Morais
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Morais or Moraes is a Portuguese language
surname
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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...
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:
- Abrahão de MoraesAbrahão de MoraesAbrahão De Moraes was a Brazilian astronomer and mathematician.He taught at the Escola Politécnica and also served as director of the Instituto Astronômico e Geofísico....
, Brazilian astronomer. - Adriano MoraesAdriano MoraesAdriano Silva Moraes is a retired rodeo athlete specializing in bull riding. He had been one of the leading bull riders in the world since the mid-1990s, with two titles at the National Finals Rodeo and three Professional Bull Riders world titles to his credit.-Early years:Moraes was born on his...
, Brazilian rodeo performer - Antônio Ermírio de MoraesAntônio Ermírio de MoraesAntônio Ermírio de Moraes is a Brazilian businessman who is the chairman of the Votorantim Group; one of the country's largest companies, specialized in metals, paper, cement and frozen orange juice...
, Brazilian businessman - Marcos Evangelista de MoraesCafuMarcos Evangelista de Moraes , better known as Cafu, is a former Brazilian footballer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-backs ever. He was given this nickname due to his speed up and down the right flank which was reminiscent of Cafuringa, a Brazilian forward from the 1970s...
, known as "Cafu", Brazilian footballer - Carlos Morais (Angola)Carlos Morais (Angola)Carlos Morais is an Angolan basketball shooting guard. He is 190 cm in height and he weighs 91 kg . He represented Angola at FIBA Africa Championship 2005, 2006 FIBA World Championships, FIBA Africa Championship 2007. and the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:...
, Angolan basketball player - Carlos Morais (Spain), Spanish basketball player
- Claude MoraesClaude MoraesClaude Moraes is a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party. Claude Moraes is the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in Europe one of eight MEPs representing London.-Background:...
British politician - Dom MoraesDom MoraesDominic Francis Moraes , popularly known as Dom Moraes, was a Goan writer, poet and columnist. He published nearly 30 books.-Early life:...
, Indian writer - Francisco de MoraesFrancisco de MoraesFrancisco de Moraes Cabral was a Portuguese writer. Born in Braganza, he served as personal secretary to the Portuguese ambassador in France, and composed, during two voyages to Paris , a chivalric romance called Palmerin d’Angleterre , a "spin-off" of...
, Portuguese author and writer. - Henrietta MoraesHenrietta MoraesHenrietta Moraes was a British artists' model, bohémienne, and memoirist. During the 1950s and '60s, she was the muse and inspiration for many artists of the Soho subculture, like Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon, and known for her marriages and love affairs.A femme fatale and a bon vivant, she was...
,London socialite - Hugo MoraisHugo MoraisHugo Eduardo dos Santos Morais is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Académica de Coimbra as a central midfielder.-Football career:...
, Portuguese footballer - João MoraisJoão MoraisJoão Pedro Morais was a Portuguese international footballer.-Club career:He played as a defender for Sporting Clube de Portugal, from 1958/59 to 1968/69, where he won several national championships as well as the Portuguese Cup...
, Portuguese footballer - Manoel Morais AmorimManoel Morais AmorimManoel Morais Amorim is a Brazilian footballer, who currently plays for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.-Honours:*Rio de Janeiro State League: 2003*Paraná State League: 2005*Brazilian Championship Serie B: 2008...
, Brazilian footballer - Mascarenhas de MoraesMascarenhas de MoraesMarshal João Baptista Mascarenhas de Morais was a Spanish Brazilian Army Officer and commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in the Second World War.-Biography:...
, commander of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in the Second World War - Mestre MoraesMestre MoraesPedro Moraes Trindade, commonly known as Mestre Moraes, is a master of capoeira.Moraes began his training in Capoeira de Angola at the age of eight...
, Brazilian capoeira master - Nuno MoraisNuno MoraisNuno Miguel Barbosa Morais is a Portuguese footballer who plays for APOEL F.C. in Cyprus. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also appear as a central defender.-Football career:Morais started his career at hometown F.C...
, Portuguese footballer - Prudente de MoraisPrudente de MoraisPrudente José de Morais Barros was the third president of Brazil . His presidency lasted from November 15, 1894 until November 15, 1898...
, Brazilian politician - Sabato MoraisSabato MoraisSabato Morais was an Italian-American rabbi, leader of Mikveh Israel Synagogue, pioneer of Italian Jewish Studies in America, and founder of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City.- Early years :...
, United States rabbi - Vinicius de MoraesVinicius de MoraesMarcus Vinicius de Moraes , known as Vinicius de Moraes and nicknamed O Poetinho , was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Son of Lydia Cruz de Moraes and Clodoaldo Pereira da Silva Moraes, he was a seminal figure in contemporary Brazilian music...
, Brazilian poet, composer, and diplomat - Walter MoraesWalter MoraesWalter Moraes was a Brazilian jurist, catholic thinker, professor of the University of São Paulo Faculty of Law, judge at the High Court of São Paulo. Studied in the minor seminary of the Divine Word Missionaries. He married Sonia dos Santos Moraes in 1959, with whom had two children...
, Brazilian jurist.