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Alphons is a male given name, originally from a Germanic Adalfuns, composed of the elements adal "noble" and funs "eager, brave, ready".

Variants of the name include: Alfonso (Italian and Spanish), Alfons (Catalan, Dutch, German, Polish and Scandinavian), Afonso (Portuguese and Galician), Affonso (Ancient Portuguese), Alphonse, Alfonse (Italian, French and English), Αλφόνσος Alphonsos (Greek), Alphonsus (Latin), Alphons (Dutch), Alfonsu in (Leonese), Alfonsas (Lithuanian) .

People[link]

Middle Ages[link]

• Alfonso I of Asturias - (739-757)
• Alfonso II of Asturias - (791-842)
• Alfonso III of León - (866-910)
• Alfonso Fróilaz of Galicia - (925-926)
• Alfonso IV of León - (925-931)
• Alfonso V of León - (999-1028)
• Alfonso VI of León - (1065–1109)
• Alfonso VII of León - (1126–1157)
• Alfonso VIII of Castile - (1158–1214)
• Alfonso VIII of León - (1171–1230)
• Alfonso X of Castile - (1252–1284)
• Alfonso XI of Castile - (1312–1350)

• Alfonso I of Aragon - (1104–1134)
• Alfonso II of Aragon -- (1162–1196)
• Alfonso III of Aragon - (1285–1291)
• Alfonso IV of Aragon - (1327–1336)
• Alfonso V of Aragon - (1416–1458), also king of Naples and Sicily

• Afonso I of Portugal - (1109–1185)
• Afonso II of Portugal - (1185–1223)
• Afonso III of Portugal - (1210–1279)
• Afonso IV of Portugal - (1291–1357)
• Afonso V of Portugal - (1432–1481)

• Alfonso II of Naples - (1448–1495)

• Alfonso of Leon, Lord of Molina (1203–1272).

• Alphonso, Earl of Chester, first son of Edward I of England, who died at the age of ten.

Early Modern[link]

• Afonso VI of Portugal - (1656–1683)
• Alfonso XII of Spain - (1857–1885) (ordinal numbering continues from the kings of Castile)
• Alfonso XIII of Spain - (1886–1931)
• Afonso I of Kongo - (1505–1543)
• Afonso II of Kongo - (1561)
• Afonso III of Kongo - (1666–1667)
• Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza, son of John I of Portugal.
• Afonso, Prince of Portugal, son of John II of Portugal.
• Afonso, Duke of Porto, son of Louis I of Portugal.
• Afonso, Lord of Portalegre, son of Afonso III of Portugal.
• Martim Afonso, formerly Araribóia, leader of the Temiminó tribe in Brazil in the 16th century.
• Cardinal Afonso of Portugal, son of Manuel I of Portugal.
• João Afonso de Aveiro, Portuguese explorer.
• Jorge Afonso, Portuguese Renaissance painter.
• Mor Afonso, Mozarab mistress to Afonso III of Portugal.
• Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597.
• Alfonso II, Count of Provence, second son of Alfonso II of Aragon.
• Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1628–44).
• Alfonso of Castile, Prince of Asturias, figurehead of rebelling magnates against his brother King Henry IV of Castile.
• Alfonso of Hauteville, Prince of Capua.

Modern[link]

Alfonso family[link]

A prominent family with this surname is the Cuban noble family that was involved in Cuban real estate prior to the 1959 Cuban Revolution.

Afonso[link]

• Afonso I of Kongo (c. 1456 – 1542 or 1543), king of Kingdom of Kongo in west central Africa
• Afonso VII of Portugal - future regnal name of the heir apparent to the current pretender
• Afonso de Santa Maria de Bragança, 2nd claimant in line to the Portuguese throne.
• Afonso de Albuquerque, a Portuguese naval officer.

• Afonso Alves, Brazilian footballer
• Alexandre Afonso da Silva, Brazilian footballer.
• Andrey Nazário Afonso, Brazilian Football Goalkeeper.

• Nadir Afonso (born 1920), Portuguese painter.
• Paulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira, Brazilian politician.
• Zeca Afonso, Portuguese folk and political musician.

Alfons[link]

• Alfons Goppel (1905–1991), German politician
• Alfons Gorbach (1898–1972), Austrian politician
• Alfons Jēgers (1919–1999), Latvian football and hockey player
• Alfons Karpiński (1875–1961), Polish painter
• Alfons Rebane (1908–1976), Estonian military commander

Alfonso[link]

• Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai.
• Alfonso Soriano, a current Major League Baseball outfielder playing for the Chicago Cubs
• Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias, heir-apparent of the throne of Spain 1907-31.
• Alfonso Lizarazo, Colombian host and political
• Bill "Fonzie" Alfonso, former Wrestling referee & manager.
• Elvira Alfonso, Queen of Sicily.
• Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile.
• Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist.
• Alfonso of Spain, younger brother of current reigning King Juan Carlos of Spain.
• Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, claimant to the title of the head of House of Bourbon Two Sicilies.
• Alfonso John Romero, American video-game designer, programmer, and developer.
• José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez, former Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador.
• Juan Alfonso de Baena, Castilian troubadour.
• Kristian Alfonso, American soap opera actress.
• Alfonso Pérez Muñoz, Spanish football (soccer) striker.
• Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil, Spanish football (soccer) midfielder.
• Michael Alfonso, or Mike Awesome, American wrestler.
• Nicolás Salmerón y Alfonso, Spanish statesman.
• Ozzie Alfonso, American TV director and producer.
• Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Spanish playboy and businessman.
• Alfonso, Count of Caserta, Duke of Calabria and Head of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies.
• Ricardo Alfonso Cerna, famous suicide victim.
• X-Alfonso, Cuban hip-hop and afro-rock musician.
• Celestino Alfonso, Spanish republican and volunteer fighter in the French resistance during World War II.

Alphonse[link]

• Alphonse Capone, American gangster.
• Alphonse J. Jackson, Louisiana African-American politician

Alphonsus[link]

• Alphonsus Liguori, Roman Catholic theologian

Ildefonso/Ildephonsus[link]

• Ildefonso Schuster, archbishop of Milan, Italy
• Ildefons Cerdà, Catalan urban planner
• Ildefonso Falcones de Sierra, Spanish author
• Ildefonso Lima, Andorran footballer
• Ildefonso Puigdendolas, Spanish military officer
• Ildefonso V. Vázquez, Governor of Nuevo León, Mexico, in 1915
• Ildephonsus of Toledo, Saint and archbishop of Toledo in the 7th century
• Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Polish writer and poet

Fictional characters[link]

• Alphonso MacKenzie, fictional character in the Marvel Universe
• Alfie Atkins, known as Alfons Åberg in Swedish, character created by Gunilla Bergström from Sweden
• Alfonzo Dominico Jones, a dog in the Australian television series SeaChange
• Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, character in the comic strip Dick Tracy
• Alphonse and Gaston, French duo in a comic strip created by Frederick Burr Opper
• Alphonse Elric from FullMetal Alchemist
• Alphonse Mephisto, fictional character in the animated television series South Park
• Alfons Heiderich from Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
• Alphonso Ali, minor character in Bloom County
• Monsieur Alfonse, character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo! played by the actor Kenneth Connor
• Don Alfonso, character in Mozart's opera Così fan tutte
• The name of a number of pets and the Patlabor of Noa Izumi from the anime Patlabor.

Places[link]

• Afonso Cláudio, a municipality in Brazil.
• Alfonso Castaneda, Nueva Vizcaya, a municipality in the Philippines.
• Alfonso Lista, Ifugao, a municipality in the Philippines.
• Alfonso, Cavite, a municipality in the Philippines.
• Alphonse Atoll, in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
• Alphonse Group, a group of atolls in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
• Alphonse Island, in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
• Cape San Ildefonso, a cape in the Philippines.
• Ildefonso Islands, group of islands in Chile.
• Paulo Afonso, a city in Brazil.
• Ribeira Afonso, a village in São Tomé and Príncipe.
• San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán, a municipality in Guatemala.
• San Ildefonso Peninsula, a peninsula in the Philippines.
• San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, a census-designated place in the USA.
• San Ildefonso, Bulacan, a municipality in the Philippines.
• San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur, a municipality in the Philippines.
• San Ildefonso, San Vicente, a municipality in El Salvador.
• San Ildefonso, a town in Spain.
• Santo Ildefonso, a parish in Portugal.

