Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (
Alfonso I of Asturias
Alfonso I of Asturias, called the Catholic (''el Católico''), ( – 757) was the third king of Asturias, reigning from 739 to his death in 757. His reign saw an extension of the Christian domain of Asturias, reconquering Galicia and León.
...
, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the
Visigothic Kingdom
The Visigothic Kingdom, Visigothic Spain or Kingdom of the Goths () was a Barbarian kingdoms, barbarian kingdom that occupied what is now southwestern France and the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th centuries. One of the Germanic people ...
in the
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula ( ), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe. Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of peninsular Spain and Continental Portugal, comprisin ...
. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the
Hispanic
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and
Portuguese royal families.
It is derived from a
Gothic name
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, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements ''
aþal
Othala (), also known as ēðel and odal, is a rune that represents the ''o'' and ''œ'' phonemes in the Elder Futhark and the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc writing systems respectively. Its name is derived from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic *''ōþa ...
'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''*
Hildefuns''.
It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century, and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th century until the 15th.
Variants of the name include: ''
Alonso
Alonso is a Spanish name of Germanic name, Germanic origin that is a Castilian variant of ''Adalfuns''. The original Visigoths, Visigothic name Alphons, ''Alfonso'' suffered the Phonetic change "f → h" in Spanish, phonetic change of the phoneme ...
'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanish and Italian), ''Alfons'' (Dutch, German, Catalan, Polish, Croatian and Scandinavian), ''
Afonso
Afonso is the Portuguese and Galician form of Alphons.
Middle Ages
Iberian royal families
;Portugal
*Afonso I of Portugal (1109–1185)
*Afonso II of Portugal (1185–1223)
*Afonso III of Portugal (1210–1279)
*Afonso IV of Portugal (1291� ...
'' (
Portuguese and
Galician), ''
Alphonse'', ''Alfonse'' (French and English), etc.
Middle Ages
Iberian royal families
;Asturias/Leon/Castile/Spain
*
Alfonso I of Asturias
Alfonso I of Asturias, called the Catholic (''el Católico''), ( – 757) was the third king of Asturias, reigning from 739 to his death in 757. His reign saw an extension of the Christian domain of Asturias, reconquering Galicia and León.
...
(739–757)
*
Alfonso II of Asturias
Alfonso II of Kingdom of Asturias, Asturias (842), nicknamed the Chaste (), was the king of Asturias during two different periods: first in the year 783 and later from 791 until his death in 842. Upon his death, Nepotian of Asturias, Nepotian ...
(791–842)
*
Alfonso III of León
Alfonso III (20 December 910), called the Great (), was king of Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordoño I. After his death, the Kingdom of Asturias was split between his sons, with García inheriting León, ...
(866–910)
*
Alfonso Fróilaz
Alfonso Fróilaz, called the Hunchback (Spanish ''el Jorobado''), was briefly the king of the unified kingdom of Asturias, Galicia and León in 925. He succeeded his father, King Fruela II, in July 925 but was driven from the throne within the ...
(925–926)
*
Alfonso IV of León
Alfonso IV (s – 933), called the Monk (), was King of León from 925 (or 926) and King of Galicia from 929, until he abdicated in 931.
When Ordoño II died in 924 it was not one of his sons who ascended to the throne of León but rather hi ...
(925–931)
*
Alfonso V of León
Alfonso V (c. 9947 August 1028), called the Noble, was King of León from 999 to 1028. Like other kings of León, he used the title emperor () to assert his standing among the Christian rulers of Spain. He succeeded his father, Bermudo II, in 9 ...
(999–1028)
*
Alfonso VI of León
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century ( Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. ...
(1065–1109)
*
Alfonso VII of León
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century ( Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. ...
(1126–1157)
*
Alfonso VIII of Castile
Alfonso VIII (11 November 11555 October 1214), called the Noble (El Noble) or the one of Las Navas (el de las Navas), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. After having suffered a great defeat with his own army at Alarc ...
(1158–1214)
*
Alfonso IX of León
Alfonso IX (15 August 117123 or 24 September 1230) was King of León from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death.
He took steps towards modernizing and democratizing his dominion and founded the University of Salaman ...
(1188–1230)
*
Alfonso X of Castile
Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, ; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, Kingdom of León, León and Kingdom of Galicia, Galicia from 1 June 1252 until his death in 1284. During the April 1257 Imperial election, election of 1 ...
