Alonzo
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Alonzo or Alonso
Alonso
Alonso is the name of:*Alonso Fernández Alvarez, Costa Rican male model*Alonso Fernández de Lugo, Spanish military man*Alonso Ferreira de Matos, Brazilian footballer*Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer and vihuelist...

 is the name of:
  • Alonzo Babers
    Alonzo Babers
    Alonzo C. Babers is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 400 m and the 4x400 m relay....

     (b. 1961), a U.S. athlete.
  • Alonzo Bodden
    Alonzo Bodden
    Alonzo Bodden is an American comedian and actor known for winning the grand prize in the third season of the reality-television series Last Comic Standing. He had been the runner-up in the previous season....

    , a U.S. comedian.
  • Alonzo Church
    Alonzo Church
    Alonzo Church was an American mathematician and logician who made major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science. He is best known for the lambda calculus, Church–Turing thesis, Frege–Church ontology, and the Church–Rosser theorem.-Life:Alonzo Church...

     (1903–1995), a U.S. mathematician.
  • Alonzo Clemons
    Alonzo Clemons
    Alonzo Clemons is an American animal sculptor and a savant. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.Clemons suffered a severe brain injury as a child that left him developmentally disabled , but able to create very accurate animal sculptures out of clay. Clemons can create a sculpture of almost any animal,...

    , a U.S. autistic savant clay sculptor.
  • Alonzo B. Cornell
    Alonzo B. Cornell
    Alonzo Barton Cornell was a New York politician and businessman who served as 27th Governor of New York from 1880 to 1882.-Early years:...

     (1832–1904), a Governor of New York.
  • Alonzo J. Edgerton
    Alonzo J. Edgerton
    Alonzo Jay Edgerton was an American politician, who graduated from Wesleyan University in 1850, and there became a member of the Mystical Seven. After residing in Mississippi and Illinois for periods of time, Edgerton settled in Mantorville in 1855 and was admitted to the bar. In 1859 he was...

     (1827–1896), a U.S. politician.
  • Alonzo Dillard Folger
    Alonzo Dillard Folger
    Alonzo Dillard Folger was a Democratic U.S Congressman from North Carolina between 1939 and 1941.Born in Dobson, North Carolina, Folger attended public schools in Surry County and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

     (1888 –1941), a U.S. politician.
  • Alonzo A. Hinckley
    Alonzo A. Hinckley
    Alonzo Arza Hinckley was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1934 until his death....

     (1870–1936), a U.S. official of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • Alonzo Horton
    Alonzo Horton
    Alonzo Erastus Horton was an American real estate developer in the nineteenth century. The Horton Plaza mall in downtown San Diego is named for him.-Early life:...

     (1813–1910), developer of San Diego, California.
  • Alonzo C. Mather
    Alonzo C. Mather
    Alonzo Clark Mather was founder and president of the Mather Stock Car Company, a U.S. firm that built and leased railroad freight cars, especially stock cars.-Birth and education:...

     (1848–1941), founder of the Mather Stock Car Company.
  • Alonzo Mourning
    Alonzo Mourning
    Alonzo Harding Mourning, Jr. is a former American professional basketball player, who played most of his 15-year NBA career for the Miami Heat....

     (b. 1970), a U.S. basketball player.
  • Alonzo Sargent
    Alonzo Sargent
    Alonzo Sargent was an American locomotive engineer from Jackson, Michigan who was found to be responsible for one of the worst circus train wrecks in U.S...

    , (fl. 1918) a U.S. locomotive engineer.
  • Amos Alonzo Stagg
    Amos Alonzo Stagg
    Amos Alonzo Stagg was an American athlete and pioneering college coach in multiple sports, primarily American football...

     (1862–1965), a U.S. sports coach.
  • John A. Alonzo
    John A. Alonzo
    John Alonzo, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer who pioneered hand held work, lighting techniques and HD development during his career...

     (1934–2001), a U.S. cinematographer.


The following fictional characters have the name Alonzo:
  • Alonzo, from Disney's 101 Dalmatians
  • Alonzo (cat)
    Alonzo (cat)
    Alonzo is a character in T. S. Eliot`s Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and Andrew Lloyd Webber`s musical Cats. His name is mentioned first in the Naming of Cats. His actor sometimes doubles as the Great Rumpus Cat depending on the production....

    , from the musical CATS.
  • Alonzo Quijano, the name of the lead character in the novel Don Quixote.
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