Abreu (surname)
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Abreu is a Portuguese language
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

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It may refer to:
  • Alcinda Abreu
    Alcinda Abreu
    Alcinda António de Abreu is a political figure in Mozambique. She was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2008 and is currently Minister of the Environment....

     (born 1953), Mozambican politician
  • Aldo Abreu
    Aldo Abreu
    Aldo Abreu is a distinguished Venezuelan recorder player who is the First Prize Winner of the 1992 "Concert Artists Guild Competition" , as well as a laureate of the "Concours Musica Antiqua" and the "Premio Flauto Dolce" ....

    , Venezuelan recorder player
  • Aleixo de Abreu
    Aleixo de Abreu
    Aleixo de Abreu was a Portuguese physician and tropical pathologist.-Further reading:...

     (1568–1630), Portuguese physician and tropical pathologist
  • Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira
    Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira
    Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira , best known as Anderson, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Manchester United and the Brazil national team....

     (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
  • Anna Abreu
    Anna Abreu
    Anna Abreu is a Finnish-Portuguese singer who rose to fame as the runner-up of the third series of the Finnish singing talent show Idols in 2007. Her music is primarily pop, though her songs also have R&B, dance and Latin rhythms to them...

     (born 1990), Finnish-Portuguese singer
  • António de Abreu
    António de Abreu
    António de Abreu was a 16th century Portuguese navigator and naval officer. He participated under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque in the conquest of Ormus in 1507 and Malacca in 1511, where he got injured...

     (16th century), Portuguese navigator and naval officer
  • António Simões de Abreu
    António Simões de Abreu
    António Simões de Abreu, ComL, known simply by António Abreu is a Portuguese engineer and politician.He joined the Portuguese Communist Party in 1969. From 1969 to 1973 he was an active member of the democratic opposition to the Fascist regime of Marcello Caetano...

     (born 1947), Portuguese engineer and politician
  • Bobby Abreu
    Bobby Abreu
    Bob Kelly "Bobby" Abreu , nicknamed "El Comedulce" and also "La Luche", is a Major League Baseball left fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim....

     (born 1974), Venezuelan baseball player
  • Caio Fernando Abreu
    Caio Fernando Abreu
    “Caio Fernando Loureiro de Abreu” , best known as “Caio Fernando Abreu” is one of the most influential and original Brazilian writers of the 70’s and 80’s generation...

     (1948–1996), Brazilian journalist and writer
  • Carlos Renato de Abreu
    Carlos Renato de Abreu
    Carlos Renato de Abreu, known as Renato or Renato Abreu , is an association football centre midfielder...

     (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
  • Casimiro de Abreu
    Casimiro de Abreu
    Casimiro José Marques de Abreu was a Brazilian poet, novelist and playwright, adept of the "Ultra-Romanticism" movement...

     (1829–1860), Brazilian writer
  • César A. Abreu Méndez Ph D. (born 1960), Psychologist, Puerto Rico.
  • Cláudia Abreu
    Cláudia Abreu
    Cláudia Abreu Fonseca is a Brazilian actress. She is married to the Brazilian movie maker José Henrique Fonseca.- Filmography :*1996 - Tieta do Agreste -...

     (born 1970), Brazilian actress
  • Diogo Abreu
    Diogo Abreu
    Prof. Diogo José Brochado de Abreu is a Portuguese geographer.After his basic and secondary education at Colégio Militar, he graduated in geography in 1978 at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Lisbon, where he also took a Doctorate in Geography in 1989.He is known for his research,...

     (born 1947), Portuguese geographer
  • António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz (1874–1955), better known as "António Egas Moniz", Portuguese psychiatrist, neurosurgeon, and Nobel Prize winner
  • Ermilo Abreu Gómez
    Ermilo Abreu Gómez
    Ermilo Abreu Gómez was a writer, journalist and lecturer born in Mérida, Yucatán, México. He was a member of the Mexican Academy of Language from 1963. He was also a professor in several Universities in the USA...

     (1894–1971), Mexican writer
  • Fernanda Abreu
    Fernanda Abreu
    -Biography:Fernanda was born and raised in a middle-class family of the South Zone, a neighborhood of Rio. Her first notable public appearance was the backing vocal of the band Blitz until 1986...

     (born 1961), Brazilian singer
  • Florêncio Carlos de Abreu e Silva
    Florêncio Carlos de Abreu e Silva
    Florêncio Carlos de Abreu e Silva was a lawyer, journalist, writer and politician from Brazil....

     (1839 — 1881), Brazilian lawyer, journalist, writer, and politician
  • Francisco Abreu
    Francisco Abreu
    Francisco Abreu is a Spanish professional golfer.Abreu turned professional in 1968 and played on the European Tour from its first official season in 1972 until 1980. He won the 1973 German Open and the 1976 Madrid Open. His best Order of Merit finish of ninth came in 1977...

     (born 1943), Spanish golfer
  • George Leandro Abreu de Lima
    George Leandro Abreu de Lima
    George Leandro Abreu de Lima, known as Leandro Lima or Leandrinho , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Avaí Futebol Clube as a winger.-Club career:...

     (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
  • Jesus Gil Abreu
    Jesus Gil Abreu
    Jesus Gil Abreu was a rancher and pioneer who owned a New Mexico ranch that now comprises Philmont Scout Ranch.He was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico...

