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Cara (surname)
Cara is a surname of multiple origins.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=cara Notable people with the surname include: * Alessia Cara, Canadian singer * Ana Cara, Argentine creolist, translator, and professor *Cécilia Cara (born 5 June 1984) is a French actress and singer * Daniel Cara, Brazilian educator, political scientist, and politician * Jean-Paul Cara (born 1948), French singer and composer * Mac Cara (1914–1993), American footballer * Gaetano Cara (1803–1877), Italian archaeologist and naturalist primarily interested in ornithology * Irene Cara (1959–2022), American singer and actress * Marchetto Cara (c. 1470 – c. 1520), Italian singer and composer of the Renaissance *Robyn Cara, British actress * Albanian family name: **Dervish Cara, Albanian revolutionary leader ** Engjëll Cara ** Et'hem Cara ** Igli Cara Igli Cara Is an Albanian Politician in the city of Durrës and candidate for mayor of Durrës. Early life Igli Cara was born in Durrës on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessia Cara
Alessia Caracciolo (born July 11, 1996), known professionally as Alessia Cara (), is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Born in Mississauga, Ontario, to Italian Canadian parents, she began posting covers of songs on YouTube at age 13. After uploading acoustic covers of songs such as "Love Yourself" and " Sweater Weather" online, she signed with EP Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings in 2014 and released her debut single, " Here", the following year. It peaked at number 19 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart and was a sleeper hit in the US, peaking at number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Cara's debut studio album, '' Know-It-All'' (2015), peaked at number 8 on the Canadian Albums Chart and at number 9 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album's third single, " Scars to Your Beautiful", peaked at number 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2016. In 2017, Cara collaborated with DJ and producer Zedd on the single " Stay", which is certified seven-times platinum in Canada, and featured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Cara
Ana C. Cara is an Argentine creolist, translator, and Professor of Hispanic Studies at Oberlin College. She graduated from Middlebury College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1972, from University of Pennsylvania with a Master of Arts in Folklore and Folklife in 1974, and with a Doctor of Philosophy in Folklore and Folklife in 1983. She was visiting scholar at University of California, Berkeley. Awards * 2007 Willis Barnstone Translation Prize The Willis Barnstone Translation Prize is an annual award given to an exceptional translation of a poem from any language into English. The prize was inaugurated in 2002 by the University of Evansville, and has been presented annually since 2003. T ... Works *"The Poetics of Creole Talk: Toward an Aesthetic of Argentine Verbal Art", ''Journal of American Folklore'', Volume 116, Number 459, Winter 2003, pp. 36–56 *Baron, Robert, Cara, Ana, "Introduction: Creolization and Folklore", ''Journal of American Folklore'', 2003 References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cécilia Cara
Cécilia Cara (born 5 June 1984) is a French actress and singer. She is best known for playing the role of Juliet in the French musical "''Romeo and Juliet''". Early life Cécilia was born in Cannes, on the French Riviera. Cécilia started learning ballet at the age of 3, and at the age of 5 she began singing in the school choir and soon proved to be very gifted and talented. Thanks to different shows and singing contests, she improved her voice and progressively gained self-confidence. Career For two years in a row, she won first prize in a contest in Nice. She became very popular in her region and she soon gained popularity all over France with a TV show launching young artists. She finally came in 4th out of 500 candidates. Around the same time, a new musical was being born in France " Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour". The TV show's presenter immediately contacted the producers to introduce her. Almost at once, they knew they had found their Juliette. Céci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Cara
Daniel Tojeira Cara (São Paulo, January 1, 1978) is a Brazilian educator, political scientist, and politician affiliated with the PSOL. He is a professor at the School of Education at the University of São Paulo and member of the Directive Committee of the National Campaign for the Right to Education, civil society network that he coordinated from 2006 to 2020. In 2018, he was a candidate for the Federal Senate for São Paulo, obtaining 440,118 votes. He is a member of the University Council of the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), a commentator for DCM TV and TV 247 on YouTube. He had a blog on UOL. He was the recipient of the Darcy Ribeiro Award in 2015, presented by the Chamber of Deputies on behalf of the National Congress. History Since his adolescence, when he was president of the student union XXVIII of March at the São Paulo State Technical School (ETESP), in the 1994-1995 administration, he has been involved in politics, acting early on in the student mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Paul Cara
Jean-Paul Cara (born 9 September 1948, Montpellier) is a French singer and composer. He has authored several songs that have won prizes at the Eurovision contest, most notably the single '' L'Oiseau et l'Enfant'' in collaboration with Joe Gracy and performed by Marie Myriam (1st place for France, 1977 Eurovision Song Contest). France has not won a Eurovision since. Cara wrote the song "Un, deux, trois", performed by Catherine Ferry, that came in 2nd place (for France) at Eurovision 1976. He collaborated with Pierre Delanoë on the French lyrics for the song Ein bißchen Frieden, composed by Ralph Siegel, that won 1st place for Germany at Eurovision 1982. His on stage performance at the 1980 Eurovision taking part in Sophie et Magaly's entry of "Papa Pingouin" granted them 9th place with 56 points. In January 2010 Jean-Paul Cara was named an ''Officier'' in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Cara
