Vives
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Vives is a common surname present in Catalan countries
Catalan Countries
The Catalan term Països Catalans refers to the territories where the Catalan language is spoken.The first mentions of the term date back to the late 19th century, but it never surpassed the limits of a small circle of Catalan authors until its strictly cultural dimension became increasingly...

, and it can refer to:
  • Vivès
    Vivès
    Vivès is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.-References:*...

    , commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France
  • 11363 Vives
    11363 Vives
    11363 Vives is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1163.0723746 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 1, 1998.-References:...

    , main belt asteroid

People

  • Amadeo Vives
    Amadeo Vives
    Amadeu Vives i Roig was a Catalan Spanish musical composer, creator of over a hundred stage works. He is best known for Doña Francisquita, which Christopher Webber has praised for its "easy lyricism, fluent orchestration and colourful evocation of 19th Century Madrid—not to mention its memorable...

    , a Spanish musical composer
  • Carlos Vives
    Carlos Vives
    Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...

     (born 1961), Colombian singer, composer and actor
  • Gilberto Calvillo Vives
    Gilberto Calvillo Vives
    Gilberto Calvillo Vives is the president of the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics ....

     (born 1945), President of the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI)
  • Giuseppe Vives
    Giuseppe Vives
    Giuseppe Vives is an Italian football midfielder who, as of 2006, is playing for Torino.-Career:Vives played for the youth team of his native Sant'Anastasia and during the 1999–2000 season he played with the club in Serie C2. In 2002 he moved to Ancona who were in Serie B at the time. In the...

     (born 1980), Italian football midfielder
  • Joan Lluís Vives, a famous Valencian scholar and humanist
  • Jaume Vicens i Vives
    Jaume Vicens i Vives
    Jaume Vicens Vives was a Spanish historian, and is considered, along with Pierre Vilar, one of top influential Catalan historians of 20th century....

     (born 1910), Spanish historian
  • Josep Manyanet i Vives (1833 - 1901), Catalan priest who is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church
  • Juan Luis Vives
    Juan Luís Vives
    Juan Luis Vives , also Joan Lluís Vives i March , was a Valencian Spanish scholar and humanist.-Biography:Vives was born in Valencia...

     (1493–1540), Valencian scholar and humanist
  • Nuria Llagostera Vives
    Nuria Llagostera Vives
    Nuria Llagostera Vives is a Spanish female tennis player. On June 6, 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her career-high singles ranking, World No. 35.During her career she has won 2 singles titles and 11 in doubles...

     (born 1980), Spanish female tennis player
  • Peter Vives
    Peter Vives
    Peter Vives Newey is a Catalan actor, singer and classical pianist. He is perhaps best known for the part of Angel in The Cheetah Girls 2, where he sang and played the guitar. Peter didn't actually know how to play the guitar, so he had to learn it to star in The Cheetah Girls 2, which he did in...

    , Spanish actor, singer and classical pianist
  • Salvador de Vives
    Salvador de Vives
    Salvador de Vives Rodó was a Puerto Rican politician and Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 1840 to 1842 and then again from 1844 to 1845. He was the son of Quirse Vives and Ana Maria Rodo. He was a wealthy coffee plantation owner who established the now historic Hacienda Buena Vista. Under de...

    , mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
    Ponce, Puerto Rico
    Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...

    , from 1840-42 and 1844-45
  • T. Edward Vives
    T. Edward Vives
    T. Edward Vives, a trombonist and composer, is the musical director of the Los Alamos Community Winds.Originally from Auburn, Alabama, Dr. Vives began music studies at the age of 4, taking piano and theory lessons from Edgar and Dorothy Glyde. His musical interests changed to trombone performance...

    , trombonist and composer

External links

Vives surname in each Spanish province
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