name	Ivan
gender	Male
origin	Hebrew
related names	John
footnotes	}}

Ivan (masculine given name) is a Slavic relative of the Latin name ''Johannes'', corresponding to English ''John''. This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek '''' (''Iōánnēs'') rather than from the Latin ''Io(h)annes''. The Greek name is in turn derived from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (''Yôḥānān'', meaning “‘Yahweh is gracious’”).

Ivan or Iván may refer to:

People

Royalty

Ivan I of Russia

Ivan II of Russia

Ivan III of Russia aka "Ivan the Great"

Ivan IV of Russia - aka "Ivan the Terrible", Grand Duke of Muscovy from 1533 to 1584, Tsar of All Russia from 1547 to 1584

Ivan V of Russia

Ivan VI of Russia

Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria

Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria

Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria

Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria

Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria

Sports

Iván Campo, Spanish footballer

Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer

Iván Emmanuel González, Paraguayan footballer

Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer

Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer

Ivan Lendl, Czech-American tennis player

Ivan Miljković, Serbian volleyball player

Iván Rodríguez, Major League Baseball player

Ivan Wilfred Johnson, Canadian hockey player

Dr. Ivan Osier, Danish épée, foil, and sabre fencer, 25x Danish champion

Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer

Iván Zarandona, naturalized Equatoguinean footballer

Ivan Petrov, Bulgarian-English free runner

Arts

Ivan Brunetti, cartoonist

Ivan Bunin, Russian writer and Nobel laureate

Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter

Ivan Doroschuk, lead vocalist for Men Without Hats

Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter

Ivan Kral, musician

Ivan Moody, singer of heavy metal music|heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch

Ivan Turgenev, Novelist in 19th century

Iván (singer) - stage name of Spanish singer Juan Carlos Ramos Vaquero ("Fotonovela")

Other

Ivan J. Parron, Entertainment attorney and entrepreneur

Ivan Aboimov, Russian diplomat and an abassador

Ivan Agayants, Soviet intelligence officer of Armenian origin

Ivan Ahčin, Slovene sociologist, publicist, journalist, author and politician

Ivan Aksakov, Russian littérateur and notable Slavophile

Ivan Chermayeff, Graphic Designer

Ivan Milat, Croatian Australian serial killer famous for the backpacker killings

Ivan Wettengel, Naval Governor of Guam

Meteorology

Hurricane Ivan, from the 1980 Atlantic hurricane season, did not approach land

Typhoon Ivan (Narsing in the Philippines), from the 1997 Pacific typhoon season, struck the Philippines.

Hurricane Ivan, from the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, did not approach land.

Hurricane Ivan, from the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, struck Grenada, the Windward Islands, Jamaica, The Cayman Islands, Cuba, and the southeastern United States.

Cyclone Ivan (2008) was an Intense Tropical Cyclone that made landfall on Madagascar, killing 83.

Places

Iván, a village in Hungary

Ivaň, name common to two villages in the South Moravian Region and in the Olomouc Region, Czech Republic

Ivan, Russia, a village in Oryol Oblast, Russia

Other

Ivan (film), the third in Olexandr Dovzhenko's ''Ukraine Trilogy''

The codename of Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear explosive ever detonated

Ivan (short story), a Soviet short story.

Slang for Russians

See also

Ivan (name)

Ivana (disambiguation)

References

Category:Given names

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:''For the Kyrgyz politician, see Ivan Rebrov.''

Name	Ivan Rebroff
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Hans-Rolf Rippert
Born	July 31, 1931Berlin, Germany
Died	February 27, 2008Frankfurt, Germany
Instrument	Vocals
Genre	International music
Voice type	Bass to Soprano
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1968-2008 }}

Ivan Rebroff (31 July 193127 February 2008) was a German singer, allegedly of Russian ancestry, with an extraordinary vocal range of four and a half octaves, ranging from the soprano to impressive bass registers.

