Famous People with Name Toro

Ulises Rosales Del Toro            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Ulises Rosales Del Toro: is a Cuban politician. He is the Cuban Minister of Agriculture (2008- present).He serves in Cuba's Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba and he has served as chief of the general staff of the armed forces. He previosly held the position of sugar minister.

José Tomás Toro            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

José Tomás Toro: is a Spanish judoka.

Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro: is a Chilean football player, who currently plays for Al-Ain FC as an attacking midfielder.Valdivia started his career in the youth academy of Colo-Colo, Chile; since he didn't have many opportunities then was loaned (2003–2005) to Universidad de Concepci

András Töro            Origin/Culture/Country: American

András Töro: is a Hungarian-American sprint canoer who competed from the early 1960s to the mid 1970s.

Pedro Balmaceda Toro            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Pedro Balmaceda Toro: was a Chilean writer and journalist, considered the promotor of the Modernismo school in Latin America. Pedro Balmaceda was of Basque descent. He was fluent in Greek and French, collected classic books and French magazines (specially the Nouvelle Revue and the Revue des deux mondes), original works of art, silks and Chinese screens. He was a fervent admirer of French culture, without having ever set foot in France. His favorite musician was Chopin, and he was a very good piano player himself. He was also an avid reader of Théophile Gautier, Alfred de Musset and Paul de Saint Victor, and in his writings he used two pseudonyms: A. de Gilbert and Jean de Luçon; in short, he surrounded himself with an aura of decadent beauty, very similar to the symbolism that was his inspiration. He also promoted the creation of the old Ateneo de Santiago. In 1886, he met Rubén Darío, then a lonely, awkward, poor and unemployed 19 years-old immigrant, at the editorial room of the La Epoca newspaper, where he was a collaborator, and soon both became fast friends. From the very beginning Balmaceda became his mentor and protector. He introduced Darío to the Parnassian and Symbolist poets in his library: Leconte de Lisle, Catulle Mendes, Gautier, Beaudelaire and Verlaine. He financed the publication of his book Abrojos (1887), and was the main support behind Azul (1888).