Cavalcanti
Cavalcanti is an Italian surname, used by people of ancient Italian origin. In Italy and Brazil the variant Cavalcante is also used. The family came to Brazil in 1560.[1]
- Alberto Cavalcanti (1897-1982), Brazilian film director
- Andrea Cavalcanti, a fictional character in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti (died c. 1280), Florentine philosopher, father of Guido Cavalicanti
- Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897-1976), Brazilian painter
- Giovanni Cavalcanti (chronicler) (1381-c.1451), Florentine chronicler
- Giovanni Cavalcanti (poet) (1444-1509), Florentine poet
- Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1255-1300), Italian poet
- João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque (born 1878), Brazilian politician
- Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1850-1930), first Latin American Cardinal
- Severino Cavalcanti (1930–2020), Brazilian politician
See also[]
- Cavalcanti, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro
References[]
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Categories:
- Surnames
- Cavalcanti family
- Italian-language surnames