1856 in Parma, Italy, and died on June 6 1928 in Pisa, Italy. He was a leading mathematician of the vigorous geometric school which flourished in Italy during the later years of the 19th century and the early years of the twentieth century. Like his friend and ..
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini (February 19, 1743 – May 28, 1805) was a classical era composer and cellist from Italy, mostly known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5, and the cello concerto in B flat major (G 482). This last work was long k..
Luigi Cadorna
Luigi Cadorna GCB (September 4, 1850 - December 21, 1928) was an Italian Field Marshal, most famous for being the Commander-in-Chief of the Italian army during the first part of World War I. Born to General Raffaele Cadorna in Verbania Pallanza, Piedmont (now part of present day Verbania), after..
Luigi Cagnola
Marchese Luigi Cagnola (born June 9, 1762 in Milan, Italy; died August 14, 1833) was an Italian architect. He was sent at the age of fourteen to the Clementine College at Rome, and afterwards studied at the University of Pavia. He was intended for the legal profession, but his passion for architect..
Luigi Canina
--> Luigi Canina (1795 – 1856) was an Italian archaeologist and architect. Luigi Canina, Italian architect and archeologist, was born in Casale Monferrato in 1795 and died in Florence in 1856. He was a pupil of F. Bonsignore in Turin, and settled in Rome in 1818. Among his works are: some co..
Luigi Capello
Luigi Capello (1859–1941) was an Italian army officer. He took part to the Italo-Turkish War (1911–12), where he distinguished himself. During World War One he was the commander of several Army Corps, then, since June 1917, of the II Army, and led the Italian troops that captured Gorizia and the..
Luigi Capuana
Luigi Capuana (May 28, 1839 - November 29, 1915) was an Italian author and journalist and one of the most important members of the Verist movement. He was a contemporary of Giovanni Verga, both having been born in the province of Catania within a year of each other. He was also one of the first a..
Luigi Cardinal Lambruschini
Luigi Cardinal Lambruschini (6 March 1776 – 12 May 1854) was a prominent Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in the mid nineteenth century. Luigi Lambruschini was born in Genoa, then an independent republic, in 1776. He joined a religious order called the Order of the Barnabites in..
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Luigi Cardinal Maglione (Casoria, province of Naples, March 2, 1877 – August 23, 1944) was the Cardinal Secretary of State in the Roman Curia from 1939 until 1944. On September 1, 1920 he was appointed as titular Archbishop of Caesarea, Palestine and apostolic nuncio to Switzerland. In 1926,..
Luigi Cardinal Traglia
Luigi Cardinal Traglia (April 3, 1895 - November 22, 1977) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a prominent member of the Roman Curia in Vatican City. Luigi Traglia was born on April 3, 1895 in Albano Laziale, Italy (near Rome) and was ordained a priest in 1917. In December 193..
Luigi Carlo Farini
Luigi Carlo Farini (October 22, 1812–August 1, 1866) was an Italian statesman and historian Biography Farini was born at Russi, near Ravenna. After completing a brilliant university course at Bologna, which he interrupted to take part in the revolution of 1831, he practised as a physician at..
Luigi Carnera
Asteroids discovered: 16 466 Tisiphone January 17 1901 with Max Wolf 469 Argentina February 20 1901 470 Kilia April 21 1901 472 Roma July 11 1901 476 Hedwig August 17 1901 477 Italia August 23 1901 478 Tergeste September 21 1901 479 Caprera November 12 1901 480 H..
Luigi Cascioli
Luigi Cascioli is an Italian atheist and author of the book The Fable of Christ. When Cascioli was younger he trained to become a Roman Catholic priest, but he left off his training to become a pronounced atheist and he asserted that Jesus never existed. He later expounded on this in his book, whi..
Luigi Cevenini
Luigi Cevenini (born March 13, 1895 in Milan, died 1968) was an Italian football player. He played 190 times for Internazionale and scored 156 goals. For Italy, he scored 11 goals in 29 matches between 1915 and 1929. External links [International Goal Scoring Record] ..
Luigi Cherubini
Luigi Cherubini (September 14, 1760 – March 15, 1842) was an Italian composer. Although his music is not well known today, it was greatly admired by many of his contemporaries. Beethoven considered him to be the greatest dramatic composer of his time. Cherubini was born Maria Luigi Carlo Ze..
Luigi Chiatti
Luigi Chiatti was found in front of a Church in Narni, Umbria, Italy in 1968. He spent his first six years in an orphanage, and was then adopted by Ermanno Chiatti and Giacoma Ponti, a wealthy family from Foligno. He was arrested for the killing of Lorenzo Paolucci on 8 August 1993. He confessed to ..
Luigi Chinetti
Luigi Chinetti (July 17, 1901 - August 17, 1994) was an Italian-born Grand Prix racecar driver. Born in Milan, Chinetti eventually moved to Paris, France where he raced cars and worked as an automobile salesman. Driving an Alfa Romeo, he captured his first 24 hours of Le Mans with Raymond Sommer in..
Luigi Ciacchi
Luigi Ciacchi (August 16 1788 – December 17 1865) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church and priest of Roman Curia. Born in Pesaro, Marche, he was made Cardinal by the Pope Gregory XVI. He also took part in the conclave that elected pope Pius IX. He died in Rome. ..
Luigi Cinque Tarantula Hypertext Orchestra
Luigi Cinque Tarantula Hypertext Orchestra Avantgarde Italian music group prominent in the multicultural, multilingual conetext of what is known as "world music". Has recorded since 1974. The leader, Luigi Cinque, has also written about Italian folk and popular music. ..
Luigi Cocilovo
Luigi Cocilovo (born October 7, 1947 in Palermo) is an Italian Member of the European Parliament and a University researcher in Law. He was elected on the Olive Tree ticket and sits with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group. On July 20, 2004 he was elected one of the 14 Vice-Pres..
Luigi Colani
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Luigi Cornaro
Luigi Cornaro (b. 1457?, 1468?; d. 1566) was a Venetian nobleman who wrote treatises on dieting, including Discorsi della Vita Sobria (Discourses on the Sober Life). Finding himself near death at the age of forty, Cornaro modified his eating habits on the advice of his doctors and began t..
Luigi Corvaglia
Luigi Corvaglia is an Italian psychologist. His theories about individual rights as out-puts of market processes put him right in the middle between left-wing anarcho-capitalism and libertarian socialism. ..
Luigi Cossa
Luigi Cossa (May 27, 1831 - May 10, 1896), Italian economist, was born at Milan. Educated at the universities of Pavia, Vienna and Leipzig, he was appointed professor of political economy at Pavia in 1858. Cossa was the author of several works which established for him a high reputation; including..
Luigi Creatore
Luigi Creatore (born December 21, 1920 in the Hell's Kitchen section of New York City) is a retired American songwriter and record producer. From a musical family, Creatore began his career as a writer. After serving with the United States military during World War II, in the 1950s he became a writ..
Luigi Cremona
Luigi Cremona (7 December 1830- 10 June 1903) was an Italian mathematician. His life was devoted to the study of geometry and reforming advanced mathematical teaching in Italy. His reputation mainly rests on his Introduzione ad una teoria geometrica delle curve piane. He notably enriched our knowled..
Luigi d'Albertis
Luigi Maria d'Albertis (Genoa 1841 - 1901) was an Italian naturalist and explorer. He was the first person to chart the Fly River in Papua New Guinea. Publications New Guinea: What I Did and What I Saw. Vol. I and II. London: S. Low Marston Searle & Rivington, 1880 References Edwards, Ian. [L..
Luigi Dallapiccola
Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions. Contents 1 Biography2 Music3 Selected works3.1 Writings by Dallapiccola3.2 Writings in English on Dallapiccola4 References5 Ex..
Luigi David
Luigi David is an uncommon nickname for the name David. It was first invented by a 3 and 1/2 year old boy named David in the year 2006. The name caught on very quickly and has stuck ever since. The name was inspired by the character Luigi in the Disney movie Cars. The second word is just an Italian ..
Luigi Da Porto
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. Luigi Da Porta is known as the first writer of the book Romeo and Juliet. In 1530, he wrote the transcript call..
Luigi Del Neri
Luigi Del Neri (born August 23, 1950 in Aquileia, Udine) is an Italian football manager and former player. Career Player Del Neri made his debut as player at the age of 16 for Spal, Ferrara's football team, for which it had worked as storer. After playing for Foggia and Novara, he moved to Udinese,..
Luigi Denza
Luigi Denza (February 24, 1846 - January 26, 1922), was an Italian composer. Denza was born at Castellammare di Stabia, Italy. He studied music He studied music under Saverio Mercadante and Paolo Serrao at the Naples Conservatory. Later, he moved to London and became a professor of singing at the R..
Luigi de Rossi
Luigi de Rossi (ca. 1597 - February 19, 1653) was an Italian composer, said to have been born at Naples towards the close of the 16th century. Of his life practically nothing is known. An opera of his, Il Palazzo Incantato, was given at Rome in 1642; in 1646 he was invited by Cardinal Mazarin to Pa..
Luigi Di Biagio
Luigi Di Biagio (born June 3, 1971 in Rome) is an Italian football (soccer) defensive midfielder, who currently plays for Brescia of Serie B. Di Biagio is most recognized by missing a decisive kick in the penalty shootout for Italy against France in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Prior to joining Brescia..
Luigi Durand De La Penne
Luigi Durand De La Penne (February 11, 1914 - January 17, 1992) was an Italian naval diver in Decima MAS during World War II. Contents 1 Sinking of the HMS Valiant2 With the Allies in La Spezia3 Post-war Career4 External link Sinking of the HMS Valiant As part of a team of d..
Luigi Einaudi
For the former acting Secretary General of the Organization of American States, see Luigi R. Einaudi Luigi Einaudi (March 24 1874 - October 30 1961) was an Italian politician. He served as the President of the Italian Republic between 1948 and 1955. |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="tex..
Luigi Fabbri
Luigi Fabbri (1877 – 1935), was an Italian militant anarchist and writer, agitator and propagandist charged with defeatism during the World War I. Born in Fabriano (Ancona), Italy 1877, died in Montevideo, Uruguay 1935. Fabbri was a long time and prolific contributor to the anarchist press in E..
Luigi Facta
Luigi Facta (November 16, 1861 - November 5, 1930) was an Italian politician and journalist. He was the last Prime Minister of Italy before the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini, and thus his government was in power during Mussolini's March on Rome. Facta was born in Pinerolo, Piedmont, Italy. He s..
Luigi Fagioli
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Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli
Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (or Marsili) (Lat. Marsilius, 1658-1730), was an Italian soldier and naturalist born at Bologna on the 10th of July 1658. He was a member of an old patrician family and was educated in accordance with his rank. He supplemented his training by studying mathematics, ana..
Luigi Ferri
Luigi Ferri (June 15, 1826 - 1895), Italian philosopher, was born at Bologna. His education was obtained mainly at the École Normale in Paris, where his father, a painter and architect, was engaged in the construction of the Théâtre Italien. From his twenty-fifth year he began to lecture in the ..
Luigi Fortis
Luigi Fortis, S.J. (February 26, 1748 - January 27, 1829) was the twentieth Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. He was born in Verona, Italy. He was admitted into the provincial for the city of Venice in 1762, at the very young age of 14. He taught humanities at the University of Ferrara. ..
