Famous People with Name Carlos

Carlos Luis Fallas Sibaja            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carlos Luis Fallas Sibaja: also known by the surname Calufa, was a Costa Rican author and political activist.Fallas became active in the organized labor movement and in the Communist Party of Costa Rica. After a bloody clash between striking workers and the police, a judge sentenced him in 1933 one year of banishment in the Atlantic coast. There, Fallas became the leader of the 15,000-strong banana workers' strike of 1934.

Carlos Gagini            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carlos Gagini: was a Costa Rican intellectual, philologist writer, esperantist and linguist.In literature, he supported the national character of Costa Rican writing, in contrast to other authors who looked to European models for inspiration. As a strong defender of national identity and independence, he wrote a novel which criticized imperialism.

Carlos Salazar Herrera            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carlos Salazar Herrera: was born in San José, Costa Rica. In here, he coursed his primary and secondary school. At the age 14, he got his first award because of his essay "El café". Ever since he was a teenager he presented skills for literature and drawing.In 1928 he participated in a contest in which he presented his work about the renewing of the costarican Art

Carlos Martin Briceno            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carlos Martin Briceno: is an American volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Carlos Almaraz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carlos Almaraz: was a Mexican-American artist and an early proponent of the Chicano street arts movement.In 1961, Almaraz moved to New York city, with Dan Guerrero, the son of Lalo Guerrero. He left after six months to take advantage of a scholarship offered him by Otis Art Institute. He returned to New York and lived there from 1966 to 1969, where he struggled as a painter in the middle of the new wave movements of the era.

Don A. Carlos            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Don A. Carlos: is a retired American basketball player.He played for the Houston Mavericks (1968-69) in the ABA for 56 games.