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José Luiz Barbosa José Luiz Barbosa (born 1961) was a Brazilian 800m runner, who won the silver medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. A few weeks before Barbosa had won the 800m race at the prestigious Letzigrund meeting in Zurich.
José M. Marxuach José María Marxuach Echavarría was born in the town of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, in 1848, to Don Francisco Marxuach y Ferrer, originally from the Catalan town of Mataró, and Doña Beatriz Amalia de Echavarría y Conti, originally from Santo Domingo. After studying medicine and surgery at the University of Barcelona, he returned to Puerto Rico and worked as a doctor in various towns on the island, including the capitol, San Juan.
José M. Sobral Ensign (sub-lieutenant) José M. Sobral, 1880-1961, was an Argentine naval officer who joined the Swedish South Polar Expedition (1901-1904) led by Otto Nordenskjöld as it passed through Buenos Aires on its way south.
José Macías José Prado Macías (born January 25, 1972 in Panama City, Panama) is a Major League Baseball player for the Washington Nationals. Macias has played for the Detroit Tigers (1999-part of 2002) the Montreal Expos (part of 2002-2003), and the Chicago Cubs (2004-2005).
José Malhoa José Vital Branco Malhoa, known simply as José Malhoa (Caldas da Rainha, 28 April, 1855 ; Figueiró dos Vinhos, 26 October, 1933) was a Portuguese painter, born in Caldas da Rainha. He was, with Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, the leading name in Portuguese naturalist painting, in the second half of the 19th century.
José Malhoa Museum The Museu de José Malhoa (José Malhoa Museum), in Caldas da Rainha, is a regional Portuguese museum, that hosts the finest collection of the Portuguese naturalist painter José Malhoa. The museum building, the first purpose-built museum in Portugal, was constructed in 1940 and enlarged in 1950 and 1957.
José Manuel "Mocho" Hernández José Manuel "Mocho" Hernández (Caracas, Venezuela, 1853 - New York, United States, 25 August 1921) was a popular Venezuelan caudillo, army general, congressman, presidential candidate and cabinet member who was also involved in numerous insurrections.
José Manuel Abundis José Manuel Abundis (born 11 June 1973) is a Mexican football (soccer) forward who last played for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer. He made his debut for the Revolution on September 30 2006, scoring the second goal in a 3-1 victory, but was not re-signed at the end of the season, following disputes with coach Steve Nicol over playing time.
José Manuel Cañamero José Manuel Cañamero García, aka Cañamero, (born 21 November 1983 in Sevilla, Andalusia) is a Spanish football player who currently plays for Real Betis B of the Spanish Tercera División. Cañamero is an attacking midfielder
José Manuel Caballero José Manuel Caballero Bonald (born November 11 1926 in Jerez Spain, in Caballeros Street, where his Foundation is currently located) is the son of Plácido Caballero, a Cuban whose mother was of European descent and whose father was from Santander; and of Julia Bonald, belonging to a branch of the family of the viscount of Bonald, a traditional French philosopher who settled in Andalucia in the middle of the 19th century.
José Manuel Castañón José Manuel Castañón (February 10 1920 – June 6 2001) was a Spanish writer born in Pola de Lena, Asturias. Although he fought in Francisco Franco’s 1936 military uprising he was very soon disappointed with Franco’s regime and in 1957 left for a 20- year exile in Venezuela.
José Manuel Esnal José Manuel Esnal Pardo, also referred to as Mané (born Balmaseda, Basque Country, Spain) is a Spanish Basque football manager. He is currently the manager of Athletic Bilbao, becoming the club’s fifth manager in eighteen months when he succeeded Félix Sarriugarte on November 29 2006.
José Manuel Gómet José Manuel Gómet Canet (born February 9, 1956) is a retired boxer from Spain, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he was stopped (lost on knock-out in first round) in the first round of the light welterweight division (– 63.
José Manuel Hernández Hernández José Manuel Hernández Hernández is a Canarian politician born in Perdoma in the municipality of La Orotava in the island of Tenerife. He participated in the municipality of La Orotava for the nationalist party and councilled the municipality of La Orotava.
José Manuel Moreno José Manuel Moreno (August 3, 1916 — August 26, 1978 Buenos Aires), nicknamed el Charro Moreno, was an Argentine football player. He holds the world record of being the only player to have won first division league titles in four different countries.
