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Jover is a surname and given name. People with the surname * Arly Jover (born 1971), Spanish actress * Èric Jover (born 1977), Andorran politician * José María Jover (1920–2006), Spanish historian * Juan Jover (1903–1960), Spanish racing driver * Luis Companys Jover (1882–1940), Catalan politician and 123rd President of Catalonia * Loui Jover (born 1967), Australian painter and artist * Luis Barceló Jover (1896–1939), Spanish military officer * Manuel Jover (born 1960), French art critic and journalist * María del Mar Jover (born 1988), Spanish long jumper * Mateo Jover, Director of Research of the Interamerican Scout Office * Nicolas Jover (born 1981), French football coach People with the given name * Francisco Jover y Casanova (1836–1890), Spanish painter of historical scenes and portraits * Gregorio Jover Cortés (1891–1964), Aragonese anarcho-syndicalist * Jover Hernández, Cuban handball coach of the Cuban national team * Alberto Jover Piamonte (1934–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arly Jover
Araceli "Arly" Jover is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her role as the villainous vampire Mercury in the 1998 superhero film ''Blade''. Life and career Araceli Jover was born in Melilla, Spain. After living there for five years, her family was forced to move to Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands (Spain) because of her father's work as a soldier. She is the youngest of seven siblings; four sisters and three brothers. During her early years, she wanted to become a dancer. She began dancing at the age of 8. At 14, she dropped out of school, and at 15, she won a scholarship from the Comité Hispano Norteamericano. Because of this, she left Spain and moved to New York City in order to continue to study at the School of American Ballet under Martha Graham. After two and a half years in the United States, her career then moved on to becoming an actress sometime around 1995–1996. She had her first role in an episode of the television show '' Women: Stories of Passion'' and st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Èric Jover
Èric Jover Comas (born November 1977) is an Andorran politician and member of the Democrats for Andorra (DA) political party. Jover served as the Ministry of Finance (Andorra), Minister of Finance of Andorra from 22 May 2019 until his resignation in January 2023. He previously served as Minister of Education. On 12 October 2020, Jover announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the country's highest profile official to become infected during the COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra so far. Several members of the Andorran government self quarantined in response to Jover's diagnosis, including Cèsar Marquina, Marc Ballestà, Guillem Casal, Mònica Bonell Tuset, and Lara Vilamala. References 1977 births Finance ministers of Andorra Government ministers of Andorra Members of the General Council (Andorra) Democrats for Andorra politicians University of Barcelona alumni Living people {{Andorra-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José María Jover
José María Jover Zamora ( Cartagena, 5 June 1920 - Madrid, 14 November, 2006) was a Spanish historian. Career He was the most influential figure in developing contemporary Spanish historiography. In 1949, he became professor of "Universal History of the Modern Age" and "General Cultural History" at the University of Valencia. Later, he moved to the Complutense University of Madrid. In the mid-1960s, Jover was attracted to the new historiographical trends in Europe. The Annales School and the Catalán historian Jaume Vicens Vives were his major influences. Among his students are many famous historians, such as Javier Tusell, Elena Hernández Sandoica, Juan Pablo Fusi and Ángel Bahamonde. In 1975, he was placed in charge of the ''Historia de España'', begun and edited by Ramón Menéndez Pidal, who died before it was completed. Jover restructured and amplified the original plan. Honors * Spanish National History Prize (1981) * Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Murcia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Jover
Juan Jover Sañes (23 November 1903 – 28 June 1960) was a Spanish racing driver, born in Barcelona. With Paco Godia, Jover was the first Spanish driver to compete in Formula One. Jover raced for Scuderia Milano-Maserati in the 1947 Bari Grand Prix, where he finished sixth, and in the 1948 Albi Grand Prix, where he came seventh. He then finished second in the 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans with Henri Louveau. In 1951 he participated in the Formula One 1951 Spanish Grand Prix, qualifying 18th, but he did not start the race after blowing his engine. Jover then switched to hillclimbing, and also endurance racing with Scuderia Pegaso. He suffered serious injuries to his left leg when he crashed his Pegaso Z-102 during trials for the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans, but returned to hillclimbing in June 1954. In 1957, he won the Gran Premio de Barajas in a Maserati 200S, and the following year he won the La Rabassada hillclimb, driving a Mercedes-Benz 300SL. Jover died in a road accident in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Companys Jover
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deriva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loui Jover
