Alfonso
Alphons is a male given name, originally from a Germanic Adalfuns, coposed of the elements adal "noble" and funs "eager, brave, ready".
Variants of the name include: Alfonso (Italian and Spanish), Alfons (Catalan, Dutch, German and Polish), Afonso (Portuguese and Galician), Affonso (Ancient Portuguese), Alphonse, Alfonse (Italian, French and English), Αλφόνσος Alphonsos (Greek), Alphonsus (Latin), Alphons (Dutch), Alfonsu in (Leonese), Alfonsas (Lithuanian) .
Middle Ages
Early Modern
- Afonso VI of Portugal - (1656–1683)
- Alfonso XII of Spain - (1857–1885) (ordinal numbering continues from the kings of Castile)
- Alfonso XIII of Spain - (1886–1931)
- Afonso I of Kongo - (1505–1543)
- Afonso II of Kongo - (1561)
- Afonso III of Kongo - (1666–1667)
- Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza, son of John I of Portugal.
- Afonso, Prince of Portugal, son of John II of Portugal.
- Afonso, Duke of Porto, son of Louis I of Portugal.
- Afonso, Lord of Portalegre, son of Afonso III of Portugal.
- Martim Afonso, formerly Araribóia, leader of the Temiminó tribe in Brazil in the 16th century.
- Cardinal Afonso of Portugal, son of Manuel I of Portugal.
- João Afonso de Aveiro, Portuguese explorer.
- Jorge Afonso, Portuguese Renaissance painter.
- Mor Afonso, Mozarab mistress to Afonso III of Portugal.
- Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597.
- Alfonso II, Count of Provence, second son of Alfonso II of Aragon.
- Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1628–44).
- Alfonso of Castile, Prince of Asturias, figurehead of rebelling magnates against his brother King Henry IV of Castile.
- Alfonso of Hauteville, Prince of Capua.
Modern
Afonso
Alfons
Alfonso
- Alfonso fabrega,of panama city panama,1998-
Alfonso henriquez ortiz, of panama city panama, Boss of Boss's during 1991-current
- Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai.
- Alfonso Soriano, a current Major League Baseball outfielder playing for the Chicago Cubs
- Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias, heir-apparent of the throne of Spain 1907-31.
- Alfonso Lizarazo, Colombian host and political
- Bill "Fonzie" Alfonso, former Wrestling referee & manager.
- Elvira Alfonso, Queen of Sicily.
- Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile.
- Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist.
- Alfonso of Spain, younger brother of current reigning King Juan Carlos of Spain.
- Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, claimant to the title of the head of House of Bourbon Two Sicilies.
- Alfonso John Romero, American video-game designer, programmer, and developer.
- José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez, former Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador.
- Juan Alfonso de Baena, Castilian troubadour.
- Kristian Alfonso, American soap opera actress.
- Alfonso Pérez Muñoz, Spanish football (soccer) striker.
- Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil, Spanish football (soccer) midfielder.
- Michael Alfonso, or Mike Awesome, American wrestler.
- Nicolás Salmerón y Alfonso, Spanish statesman.
- Ozzie Alfonso, American TV director and producer.
- Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Spanish playboy and businessman.
- Alfonso, Count of Caserta, Duke of Calabria and Head of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies.
- Ricardo Alfonso Cerna, famous suicide victim.
- X-Alfonso, Cuban hip-hop and afro-rock musician.
- Celestino Alfonso, Spanish republican and volunteer fighter in the French resistance during World War II.
Alphonse
Alphonsus
Ildefonso/Ildephonsus
- Ildefonso Schuster, archbishop of Milan, Italy
- Ildefons Cerdà, Catalan urban planner.
- Ildefonso Lima, Andorran footballer.
- Ildefonso Puigdendolas, Spanish military officer.
- Ildefonso V. Vázquez, Governor of Nuevo León, Mexico, in 1915.
- Ildephonsus of Toledo, Saint and archbishop of Toledo in the 7th century.
- Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Polish writer and poet
Fictional characters
- Alphonso MacKenzie, fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- Alfie Atkins, known as Alfons Åberg in Swedish, character created by Gunilla Bergström from Sweden
- Alfonzo Dominico Jones, a dog in the Australian television series SeaChange
- Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, character in the comic strip Dick Tracy
- Alphonse and Gaston, French duo in a comic strip created by Frederick Burr Opper
- Alphonse Elric from FullMetal Alchemist
- Alphonse Mephisto, fictional character in the animated television series South Park
- Alfons Heiderich from Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
- Alphonso Ali, minor character in Bloom County
- Monsieur Alfonse, character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo! played by the actor Kenneth Connor
- Don Alfonso, character in Mozart's opera Così fan tutte
- The name of a number of pets and the Patlabor of Noa Izumi from the anime Patlabor.
Places
- Afonso Cláudio, a municipality in Brazil.
- Alfonso Castaneda, Nueva Vizcaya, a municipality in the Philippines.
- Alfonso Lista, Ifugao, a municipality in the Philippines.
- Alfonso, Cavite, a municipality in the Philippines.
- Alphonse Atoll, in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
- Alphonse Group, a group of atolls in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
- Alphonse Island, in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
- Cape San Ildefonso, a cape in the Philippines.
- Ildefonso Islands, group of islands in Chile.
- Paulo Afonso, a city in Brazil.
- Ribeira Afonso, a village in São Tomé and Príncipe.
- San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán, a municipality in Guatemala.
- San Ildefonso Peninsula, a peninsula in the Philippines.
- San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, a census-designated place in the USA.
- San Ildefonso, Bulacan, a municipality in the Philippines.
- San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur, a municipality in the Philippines.
- San Ildefonso, San Vicente, a municipality in El Salvador.
- San Ildefonso, a town in Spain.
- Santo Ildefonso, a parish in Portugal.
Airports
Stadiums
Other
- Ildefonso Altar (Der Altar des hl. Ildefonso), a painting by Peter Paul Rubens.
- Alfonso und Estrella, an opera by Franz Schubert.
- Alphonso (mango), a mango found in India.
- Alphonso Psalter, a devotional Psalter.
- Convent of St. Ildefonso, a book by Regina Marie Roche.
- HMS Ildefonso, a British Royal Navy ship.
- Palacio Real de la Granja de San Ildefonso, a palace in the Spanish province of Segovia.
- Alphonso, a book by Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin, comtesse de Genlis.
- Church of Saint Ildefonso, an 18th century church in Porto
Treaty of San Ildefonso
See also