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Alves (mythology)
Alves is a surname that appears to originate both from Portugal and Scotland (in Scotland where a variation of the name can appear as ''Alvis''). It is debatable whether the surname appeared first in one country or the other, since it is more prevalent in Portugal, but registered as far back as the 13th century in the church records at Alves, Moray, Northern Scotland. If from Portugal, it will have originated from the Germanic patronym ''son of Álvaro'' (Alvar, Alvarus). Notable people with the surname include: * Adriana Alves (born 1995), Angolan sprinter * Adriana Alves (actress) (born 1976), Brazilian actress *Afonso Alves (born 1981), Brazilian footballer * Anastácio Alves (born 1963), missing Madeiran Roman Catholic priest * Bruno Alves (born 1981), Portuguese footballer * Camila Alves (born 1982), Brazilian model and television performer * Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia (born 1982), Portuguese footballer known as "Carlitos" * Dani Alves (born 1983), Brazilian footballer * ...
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ...
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João Alves (bishop)
João Alves (13 December 1925 − 28 June 2013) was a Portuguese Catholic bishop. Alves was born on 13 December 1925 in Torres Novas. Ordained in 1951, Alves was named bishop in 1975. In 1976, he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Coimbra and retired in 2001. Alves died on 28 June 2013, aged 87, in Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of . The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po .... References 1925 births People from Torres Novas 2013 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Portugal {{Portugal-RC-bishop-stub ...
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Alves Dos Santos
Alves is a surname that appears to originate both from Portugal and Scotland (in Scotland where a variation of the name can appear as ''Alvis''). It is debatable whether the surname appeared first in one country or the other, since it is more prevalent in Portugal, but registered as far back as the 13th century in the church records at Alves, Moray, Northern Scotland. If from Portugal, it will have originated from the Germanic patronym ''son of Álvaro'' (Alvar, Alvarus). Notable people with the surname include: * Adriana Alves (born 1995), Angolan sprinter * Adriana Alves (actress) (born 1976), Brazilian actress *Afonso Alves (born 1981), Brazilian footballer * Anastácio Alves (born 1963), missing Madeiran Roman Catholic priest * Bruno Alves (born 1981), Portuguese footballer * Camila Alves (born 1982), Brazilian model and television performer * Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia (born 1982), Portuguese footballer known as "Carlitos" * Dani Alves (born 1983), Brazilian footballer * ...
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Thiago Alves (other)
Thiago Alves may refer to: *Thiago Alves (tennis) (born 1982), Brazilian tennis player *Thiago Alves (fighter) Thiago Alves (; born 3 October 1983) is a Brazilian former bare-knuckle fighter and former mixed martial artist. A 27-fight veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, he competed in the promotion from 2005 until 2019. Aside from being a pr ... (born 1983), Brazilian mixed martial artist * Thiago Soares Alves (born 1986), Brazilian volleyball player See also * Tiago Alves (other) {{hndis, Alves, Thiago ...
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Robert Alves
Robert Alves (1745–1794), was a Scottish poet and prose writer. Alves was born in Elgin on 11 December 1745. His father's circumstances were humble, but as a boy of promise he was placed at the Elgin grammar school, where he made such good use of his opportunities that when sent to Aberdeen he took at Marischal College the highest bursary of the year in which he competed. An ‘Elegy on Time’, written while he was at Aberdeen, procured him the friendship of Br. Beattie, then one of the professors of Marischal College. On leaving Aberdeen Alves was successively master of a Banffshire parish school and tutor in the family of a gentleman who offered him a living in the Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland (CoS; ; ) is a Presbyterian denomination of Christianity that holds the status of the national church in Scotland. It is one of the country's largest, having 245,000 members in 2024 and 259,200 members in 2023. While mem .... But he preferred the head-mastership, wit ...
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Regiane Alves
Regiane Kelly Lima Alves (born 31 August 1978) is a Brazilian actress. She is best known by her role as Dóris in TV Globo's telenovela ''Mulheres Apaixonadas''. Biography Born in Santo André, São Paulo metropolitan region. She is the daughter of the sales supervisor José Monteiro Alves and stay-at-home Maria Aparecida Alves Lima. From an early age became interested in the artistic career. In Children participated in poetry contests and dance festivals in college, always among the first three places. Personal life Between 1996 and 1999 was married to Carlos Augusto Nogueira advertising, but divorced. In 2000 she married assistant director André Felipe Binder, this marriage, but lasted until 2004, when the couple divorced. In 2005 began a love affair with the musician Thiago Antunes and October 10, 2009, after four years together, the actress married him in Barra da Tijuca, west of the City of Rio de Janeiro. In May 2010 the actress confirmed her divorce from musicia ...
