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Fernandes Costa
Fernandes is a patronymic surname in the Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries. The name is a patronymic form of the Portuguese and Spanish personal name ''Fernando''. Fernandes is the 243rd most common surname in the world, the 3rd one in Angola and in São Tomé and Príncipe, the 10th one in Portugal, and the 18th one in Brazil. The Spanish version of this surname is Fernández. People with the surname Fernandes include: Academics * Dr Edmond Fernandes (born 1990), Indian Physician & Social Entrepreneur * Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995), Brazilian sociologist and politician *Jane Fernandes (born 1956), president-designate of Gallaudet University * Norma Fernandes (died 2024), Pakistani Catholic teacher, honored with Tamgha-i-Imtiaz * Rosette Batarda Fernandes (1916–2005), Portuguese botanist Arts, media, and entertainment *Ana Rocha Fernandes, Cape Verdian film director, editor and screenwriter * Collien Ulmen-Fernandes (born 1981), German television presenter and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of countries and dependencies by population, population and is the List of African countries by area, seventh-largest country in Africa. It is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an Enclave and exclave, exclave province, the province of Cabinda Province, Cabinda, that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and most populous city is Luanda. Angola has been inhabited since the Paleolithic, Paleolithic Age. After the Bantu expansion reached the region, states were formed by the 13th century and organised into confederations. The Kingdom of Kongo ascended to achieve hegemony among the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Fernandes
Erica Jennifer Fernandes (born 7 May 1993) is an Indian actress and former model known for her work in television. She has featured in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Fernandes made her debut in Tamil film '' Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu''. She got her breakthrough with her television debut, portraying Dr. Sonakshi Bose in '' Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi''. She has also acted in Kannada film '' Ninnindale'' and many Tamil films including '' Galipatam''. Fernandes is also known for her portrayal of Prerna Sharma in '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay''. Early life Erica Jennifer Fernandes was born on 7th May 1993 in Mangalore to Ralph Fernandes and Lavina Fernandes, in a Mangalorean Catholic Konkani family and later shifted to Mumbai. She did her schooling from Holy Cross High School, Kurla and completed her Pre-Degree Course from Sies College Of Arts, Science & Commerce, Sion. She had enrolled for a BA degree from St Andrew's College, Bandra. Later she discontinued her studies to pursue a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Fernandes
Daniel "Danny" Fernandes (born September 16, 1985)Danny Fernandes . Maple Music. Retrieved December 6, 2011. is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Early life Danny Fernandes is of Portuguese descent. He has a younger brother named Jonathan, and his older brother is Shawn Desman. He also is a cousin to singer Tyler Medeiros, who signed to Danny's former record label CP Records. At 16, Fernandes won two consecutive Rising Star awards in the annual CNE dance contest held at Cherrytree Public School located in |
Cyprian Fernandes
Cyprian "Skip" Fernandes (born September 1943) is a retired journalist and author. Having started life and his career in Kenya, he is now based in Sydney, Australia. Early life and education Cyprian Fernandes was born in September 1943 into a Goan family in Nairobi, Kenya, which was still a British colony. He was raised, along with five siblings, by a single mother, after his alcoholic father had left the family. He left school at 13 years old after the headmaster falsely accused him of stealing altar wine, but continued to read widely. He grew up in the Asian suburb of Eastleigh in Nairobi. Career Fernandes worked first in a warehouse, followed by a bank, the civil service, and then as an acting juvenile probation officer. After lying about his age, claiming to be 22, Fernandes was hired as a sports journalist at the ''Daily Nation'' and ''Sunday Nation'' when he was 17, in 1960. He was one of the first Kenyan-born reporters at the papers, which were part of Aga Khan IV's ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collien Ulmen-Fernandes
Collien Ulmen-Fernandes ( Fernandes; born 26 September 1981) is a German television presenter, VJ, and actress. Early life Fernandes was born in Hamburg to an Indian Goan father of Portuguese descent and a Hungarian German mother. She has one younger sister, Elaine. At age 15, she moved out from home to begin her career as a model. Fernandes was interested in music and started singing with the band ''Yam Yam''. She went to dance schools in Hamburg and London. Career Fernandes featured in a number of music videos as background dancer for artists such as Enrique Iglesias and Dieter Bohlen's band Modern Talking. Producers took note of this, and she soon signed a record contract with BMG. Fernandes began her TV career in 2000 presenting a number of shows and in the autumn of 2001 became the new presenter of '' Bravo TV'' on RTL2. This followed with guest appearances by '' The Dome'' and ''TV total''. Since 2003, she has been a presenter of a number of shows on the music t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Rocha Fernandes
