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.

Ana Maria Agustí Flores            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Ana Maria Agustí Flores: a Spanish musical actress and singer.She started in the 1980s with bands like "Costa Brava" or "Xavier Cugat". In 1987, she worked in the TVE program Un, dos, tres and in 1989 she represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song Nacida para amar (Born to Love) by Juan Carlos Calderón.She has also taken part in several television programs in TV3 (Catalonia) and TVE, such as Operación triunfo. She has also worked in musicals like Las cuatro cartas (1990), Cabaret (1992), Casem-nos una mica (1993), Te odio mi amor (1995), Company (1997) Pierrot Lunaire (1998), Corre, corre Diva (1998), Espai pel somni (1999), Programa Sondheim (2000) and Mamma Mia! (2004 -2008).

Antonio González Flores            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Antonio González Flores: was a Spanish singer-songwriter and actor.He was the only male child of singers and actors Antonio González 'El Pescaílla' and Lola Flores. He was the brother of actresses Lolita Flores and Rosario Flores. He was divorced to Ana Villa with whom he had a daughter, Alba.

Shaggy Flores            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Shaggy Flores: a Nuyorican Poet, Writer and African Diaspora Scholar.Shaggy Flores, was born and raised in the Spanish Harlem (NYC) then later in Puerto Rico and finally Springfield, Massachusetts. He received his primary and secondary education in Puerto Rico and Massachusetts. As a child, growing up in Robinson Gardens Housing Projects, he was heavily exposed to the work of the early Nuyorican Poets, his mother being a poet herself. Later in junior high and high school he showed a proficiency for writing and for creating short stories that depicted the Puerto Rican experience. He graduated from the High School of Commerce and eventually met a recruiter for the University of MA (BCP Program) who helped him continue his studies.

Paulo Flores            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Paulo Flores: is a musician from Angola. He was born in Luanda and spent some of his childhood in Lisbon. His music is mostly written in Portuguese though some is in the Kimbundu language. His music is often political dealing with the hardships of Angolan life, the war, and corruption. His Angolan style of music is known as Semba. Some of his music was featured in the French film La Grande Ourse.

Yony Flores            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Yony Flores: is a Guatemalan football defender who currently plays for Deportivo Marquense in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala.