Famous People with Name Juan

Juan Ignacio Sanchez Brown            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Juan Ignacio Sanchez Brown: is an Argentine professional basketball player, and point guard for Spanish League club power Real Madrid and Argentina's 2004 Olympic basketball Tournament champion Argentine basketball team. Pepe Sánchez (1.93 metres, 6 feet 4 inches tall) was the first Argentine to play in the NBA, though he only played three unsuccessful seasons, with the Atlanta Hawks (5 games) Philadelphia 76ers (24 games), Detroit Pistons (9 games) and the Golden State Warriors, averaging only 5 minutes per game.

Juan Ramon Rivas Contreras            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Juan Ramon Rivas Contreras: is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Rivas was the second player from Puerto Rico to play in the NBA, and half of the first duo of Puerto Ricans to be active in the NBA simultaneously. Rivas has played in the NBA, NCAA, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN) with the Carolina Giants.

Juan Bautista Rael            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Juan Bautista Rael: was an American ethnographer, linguist, and folklorist who studied the people, stories, and language of the Northern New Mexico and southern Colorado areas of the Southwestern United States. Rael taught and studied at Stanford University and donated his considerable collection of ethnographic materials to the Library of Congress.

Juan Manuel Cárcamo            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Juan Manuel Cárcamo: is a Honduran football striker, who currently plays for CD Suchitepequez. He previously played for Honduran club Platense and Austrian teams SV Austria Salzburg and BSV Bad Bleiberg.

Juan Manuel Coello            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Juan Manuel Coello: is a Honduran association footballer currently playing for Deportes Savio. He plays Midfield. He was part of the Honduras national U-20 football team that participated in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship in Qatar.

Li Juan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Li Juan: is a female Chinese volleyball player. She was part of the gold medal winning teams at the 2005 Asian Championship and 2006 Asian Games.

Edwin San Juan            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Edwin San Juan: Filipino American, Los Angeles based actor and comedian who is known for sharing his multicultural life experiences, his observational humor, word play and for poking fun at ethnic stereotypes. He is the Creator and Executive Producer of 'SlantED Comedy', a showcase of Asian American stand-up comedians televised on Showtime and also performs regularly across the country.

Rafael Núñez Juan            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexican

Rafael Núñez Juan: is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler who is best known under his Ring name Scorpio, Jr. Núñez is the son of professional wrestler "Scorpio" and was trained by his father and Rafael Salamanca before making his debut on August 30, 1985. Núñez was

Du Juan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Du Juan: is a Chinese fashion model and former ballerina. She has been touted as the world's first international Chinese supermodel. A former Ford Supermodel of the World runner-up, Du made her runway debut in Spring 2006, walking for prominent designers such as Valentino (opening and closing his bridal show), Jean-Paul Gaultier, Shiatzy Chen, Roberto Cavalli and Chanel. In 2005 Mario Testino photographed her for the cover of Vogue Paris with Australian model Gemma Ward becoming the first ever Asian cover-model. This led to a flurry of advertising campaigns for Louis Vuitton, Roberto Cavalli, Gap, Swarovski, United Colors of Benetton, and Yves St. Laurent. With multiple bookings being a rare accomplishment, particularly for a new face, Style.com the online home of Vogue and W magazine, declared her one of the top ten models to watch for the Fall 2006 season.

Wang Juan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Wang Juan: is a female Chinese judoka who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Middleweight (63–70 kg) event.