Famous People with Name Felipe

Felipe Quintero            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexican

Felipe Quintero: a Mexican football goalkeeper who currently plays for the Atlanta Silverbacks of the USL First Division.Quintero was in Club Deportivo Guadalajara's youth system from 1999 to 2004. In 2005 he played for Lobos de la BUAP in the Primera División A which is the second division in Mexico. Quintero signed with the Atlanta Silverbacks of the USL First Division in 2006.Quintero also helped Irapuato win the Mexican second division title and advance to the first division. He also played for Angeles de Puebla, Ciudad Juarez, and Queretaro.

Felipe Rosas Sánchez            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexican

Felipe Rosas Sánchez: was a Mexican soccer player, who were part of the Mexican soccer team in the 1930 FIFA World Cup played in Uruguay. He, with his brothers, Manuel Rosas and Juan Rosas, were footballers in the Atlante Futbol Club, from Mexico City, and as fellow goalkeeper Oscar Bonfiglio once wrote: "he was the best of us". He was the youngest player to take part in the first ever world cup.

Felipe Poey Y Aloy            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Felipe Poey Y Aloy: was a Cuban zoologist.He became a lawyer in Spain but was forced to leave due to his liberal ideas, returning to Cuba in 1823. He began to concentrate on the study of the natural science and travelled to France in 1825 with his wife. He began writing on the butterflies of Cuba and acquiring knowledge on fish, later supplying Georges Cuvier and Valenciennes with fish specimens from Cuba. He took part in the foundation, in 1832, of the Société Entomologique de France.Poey returned to Cuba in 1833 where he founded the Museum of Natural History in 1839. In 1842 he became the first professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Havana. He also took part in the creation of the Academy of Science (natural, physical and medical) of Havana and was a president of the anthropological Society.

Felipe Muñoz Kapamas            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexican

Felipe Muñoz Kapamas: is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Mexico. Nicknamed Tibio he represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Mexico City (1968).

Felipe Pigna            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Felipe Pigna: is an Argentine historian and writer.Pigna teaches at the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini, directing the Ver la Historia project. This produced 13 documentaries covering the 1776–2001 period of the History of Argentina. He is also a columnist, appears on radio programs, and contributes to several newspapers and magazines such as Noticias, Veintitrés and Todo es Historia, and is also the director of Caras y Caretas magazine.

Eduardo Godinho Felipe            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Eduardo Godinho Felipe: is a Brazilian football player currently playing for C.D. Trofense.

Thiago Felipe            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Thiago Felipe: is a Portuguese footballer currently under contract for Romanian side FC Gloria Buzau.

Ariadna Capiró Felipe            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Ariadna Capiró Felipe: is a women's basketball player from Cuba. Playing as a guard she won the gold medal with the Cuba women's national basketball team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.