Famous People with Name Ferrer

Jose C. Ferrer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jose C. Ferrer: is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding in the United States in 1983 at Calder Race Course in Florida then at Monmouth Park and the Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey. On November 24, 1983 Ferrer became the first jockey to win

Arturo Ferrer            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexican

Arturo Ferrer: is a Mexican sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he finished eighth in the C-2 1000 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the C-2 500 m event.

Fernando James "Freddy" Ferrer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Fernando James "Freddy" Ferrer: was the Borough President of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001, and was a candidate for Mayor of New York in 2001 and the Democratic Party nominee for Mayor in 2005.Ferrer was appointed Bronx Borough President as the result of the then holder of that office, St

José María Figueres Olsen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

José María Figueres Olsen: served as President of Costa Rica on three occasions: 1948–1949, 1953–1958, and 1970–1974. In 1953, Figueres created the Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN), the most successful party in Costa Rican political history, and was returned to power in the 1953.4, 10 He has been considered to be the most important political figure in Costa Rica's history. Figueres happily cooperated with North American military plans. After the United States established the School of the Americas in the Panama Canal Zone to train Latin American officers in Anti-Communist techniques, more Costa Rican "police" graduated from the School between 1950 and 1965 than did officers of any other hemispheric nation except Nicaragua.

Juan Gualberto Gómez Ferrer            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Juan Gualberto Gómez Ferrer: was an Afro-Cuban revolutionary leader in the Cuban War of Independence against Spain. He was a "close collaborator of [José] Martí's," and alongside him helped plan the uprising and unite the island's black population behind the rebellion. He was an activist for independence and a journalist who worked on and later founded several pivotal anti-royalist and pro-racial equality newspapers. He authored numerous works on liberty and racial justice in Latin America as well.