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Álvarez
Álvarez or Álvares may refer to: People *Álvarez (surname), Spanish surname Places * Alvares (river), a river in northern Spain * Alvares (ski resort), in Iran * Alvares, Iran * Alvares, Portugal * Álvarez, Santa Fe, a town in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina *Álvarez, Tamaulipas, Mexico * Alvarez Glacier, Antarctica *General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite, Philippines * Los Alvarez, Texas, US * 3581 Alvarez, an asteroid Other uses * Alvarez (''Gotham''), a character in the TV series ''Gotham'' * Manny Alvarez, a character in ''The Last of Us Part II'' *Alvarez Guitars, an acoustic guitar manufacturer *"Alvarez", a song by the band Funeral for a Friend *"Uncle Alvarez", a song by Liz Phair Elizabeth Clark Phair (born April 17, 1967) is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Phair was raised primarily in the Chicago area. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1990, she attempted to sta ... See also * Álvares, a Portuguese and G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvarez (surname)
Álvarez (sometimes ''Alvarez'') is a Spanish language, Spanish surname of Germanic origin, a patronymic meaning "son of Álvaro". Its Portuguese language, Portuguese equivalent is Álvares. Notable people with the surname include: Actors, singers, musicians *Ana Álvarez (born 1969), Spanish model and actress *Andreína Álvarez (born 1979), Venezuelan actor *Angela Alvarez (1927–2024), Cuban-born American singer *Carlos Álvarez (baritone) (born 1966), Spanish opera singer *Cristian Álvarez (musician) (born 1972), Argentine musician *David Alvarez (actor), David Alvarez (born 1994), Canadian dancer and actor *Enrique Álvarez Félix (1934–1996), Mexican actor *Francisco Álvarez (actor) (1892–1960), Argentine actor *George Alvarez, Cuban/American actor *Ian Antonio Alvarez also known as Bunji Garlin (born 1978) Trinidadian male soca singer *Izabella Alvarez (born 2004), American actress *Javier Álvarez (composer), Javier Álvarez (1956–2023) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvarez
Álvarez or Álvares may refer to: People *Álvarez (surname), Spanish surname Places * Alvares (river), a river in northern Spain * Alvares (ski resort), in Iran * Alvares, Iran * Alvares, Portugal * Álvarez, Santa Fe, a town in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina *Álvarez, Tamaulipas, Mexico * Alvarez Glacier, Antarctica *General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite, Philippines * Los Alvarez, Texas, US * 3581 Alvarez, an asteroid Other uses * Alvarez (''Gotham''), a character in the TV series ''Gotham'' * Manny Alvarez, a character in ''The Last of Us Part II'' *Alvarez Guitars, an acoustic guitar manufacturer *"Alvarez", a song by the band Funeral for a Friend *"Uncle Alvarez", a song by Liz Phair Elizabeth Clark Phair (born April 17, 1967) is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Phair was raised primarily in the Chicago area. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1990, she attempted to sta ... See also * Álvares, a Portuguese and G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvarez, Tamaulipas
Álvarez, Tamaulipas is a community located in the Nuevo Laredo Municipality in the Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Tamaulipas. According to the INEGI Census of 2010, Álvarez has a population of 1,714 inhabitants. Its elevation is 141 meters above sea level. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez, Tamaulipas Populated places in Tamaulipas Laredo–Nuevo Laredo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite
General Mariano Alvarez, officially the Municipality of General Mariano Alvarez () and often shortened as GMA, is a municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 172,433 people. With an area of just , it is the second most densely populated municipality in Cavite after Rosario. Etymology The municipality was named after General Mariano Álvarez, a native of the town of Noveleta, Cavite. History General Mariano Alvarez was formerly a part of Carmona. The province's third planned community was previously called Carmona Resettlement Project and was under the direct management of the People's Homesite and Housing Corporation (PHHC). The project started in March 1968 because of the need to clear the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City of different shanties and other illegal constructions built on it. By 1974, the project lots became part of the full-fledged communities of poor and middle-class residents coming f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvares
