Octavio
Encyclopedia
Octavio/Octávio is a Spanish
and Portuguese
given name. It may refer to:
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
given name. It may refer to:
Individuals
- Marco OctávioMarco OctávioMarco Octávio Simoes Barbosa is a Brazilian beach soccer and football coach. He is currently Head Coach of Liga Deportiva Alajuelense. in the UNAFUT.Octávio guided Brazil to six World Championship titles, which remains a record...
, Brazilian beach soccer coach - Octavio DotelOctavio DotelOctavio Eduardo Dotel is a Domincan professional baseball pitcher who is currently a Free Agent....
, a Major League Baseball relief pitcher - Octavio Paz LozanoOctavio PazOctavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.-Early life and writings:...
, a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature - Octávio MateusOctávio MateusOctávio Mateus is a Portuguese dinosaur paleontologist and biologist . He received his PhD at Universidade Nova de Lisboa in 2005...
, Portuguese paleontologist - Octavio OcampoOctavio OcampoOctavio Ocampo was born on 28 February 1943 in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. He grew up in a family of designers, and studied art from early childhood. At art school, Ocampo constructed papier mache figures for floats, altars, and ornaments that were used during carnival parades and other festivals....
, Mexican artist - Octavio TrompowskyOctavio TrompowskyOctavio Figueira Trompowsky de Almeida was a Brazilian chess player, who was born and died in Rio de Janeiro....
, was a Brazilian chess player - Octavio ZambranoOctavio ZambranoOctavio Zambrano is one of the all-time winningest coaches in Major League Soccer history, .-Player:...
, Ecuadorian soccer coach
Fiction
- A character in the 1983 film, Scarface
- A character in Eating Out 2: Sloppy SecondsEating Out 2: Sloppy SecondsEating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds is a gay-themed romantic comedy film released in 2006. It is the sequel to Eating Out and Jim Verraros, Rebekah Kochan, and Emily Brooke Hands reprise their roles from the original...
- Octavio, a character in King of the Hill
- Octavio, a character from the video game Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
- Octavio (film)Octavio (film)Octavio: The metamorphic history of Octavio Ocampo is a film biopic about the famous Mexican artist Octavio Ocampo, its release is announced for the fall of 2011 in Mexico...
, a film about Octavio OcampoOctavio OcampoOctavio Ocampo was born on 28 February 1943 in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. He grew up in a family of designers, and studied art from early childhood. At art school, Ocampo constructed papier mache figures for floats, altars, and ornaments that were used during carnival parades and other festivals....
Other
- The name given by Jimi Hendrix to an effects pedal used with electric guitars, invented by Jim Morris of Kelsey-Morris Sound, London. A later version was called an OctaviaOctavia (effects pedal)The Octavia was an effects pedal designed for Jimi Hendrix by his sound technician, Jim Morris of Kelsey-Morris Sound Co., London, in early 1967...
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See also
- Octavo (disambiguation)
- Ottavio (disambiguation)OttavioOttavio may refer to:* Ottavio Leoni, Italian painter* Ottavio Rinuccini , Italian composer* Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni , Italian composer* Ottavio Cinquanta, the President of the International Skating Union...
, the Italian equivalent of Octavio