Famous People with Name Lima

Lima Azimi            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Lima Azimi: an Afghan athlete.Azimi attracted international attention by representing her country at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris.[1] [2] She was the first woman to represent Afghanistan at an international sports event, following the fall of the Taliban.[3] [4] [5]She competed in the 100 metre sprint, running "in a grey T-shirt and a pair of navy-blue tracksuit bottoms".[6] She reportedly had no idea how to use the starting blocks, never having had the opportunity to train with them. Azimi finished last in her heat, with a time of 18.37 seconds - a national record, since she was the first Afghan to run such a race.[7]

Lima Barreto            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Lima Barreto: was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He directed six films between 1940 and 1961.

José Lezama Lima            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

José Lezama Lima: was a Cuban writer and poet who is considered one of the most influential figures in Latin American literature.Born in the Columbia Military Encampment close to Havana in the city of Marianao where his father was a colonel, Lezama lived through the most t

Luiz Eduardo Carneiro Da Silva De Souza Lima            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Luiz Eduardo Carneiro Da Silva De Souza Lima: is a long-distance freestyle swimmer from Brazil, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996.

María Martha Serra Lima            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

María Martha Serra Lima: an Argentine singer.Serra Lima became famous across Latin America and in Spain during the 1970s. She was also very popular during the 1980s, her songs becoming hits in places such as Puerto Rico, Mexico, Chile, Venezuela and others, apart from her home country.Serra Lima is well known also for her size: At an estimated weight of about 230 pounds, even she herself has poked fun out of her weight, once declaring "with over 100 kg, I still train like a fifteen year old girl!"

Aline De Lima            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Aline De Lima: a Brazilian singer, writer and composer.Aline de Lima's first CD, Arrebol, was produced by Brazilian singer and producer Vinicius Cantuária. It was released on the French independent record label Naïve, which has also released the music of Carla Bruni. The musicians on Arrebol include drummer Paulo Braga (who played with Tom Jobim) and avant-garde guitarist Marc Ribot. In addition to 10 of Aline's own songs, the album also includes a cover of the French song "Septembre" by Barbara.

Luis Lima            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Luis Lima: is an Argentine operatic tenor, who studied in Buenos Aires under Carlos Guichandut and in Sicily under Gina Cigna. He made his opera debut in 1974, in Lisbon, in Cavalleria rusticana, and since then sang in seventy-seven performances at the Metropolitan Opera (from 1977 to 2001) in nine different roles, starting with Alfredo Germont in La traviata. He has also sung with the New York City Opera (1978-79, debuting in Madama Butterfly), at the Teatro alla Scala (first appearing in Lucia di Lammermoor, 1977) and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (from 1984).