Rebroff was born in Berlin as Hans-Rolf Rippert. He was famous for singing Russian folk songs, but also performed opera, light classics and folk songs from many other countries. He was known on stage for his gusto. He performed over 6,000 concerts in his career, including a two-year seven-day-a-week stint at the French opera, singing, among other greats, ''Fiddler on the Roof''. Rebroff still performed 12 shows in 14 days when he was well into his seventies, such as on an Australian tour.

Ivan Rebroff described himself as international, the "connection between East and West". He became a citizen of Greece and lived on the Greek island of Skopelos in the Sporades.

He died in Frankfurt after a long illness. Four days after his death, his brother Horst Rippert, who is nine years his senior (and by his own accounts shot down Antoine de Saint Exupéry), claimed part of Ivan's vast fortune.

LP Discography

Unknown Year

''Favourites from Mother Russia''

''Ivan Rebroff'' (Includes Lara's Theme and other Popular Melodies)

1968

''Folk Songs from Old Russia (Volksweisen aus dem alten Russland)''

''Folk Songs from Old Russia Volume II (Volksweisen aus dem alten Russland 2)''

''Original russische Liebeslieder''

''Na Sdarowje (Ivan sings about Vodka and Wine)''

''Slawische Seele (Compilation album shared with Tatjana Ivanow & Dunja Rajter)''

1969

''Beim Klang der Balalaika, Au son des Balalaikas (French version of Beim Klang der Balalaika)''

''Abendglocken (Compilation)''

''Russische Weihnacht mit Ivan Rebroff''

''A Russian Christmas (English version of Russische Weihnacht?)''

''Un Violon sur le toit (Soundtrack of French production of Fiddler on the Roof)''

''Russische Party ("Live" album)''

''Festliche Weihnacht (with Regensburger Domspatzen - Boys' Choir)''

''A Festive Christmas (Festliche Weihnacht re-issue)''

1970

''Somewhere My Love (English language versions)''

''Kosaken müssen reiten (German language versions)''

''Ivan Rebroff (Compilation?)''

1971

''The Best of Ivan Rebroff (Compilation)''

''Ivan Rebroff Sing vir Ons (South African Album-Gold Disk Award)''

''Vir Jou Suid-Afrika (South African album)''

''Ivan Rebroff (Opera)''

''Kalinka (Soundtrack from L'Homme qui vient de la Nuit)''

''Mein Russland, Du bist schön (German language versions)''

''Starportrait (Compilation)''

''Zwischen Donau und Don (with Dunja Rajter)''

1972

''Erinnerungen an Russland (Russian language versions)''

''The Best of Ivan Rebroff Volume II (Compilation)''

1973

''Lieder der Welt (Folk songs from around the world)''

''Mein Altes Russland (lushly arranged Russian folk songs)''

''25 Greatest Russian Melodies (Compilation with Tatiana Ivanov (2 duets))''

''20 Greatest Hits (Compilation)''

1974

''Russische Party 2 ("Live" album)''

''Memories of Russia''

1975

''Ivan Rebroff at Carnegie Hall (Live at Carnegie Hall)''

''Reich Mir Die Hand''

''Russische Lieder Von Liebe und Tod''

1977

''Midnight in Moscow (Russian language versions)''

''Komm mit nach Hellas (German language versions of Greek songs)''

1978

''Mitternacht in Moskau (German version of Midnight in Moscow)''

1979

''Ave Maria''

''Die Ivan Rebroff Versameling (Compilation of South African tracks)''

1980

''Zauber einer großen Stimme — 20 unvergängliche Welterfolge''

''Zauber einer großen Stimme — Seine größten Welterfolge''

''Die schönsten Lieder dieser Welt (Ivan Rebroff singt 20 unvergängliche Melodien)''

''Katharina und Potemkin (TV Musical/Operetta)''

CD Discography

2002

''Meine Reise um die Welt''

''The Great Ivan Rebroff''

2003

''Seine Größten Welterfolge''

''Best of Ivan Rebroff''

''Golden Stars''

Compilation albums

''Festliche Weihnachten''

