Famous People with Name Raimundo

Raimundo Valenzuela De Leon            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Raimundo Valenzuela De Leon: was a leading Cuban trombonist, composer and bandleader.Valenzuela studied music under his father, Lucas: he learnt piano, viola, percussion, but was first employed by Orquesta Flor de Cuba as a trombonist. He was playing for La Flor in the Alhambra theatre in Havana in 1869, when a group of Spanish anti-revolutionary volunteers attacked the theatre and its patrons.

Raimundo Rafael Yant Rivas            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Raimundo Rafael Yant Rivas: is a former Venezuelan boxer.He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) by Algeria's Mohamed Benguesmia (11:15).

Raimundo Ongaro            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Raimundo Ongaro: a prominent Argentine labor leader.Raimundo José Ongaro was born to a middle-class family of Italian Argentines from the Lombardy region, in the Argentine seashore city of Mar del Plata in 1924. Fluent in Latin and schooled in music composition, Ongaro became an apprenticed graphist and was eventually hired at COGTAL, one of Argentina's largest publishing cooperatives. Becoming active in the Buenos Aires Printworkers' Federation (FGB), the 1966 coup d'état against President Arturo Illia and its resulting advent of anti-labor policies led Ongaro to remove FGB leader Osvaldo Vigna in a coup of his own, that November.

Raimundo Aguilera Solís            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Raimundo Aguilera Solís: is a former football goalkeeper. He was a very skilled player, known for his agility and security which helped him achieve the record of not conceding a goal in 1000 minutes twice during his career.

Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Jr.: is a Brazilian soccer player, currently playing for Miami FC in the USL First Division.He retired in the end of 2005, but in December 2006 he signed a professional contract with América from Rio de Janeiro to defend the club in Rio State Championship in t

Ricardo Gomes Raimundo            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Ricardo Gomes Raimundo: is a former footballer who played as a central defender for SL Benfica, among other clubs. He was captain of the Brazil national football team at the FIFA World Cup finals in 1990, he was though sent off in the second round game against Argentina, which despite dominating Brazil lost 1-0. After retiring, he became a coach and since 2007 has been manager of Monegasque club AS Monaco

Manuel Corona Raimundo            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Manuel Corona Raimundo: was a Cuban trova musician, and a long-term professional rival of Sindo Garay.He came to Havana when the Cuban War of Independence broke out, and worked as a bootblack and a cigar-roller. His supervisor at the cigar factory taught him the guitar, and in 1905 he set up in a café in the red-light district of San Isidro.