Famous People with Name Raimundo

Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Júnior            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Júnior: is a Brazilian football centre back. He retired in the end of 2005, but in December 2006 he signed a professional contract with América from Rio de Janeiro to defend the club in Rio State Championship in the beginning of 2007. Baiano signed a contract with Brasiliense to play Série B Brazilian League in 2007.

Raimundo Pérez Lezama            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Raimundo Pérez Lezama: was a Spanish/Basque footballer who played as a goalkeeper, mainly for Athletic Bilbao.Athletic's youth system's facilities have been named after him.Lezama arrived in England, as a refugee, at the age of 14. He entered at the port of Southampton on board the Habana on May 23, 1937. Lezama and his brother, Luis, were among 3,889 Basque children fleeing the Spanish Civil War. While in Southampton he played for his school, Nazareth House (less than half a mile from The Dell), where he was spotted by Southampton F.C.. He made his debut for the club on June 1, 1940, in a game against Arsenal F.C., in a 5-0 loss.

Raimundo Garcia            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Raimundo Garcia: an Argentine chess master.At the beginning of his career, he took 7th at Santa Fe 1956 (Miguel Najdorf won). Then he tied for 10-11th in Argentine Chess Championship (Herman Pilnik won) in 1958, tied for 6-7th at Quilmes 1959 (Alberto Foguelman won), and tied for 3rd-5th at Buenos Aires 1961 (ARG-ch, Hector Rossetto won).

Raimundo Valenzuela De Leon            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Raimundo Valenzuela De Leon: was a leading Cuban trombonist, composer and bandleader.Valenzuela studied music under his father, Lucas: he learnt piano, viola, percussion, but was first employed by Orquesta Flor de Cuba as a trombonist. He was playing for La Flor in the Alhambra theatre in Havana in 1869, when a group of Spanish anti-revolutionary volunteers attacked the theatre and its patrons.

Raimundo Rafael Yant Rivas            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Raimundo Rafael Yant Rivas: is a former Venezuelan boxer.He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) by Algeria's Mohamed Benguesmia (11:15).

Ricardo Gomes Raimundo            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Ricardo Gomes Raimundo: is a former footballer who played as a central defender for SL Benfica, among other clubs. He was captain of the Brazil national football team at the FIFA World Cup finals in 1990, he was though sent off in the second round game against Argentina, which despite dominating Brazil lost 1-0. After retiring, he became a coach and since 2007 has been manager of Monegasque club AS Monaco

Manuel Corona Raimundo            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Manuel Corona Raimundo: was a Cuban trova musician, and a long-term professional rival of Sindo Garay.He came to Havana when the Cuban War of Independence broke out, and worked as a bootblack and a cigar-roller. His supervisor at the cigar factory taught him the guitar, and in 1905 he set up in a café in the red-light district of San Isidro.