Aquino (disambiguation)
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Aquino, also d'Aquino, is a toponym and surname
of Italian origin. It is very frequent within the former Kingdom of Naples
, once allied with Spain
.
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of Italian origin. It is very frequent within the former Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples, comprising the southern part of the Italian peninsula, was the remainder of the old Kingdom of Sicily after secession of the island of Sicily as a result of the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. Known to contemporaries as the Kingdom of Sicily, it is dubbed Kingdom of...
, once allied with Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
Persons
- Thomas of Aquino, Italian philosopher and theologian
- Anastasio AquinoAnastasio AquinoAnastasio Mártir Aquino was a Salvadoran indigenous leader who led the Insurrection of the Nonualcos, a campesino uprising in El Salvador during the time it belonged to the Federal Republic of Central America.Aquino was born into a family belonging to the Taytes of the...
, Salvadoran indigenous leader who led the Insurrection of the Nonualcos - Corazon AquinoCorazon AquinoMaria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...
, former president of the Philippines - Benigno Aquino, Sr.Benigno Aquino, Sr.Benigno Simeon Aquino, Sr. , also known as Benigno S. Aquino or Benigno S. Aquino, Sr., was a Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the Second Philippine Republic National Assembly from 1943 to 1944....
, politician in the Philippines - Benigno Aquino, Jr.Benigno Aquino, Jr.Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the Marcos regime in the years leading to the imposition of martial law in the Philippines...
, also known as Ninoy Aquino, politician in the Philippines - Benigno Aquino IIIBenigno Aquino IIIBenigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III , also known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, is a Filipino politician who has been the 15th and current President of the Philippines since June 2010....
, also known as Noynoy Aquino, president of the Philippines, son of the former president - Bam AquinoBam AquinoPaolo Benigno "Bam" A. Aquino IV is a former TV host, former Chairperson of the National Youth Commission of the Philippines, and currently the President of MicroVentures, Inc...
, Filipino TV host and former chairperson of the National Youth Commission - Ninoy Aquino International AirportNinoy Aquino International AirportThe Ninoy Aquino International Airport or NAIA , also known as Manila International Airport , is the airport serving the general area of Manila and its surrounding metropolitan area...
, an international airport in the Philippines - Daniel AquinoDaniel AquinoDaniel Toribio Aquino Antúnez , nicknamed El Toro , is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a striker....
, retired Argentine footballer - Greg AquinoGreg AquinoGregori Emilio Aquino Valera is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently in the Chicago White Sox organization.Aquino was originally signed as a 16-year-old infielder in , by the Arizona Diamondbacks....
, major league baseball player - Kris AquinoKris AquinoKristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino , commonly known as Kris Aquino, is a Filipino television and movie personality who gained prominence from her talk shows, game shows, and numerous endorsements. Known as the Queen of All Media and Philippines' Queen of Talk, she is the youngest daughter of...
, TV and movie actress in the Philippines, sister of the president - Angel Aquino, Filipina TV and movie actress
- Carlo AquinoCarlo AquinoCarlo Aquino is a Filipino actor and a lead singer with the band Kollide. Formerly an exclusive contract star of ABS-CBN Star Magic, he now appears in some shows on the GMA Network. He played the role of Oscar in the remake series Sinasamba Kita which aired on GMA...
, Filipino actor and singer - Michael Aquino, founder of the Temple of Set
- Michael Ray AquinoMichael Ray AquinoMichael Ray Aquino is a former intelligence officer in the police force of the Philippines. He was accused of involvement in a 2000 political murder, and more recently was convicted of helping to transmit classified information from the United States to opposition leaders in the...
, former Philippines intelligence officer convicted of espionage - Aquino (Horse), Uruguayan thoroughbred racehorse
- Marlou AquinoMarlou AquinoMarlou B. Aquino is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who last played for the Meralco Bolts. Known by his moniker The Skyscraper, he is also known, along with Dennis Espino, as one-half of the so-called Twin Towers of the disbanded Sta...
, Filipino professional basketball player - Jimbo Aquino, Filipino professional basketball player
- Luis AquinoLuis AquinoLuis Antonio Aquino [ah-KEE-noh] is a former middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Toronto Blue Jays , Kansas City Royals , Florida Marlins , Montreal Expos and San Francisco Giants...
, Baseball player from Puerto Rico - Ubaldo AquinoUbaldo AquinoUbaldo Aquino Valenzano is a football referee from Paraguay, best known for supervising two matches during the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan.-Notes:...
, Football referee from Paraguay - Salvatore AquinoSalvatore AquinoSalvatore Aquino , also known as "Turi", is an Italian criminal and a member of the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria. He is the boss of the Aquino 'ndrina from Gioiosa Ionica...
, Italian criminal - Ernesto Noel AquinoErnesto Noel AquinoErnesto Noel Aquino Pérez is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for Isidro Metapán.-Titles:-External links:*...
, Football player from Honduras - Sonia AquinoSonia Aquino- Biography :Theatre, cinema and television actress, she graduated at the National School of the Cinema in Rome and attended Francesca De Sapio's Duse Studio. Moreover she studied performing arts at the theatre "Bellini" in Naples, taking part in some stages held by Peter Del Monte, Marco...
, Italian actress - Raffaele D'AquinoRaffaele D'AquinoRaffaele D'Aquino was an Italian professional football player.He played for 4 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma.-External links:*...
, Italian football player - Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos d'AquinoFrancesco Ferdinando d'ÁvalosFrancesco Ferdinando d’Ávalos d'Aquino, 5th marquis of Pescara and of Vasto was commander in chief of the Spanish army in Lombardy and Piedmont, governor of the State of Milan and viceroy of Sicily ....
, Governor of the Duchy of Milan - Trisha Aquino, member of American girl group SparkleƧ