Airports[link]

• Afonso Pena International Airport, an airport in Brazil.
• Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport, also known as Palmaseca International Airport, an airport in Colombia,
• St-Alphonse/Lac Cloutier Water Aerodrome, airport in Canada.

Stadiums[link]

• Alfonso López Pumarejo Stadium, football stadium in Colombia.
• Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, football stadium in Spain.
• Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel, multi-use stadium in Venezuela.
• Estadio Alfonso Lastras, multi-use unfinished stadium in Mexico.
• Estadio Alfonso Lopez, multi-use stadium in Colombia.
• Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, a football stadium in Portugal.
• Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni, multi-use stadium in Paraguay.
• Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, national stadium of the Republic of the Congo.
• Stade Alphonse Theis, a football stadium in Luxembourg.

Other[link]

• Ildefonso Altar (Der Altar des hl. Ildefonso), a painting by Peter Paul Rubens.
• Alfonso und Estrella, an opera by Franz Schubert.
• Alphonso (mango), a mango found in India.
• Alphonso Psalter, a devotional Psalter.
• Convent of St. Ildefonso, a book by Regina Marie Roche.
• HMS Ildefonso, a British Royal Navy ship.
• Palacio Real de la Granja de San Ildefonso, a palace in the Spanish province of Segovia.
• Alphonso, a book by Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin, comtesse de Genlis.
• Church of Saint Ildefonso, an 18th century church in Porto

Treaty of San Ildefonso[link]

• First Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1777 between Spain and Portugal.
• Second Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1796 between Spain and France, allying the two nations.
• Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800 between Spain and France, by which Spain returned Louisiana to France.

See also[link]

• San Ildefonso (disambiguation)

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Alfonso Ribeiro
Ribeiro in May 2011
Born	Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro (1971-09-21) September 21, 1971 (age 40) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, comedian, dancer, singer, television personality, television director, game show host
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Robin Stapler (2002-2006) (divorced) 1 child

Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor, television director, dancer, game show host, and comedian. Ribeiro is best known for his role as Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and host of GSN show Catch 21. He has also received attention for his performance in the title role of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid and his appearance as a dancer in a Pepsi commercial also featuring Michael Jackson.^[1]

Personal life[link]

Ribeiro was born in New York City to Joy and Michael Ribeiro.^[2] His parents are from Trinidad and Tobago.^[3]

Ribeiro married Robin Stapler in 2002, after they met on the set of In the House in 1999. Divorce papers were filed August 9, 2006 in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple share joint custody of their daughter, Sienna Ribeiro.^[4] Ribeiro is currently in a relationship with Angela Unkrich.^[5]

Career[link]

Ribeiro began his career at the age of eight. He first gained recognition in 1983, when he played a leading role in the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid. He received positive reviews for his performance, and was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award.^[2] He also appeared in one of Michael Jackson's Pepsi television commercials as a dancer in 1984. The same year, Ribeiro was cast as Rick Schroder's best friend on the TV series Silver Spoons.^[6]

Ribeiro's most notable role was that of spoiled, rich Carlton Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from 1990 to 1996. He played the cousin to Will Smith's lead character; Ribeiro also directed some episodes of Fresh Prince. The Carlton character was known for frequently dancing to Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual," a dance move that gained infamy as "The Carlton Dance."^[7]

Ribeiro began hosting the game show Catch 21 on GSN.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Alfonso Ribeiro at the Internet Movie Database
• Alfonso Ribeiro at Yahoo! Movies
• Alfonso Ribeiro at the Internet Broadway Database

David Guetta
David Guetta at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
Background information
Birth name	Pierre David Guetta
Born	(1967-11-07) 7 November 1967 (age 44) Paris, France
Genres	House, electro house, hip house
Occupations	DJ, record producer, songwriter
Years active	1984–present
Labels	EMI Music France, Virgin, Positiva, Astralwerks, Jack Back Records
Website	DavidGuetta.com