José Manuel Ochotorena José Manuel Ochotorena Santacruz (born January 16, 1961 in Spain) is currently the goalkeeping coach at English Premiership team Liverpool. Joining the club in 2004, he previously coached at Valencia and for the Spainish national team.
José Manuel Pando José Manuel Inocencio Pando Solares (1849 1917) was President of Bolivia between October 1899 and August 1904. Born in Luribay (Department of La Paz), he studied medicine, joined the army during the War of the Pacific against Chile (1879-80), and later dedicated himself to exploring his country's vast and thinly populated lowland forests.
José María José María is a Spanish language male given name, usually considered a single given name rather than two names, and is a combination of the Spanish names of Joseph and Mary, the parents of Jesus Christ. The separate names "José" for males and "María" for females also exist in the Spanish language.
José María Achá José María de Achá (1810-1868) was a military general and president of Bolivia (1861-64). He served in the battles of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation and conspired against longtime dictator Manuel Belzu (1948-55).
José María Albareda José María Albareda Herrera (1902-1966) was a Spanish scientist. From 1939 to his death he was the Secretary General and head of the Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), the main Spanish scientific institution.
José María Aznar (born in Madrid on February 25, 1953) is a Spanish politician who served as the Prime Minister of Spain (officially, "president of the Spanish government") from 1996 to 2004.Extended biography at Fundació CIDOB (in Spanish) MONTALBÁN, M.
José María Belauste José María Belausteguigoita Landaluce (September 3, 1889−September 4, 1964), was a Spanish footballer born in Bilbao, Vizcaya who played as a midfielder and captain for Athletic Bilbao and Spain. His brothers, Francisco and Ramón, also played for Athletic Bilbao.
José María Buljubasich José María Buljubasich (born 12 May, 1971 in Firmat, Argentina) is an international Argentinian football player of Croatian descent who actually plays for Universidad Catolica of Chile and has also played in Spain and Mexico and other teams in Chile, he reached the top of his career in his current club. He has also won 2 titles, one in Argentina and the other in Chile.
José María Cardinal Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia José María Cardinal Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (born August 26, 1835, Aldeadávila de la Rivera, Spain; died December 8, 1922, Santiago de Compostela, Spain) was a long-serving cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church in the early years of the twentieth century. Unusually, he served as archbishop of dioceses in more than one different country, being both archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and of Santiago de Compostela during his career in the Church
José María Carreño Jose Maria Carreño was a venezuelan politician and military, Vice-president in the government of José María Vargas, and provisional President of Venezuela as interim caretaker in 1837. Important personage of the Venezuelan History.
José María de Heredia José María de Heredia (November 22, 1842 - October 3, 1905), French poet, the modern master of the French sonnet, was born at Fortuna Cafeyere, near Santiago de Cuba, being of partly Spanish (Criollo) and partly French ancestry.
José María Gil-Robles José María Gil-Robles (June 17, 1935 in Madrid) is a Spanish politician. He was formerly a Member of the European Parliament in the European People's Party group, and was President of the European Parliament 1997-1999.
José María Gutiérrez Guti, full name José María Gutiérrez Hernández (born October 31, 1976 in Madrid) is a Spanish football (soccer) player who currently plays for Real Madrid. He began his career there in the Cantera and later moved up to the senior side where he is one of three captains.
José María Iglesias José María Iglesias Inzaurraga (January 5, 1823, Mexico City—November 17, 1891, Mexico City) was a Mexican lawyer, professor, journalist and politician. From October 31, 1876 to January 23, 1877 he claimed the interim presidency of Mexico.
José María López José María López (born April 26 1983 in Rio Tercero, Argentina) is a race car driver. He raced in the 2006 GP2 Series for the Super Nova team, having previously raced for the DAMS team the previous year, and the CMS team in Formula 3000.
José María Maravall Herrero José María Maravall Herrero (born 1942) is the Director of the Juan March institute, Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid, Honorary Fellow of St. Antony’s College, Oxford, and Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.
José María Medina José María Medina was temporarily President of Honduras between September 1 and December 31 1863, and then served for a much longer period between March 15, 1864 and July 26 1872. He provisionally served a third time between August 12 and August 27 1876.
José María Núñez Piossek José María Núñez Piossek (born 6 December, 1976) is an Argentine rugby union footballer, currently playing for French club Aviron Bayonnais in the top division of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He has alsos represented the Argentina national team, including being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad.
