Mascarenhas (surname)
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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:
- Dimitri MascarenhasDimitri MascarenhasAdrian Dimitri Mascarenhas is an English cricketer of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He currently plays county cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club, in the Indian Premier League for the Kings XI Punjab and for the Otago Volts in New...
, English cricketer. - Francisco de MascarenhasFrancisco de MascarenhasFrancisco de Mascarenhas was the 1st count of Vila da Horta, the 1st count of Santa Cruz and the 13th vice-regent of Portuguese controlled India from 1581 until 1584, captain of donatary of the islands of Flores and Corvo....
, 13th vice-regent of Portuguese controlled India, 1581 - 1584. - Cecilia Mascarenhas, Retired goan cultural historian
- MascarenhasMascarenhas (footballer)Domingos António da Silva , aka Mascarenhas, is a retired Angolan footballer who played as a forward.-Football career:...
, Portuguese footballer - Pedro MascarenhasPedro MascarenhasPedro Mascarenhas was a Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator. He was the first European to discover the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in 1512...
, Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator. - António Mascarenhas MonteiroAntónio Mascarenhas MonteiroAntónio Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro was the President of Cape Verde from March 22, 1991 to March 22, 2001.-Education:Monteiro went to university in Belgium and graduated with his law degree from the Catholic University of Leuven...
, Capeverdean politician. - Rodrigo MascarenhasRodrigo MascarenhasRodrigo Mascarenhas is a Cape Verdean basketball player currently playing for Primero de Agosto of the Angolan Basketball League.Prior to this, Mascarenhas played professional basketball in Portugal with F.C. Porto...
, Capeverdean basketball player.