Famous People with Name Abelardo

Abelardo Fernández Antuña            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Abelardo Fernández Antuña: a former football player from Spain, who was known for his distinctive bald head, a style which he adopted from a relatively young age.Abelardo played for Sporting de Gijón, FC Barcelona and Deportivo Alavés. He also played for the Spanish national football team (54 caps, 3 goals) and was a participant at the 1994 and 1998 World Cups and Euro 2000.

Abelardo Barroso Dargeles            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Abelardo Barroso Dargeles: was the first sonero mayor (lead singer of the son) to be recognized as such by the Cuban public. He was the lead singer of the Sexteto Habanero from 1925, recorded with the Sexteto Boloña in 1926, and joined the Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro in 1927. With each of these top bands he made a string of recordings in New York,[1] and for the rest of his life his voice was in demand.

Abelardo Dennis Florencio Ho            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Abelardo Dennis Florencio Ho: is a television singer and film actor in the Philippines. His film debut Aishite Imasu (Mahal Kita) 1941 which skyrocketed him into a matinee idol status. He is currently an artist of GMA Network, his rise to fame was proven in 2006 when he won the Best Actor trophy thrice that same year defeating heavy contender, Piolo Pascual, Making him the only non-veteran actor to defeat Piolo Pascual in the said feat.

Abelardo Díaz Alfaro            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: was a Puerto Rican author who reached great fame throughout Latin America during the 1940s. Some say his actual year of birth was 1919, but officially it was always announced as 1916. His book Campo Alegre is a text that has been studied at schools in Austria, Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand as well as all over the Americas.

Abelardo Colomé Ibarra            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Abelardo Colomé Ibarra: is a Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba. He is the Minister of the Interior of the country. He is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. He bears the title Hero of the Republic of Cuba, and holds the Order of Máximo Gómez in recognition of, in Fidel Castro's own words, "his extraordinary merits in the insurrectional struggle against the tyranny and the imperialist neocolonial domination, the struggle for the consolidation and defense of the socialist state, and the accomplishment of heroic internationalist missions."

Richard Velayo Abelardo            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Richard Velayo Abelardo: was a Filipino film director.He married an embroiderer from Malate and had two girls, Louise and Rita. He paid for his brother, Bayani's, education as a camera man. His wife, Salud (née Carmona), learned how to be a make-up artist. In 1935, the whole family went back to the Philippines due to the Depression. Isang Tapales, an opera singer, asked him to be the art director for her play, Madame Butterfly. He was renowned for his exciting and realistic scenic backgrounds. Pacita Madrigal, a famous ballet dancer, hired him for the Fire Dance.

Nicanor Sta. Ana Abelardo            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Nicanor Sta. Ana Abelardo: was a Filipino composer who composed over a hundred of Kundiman songs, especially before the Second World War.As a composition major at the University of the Philippines, he also composed the melody for the university's official anthem, U.P. Naming Mahal.The building housing the College of Music in UP Diliman (Abelardo Hall) is named in his honor.[2]