Luigi G. Napolitano Award
The Luigi G. Napolitano Award is presented every year at the Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). It has been presented annually, since 1993, to a young scientist under 30 years of age who has presented a paper at the International Astronautical Congress. The award consist..
Luigi Galleani
Luigi Galleani (1861—November 4, 1931) was a major 20th century anarchist. Famous among both Italians and Americans, he was a proponent of "propaganda by the deed". He was the founder and editor of Cronaca Sovversiva, a major Italian anarchist periodical which ran for a period of about 15 year..
Luigi Galvani
Luigi Galvani Luigi Galvani (September 9 1737–December 4 1798) was an Italian physician and physicist who lived and died in Bologna and who discovered that muscle and nerve cells produce electricity. Dissecting a frog at a table where he had been conducting experiments with static electrici..
Luigi Ganna
Luigi Ganna was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the first Giro d'Italia, held in 1909. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Luigi Gaspari
Luigi Gaspari (1929 - 1995) was an Italian mystic writer. Gaspari prophesied a future canonization of Czar Nicholas II [[Citing sources citation needed]]. The czar was later canonized August 20, 2000 in Moscow with an official ceremony at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior...
Luigi Giussani
--> Luigi Giussani Monsignor Luigi Giussani (October 15, 1922-February 22, 2005), Italian Catholic priest, educator, public intellectual and founder of the international Catholic movement Comunione e Liberazione (Communion and Liberation). Contents 1 Biography2 Works2.1 Book..
Luigi Griffanti
Luigi Griffanti (born in Turbigo, Milan, April 20, 1917 – dead in Florence, May 2, 2006) was an italian footballer. Nicknamed "Saracinesca", he was goalkeeper for Vigevano, Fiorentina, Torino, Venezia in 1930s and 1940s. ..
Luigi Gui
Luigi Gui (born September 26, 1914 in Padua) is an Italian politician and philosopher. Gui was born in Padua (Veneto). She was an officer of the Alpini corps of the Italian Army, and fought in USSR during World War II. Later, he was a member of the Italian Assemblea Costituente which later became t..
Luigi Illica
Luigi Illica Luigi Illica (Castell'Arquato, near Piacenza, Italy, 9 May 1857 - Colombarone, Italy, 16 December 1919) was a famous librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini, Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano and other important Italian composers. His most famous opera librettos are La bohème,..
Luigi Kasimir
Luigi Kasimir (1881-1962) was an Austrian-born etcher, painter, and landscape artist. Kasimir was born in 1881 in Pettau, a part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He inherited his talent from his ancestors; his grandfather was a painter and a poet, and his father an officer in the Hapsburg army, wh..
Luigi Lablache
Luigi Lablache (6 December 1794 - 23 January 1858) was an Italian bass of French and Irish heritage, born in Naples. He was most noted for his comic performances, with a powerful bass voice, a wide range, and adept acting: Leporello in Don Giovanni was one of his signature roles. Luigi studied init..
Luigi Lanzi
Luigi Lanzi (Treia, 1732–30 March, 1810) was an Italian archaeologist. Lanzi was educated as a priest. He entered the Order of the Jesuits, resided at Rome and in 1773 was appointed keeper of the galleries of Florence, where he became president of the Academia della Crusca. He thereafter stu..
Luigi Lavazza
Luigi Lavazza (1859 - 1949) was an Italian businessman, creator of the company of coffee Lavazza in 1895 in Turin. Biography Lavazza was born in Murisengo, a small city in the province of Turin (Piedmont). Lavazza's firm origins go back to 1895, when Luigi Lavazza purchased a little grocery store..
Luigi Locati
Luigi Locati (July 23 1928 - July 14 2005) was an Italian Catholic missionary and bishop. He was shot to death at the pastoral center of Isiolo, Kenya, in what is suspected as an attempted robbery. Born in the village Vinzaglio in northern Italy, he was ordained as priest on June 29 1952. In the 1..
Luigi Longo
Luigi Longo portrayed on a 1981 Soviet union stamp. Luigi Longo (March 15 1900 —October 16 1980), also known as Gallo, was an Italian communist politician and secretary of the Italian Communist Party from 1964 to 1972. Early life Luigi Longo was born in Fubine Monferrato (province of A..
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Cover image of The History and Geography of Human Genes, (1994), mapping the 3 strongest principal components of variation of 82 selected genes (p. 134) (mostly blood type and HLA genes which are subject to selection by disease (p. 126), not neutral markers) between his sampled populations onto g..
Luigi Lucheni
Part of the Politics series onAnarchism Traditions Anarcha-feminism Anarchist communism Anarcho-primitivism Anarcho-syndicalism Christian anarchism Collectivist anarchism Eco-anarchism Green anarchism Individualist anarchism Anarcho-capitalism(disputed) Anarchism in culture Anarchi..
Luigi Lucioni
Luigi Lucioni (November 4, 1900 - July 22, 1988) was an Italian-born American painter. His still lifes, landscapes, and portraits, were known for their style, accuracy, and natural color. In 1915 he won a competition which allowed him to attend Cooper Union. ..
Luigi Lucotti
Luigi Lucotti was a Italian cyclist who participated in the 1919 Tour de France ..
Luigi Luzzatti
Luigi Luzzatti (March 11, 1841–March 29, 1927) was an Italian political figure. He served as Prime Minister of Italy between 1910 and 1911. He was Italy's second Jewish prime minister in a row, being preceded by Sidney Sonnino. |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;..
Luigi Malerba
Luigi Malerba, also Luigi Banardi, was born in 1927 in Berceto, Italy. He has an university degree in law. An Italian author of stories, historical novels and screenplays as well as a co-founder of the "Gruppo 63", he currently resides in Rome and Orvieto. Malerba won the Viareggio Prize in 1992...
Luigi Manini
Luigi Manini (1848 – 1936) was a European set designer and architect. He was born in Brescia, Italy, and studied at the Brera Academy before becoming an assistant to Carlo Ferrario, the professor of stage design at La Scala. Manini then moved to Portugal to work for the Real Teatro de São Carlo..
Luigi Marchesi
Luigi Marchesi (August 8, 1754 - December 14, 1829), was a famous Italian castrato singer. Luigi Marchesi in retirement. Biography Luigi Ludovico Marchesi was born at Milan. He joined the Milan Cathedral choir in 1765, and made his operatic debut at the Teatro delle Dame (Rome), in a female..
Luigi Marchisio
Luigi Marchisio (born April 26, 1909 - died July 3, 1992) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1930 Giro d'Italia. Marchisio was also 3rd in the 1931 Giro d'Italia. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Luigi Maria Ugolini
Luigi Maria Ugolini (born 1895, died 1936) was an Italian archaeologist. Ugolini was born in the small town of Bertinoro in the Italian Romagna, the son of a poor watchmaker. He shone at school and after service in the First World War in the Alpini studied archaeology at Bologna University. He wa..
Luigi Mazzella
Minister Luigi Mazzella is a member of the Italian government and is in charge of Security and Intelligence for Italy. [Luigi Mazzella] ..
Luigi Musso
Luigi Musso (born July 28, 1924 - died July 6, 1958) was an Italian auto racing driver. Born in Rome, Italy, he began his racing career driving sports cars before debuting on the Formula One circuit on January 17, 1954 driving a Maserati. In 1954, he won the Coppa Acerbo, an F1 non-championship rac..
Luigi Nono
Grave of Nono in the San Michele Cemetery, Venice Luigi Nono (29 January 1924 - 8 May 1990) was an Italian composer of contemporary music. Biography Luigi Nono studied at the Venice Conservatoire where he became acquainted with serialism. (He married Schönberg's daughter Nuria in 1955). He ..
Luigi Palma di Cesnola
Luigi Palma di Cesnola (July 29 1832-November 21 1904), an Italian-American soldier and archaeologist, was born near Turin. Having served in the Austrian and Crimean Wars, in 1860 he went to New York, where he taught Italian and French and founded a military school for officers. He took part in the..
Luigi Palmieri
Luigi Palmieri (April 22, 1807 - September 9 1896) was an Italian physicist and meteorologist. Contents 1 Biography2 Memberships3 Honours4 Publications5 See also6 External links and references Biography He was born at Faicchio, Benevento, Italy. He died at Naples,..
Luigi Parrilli
Baron Luigi Parrilli was an Italian aristocrat who was a Knight of Malta, papal chamberlain, and fascist sympathizer, who took part in the negotiations between SS leaders and the CIA's future director, Allen Dulles, during Operation paperclip. ..
Luigi Pelloux
Luigi Pelloux (March 1, 1839 in Savoy–October 26, 1924 in Bordighera, Italy ), Italian general and politician, was born at La Roche, in Savoy, of parents who retained their Italian nationality when Savoy was annexed to France. Entering the army as lieutenant of artillery in 1857 he gained t..
Luigi Pieroni
Luigi Pieroni (born September 8, 1980 in Liège) is a Belgian football striker, currently playing for French team AJ Auxerre. He also plays with the Belgium national football team. He finished the Jupiler League 2003-04 season as topscorer with 28 goals. He previously played with R.F.C. Liégeois..
Luigi Piotti
Luigi Piotti (October 27, 1913 - April 19, 1971) was a Formula One driver from Italy. He participated in 7 grands prix, debuting on January 22, 1956. He scored 0 championship points. Complete Formula One results Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Team 1956 Mase ARG MON IND BEL ..
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello (June 28, 1867 – December 10, 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934. Contents 1 Biography2 The novels3 Works4 Poetry5 External links Biography bust of Pirandello in a pub..
Luigi Pistilli
Luigi Pistilli (July 19, 1929 - April 21, 1996) was an Italian actor of stage, screen, and television. In theater, he was considered one of the country's best interpreters of Bertolt Brecht's plays in The Threepenny Opera and St. Joan of the Stockyards. Born in Grosseto, Pistilli studied acting at ..
Luigi Poletti
Luigi Poletti (1864-1967) was an Italian mathematician and poet Poletti was born in Pontremoli. His mathematical studies have been related to the expansion of the table of prime numbers, using an algorithm that he called Neocribrum. External links [Personaggi di Lunigiana: Luigi Poletti]..
