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12 unusual facts about San Rafael


Ariston Delos Reyes

Vice Admiral Ariston V. Delos Reyes AFP (Ret.) (born February 16, 1950 in San Rafael, Bulacan) is a military officer in the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Carlo Felice Cillario

Born Carlos Felix Cillario in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, he went to Italy in 1923, where he studied the violin and composition at the Bologna Conservatorio.

Eliseo Salamanca

José Eliseo Salamanca Bermúdez (Born October 24, 1979 in San Rafael Oriente, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran professional football player.

José Adriosola Reyes y Mariano

He was born on April 24, 1864 at San Rafael, Bulacan to Maximo Adriosola Reyes and Valeriana Mariano.

José de los Santos Berreyesa

When his father traveled up to see how his three sons were being treated in jail, the father and two cousins, twin sons of Francisco de Haro, were shot and killed in San Rafael by a group of three men, including Kit Carson, assigned the task by Frémont.

Pulmuone

There is a subsidiary in the United States, called Pulmuone Wildwood, Inc., with offices in Fullerton, California, Watsonville, California, San Rafael, California, Grinnell, Iowa, and Tappan, New York.

R. v. Perka

William Perka served as navigator and William Terry Hines, a San Rafael, California diesel mechanic served as engineer.

Rafael

San Rafael, for various places named for the Archangel Raphael in Spanish

Rubén Cano

Born in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina to Spanish parents, Cano started his professional career with Buenos Aires-based Club Atlético Atlanta, remaining four years with the club.

San Rafael, Bulacan

In May, 1942, the Japanese government opened schools and introduced the teaching of Nippon-go.

Thomas C. Reed

While maintaining an interest in Supercon Ltd., Reed organized the Quaker Hill Development Corporation at San Rafael, California, in 1965, and served as its treasurer, president and chairman.

Zemaryalai Tarzi

Professor Tarzi is the author of some sixty articles and books as well as president of the Association for the Protection of Afghan Archaeology (APAA), based in San Rafael, California.


Bioneer

The greatest use of the term since its coinage has been in relation to the annual Bioneers conference founded by Ausubel and his wife Nina Simons and held annually in San Rafael, California, and its participants.

Danny Click

Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs! took up residency at the Sleeping Lady in Fairfax, California, eventually branching out to larger venues, including George's Nightclub in San Rafael, California, The Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, The Sweetwater Music Hall, and 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, California.

Darío Figueroa

Darío Damián Figueroa (born 13 February 1978 in San Rafael, Mendoza) is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Zamora of Venezuela.

Earl Isaac

Earl Judson Isaac (7 August 1921 – 12 December 1983), along with friend Bill Fair, set up the company Fair Isaac in a small studio apartment on Lincoln Ave. in San Rafael, California in the year 1956.

French Argentine

Frenchmen were particularly numerous in the wine-producing departments of Maipú, Luján and in the French colony of San Rafael, founded by engineer Julio Gerónimo Balloffet.

Guide Dogs for the Blind

Guide Dogs for the Blind is a guide dog school located in the United States, with campuses in San Rafael, California, and Boring, Oregon.

Richmond–San Rafael Bridge

The Richmond–San Rafael Bridge (officially, the John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge) is the northernmost of the east–west crossings of the San Francisco Bay in California, USA, connecting Richmond on the east to San Rafael on the west end.

When the World Comes Down

Many components of When the World Comes Down was recorded at the famed Skywalker Ranch, in San Rafael, California.