Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug lord and leader of one of the most powerful criminal organizations ever assembled. During the height of his power in the 1980âs, he controlled a vast empire of drugs and murder that covered the globe.
The surname Griego came from the Italian personal name Greca, which is derived from the Latin word graecus, which means greek. Alternatively, the surname is of a nickname origin that was given to one who came from Greece.
This icon of Norwegian nationalism actually came from a Scottish family (originally Greig). Grieg's grandfather emigrated to Norway in the late Eighteenth Century. Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (June 15, 1843 - September 4, 1907) came from comfortable circumstances. His mother, a pianist, gave the six-year old Grieg his first lessons. The great Norwegian violinist Ole Bull encouraged the Griegs to send Edvard to Leipzig for further study. At fifteen, Grieg found himself at a place he disliked.