Luigi Pulci
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Luigi Sala
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Luigi Salvatorelli
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Luigi Schiavonetti
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Luigi Taparelli
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Luigi Taramazzo
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Luigi Tarisio
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Luigi Tenco
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Luigi Tripepi
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Luigi Vanvitelli
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Luigi Verderame
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Luigi Villoresi
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Luigj Gurakuqi
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Luigne
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Luisa Acuna
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Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi
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Luisa Capetillo
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Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza
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Luisa Casati
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Luisa Castro
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Luisa Diogo
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Luisa Durán
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Luisa Fernanda
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Luisa Fortes da Cunha
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Luisa María Calderón
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Luisa Miller
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Luisa Moreno
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Luisa Morgantini
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Luisa of Medina-Sidonia
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Luisa Rioja
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Luisa Tetrazzini
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Luiseño
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Luisenthal Mine Disaster
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Luise Aston
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Luise Brunner
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Luise Danz
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Luise Gottsched
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Luise Rainer
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Luise von Ploennies
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Luisiana, Laguna
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Luisito Vigoreaux
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Luison
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Luis "Perico" Ortiz
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Luis "Pirata" Fuente Stadium
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Luis (letter)
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Luis (TV series)
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Luis A. Eguiguren
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Luis A. Ferré
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Luis A. López
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Luis A. Marquez
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Luis Advis
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Luis Agote
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Luis Alberni
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Luis Alberto Monge
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Luis Alberto Moreno
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Luis Alberto Riart
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Luis Alberto Sánchez
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Luis Alberto Spinetta
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Luis Albizuri
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Luis Alcoriza
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Luis Alicea
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Luis Aloma
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Luis Alvarez
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Luis Andujar
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Luis and Sheridan Lopez-Fitzgerald
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Luis Angel Landin
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Luis Antonio Argüello
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Luis Antonio Hierro López
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Luis Antonio Moreno
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Luis Antonio Rivera
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Luis Antonio Valencia
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Luis Aparicio
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Luis Aponte
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Luis Aquino
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Luis Aragonés
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Luis Arconada
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Luis Armando Reynoso
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Luis Armand Garcia
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Luis Arroyo
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Luis Artime
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Luis Arturo González López
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Luis Ayala
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Luis Barahona de Soto
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Luis Barragán
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Luis Barragan (executive)
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Luis Batlle Berres
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Luis Bedoya Reyes
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Luis Bernardo de Tavora
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Luis Bernardo Honwana
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Luis Beza
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Luis Bográn
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Luis Borrassa
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Luis Brandoni
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Luis Brión
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Luis Buñuel
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Luis Bush
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Luis Caballero
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Luis Cabral
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Luis Caffarelli
Luis A. Caffarelli (born December 8 1948 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-United States mathematician and leader in the field of partial differential equations and their applications. Caffarelli obtained his Masters of Science (1968) and Ph.D. (1972) at the University of Buenos Aires. He currently..
Luis Calderón Vega
Luis Calderón Vega is a Mexican politician and writer who founded the National Action Party (PAN) in 1939. Calderón Vega, who married María del Carmen Hinojosa González, was a prominent politician in his native Michoacan. He and other leading politicians formally founded the National Action Par..
Luis Calvo Province
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Luis Cancer
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Luis Cardenas
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Luis Cardinal Aponte Martínez
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Luis Carlos Campos
Luis Carlos Campos Nieto, is a Spanish journalist, from Santander, Cantabria, Spain. He has a Bachelor in Philology from Salamanca University and a Master in Journalism from El País/Madrid Autonoma University. He has been a financial broker and journalist of top Spanish media like Cambio 16 and El ..
Luis Carlos Galán
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Luis Carlos Perea
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Luis Carlos Restrepo
redirect [[Template:Importance]] Luis Carlos Restrepo is a Colombian writer. In charge of the demobilization process of the paramilitary groups in Colombia. He is a psychiatrist and has published several books about the relation between violence in Colombia and psychological matters. He is a very..
Luis Carlos Ugalde
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Luis Carpio
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Luis Carrero Blanco
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Luis Castañeda Lossio
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Luis Castiglioni Joria
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Luis Castillo
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Luis Castillo (football player)
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Luis Castro
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Luis Castro Sito
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Luis Cernuda
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Luis Chamizo Trigueros
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Luis Collazo
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Luis Cordero Crespo
Luis Cordero Crespo (1833 - 1912) was President of Ecuador 1 July 1892 to 16 April 1895. He was a member of the Progressistas, a liberal Catholic political party, and was a member of the provissional governing junta which led the Progressistas to power in 1883. ..
Luis Corvalán
Luis Alberto Corvalán Castillo (born September 14, 1916 in Puerto Montt, Chile) is a former Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Chile and Chilean politician. Trained as a teacher, in 1932 Corvalán joined the Communist party, after 1952 he was a member of its Politburo, and after 1958 ser..
Luis Cristaldo
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Luis Cruz Martínez
Luis Cruz Martinez fought and died in the Concepción battle, during the War of the Pacific in 1882, in a peruvian territory. ..
Luis Daniel Garcia
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Luis Delgado
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Luis Delís
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Luis de Agustini
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Luis de Alba
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Luis de Ávila y Zuniga
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Luis de Carlos
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Luis de Góngora
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Luis de Granada
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Luis de Grandes Pascual
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Luis de Milán
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Luis de Montesinos
Luis de Montesinos (d. October 7, 1621) was a Spanish theologian. Nothing is known of Montesinos' childhood, but, as an adult, he joined the Dominican Order and studied philosophy and theology in several Spanish universities. He was known there for both his scholarship abilities and for his piety. ..
Luis de Morales
Luis de Morales (1510? - 1586) was a Spanish religious painter born in Badajoz, Estremadura. Works "Christ Carrying the Cross" "Christ at the Column" ..
Luis de Narváez
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Luis de Torres
Luis de Torres (- 1493) was Christopher Columbus's interpreter on his first voyage and the first person of Jewish origin to settle in the New World. While still a Jew, de Torres served as an interpreter to the governor of Murcia due to his knowledge of Hebrew, Aramaic and some Arabic. In order to..
Luis de Urquijo
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Luis de Velasco
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Luis de Zúñiga y Requesens
Luis de Zúñiga y Requesens (Barcelona, 1528 — Brussels, March 5, 1576), Spanish governor of the Netherlands, had the misfortune to succeed the Duke of Alba and to govern amid hopeless difficulties under the direction of Philip II. During his rule, the Spanish troops mutinied and Spain went bank..
Luis Diaz
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Luis Donaldo Colosio
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Luis Durnwalder
Luis Durnwalder (born 23 September 1941 in Pfalzen) is an Italian politician and at present Landeshauptmann (Governor) of South Tyrol. After his school attendance in Pfalzen and Brixen he originally planned to enter into an Augustine choir in the monastery of Neustift in Brixen; however, Durnwal..
Luis E. Miramontes
Luis Ernesto Miramontes Cárdenas (March 16 1925, in Tepic, Nayarit – September 13 2004, in Mexico City) , was a Mexican chemist known as the co-inventor of the first oral contraceptive. He obtained his first Degree in chemical engineering in the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (U..
Luis Echeverría
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Luis Eduardo Luna
Luis Eduardo Luna, anthropologist and noted ayahuasca researcher. Dr. Luna was born in 1947, in Florencia, Colombia. He received his doctorate in 1989 from the Institute of Comparative Religion at Stockholm University, as well as an honorary doctorate in 2000 from Saint Lawrence University, New Yo..
Luis Eduardo Magalhaes
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Luis Enrique
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Luis Enríquez Bacalov
Luis Enríquez Bacalov (b. March 30, 1933) is a prolific Argentine composer of film scores. Early on in his career, he composed scores for Spaghetti Western films, including Django, Storm Rider and The Price of Power. Bacalov has been nominated twice for Academy Awards: for Scoring of Music--adapta..
Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, conde de Alba de Liste y marqués de Villaflor
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Luis Enrique Erro
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Luis Enrique Martínez
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Luis Enrique Martínez Neco
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Luis Enrique Sam Colop
Luis Enrique Sam Colop (or Sam-Colop) is a Guatemalan linguist, lawyer, poet, newspaper columnist, and social activist. A native Quiché speaker, he is best known outside Guatemala as the author of a new edition of the Popol Vuh. Sam Colop graduated at the Rafael Landivar University and obtained ..
Luis Ernesto Derbez
Dr. Luis Ernesto Derbez Derbez with Condoleezza Rice Dr. Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista (born April 1 1947 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician. Upon assuming power in December 2000, President Vicente Fox chose him to serve as his Secretary of Economy. In January 2003, following th..
Luis Ernesto Pérez
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Luis Estaba
Luis Estaba (born August 13, 1938) is a former boxer from Venezuela. He was born in Macuro, South American point of entry for Cristopher Columbus. He was nicknamed Lumumba, because of his resemblance to Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. A late starter into boxing, Estaba became a professional in 19..
Luis Eyzaguirre
Luis Eyzaguirre (known as Fifo beyond being invited by the FIFA to play in a commemorative game celebrating the centennial anniversary of football) was a Chilean football player. He occupied the position of right midfield in the Universidad de Chile football team known as the Ballet Azul, with which..
Luis F. Alvarez
Luis F. Alvarez (April 1, 1853 - May 24, 1937) was born in La Puerta, a village near Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. He was a noted physician and reseacher who practiced in both California and Hawaii. His father was Eugenio Fernandez, who was in charge of the business affairs and palace in Madrid of D..
Luis Favre
Luis Favre was a critic of Pierre Lambert within the PCI/OCRFI (Fourth International (ICR)) during its 1986-87 crisis. ..
Luis Federico Leloir
Leloir in his 60s Luis Federico Leloir (September 6, 1906 – December 2, 1987) was a biochemist born in Paris but who lived all his life in Argentina. As a medical intern at Ramos Mejía hospital, Leloir decided to dedicate himself to laboratory research. From that time, Leloir specialized i..
Luis Felipe
Luis Felipe is a Cuban immigrant and founder of the New York chapter of the Almighty Latin Kings and Queens Nation. He was convicted of ordering murders from prison by writing to his minions on the outside. Judge John S. Martin Jr. sentenced him to life imprisonment plus 45 years. Additionally, the..
Luis Felipe Bravo Mena
Luis Felipe Bravo Mena (b. September 28, 1952 in León, Guanajuato) is a Mexican politician. He is a former president of the National Action Party (PAN) and current Mexican ambassador to the Vatican City. Bravo Mena is the son of Luis Felipe Bravo García, a sales agent, and Luz María Mena Monto..
Luis Felipe Ramón y Rivera
Contents 1 Early life2 Career3 Last years4 See also Early life Luis Felipe Ramón and Rivera. composer, teacher, violinist, folklorist and writer was born in San Cristóbal, August 23, 1913. His first years he soon passed them in San Cristóbal, between 1919 and 1921, with h..
Luis Felipe Tovar
Luis Felipe Tovar (born December 31, 1961 in Puebla) is a Mexican performance teacher and actor. He studied in the Theatre Fine Arts School of Mexico and in the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de La Habana in Cuba. He has been awarded three times with the Ariel Award: 1993, Principio y..
Luis Fernández
Luis Fernández ..
Luis Fernando Figari
Luis Fernando Figari Rodrigo (born July 8, 1947 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian Catholic layman and the founder and superior general of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae. He has also founded Christian Life Movement and other religious associations. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life and educat..
Luis Fernando Herrera
For other persons named Luis Herrera, see Luis Herrera. Luis Fernando Herrera (born June 12, 1962 in Medellín) is a retired football defender who was capped 61 times and scored 1 international goal for Colombia between 1987 and 1996. Herrera played three matches at the 1994 World Cup, and four matc..
Luis Fernando Montoya
Luis Fernando Montoya (born July 23, 1961) is a Colombian football manager. Montoya coached Once Caldas leading the team to win the Colombian league for the first time in their history (apart from 1950 win) and the Copa Libertadores de América in 2004. Those achievements made Montoya the South Ame..
Luis fernando pinzon
--> Luis Fernando Pinzón Cancino (Born 1975, Bogotá), Colombian Artist, he strives in all his work to capture the sense of his subjects exposing his own sensibility through color and textures. His works includes abstract and figuratives paintings. His first canvas captated an almost absolut abst..
Luis Fernando Suárez
Luis Fernando Suárez, born 23 December 1959 in Medellín, Colombia is the current coach of the Ecuador national football team. In 2005, he led Ecuador to their second consecutive World Cup. He has enjoyed hero status in Ecuador and Colombia, recently leading Ecuador to their best showing in a World..
