Famous People with Name Melo

John Mendes Olimpio De Melo            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

John Mendes Olimpio De Melo: was an agronomist and politician Brazil 's natural state of Acre and a resident of Piauí from an early age and like their ancestors made ??a career policy in the northeastern state. Advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture and then Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Education and Health Secretary John Olimpio de Melo Mendes held the office of Senator by the Piauí and then was elected congressman in 1962, migrating to the MDB after the introduction of Scheme Military 1964 , appearing as the first alternate for Congressman in 1966, and effected in 1969 after the cancellation of Chagas Rodrigues . He is the father of William Mello , elected state representative in 1986, vice-governor in 1990 and appointed governor of Piauí in 1994 after the resignation of Freitas Neto .

Manuel Cueto Melo            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Manuel Cueto Melo: was a Cuban Major League Baseball player. His professional career lasted from at least 1911, when he played for the Jacksonville Tarpons of the South Atlantic League until 1939, when he played professionally in the Canal Zone League in Panama. From 1912 to 1933, Cueto played 20 seasons in the Cuban League, batting over .300 11 times. He led the league in batting average twice, in 1918/19 with an average of .344 and in 1926/27 with an average of .398. He ranks tenth all-time in career batting average in the Cuban League, with an average of .301.