Famous People with Name Mayte

Mayte Gómez Macanás            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Mayte Gómez Macanás: a Spanish singer and was a participant on the reality television show Operación Triunfo.During her childhood she only played the piano but around the age of 16, she begins to sing. She studied piano about two years in an academy, has sung in orchestras and in a duet, with which she recorded some demo tape, and won several galas in her native city, Murcia. At about 20 years old, she decided to study Tourism.When she was 22, and after several previous attempts, she tried out for Operación Triunfo in the summer of year 2006 and was selected from more than 23,000 aspirants.

Mayte Martín            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Mayte Martín: She is widely recognized as one of the most important flamenco voices of her generation. She has also devoted part of her career to the Spanish American genre of bolero.She started singing as a small child in her family environment, and at the age of 10 she won an amateur singing contest organized by a supermarket. After this, she started performing regularly as an amateur at the peñas flamencas in Barcelona and its outskirts, and became a professional at the age of 16. In the meantime, she acquired a solid knowledge of flamenco styles, mainly by listening intensively to recordings of flamenco cantaores like Juan Valderrama, Manolo Caracol, Camarón de la Isla, Lole Montoya and most of all, Pastora Pavón, also known as La Niña de los Peines. She also received some formal musical training, and practised her skills as a "cantaora de atrás" (singer for flamenco dance).

Mayte Jannell García            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Mayte Jannell García: a dancer and singer, best known as the former wife of pop-star, Prince. Born on a military base in Alabama, García's parents (who are of Puerto Rican ancestry) relocated throughout the United States and Germany as a result of her father's military reassignments.Mayte appeared on the American television program That's Incredible! at the age of 8 as the world's youngest professional belly dancer. She graduated from Wiesbaden American High School in Wiesbaden, Germany. This is the same high school that Priscilla Presley attended while dating Elvis.

Mayte Michelle Rodriguez            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Mayte Michelle Rodriguez: an American actress, known for starring in films such as Girlfight, The Fast and the Furious, Resident Evil, and S.W.A.T. as well as her role in the television series Lost.Having run across an ad for an open casting call and attending her first audition, Rodriguez beat 350 other applicants to win her first role in the low-budget 2000 independent film, Girlfight. Rodriguez's performance as Diana Guzman, a troubled teen who decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer, was recognized by both critics and audiences, but despite major industry buzz of a possible Academy Award nomination, she did not receive the Oscar nod.[7] Rodriguez did however accumulate several other significant awards and nominations for the role in independent circles, including major acting accolades from the National Board of Review, Deauville Film Festival, Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards, Las Vegas Film Critics Sierra Awards, and many others. The film itself took home top prizes at both the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals.

Maytee Pungpoh            Origin/Culture/Country: Thai

Maytee Pungpoh: a professional footballer from Thailand. He currently playes for Bangkok Glass in the Thailand Premier League.