(1252–1284)
*
Alfonso XI of Castile
Alfonso XI (11 August 131126 March 1350), called the Avenger (''el Justiciero''), was King of Castile and León. He was the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. Upon his father's death in 1312, several disputes ...
(1312–1350)
;Aragon & Naples
*
Alfonso I of Aragon
Alfonso I (7 September 1134), called the Battler or the Warrior (), was King of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 until his death in 1134. He was the second son of King Sancho Ramírez and successor of his brother Peter I. With his marriage to U ...
(1104–1134), known as ''el Batallador'' (The Battler)
*
Alfonso II of Aragon
Alfonso II (1–25 March 1157Benito Vicente de Cuéllar (1995)«Los "condes-reyes" de Barcelona y la "adquisición" del reino de Aragón por la dinastía bellónida» p. 630-631; in ''Hidalguía''. XLIII (252) pp. 619–632."Alfonso II el Casto, h ...
(1162–1196)
*
Alfonso III of Aragon
Alfonso III (4 November 1265 – 18 June 1291), called the Liberal (''el Liberal'') and the Free (also "the Frank", from ''el Franc''), was king of Aragon and Valencia, and count of Barcelona (as ) from 1285 until his death. He conquered the ...
(1285–1291)
*
Alfonso IV of Aragon
Alfonso IV (2 November 1299 – 24 January 1336), called the Kind (also ''the Gentle'' or ''the Nice'', ), was King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona (as Alfons III) from 1327 to his death. His reign saw the incorporation of the County of Urgell ...
(1327–1336)
*
Alfonso V of Aragon
Alfonso the Magnanimous (Alfons el Magnànim in Catalan language, Catalan) (139627 June 1458) was King of Aragon and King of Sicily (as Alfons V) and the ruler of the Crown of Aragon from 1416 and King of Naples (as Alfons I) from 1442 until his ...
(1416–1458), also king of Naples and Sicily
*
Alfonso II of Naples
Alfonso II (4 November 1448 – 18 December 1495) was Duke of Calabria and ruled as King of Naples from 25 January 1494 to 23 January 1495. He was a soldier and a patron of Renaissance architecture and the arts.
Heir to his father Fe ...
(1448–1495)
Other
*
Alfonso Jordan
Alfonso Jordan, also spelled Alfons Jordan or Alphonse Jourdain (1103–1148), was the Count of Tripoli (1105–09), Count of Rouergue (1109–48) and Count of Toulouse, Margrave of Provence and Duke of Narbonne (1112–48).
Life
Alfonso was t ...
(1103–1148)
*
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers
Alphonse (11 November 122021 August 1271) was the Count of Poitou from 1225 and Count of Toulouse (as such called Alphonse II) from 1249. As count of Toulouse, he also governed the Marquisate of Provence.
Birth and early life
Born at Poissy, ...
(1220–1271)
*
Alfonso of Valladolid (c. 1270 – c. 1347), Jewish convert to Christianity, philosopher, and mathematician
*
Alphonso, Earl of Chester
Alphonso or Alfonso (24 November 1273 – 19 August 1284), also called Alphonsus and Alphonse and styled Earl of Chester, was an heir apparent to the English throne who never became king.
Alphonso was the ninth child of King Edward I of England ...
(1273–1284), first son of Edward I of England, named after his godfather Alfonso X of Castile; died in childhood
*
Juan Alfonso de Baena (c. 1375 – c. 1434), Castilian troubadour
Early modern period
*
Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet (; 13 May 184016 December 1897) was a French novelist. He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and Lucien Daudet.
Early life
Daudet was born in Nîmes, France. His family, on both sides, belonged to the ' ...
, French novelist and historian
*
Alfonso I d'Este
Alfonso d'Este (21 July 1476 – 31 October 1534) was Duke of Ferrara from 1504 to 1534, during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai.
Biography
He was the son of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and Eleanor of Naples and became du ...
, Duke of Ferrara
*
Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de Paludy (c. 1659 – 1727)
*
Alfonso II d'Este
Alfonso II d'Este (22 November 1533 – 27 October 1597) was Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. He was a member of the House of Este.
Biography
Alfonso was the elder son of Ercole II d'Este and Renée de France, the daughter of Louis XII of F ...
