Dembo
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Dembo is a surname
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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"...
, and may refer to:
- António DemboAntonio DemboGeneral António Sebastião Dembo served as Vice President and later President of UNITA, an anti-Communist rebel group that fought against the MPLA in the Angolan Civil War....
, Angolan leader of UNITAUNITAThe National Union for the Total Independence of Angola is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought with the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola in the Angolan War for Independence and then against the MPLA in the ensuing civil war .The war was one... - Fennis DemboFennis DemboFennis Marx Dembo is a retired American professional basketball player for the 1989 National Basketball Association champion Detroit Pistons. A small forward position, he only played in the NBA for one season, averaging 1.2 points and 0.7 rebounds in 31 games...
, American basketball player - Leonard DemboLeonard DemboLeonard Tazvivinga Dembo was a Zimbabwean guitar-band musician who became extremely popular in Zimbabwe during the 1990s with his band the 'Barura Express'.-Early life and education:...
, Zimbabwean guitar-band musician - Richard DemboRichard DemboRichard Dembo was a French director and screenwriter.Dembo achieved worldwide recoginition with his first film: La diagonale du fou. For the direction of this film Dembo received an Oscar in 1984 for best foreign film, as well as other numerous awards...
, French director and screenwriter of Israeli origin - Ron DemboRon DemboRon S. Dembo is the Founder and CEO of Zerofootprint, a socially responsible enterprise whose mission is to apply technology, design and risk management to the massive reduction of our environmental footprint...
, financial engineer and entrepreneur - Yelena DemboYelena DemboYelena Dembo is a Greek International Master of chess. On the May 2010 FIDE rating list for women, she is ranked 31st in the world, with a rating of 2470. She became a Woman Grandmaster when she was seventeen years old, and an International Master at age nineteen...
, Greek chess player
A town:
- Dembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Dembo, Cameroon