That actor, from the top picture, is called "Joaquim de Almeida". :p
There are alot of other portuguese names/words started with "Al".
Alfredo
Aljezur
Alcácer
... lots of Als.
The hiberian peninsula was dominated by ??, then by ??, then by the romans, then the invading tribes from the north for a short while, then a few centuries by the new born musslins. They left alot of culture behind. In fact, that culture left by them, which were quite more advanced than the medieval europe, (and the one gathered in the crusades) was one of the main factors the helped europe leave the "Dark Ages" and head into renaiscansse.
You know, it is quite a funny thing. In those days, europe was a bunch of crude barbarians while the musslin world was far more advanced. They had madicine, poetry, music, theater, sciences (like Algebra), more advanced irrigation and cultivation techniques, etc. Centuries later, is has turned completely around...