Famous People with Name Orlando

Orlando Engelaar            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Orlando Engelaar: a Dutch football defensive midfielder who plays for Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga. He previously played for Feyenoord at youth level, NAC Breda, FC Twente and KRC Genk.Being 1.96 meters tall, he is a towering and commanding presence in midfield and also one of the tallest players in the German Bundesliga. Previously a striker, he is now usually found in midfield where he has impressed with his aerial and passing abilities. His greatest quality is largely considered to be his through pass because, in spite of his size, he is very much an attack minded player.

Orlando Trustfull            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Orlando Trustfull: a former Dutch international footballer.Trustfull was born in Amsterdam and played as a youth player for De Rivalen, Ajax Amsterdam and Blauw-Wit before signing his first professional contract at HFC Haarlem that played in the Eredivisie. The midfielder played 14 matches in his first season and was transferred to fellow Eredivisie team SVV Schiedam that merged with Dordrecht '90 a year later. Trustfull was a regular first team player and managed to score his first professional goal in the 1991-92 season.He spent some time at FC Twente where he scored another goal before he was signed by Dutch giants Feyenoord Rotterdam where he had a hard time gaining his first team position. Eventually 1994-95 season he succeeded and was even selected for the Dutch national team twice. He participated in two Euro 96 qualification matches versus Belarus and Malta, which were won 1-0 and 4-0 respectively.

Orlando Ribeiro            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Orlando Ribeiro: was a Portuguese geographer and historian.Among his publications one specific book stands out: Portugal, o Mediterrâneo e o Atlântico (1945). This is one of the cornerstones in his career, as he develops a detailed study on Portugal's "double nature", or in other words, "a country which is Atlantic by location but mostly Mediterranean in culture". Yet, this book had a wide impact, since Ribeiro deepens in the concepts of Atlantic Europe and Mediterranean Europe, linking central and southern Portugal to the Mediterranean culture and northern Portugal (together with Galicia) to a pan-Atlantic European culture

Orlando Gatinchi            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Orlando Gatinchi: is a retired male breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. He competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada, aged nineteen.

Orlando António Fernandes Da Costa            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Orlando António Fernandes Da Costa: was a Portuguese writer of Goan descent on his father Luís Afonso Maria da Costa's side and of Portuguese and French on his mother Amélia Maria Fréchaut Fernandes' side, born in the capital of the former Portuguese colony of Mozambique, Lourenço Marques.

Tony Orlando            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tony Orlando: is an American singer best known for his work with the group Dawn in the early 1970s.Tony Orlando's musical career started with The Five Gents, a doo-wop group he formed. His first success came when he recorded the hits Bless You and Halfway To Paradise in 1961.

Joseph John "Bo" Orlando            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph John "Bo" Orlando: was an American football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Oilers, San Diego Chargers, and Cincinnati Bengals.

Alberto Orlando            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Alberto Orlando: a retired Italian football player who played for Torino, Roma, SPAL 1907 (on loan from Roma), Fiorentina and Napoli, as well as for the Italian national team. He was the top scorer in the 1964-1965 season with Fiorentina.

Gaetano ("Gates") Orlando            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Gaetano ("Gates") Orlando: is an Italian-Canadian retired professional ice hockey Centre and later ice hockey coach.

Gino Orlando            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Gino Orlando: was a Brazilian football forward, who played for the Brazilian national team.He played his first game on April 1, 1956, against a Pernambuco state combined team. His first goal for Brazil was scored on April 8, 1956, against Portugal. The other two goa