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Juan García Esquivel Biography

Juan García Esquivelcomposer and arranger Born: 1/20/1918Birthplace: Tampico, Mexico Esquivel's experimental recordings of the 1950s and '60s regained popularity during the revival of lounge…

Juan (Chi Chi) Rodriguez

Juan (Chi Chi) RodriguezBorn: Oct. 23, 1935Golfer popular player with 8 PGA Tour victories and 22 Senior Tour wins; 1973 U.S. Ryder Cup Team member.Alex RodriguezR - TRonaldo

Valdés Leal, Juan de

(Encyclopedia) Valdés Leal, Juan deValdés Leal, Juan dehwän ᵺā väldāsˈ [key]Valdés Leal, Juan delāälˈ [key], 1622–90, Spanish baroque painter and etcher, active mainly in Seville and Córdoba. He is…

Cano, Juan Sebastián del

(Encyclopedia) Cano, Juan Sebastián delCano, Juan Sebastián delhwän sābästyänˈ dĕl [key]Cano, Juan Sebastián delkäˈnō [key], c.1476–1526, Spanish navigator, the first to circumnavigate the globe.…

Dorrego, Manuel

(Encyclopedia) Dorrego, ManuelDorrego, Manuelmänwĕlˈ dôr-rāˈgō [key], 1787–1828, Argentine statesman and soldier, governor of Buenos Aires province (1820, 1827–28). After serving for a time in the…

Cueva, Juan de la

(Encyclopedia) Cueva, Juan de laCueva, Juan de lahwän [key]Cueva, Juan de la dā lä kwāˈvä [key], 1550?–1610?, Spanish dramatist, one of the precursors of Lope de Vega. He spent the years from 1574 to…

San Juan Hill

(Encyclopedia) San Juan HillSan Juan Hillsăn wän, Span. sän hwän [key], Oriente prov., E Cuba, near the city of Santiago de Cuba. It was the scene (July, 1898) of a battle in the Spanish-American War…

Alarcón, Juan Ruiz de

(Encyclopedia) Alarcón, Juan Ruiz deAlarcón, Juan Ruiz dehwän r&oomacr;ēthˈ [key]Alarcón, Juan Ruiz de dā älärkōnˈ [key], 1581?–1639, Spanish dramatic poet, one of the great literary figures of…

Pizarro, Juan

(Encyclopedia) Pizarro, JuanPizarro, Juanhwän [key]Pizarro, Juan pēthärˈrō [key], d. 1536, Spanish conquistador, brother of Francisco Pizarro. He aided Francisco in the conquest of Peru. With his…