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origin, originally a toponym appearing in the late 12th century, and may refer to:
People
- Aires de Ornelas e VasconcelosAires de Ornelas e VasconcelosAires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa.He was born September 18, 1837 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, a son of Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos Esmeraldo Rolim de Moura and wife Augusta Correia Vasques Salvago de Brito de Olival...
(1837-1880), Portuguese Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa, India, in the 19th century. - Ana VasconcelosAna VasconcelosAna Carolina Vasconcelos is a female water polo player from Brazil, who won the bronze medal with the Brazil women's national water polo team at the 2003 Pan American Games. She also competed at the 2007 Pan American Games, finishing in fourth place.-References:...
(born 1981), Brazilian water polo player. - António-Pedro VasconcelosAntónio-Pedro VasconcelosAntónio-Pedro Saraiva de Barros e Vasconcelos, GCIH is a Portuguese film director born in Leiria on 10 March 1939.He is the middle of three sons of Guilherme de Barros e Vasconcelos , a Lawyer and a Nobleman of the Royal Household, and wife António-Pedro Saraiva de Barros e Vasconcelos, GCIH is a...
(born 1939), Portuguese film director. - Augusto de VasconcelosAugusto de VasconcelosAugusto César de Almeida de Vasconcelos Correia, GCSE , better known as Augusto de Vasconcelos was a Portuguese surgeon, politician and diplomat.-Career:...
(1867-1951), Portuguese surgeon, politician and diplomat. - Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos MottaCarlos Carmelo Vasconcellos MottaCarlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta was a long-serving cardinal...
(1890-1982), Brazilian cardinal. - Carolina Michaëlis de VasconcellosCarolina Michaëlis de VasconcellosCarolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos, born Karoline Michaelis was a German-Portuguese romanist.She was born in Berlin as the last of five children of Gustav Michaelis, a mathematics teacher...
(1851-1925), Portuguese filologist. - Doroteo VasconcelosDoroteo VasconcelosDoroteo Vasconcelos Vides y Ladrón de Guevara was President of El Salvador 7 February 1848 - 1 February 1850 and 4 February 1850 - 1 March 1851....
(1803-1883), President of El Salvador in the 19th century. - Faria de VasconcelosFaria de VasconcelosAntónio de Sena Faria de Vasconcelos Azevedo was a Portugese educator and educationalist.Faria de Vasconcelos studied law in Coimbra before going to study at the New University of Brussels in 1902...
(1880-1939), Portugese educationalist. - Fernanda VasconcellosFernanda VasconcellosFernanda de Vasconcellos Galvez, commonly known as Fernanda Vasconcellos , is a Brazilian actress. She has played the lead role in four telenovelas.- Career :...
, (born 1984), a Brazilian movie, theater and television actress - John VasconcellosJohn VasconcellosJohn B. Vasconcellos Jr. is an American politician from California and member of the Democratic Party. He represented the Silicon Valley as a member of the California State Assembly for 30 years and a California State Senator for 8 years...
(born 1932), American politician. - José Leite de Vasconcelos Cardoso Pereira de Melo (1858-1941), Portuguese linguist, filologist and etnographer.
- José Maria Botelho de VasconcelosJosé Maria Botelho de VasconcelosJosé Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos is an Angolan politician. He is currently the Minister of Petroleum.Vasconcelos was Minister of Petroleum from 1999 to 2002...
, Angolan politician. - José Mauro de VasconcelosJosé Mauro de Vasconcelos- Biography :José Mauro was born in Rio de Janeiro on February 26 of 1920. His family was very poor, and when he was still very young, he migrated to Natal where relatives took care of him. Entering the Medical Faculty, José abandoned the course of studies in his second year and returned to Rio de...
(1920-1984), Brazilian writer. - José VasconcelosJosé VasconcelosJosé Vasconcelos Calderón was a Mexican writer, philosopher and politician. He is one of the most influential and controversial personalities in the development of modern Mexico. His philosophy of "indigenismo" affected all aspects of Mexican sociocultural, political, and economic...
(1882-1959), Mexican writer, philosopher and politician. - Josefina de VasconcellosJosefina de VasconcellosJosefina Alys Hermes de Vasconcellos was an English sculptor of Brazilian origin. She was at one time the world's oldest living sculptor. She lived in Cumbria much of her working life...