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Maurício Alves Peruchi
Maurício is the Portuguese variant of Mauricio (given name). Sportspeople with the name include: * Maurício Assoline, Braziian footballer *Maurício José da Silveira Júnior Maurício is the Portuguese variant of Mauricio (given name) Mauricio is a Spanish and Portuguese masculine given name, equivalent to English Maurice (given name), Maurice and derived from the Roman Mauritius (given name), Mauritius. It is of Lati ..., Brazilian footballer * Maurício Copertino, Brazilian footballer * Maurício de Oliveira Anastácio, Brazilian footballer * Maurício dos Santos Nascimento, Brazilian footballer * Maurício Fernandes, Brazilian footballer * Maurício Ramos, Brazilian footballer * Maurinho, Brazilian footballer * Maurício Lima, Brazilian volleyball player References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mauricio Portuguese masculine given names Masculine given names ...
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Maria Thereza Alves
Maria Thereza Alves (born 1961) is a Brazilian-born American and German installation artist, video artist, activist, filmmaker, and writer. She lives in Berlin. Early life and education Maria Thereza Alves was born in São Paulo in 1961. When she was a child, her family moved to New York City to escape the dictatorship in Brazil. She attended Cooper Union, and graduated in architecture (BFA 1985). Career In 1978, Alves presented at the United Nations Human Rights Committee meeting in Geneva on the indigenous population human rights abuses in Brazil. She is a co-founder of the Partido Verde (or Green Party) of São Paulo in 1987. Her long-term art project ''Seeds of Change'' studies colonialism, slavery, migration, and the global commerce. The series was started in 1999 and focuses on displaced plant seeds used to balance shipping vessels during the colonial period. It has been held in port cities such as Marseille, Reposaari, Liverpool, Exeter– Topsham, Dunkirk, Bristo ...
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Maria Domingas Alves
Maria Domingas Fernandes Alves (born 28 November 1959), nickname Mana (sister) Micato or Mikato, resistance name Beta Mau, is a women's rights activist, former resistance fighter, civil servant and non-party politician from East Timor. From 2007 to 2012 she was Minister of Social Solidarity. Early life Alves was born in Laclo, Manatuto. Her father was chief of a sub-district in Portuguese Timor, and then a member of the parliament of Manatuto during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor. Alves attended the Liceu Dr. Francisco Machado, Dili. She is married to Jacinto Alves, with whom she had four daughters and a son. Resistance careers During the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975-1999), Alves was one of the main female leaders of the resistance movement, especially around Laclubar and Laclo. She participated actively in the ''Organização Popular de Mulheres Timorense'' (Popular Organisation of East Timorese Women) (OPMT), the women's organization of FRETILIN. In ...
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Magno Alves
Magno Alves de Araújo (born 13 January 1976) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is also known by his nickname ''O Magnata'' (The Magnate). Career Magno Alves was born in Aporá, Bahia, Brazil. Between 1998 and 2003, he made 265 appearances and scored 111 goals for Fluminense as a striker, winning the Rio State Championship in 2002. Alves' most famous match was against Santa Cruz. as he scored 5 goals, earning the nickname ''Magnata''. After a short stint in the Korean Professional Football League (K-League), Alves joined Oita Trinita of the Japan Professional Football League (J1 League). In 2006, he joined J1 League champion, Gamba Osaka, as a replacement for the team's former ace striker Clemerson de Araújo Soares, who left the team for family reasons. He joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad after being sent away by Gamba Osaka due to disciplinary problems. In July 2010, he signed a contract with Brazilian club Ceará. He sco ...
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Lúcia Alves (actress)
Lúcia Alves da Silva (4 October 1948 – 24 April 2025) was a Brazilian actress. Early life and career Alves was born in Rio de Janeiro on 4 October 1948. Although she became well established in her career on television, she began her career in movies in the middle of the 1960s with a role in the 1965 J. B. Tanko film ''Um Ramo para Luíza''. Despite her success on television, she would continue to work in theatre and film as well. She made her debut on telenovelas around this time, in particular with the 1969 TV Tupi novela ''Enquanto Houver Estrelas'', directed by Mário Brasini, but she would become famous for her role as Potira in ''Irmãos Coragem'', written by Janete Clair, in 1970. She married confectionist Fred Schleisinger on 29 July 1973, in a ceremony that had Zilka Salaberry and Edney Giovenazzi as godparents. After the marriage, Alves had gone on to play the role of protagonist in Helena, in 1975, an adaptation by Gilberto Braga based on the romance of the sam ...
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