Branco
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Branco is a common surname in Portugal and Brazil. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:General
- Branco MelloBranco MelloBranco Mello is a Brazilian musician and actor, best known as the vocalist and bassist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also played small but significant roles for the movies.- Childhood :...
, Brazilian musician and actor. - Cassiano Branco, Portuguese architect.
- Cristina BrancoCristina BrancoCristina Branco is a Portuguese musician.Branco was originally drawn to jazz and forms of Portuguese music before finally opting for fado after being introduced to the music of Amália Rodrigues by her grandfather. Branco studied the poems from which major fado lyrics are taken...
, Portuguese fado singer. - Joaquim Rafael BrancoJoaquim Rafael BrancoJoaquim Rafael Branco is a São Toméan politician. He is the President of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe/Social Democratic Party , and the former Prime Minister of the country....
, São Toméan politician. - Jorge Branco de Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer, politician, and the former President of the Republic.
- Luís de Freitas BrancoLuís de Freitas BrancoLuís Maria da Costa de Freitas Branco was a Portuguese composer and professor of music who played a preeminent part in the development of Portuguese music in the first half of the 20th century....
, Portuguese composer and an academic. - Marcelo BrancoMarcelo BrancoMarcelo Branco is famous Brazilian bridge player. Among other successes, he was the winner of World Team Olympiad in Monte Carlo 1976, Bermuda Bowl in Perth 1989, and World Open pairs Championship in New Orleans 1978 and Geneva 1990. He is one of 10 players who collected the Triple Crown of Bridge...
, Brazilian bridge player. - Paulo BrancoPaulo BrancoPaulo Branco is a Portuguese film producer.-Selected filmography:* The Territory * Three Crowns of the Sailor * City of Pirates * Manoel's Destinies * Treasure Island...
, Portuguese film producer.
Sports
- Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz LealClaudio Ibrahim Vaz LealBranco, real name Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal, is former Brazilian footballer who played as a left back...
(born 1964), Brazilian international footballer nicknamed Branco - Daniel MoralesDaniel MoralesDaniel Alexandre Morales Batagello is a former Brazilian footballer. Currently he is playing for Lokomotiv Mezdra as a midfielder. Morales typically plays as a defensive midfielder...
(born 1975) Brazilian footballer nicknamed Branco - Serge BrancoSerge Branco-Club:Branco spent the initial years of his career in Germany. He signed for Leeds United in August 2004, but was released on 13 September for fitness reasons. From 2005 to 2007 he played in the Russian league.-International:...
, Cameroonian footballer. - Silvio BrancoSilvio BrancoSilvio Branco is a professional boxer in the light heavyweight division. His record is 59-9-2 .- Career :...
, Italian boxer.
Brazil
- Branco RiverBranco RiverThe Rio Branco is the principal affluent of the Rio Negro from the north; it is enriched by many streams from the sierras which separate Venezuela and Guyana from Brazil. Its two upper main tributaries are the Urariquira and the Takutu...
, a river in Brazil. - Cape BrancoCape BrancoPonta do Seixas , also known as Cape Branco, is a cape on the Atlantic coast of Paraíba state, eastern Brazil, that forms the easternmost point of the American continent, five miles southeast of João Pessoa, the state capital....
, cape on the coast of Paraíba, Brazil. - Ouro BrancoOuro BrancoOuro Branco is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conselheiro Lafaiete....
, a municipality in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. - Pato BrancoPato BrancoPato Branco is a city in the southwest part of the Brazilian state Paraná. The municipality covers 537,8 km² and has a population of 66,680 . Pato Branco started off as a village in 1942 and was given status as a city December 14th 1952...
, a city in the state of Paraná, Brazil. - Ribeirão BrancoRibeirão BrancoRibeirão Branco is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 was 22,233 and the area is 699.37 km². The elevation is 875 m....
, a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
Cape Verde
- Branco, Cape VerdeBranco, Cape VerdeIlhéu Branco is an islet in the Barlavento group of islands of Cape Verde archipelago. Branco is flanked by Santa Luzia in the northwest and by Raso island in the southeast....
, an island in Cape Verde. - Monte BrancoMonte BrancoMonte Branco is a settlement in the island of Maio in Cape Verde.-Geography:...
, a settlement in Cape Verde. - Morro BrancoMorro BrancoMorro Branco is a cape located in the northwest of the island of São Vicente nearly 3 km west of the island capital of Mindelo. The point is unaccessed with earthened road. The cape divides the Canal de São Vicente the Mindelo Bay and the rest of the Atlantic Ocean...
, a cape in Cape Verde.
See also
- Blanco (disambiguation), the Spanish equivalent
- Castelo Branco (disambiguation)Castelo Branco (disambiguation)-Places:*Castelo Branco District, a district in Portugal*Castelo Branco Municipality, a municipality in Portugal*Castelo Branco , a parish in the municipality of Horta, Portugal*Castelo Branco , a parish in the municipality of Mogadouro, Portugal...
- Castello Branco (disambiguation)
- Rio Branco (disambiguation)Rio Branco (disambiguation)Rio Branco is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Acre.Rio Branco or Río Branco may also refer to:-People:...