Álvares (sometimes ''Alvares''), a Portuguese and Galician surname, originally a patronymic meaning ''Son of Álvaro'', For the etymology of the surname ''Álvares'' this web page cites: ''Dictionary of American Family Names'', Oxford University Press. . is the name of: * Ana Ida Alvares (born 1965), Brazilian volleyball player * Christiaan Hermanus Cornelis Alvares (1901–1994), Surinamese musician *Francisco Álvares (1465–1541), Portuguese missionary and explorer *João Álvares Fagundes (active in 1521), Portuguese explorer * Jorge Álvares (died 1521), Portuguese explorer * Mara Alvares (born 1948), Brazilian artist *Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360–1431), Portuguese general and constable of Portugal *Pedro Álvares Cabral (about 1467 – about 1520), Portuguese navigator and explorer, discoverer of Brazil See also * Alvarez (other), The anglicization of Álvarez *Álvarez (surname) Álvarez (sometimes ''Alvarez'') is a Spanish language, Spanish surname of Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvarez' Syndrome
Walter Clement Alvarez (July 22, 1884June 18, 1978) was an American physician of Spanish descent. He authored several dozen books on medicine, and wrote introductions and forewords for many others. Biography He was born in San Francisco and spent his childhood in Hawaii, where his father, Luis F. Alvarez, was a government physician. His father worked as a physician in California and Hawaii and developed a method for the better diagnosis of macular leprosy. His sister was California artist and oil painter Mabel Alvarez. In 1910, having received his medical education in Stanford University, he began his practice. From 1913 to the end of 1925, Alvarez practiced internal medicine in San Francisco and conducted research at the University of California, Berkeley. He lived at 3837 Clay Street raising his family. In 1926, he joined the Mayo Clinic practice in Rochester, Minnesota until his retirement in 1950, where he lived at 815 5th St SW in the historic Pill Hill neighborhood. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvarez Guitars
Alvarez is a guitar brand founded in 1965 by the owner and distributor St. Louis Music. Alvarez manufactures Steel-string acoustic guitar, steel-strings, classical guitar, classical guitars, ukuleles and, for a time, solid and hollow-body Electric guitar, electric guitars and Bass guitar, basses. History In the late 1960s, St. Louis Music's founder, Gene Kornblum, met Master Luthier Kazuo Yairi who produced handmade concert classical guitars in Japan. Together, St. Louis Music and the Yairi factory started to design and develop steel string acoustic guitars and imported them into the United States. The guitars took the brand name of St. Louis Music's Spanish guitar line “Alvarez”. Similar instruments were also sold under the factory brand of “K. Yairi” in Europe and other parts of the world. From 2005 to 2009, the brand was owned by LOUD Technologies, which also owned Mackie (company), Mackie, Ampeg, LOUD Technologies, Crate and other music-related brands. In 2009, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Phair
Elizabeth Clark Phair (born April 17, 1967) is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Phair was raised primarily in the Chicago area. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1990, she attempted to start a musical career in San Francisco; however, she returned to her home in Chicago, where she began self-releasing audio cassettes under the name Girly-Sound. The tapes led to a recording contract with the independent record label Matador Records. Phair's 1993 debut studio album, '' Exile in Guyville'', was released to acclaim; it has been ranked by ''Rolling Stone'' as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Phair followed this with her second album, '' Whip-Smart'' (1994), which earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, and '' Whitechocolatespaceegg'' (1998). Ten years after the release of her debut, Phair's fourth album, '' Liz Phair'' (2003), released on Capitol Records, moved towards pop rock, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funeral For A Friend
Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, Wales, Bridgend, formed in 2001. The band's members are Kris Roberts (guitar, backing vocals), Gavin Burrough (guitar, vocals), Darran Smith (guitar), Richard Boucher (bass), and Ryan Richards (drums, vocals). Funeral for a Friend's popularity rose in the United Kingdom with the release of their debut album, ''Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation'' (2003). Achieving both a gold certification and three top-twenty singles in their home country, ''Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation'' is often acclaimed as one of the landmark emo records of the 2000s. ''Hours (Funeral for a Friend album), Hours'' (2005) featured a similar musical style to their debut, but also showcased more melodic sensibilities, and ''Tales Don't Tell Themselves'' (2007) showed an evolution in Funeral for a Friend's musical style from that which defined their debut, as the group began to diverge from their use of screaming (music), screamin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