, Duke of Ferrara
*
Alfonso II, Count of Provence
Alfonso II (1180 – 2 February 1209) was the second son of Alfonso II of Aragon (who was Alfonso I of Provence) and Sancha of Castile. His father transferred the County of Provence from his uncle Sancho to him in 1185. Alfonso II was born in B ...
, second son of Alfonso II of Aragon
*
Alfonso III d'Este
Alfonso III d'Este (22 October 1591 – 24 May 1644) was List of Dukes of Ferrara and of Modena, Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1628 to 1629. He was the husband of Princess Isabella of Savoy, daughter of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and his ...
, Duke of Modena and Reggio
*
Alfonso of Castile, Prince of Asturias, figurehead of rebelling magnates against his brother King Henry IV of Castile
*
Alfonso of Hauteville
Alfonso, also called Anfuso or Anfusus (''c''. 1120 – 10 October 1144), was the Prince of Capua from 1135 and Duke of Naples from 1139. He was an Italian-born Norman of the noble Hauteville family. After 1130, when his father Roger became Ki ...
, Prince of Capua
*
Alphonsus Liguori
Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787) was an Italian Catholic bishop and saint, as well as a spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian. He founded the Congre ...
, Roman Catholic theologian (1696–1787)
*
Joseph-Alphonse Esménard (1770–1811)
Modern period
Iberian/Sicilian nobility
*
Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841–1934), duke of Calabria and head of the royal house of the Two Sicilies
*
Alfonso XII of Spain
Alfonso XII (Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo de Borbón y Borbón; 28 November 185725 November 1885), also known as ''El Pacificador'' (Spanish: the Peacemaker), was King of Spain from 29 D ...
(1857–1885) (ordinal numbering continues from the kings of Castile)
*
Alfonso XIII
Alfonso XIII (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; French language, French: ''Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon''; 17 May ...
of Spain (1886–1931)
*
Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria
Infante Alfonso of Spain, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria (30 November 1901 – 3 February 1964) was one of two claimants to the title of the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies from 1960 until his death in 1964. He was the son ...
, claimant to the title of the head of House of Bourbon Two Sicilies
*
Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias, heir-apparent of the throne of Spain
*
Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Alfonso Maximiliano Victorio Eugenio Alejandro María Pablo de la Santísima Trinidad y Todos los Santos, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (28 May 1924 – 21 December 2003) was a Spanish businessman known for his promotion of the Spanish resorts of ...
(1924–2003), Spanish playboy and businessman
*
Infante Alfonso of Spain, younger brother of King Juan Carlos of Spain
*
Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile
Alfons
*
Alfons Almi (1904–1991), Finnish opera singer and administrator
*
Alfons van Blaaderen (born 1963), Dutch physicist
*
Alfons Geleyns (1887–1914), Belgian private
*
Alfons Goppel
Alfons Goppel (1 October 1905 – 24 December 1991) was a German politician of the CSU party and Prime Minister of Bavaria (1962–1978).
Biography
Alfons Goppel was born in Reinhausen (now Regensburg), one of the nine children of the bake ...
(1905–1991), German politician
*
Alfons Gorbach
Alfons Gorbach (2 September 1898 – 31 July 1972) was an Austrian politician of the conservative People's Party (ÖVP). He served as Chancellor of Austria from 1961 to 1964.
Life
Born in Imst, Tyrol, Gorbach served in the Austro-Hungarian Arm ...
(1898–1972), Austrian politician
*
Alfons Jēgers (1919–1999), Latvian football and hockey player
*
Alfons Karpiński
Alfons Karpiński (February 20, 1875 – June 6, 1961) was a Polish painter specializing in portraits of women, still-lives and landscapes. His work is associated with the traditionalist and decorative trends in Polish 20th-century painting.
Li ...
(1875–1961), Polish painter
*
Alfons Rebane
Alfons Vilhelm Robert Rebane (24 June 1908 – 8 March 1976) was an Estonian military commander. He was the most highly decorated Estonian military officer during World War II, serving in various Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS units of Nazi Germany.
Af ...
(1908–1976), Estonian military commander
*
Alfons Rissberger (born 1948), German author
Alphonse
*
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (1899–1947), Chicago gangster
Alfonso
*
Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( ; ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. List of awards and nominations received by Alfonso Cuarón, His accolades include four Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and seven BAFTA Awards.
Cuarón made h ...
