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| Alfredo Zayas y Alonso |
Alfredo Zayas y Alonso (1861 - 1934) was a Cuban general and political figure. He served as President of Cuba from May 20, 1921 to May 20, 1925. (references) |
| Alicia Alonso |
Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Alicia Alonso |
Alonso was one of the founding members of the American Ballet Theatre in 1940 and in 1943 she became one of their leading ballerinas.[http://www.rubylane.com/ni/shops/showbizaar/iteml/1469#pic5] While with American Ballet Theatre, Alonso created leading roles in Antony Tudor's Undertow (1943), and George Balanchine's Theme and Variations (1947). Because of Nora Kaye's illness, Alonso danced the premier of Agnes de Mille's Fall River Legend in 1948. While in American Ballet Theater she worked with Mikhail Fokine, George Balanchine, Leonide Massine, Bronislava Nijinska, Anthony Tudor, Jerome Robbins and Agnes de Mille, among other relevant choreographers of our century. Her partnership with Igor Youskevitch was one of the great teams and together with him she joined Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo in 1955. (references) |
| Alonso Álvarez de Pineda |
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda (1494 - 1519) was a Spanish explorer and cartographer. (references) |
| Alonso de Arellano |
Don Alonso de Arellano was a Spanish explorer of the 16th century, who was among 5 fleets that first re-discovered the Philippines after Magellan. Some would argue he actually discovered the Philippines first, splitting off from the rest of the fleet in the patache San Lucas, piloted by Lope Martín, shortly after leaving the port of Barra de Navidad. After discovering a number of islands in January of 1565, he turned around and set out for Acapulco, becoming the first to discover what would later be called "Urdaneta's Route." Andres de Urdaneta, part of the fleet Arellano had split off from, discovered the same path shortly afterwards, but kept better notes and maps, and so the credit was given him. (references) |
| Alonso de Castillo Solórzano |
Alonso de Castillo (1584?-1647?), Spanish novelist and playwright, is stated to have been baptized at Tordesillas near Valladolid on 1 October 1584. Nothing is known of his youth, and he is next heard of at Madrid in 1619 as a man of literary tastes. While in the service of the Marquis de Villar, he issued his first work, Donaires del Parnaso (1624-1625), two volumes of humorous poems; his Tardes entretenidas (1625) and Jornadas alegres (1626) proved that he was a novelist by vocation. (references) |
| Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga |
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (Madrid August 7, 1533 - November 29, 1595 in Madrid), Basque nobleman, soldier and poet. (references) |
| Alonso de Guzman El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia |
Don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (September 10, 1550 - 1615) was the commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armada. He was the son of Don Juan Carlos de Guzmán, eldest son of the 6th duke, and of his wife Doña Leonor Manrique de Zuniga y Sotomayor. His father died in 1555, and Don Alonso became duke, and master of one of the greatest fortunes in Europe, on the death of his grandfather in 1539. (references) |
| Alonso de Ibáñez |
Alonso de Ibáñez is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí. (references) |
| Alonso de la Cueva |
Alfonso della Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo (first name also spelled Alonso, often used was the title Bedmar) (1572-August 10, 1655) was a Spanish diplomat, bishop and cardinal. He was born in Bedmar, Spain, the son of Luis de la Cueva-Benavides, seqor of Bedmar, and Elvira Carrillo de Mendoza y Cárdenas, and died in Málaga and was buried in a cathedral there. (references) |
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