     (1823–1900), American rancher and pioneer
  • José Abreu
    José Abreu
    Antonio José Alvarez de Abreu , Marquis de la Regalía by King Philip V of Spain on 8 July 1738, the son of Sergeant Domingo Alvarez Hernandez and Maria Yañez Abreu, studied Latin and Philosophy at the Augustines Convent of La Laguna of Tenerife and graduated at the University of Salamanca being a...

     (1688–1756), Spanish administrator
  • José Antonio Abreu
    José Antonio Abreu
    José Antonio Abreu is a Venezuelan pianist, economist, educator, activist, and politician.-Politics and academics:...

     (born 1943), Venezuelan pianist, economist, educator, activist, and politician
  • Luciana Abreu
    Luciana Abreu
    Luciana Abreu Sodré Costa Real is a Portuguese singer, actress and Television host. Abreu is known for her participation in Idolos, for representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the pop-duo 2B, for her personage in Floribella, Flor Valente, and for her TV Show.-Early...

     (born 1985), Portuguese singer and actress
  • Lucy d'Abreu
    Lucy d'Abreu
    Lucy Victoria d'Abreu née d'Souza was the oldest living person in the United Kingdom from April 2004 until her death...

     (1892–2005), the oldest living person in the United Kingdom from April 2004 until her death
  • Manuel de Abreu
    Manuel de Abreu
    Manuel Dias de Abreu was a Brazilian physician and scientist, the inventor of abreugraphy, a rapid radiography of the lungs for screening tuberculosis...

     (1894–1962), Brazilian physician and scientist
  • Marco Abreu
    Marco Abreu
    Marco Paulo Coimbra de Abreu is an Angolan footballer who plays for A.A. Avanca in the Portuguese fourth division, as a defender.-Football career:...

     (born 1974), Angolan footballer
  • Marques Batista de Abreu
    Marques Batista de Abreu
    Marques Batista de Abreu or simply Marques , is a former Brazilian striker. In 2003, when Marques was playing for Nagoya Grampus Eight he was ranked 2nd highest assists in J-League as he had 10 assists and was beaten by Yukihito Sato who had 12 assists during that season...

     (born 1973), Brazilian footballer
  • Marta Abreu
    Marta Abreu
    Marta Abreu de Estévez was one of the most influential figures of her time in central Cuba, especially in her birth city and province of Santa Clara...

     (1845–1909), Cuban philanthropist
  • Norberto Collado Abreu
    Norberto Collado Abreu
    Norberto Collado Abreu was the Cuban captain and helmsman of the yacht Granma, which ferried Fidel Castro and 81 supporters to Cuba from Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, in 1956...

     (c1921-2008), Cuban revolutionary
  • Santiago Polanco Abreu
    Santiago Polanco Abreu
    Santiago Polanco-Abreu was a Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.Born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Polanco-Abreu attended elementary and high schools in Isabela, Puerto Rico....

     (1920–1988), Puerto Rican politician
  • Sebastián Abreu
    Sebastián Abreu
    Washington Sebastián Abreu Gallo is an Uruguayan footballer who plays with Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas in Brazil as a striker.Best known by his nickname El Loco , the prolific goalscorer – for club and country – played for more than 20 teams during his professional career, in six different...

     (born 1976), Uruguayan footballer
  • Tony Abreu
    Tony Abreu
    Etanislao Toni "Tony" Abreu [ah-BREH-yu] is a Major League second and third baseman currently in the Kansas City Royals organization. He is a switch-hitter and throws right-handed....

     (born 1984), Dominican baseball player
  • Francisco Abreu
    Francisco Abreu
    Francisco Abreu is a Spanish professional golfer.Abreu turned professional in 1968 and played on the European Tour from its first official season in 1972 until 1980. He won the 1973 German Open and the 1976 Madrid Open. His best Order of Merit finish of ninth came in 1977...

     (born 1987), Madeiran born entrepreneur and marketing specialist
  • Vania Abreu
    Vania Abreu
    Vania Abreu is a singer and performer from Brazil. She was born on May 30, 1967 as Vania Mercury de Almeida. She is the younger sister of Daniela Mercury, a chart-topping singer in Música Popular Brasileira...

     (born 1967), Brazilian singer
  • Winston Abreu
    Winston Abreu
    Winston Leonardo Abreu is a Minor League Baseball pitcher who is currently a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays organization. At age 16, he was signed by the Atlanta Braves as a minor league free agent on July 2, . He bats and throws right-handed...

     (born 1977), Dominican baseball player
  • Xavier Abreu Sierra
    Xavier Abreu Sierra
    Xavier Antonio Abreu Sierra is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party .-Political career:...

     (born 1950), Mexican politician
  • Yudit Abreu
    Yudit Abreu
    Yudit Abreu is a male basketball player from Cuba. He played as a forward for the Cuba national basketball team in the 1990s.-References:*...

     (born 1969), Cuban basketball player
  • Zequinha de Abreu
    Zequinha de Abreu
    José Gomes de Abreu, better known as Zequinha de Abreu , was a Brazilian musician and composer who in 1917 wrote the famous choro tune "Tico-Tico no Fubá"...

    (1880–1935), Brazilian composer
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