Vega (surname)
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Vega is a Spanish
surname
than means "dweller in the meadow", or "one who lives on the plain". Other versions of the surname Vega are Vegas or Vegaz.
People
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
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than means "dweller in the meadow", or "one who lives on the plain". Other versions of the surname Vega are Vegas or Vegaz.
People
- Alan VegaAlan VegaAlan Vega For several years other sources stated that he was born in 1948 – see 'Myth' section is an American vocalist, primarily known for his work with electronic protopunk duo, Suicide...
, singer for the no wave duo Suicide - Alexa VegaAlexa VegaAlexa Ellesse Vega is an American actress, singer and pianist. She is best known for playing Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids film series and Shilo Wallace in the movie Repo! the Genetic Opera. In 2009, she starred as the title character Ruby Gallagher in the ABC Family series Ruby & The...
, Colombian American actress and singer - Amelia VegaAmelia VegaAmelia Vega Polanco became the first and only Dominican woman to be named Miss Universe, in 2003. At the age of 18, she was the youngest winner since 1994....
, Miss Universe 2003 from the Dominican Republic - Ed VegaEd VegaEdgardo Vega Yunqué was a Puerto Rican novelist and short-story writer who also used the Americanized pen name Ed Vega.- Early years :...
, U.S. Puerto Rican novelist - Janine Pommy VegaJanine Pommy VegaJanine Pommy Vega was an American poet associated with the Beats.Vega grew up in Union City, New Jersey. At the age of sixteen, inspired by Jack Kerouac's On the Road, she travelled to Manhattan to become involved in the Beat scene there.In 1962, Vega moved to Europe with her husband, painter...
, American poet - Judah VegaJudah VegaJudah Vega was the first rabbi of the second synagogue of Amsterdam, Neveh Shalom, which was established in 1608. After a short time he resigned his office, and in 1610 went to Constantinople, where he is said to have written a work entitled Jazania , which treated of the life of the Jewish...
, 17th century rabbi in Amsterdam - Jurij VegaJurij VegaBaron Jurij Bartolomej Vega was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.-Early life:...
(1754-1802), Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer - Isidra VegaIsidra VegaIsidra Vega is an American actress of Hispanic descent, born and raised in the Morningside Heights section of New York City'....
, a Hispanic American actress - Lope de VegaLope de VegaFélix Arturo Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright and poet. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Century Baroque literature...
(1562–1635), Spanish playwright - Little Louie VegaLittle Louie VegaLuis Fernando Vager , better known as "Little" Louie Vega, is an American musician and one half of the Masters At Work musical production team...
, a Puerto Rican house musician. He occasionally uses an alias name Vega. - Lydia de VegaLydia de VegaLydia de Vega-Mercado is a former athlete from the Philippines, was considered Asia's fastest woman in the 1980s. As Asia's sprint queen, she ran away with the gold medal in the 100-meter dash in the 1982 New Delhi Asiad and duplicated the feat in the 1986 Seoul Asiad where she was clocked 11.53...
, Filipino athlete - Makenzie VegaMakenzie Vega-Personal life:Vega was born in Los Angeles, California to a Colombian father and an American mother. She is the younger sister of actress Alexa Vega. Vega currently lives in New York with her mother Gina Rue , and three siblings...
, American actress - Oscar VegaÓscar VegaÓscar Vega Sánchez is a former boxer from Spain, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was eliminated in the first round of the bantamweight division by Argentina's Remigio Molina on points .-External links:...
, Spanish boxer - Paz VegaPaz VegaPaz Campos Trigo , better known as Paz Vega, is a Spanish actress.- Early life :Vega was born in Seville, Andalusia, Spain to a homemaker mother and a retired bullfighter father. Vega's younger sister has performed as a flamenco dancer. Vega has described her family as "traditional" and Catholic....
, Spanish actress - Silverio VegaSilverio VegaSilverio "Sal" A. Vega is a Cuban American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2006–2008, where he represented the 33rd legislative district and served on the Law and Public Safety Committee. He also served as the Mayor of West New York. Vega lost a...
, Mayor of West New York, New Jersey - Suzanne VegaSuzanne VegaSuzanne Nadine Vega is an American songwriter and singer known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.Two of Vega's songs reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: "Luka" and "Tom's Diner"...
, American songwriter and singer