Ana Rocha Fernandes is a Cape-Verdian film director, screenwriter and editor. Fernandes was born in Santiago, Cape Verde. She was a teacher in Cape Verde, and then moved to Germany to study architecture at the University of Siegen, before studying film at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. She now lives in Stuttgart. Selected filmography *''Das Rauschen des Meeres'' (''The Sound of the Sea''), 2010 short drama *', 2013 *'' Rabelados - Die gewaltlosen Rebellen der kapverdischen Inseln'' (''Rabelados - The Non-Violent Rebels of the Cape Verde Islands''), 2000 documentary about the Rabelados Awards *''Das Rauschen des Meeres '' :*Best Short Film, 2010 :*Jury Prize, Cape Verde Film Festival 2011 *''Rabelados – die gewaltlosen Rebellen der Kapverdischen Inseln'' :*Honorable mention at the Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival, held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosette Batarda Fernandes
Rosette Mercedes Saraiva Batarda (1 October 1916 in Redondo, Alentejo – 28 May 2005) was a Portuguese botanist and taxonomist who was married to Abílio Fernandes (1906–1994), another Portuguese botanist and taxonomist. Career She enrolled at the Escola Secundária Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho in 1928 and graduated in 1941 in Biological Sciences from the University of Lisbon. In June of the same year, attending a Congress of Natural Sciences in Lisbon, she met Abilio Fernandes, who was soon to be her husband. They settled in Coimbra, after Abilio moved there in August 1941 to take up the position of Museum Director at the University of Coimbra. In November 1947 Rosette was appointed Naturalist of that institution, and remained there for the rest of her career. Rosette proceeded to reorganise and update the classification of herbarium material and published an index of seeds of the Botanical Garden. She went on numerous botanical collecting trips in Portugal, and arranged e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (), also spelled as Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, is a state-organised Civil decorations of Pakistan, honour of Pakistan. It is given to any civilian in Pakistan based on their achievements. While it is a civilian/military award, it can be bestowed upon officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces and worn on their uniform. It can also be awarded to foreign citizens who have performed great service to Pakistan. Grades of the Order of Imtiaz This award is the 4th Grade in the Order of Imtiaz (Excellence). The four Grades in the Order of Imtiaz are: # ''Nishan-e-Imtiaz'' (Order of Excellence; ) # ''Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Imtiaz'' (Crescent of Excellence; ) # ''Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Sitara-e-Imtiaz'' (Star of Excellence; ) # ''Tamgha-e-Imtiaz'' (Medal of Excellence; ). Medal ribbon, Service Ribbon Insignia The ''ribbon'' for the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Civilian) is: * Yellow with a white centre band and a narrow Pakistan green, Pakistan Green stripe in the middle. The ''ribbon'' for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma Fernandes
Norma Fernandes, TI (died 6 January 2024) was a Pakistani teacher from Karachi. Biography Fernandes was educated at St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi. She began her career teaching at St Patrick's High School, Karachi. She also was a sportswoman, a dramatist, and musician.The Christian Voice, Karachi, 2 August 2009 From 1966 to 2009, she worked first as a teacher and then as Headmistress (Kindergarten/Junior Section) of the Karachi Grammar School. In January 2006, Norma Fernandes moved to a new area of responsibility within the Karachi Grammar School, as Advisor, working with the Board, the Principal and the Internal Management Team and also giving confidential advice to parents. In 2009, she retired from the Karachi Grammar School after more than 50 years in education. In 2013, the Citizens Archive of Pakistan interviewed Fernandes to obtain the story of her service. In a podcast, Fernandes talks about her memories of growing up in Karachi and when her entire family migr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University ( ) is a private federally chartered university in Washington, D.C., for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. It was founded in 1864 as a grammar school for both deaf and blind children. It was the first school for the advanced education of the deaf and hard of hearing in the world and remains the only higher education institution in which all programs and services are specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing students. Hearing students are admitted to the graduate school and a small number are also admitted as undergraduates each year. The university was named after Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, a notable figure in the advancement of deaf education. Gallaudet University is officially bilingual, with American Sign Language (ASL) and written English used for instruction and by the college community. Although there are no specific ASL proficiency requirements for undergraduate admission, many graduate programs require varying deg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Fernandes
Jane Fernandes (born August 21, 1956) is an American educator and social justice advocate. As of August 2021, Fernandes is the President of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She previously served as president of Guilford College from 2014 to 2021. In 1990, Fernandes became the first deaf woman to lead an American school designed for deaf, hard of hearing, blind, and deaf-blind students, serving at the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind in Honolulu until August 1995. Early life and education Jane Frances Kelleher was born on August 21, 1956, in Worcester, Massachusetts. She is the oldest child of Richard Paul and Mary Kathleen (née Cosgrove) Kelleher. Her father was a lawyer and judge serving in Worcester, Barnstable, and Falmouth. Her mother was deaf and raised to speak, read, and write English; she was also a trained golfer, following in her parents' footsteps. Jane, who was born deaf, was raised in the same way. She attended Worcester public schools before any s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