Loui Jover (born April 1967) is an Australian painter and artist. He was born in Serbia but moved to Australia at a young age, where he has lived since. He is known for his artwork in ink wash paintings on vintage book pages. Jover started his work on art in his childhood, but did not start public art until 1989, when he joined the Australian army as an illustrator and photographer. Early life Loui Jover stated that he started painting as a child and carried on with his obsession for art in the Australian army. Loui Jover began painting in acrylics and oils and further on in his career he also did collage and sculpture. Artworks Jover designed two single covers for famous Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello for her singles "Crying in the Club" and " I Have Questions". He has also worked on some sculptural pieces, but is mainly known for his ink wash pieces on old book pages or newspapers etc. He reclaims the pages from damaged books that are otherwise headed for destruction. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Barceló Jover
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deriva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Jover
Manuel Jover (born 1960) is a French art critic and journalist. He regularly publishes reviews in magazines and has edited issues of ''Connaissance des arts'' magazine. He also publishes a weekly article in '' La Croix''. Works * ''Le Christ dans l'art'', Sauret, 1994 . * ''Ingres'', Pierre Terrail, 2005 . ** ''Ingres'', Pierre Terrail, 2005 . * '' Caravage'', Pierre Terrail, 2006 . * ''Courbet Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet ( ; ; ; 10 June 1819 – 31 December 1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and the ...'', Pierre Terrail, 2007 . * ''Moi, Gustave Courbet. Un livre d'art et d'activités'', Pierre Terrail, 2007 . * (M. Naumovitz, translator.) ''Pandini peintre : Reliefs'', L'Harmattan, 2007 . * ''Reimpre'', Fragments International, 2011 . References category:French male journalists category:20th-century French journalists cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Del Mar Jover
María del Mar Jover Pérez (born 21 April 1988, in Alicante) is a long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...er from Spain. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without recording a legal jump. Her personal bests in the event are 6.78 metres outdoors (+0.2 m/s, Monachil 2014) and 6.43 metres indoors (Monachil 2014). Competition record References Spanish female long jumpers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1988 births World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Spain Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century Spanish sportswomen {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateo Jover
Mateo Jover () served as the Director of Research of the Interamerican Scout Office, Director of Development Education of the European Scout Office, and Director of Programme as well as Director of Prospective Studies and Documentation of the World Scout Bureau. Jover retired in March 1999. The same year, Jover was awarded the 273rd ''Bronze Wolf'', the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911), is the second-oldest international organization in the Scout Movement, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. ..., awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. References External links * Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award Year of birth missing (living people) Scouting and Guiding in Switzerland Living people {{Switzerland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Jover
Nicolas Jover (born 28 October 1981) is a German-born French football coach who is currently the set-piece coach of club Arsenal. Career Born in Berlin, Germany, Jover was raised in France. He moved to Quebec, Canada in his early twenties to study for a sports degree at the University of Sherbrooke, courtesy of the link between University of Montpellier and Sherbrooke. During his time there, Jover drew on the influence of North American sports such as the National Football League. After studying for a master's degree, he joined Dynamik de Sherbrooke, a local amateur club, as their technical director. Jover returned to France and joined Montpellier as a video analyst in 2009. He helped them claim their first Ligue 1 title in the 2011–12 season, which saw Montpellier boss René Girard received UNFP Ligue 1 Manager of the Year and striker Olivier Giroud was named the league's top scorer by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. While working at Montpellier, he also took a match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Jover Y Casanova
Francisco Jover y Casanova (1836, Muro de Alcoy - 19 February 1890, Madrid) was a Spanish painter of historical scenes and portraits. Biography After beginning his artistic studies in his hometown, he attended the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, where he studied with Federico de Madrazo. After winning a third-class medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1864, he received a government stipend to study in Rome at the Accademia Chigi. He also was a frequent visitor to the studios of Mariano Fortuny, who had a great influence on his style. His painting of the Pontifical Court was awarded a gold medal.Celestino Pujol y Camps, "Necrología de D. Francisco Jover y Casanovas", ''La Ilustración Artística'', 189Online/ref> Many of the works he created there were sent home for exhibitions and received awards. His portrayal of the " Conquest of Oran" was purchased by the government and displayed in the Senate conference room. Upon returning to Spain, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |