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Pera (surname)
Pera is the surname of: * Abel Pêra (1891–1975), Portuguese-Brazilian actor * Albano Pera (born 1950), Italian sports shooter * Alfredo Le Pera (1900–1935), Argentinean journalist, lyricist to Carlos Gardel * Bernarda Pera (born 1994), Croatian-American tennis player * Edgar Pêra (born 1960), Portuguese cinematographer * Joe Pera, American comedian, writer and actor * Manuel Pêra (1894–1967), Portuguese-Brazilian actor * Marcello Pera (born 1943), Italian philosopher and politician * Marcus Junius Pera (230-216 BC), Roman politician * Marília Pêra (1943–2015), Brazilian actress * Patrick Péra (born 1949), French figure skater * Pia Pera (1956–2016), Italian novelist, essayist, and translator * Radames Pera (born 1960), American actor * Robert Pera (born 1978), American entrepreneur, owner of Memphis Grizzlies The Memphis Grizzlies (referred to locally as the Grizz) are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marília Pêra
Marília Soares Pêra (22 January 1943 – 5 December 2015) was a Brazilian actress, singer and theater director. Throughout her career, she won around 80 awards, acting in 49 plays, 29 telenovelas and more than 20 films. Career Daughter of Portuguese actor Manuel Pêra and actress of Italian descent Dinorah Marzullo, Pêra stepped onto a theater stage for the first time at the age of four, alongside her parents, who were part of the cast of Henriette Morineau's company. From the age of 14 to 21, she worked as a dancer and participated in musicals and revues, including ''Minha Querida Lady'' (1962), starring Bibi Ferreira. According to Pêra, she passed because the directors were looking for someone who could do stunts, which was rare at that time. She also acted in other plays such as ''O Teu Cabelo Não Nega'' (1963), a biography of Lamartine Babo, in the role of Carmen Miranda. She would return to play the role of the singer in the show ''A Pequena Notável'' (1966), dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Pêra
Sandra Cristina Marzullo Pêra (born September 17, 1954) is a Brazilian actress, singer and theater director. Family She is daughter of the actors Manuel Pêra and Dinorah Marzullo and granddaughter of the actress Antonia Marzullo. She is mother of the singer Amora Pêra, who is daughter of the composer and singer Gonzaguinha. Sandra is sister of the actress Marília Pêra. Career She started the career in 1975 in the nightclub Dancin' Days, when Nelson Motta formed a group of waitresses-singers, that afterwards would turn to be called '' As Frenéticas''. She directed the show ''Baiana da Gema'', of the singer Simone. Television * 2013 '' Chiquititas'' .... Valentina : * 2011 '' Show do Tom'' .... Bruna Cachacinha's mother * 2010 '' Passione'' .... Madame Kiti * 2008 '' Chamas da Vida'' .... Mercedes * 2008 ''Malhação'' .... Mafalda * 2008 '' Sete Pecados'' .... wardress * 2002 '' Desejos de Mulher'' .... Geralda * 2001 ''Porto dos Milagres'' .... reporter * 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Pera, Jr
Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictional characters * Sam (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Sam (surname), a list of people with the surname ** Cen (surname) (岑), romanized "Sam" in Cantonese ** Shen (surname) (沈), often romanized "Sam" in Cantonese and other languages Religious or legendary figures * Sam (Book of Mormon), elder brother of Nephi * Sām, a Persian mythical folk hero * Sam Ziwa, an uthra (angel or celestial being) in Mandaeism * Sam, Shem in Islam Animals * Sam (army dog) (died 2000) * Sam (horse) (b 1815), British Thoroughbred * Sam (koala) (died 2009), rescued after 2009 bush fires in Victoria, Australia * Sam (orangutan), in the movie ''Dunston Checks In'' * Sam (ugly dog) (1990–2005), voted th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memphis Grizzlies
The Memphis Grizzlies (referred to locally as the Grizz) are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference. The Grizzlies play their home games at FedExForum. The Grizzlies are currently the only team in the major professional North American sports leagues based in the city of Memphis, one of 4 professional teams in the state of Tennessee, along with the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League, the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League, and Nashville SC of Major League Soccer all of which play in Nashville, and the only professional basketball team in the state. The team was originally established in Canada as the Vancouver Grizzlies in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, an expansion team that joined the NBA for the . After the 2000–01 season concluded, the Grizzlies left Vancouver and move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pera
Robert J. Pera (born March 10, 1978) is the founder of Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. a global communications technology company that he took public in 2011. In October 2012, Pera also became the owner of the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. At the age of 36, Pera earned a spot on ''Forbes'' list of the 10 youngest billionaires in the world. As of April 2025, Forbes estimated Pera's net worth at US $12.6 billion, placing him 145th on its annual list of the world's billionaires. Early life and education Pera established his first computer services company while attending high school. That company provided networking and database services to local businesses. Pera also played on his high school's basketball team until a heart condition, which has long since been resolved, kept him home for a year. After high school, Pera attended the University of California, San Diego, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radames Pera
Radames Pera (born September 14, 1960) is an American actor best known for his role as "Grasshopper", the student Kwai Chang Caine in the 1972 to 1975 television series ''Kung Fu''. Early life and acting career Pera was born in New York City, the son of actress Lisa Pera and Spin Art's inventor, Eugene R. Pera. The couple split shortly after moving to Hollywood with their son in 1963. Over the next five years Lisa reached some notable success as an actor in film and network TV. In 1968, at age eight, Radames was discovered by classic film Director Daniel Mann to play the role of Anthony Quinn and Irene Papas' dying son in the feature '' A Dream of Kings'' (1969). The two met at a dinner party Radames' mother held and he got cast in the role of Stavros. After numerous young character roles, between 1972 until 1975 Radames appeared as Young Caine (better known as "Grasshopper") in the ABC television series ''Kung Fu''. Caine was an orphan from Hunan Province in China who had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pia Pera
Pia Pera (12 March 1956 – 26 July 2016) was an Italian novelist, essayist, and translator. Pera was born in Lucca, Tuscany. Her father, Giuseppe Pera, was a jurist and Russian translator, known from translating most of Alexander Pushkin's work into Italian. Pera followed her father's footsteps and learned Russian, but from very early on expressed an interested in having a career as a writer. Her first collection of short stories, ''La bellezza dell'asino'' ("''The Beauty of the Donkey''"), was published in 1992. Pera got international notoriety with her 1995 novel ''Lo's Diary'' (), a retelling of Vladimir Nabokov's novel ''Lolita'' from the point of view of the female title character. In later years she specialized in novels connected to her passion for gardening. Pera was also a professor of Russian literature at the University of Trento and a translator of Russian novels and an essayist. Her last work was the semi-autobiographic novel ''Al giardino ancora non l’ho detto' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Péra
Patrick Péra (born 17 January 1949 in Lyon) is a French figure skater. He won the bronze medal in men's singles in the 1968 Winter Olympics, became one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic medalists. He won the bronze medal again at the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside .... Competitive highlights References French Championships Historical Results {{DEFAULTSORT:Pera, Patrick Olympic figure skaters for France Figure skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France French male single skaters 1949 births Living people Figure skaters from Lyon Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Junius Pera
Marcus Junius Pera (fl. 230216 BC) was a Roman politician before and during the Second Punic War. Career Pera served as one of the Consul, consuls for the year 230 BC; during his consulship, he – along with his colleague Marcus Aemilius Barbula – campaigned against local tribes in Liguria. He also was elected Roman censor, censor for 225 BC with Gaius Claudius Centho as his colleague. They conducted a census of the Roman population: Livy reports the number of citizens as 270,213. Dictatorship During Hannibal's invasion of Italy during the Second Punic War The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC) was the second of Punic Wars, three wars fought between Ancient Carthage, Carthage and Roman Republic, Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For ..., the Carthage, Carthaginian general all but wiped out an 85,000-strong Roman army at the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC. In doing so, one consul, Lucius Aemilius Paullus (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Pêra
Abel Pêra (16 November 1891 – 27 September 1975) was a Portuguese actor based in Brazil. He was brother of the Portuguese actor Manuel Pêra. Filmography * ''Com as Calças na Mão'' (1975) * ''Toda Nudez Será Castigada'' (1973) * ''O Descarte'' (1973) * ''A Filha de Madame Betina'' (1973) * ''Eu Transo, Ela Transa'' (1972) * ''Revólveres Não Cospem Flores'' (1972) * ''As Quatro Chaves Mágicas'' (1971) * ''O Enterro da Cafetina'' (1971) * ''Vida e Glória de um Canalha'' (1970) * ''A Penúltima Donzela'' (1969) * ''O Bravo Guerreiro'' (1969) * ''As Duas Faces da Moeda'' (1969) * ''Enfim Sós...Com o Outro'' (1968) * ''O Homem que Comprou o Mundo'' (1968) * ''Pintando o Sete'' (1960) * ''O Homem do Sputnik'' (1959) * ''De Vento em Popa'' (1957) * ''Maior Que o Ódio'' (1951) * ''O Falso Detetive'' (1951) * ''O Cortiço'' (1945) * ''Romance de um Mordedor'' (1944) * ''Samba em Berlim'' (1943) * ''A Sedução do Garimpo'' (1941) * ''Entra na Farra'' (1941) * ''Cisne Branco'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcello Pera
Marcello Pera (; born 28 January 1943) is an Italian philosopher and politician. He was the president of the Italian Senate from 2001 to 2006.Page at Senate website . Career Pera was born in , and graduated in . He worked for the Banca Toscana and for the '' Camera di Commercio'' in Lucca. He went on to study at ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
