Famous People with Name Vigil

Vigilius Eriksen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Vigilius Eriksen: was a Danish painter. He was the royal portraitist to Christian VI of Denmark.

Nativo Lopez-Vigil            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nativo Lopez-Vigil: is a Chicano political leader and immigrant rights activist in Southern California, although his family's roots precede the annexation of half of Mexico in the 1846-48 Mexican-American War, and of immigrant stock from Sonora, Mexico. Lopez is the president of the Mexican American Political Association and the national director of the Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana (formerly the Hermandad Mexicana Nacional), a community service and advocacy organization for Mexican and Latin American immigrants throughout the United States. His importance in Los Angeles politics has been compared by the Los Angeles Times to that of Al Sharpton in New York and Jesse Jackson in Chicago.[1]

Fernando Velázquez Vigil            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Fernando Velázquez Vigil: is a Cuban artist specialising in ceramics and painting. In 1982 he had a solo exhibition titled Arqueología para una arqueología. Cerámicas, in the Galería Casa de Cultura de Plaza, Havana. In 1985 he presented his works in the show Cerámica, esmalte y fuego. Cerámicas de Velázquez Vigil, in the Galería Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana. In 1988 he exhibited Monumento a la vida. Cerámicas Velázquez Vigil, in the Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana. In 1994 presented Más allá de la Tierra y el Fuego, in the Centro de Prensa Internacional, Havana.