Famous People with Name Jacinto

Jacinto Benavente Y Martínez            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Jacinto Benavente Y Martínez: one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century.

Jacinto Molina            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Jacinto Molina: a Spanish movie actor, screenwriter, and director working primarily in horror films. His portrayal of numerous classic horror figures--the wolfman, a hunchback, Count Dracula, a mummy--have earned him recognition as a Spanish Lon Chaney. King Juan Carlos I presented Naschy with Spain's Gold Medal Award for Fine Arts in 2001[citation needed] in honor of his work, which still continues to this day.

Jacinto Ela Eyene            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Jacinto Ela Eyene: a Equatorial Guinean football defender. He currently plays for CD Vera.

Jacinto Vásquez            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacinto Vásquez: a retired Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey. He rode two Kentucky Derby winners, Foolish Pleasure in 1975 and Genuine Risk in 1980, but may be best known as the regular jockey for the great filly Ruffian.Jacinto Vasquez began working at the Presidente Remo

Jacinto João            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Jacinto João: was one of the greatest Portuguese football players of his time. A pacy left winger, J.J. enchanted the crowds in Portugal with his exciting attacking style.Portugal had so many great attacking players at that time that Jacinto João won just 10 caps for t

António Jacinto            Origin/Culture/Country: African

António Jacinto: was an Angolan poet.After having obtained his license in Luanda, he started working as a civil servant. He stood out as a protesting poet, and as a result of his political militancy, was arrested and sent to the Tarrafal concentration camp in Cape Verde from 1960 to 1972. He was then transferred to Lisbon where, on parole, he worked as an accountant. He escaped in 1973 to join the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola. As soon as independence was declared in 1975 and until 1978, he carried out the function of Minister of Education and Cultural Secretary of State.