, Mexican cinematographer
*
Alfonso Calderon (activist), Spanish-born gun control activist
*
Alfonso Calderón (poet), Chilean poet and writer
*
Alfonso Soriano
Alfonso Guilleard Soriano (born January 7, 1976) is a Dominican former professional baseball left fielder and second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals, and Chicago Cu ...
, American baseball player
*
Alfonso Lizarazo, Colombian host and politician
*
Alfonso Mejia-Arias
Alfonso Mejia Arias is a Mexican musician, writer, social activist and politician. He was born in Veracruz, Mexico on 11 September 1961 and has lived mostly in Mexico City, where his family settled.
Career
From his childhood joined musical associa ...
, Mexican musician, writer, social activist and politician
*
Alfonso Ribeiro
Alfonso Ribeiro (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, singer, and television host. He is best known for his roles as Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom '' The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', Alfonso Spears on the sitcom ''Silver Spoo ...
, Caribbean-American actor and game show host
*
Alfonso John Romero, American video-game designer
*
Alfonso Pérez
Alfonso Pérez Muñoz (born 26 September 1972), known simply as Alfonso, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Having represented both Real Madrid and Barcelona during his career, Alfonso possessed above-averag ...
, Spanish football player
*
Alfonso Oiterong, Palauan politician, vice president
*
Alicia Alfonso
Alicia Alfonso (born 1963) is a Uruguayan actress.
She is associated with the in Montevideo, and has been noted for her roles in productions such as ''Tóxico'', ''Horror en Coronel Suárez'', ''Éxtasis'', and ''El país de las cercanías II'' ...
(born 1963), Uruguayan actress
*
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (; 28 January 1608 – 31 December 1679) was a Renaissance Italy, Italian physiologist, physicist, and mathematician who is often described as the father of biomechanics. He contributed to the modern principle of scientif ...
, Italian physiologist and physicist
*
José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez (1873–1938), Salvadorean archbishop
*
Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil, Spanish football player
Alfonse
*
Alfonse D'Amato
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and Republican politician who represented the state of New York in the United States Senate from 1981 to 1999. From 1995 to 1999, he chaired the Senate Banking C ...
(born 1937), American politician from New York
*
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (1761–1849), Swiss-American politician
*
Alphonse Mucha
Alfons Maria Mucha (; 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist. Living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, he was widely known for his distinctly stylized ...
(1860–1939), Czech artist
Alphonso
*
Alphonso Davies
Alphonso Boyle Davies (born November 2, 2000) is a professional soccer player who plays as a left-back for club Bayern Munich and captains the Canada national team. Regarded as one of the best full-backs in the world, Davies has earned the nic ...
, Canadian soccer player born in Ghana, who grew up in Edmonton
As a surname
''Alphonse'', ''Alphonso'', ''Alfonso'' is occasionally seen as a surname derived from the given name, the latter descending from
Asturias
Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain.
It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...
and
Cantabria
Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...
.
*
Celestino Alfonso
Célestino Alfonso (1 May 1916, at Ituero de Azaba, Salamanca province, Spain – 21 February 1944, at Fort Mont-Valérien, France) was a Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican, a volunteer in the French liberation army FTP-MOI, and a part of ...
(1916–1944), Spanish republican and volunteer fighter in the French resistance during World War II
*
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso OD or Rolando Alphonso "The Chief Musician" (12 January 1931 – 20 November 1998)Thompson, p. 262 was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist, and one of the founding members of the Skatalites.
Biography
Born in Havana, Cuba, Alphonso c ...
(1931–1998), Jamaican saxophonist
*
Kristian Alfonso
Kristian-Joy Alfonso (born September 5, 1963) is an American actress, former figure skater, and fashion model. She is best known for playing the role of Hope Williams Brady on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' (1983 to 1987, 1990, 1994 ...
(born 1963), Puerto Rican American soap opera actress
*
Michael Lee Alfonso (1965–2007), ring name "Mike Awesome", American professional wrestler
*Equis Alfonso, known as
X-Alfonso
X-Alfonso (born c. 1974 as Equis Alfonso) is a Cuban hip hop music, hip hop and afro-rock musician, who played with Audioslave in a concert in Havana on May 7, 2005 in "Tribuna Anti-imperialista".
Life and career
X Alfonso has been playing musi ...
