Seixas
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Seixas is a common Galician
and Portuguese
surname
. It may refer to:
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...
and Portuguese
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"...
. It may refer to:
- Carlos SeixasCarlos SeixasJosé António Carlos de Seixas, , was a Portuguese composer, the son of the cathedral organist, Francisco Vaz and Marcelina Nunes.Seixas was born in Coimbra...
- Portuguese composer of the 18th century - Gershom Mendes SeixasGershom Mendes SeixasGershom Mendes Seixas was the first native-born Jewish minister in the United States. He was the minister of Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York from 1768 to 1776 and again from 1784 to 1816...
- minister of Congregation Shearith Israel - Francisco Seixas da CostaFrancisco Seixas da CostaFrancisco Seixas da Costa, GCC is a Portuguese diplomat and former politician. He is the current Portuguese ambassador to France.-Professional biography:*1975 - Career diplomat, Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs;...
- Portuguese diplomat and former politician - Vic SeixasVic SeixasElias Victor Seixas, Jr. is an American former tennis player.Seixas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of Portuguese Sephardi Jewish ancestry. After serving in World War II, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he was a member of Alpha Sigma of the Chi Psi...
- American tennis player - Raul SeixasRaul SeixasRaul Santos Seixas June 28, 1945 Salvador Northeast Brazil – August 21, 1989),was a Brazilian rock composer, singer, songwriter and producer.He is sometimes called the "Father of Brazilian Rock" and "Maluco Beleza"....
- Brazilian rock musician - Alberto Seixas SantosAlberto Seixas Santos-Biography:Alberto Jorge Seixas dos Santos was born on March 20, 1936 in Lisbon, Portugal. Studied Historical-philosophical Sciences in the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. In 1958, he started to work as a film critic...
- Portuguese film director