José María Olazábal José María Olazábal (born 5 February 1966) is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships. He was born in Fuenterrabia/Hondarribia, Guipúzcoa/Gipuzkoa, Spain.
José María Queipo de Llano Ruiz de Saravia, 7th Count of Toreno Don José María Queipo de Llano Ruiz de Saravia, 7th Count of Toreno, (Spanish: José María Queipo de Llano y Ruiz de Sarabia, septimo conde de Toreno) (25 November 1786-16 September 1843), was a nineteenth-century Spanish politician and historian. In Spain he is simply known as Conde de Toreno.
José María Reina Barrios José María Reina Barrios (December 24, 1854, San Marcos – February 8, 1898) was President of Guatemala from 15 March 1892 through 8 February 1898. He was nicknamed Reinita, the diminutive form, because of his short stature.
José María Rosa José María Rosa (born August 20, 1906 in Buenos Aires; died July 2, 1991) was an Argentine historian, one of the most notorious of the Argentine nationalist revisionist historians. He was a fascist sympathiser and an acknowledged anti-Semite.
José María Sison José María Sison (born February 8, 1939 in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur, Philippines) is a writer and intellectual who reorganized the Communist Party of the Philippines by combining elements of Maoism. Since August 2002, he has been classified as a "person supporting terrorism" †by the U.
José María Torre José María Torre (born José María Torre Hutt on November 4, 1977 in Mexico City) is a Mexican actor and fashion designer who started his career at the age of five doing television commercials. He is the brother of atcresses Fátima and Andrea Torre.
José María Vélaz José María Vélaz was a Jesuit priest from Chile who founded Fe y Alegria (Faith and Joy) in 1949. Fe y Alegria is a movement for popular integrated education, with a special mission to provide quality education for the poor.
José María Velasco Ibarra José Maria Velasco Ibarra (1893 - 1979) was an Ecuadorian political figure. He served as the president of Ecuador in 1934 and 1935, again from 1944 to 1947, for a third time between 1952 and 1956, penultimately from 1960 and 1961, and finally between 1968 and 1972.
José Mari José Mari, full name José María Romero Poyón (born on December 10, 1978 in Seville), is a Spanish footballer, who was a member of the national squad competing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He failed to settle in Italy when he moved to AC Milan and was subsequently loaned out to Atlético Madrid during the 2002-03 season.
José Maria de Santo Agostinho Miguel Boaventura Lucena (died October 22, 1912), known as José Maria or José Maria de Santo Agostinho, was a Brazilian mystic from the state of Santa Catarina, probably the western part of the state. Little is known about his early life.
José Maria Eça de Queiroz José Maria Eça de Queirós or Queiroz (pron. IPA [] or []) (November 25, 1845 - August 16, 1900) is generally considered to be the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style, and one of the great figures of European 19th century fiction.
José Maria Chacón Don José Maria Chacón (1749–1833) was the last Spanish Governor of Trinidad. He was responsible for signing the Cedula of Population in 1783 (which led to extensive French immigration to Trinidad), moved the capital from San José de Oruña to Puerto de España (Port of Spain) in 1783, founded the city of San Fernando in 1784 and surrendered the island of Trinidad to a British fleet under the command of under Sir Ralph Abercromby in 1797.
José Maria Neves José Maria Pereira Neves (born March 28, 1960) is the Prime Minister of Cape Verde. He has been Prime Minister since 1 February 2001 and is a member of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV).
José Maria Pedroto José Maria Carvalho Pedroto, OIH, (born 21 October 1928 in Lamego, Portugal, died 1984 in Porto) was a proficient footballer and trainer. He was nicknamed Zé do Boné (the Portuguese name of comic strip character Andy Capp), since like the character he usually wore a flat cap.
José Mariano Michelena José Mariano Michelena (sometimes José Mariano de Michelena) (July 14, 1772, Valladolid (Morelia, Michoacán) – May 10, 1852, Valladolid) was a Spanish military officer in New Spain and Spain, a precursor of Mexican independence, and a politician in independent Mexico. He introduced coffee to Mexico.
José Mariano Serrano José Mariano Serrano (8 September 1788–1852) was a Bolivian-born statesman and jurist. He was a deputy to the Congress of Tucumán of 9 July 1816 which declared the Independence of the provinces of the River Plate and presided over the assembly that declared the independence of Bolivia.
José Mariá Flores General José Mariá Flores (1818–1866) was born in New Spain, an officer in the Mexican Army and was a member of la otra banda was appointed Governor and Commandant General pro tem of Alta California (1846-1847).
