Geronimo (disambiguation)
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Geronimo is the Italian and Spanish form of "Jerome
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Jerome (given name)
Jerome is a masculine name of Greek origin. It derived from the Greek name Hieronymos meaning "sacred name". It is the name of a well-known saint, Saint Jerome. Jerome ranked among the top 200 names given to boys born in the United States between 1903 and 1985...
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People
- Saint Francis de GeronimoFrancis de GeronimoSaint Francis de Geronimo, also called Frances di Girolamo or - Hieronymo, or Francis Jerome was a Jesuit priest and missionary who was canonized by Gregory XVI in 1839. He was known for his sermons and the religious zeal that he inspired...
, a Jesuit priest and missionary who was canonized by Gregory XVI in 1839. - Geronimo BruniGeronimo BruniGeronimo Bruni, an Italian painter and etcher known for battle scenes, was a pupil of Jacques Courtois. He was active at Naples in 1660-70....
, an Italian painter - Geronimo MercurialiGeronimo MercurialiGirolamo Mercuriale was an Italian philologist and physician, most famous for his work De Arte Gymnastica.-Biography:...
, an Italian philologist and physician - Geronimo Saccheri, an Italian mathematician
- Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt was a high-ranking member of the Black Panthers
- César GerónimoCésar GerónimoCésar Francisco Gerónimo Zorrilla , known as César Gerónimo, is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball, who was a member of the famed Big Red Machine of the Cincinnati Reds during the 1970s. He batted and threw left-handed....
, a Major League Baseball player - Gerónimo PeñaGeronimo PenaGerónimo Peña Martínez , is a retired professional baseball player who played second base in the major leagues from 1990-1996....
, a Major League Baseball player of the 1990s - Gerónimo de AguilarGerónimo de AguilarGerónimo de Aguilar O.F.M. was a Franciscan friar born in Écija, Spain. Aguilar was later involved with the 1519 Spanish conquest of Mexico, and with La Malinche he assisted Hernán Cortés in translating indigenous language to Spanish....
, a Franciscan friar involved in the Spanish conquest of Mexico - Geronimo dos SantosGeronimo dos SantosGeronimo "Mondragon" dos Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who fights in the heavyweight division. He currently has a record of 26 wins and 13 losses with none of his fights making it to a decision, or even the third round....
, a Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist - Don GeronimoDon GeronimoMichael Sorce , better known by his stage name Don Geronimo, is an American radio personality formerly featured on the nationally syndicated radio talk show Don and Mike Show...
, stage name of radio personality Michael Sorce - Licerio GeronimoLicerio GerónimoLicerio Gerónimo was a general of the Philippine Revolutionary Forces under Emilio Aguinaldo. He is remembered in Philippine-American War annals as the opposing general to Major General Henry Ware Lawton at the Battle of San Mateo on December 19, 1899, where Lawton lost his life along with 13...
, a general of the Philippines - Sarah GeronimoSarah GerónimoSarah Asher Tua Geronimo is a Filipino recording artist, actress and dancer. Geronimo started her career appearing in children's variety shows such as Pen-pen de Sarapen, Ang TV and NEXT...
, a Filipina actress - GeronimoGeronimoGeronimo was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars. Allegedly, "Geronimo" was the name given to him during a Mexican incident...
was a Chiricahua Apache leader.
Fictional characters
- Fatz Geronimo, in The Rock-afire Explosion
- Geronimo (Kinnikuman)Geronimo (Kinnikuman)' is a character from Yudetamago's manga and anime series Kinnikuman and its sequel Kinnikuman Nisei. The Ultimate Muscle dub renamed him "Beatlebomb" and his voice was based on Ringo Starr...
, in the manga series Kinnikuman - Geronimo (Astroboy 1980)Geronimo (Astroboy 1980)Geronimo is a fictional computer from Canadian dub of the 1980 series Astro Boy.Very little is known about where Geronimo actually came from, but what is seen is that Geronimo is a...
, in Osamu Tezuka's 1980s Astroboy (Canadian dub) - Geronimo StiltonGeronimo StiltonFor the TV series of the same name, see Geronimo Stilton Geronimo Stilton is a best-selling children's book series published by Edizioni Piemme of Milan, Italy, since 2000. Scholastic Corporation has published the English version of the series since February 2004...
, in the Geronimo Stilton series
Films
- Geronimo (1939 film), starring Preston FosterPreston FosterPreston Foster was an American stage and film actor, and singer. Foster entered films in 1929 after appearing as a Broadway stage actor. He was appearing in Broadway plays as late as October 1931 when he acted in a play titled Two Seconds starring Edward J. Pawley...
- Geronimo (1962 film)Geronimo (1962 film)Geronimo is a 1962 Technicolor Western film made by Levy-Gardner-Laven and released by United Artists, starring Chuck Connors in the title role. The film was directed by Arnold Laven from a screenplay by Pat Fielder and was mostly fimed in Durango, Mexico...
, featuring Chuck Connors as the title character - Geronimo: An American LegendGeronimo: An American LegendGeronimo: An American Legend is a 1993 film, starring Wes Studi as Geronimo, Jason Patric as 1st Lt. Charles B. Gatewood, Gene Hackman as Brig. Gen. George Crook, Robert Duvall as Chief of Scouts Al Sieber, and Matt Damon as 2nd Lt. Britton Davis. The film was directed by Walter Hill from a...
(1993), starring Wes Studi, Matt Damon, Robert Duvall, and Gene Hackman - Geronimo (TV film)Geronimo (TV film)Joseph Runningfox starred in a 1993 TNT television movie as Geronimo. First Nations actor Jimmy Herman appeared in this motion picture as the Old Geronimo...
(1993)
Other
- Geronimo (exclamation)Geronimo (exclamation)Geronimo! is an exclamation occasionally used by jumping skydivers or, more generally, anyone about to jump from a great height. The cry originated in the United States.- Background :...
, traditionally uttered by a parachutist upon jumping from an airplane - Operation Geronimo, several military operations
- Apache Geronimo, an open source project developed by the Apache Software Foundation
- Geronimo FMGeronimo FMGeronimo FM is a youngsters hits radio based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. First went on-air as a pirate station called Gembel Rapi in 1968, Geronimo got its license in 1971 and May 31 1971 was announced as its official anniversary date. The station was first an AM station on 1602 kHz and has since...
, a radio station in Indonesia - "Geronimo" (single), a reggae single by Bruce RuffinBruce RuffinBruce Ruffin is a rocksteady and reggae artist.-Biography:...
- "Geronimo", a UK hit in 1963 for the pop instrumental band The ShadowsThe ShadowsThe Shadows are a British pop group with a total of 69 UK hit-charted singles: 35 as 'The Shadows' and 34 as 'Cliff Richard and the Shadows', from the 1950s to the 2000s. Cliff Richard in casual conversation with the British rock press frequently refers to the Shadows by their nickname: 'The Shads'...
- Geronimo (Aura Dione song)Geronimo (Aura Dione song)"Geronimo" is a song by Danish singer-songwriter Aura Dione from her second studio album, Before the Dinosaurs. The song was released as the album's lead single on September 19, 2011. It was written by Aura Dione, David Jost, Joachim Persson, Ian O'Brien-Docker and Thomas Troelsen, and it was...
- song by Aura Dione, 2011
See also
- Jerónimo (disambiguation)
- Hieronymus (disambiguation)
- Saint Jerome (disambiguation)
- San Geronimo (disambiguation)
- San Jerónimo (disambiguation)