Pierre David Guetta (7 November 1967), known professionally as David Guetta (French pronunciation: [daˌvid ɡɛˈta]), is a French house music producer and DJ.^[1] Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). His 2009 album One Love included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland), "Gettin' Over You" (featuring Chris Willis, Fergie & LMFAO) and "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon), the last becoming a top five hit in the United States and all three reaching #1 in the United Kingdom, as well as another internationally known single called "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi which became a top five hit in many countries. Guetta has sold over three million albums and 15 million singles worldwide.^[2] He is currently one of the most sought-after music producers.^[3] As at 2012 David Guetta is the world's most popular DJ, claiming the #1 poll position of the DJ Mag 100 popularity poll.^[4]

Biography[link]

1984–2000: Early life and career[link]

At age 17, Guetta began DJing at the Broad Club in Paris.^[5] He first played popular songs, and he discovered house music when he heard a Farley master Funk track on French radio in 1987. The next year, he began hosting his own club nights.^[6] In 1990, he released "Nation Rap", a hip-hop collaboration with French rapper Sidney Duteil.^[7]

In the mid 1990s Guetta played in clubs including Le Centrale, the Rex, Le Boy, and Folies Pigalle.^[5][8] Released in 1994^[7] Guetta's second single, a collaboration with American house vocalist Robert Owens titled "Up & Away", was a minor club hit.^[6] In 1994, David Guetta became the manager of Le Palace nightclub and he continued to organise parties there and in other clubs, such as the "Scream" parties in Les Bains Douches.^[9]

[edit] 2001–2006: Just a Little More Love and Guetta Blaster

In 2001, David Guetta along with Joachim Garraud founded Gum Productions, and in the same year Guetta's first hit single, "Just a Little More Love", featuring American singer Chris Willis was released. Willis was vacationing in France when he met Guetta.^[6] Guetta's debut album Just a Little More Love was released in 2002 on Virgin Records and sold over 300,000 copies. The follow-up singles, ("Love Don't Let Me Go", "People Come People Go" and "Give Me Something"), were released in 2002. Guetta released a compilation, Fuck Me I'm Famous, in 2003, named after his party in Ibiza. It included "Just for One Day (Heroes)", a remix of David Bowie's song "Heroes".^[6] Later in his career, Guetta continued recording compilations under that title.

Guetta's second album, Guetta Blaster, was released in 2004. It released four singles: "Money" and "Stay" featuring Chris Willis and "The World Is Mine" and "In Love With Myself" featuring JD Davis. In 2006 the Just a Little More Love single "Love Don't Let Me Go" was re-released as a mash-up with the Tocadisco remix of "Walking Away" by The Egg. The mash-up single entitled "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" was charted higher than the original release of the song.

[edit] 2007–2008: Pop Life

Guetta performing, May 2007

In 2007, Guetta's third album Pop Life was released. The album was successful in the UK and Ireland as well as in mainland Europe. According to EMI in 2010, the album has sold a total of 530,000 copies worldwide. The lead single "Love Is Gone" reached Number 1 on the American Dance Chart and charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

He played in many countries around the world to promote the album. He played in Mauritius in January 2008, accompanied by French rapper JoeyStarr. In the same year, he and his wife Cathy also planned a new event which took place in the Stade de France on 5 July 2008. The event was called "UNIGHTED", he performed with Tiësto, Carl Cox, Joachim Garraud and Martin Solveig in front of a crowd of 40,000.^[10]

In 2009, he was placed third in the "Top 100 DJs" poll by DJ Magazine,^[11] and was elected "Best House DJ" by DJ Awards in 2008. Since April 2009, Guetta had his own radio show on the internet radio station RauteMusik on Saturday evening. The show was afterwards moved into Radio 538, being aired every Friday evening after Tiësto's Club Life. Its name is DJ Mix. Guetta performs a one-hour set of house music, presenting mainly new talents inside.