''The Art of Ivan Rebroff''

''The Best of Russian Folk Songs Vol. 1''

''The Best of Russian Folk Songs Vol. 2''

''Erinnerungen an das letzte Jahrhundert (Memories of the Last Century)''

''Der Zarewitsch''

''Die Fledermaus'' (As Prince Orlofsky, with Carlos Kleiber & Bavarian State Orchestra)

''Weihnachten mit Ivan Rebroff''

''Die schönste Stimme Rußlands''

''Kosakenträume''

Notes

External links

Official web site

Ivan Rebroff Fan Page

Category:1931 births Category:2008 deaths Category:German singers Category:People from Berlin Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Category:German people of Russian descent Category:German basses Category:Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

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Name	Iván Villazón
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Iván Francisco Villazón Aponte
Alias	''La Joven Voz Tenor''
Born	October 25, 1959
Height	5' 6" (170 cms)
Origin	Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia
Instruments	Singing
Genre	Vallenato, Latin
Occupation(s)	singer
Years active	1984–Present
Label	Sony Music
Related acts	Rafael Orozco Maestre, Kaleth Morales, Diomedes Diaz
Website	none
Past members	}}

Iván Francisco Villazón Aponte was born October 25, 1959 in the city of Valledupar, Colombia. He is one of the most renowned vallenato singers in Colombia. His career as a singer began in 1984 after dropping out of college where he was pursuing a degree in law.

Early life

Villazon spent his childhood in the city Valledupar where he attended middle school in the Colegio María Montessori. He grew up loving "parrandas" (parties) that his father Crispin organized with local musicians like Colacho Mendoza, Adán Montero, Ovidio Granados, Rodolfo Castilla and Alejo Duran, among many others. For high school Villazon was sent to the city of Bogotá to study in the Colegio REFOUS. After graduation he spent four years in college studying law in the Externado University but dropped out to pursue a vallenato singing career.

Singing career

In 1984 Villazon recorded his first album with accordion player Alfredo Gámez under the Philips Records label and named it the ''Arco Iris'' (Rainbow) featuring a song of the same name written by Rafael Escalona. The album was a success and the song is still considered his trademark.

In 1985 he teamed up with accordion player Orangel Maestre and released a new album under the same record label with the name Una Voz, Un Rey. Three songs from this album became major hits: ''Mella Condolete'' by composer Hernando Marin, ''Pedazo de Acordeon'' by Alejo Duran and ''Sufrir de nuevo'' by van Ovalle.

In 1986 Villazon joined with accordion player Raul Martinez to record two albums, Los Virtuosos and Vamo' Amanece, under the CBS record label (now Columbia Records). The award-winning song ''El amor es un cultivo'' recorded in this album became a major hit, along with ''Sed de alma'' and ''Matica de toronjil''. In 1987 they recorded their third album named Los Virtuosos Volumen II, producing two major hits; ''Recuérdame'' written by singer and composer Gustavo Gutiérrez Cabello and ''Yo tenia un amigo'' written by composer Rafael Manjarrez. Personal differences arose between Villazon and Martinez and they decided to separate.

In 1988 Villazon teamed up with accordion player and Vallenato Legend Festival winner Cocha molina who had been the partner of Diomedes Diaz. They recorded the album Por ti Valledupar from which they produced three major hits; ''No espero mas'' by composer Efren Calderon, ''Que siga la fiesta'' by José Alfonso Maestre and ''Por ti Valledupar'' of Gustavo Gutierrez, under the CBS record label. In 1989 they recorded their second album together named Enamorado de ella with hit songs ''Mis Condiciones'' by Gustavo Gutierrez and ''Enamorado de ella'' by Rafael Manjarrez. In 1990 they recorded their third album under the CBS record label titled El Amor Canta Vallenato with the hit songs ''Mi novia querida'' by Gustavo Gutierrez, ''El Amor Canta Vallenato'' by Ignasio Urbina and ''Volá pajarito'' by Alejo Duran.