Luis Fernando Verissimo
Luís Fernando Veríssimo is a Brazilian writer born in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, son of another famous writer, Érico Veríssimo. He is one of the most important brazilian intelectuals. Most of his books take on a humourous tone, and he is seen as humourist by many. Among his several short s..
Luis Filipe Ângelo Rodrigues
Luis Filipe is a Portuguese Footballer for SC Braga. Redirect [[Template:Uncategorized]] ..
Luis Firpo
Luis Ángel Firpo, (October 11, 1894? - August 7, 1960), better known as Luis Firpo was a Latin American boxer of enormous transcendence. Born in the Junín, Argentina, he was nicknamed The Wild Bull of The Pampas. In 1917, Firpo began his professional boxing career by beating Frank Hagney by a dec..
Luis Flores
--> Luis Alberto Flores (Born April 11, 1981 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) and 195 lb (88 kg) point guard. He was drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 2nd round (55th pick) of the 2004 NBA Draft. His draft rights were..
Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi Luis Fonsi (birth name: Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero)(born April 15 1978) is a famous Puerto Rican singer and teen idol. Contents 1 Childhood2 Becoming a Star3 Personal Life4 Pop singles discography5 External links Childhood Fonsi and his family..
Luis Fortuño
Luis Fortuño, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Luis G. Fortuño (born October 31, 1960) is a corporate lawyer and politician from Puerto Rico affiliated with the New Progressive Party and the United States Republican Party. He is the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico ([map])..
Luis Francisco Ojeda
Luis Francisco Ojeda (born June 16, 1941) is a well known Puerto Rican television reporter and host, noted for his aggressive, uncompromising questioning and commenting style. Ojeda was born in Jayuya, and is reportedly of Spanish and Dutch ancestry. He moved to Ponce when he was still a youngster...
Luis Gabriel Rey
Luis Gabriel Rey Villamizar (born February 20, 1980 in Bucaramanga, Colombia) is a Colombian football striker, who currently plays for Monarcas Moreila of the Primera División de México. Gabriel Rey made his professional debut with Bucaramanga in his native Colombia in 2000. He joined Atlante at..
Luis Gallo Porras
Luis Gallo Porras was a Peruvian politician from the early 1930's to the late 1940's. He was the mayor of Lima three times, first from 1934 to 1937, second from 1941 to 1945, and third from 1948 to 1949. |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: cent..
Luis Garavito
Luis Garavito, aka. Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos, aka. La Bestia (born 25 January 1957 in Génova, Quindío) is a Colombian rapist and serial killer. In 1999 he admitted he had murdered and raped 140 young boys. The number of his victims - proven by skeletons found based on maps Garavito drew i..
Luis García
This is a disambiguation page. Luis García may refer to: Luis García Berlanga, a Spanish film director and screenwriter.Luis García Conde, the Spanish footballer player currently playing for Getafe CF.Luis García Fernández, the Spanish footballer player currently playing for RCD Espanyol.Luis ..
Luis García Berlanga
Luis García Berlanga (born in Valencia, on 12 June 1921) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. When young, he decided to study Philosophy but his true vocation pushed him to enter in 1947 the Institute of Cinematographic Investigations and experiences (Instituto de Investigaciones y Experie..
Luis García Fernández
Luis García Fernández (born Oviedo, Asturias, February 6 1981), commonly referred to as Luis García, is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for RCD Espanyol. García began his career as a junior at Real Madrid . He played 73 games and scored 38 goals between 2001 and 2003 for Real Madrid B. ..
Luis García Meza Tejada
Luis García Meza Tejada (b. August 8, 1932) is a notorious former President of Bolivia. He gained power in 1980 as the result of the so-called "Cocaine Coup" (July 17, 1980) backed by former Nazi officer Klaus Barbie and Italian terrorist Stefano Delle Chiaie. His government, while extremely brief ..
Luis García Postigo
Luis García Postigo (born June 1, 1969 in Mexico City) is a Mexican soccer striker, an important player on Mexican national team throughout the 1990s. In his club career that started in 1987, Luis García played for UNAM Pumas, Atlético Madrid, Real Sociedad, Club América, Atlante, Gudalajara, M..
Luis Gatica
Luis Gatica (born February 25, 1961 in Veracruz) is a Mexican actor. He is the son of Chilean singer Lucho Gatica and Puerto Rican actress Mapita Cortes; he is the nephew of Puerto Rican actress Mapy Cortes and second cousin of Puerto Rican actor, comedian and producer Paquito Cordero. Biography L..
Luis Giampietri
Luis Giampietri Rojas is a retired admiral of the Peruvian Navy and a politician with the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance party. Giampietri ran successfully as Alan García's vice-presidential candidate in the 2006 Peruvian election, and is set to be sworn in on 28 July 2006. Giampietri wa..
Luis Gispert
Luis Gispert (born Jersey City, New Jersey USA, 1972) is an American sculptor and photographer, living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Luis Gispert earned an MFA at Yale University in 2001, with a 1996 BFA in Film from Art Institute of Chicago, and attended Miami Dade College from 1990 to 1992. ..
Luis Gómez
Luis Oswaldo Gómez (born 20 April, 1972) is an Ecuadorian football player. He played mostly for Barcelona Guayaquil, Deportivo Quito and now plays for LDU Quito. He played for the Ecuador national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. ..
Luis Gómez-Montejano
Luis Gómez-Montejano (born 24 August, 1922) was the acting President of Real Madrid from 2006. He assumed the presidency of Real Madrid after the resignation of Fernando Martín Álvarez until 2 July, when Ramón Calderón was appointed President. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Luis Gonzalez
Luis Gonzalez is a common personal name that can refer to different people: Luis Gonzalez (baseball outfielder): a Major League Baseball player for the Arizona DiamondbacksLuis González (baseball infielder): a Major League Baseball player for for the Colorado RockiesLuis "Lucho" Gonzáles: an Arg..
Luis González
For other people named , see Luis Oscar González (born January 19, 1981 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Futebol Clube do Porto. Called Lucho by fans, González played since age 14 in the Huracán team prior to his transfer to the River Plate tea..
Luis Gonzalez-Mestres
Luis Gonzalez-Mestres (14 March 1948 -) is a Spanish particle physicist in Paris, France. Gonzalez-Mestres was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1948. He works for CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) in France, and researches elementary particle physics, (both theoretical and experimental) wi..
Luis González (baseball infielder)
Luis Alberto González (born June 26, 1979 in Maracay, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball second baseman and right-handed batter who plays for the Colorado Rockies of the National League. González made his debut in the 2004 season. On April 6, facing Randy Johnson and the Arizona Diamondback..
Luis Gonzalez (baseball outfielder)
Luis Emilio González (born September 3, 1967) (affectionately called Gonzo by many of his fans), is a baseball player for the Arizona Diamondbacks and plays left field. A Cuban-American, Gonzalez is one of the most popular players of Diamondbacks organization. He is a native of Tampa, Florida, bu..
Luis Gonzalez (television character)
Luis Gonzalez is a character from the Argentine telenovela Chiquititas. Gonzalez was played by actor Santiago Stieben Character Information Gonzalez, also known in the story as Rońa, was an orphaned boy who lived on the streets of Buenos Aires, alongside best friend "Corcho" (Diego Mesaglio). A yo..
Luis González Palma
Luis González Palma is a modernist Latin American photographer. Born in 1957 the artist grew up in Guatemala where he later continued to live and opened up a portrait studio. He studied architecture and cinematography at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and then turned to photography. He..
Luis Guerrero
Luis Bernardo Guerrero Figueroa is a Peruvian politician. He is a Member of Congress for the period 2001-2006 and was Perú Ahora's presidential candidate for the 2006 national election. With 8410 votes (0.069% of the vote), he came in last place among the 20 candidates in the election. He was also ..
Luis Gutiérrez
Luis Gutiérrez Luís Vicente Gutiérrez (born December 10 1953), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 4th District of Illinois ([map]). He was born in Chicago, was educated at Northeastern Illinoi..
Luis Guzmán
Luis Guzmán Luis Guzmán (born January 1, 1957) is a very successful Puerto Rican actor. For much of his career, his squat build and brooding countenance, garnered him roles largely as sidekicks, thugs, or policemen, but his later career saw him in more mainstream roles. He is a favorite of ..
Luis Haddock
Luis Haddock Luis Haddock is the #2 rated tennis player in Puerto Rico in 2005. He lives in his hometown of Caguas and played for the University of Notre Dame. External link [University Profile] ..
Luis Helguera
Luis Helguera Bujía (born 9 June 1976 in Ferrol) is a Spanish football midfielder. he is the younger brother of Real Madrid star Ivan Helguera. Teams and clubs 1995-1997: Manchego CF1997-2000: Real Zaragoza (La Liga)2000-2002: Udinese Calcio (Serie A)2002-2003: Deportivo Alavés (La Liga)2003..
Luis Hernández
Luis Arturo Hernández Carreón alias "El Matador" (born December 22, 1968 in Poza Rica, Mexico) is a Mexican soccer striker and one of the top all-time goalscorers for the Mexican national team. Hernández, known for his dyed blond hair and nickname of El Matador, burst onto the world scene durin..
Luis Herrera
''For the former president of Venezuela, see Luis Herrera Campins. For the footballer, see Luis Fernando Herrera. Luis Alberto "Lucho" Herrera (born May 4, 1961) is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. In 1987, he won the overall of the Vuelta a España. In addition, he captured the Vuelta..
Luis Herrera Campins
Luís Herrera Campíns (born 1925) was President of Venezuela 1979-1984. He was elected to one five-year term in 1979. He is a member of the COPEI party. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Luis Herrera Estrella
Luis Herrera-Estrella, (born June 21, 1956) is a Mexican geneticist and director of the Plant Biotechnology Unit at the Centre for Research and Advanced Studies, in Irapuato, Mexico. Academic background Herrera-Estrella graduated with a B.Sc. degree in biochemical engineering from the Mexican Natio..
Luis Herrero-Tejedor Algar
Luis Francisco Herrero-Tejedor (born on 4 October 1955 in Castellón) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the People's Party, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education. He is a substitute for the Com..
Luis Horna
Luis Horna Viscari (born September 14, 1980 in Lima) is a tennis player from Peru, who turned professional in 1998. He sometimes is referred to by his nickname "Lucho." His career-high world ranking is no. 33, which he reached in August 2004. He has won one ATP singles title (Acapulco 2006) and one..
Luis Howell-Rivero
Luis Howell-Rivero was a Cuban biologist and anthropologist. In the 1920's and 30's he identified numerous new species of animals, especially fish, in Cuba and the rest of the Caribbean. One example is Squalus cubensis, the Cuban dogfish. He helped establish institutions for the study of biology and..
Luis Ignacio de la Vega
Luis Ignacio de la Vega Leija was a member of the Mexican basketball team that won the bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. ..
Luis Isaac
Luis Isaac (born June 19, 1946 in Rio Piedres, Puerto Rico) is a former Minor League Baseball player. As a player, he batted and threw right handed. He is currently a bullpen coach for the Cleveland Indians, a team he has been on the coaching staff with for 13 seasons. ..
Luis Javier García Sanz
Luis Javier García Sanz (born June 24 1978 in Badalona, Spain), commonly known as Luis García, is a Spanish football player. He currently plays for Liverpool F.C. and wears the number 10 jersey. His favourite form of celebration is sucking his thumb. This is said to commemorate his first-born so..