José Marroquín José Trinidad "Pipo" Marroquín Leal (1933 - February 6, 1998) was a clown that appeared on a television show on Channel 2 in Monterrey, Mexico. He was considered one of the most loved TV personalities in Monterrey for several generations.
José Martí Anti-Imperialist Plaza The José Martí Anti-Imperialist Plaza opened across the street from the United States Interests Section in Havana in April of 2000. It lies between the waterfront Malecón Avenue, Calzada Avenue and N and M streets on the coast of Havana.
José Martí, translator José Martí (1853-1895) is usually honored as the great poet, patriot and martyr of Cuban Independence, but he was also a translator of some note. Although he translated literary material for the sheer joy of it, much of the translating he did was imposed on him by economic necessity during his many years of exile in the United States.
José Martiniano de Alencar José Martiniano de Alencar (October 16, 1794 - March 15, 1860) was born in Crato and died in Rio de Janeiro. He is journalist and Brazilian politician, and also the father of the José de Alencar, who is a famous Brazilian novelist.
José Maurício Bustani José Maurício Bustani is a Brazilian diplomat, of Lebanese extraction, who was the director-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons until he was ousted after an April 2002 falling out with the US government. He has been Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom since March 2003.
José Maurício Nunes Garcia José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian classical composer, was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at September 20, 1767, and died in the same city in April 18, 1830. He was one of the greatest composers of the Classicism in Americas.
José Márcio da Costa José Márcio da Costa, or simply Márcio Mossoró (born July 4, 1983 in Mossoró, Brazil) is a Brazilian attacking midfielder, who currently plays for Internacional of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Márcio Mossoró
José Melgar José Milton Melgar (born September 20, 1959 in Santa Cruz) is a retired football midfielder who was capped 89 times and scored 6 international goals for Bolivia between 1980 and 1997. His tally of 89 caps was a national record until 2002.
José Mendes Cabeçadas José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior (pron. IPA []), commonly known as Mendes Cabeçadas, (Loulé, August 19, 1883-Lisbon, June 11, 1965), was a Portuguese Marine officer, free mason and republican, having a major role in the preparation of the revolutionary movements that created and ended the Portuguese First Republic: the 5 October revolution in 1910 and the 28 May coup d'état of 1926.
José Mesa José Ramón Nova Mesa [MAY-sah] (nickname "Joe Table"; born May 22, 1966 in Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Detroit Tigers. He bats and throws right-handed.
José Miguel Arroyo Delgado José Miguel Arroyo Delgado (born 1970) is a famous bullfighter from Spain. He is better known in bullfighting circles as Joselito, a nickname he shares with at least two other notables: José Gomez, the Josélito bullfighter of the 1910s, and Josélito, a teen idol singer from the 1960s.
José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana (born 1949, Arrigorriaga, Vizcaya, Spain – died 21 December 1978, Anglet, France) was a Basque anti-fascist and a key figure in the political evolution of the pro-independence terrorist organization Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA). Often known by his nom de guerre Argala, he took part in the 1973 assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco, Franco's Prime Minister.
José Miguel Contreras José Miguel Contreras is a Canadian rock vocalist and guitarist, who performs as the lead vocalist for the indie rock band By Divine Right. He is usually credited by his full name, so as to avoid any potential confusion with baseball pitcher José Contreras.
José Miguel Infante ‎José Miguel Infante y Rojas (March, 1778 - April 9, 1844) was a Chilean statesman and political figure. He served several times as deputy and minister, and was the force behind the Federalist movement in that country.
José Miguel Nieves José Miguel (Pinto) Nieves [ne-AY-vays] (born June 16, 1975 in Guacara, Carabobo State, Venezuela) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1998-2000) and Anaheim Angels (2001-02). He batted and threw right-handed.
José Milla y Vidaurre José Milla y Vidaurre (August 4, 1822 in Guatemala — September 30, 1882) was one of the most outstanding Guatemalan writers in the 19th century. He was also known by the name Pepe Milla and the pseudonym Salomé Jil.
José Miller Dr. José Miller (1925, Yaguajay, Cuba - February 27, 2006, Havana) was the leader of the Jewish community of Cuba for 25 years, from 1981 when the community was tiny and endangered, through the 1990s during which they returned to vigorous growth and reemerged on the world stage.
