Famous People with Name Alberti

Valentin Alberti            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Valentin Alberti: was a Lutheran, orthodox philosopher and theologian from Silesia and was the son of a preacher. He began his studies at the University of Leipzig in 1656, obtaining the Magister degree in 1656. By 1663 he was already a professor of logic and metaphysics a

Peter Adler Alberti            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Peter Adler Alberti: was a Danish politician and swindler, known for the Alberti scandal of 1908. From 1901 to 1908 Albert was the first Venstre Minister of Juridical Affairs, at which post he showed himself an able and efficient politician although often authoritarian and brash. During this period he was subjected to harder and harder accusations of economic dishonesty by radicals and Social Democrats. Prime minister J. C. Christensen ignored the critics as long as possible but in the end had to ask Alberti to resign. A few months later, on 8 September 1908, Alberti turned himself in to the police for embezzlement of 18 million DKK (Roughly 1 billion DKK as of 2006). He was sentenced 8 years in 'Tugthus' (imprisonment at hard labor) and was imprisoned from 1912 to 1917. After his release he lived quietly as a clerk. He was killed in a traffic accident.

Luis Alberti            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Luis Alberti: was a Dominican Merengue musician, arranger, conductor, and author of significant popular songs such as Compadre Pedro Juan and many others performed and recorded by noted interpreters with diverse backgrounds. In 1936, Alberti led a highly original Merengue jazz band that often emphasized advanced harmonies and lyrics over the Merengue típico, known like perico ripiao, and played by the usual performing group of folk merengue (accordion, tambora and güira). Alberti gave the merengue a greater urban appearance, and he took it to the high society ballrooms. Alberti composed popular songs as Luna sobre el Jaragua, Tu no podrás olvidar, Estampas criollas and Compadre Pedro Juan, which became an international hit and has been recorded by dozens of performers, including Billo's Caracas Boys, Xavier Cugat, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Porfi Jiménez, Dámaso Pérez Prado, Wilfrido Vargas, Angel Viloria y su Conjunto Típico Cibaeño, and Alberto Naranjo & El Trabuco Venezolano.