Alfredo
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Alfredo is a cognate of the Germanic
name Alfred
and a common Italian
, Galician
, Portuguese
and Spanish language
personal name
that may refer to:
People
Food
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
name Alfred
Alfred
Alfred may refer to:*Alfred *Alfred *Alfred the Great , king of Wessex*Alfred Aetheling , son of King Ethelred II of EnglandIn geography:*Lake Alfred, Florida*Alfred, Maine*Alfred , New York...
and a common Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, Galician
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
, Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
and Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
personal name
Personal name
A personal name is the proper name identifying an individual person, and today usually comprises a given name bestowed at birth or at a young age plus a surname. It is nearly universal for a human to have a name; except in rare cases, for example feral children growing up in isolation, or infants...
that may refer to:
People
- Alfredo AlonsoAlfredo AlonsoAlfredo Alonso is a Cuban-born media executive. He has held numerous senior management positions in Spanish-language media publishing, radio, television and event management. He is known as an innovator of new products to reach the U.S...
, Cuban-born media executive with Clear Channel Radio - Alfredo AyalaAlfredo AyalaAlfredo Ayala is an internationally recognized chef, having been featured on the television program Great Chefs and celebrity judge on television programs such as Top Chef. He trained with Eric Ripert, chef of Le Bernardin in New York.-References:...
, American Walt Disney designer - Alfredo BaldomirAlfredo BaldomirAlfredo Baldomir Ferrari was an Uruguayan soldier, architect and politician. He served as President of Uruguay from 1938 to 1943 and is most notable for leading Uruguay to support the Allies during World War II....
, President of Uruguay - Alfredo BindaAlfredo BindaAlfredo Binda was an Italian cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s, later trainer of Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali. Binda was the first multiple Giro d'Italia champion, securing five victories between 1925 and 1933 that redefined the way stage races were ridden...
, Italian cyclist - Alfredo CaseroAlfredo CaseroAlfredo Casero is an Argentine musician, actor and comedian.Casero began studying acting with Norman Briski in 1987. Soon after he started working in the underground humour scene of Buenos Aires...
, Argentine musician - Alfredo CatalaniAlfredo CatalaniAlfredo Catalani was an Italian operatic composer. He is best remembered for his operas Loreley and La Wally...
, Italian operatic - Alfredo CristianiAlfredo CristianiAlfredo Félix Cristiani Burkard, popularly known as Alfredo Cristiani was President of El Salvador from 1989 to 1994....
, President of El Salvador - Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Peruvian writer
- Alfredo JahnAlfredo JahnDr. Alfredo Jahn Hartman was a Venezuelan civil engineer, botanist and geographer. Jahn was a member of the Academy of History, the Academy of Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Naturalist of Venezuela and the Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences and achieved the Order of the Liberator. He was...
, Venezuelan naturalist - Alfredo KrausAlfredo KrausAlfredo Kraus Trujillo was a distinguished Spanish tenor of partly Austrian descent, particularly known for the artistry he brought to opera's bel canto roles...
, Spanish tenor - Alfredo LuceroAlfredo LuceroAlfredo Lucero is an Argentine professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:20082009-External links:...
, Argentine cyclist - Alfredo PalacioAlfredo PalacioLuis Alfredo Palacio González served as President of Ecuador from April 2005 to January 2007. From January 15, 2003 to April 20, 2005, he served as vice president, after which he was appointed to the presidency when the Ecuadorian Congress removed President Lucio Gutiérrez from power following a...
, President of Ecuador - Alfredo PalaciosAlfredo PalaciosAlfredo Lorenzo Palacios was an Argentine socialist politician.Palacios was born in Buenos Aires, and studied law at Universidad de Buenos Aires, after graduation he became a lawyer and taught at the university until becoming a dean.In 1902, he was elected to the Buenos Aires' legislature, and in...
, Argentine politician - Alfredo PérezAlfredo PérezAlfredo Pérez is a retired Venezuelan boxer. He competed for his South American nation at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There, he was defeated in the Men's Flyweight division by Poland's eventual bronze medal winner Leszek Błażyński...
, Venezuelan boxer - Alfredo Oscar Saint-Jean, President of Argentina
- Alfredo ShahangaAlfredo ShahangaAlfredo Shahanga is a retired long-distance runner from Tanzania, who won the 1989 edition of the Vienna Marathon. In the same year he triumped at the 16th Berlin Marathon on October 1 in a time of 2:10:11...
, Tanzanian long-distance runner - Alfredo di StéfanoAlfredo Di StéfanoAlfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé, born into a family of Italian immigrants from Capri, is a former Argentinian footballer and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time...
, Argentine-Spanish footballer - Alfredo StroessnerAlfredo StroessnerAlfredo Stroessner Matiauda, whose name is also spelled Strössner or Strößner , was a Paraguayan military officer and dictator from 1954 to 1989...
, President of Paraguay - Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso, President of Cuba
- Alfredo Ramos dos SantosAlfredo Ramos dos SantosAlfredo Ramos dos Santos, best known as Alfredo was a Brazilian footballer in midfielder role. He was born in Rio de Janeiro....
, Brazilian footballer - Alfredo Ramos de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
- Alfredo Mostarda FilhoAlfredo Mostarda FilhoAlfredo Mostarda Filho, best known as Alfredo is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a defender....
, Brazilian footballer - José Alfredo JiménezJosé Alfredo JiménezJosé Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....
, Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style - Alfredo Torero Fernández de Córdova
- José Alfredo Martínez de HozJosé Alfredo Martínez de HozJosé Alfredo Martínez de Hoz was an Argentine executive and policy maker. He served as Minister of the Economy under de facto President Jorge Rafael Videla between 1976 and 1981, and shaped economic policy during the self-styled National Reorganization Process military dictatorship.-Early...
, Argentine politician - Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, President of Ecuador
- Alfredo Armas AlfonzoAlfredo Armas AlfonzoAlfredo Armas Alfonzo was a Venezuelan writer, critic, editor and historian, well known throughout Latin America...
, Venezuelan writer - Alfredo CasellaAlfredo CasellaAlfredo Casella was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor.- Life and career :Casella was born in Turin; his family included many musicians; his grandfather, a friend of Paganini's, was first cello in the San Carlo Theatre in Lisbon and eventually was soloist in the Royal Chapel in Turin...
, Italian composer - Alfredo Ovando CandíaAlfredo Ovando CandíaAlfredo Ovando Candía was a Bolivian president and dictator , general and political figure.- Early years :...
- Al PacinoAl PacinoAlfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way, though he has also appeared...
, an American actor whose real name is Alfredo James Pacino
Food
- Fettuccine alfredo, a pasta dish made with cheese, butter, and cream