Famous People with Name Flores

Florestan Fernandes            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Florestan Fernandes: was a Brazilian sociologist and politician. He was also elected federal deputy twice.He came from a poor family with his mother being a "washerwoman". In youth he took a series of odd jobs and had an erratic education until he attended the university in 1941. In 1945 he graduated and by 1964 was a full professor in sociology. In that same year he won the Prêmio Jabuti. In 1969 he fled to Canada for political reasons and began to teach at the University of Toronto. In 1973 he returned to Brazil and became involved in the Partido dos Trabalhadores.

Rafael Orozco Flores            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Rafael Orozco Flores: was a Spanish classical pianist. Orozco is acclaimed as one of the great Spanish concert pianists.Rafael Orozco came from a musical family in Córdoba and studied with José Cubiles[2] and Alexis Weissenberg.[3] His professional career began after he won first prize in the 1966 Leeds International Piano Competition in the UK.His large repertoire included works by Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Manuel de Falla, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Isaac Albéniz. He gave recitals on five continents and participated as soloist with the world's great orchestras, including Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, and London. Orozco also participated in music festivals at Osaka, Praga, Berlin, Santander, Edimburg, Spoleto, and Aldeburgh.

María De Los Milagros Flores            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

María De Los Milagros Flores: an Argentine actress, the best known of portraying Juana "Juanita" Maza in popular Argentine kids and teenage telenovela Chiquititas. Her sister is the actress Bernardita Flores.

Iñaki Isasi Flores            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Iñaki Isasi Flores: is a Spanish racing cyclist who rides for the Euskaltel-Euskadi team in the UCI ProTour. Isasi turned professional in 2001 and has yet to record a major result of note in his five years as a professional. Isasi can climb and sprint and was a feature in ma

Elsa Flores            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elsa Flores: is a Chicana artist. She is one of the best known Chicano street art movement propulsors.Flores began to gain recognition for her paintings, which have been exhibited around the world, during the 1970s. It was during that decade that she met Carlos Almaraz, a fellow Chicano who was part of the early Chicano street art movement. Almaraz was a member of the famed Los Four artist collective. Elsa Flores and Carlos Almaraz eventually married, and the two collaborated on one of the most famed Chicano murals, the "California Dreamscape". While Almaraz was already an icon among Chicanos because of his murals across California (as part of Los Four and as a solo artist), "California Dreamscape" helped Flores become an icon herself among Chicano artists. "California Dreamscape". The 15' x 70' mural was commissioned by the California Arts Council and is exhibited at the Reagan State Building on 3rd and Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles.

Ronald Osvaldo Cerritos Flores            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ronald Osvaldo Cerritos Flores: is a Salvadoran footballer who last played for the Carolina Railhawks of the USL First Division.Cerritos has spent the bulk of his career playing in MLS, being signed by the league on March 21, 1997 and allocated to the San Jose Clash. While with San Jose he achieved great success, being named in the MLS Best XI in his first year with the club. In the offseason after 2001, however, Cerritos was traded to the Dallas Burn for Ariel Graziani.