Famous People with Name Orestes

Orestes Kindelán Olivares            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Orestes Kindelán Olivares: is the most prolific home run hitter in the history of post-revolutionary Cuban baseball, well known as "El Cañon de Dos Rios" and one of the offensive stars of the Cuban national baseball team, which won numerous World Cups and two Olympic gold medals during his tenure. He is the cousin of boxer Mario Kindelán.

Orestes Caviglia            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Orestes Caviglia: was an Argentine film actor and film director of the classic era of the Cinema of Argentina.Much of his work as a director was at the beginning of his career in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He directed Al toque de clarín in 1941.

Orestes Junior Alves            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Orestes Junior Alves: is a Brazilian football defender who currently plays for F.C. Hansa Rostock in the Bundesliga.

Orestes López            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Orestes López: was a Cuban musician and bandleader, often credited with popularizing the musical form Mambo, alongside his brother Israel "Cachao" Lopez.In the late 1930s, the danzón had three movements: First, the introduction; second, el paseo, the walk in a circle; and third, la comparsa, the main theme in which dancers faced each other and danced. López's "Danzón de nuevo ritmo" changed the third movement when he substituted a montuno (based on the syncopated beat of the son-playing treseros from Oriente). López's montuno of two to four beats took on a special syncopated character and was given the generic name of mambo."

Orestes Quércia            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Orestes Quércia: was a Brazilian politician. He was the 28th governor of São Paulo State. When young Orestes Quércia moved with his family from Pedregulho to Campinas, where he graduated in journalism. He was also a lawyer and a entrepreneur since 1962 with a diploma from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica. He was married to Alaíde Barbosa Ulson Quércia since the 80s until his death after a long battle against prostate cancer in 24 December 2010 link label.