José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca Don José Moñino y Redondo, Count of Floridablanca (es: José Moñino y Redondo, conde de Floridablanca) (October 21, 1728 - December 30 1808), Spanish statesman. He was the reformist chief minister of King Charles III of Spain, and also served briefly under Charles IV.
José Montilla José Montilla Aguilera (Iznájar (Córdoba), 15 January 1955) is a Spanish politician, and currently president of the Generalitat de Catalunya. He has been the First Secretary of the Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya since 18 June 2000, and a member of the Federal Executive Committee and the Federal Committee of the PSOE since 23 July 2000.
José Moscardó Ituarte General José Moscardó Ituarte (October 26, 1878, Madrid - April 12, 1956, Madrid) was a Nationalist officer fighting against the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War. In his most notable action he held the Alcázar of Toledo against Republican forces.
José Mota José Manuel Mota Matos (born March 16, 1965 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is the TV on-field reporter and Spanish radio color commentator for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He works alongside Ivan Lara in the broadcast booth.
José Napoleón Duarte José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes (November 23 1925 – February 23 1990) was a Salvadoran political figure who, from 1980 to 1982, led the civil-military Revolutionary Government Junta that took power in a 1979 coup d'état. He served as President of El Salvador between June 1 1984 and June 1 1989.
José Nápoles José Angel Nápoles, nicknamed Mantequilla ("Butter") (born April 13, 1940), is a Cuban-Mexican former world welterweight boxing champion. Napoles is a national hero both in Cuba and Mexico, and is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
José Octavio Bordón José Octavio Bordón (december 22 1945 in Rosario) is an Argentine politician and diplomat. A former governor and candidate for President of Argentina, he has been the Argentine Ambassador to the United States since June 2003.
José Oliva José Oliva (March 3, 1971 - December 22, 1997), was a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a 3rd baseman from 1994-1995. On December 22, 1997, Oliva died from multiple injuries when his car overturned along the San Cristóbal highway in the Dominican Republic.
José Omar Pastoriza José Omar Pastoriza (born on May 23, 1942 in Rosario - died on August 2, 2004 in Buenos Aires) was a midfielder for Independiente, AS Monaco, and the Argentina national football team, as well as manager for many teams including the Venezuelan national team.
José Ortega José Ortega Chumilla (born October 2, 1963 in Yecla, Murcia) is a former boxer from Spain, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain he was eliminated in the second round of the heavyweight division (– 91 kg) by New Zealand's David Tua.
José Ortega Torres Poet born in Granada, Spain. Majored in Philosophy and Letters at the University of Granada in 1971 with the dissertation "Aproximación a la poesía de Rafael Guillén" (Approach to the poetry of Rafael Guillén), under the supervision of Professor Emilio Orozco Díaz.
José Oscar Bernardi José Oscar Bernardi (born June 20, 1954), nicknamed Oscar, is a noted Brazilian football (soccer) player, having been on the Brazil national football team and a member of São Paulo Futebol Clube and Associação Atlética Ponte Preta, and having played in defence at the Football World Cup in 1978, 1982, and as a reserve in 1986. He was capped sixty times for Brazil between April 1978 and May 1986.
José Pablo Fonseca José Pablo Fonseca (born November 25, 1973) is a Costa Rican football player, who currently plays winger for Deportivo Saprissa of the Costa Rican first division. Fonseca has played almost his entire career for Saprissa, where he debuted at the young age of 18 years old.
José Padilla (musician) José Padilla is a Spanish disc jockey and producer of ambient music. He is best known for his work as DJ in the Café del Mar bar in the island of Ibiza, and is considered responsible for popularizing electronic chill-out music.
José Paolo Guerrero José Paolo Guerrero (born January 1, 1984 in Lima, Peru) is a professional footballer who currently plays striker for Hamburger SV and Peru. He started playing soccer in the lower categories of Peruvian club Alianza Lima, where he scored more than 200 goals.
José Pascual de Zayas y Chacón José Pascual de Zayas y Chacón (1772 – 1827) was a Spanish divisional commander of great skill and daring and a leading Spanish Army figure in the Peninsular War. He is renowned for his initiative at the Battle of Albuera.
José Pesarrodona José Pesarrodona (born 1 February 1 1946) is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer who raced during the 1970s. Pesarrodona won the 1976 Vuelta a España ahead of Luis Ocana and Jose Nazabal of Spain.