[edit] 2009–2010: One Love and international breakthrough

David Guetta's fourth studio album, One Love, was released in August 2009. Its first single "When Love Takes Over", which featured Kelly Rowland, peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and topped many other countries worldwide. His second single from the album, "Sexy Bitch" featuring Akon, became his second #1 in the UK. "One Love" featuring Estelle, "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi and "Gettin' Over You" featuring Chris Willis, Fergie and LMFAO followed. As of May 2011 the album had sold three million copies worldwide.^[12] Guetta's fourth studio album One Love was nominated as "Best Electronic/Dance Album" at the 52nd Grammy Awards.^[13] His song "When Love Takes Over" featuring American R&B singer Kelly Rowland received two nominations; Best Dance Recording and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, and won the latter. After conflicts over whether or not an album re-issue should go ahead, One More Love was released on 29 November 2010. First single, titled "Who's That Chick?" featuring Rihanna was released a few weeks prior.^[14]

On 16 June 2009, The Black Eyed Peas released the David Guetta-produced "I Gotta Feeling" as their second single from their fifth studio album, The E.N.D.. It became a worldwide hit topping the charts in seventeen countries. It became the most downloaded song of all-time in the United States with almost 7.5 million downloads and in the United Kingdom selling more than 1 million copies.^[15][16] He was nominated twice for his work with The Black Eyed Peas at the 52nd Grammy Awards; in the category Record of the Year for "I Gotta Feeling" and Album of the Year for their album The E.N.D.. In 2010, David Guetta co-wrote and produced Kelly Rowland's "Commander" from her third album Here I Am. It peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the United States, and reached top ten positions in Belgium and the United Kingdom. Guetta has also co-produced "Forever and a Day", which was Kelly's next UK single from that album.^[17][18] Guetta also produced the singles "Acapella" and "Scream" for American singer-songwriter Kelis's fifth studio album, Flesh Tone, released on 14 May 2010. "Acapella" was released as the lead single on 23 February 2010 and topped the dance charts in the United Kingdom and United States. On 28 June 2010 American rapper Flo Rida released the single "Club Can't Handle Me" featuring David Guetta. The song is included on the soundtrack album to the American 3D dance film Step Up 3D.

Guetta on the One Love Tour, January 2010.

[edit] 2011–present: Nothing But the Beat

Guetta's fifth studio album, Nothing But the Beat was released on August 30, 2011. It was released as a double-disc album; one disc being vocal and the other being electronic.^[19] The French DJ was inspired by rock bands such as Kings of Leon and Coldplay to add rock influences to his dance productions.^[20] "Where Them Girls At" featuring Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida, the first single off the album, was released worldwide on May 2, 2011.^[21][22] "Little Bad Girl" featuring Ludacris and Taio Cruz, was released as the second single on June 28, 2011.^[19][23] The third single "Without You" featuring Usher was released on September 27, 2011. Guetta also released three promotional singles for Nothing But the Beat, "Titanium" featuring Sia, "Lunar" with Afrojack and "Night of Your Life" featuring Jennifer Hudson. The album also features the hit single "Sweat" with Snoop Dogg.

Guetta is also scheduled to perform alongside Nicky Romero and Nervo at London's Alexandra Palace on June 1, 2012.^[24]

Personal life[link]

Guetta and his wife Cathy in January 2012 at the NRJ Music Awards ceremony.

His father was a restaurateur of Moroccan Jewish descent,^[25] and his mother is of Belgian descent.^[26][27][28] He is married to socialite and night club manager Cathy Guetta; they have two children, Tim Elvis Eric (born 2004) and Angie (born 2007).^[29]

Discography[link]

• Just a Little More Love (2002)
• Guetta Blaster (2004)
• Pop Life (2007)
• One Love (2009)
• Nothing but the Beat (2011)

Awards and nominations[link]

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References[link]

External links[link]

• David Guetta on Myspace
• David Guetta on Twitter
• David Guetta's channel on YouTube
• David Guetta at the Internet Movie Database
• David Guetta official store
• David Guetta information at Ultra Records
• Review of 'Memories' on the Daily Music Guide
• David Jeffries. "David Guetta biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p572357. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
• David Guetta in PACHA NEWS
• David Guetta at Billboard.com
• Review of 'Gettin Over you' on the Daily Music Guide