Famous People with Name Vera

Vera Florence Bradford            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Vera Florence Bradford: was an Australian classical pianist and teacher, with a very long career. Her playing was admired for its depth and beauty of tone, classical unity and tremendous power.Vera Bradford was born in Melbourne to a musical family. Her mother Edith was a pianist, and her father Frederick and brother Cec were violinists. She started learning the piano at the age of seven, and she graduated from the University of Melbourne Conservatorium in 1927, with the highest honours. In 1928 she took up a scholarship with Percy Grainger in Chicago. (Grainger and his wife Ella became close friends of Vera’s, and Ella always stayed with Vera on Percy's visits to Australia.) She also studied at the Chicago Musical College with Rudolph Ganz and Alexander Raab. It was Raab who introduced her to the technique that made her famous, the 'arm weight' technique of the Russian teacher Theodor Leschetizky, which she had first experienced when seeing Benno Moiseiwitsch perform in Melbourne in the 1920s. It was this which developed the big tone and control that became a feature of her performances of the works of Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Liszt. Raab insisted she not play the piano for a year, so that she could unlearn her previous techniques, and practise with the piano lid down.

Henry William Lapczyk Vera            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Henry William Lapczyk Vera: is a Paraguayan football goalkeeper who played for Cerro Corá, General Caballero ZC, Club Sportivo Luqueño and Olimpia of Paraguay; and for CD Huachipato of Chile. He served the national team in one occasion, in 2007.

John Carlo De Vera            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

John Carlo De Vera: is a Filipino actor and Model.JC de Vera started his showbiz career in 2003 when he joined Click. He was paired up with Valerie Concepcion and Julianne Lee during that time. After his teenage days, he leads into "leading man" status with the likes of Richard Gutierrez, Dingdong Dantes. Dennis Trillo, Mark Anthony Fernandez and among others.

Pedro Alejandro González Vera            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Pedro Alejandro González Vera: is a Chilean football player nicknamed "Heidi". With 212 goals, he is the second scorer in the history of Chilean football after Francisco "Chamaco" Valdés who has 215 official goals.

Peter Javier Díaz Vera            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Peter Javier Díaz Vera: is a Uruguayan football player who currently plays for San Luis Quillota. He has previously played for the Uruguay under-17 team at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship. He is usually plays in the midfielder position.

Bryan Lee Vera            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bryan Lee Vera: is a Mexican American boxer in the Super Middleweight division. He trains at LA Boxing in Austin, Texas. Brian attended Westwood High School and lettered in football, a sport he had played since a child in Pop Warner. His brother, Gilbert "Boogie" Vera is