José Peseiro José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro, born 4 April 1960 in Coruche, Portugal is a football manager who most notably served as an assistant for Carlos Queiroz during his Real Madrid tenure and as a manager for Sporting until his resignation in October 2005.
José Prudencio Padilla José Prudencio Padilla (19 March 1788 — 2 February 1828) was a famous military leader who fought in the Bolivar's War and the South American Wars of Independence. He is best known for his brilliant victory in the Naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo on 24 July 1823, in which a royalist Spanish fleet was defeated.
José Ramalho Carvalho de Freitas José Ramalho Carvalho de Freitas, or simply Ramalho (born June 3 1980 in Natal), is a Brazilian defensive-midfielder. He currently plays for São Paulo on loan from Serie C outfit Santo André for the 2006 season.
José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera (born June 6, 1932) is the current Minister for Health in Cuba. He is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba and a member of the Council of State of Cuba.
José Ramón de la Morena José Ramón de la Morena (born in 1956 in Brunete, Madrid) is a Spanish journalist. Holding a bachelor's degree in information science, he is the director and presenter of the radio program El Larguero of the Cadena SER radio network.
José Ramón Rodil y Campillo José Ramón Rodil y Campillo, (Santa María de Trobo, February 5, 1789 - Madrid, February 20, 1853) Spanish general and statesman, born in Santa María del Trovo, Galicia region. Originally a law student at the University of Santiago de Compostela, he enlisted in the Spanish army and went to Peru in 1817 as one of the commissioned officers in the fight against the pro-independence nationalist forces.
José Róbson do Nascimento José Róbson do Nascimento, better known as Róbson or Robgol (born on May 10, 1970 in Barra de São Miguel, Paraíba state José Róbson do Nascimento at Sambafoot) is a Brazilian politician and former football forward.
José Revueltas José Revueltas (20 November 1914–14 April 1976) was a Mexican writer, essayist, and political activist. He was part of an important artistic family that included his siblings Silvestre (composer), Fermín (painter) and Rosaura (actress).
José Ribeiro e Castro José Duarte de Almeida Ribeiro e Castro (born Lisbon, 24 December 1953) is a Portuguese politician, leader of the People's Party since 24 April 2005. He is also a member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition; part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group.
José Rijo José Antonio Rijo Abreu (Born May 13, 1965 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. Rijo spent his career pitching for the New York Yankees (1984), Oakland Athletics (1985-87), and Cincinnati Reds (1988-1995 and 2001-2002).
José Rizal (film) Jose Rizal was GMA Films' entry to the 1998 Metro Manila Film Festival. It is touted as one of the biggest films ever made in the history of Philippine cinema with a record-breaking P80-million budget despite the fact that historical films are often notorious flops during that time.
José Rizo Castellón José Rizo Castellón (born September 27, 1944, Jinotega) is a Nicaraguan politician, affiliated with the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC). Rizo is a lawyer trained at the Catholic University of Chile; he also studied in the London School of Economics.
José Rubén Zamora José Rubén Zamora (b. August 19 1956) is the founder of three of Guatemala's most important newspapers, Siglo Veintiuno ("21st Century") in 1990; El Periódico ("The Newspaper") in 1996 and Nuestro Diario in 1998. Although he has generated great controversy in his role as editor-in-chief of the newspapers, he continues to edit the latter today. He received the Maria Moore Cabbot Prize from Columbia University in 1994 and the International Freedom Award from the Committee of Journalists in 1994. In 2000 he was named one of the Fifty Heroes of the 20th century by the International Press Institute in Boston.
José Ruiz José Cheito Ruiz Matos (born 24 October 1966 in Trujillo Alto, died 24 September 1992) was a Puerto Rican boxer in the Super flyweight division. He won the WBO Super flyweight Championship on 29 April 1989, holding it until he was murdered during a robbery.
José Samanez José Benigno Samanez y Ocampo (March 19, 1838 - November 14, 1887) navigated the rivers Apurimac, Ene, Tambo, Urubamba and Ucayali between 1883 and 1884, searching for the best way between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. Born in Andahuaylas in 1838, he was father of David Samanez Ocampo, president of the Government Junta of Perú in 1931.
José Sanjurjo José Sanjurjo Sacanell (Pamplona, 1872 - Estoril, Portugal, July 20, 1936) Marquess of the Rif and general, was a Spanish Army Officer who was one of the chief conspirators of the military uprising that led to the Spanish Civil War.

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