, Cuban hip-hop and afro-rock musician
*
Ozzie Alfonso, Cuban-American TV director and producer
*
Sadda Vidda Rajapakse Palanga Pathira Ambakumarage Ranjan Leo Sylvester Alphonsu, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, actor, singer, writer
Pseudonym
*
Bill Alfonso, ring name of William Matthew Sierra, former professional wrestling referee & manager
Stage name
*''Alfons'', the stage name of
Emmanuel Peterfalvi, a French comedian
Fictional characters
*Alphonso, protagonist in ''
Alfonso und Estrella
' (''Alfonso and Estrella''), 732, is an opera with music by Franz Schubert, set to a German libretto by Franz von Schober, written in 1822. Like ''Fierrabras (opera), Fierrabras'' (1823), it marks Schubert's attempt to compose grand Romantische ...
'', an opera by Franz Schubert
*''Don Alfonso'', character in Mozart's opera ''
Così fan tutte
(''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...
''
*
Alphonso MacKenzie, fictional character in the Marvel Universe
*
Alfie Atkins
Alfie Atkins () is a fictional character created by the author Gunilla Bergström from Sweden in 1972.
Alfie Atkins appears in books and animated cartoons. Alfie plays the role of a normal child, living with his father. During his younger years ...
, known as ''Alfons Åberg'' in Swedish, character created by Gunilla Bergström from Sweden
*
Alfonzo Dominico Jones, a dog in the Australian television series ''SeaChange''
*
Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice
Big Boy is a fictional gangster in the comic strip '' Dick Tracy'', created by Chester Gould, and was the first featured in a long line of colorful ''Dick Tracy'' villains. The character was featured in the 1990 film, paired with Breathless Mah ...
, character in the comic strip ''Dick Tracy''
*''
Alphonse and Gaston
Alphonse may refer to:
* Alphonse (given name)
* Alphonse (surname)
* Alphonse Atoll, one of two atolls in the Seychelles' Alphonse Group
*Alphonso (mango), a mango-cultivar from India
See also
*Alphons
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adel ...
'', French duo in a comic strip created by Frederick Burr Opper
*
Alphonse Elric
is a fictional character of the ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' manga series and its adaptations created by Hiromu Arakawa. Alphonse is a child who lost his body during an alchemical experiment to bring his deceased mother back to life and had his soul ...
from ''Fullmetal Alchemist''
*Alfons Heiderich from ''
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa''
*
Alphonse Mephisto
''South Park'' is an American adult animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. The ongoing narrative revolves around four boys, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, and ...
, fictional character in the animated television series ''South Park''
*
Alphonso Ali, minor character in ''Bloom County''
*Monsieur Alphonse, main character from
Alexandre Dumas fils
Alexandre Dumas (; 27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel '' La Dame aux Camélias'' (''The Lady of the Camellias'', usually titled '' Camille'' in English-language versions), p ...
's play from 1873, who was a
procurer (now in
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
* Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...
''alfons'' is often used as a synonym of procurer, so name Alfons became very rare in Poland)
*
Monsieur Alfonse
This is a list of all main and recurring characters of BBC television's sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' that ran for 85 episodes from 1982–1992.
Overview
René Artois
René Francois Artois (Gorden Kaye) – The local café proprietor who, whilst ...
, character in the BBC sitcom ''Allo 'Allo!'' played by the actor Kenneth Connor
*The name of a number of pets and the Patlabor of
Noa Izumi from the anime ''Patlabor''
*Oren Pierre Alfonso from ''
Kamen Rider Gaim
is a Japanese television series, a tokusatsu drama that is in the Kamen Rider Series; it is the 15th series during its Heisei run and 24th overall. The series, written by Gen Urobuchi and directed by Ryuta Tasaki it began airing on TV Asahi from ...
''
* Alfonso "French" Sosa, a main character from ''
The OA''
See also
*
Afonso
Afonso is the Portuguese and Galician form of Alphons.
Middle Ages
Iberian royal families
;Portugal
*Afonso I of Portugal (1109–1185)
*Afonso II of Portugal (1185–1223)
*Afonso III of Portugal (1210–1279)
*Afonso IV of Portugal (1291� ...
*
Ildefonso (disambiguation)
Ildefonso (''Ildefonsus'') is a Spanish given name, ultimately from Gothic name, Gothic ''Hildefuns'', the name of 7th-century saint Ildephonsus of Toledo.
People
*Ildefons Cerdà, Spanish urban planner
*Ildefonso Falcones, Spanish author
*Ildefo ...
References
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