Barbosa
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Barbosa is a Portuguese language
and Galician
surname
.
It may refer to:
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...
and Galician
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
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"...
.
It may refer to:
- Adoniran BarbosaAdoniran BarbosaAdoniran Barbosa, artistic name of João Rubinato , was a famous Brazilian traditional samba singer and composer.-Early years:...
, Brazilian singer - César BarbosaCésar BarbosaCésar Barbosa is a Colombian biologist, ornithologist and botanist, specialising in the study of Fabaceae.In 1976 received his BA in Biology from the National University of Colombia....
(born 1954), Colombian botanist - Chris BarbosaChris BarbosaChris Barbosa is a producer from New York who redefined electro funk as Latin freestyle in the early 1980s with Shannon's "Let the Music Play".- Early career :...
, American producer - Daniel BarbosaDaniel BarbosaDaniel Camargo Barbosa was a psychopathic serial killer from Colombia, South America. It is believed that he raped and killed over 150 young girls in Colombia and Ecuador during the 1970s and 1980s.-Early life:...
, Colombian serial killer - Duarte BarbosaDuarte BarbosaDuarte Barbosa was a Portuguese writer and Portuguese India officer between 1500 and 1516–17, with the post of scrivener in Cannanore factory and sometimes interpreter of the local language...
, Portuguese writer - Hector BarbossaHector BarbossaHector Barbossa is a fictional character and pirate in the Disney film series Pirates of the Caribbean. Barbossa was first introduced in the series as the main antagonist of the first film, and pirate captain of the Black Pearl after committing mutiny against the ship's former captain, Jack...
, fictional character from "Pirates of the Caribbean" - Hélder BarbosaHélder BarbosaHélder Jorge Leal Rodrigues Barbosa is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Braga as a left winger.-Porto:A product of F.C...
, Portuguese footballer - João Tamagnini BarbosaJoão Tamagnini BarbosaJoão Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa , commonly known by João Tamagnini Barbosa , or Tamagnini Barbosa, was a Portuguese military officer and politician of the Portuguese First Republic...
, Portuguese politician - José Celso BarbosaJosé Celso BarbosaDr. José Celso Barbosa was a medical Physician, sociologist, and political leader of Puerto Rico.Known within Puerto Rico's New Progressive Party as "The father of the Statehood for Puerto Rico movement", Barbosa was also the first Puerto Rican to be awarded an American medical degree.-Early...
, Puerto Rican politician - José Luíz BarbosaJosé Luiz BarbosaJosé Luíz Barbosa is a former Brazilian 800m runner, who won the silver medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. A few weeks before, Barbosa had won the 800m race at the prestigious Letzigrund meeting in Zurich...
, Brazilian athlete - José Vicente Barbosa du BocageJosé Vicente Barbosa du BocageJosé Vicente Barbosa du Bocage was a Portuguese zoologist and politician. He was the curator of Zoology at the Museum of Natural History in Lisbon. He published numerous works on mammals, birds, and fishes. In the 1880s he became the Minister of the Navy and later the Minister for Foreign Affairs...
, Portuguese zoologist and politician - Leandro BarbosaLeandro BarbosaLeandro Mateus Barbosa is a Brazilian professional basketball player, who plays at the guard position with Flamengo Basketball in Brazil. He is also under contract with the National Basketball Association's Toronto Raptors, and is expected to return to that team once the 2011 NBA lockout ends...
, Brazilian basketball player - Luciano BarbosaLuciano BarbosaLuciano Alves Barbosa is a professional male squash player who represented Brazil during his career. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 120 in February 2004 after having joined the Professional Squash Association in 1999.-References:*...
, Brazilian squash player - Luis BarbosaLuis BarbosaLuis Barbosa is a Colombian male long distance athlete. He was the only silver medalist for his country, in the 1979 Pan American Games in the men's marathon, and finished 34th. in the same event in the 1980 Olympic Games .-Achievements:-References:*...
, Colombian long-distance runner - Lula BarbosaLula BarbosaLula Barbosa da Silva is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada, partnering Adriano Garrido.-References:...
, Brazilian beach volleyball player - Manuel Maria Barbosa du BocageManuel Maria Barbosa du BocageManuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage was a Portuguese Neoclassic poet, writing under the pen name Elmano Sadino.-Biography:...
, Portuguese poet - Marcelo BarbosaMarcelo BarbosaMarcelo Barbosa is a Brazilian guitar player and music professor. He is a founder or participant of a few important Brazilian bands like progressive metal act Khallice and Angra's members project Almah...
, Brazilian guitar player and music professor - Mariano BarbosaMariano BarbosaMariano Damián Barbosa is an Argentine footballer who plays for UD Las Palmas in Spain, as a goalkeeper.-Club career:Barbosa started his career with Club Atlético Banfield in 2002...
, Argentine football goalkeeper - Moacyr BarbosaMoacyr BarbosaMoacir Barbosa Nascimento was a Brazilian international football goalkeeper whose career spanned 22 years. He was one of the world's best goalkeepers in the 1940s and 1950s and known for not wearing gloves because he wanted to feel the ball with his bare hands...
(1921–2000), Brazilian football goalkeeper - Euclydes BarbosaEuclydes BarbosaEuclydes Barbosa, best known as Jaú was an association footballer who played in the central defender position....
(1909–1988), Brazilian football defender - Pedro BarbosaPedro BarbosaPedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder....
, Portuguese football player - Pedro Barbosa (jurist)Pedro Barbosa (jurist)Pedro Barbosa was a Portuguese jurist and the leading representative of the ius commune and the usus modernus in Portugal.Teaching law at Coimbra in 1557-64, he came to hold the highest judicial offices, including with the Inquisition, as judge of the Casa de Suplicação and the Desembargo do Paço,...
, Portuguese 16th century jurist - Pilar BarbosaPilar BarbosaDr. Pilar Barbosa de Rosario was an educator, historian and political activist.-Early years:Barbosa born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, was one of twelve children of Jose Celso Barbosa, also known as the "Father of the Puerto Rican Statehood Movement". Her father was a member of the Puerto Rican Senate...
, Puerto Rican educator - Ruy BarbosaRuy BarbosaRuy Barbosa de Oliveira was a Brazilian writer, jurist, and politician.Born in Salvador da Bahia, he was a federal representative, senator, Minister of Finance and diplomat. For his distinguished participation in the Hague Peace Conference of 1907, he earned the nickname "Eagle of the Hague"...
(1849–1923), Brazilian politician
Other uses
- Barbosa (genus), a plant genus
- Barbosa, São PauloBarbosa, São PauloBarbosa is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2003 is 6,072 and the area is 205.76 km². The elevation is 386 m....
, in Brazil - Carlos BarbosaCarlos BarbosaCarlos Barbosa is a city in the wine country in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It is situated at 29º17'51" South and 51º30'13" West, at an altitude of 676 meters. Its population was estimated in 2004 to be 22 664 inhabitants. It has an area of 208,16 km sq...
, in Brazil - Barbosa, AntioquiaBarbosa, AntioquiaBarbosa is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Situated 39 km from the city of Medellín, it is one of the municipalities of the Metropolitan Area of Medellín. It is known as the Gateway to the Northeast, famous for its lakes and streams. A traditional Pineapple Festival...
, in Colombia - Barbosa, Bolivar, in Colombia
- Barbosa, SantanderBarbosa, SantanderBarbosa is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia....
, in Colombia