Luis Jiménez
The name Luis Jiménez may refer to: Antonio Luis Jiménez Garces, a Chilean football playerLuis Jiménez Venezuelan footballer, 1992 Olympics footballerLuis Jiménez (sculptor), a noted New Mexican sculptorLuis Jiménez (radio host), a Puerto Rican radio talk show host, famous for being first bill..
Luis Jiménez (sculptor)
Luis Jiménez (July 30 1940 – June 13 2006) was an sculptor from the United States. He was born in El Paso, Texas and died in Hondo, New Mexico. Jiménez was known for his large polychromed fiberglass sculptures usually of Southwestern and Hispanic themes. His works were often controversial..
Luis José de Orbegoso
Luis José de Orbegoso y Moncada (1795-1847) was a Peruvian soldier and politician. He was President of Peru from 1833 to 1836, a time of profound social instability and continuing civil war which led his government to coexist with that of Pedro Pablo Bermúdez, and later with Felipe Santiago Salav..
Luis José Santander
Luis Jose Santander (born August 4, 1960) is a Venezuelan actor who has reached international fame. Just like Sonya Smith, Santander was born in the United States and raised in Venezuela. Santander's parents are Venezuelan. Santander was not an instant sensation, as he had to work hard to become fa..
Luis Kutner
Luis Kutner (1908 - 1993), U.S. human rights activist and lawyer; helped found Amnesty International in 1961; created concept of living will. ..
Luis Lamá
Luís Mamona João (born 1 February 1981 in Luanda, Angola), nicknamed Lamá, is an Angolan football goalkeeper who currently, as of May 2006, plays for Petro Atletico. He is a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup. Clubs 2001-present: Petro Atletico ..
Luis Larrea Alba
Luis Larrea Alba was President of Ecuador in 1931. ..
Luis Laso de la Vega
Luis Laso de la Vega (or Luis Lasso de la Vega) was a 17th century Mexican priest and lawyer. He is known chiefly as the author of the Huei tlamahuiçoltica ("The Great Happening"), an account in the Nahuatl language of the Virgin Mary's apparition to Saint Juan Diego, an indigenous convert to Roman..
Luis Leal
Luis Leal (born March 21, 1957), born Luis Enrique Leal Alvarado, is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in the American League for the Toronto Blue Jays between 1980 and 1985. Leal was born in Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela. His best season was 1984, whe..
Luis Llorens Torres
Luis Llorens Torres (May 14, 1876 - June 16, 1944) born in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, was a poet, journalist, playwright, and politician. He was also an advocate for the independence of Puerto Rico. '''Luis Llorens Torres Llorens' parents, Luis Aurelio del Carmen Llorens and Marcelina Soledad ..
Luis Llosa
Luis Llosa is a Peruvian film director. He is the cousin of the peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa. Selected filmography Fire on the Amazon (1993)The Specialist (1994)Anaconda (1997)The Feast of the Goat (2005) ..
Luis Lopez
Luis Lopez is a Dominican actor, born in Dominican Republic. He was part of 3 musical groups, Eureka (Polygram records), Kazamba and La Ola from 1994 to 1999. On his first audition in 1999 he landed a small role on the TV show Now and Again (alongside John Goodman) on CBS. While working hard on his ..
Luis Lopez, New Mexico
Luis Lopez, New Mexico is an unincorporated community between Socorro and San Antonio in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It consists of farms and a small suburb. New wells have brought growth to the community. The population is estimated at 128, and the town is a suburb of metropolitan Socorro. ..
Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald
Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald is a fictional character on NBC's daytime drama Passions. Luis has been played by Galen Gering since the show's premiere episode in 1999. Contents 1 Character history1.1 Pre-Show1.2 Storylines2 Family2.1 Spouse(s)2.2 Children2.3 Parents2.4&..
Luis López de Mesa
Luis López de Mesa (*1884 - †1967), medical doctor, psychiatrist, and pedagogue, rector of the National University of Colombia, and Minister of Education. He created the first psychological test to be administered in Colombia in 1920 and was cofounder of the Faculty (School) of Psychology at the ..
Luis López Nieves
Luis López Nieves (born in 1950) is one of the most important and best-selling Puerto Rican authors. His book [The True Death of Juan Ponce de León] was the winner of the National Literature Prize. Additional books he has published include [Seva], one of Puerto Rico's most reno..
Luis Macas
Luis Macas (b. 1951) is a Quechua politician and intellectual from Ecuador. Macas is a bachelor in anthropology, linguistic and jurisprudence. He was one of the founders of the CONAIE and of the Pachakutik Movement, and was member of the Ecuatorian parliament. He was also one ministers of the gover..
Luis Mandoki
Luis Mandoki (born in 1954 in Mexico City) is a film director of the Cinema of Mexico and Hollywood. Luis Mandoki studied Fine Arts in Mexico and at the San Francisco Art Institute, the London College of Printing, and the London International Film School. While attending this last institution he di..
Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos
Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (born August 22, 1951 in Montemor-o-Novo) is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists. ..
Luis Manuel Cornejo
Luis Manuel Cornejo is a physician with specialty on Geriatrics and Internal Medicine; professor at Columbus State University, now he has got a clinic, the Hospital Paitilla localized in the capital of Panama, Panama City. ..
Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero
Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero (January 8, 1635 - september 14, 1709) was a Spanish prelate, who was cardinal archbishop of Toledo. Biography A younger son of the marquis of Almenara. He became dean of Toledo early, and was made cardinal on August 5, 1669. Till 1677 he lived at Rome as car..
Luis Manuel Rodriguez
Luis Manuel Rodriguez (b. March 14, 1937, Camaguey – d. July 8, 1996 in Miami, Florida) was a smooth boxing Cuban former world welterweight boxing champion. Known as "El Feo", Rodriguez began his career in pre-Castro Havana. In Cuba, Rodriguez twice defeated the ill-fated future welterweight cha..
Luis manzanero
Born in 1935 in Mexico, Armando Manzanero began his musical career at the tender age of eight. His songs have been recorded by such renowned artists from Luis Miguel to Elvis Presley. He has composed over 400 songs of which more than 50 have attained international fame. ..
Luis Maravilla
Luis Maravilla (Luis Lopez Tejera) (b. 1914 in Seville, Spain) is a Flamenco guitarist. Maravilla studied guitar under Marcelo Molina and Pepe de Badajoz, and debuted professionally at the age of 12 in the Pavon Theatre of Seville. In the 1930's he toured much of North and South America. The Spanis..
Luis Marden
Luis Marden (born Annibale Luigi Paragallo) (January 25, 1913 – March 3, 2003) was an Italian-American photographer, explorer, writer, filmmaker, diver, navigator, and linguist who worked for National Geographic Magazine. He worked as a photographer and reporter before serving as chief of the Nat..
Luis Mariano
Luis Mariano (1914-1970) was a famous Basque operetta singer, actor and TV performer. He was born in Irun, but lived in Hasparren. External links [Official web site] ..
Luis Mariano Rivera
Luis Mariano Rivera was born on August 19, 1906, in the valley of Canchunchú, in the Sucre State of Venezuela. He was known not only as a singer, but also as a composer, poet and dramatist. A self-taught musician and a man of few words, but possessing great sensitivity, Rivera used to say that ..
Luis María Argaña
Luis María del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio Argaña Ferraro was a prominent politician in Paraguay and influential member of the Colorado Party until his assassination on March_23, 1999. Luis Argaña served in a number of important national positions during previous administrations before running a..
Luis Maria Drago
Luis Maria Drago (1859 - 1921) was a Argentine politician. Born into a distinguished argentine family in Buenos Aires, Drago began his career as a newspaper editor. Later, he served as a minister of foreign affairs (1902). At that time, when the UK, Germany, and Italy were seeking to collect the p..
Luis María Martínez
Luis María Martínez (June 9, 1881 – February 9, 1956) was the Catholic archbishop of Mexico and a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua ("Mexican Language Academy"). He was born in Molinos de Caballeros, Tlalpujahua, Michoacán. A philosopher of the scholastic tradition, his focus on..
Luis Marín
Luis Antonio Marín Murillo (born August 101974) is a professional Costa Rican footballer and current national captain. He plays as a defender for LD Alajuelense and has been selected in the squad for Costa Rica in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He holds the record for appearances for Costa Rica, having ..
Luis Martín
The Very Reverend Luis Martín y García, S.J. Luis Martín y García, S.J., (August 19, 1846 - April 18, 1906) was the twenty-fourth Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. Martín was born of humble parentage at Melgar de Fernamental, Burgos, Spain in 1846. After a six year course in the B..
Luis Martínez
This is a disambiguation page. Luís Martínez may refer to Luis Cardinal Aponte Martínez, the Puerto Rican cardinal and the Archbishop of San Juan.Luís Enrique Martínez García, the former FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Spanish footballer.Luis Enrique Martínez Neco, the Colombian footballer. ..
Luis Martín Santos
Luis Martín-Santos Ribera (1924 - 21 February 1964) was a Spanish psychiatrist and author of Tiempo de silencio (Time of Silence), considered one of the greatest Spanish novels of the twentieth century. Biography Martín-Santos was born in Larache, Marocco in 1924. Son of the military doctor Leand..
Luis Matos
Luis David Matos (born October 30, 1978 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico) is a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Baltimore Orioles between 2000-2006 and currently plays for the Washington Nationals. He bats and throws right handed. Matos is considered to be injury prone, as he has ha..
Luis Medina Cantalejo
Luis Medina Cantalejo (born March 1, 1964) is a Spanish football referee. Professionally, Medina Cantalejo is a sports assessor who lives in Tomares, west of Seville. He is one of the few officials allowed to officiate the domestic clashes between Real Madrid and F.C. Barcelona. His first experien..
Luis Méliz
Luis Felipe Méliz (born August 11, 1979) is a Cuban athlete competing in the long jump. His personal best is 8.43 metres, achieved in 2000. Achievements 2003 Pan American Games - silver medal2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships - fourth place2000 Olympic Games - seventh place1999 Pan American Game..
Luis Mena
Luis Mena was President of Nicaragua in 1910, after the fall of the government of General Jose Santos Zelaya. Mena was a conservative, part of the coalition government which also included liberal Juan Jose Estrada and conservatives Emiliano Chamorro and Adolfo Diaz. References ..
Luis Merlo de la Fuente
Luis Merlo de la Fuente Ruiz de Beteta was a colonial Spanish official who served as the Royal Governor of Chile in the 1600s. He was born in Valdepeñas, Spain to Luis Merlo de la Fuente and Maria Ruiz de Betena. He went to America, specifically Panama, in 1588 in the capacity of an oidor or judg..
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel on the CD cover of México en la piel. 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 bee..
Luis Miguel González Lucas
Luis Miguel González Lucas (1926-1996) was a famous bullfighter from Spain, better known as Luis Miguel Dominguín. His father was the legendary Luis Miguel Dominguín; he adopted his father's name to gain popularity. Luis Miguel González Lucas enjoyed wide popularity during the 1940s and 1950s, ..
Luis Miguel Salvador
Luis Miguel Salvador (born February 1968 in Mexico City) is a retired Mexican football striker. He was a squad member for the Mexican national team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, playing only 10 minutes during the Republic of Ireland match. During his final club years with Atlante, Salvador was jokin..
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro --> Full Title: 1st President of the Military Junta Constitutional President of the Republic Term in Office: August 27, 1930 – March 1, 1931 December 8, 1931 – April 30, 1933 Predecessor: Manuel Ponce Brousset – (1930) David Samanez Ocampo..