Dominic "Mac" Anthony Cara (November 11, 1914 – April 16, 1993) was an American football end in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played college football at North Carolina State University and was drafted in the tenth round of the 1937 NFL Draft. After his NFL career ended, Cara served as an assistant coach in college coaching wide receivers and tight ends at Georgetown University (1948), Mississippi State University (1949–1953), and University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ... (1954–1959). References External links * 1914 births 1993 deaths American football wide receivers Florida Gators football coaches Pittsburgh Pirates (football) players People from Reggio Calabria {{widereceiver-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaetano Cara
A forged Sardinian idols by Gaetano Cara Gaetano Cara (1803 – 1877) was an Italian archaeologist and naturalist primarily interested in ornithology. He practiced forgery and selling forged idols to many European museums. Gaetano Cara was Director of the natural history museum ''Regio Museo di Storia Naturale di Cagliari'' from 1840 to 1858 and then of Museo Archeologico di Cagliari from 1862. In 1842 he provided an avifauna of Sardinia. This was much criticised by Giuseppe Géné and an amended list was provided by Tommaso Salvadori who made field observations in Sardinia in 1863 as well as consulting the collection of birds of the Natural History Museum of Cagliari. He reported the results in Salvadori, 1864, ''Catalogo degli Uccelli di Sardegna, con note e osservazioni''. Cara responded in 1866 to defend his own studies. Works *Cara G. 1863 ''Monumenti d'Antichita di recente trovati in Tharros e Cornus ''Cornus'' is a genus of about 30–60 species of woody pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Cara
Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and actress of Black, Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. Cara rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film '' Fame'', and for recording the film's title song " Fame", which reached 1 in several countries. In 1983, Cara co-wrote and sang the song " Flashdance... What a Feeling" (from the film '' Flashdance''), for which she shared an Academy Award for Best Original Song and won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1984. Before her success with ''Fame'', Cara portrayed the title character Sparkle Williams in the original 1976 musical drama film '' Sparkle''. Early life Cara was born and raised in the Bronx, New York City, the youngest of five children. Her father, Gaspar Cara, a steel factory worker and retired saxophonist, was Puerto Rican, and her mother, Louise Escalera, a movie theater usher, was Cuban. Cara had two sisters and two b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marchetto Cara
Marchetto Cara (c. 1465 – probably 1525) was an Italian composer, lutenist and singer of the Renaissance. He was mainly active in Mantua, was well-connected with the Gonzaga and Medici families, and along with Bartolomeo Tromboncino, was well known as a composer of frottolas. Life Very little is known of his early life. By 1494 he was already employed by the Gonzaga court at Mantua, and he evidently stayed there, without interruption except for travel to sing in nearby cities, until his death. Among his duties were directing the singers both in the Cathedral of San Pietro (Mantua) and in the private estate of the Gonzaga family. As lovers and patrons of music, they employed numerous musicians, and Cara was chief among them: he wrote music for weddings, for state occasions, for intermedi, and for private entertainments, and in so doing created some of the most refined light music of the time. Along with Tromboncino, he was the most famous composer of frottole, and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robyn Cara
Robyn Cara is a British actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the Apple TV+ series '' Trying'' (2020–2022), the Channel 4 comedy-drama '' Ackley Bridge'' (2021–2022), the Sky Max series '' The Rising'' (2022), and the Netflix series '' Bodkin'' (2024). Her films include ''Doctor Jekyll'' (2023). Early life Cara grew up in a small village. She joined the National Youth Theatre and graduated from the Birmingham School of Acting (now the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) in 2016. Career Upon graduating from drama school in 2016, Cara made her professional stage debut as Hero in '' Much Ado About Nothing'' at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester. This was followed by roles in '' The Importance of Being Earnest'' at the Theatr Clwyd, Anya Reiss's adaptation of ''Oliver Twist'' at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London, and ''The Be All & End All'' at York Theatre Royal. Cara starred as Leonie in Ambreen Razia's BBC Three comedy pilot ''Hounslow Diaries'' in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dervish Cara
Dervish Cara was an Albanian revolutionary leader known for his role in the Albanian Revolt of 1844, a revolt also known by his name as "the Uprising of Dervish Cara". Biography Background Dervish Cara was born in Palçishte, Kalkandelen (present-day Tetovo). He was a quiet villager and hails from the Carë clan from the Šar Mountains. Tanzimat reforms Tanzimât emerged from the minds of reformist sultans Mahmud II and his son, sultan Abdülmecid I. It aimed to modernize the Ottoman Empire by introducing European-inspired reforms. Most importantly, it involved a centralization and streamlining of the administration and military. This hurt the old-established feudal order among the Empire's Muslim communities, and especially the various local leaders who had exercised considerable regional authority and often enjoyed wide-ranging autonomy from the imperial government. The Tanzimat reforms caused the uprising as the new reforms began the arresting and liquidation of the local A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engjëll Cara
Engjëll Cara (born 20 July 1965 in Kavajë Kavajë ( , sq-definite, Kavaja) is a municipality centrally located in the Western Lowlands region of Albania, in Tirana County. It borders Durrës to the north , Tiranë to the east and Rrogozhinë to the south . To the west lies the A ...) is a politician and former member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for the Democratic Party of Albania, Democratic Party. He studied veterinary medicine and graduated from Tirana's University of Agriculture in 1987. Cara begin his career as a politician in 2001 when he won the elections for the leader of DP in Kavajë. He carried this post for eight years. In 2005 he was chosen Deputy in the Parliament of Albania. Engjëll Cara was elected for a second time as Democratic Party leader of Kavajë branch on 28 June 2014 defeating opponent Isa Sakja. He is married and has two daughters. Career * 1991- Member of Democratic Party * 1998-2001- Member of the Presidium of Branch PD, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
