Famous People with Name Waldo

Waldo Tobler            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Waldo Tobler: an influential American-Swiss geographer and cartographer. Tobler's idea that "Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related to each other" is referred to as the "first law of geography". Dr. Tobler is a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Geography.Dr. Tobler was one of the principal investigators and a Senior Scientist in the National Science Foundation sponsored National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. He has used computers in geographic research since the 1960s, with emphasis on mathematical modeling and graphic interpretations. Well known for his publications, he formulated the "first law of geography" in 1970 while producing a computer movie, and is the inventor of novel and unusual map projections, among which was the first derivation of the partial differential equations for area cartograms. He also invented a method for smooth two-dimensional mass-preserving areal data redistribution.

Waldo De Los Ríos            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Waldo De Los Ríos: was an Argentine composer, conductor and arranger.De los Rios was born as Osvaldo Nicholas Ferrara in Buenos Aires into a musical family; his father was a musician and his mother a well known folk singer; he studied composition and arranging at the National Conservatory of Music under Alberto Ginastera and Teodoro Fuchs. He was inspired by an eclectic range of music and formed a musical group called "The Waldos" which crossed folk music with electronic sounds.

Wáldo Ariel Kantor            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Wáldo Ariel Kantor: a retired volleyball player from Argentina, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he won the bronze medal with the men's national team, after also having competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.With Ferro Carril Oeste he obtained the Morgan Cup of 1979, and the national championships of 1980 and 1981. Kantor received 2 Konex Awards volleyball merit diplomas (1990 and 2000)

Waldo Machado Da Silva, Valdo            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Waldo Machado Da Silva, Valdo: was a Brazilian footballer who achieved notoriety playing for Fluminense and Valencia. He was arguably the top scorer for Fluminense in the club's history, reaching 314 goals in 401 matches.

Waldo Diaz-Balart            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Waldo Diaz-Balart: is a Cuban painter living in Madrid, Spain.Díaz-Balart studied accounting and political science and economics in Havana before moving to New York to pursue art studies in 1959. From 1959 to 1962 studied art in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA. Professionally, on 1967 he develops as lecturer in many cultural centres and universities of USA, Poland, Spain, Germany and Netherlands. He acted in two movies by Andy Warhol, The Life of Juanita Castro in 1965 and The Loves of Ondine in 1968.