Oro (name)
Oro is a Spanish-language name literally meaning "gold". It may be a given name, a nickname or a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Oro (wrestler), Jesús Javier Hernández Solís (1971–1993), Mexican professional wrestler * Alfredo de Oro (1863–1948), Cuban billiards and pool player * Joan Oró (1923–2004), Catalan (Spanish) biochemist * Juan Bustillo Oro (1904–1989), Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer * Luis Oro Luis Antonio Oro Giral (born 13 June 1945 in Zaragoza) has been professor of chemistry at the University of Zaragoza since 1982. His main research interests are in organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis with a special interest in reacti ...

Oro (wrestler)
Jesús Javier Hernández Silva (December 24, 1971 – October 26, 1993) was a Mexican professional wrestler known under the ring name Oro (''Gold''), a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. Hernández died in 1993 as a direct result of a wrestling match. He was a second-generation wrestler, and several of his brothers and cousins were also wrestlers. His nephew works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as Oro, Jr. as an homage to his uncle. Personal life Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, he and his brother Esteban Hernández Silva wanted to become professional luchadores like their father, Esteban Hernandez, who wrestled as ''Calavera II'' (''The Skull II''), forming a tag team known as ''Los Hermanos Calavera'' ("The Skull Brothers") with his brother ''Calavera I''. His father was initially reluctant to the idea of his sons becoming professional wrestlers, but finally agreed to teach them some basic mo ...
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Alfredo De Oro
Alfredo de Oro (April 28, 1863 – April 22 or 23, 1948) was a Cuban professional carom billiards and pool player who several times held the world title in both three-cushion billiards and straight pool simultaneously. He was posthumously inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 1967, the first non-American to receive the honor."The BCA Hall of Fame"
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Joan Oró
Joan Oró i Florensa (; October 26, 1923 in Lleida, Catalonia – September 2, 2004 in Barcelona, Catalonia) was a Spanish biochemist, whose research has been of importance in understanding the origin of life. He participated in several NASA missions, including Apollo mission to the Moon and the Viking lander. He received the Oparin Medal, awarded by the International Astrobiology Society for his contributions to the field of origins of life. Life Oró completed his undergraduate studies in Biochemistry at the University of Barcelona and moved to the United States in 1952, due to the scarce scientific resources offered by the Spanish academia at that time. Four years later he obtained his PhD in Biochemistry in Houston. He became a full professor in University of Houston in 1963 where he founded and directed the department of biochemistry and biophysics. From the 1960s he worked with NASA on the Viking program, Viking missions which explored the planet Mars. His work wa ...
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Juan Bustillo Oro
Juan Bustillo Oro (2 June 1904 – 10 June 1989) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer, whose career spanned over 38 years. Among his works there are '' In the Times of Don Porfirio'', '' Here's the Point'', '' Arm in Arm Down the Street'', '' Cuando los hijos se van'' and those listed below. Selected filmography *''Two Monks ''Two Monks'' (Spanish: ''Dos monjes'') is a 1934 Mexican expressionist melodrama film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Víctor Urruchúa and Carlos Villatoro. Production Filmed in black-and-white on 35 mm Academy ratio film. Plot ...'' (1934) *'' The Black Angel'' (1942) *'' My Memories of Mexico'' (1944) *'' Seven Women'' (1953) References External links * 1904 births 1989 deaths People from Mexico City Mexican filmmakers Mexican film directors Mexican film producers 20th-century Mexican screenwriters 20th-century Mexican male writers {{Mexico-film-bio-stub ...
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