Luis Miranda
Luis Miranda, a master painter from Ecuador who was greatly inspired by the Constructivist Movement. Miranda is currently the President of the Hispanic Federation (a membership organization of health and social services agencies dedicated to addressing the human services and health needs of the L..
Luis Miró Quesada
Luis Miró Quesada (18??-19??) was a Peruvian politician in the early 20th century. He was the mayor of Lima from 1916 to 1918. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Luis Molina
Luis Molina (born 1535 in Cuenca, Spain; died October 12, 1600 in Madrid) was a Spanish Jesuit. Having at the age of eighteen become a member of the Society of Jesus, he studied theology at Coimbra, and afterward became professor in the university of Évora, Portugal. From this post he was called, ..
Luis Molinari
LUIS MOLINARI (Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1929) was a member of VAN, the group of Informalist artists founded by Enrique Tábara. Molinari began his artistic career focused on formalism. However, Molinari soon discovered the works of Vasarely and was inspired by geometric forms and their rich optical..
Luis Monti
Luis Fernando Monti (born January 15, 1901 – died September 9, 1983) was an Argentine football player who has the unique distinction of playing in two World Cup final matches with two different national teams. The first was with his native Argentina in 1930, which he lost to Uruguay. The secon..
Luis Morejon
Luis Adrian Morejon (born March 28, 1973 in Guayaquil) is a former tennis player from Ecuador, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round by Italy's Renzo Furlan. The righthander reache..
Luis Moreno Ocampo
Luis Moreno Ocampo is the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). He is thus responsible for following up reports of war crimes and prosecuting defendants. Born in Buenos Aires and a citizen of Argentina, he gained a reputation prosecuting abuses by senior military officials an..
Luis Moro
Luis Moro (born January 2,1964) is a Cuban-American actor. Writer, Stand-up comic and filmmaker. Contents 1 Beginnings2 Academics3 Social and Television Start4 Filmmaker5 Awards6 Current Films7 Acting & Stand-up Comedy8 Writing Projects9 Cuban Passion..
Luis Muñoz Marín
José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín (February 18, 1898 – April 30, 1980) was a poet, journalist and politician. He was the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico and considered one of the most important twentieth-century political figures in the Americas. He worked closely with the Gov..
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
, see . Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport is a public airport located in Carolina, 3 miles (5 km) southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the island's main international gateway, and its main connection to the mainland United States. Intra-island flights fly between Carolina and various ..
Luis Muñoz Rivera
Luis Muñoz Rivera Luis Muñoz Rivera (July 17, 1859 - November 15, 1916) was a poet, journalist and a politician from Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Contents 1 Political career2 Legacy3 Poems4 See also5 External links Political career Muñoz Rivera comes from the lon..
Luis Muñoz Rivera Park
Parque Luis Muñoz Rivera. The Luis Muñoz Rivera Park (or Parque Luis Muñoz Rivera in Spanish) is a 27.2 acre (110,000 m²) recreational and national park located in the entrance of Old San Juan in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The park was named in honor of Luis Muñoz Rivera. History Stat..
Luis Musrri
Luis Musrri (born 24 December, 1969) is a retired Chilean football player. He played for a few clubs, including Universidad de Chile and Yunnan Hongta (China). He played for the Chile national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. ..
Luis Napoleón Morones
Luis Napoleón Morones (1890–1946) was a Mexican union boss who served as secretary general of the Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers (Confederación Regional Obrera Mexicana, CROM) and as secretary of economy under President Plutarco Elías Calles. Morones was born in Tlalpan, a deleg..
Luis Negrón López
Luis Negrón López (April 19, 1909- 198?) was a politician from Puerto Rico. Negrón was among the founding members of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) and served as President of the Senate and as candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico in the elections of 1968. Early life and Education Negrón L..
Luis Nishizawa
Luis Nishizawa (born 1920 in San Mateo Ixtacalco, Mexico) is a Mexican painter of Japanese descent. Nishizawa's artistic studies began when he was admitted to the Academy of San Carlos in 1942 and since 1951, the date of his first exhibition in the Hall of Mexican Plastic Art, he has been a tire..
Luis Ocaña
Luis Ocaña (June 9 1945 - May 19 1994) was a Spanish cyclist who won the Tour de France in 1973. After being beaten to second place by Eddy Merckx in the previous years, he won the 1973 tour - Eddy Merckx did skip the tour in that year. In 1971, Ocaña (and his team) had almost beaten Merckx, but ..
Luis Oliveira
Luis Airton Barroso Oliveira (born 24 March, 1969 in São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil) is a Brazilian-Belgian football (soccer) player, who spent most of his playing career in Italy. Oliveira played for Anderlecht in Belgium, before moving to Italy, where ha has played for Cagliari, Fiorentina, Bolog..
Luis Ordaz
Luis Javier Ordaz (born August 12, 1975 in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela), is an utility infielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Previously, Ordaz played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1997-99) and Kansas City Royals (2000-02). He bats and throws right-handed. I..
Luis Ortiz
The following persons are known under this name. Luis Ortiz - a MLB playerLuis Ortiz - a boxerLuis "Perico" Ortiz - a Salsa musician 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 ..
Luis Ortiz (boxer)
Luis Ortiz (born November 5, 1965) is a Puerto Rican former boxer who is a native of Humacao. Ortiz had an award winning amateur career, which led him to represent Puerto Rico in the 1984 Los Angeles summer Olympics. Ortiz at first wasn't very well known in Puerto Rico. Within days after he starte..
Luis Ortiz Rosales
Luis Ortiz Rosales (died 1937) was a Spanish illustrator, draughtsman, painter, and graphic artist. Born in the Canary Islands, he created numerous posters and drawings that earned him national fame. He created the drawings for Buñuel's surrealist film La edad de oro. After the outbreak of ..
Luis Pacheco de Narváez
Don Luis Pacheco de Narváez was don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza's student and later published a multitude of works based on the Destreza school of fencing. Some of his works were compendiums of Carranza's work while others were less derivative. He may be the most prolific fencing author in hist..
Luis Padial
Brigadier General Luis Padial (February 6, 1832-March 5, 1879, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico), was a soldier, politician and one of the most important figures who was responsible for the abolishment of slavery in Puerto Rico. Padial, whose birth name was Luis Padial y Vizcarrondo, was born into a ..
Luis Palau
Luis Palau (born 1934) is a Christian evangelist native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, presently residing in Portland, Oregon, United States. He claims that he was born again and that he had devoted his life to Christ at the age of 12, and he began preaching at 18. He has preached the Evangelical gos..
Luis Palés Matos
Luis Palés Matos (March 20, 1898-February 23, 1959) born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, was a poet who is credited with creating the poetry genre known as Afro-Antillano. Luis Palés Matos Matos was born into a family of well known poets which included both his parents, Vicente Sr. and Consuelo and ..
Luis Parés
( Caracas, September 16, 1980) Venezuelan/Italian pianist Luis Parés is in much demand as a soloist and chamber musician having performed in many countries such as the USA, UK, Spain Venezuela and Italy. He has appeared with some of the most distinguished orchestras in Venezuela including the ..
Luis Patti
Luís Abelardo Patti (b. 26 November 1952) is an Argentine politician and a former senior police officer, accused of involvement in torture and murder during the 1970s. He is leader of the conservative Federalist Union Party. Patti was born in Baigorrita, Buenos Aires Province and as a child worked..
Luis Perea
Luis Perea is the name of two Colombian footballers: Luis Carlos Perea, born 1963Luis Amaranto Perea, born 1979 redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Luis Pereira
Luís Edmundo Pereira, (born June 21, 1949 in Juazeiro) was a Brazilian football player. He played centre-back, in particular with S.E. Palmeiras and the Brazilian national team. He won national championships in both Brazil and Spain. He received 36 caps with the Brazilian national team, the first..
Luis Perez-Sala
Luis Perez-Sala (born in Barcelona, May 15 1959) was a popular Catalan-Spanish driver Formula One, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Touring Cars. Perez-Sala contested the 1985 Italian Formula 3 Championship and moved to Formula 3000 to rather more convincing effect, won races at Birmingham and Enna in 1..
Luis Pérez das Mariñas
Luis Pérez Das Mariñas was was a Spanish conquistador who governed the Philippine Islands from 1593 to 1596. External links [List of governors of the Philippines] |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Luis Polonia
Luis Andrew Polonia Almonte (born October 12, 1963, in Santiago, Dominican Republic) was a Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter. Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1984, Polonia would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Oakland Athletics on April..
Luis Ponce de León
This article is on the Spanish poet. For information on the governor of New Spain, see Luis Ponce de León (governor of New Spain). Fray Luis Ponce de León (sometimes Luis de León) (born Belmonte, in Cuenca province, of the Castilian region of La Mancha, Spain, in 1527 – 23 August 1591?)..
Luis Ponce de León (governor of New Spain)
Luis Ponce de León (b. ca. 1461, d. July 20, 1526, Mexico City) was a Spanish judge and governor of New Spain, from July 4, 1526 to July 16, 1526. Luis Ponce de León was a learned man and a knight of Cordoba. He was a friend and aide of the corregidor of Toledo, Martín de Córdoba, conde de Alca..
Luis Posada Carriles
Luis Posada Carriles (born February 15, 1928) is an anti-Castro and anti-Communist fugitive who is known to have been involved in numerous violent terrorist plots, including Operation 40, hotel bombings and the 1976 bombing of a Cubana Flight 455 in which seventy-three people were killed. He is also..
Luis Pujols
Luis Bienvenido Pujols Toribio (born November 18, 1955, in Santiago, Dominican Republic) was a catcher and manager in Major League Baseball. He played nine seasons with the Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, and Texas Rangers. After his playing career, he coached the Detroit Tigers and became the ..
Luis Quiñones
Luis Raúl Quiñones (born April 28, 1962 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former utility infielder in Major League Baseball. From 1983 through 1992, Quiñones played for the Oakland Athletics (1983), San Francisco Giants (1986), Chicago Cubs (1987), Cincinnati Reds (1988-91) and Minnesota Twins (1992). ..
Luis R. Esteves
Major General Luis R. Esteves (1893 – March 12, 1958), born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, was the first Puerto Rican to graduate from West Point, on June 19, 1915, and the founder of the Puerto Rican National Guard. Major General Luis R. Esteves (1893-1958) Army Mexican Ser..
Luis Rafael Sanchez
Dr. Luis Rafael Sánchez a.k.a. "Wico" (born (1936) in Humacao, Puerto Rico), is considered by many to be the greatest Puerto Rican playwright of modern times. Luis Rafael Sánchez Sánchez was raised by his parents in the city of Humacao, which is located in the lower eastern part of Puerto R..
Luis Ramallo
Luis William Ramallo (born July 4, 1971 in Cochabamba) is a retired football striker who was capped 36 times and scored 9 international goals for Bolivia between 1989 and 1997. He played all three matches at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He played for Oriente Petrolero at that time. ..
Luis Ramirez
What's in the Brown Paper Bag? by Luis Ramirez - Texas DCJ #999309 I'm about to share with you a story who's telling is long past due. It's a familiar story to most of you reading this from death row. And now it's one that all of you in 'free world' may benefit from. This is the story of my firs..
Luis Ramirez Lucena
One of the chess problems from his book Luis Ramirez de Lucena (c.1465 – c.1530) was a leading Spanish chess player. He wrote the oldest existing printed book on chess, Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez, published in Salamanca in 1497. The Lucena position is named after him, eve..
Luis Ramírez Zapata
Luis Ramírez Zapata is a former Salvadoran footballer. He represented El Salvador at the 1982 World Cup in Spain, scoring their only goal in World Cup history. Unfortunately for his team, it came in a 10-1 defeat to Hungary, which remains the single biggest win in the competition's history. ..
Luis Resto
For Luis Resto the boxer, see Luis Resto (boxer). Luis Resto is a hip-hop producer and keyboardist who has worked closely with rapper Eminem since his third major-label album The Eminem Show, cowriting several of the album's songs. He has played the keyboard for several Eminem-produced tracks and i..
Luis Rey
Luis V. Rey (b.1955) is a Spanish-Mexican artist and illustrator, a 1977 graduate of the San Carlos Academy, (UNAM). He is best known for his innovative work in the field of dinosaur visualization, for example in conjunction with Robert Bakker, promoting awareness of the developing evidence for feat..
Luis Rivas
Luis Wilfredo Rivas [REE-vas] (born August 30, 1979 in La Guaira, Vargas State, Venezuela) is a second baseman in Major League Baseball who has played with the Minnesota Twins since the 2000 season. He bats and throws right-handed. Rivas is known to be a free swinger hitter who will swing ..
Luis Roberto Alves
Luis Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranic (born May 23, 1967 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal) also known as Zaguinho or simply Zague is a former Mexican footballer. He is the son of José Alves "Zague". Born to Brazilian parents, Zaguinho spent his childhood in Brazil and also began his football care..
Luis Rodriguez
Luis Rodriguez can refer to different people: Luis Rodríguez, a baseball player from VenezuelaLuis Rodríguez Olmo, a baseball player from Puerto RicoLuis Rodriguez, a human character of Sesame StreetJosé Luis Rodríguez, a singer and actor from VenezuelaLuis J. Rodríguez, an [author] ..
Luis Rodríguez
For other uses, see Luis Rodriguez (disambiguation). Luis Orlando Rodríguez (born June 27, 1980 in San Carlos, Cojedes St., Venezuela) is a shortstop in Major League Baseball who plays for the Minnesota Twins since 2005. He is a switch hitter and throws right handed. Rodríguez made his major l..
Luis Rodríguez Olmo
Luis Francisco Rodríguez Olmo (born August 11, 1919) in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, best known as Luis Olmo, is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter. Olmo played in the Majors with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1943-45, 1949) and Boston Braves (1950-51). Luis Olmo Olmo debuted..
Luis Rodríguez Varela
Luis Rodríguez Varela, also known as "El Conde Filipino" (the Filipino count) was an early Filipino nationalist, active at the beginning of the 19th century. An ilustrado (educated mestizo) who went to school in France, Varela published a series of books advocating social change in the Philippines..
Luis Royo
Luis Royo (born 1954) is a Spanish artist, known for his darkly sensual paintings of women and mechanical life forms. He has also recently started doing sculptures of some of his earlier art. He was born in Olalla, a small town near Teruel, Spain. He has produced many paintings for his own books/ex..
Luis Ruiz
Luis Ruiz is a parole board member on the HBO drama Oz played by Gary Perez. He is the main antagonist in denying inmate Miguel Alvarez parole. In the first hearing, he deliberately provokes Alvarez causing him to assault Ruiz but cancelling his parole. The deliberate belligerence on Ruiz's part was..
Luis Russell
Luis Russell (6 August, 1902 - 11 December, 1963) was a jazz pianist and bandleader . Luis Carl Russell was born on Careening Cay, near Bocas del Toro, Panama, in a family of Afro-Caribbean ancestry. His father was a music teacher, and young Luis learned to play violin, guitar, trombone, and pia..
Luis Sáenz Peña
Luis Sáenz Peña Term of Office: October 12 1892—January 23 1895 Predecessor: Carlos Pellegrini Successor: José E. Uriburu Vice-president: José E. Uriburu Date of Birth: April 2 1822 Place of Birth: Buenos Aires Date of Death: 1907 Place of Death: Buenos Aires Profession: Lawyer ..
Luis Salazar
Luis Salazar (born May 19, 1956 in Barcelona, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela) is a former third baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball, a right-handed batter who played from 1980 to 1992. In his 13-year career, Salazar played in three different times with the San Diego Padres (1980-84, 1987,..
Luis Sánchez
Luis Mercedes Sánchez (August 24, 1953 - February 4, 2005), nicknamed "Escoba" (broom), was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels. He batted and threw right-handed. A native of Cariaco, Venezuela, Sánchez was signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur fre..
Luis Santiago
Luis Santiago is a fictional character in the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. He is played by Douglas Netter. He was the President of the Earth Alliance and was assassinated on the orders of his own Vice President – Morgan Clark. After serving at least one term, President Santiago wa..
Luis Saritama
Luis Fernando Saritama Padilla (born October 20, 1983) is a footballer who plays for Deportivo Quito in his home country of Ecuador. He is a midfielder and has been selected in the Ecuador national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He made his international debut against Peru in 2002 an..
Luis Scola
Scola with Argentina Luis Alberto Scola (b. April 20 1980 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine basketball player. The 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) and 104 kg (230 lb) power forward plays for Spanish TAU Cerámica and the Argentina national basketball team. He has double citizenship: Argentinian and Spanish..
Luis Segura
Luis Segura is a Dominican-born singer know as "The Father of the Bachata." He is considered one the best at his art with hits like Pena por ti, Dicen, and No me celes tanto; and is known worldwide. ..
Luis Sepúlveda
Luis Sepúlveda (b. October 4, 1949) is a Chilean writer, film director, journalist and political activist. Life Luis Sepúlveda was born in Ovalle in Chile in 1949. After secondary school in Santiago, he studied theatre production at the National University. In 1969, Sepúlveda was g..
Luis Sera
Luis Sera is a video game character from the survival horror game Resident Evil 4. He is a Spaniard who befriends Leon during his mission to save U.S. President's daughter, Ashley Graham. Although he refuses to divulge his true objectives to Leon and Ashley at first, he helps them out whenever the..
Luis Sojo
Luis Sojo Luis Beltrán Sojo [SO-ho] (born January 3, 1965 in Petare, Miranda State, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball infielder and right-handed batter who played with the Toronto Blue Jays (1990, 1993), California Angels (1991-92), Seattle Mariners (1994-96), New York Yank..
Luis Somoza Debayle
Anastasio and Luis Somoza Debayle in 1959 Luis Somoza Debayle (November 18, 1922 – April 13, 1967) was the fortieth president of Nicaragua from 1956–1963, but was effectively dictator of the country from 1956 until his death. Following the assassination of his father, Anastasio S..
Luis Sotelo
Luis Sotelo, discussing with Hasekura Tsunenaga and other Japanese in Rome. Sala Regia, Quirinal Palace, Rome. Luis Sotelo (1574-1624), was a Franciscan friar born in Sevilla, Spain on September 6, 1574. He died as a martyr in Japan in 1624, and was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867. Sotelo s..
Luis Suárez
This is a disambiguation page. Luis Suárez may refer to Luis Suárez, the former FC Barcelona, Inter Milan and Spanish footballer.Luis Fernando Suárez, the Colombian football managerLuis Suárez, a Cuban baseball player with the Washington Senators. ..
Luis Suárez Miramontes
Luis Suárez Miramontes (born May 2, 1935 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain) is a Spanish football (soccer) player and manager. He spent the majority of his career as a midfielder with two clubs, CF Barcelona and Inter Milan. Suárez was also a member of the Spanish selección that won the European Champ..
Luis T. Larco
Luis T. Larco was a Peruvian politician in the early 1950's. He was the mayor of Lima from 1953 to 1955. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Luis T. Romero
Romero was born in San Luis Obispo, California in 1854 and died in Boston, November 19, 1893. His parents came from Spain. As a boy he played the guitar and when he moved to Los Angeles, he continued his studies with Miguel S. Arrevalo. Later he moved to San Jose, California to perform and teach an..
Luis Taruc
Luis Taruc (June 21, 1913 - May 4, 2005) was a Philippine Communist political figure and revolutionary. He was the leader of the Hukbalahap rebel group between 1942 and 1954. His involvement with the movement came after his initiation on the problems of agrarian Filipinos when he was a student in th..
Luis Tascón
Venezuelan parliamentary election, 2005 Results — Táchira, Deputy to the National Assembly Cir3 Candidates Votes % Luis Tascón 30,055 84% Rosa Velazco 3,158 9% Abstention: 119,300 74% Total Registered voters: 161,659 Luis Tascón Gutiérrez (C..
Luis Tejada
Luis Carlos Tejada Hansell (born March 28, 1982) is a Panamanian football (soccer) striker, who, as of 2005, plays for Al Ain and the Panamanian national team. He recently signed a 3-year contract to send him to Al Ain FC of the United Arab Emirates. In March 2005, Tejada scored a great goal on an..
Luis Terrero
Luis Terrero (born May 18, 1980 in Barahona, Dominican Republic) is an outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles. He is the most recent victim of the hidden ball trick. ..
Luis Tiant
Luis Tiant [loo-IS tee-ANT] (born November 23, 1940? in Marianao, Cuba), born Luis Clemente Tiant Vega, is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians (1964-1969), Minnesota Twins (1970), Boston Red Sox (1971-1978), New York Yankees (..
Luis Trenker
Luis Trenker (born Alois Franz Trenker) October 4, 1892 in St. Ulrich, Austrian Empire; d. April 12 1990 in Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, was an Austrian film director, architect, and actor. Trenker studied architecture after Abitur from 1912 till the outbreak of World War I. He fought on the Austrian sid..
Luis Ugueto
Luis Enrique Ugueto [oo-GAY-to] (born February 15, 1979) is a Major League Baseball second baseman and switch-hitter batter who played for the Seattle Mariners. Ugueto was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Originally signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 1996, he was drafted..
Luis Usera Bugallal
Luis Usera Bugallal was chairman of Real Madrid from 1929 to 1935. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Luis Váez de Torres
Luis Váez de Torres (fl. 1606) was a 17th century Portuguese maritime explorer serving the Spanish Crown, noted for the first recorded navigation of the strait which separates the continent of Australia from the island of New Guinea, and which now bears his name (Torres Strait). The year and place..
Luis Valdez
Luis Valdez (born June 26, 1940) is an American playwright and film director. He is regarded as the father of Chicano theater. Valdez was born in Delano, California to migrant farm worker parents. Valdez graduated from a San Jose high school and went on attend San Jose State University (SJSU) on ..
Luis Vargas
Luis Vargas is one of the Dominican Republic's most popular bachata musicians. When he began in the early 1990s, Antony Santos, another important figure in bachata, was his guira player. Vargas, who sings and plays his own lead guitar, was one of the first to play bachata with the electric guitar -..
Luis Vernet
Luis Vernet (born Louis Vernet in 1792 in France - died in 1871 in San Isidro, Argentina) was the 4th and last Argentine Governor of Puerto Soledad, the Argentine penal colony in the Falkland Islands, from 1829 until 1831. Prior to his appointment as Governor, Vernet was a successful businessma..
Luis Vicente Gámez
Luis Vicente Gámez Manchenge (Jan 22, 1889, Oct 10, 1973) is a local hero in Santa Marta, Colombia. He was among the few survivors of the Santa Marta Massacre. He grew up in extreme poverty, but through sheer determination and self-education, he became one of the richest people in the Magdalena are..
Luis Vigoreaux
Luis Vigoreaux (April 12 1929-January 17, 1983) was a Puerto Rican show host, comedian and producer. The son of a sugar worker, Vigoreaux became one of the most popular television entertainers in Puerto Rico's history. Vigoreaux was born in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, but he moved at the age of 14 to San Ju..
Luis Villalta
Luis Villalta (October 2, 1969 in Lima, Peru - March 3, 2004 in Pompano Beach, Florida) was a professional boxer. He moved to Hillsborough Township, New Jersey to be near his trainer and improve his career opportunities while trying to get entry visas for his family. He shared an apartment with two..
Luis Vizcaíno
Luis Vizcaíno Arias (born August 6, 1974 in Baní, Dominican Republic) is a right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1994. He pitched there until he was traded to the Texas Rangers, who t..
Luis von Ahn
Luis von Ahn is a post doctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. He earned his PhD from Carnegie Mellon in 2005. His research includes CAPTCHAs and Human-based computation. He is credited with inventing the ESP Game. This biographical article is a [Stubstub]. You can help Wikiped..
Luis Yañez-Barnuevo
Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García (b. April 12, 1943 in Coria del Río) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. ..
Luitgard
Luitgard (died 800) was the fifth, last, and favorite wife of Charlemagne, married 794. ..
Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria
Luitpold or Liutpold (modern Leopold) (died 4 July 907), perhaps of the Huosi family or related to the Carolingians, was the father of the great Luitpolding dynasty which dominated Bavaria and Carinthia until the mid-tenth century. In 893, Luitpold was created margrave of Carinthia and Upper Panno..
Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria celebrating his 90th birthday in 1911 Bavarian RoyaltyHouse of Wittelsbach ..
Luitpold Coast
Luitpold Coast ([77°30′S 32°0′W]) is that portion of the coast of Coats Land extending from the vicinity of Hayes Glacier, at 27° 54' W, to 36° W, which is regarded as the east limit of the Filchner Ice Shelf. It was discovered by Wilhelm Filchner, leader of the German Antarctic Ex..
Luitpold Gymnasium
The Luitpold-Gymnasium is a secondary school in Munich, Germany. It was established by Prince Luitpold of Bavaria in 1891 as "Luitpold-Kreisrealschule" to serve the eastern part of the city and its suburbs. It stood in the Alexandrastrasse opposite the National Museum. The building was almost comp..
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (February 27, 1881 – December 2, 1966), usually cited as L. E. J. Brouwer but known to his friends as Bertus, was a Dutch mathematician, a graduate of the University of Amsterdam, who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis. The Brouwer fix..
Luizão
Bronze medal 1996Atlanta Football Men's Team Competition Luiz Carlos Bombonato Goulart most known as Luizão is a Brazilian forward, born November 14, 1975 in Rubinéia, SP. Clubs 1993: Guarani1993: Paraná1994-1995: Guarani1995-1997: Palmeiras1997-1998: Deportivo La Coruña1998: Vasco..
Luiza Bialasiewicz
Dr. Luiza Bialasiewicz is an academic, and lecturer in Human Geography within the Department of Geography at Durham University. She has held the post since September 2002, however in July 2006 will move to Royal Holloway, London. Within Durham she is connected to the International Boundaries Researc..
Luiza Erundina
Luiza Erundina Luiza Erundina de Sousa (November 30, 1934) is a Brazilian politician. Erundina was born in Uiraúna. Political history From 1980 to 1997 she was affiliated with the PT party (workers party). In 1997 she changed to the PSB party. Erundina served on the Sao Paulo city council ..
Luiza Sá
Luiza da Silva e Sá (São Paulo, March 29, 1983) is one of the guitar players and drummers for the brazilian indie-electro band CSS. Besides playing in the group, she studies fine arts at college and is very interested in astrology. Sometimes, acts as a DJ at São Paulo clubs along with Ana Rezend..
Luiziânia
Luiziânia is a municipality/county in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are [21°40′33″S, 50°19′36″W]. The population in 2004 is 4,334, the area is 167.48 km² The elevation is 426 m. ..
Luizianne Lins
Luizianne Lins, nick name Lôra, is the mayor of Fortaleza, the fourth largest city in Brazil. She was born there in November 18, 1968 and lives with Sérgio Novais, whom she has a children with. Affiliated with the Worker's Party, since 1989 she has been a socialist and a feminist. She graduated ..
Luiz Antônio da Costa
Luiz Antônio Correia da Costa , nicknamed Müller, (born January 31, 1966 in Campo Grande) was a football (soccer) player from Brazil. He played in a "old fashion" left sided forward position (even though he is best with right foot, which is uncommon for left sided positions) with São Paulo F.C...
Luiz Avellar
João Luiz de Avellar, better known simply as Luiz Avellar (born on April 7, 1956 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian piano player. He played with many of the best musicians of Brazil, including Nico Assumpção, Kiko Freitas and Ney Conceição. He composed the soundtrack of several TV Globo shows ..
Luiz Azeredo
Luiz Azeredo is a professional mixed martial arts fighter from Brazil. In 2005, he fought Takanori Gomi twice in PRIDE Fighting Championships. In their first match at Bushido 7, Azeredo was knocked out. In their rematch at Bushido 9, Azeredo lost via judge's decision. Contents 1 Biograph..
Luiz Bueno
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Luiz Cruls
Luiz Cruls (January 21,1848 – June 21,1908) was a Belgian astronomer who did most of his work in Brazil. He is also known as Louis Cruls. Cruls was born in Diest, Belgium, and died in Paris, France. He served in the Belgian army from 1869 to 1872. In 1881 he accepted the position of director ..
Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira
Luiz Eduardo De Oliveira (born on January 1, 1944 in Brazil), more famous under his artist name Léo is a Brazilian comics creator. Biography After having graduated as an engineer in mechanics, De Oliveira left Brazil because of the military dictatorship that was in power at the time. He went first..
Luiz Ejlli
Luiz Ejlli, born on July 12 1985, is an Albanian singer. Biography Luiz Ejlli was born in Shkodra and between 1991 and 2002 he attended the “Prenk Jakova” secondary school in Shkodra. In 1995, he won the Best Voice Prize in "Child National Fesitival" in Shkodra. In 1998, he participated as a..
Luiz Felipe Scolari
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Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Luiz Fernando Carvalho de Almeida was born in 1960 in Rio de Janeiro. He's an innovating Brazilian director, but he's also a producer, a writer and an editor. He studied Literature and Architecture. His first feature film was Lavoura Arcaica (To the left of the father), based on the homonym novel b..
Luiz Fernando Guimarães
Luiz Fernando Guimarães (born November 10 1949, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian actor. He is famous for his role in Os Normais. At the beginning of 1980's he participated of the Asdrubal Trouxe o Trombone, a group of actors from Rio the Janeiro who wrote, produced and perfor..
Luiz Fernando Uva
Luiz Fernando Uva is a race car driver born in Brazil. He competed in South American Formula Three in 1998 and 2000, having previously raced in Formula Opel Euroseries (1995) and Brazilian Formula Chevrolet (1994). ..
Luiz Gonzaga
Sculpture at Luiz Gonzaga Museum. Caruaru (Brazil) Luiz Gonzaga (December 13, 1912 - August 2, 1989) was born in the countryside of Pernambuco (Northeastern Brazil) and was personally responsible for the promotion of northeastern music on the rest of the country. Musical education Son of a p..
Luiz Gushiken
Luiz Gushiken was a former Brazilian communications minister. He was born August 5, 1950 in Osvaldo Cruz, Brazil, to Japanese parents from Okinawa. He worked at Banespa and was associated with unions. He was a federal deputy in the Congress for three sessions from 1987 to 1998 and was coordinator ..
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (pron. IPA: [lu'iz i'nasiu 'lulɐ dɐ 'silvɐ] born Luiz Inácio da Silva on October 27, 1945; popularly and affectionately known as Lula) is the 39th and current President of Brazil. Lula was elected to the post in 27 October, 2002 with 61% of the votes (run-o..
Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas
Luis Martins de Souza Dantas (1876-1954) was a Brazilian diplomat who was awarded the Righteous Among The Nations by the Israeli Supreme Court in June 2003 for his participation during the Holocaust in helping Jews in France escape. It is estimated he saved 800 people, 425 confirmed to be Jewish. ..
Luiz Mattar
Luiz Mattar (born August 18, 1963 in Sao Paulo) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. He played on the professional tour from 1986-1995, during which time he won seven top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 29 in singles (in 1989)..
Luiz Melodia
Luiz Melodia, born Luiz Carlos dos Santos (Rio de Janeiro, Jaruary the 7th, 1951) is a Brazilian composer and singer of MPB. He started his musical carrer in 1963 with the singer Mizinho, and worked as a typographer, sales man and musician in the night clubs. In 1964 he had formed the groupd calle..
Luiz Mott
Luiz Roberto de Barros Mott or Luiz Mott (* May 6 1946 in the city of São Paulo, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil), is a researcher and an anthropologist, a historian and one of the most notable gay civil rights activists in Brazil. He is widely known in Brazil and internationally for his substan..
Luiz Pinguelli Rosa
Luiz Pingueli Rosa is a Brazilian nuclear physicist, researcher and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is also a scientific leader. He lives in Rio de Janeiro. One of Dr. Rosa's fields activity is renewable energy. He has also been scientifically and politically active in the..
Lui Collins
Lui Collins (born in 1950 in Barre, Vermont) is a contemporary folk singer-songwriter. She attended the University of Connecticut and played her first gigs as a student there. She began touring in the mid-1970s as part of a duo with Horace Williams, Jr.. Her first two albums consisted of cover son..
Lui Leung-Wai
Ray Lui Leung-Wai, also called Ray Liu, (December 22, 1956) is a Hong Kong actor and came to fame with the aclaimed TV series The Bund. While Lui was born in Vietnam, but he left for Hong Kong at the age of 12. Lui joined TVB and began his career in 1980. He was married to actress and former Miss H..
Lui Passaglia
Lui Passaglia (born June 7, 1954 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a former professional Canadian football player and current front-office executive with the Canadian Football League's British Columbia Lions. Passaglia was the kicker/punter for the Lions for a record-breaking 25 years (197..
Lui Temelkovski
Lui Temelkovski (born October 4, 1954) is the Canadian Member of Parliament for the Ontario riding of Oak Ridges—Markham, representing the Liberal Party of Canada. He was first elected in the 2004 federal election and was re-elected in the 2006 election. He is fluent in Italian, Macedonian, and ..
Lui Yu-Chai
Lui Yu-Chai (雷汝濟) was a student of Chan Wah-shun (陳華順) in the discipline of Wing Chun. Since he was too busy with his business, he didn't teach any student. Lineage Lineage in Wing Chun sifu Chan Wah-shun (陳華順)  Lui Yu-Chai (雷汝濟)  student none ..
Lužice
Lužice is name of several locations in the Czech Republic: village Lužice in South Moravian Region (Hodonín District) Lužice is also Czech name for Lusatia. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to thi..
Lužice (Hodonín District)
See other locations named Lužice. Lužice is a village in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 2,750 inhabitants. External link [Village website] (cz) ..
Lužiny
Lužiny is a Prague Metro station on Line B. ..

 

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