Famous People with Name Guillermo

Guillermo Hernandez Villanueva            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Guillermo Hernandez Villanueva: From 1979-1982, Hernandez was 9-19 and gave up 128 earned runs in that time. After being traded to the Phillies for Bill Johnson and Dick Ruthven, his talent seemed to be resparked. The May 22 trade marked a turning point in his career. With the Phillies that year, he went 8-4 with 3.29 ERA and 7 saves. The Phillies would make the World Series that year and lose to the Baltimore Orioles in 5 games.

Guillermo Guardia            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Guillermo Guardia: is considered one of the best Costa Rican soccer strikers during the 1980s. He played the greatest years of his career for Deportivo Saprissa, where he became the best goal scorer of the Costa Rica's first division during 1981, year when Saprissa finished being the champion. Later he played for L.D. Alajuelense and A.D. San Carlos as well.

Guillermo Jaime Jorrin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Guillermo Jaime Jorrin: is a boxer from Sacramento, California. Jorrin is a Mexican American. He is best known for squandering his championship with dubious decisions and inactivity. He ended his once promising career by losing to a journeyman. Although Jorrin had one of the best pr men in the business, Manny Fernandez of Sacramento, he never came close to the popularity of other Sacramento champions such as: Loreto Garza, Diego Corrales, Tony Lopez, or even contenders such as Pete Ranzany or Richard Duran.

Guillermo Gómez-Peña            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Guillermo Gómez-Peña: was born in Mexico City and moved to the US in 1978, where he established himself as a performance artist, writer, activist, and educator. He has pioneered multiple media, including performance art, experimental radio, video, performance photography and installation art. His eight books include essays, experimental poetry and chronicles in both English, Spanish and Spanglish.Most of his artistic and intellectual work concerns the interface between North and South (Mexico and the U.S.), border culture and the politics of the brown body. His original interdisciplinary arts projects and books explore borders, physical, cultural and otherwise, between his two countries and between the mainstream U.S. and the various Latino cultures: the U.S.-Mexico border itself, immigration, cross-cultural and hybrid identities, and the confrontation and misunderstandings between cultures, languages and races. His artwork and literature also explore the politics of language, the side effects of globalization, "extreme culture" and new technologies from a Latino perspective[1].

Guillermo Castro            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Guillermo Castro: is a former footballer from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.