This same year Villazon and Molina decided to go their different ways and Villazon teamed up with accordion player Beto Villa to record the album La Compañía under the recording label EMI. This album represents his most successful album because all of the album's songs became major hits on radio, including ''El Perdón'', ''El Niño Bonito'', ''La Suegra'', ''El Guayabito'' and ''La Fuerza del Amor''. After this successful production Villazon and Beto Villa split and Villazon took two years off from the stage and recording studios.

In 1993 Villazon worked with accordion player Franco Arguelles and recorded the album Mar de Lagrimas on the Colombian record label CODISCOS, with the hit songs ''Quereme'' by Juancho Rois, ''Cuando hablo de Tí'' by Iván Ovalle and a musical mosaic honoring Pacho Galán. In 1994, they recorded their second album together named Noticias, producing successful songs like ''Decídete'' by Fabián Corrales, ''Noticias'' by Efraín Barliza and ''Acabaste con mí Vida'' by Juancho Rois. This year the group won the ''Congo de Oro'' prize in the Barranquilla's Carnival, the ''Sirena de Oro'' in the Vallenato Legend Festival and the ''Super Estrella Internacional de Oro'' song of the year for the song ''Decídete'' by Fabian Corrales. The group also achieved prominence internationally in locations where vallenato is not part of the mainstream, like Cuba, Canada and Aruba. In 1996 Villazon and Arguelles recorded the album Sin Limites under the record label CODISCOS in which a fusion with other musical genres was tried with songs like ''Almas Felices'' by Alfonso Cotes Maya, ''La Pelionera'' by Emiliano Zuleta and ''Cuando muera esta ilusión'' by Luis Egurrola. This collaboration was not widely successful. They later changed record labels to BMG Ariola of Colombia, recording the album Entrégate with songs like ''No te ruego más'' by Jorge Valbuena, ''Entrégate'' by Fabián Corrales, ''Yo la Ví'' by Jacobo Ibarra and Marcos Torres, and ''Corazón Sensible'' by Franco Arguelles. This album earned a Disco de Oro for its sales and a second ''Congo de Oro''. In 1999 Villazon and Arguelles released the albums Tiempo de Vallenato and later Detalles.

In 2000 Arguelles left the group to record an album with Diomedes Diaz. Villazon partnered with Saul Lallemand producing the following albums; El Mundo al Reves, Amores, Juglares Legendarios I, Póngale la Firma, El Desafío, El Gallo Fino, El Poder del Amor and El Aviador.

Discography

Albums: # El Arco Iris - 1984 # Una voz un rey - 1985 # Vamo' amanecé - 1986 # Los Virtuosos - 1987 # Por Ti Valledupar - 1988 # Enamorado de Ella - 1989 # El Amor Canta Vallenato - 1990 # La Compañía - 1991 # Mar de Lágrimas - 1993 # Noticia - 1994 # Sin Límites - 1995 # Entrégate - 1996 # Tiempo de Vallenato - 1997 # Detalles - 1998 # El Mundo al Revés - 1999 # Amores - 2000 # Juglares Legendarios Vol 1 - 2001 # Póngale la Firma - 2002 # El Desafío - 2002 # El Gallo Fino - 2003 # El Poder del Amor - 2004 # El Sueño de mi vida - 2005 # El Aviador - 2006 # 23 Años de Grandes Exitos-Su Trayectoria [2007] # Pa' que te enamores [2008] Iván Zuleta # El Vallenato Mayor [2009] José María ''Chema'' Ramos

Family

Villazon is the son of Crispín Villazón de Armas y Clara Aponte López. He married Aida Mercedes García Tolosa and has three children: Crispin Enrique, Iván David and Daniel Camilo. Lucas Francisco, Carolina and Francisco Villazon are Ivan's brother children.

Notes

External links

ElVallenato.com Ivan Villazon

lavallenata.com - Ivan Villazon

radiouno.com - Ivan Villazon

Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Colombian musicians Category:Valledupar

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