Peralta
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- Peralta, NavarrePeralta, NavarrePeralta is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain.-External links:**...
, village in the South of Navarre, Spain - Peralta, New MexicoPeralta, New MexicoPeralta is a town in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. Prior to its incorporation on July 1, 2007, it was a census-designated place...
, village south of Albuquerque (United States) - Peralta (Mesoamerican site)Peralta (Mesoamerican site)Peralta is a prehispanic mesoamerican archaeological site located in the municipality of Abasolo, Guanajuato, just outside the village of San Jose de Peralta in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. The site is reached via Mexico highway 90 of from Irapuato. Approximately 15.5 km south of the...
, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico - Peralta Villa, Oakland, CaliforniaPeralta Villa, Oakland, CaliforniaPeralta Villa is a neighborhood in Oakland in Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 20 feet . It was formerly an unincorporated community....
, neighborhood of Oakland, California - The Peralta Community College DistrictPeralta Community College DistrictThe Peralta Community College District is the community college district serving northern Alameda County, California. The district operates four community colleges: Berkeley City College, Laney College and Merritt College in Oakland, and College of Alameda. From 1968 to 1988, non-contiguous Plumas...
, in the East Bay, California, United States - Peralta Rancho San Antonio, rancho in the East Bay, California, United States
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- Chad PeraltaChad PeraltaRichard Edward Peralta or Richard Peralta, also known as Chad Peralta or Chad only, is a singer and actor from the Philippines. He is a Filipino-Australian born in Sydney, Australia.-Education:...
(born 1985), Filipino-Australian singer and actor - Felipe PeraltaFelipe PeraltaFelipe Peralta is a retired football midfielder from Paraguay. He played professional football in Paraguay, and also had a spell in Colombia, playing for Deportivo Pereira.- International :...
(born 1962), Paraguayan football (soccer) midfielder - Gonzalo PeraltaGonzalo PeraltaGonzalo Peralta is an Argentine footballer who currently plays defender for Tristán Suárez.-Club career:Before arriving at Almirante Brown, Peralta played two years at Club Comunicaciones in the Argentine lower divisions, appearing a total of 37 times and scoring four goals.Peralta was a key...
, (born 1980), Argentine football (soccer) player - Gregorio PeraltaGregorio PeraltaGregorio Manuel Peralta , better known as Gregorio "Goyo" Peralta, was a top Argentine boxer. Peralta enjoyed success as a both a light heavyweight and a heavyweight, one of a select group Latin American Heavyweights to attain world-class status...
(1935–2001), Argentine boxer - Jhonny PeraltaJhonny PeraltaJhonny Antonio Peralta is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. He previously played with the Cleveland Indians.-Playing career:...
(born 1982), shortstop for the Detroit TigersDetroit TigersThe Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant... - Joel PeraltaJoel PeraltaJoel Peralta Gutiérrez is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays.-Career:Peralta signed with the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1996. They released him in 1998...
(born 1976), relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay RaysTampa Bay RaysThe Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays are a member of the Eastern Division of MLB's American League. Since their inception in , the club has played at Tropicana Field... - José Francisco de PeraltaJosé Francisco de PeraltaJosé Francisco de Peralta y López del Corral was a Costa Rican priest and politician. He was born in Cartago, Costa Rica, the son of José María de Peralta y La Vega and Ana Benita de Nava López del Corral. Peralta attended the University of León and was ordained as a pastor in León, Nicaragua in...
(April 3, 1786 - September 16, 1844), Costa Rican priest and politician - Luís María PeraltaLuís María PeraltaLuis María Peralta was a soldier in the Spanish Army, who received one of the largest of the Spanish land grants, Rancho San Antonio, a plot that encompassed most of the East Bay region of California.-Biography:...
(1759-1851), soldier and owner of Rancho San Antonio - María Teresa de Larraín y Guzmán Peralta (March 2, 1785 - c. 1840), former First Lady of Chile and wife of President Agustín Eyzaguirre.
- Osvaldo PeraltaOsvaldo PeraltaOsvaldo Antonio Peralta Medina is a retired football defender from Paraguay. He played professional football in Paraguay, Spain and Bolivia during his career....
(born 1971), a Paraguayan football (soccer) defender - Pedro de Peralta, (about 1583-1659) Spanish governor of Santa Fé de Nuevo MéxicoSanta Fe de Nuevo MéxicoSanta Fe de Nuevo México was a province of New Spain and later Mexico that existed from the late 16th century up through the mid-19th century. It was centered on the upper valley of the Rio Grande , in an area that included most of the present-day U.S. state of New Mexico...
(1609-1614) - Rafael PeraltaRafael PeraltaSergeant Rafael Peralta assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, was a United States Marine killed in combat during Second Battle of Fallujah in the city of Fallujah, Iraq...
(1979-2004), U.S. Marine nominated for the Medal of Honor - Stacy PeraltaStacy PeraltaStacy Peralta is an American director and entrepreneur. Peralta was previously a professional skateboarder and surfer with the professional skateboarding group, the Z-Boys.-Early life:...
(born 1957), American director and former professional skateboarder - Walter Horacio Peralta Saracho (born 1982), Uruguayan football (soccer) player
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- Peralta (chocolate), a brand of Belgian chocolates
- Peralta (ferry), a 1930s San Francisco ferry whose hull is now part of the Kalakala
- SS PeraltaSS PeraltaSS Peralta is a concrete floating breakwater in the Powell River in British Columbia. She was built as a concrete oil tanker by the San Francisco Shipbuilding Company, and was launched in February 1921. Her sister ship is . She was acquired in 1924 and converted into a sardine cannery in Alaska. ...
, a concrete oil tanker, converted to a breakwater - Peralta land grant, a forgery created by James Reavis who claimed title to much of Arizona and New Mexico.
- Peralta HomePeralta HomeThe Peralta Home, at 561 Lafayette Avenue in San Leandro was the first brick house built in Alameda County. It was constructed in the Spanish Colonial1860 for Ignacio Peralta, early San Leandro Spanish settler, by W.P. Toler ....
the first brick house built in Alameda County, San Leandro, California. - Giraffa camelopardalis peralta, the West African Giraffe