(1904-2005), English sculptor. - Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 3rd Count of Castelo Melhor (1636-1720), Portuguese politician and prime minister.
- Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke, known as Mary Astor (1906-1987), American actress.
- Luis Mendez de Vasconcellos (c.1542-1623), Portuguese Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller.
- Marcelo VasconcelosMarcelo VasconcelosMarcelo Vasconcelos is the ambassador of Brazil to Angola.-References:...
, Brazilian diplomat. - Marco VasconcelosMarco VasconcelosMarco Paulo Pereira Vasconcelos is a male badminton player from Portugal.Vasconcelos played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Richard Vaughan of Great Britain. He also competed in the men's singles at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics, falling in the...
(born 1971), Portuguese badminton player. - Mário Cesariny de VasconcelosMário Cesariny de VasconcelosMário Cesariny de Vasconcelos also known as Mário Cesariny is among the most important Portuguese surrealist poets, having published several major works during a career spanning 50 years...
(1923-2006), Portuguese surrealist poet. - Marta Teresa Smith de Vasconcellos SuplicyMarta SuplicyMarta Teresa Smith de Vasconcelos Suplicy is a Brazilian politician and psychologist. She was Mayor of São Paulo from 2001 to 2004 as a member of the Brazilian Workers' Party...
(born 1945), Brazilian politician and psychologist. - Martha VasconcellosMartha VasconcellosMartha Vasconcellos , is a Brazilian who became that country's second Miss Universe winner, after Ieda Maria Vargas first achieved the feat in 1963. She also became the fifth Latin American to win the title, after Peru's Gladys Zender in 1957, Colombia's Luz Marina Zuluaga in 1958 and Argentina's...
(born c.1948), Brazilian model. - Miguel de VasconcelosMiguel de VasconcelosMiguel de Vasconcelos e Brito was the last Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Portugal, during the Iberian Union, in which both kingdoms of Portugal and Spain remained separated but united by the same king and foreign policy .He was in office from 1635 to...
(c.1590-1640), Prime Minister of Portugal in the 17th century. - Naná VasconcelosNaná VasconcelosNaná Vasconcelos is a Brazilian Latin jazz percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, most notable for his works with Pat Metheny, Don Cherry, Egberto Gismonti, and Gato Barbieri....
(born 1944), Brazilian percussionist. - Pedro Martins, Lord of the Tower of VasconcelosPedro Martins, Lord of the Tower of VasconcelosPedro Martins, Lord of the Tower of Vasconcelos, was a Portuguese 12th century noble knight, son of Martim Moniz. legendary figure of the Siege of Lisbon in 1147) and Teresa Afonso....
, 12th-century Portuguese nobleman, son of Martim MonizMartim MonizMartim Moniz was a Portuguese knight of noble birth, and famous figure in the Siege of Lisbon in 1147.According to the legend, Martim Moniz was a knight participating in the Christian invasion force, led by king Afonso I of Portugal, in the Siege of Lisbon, during the Reconquista. At one point in...
and the first to use the name Vasconcelos. - Pedro VasconcellosPedro VasconcellosPedro Vasconcellos is a Brazilian television actor.-External links:...
(born 1974), Brazilian television actor. - Wanda Ribeiro de Vasconcelos, known as Lio (born 1962), Belgian singer and actress.
- Eduardo Smith de Vasconcellos SuplicySuplaSupla is a Brazilian musician.- Biography :Supla was born April 2, 1966 in the city of São Paulo. He is the son of Senator Marta Suplicy, who was elected in Nov...
(born 1966), known as Supla, Brazilian musician.
Other
- Alfredo VasconcelosAlfredo VasconcelosAlfredo Vasconcelos is a city in the south of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2007 its population was estimated to be 5,900 in a total area of 127 km². It belongs to the Barbacena IBGE statistical microregion...
, city in Minas Gerais, Brazil. - Diogo de VasconcelosDiogo de VasconcelosDiogo de Vasconcelos is a city in the microregion of Ouro Preto in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
, city in Minas Gerais, Brazil. - Countess de Vasconcellos, fictional characters of the video game Broken Sword: The Shadow of the TemplarsBroken Sword: The Shadow of the TemplarsBroken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is a point-and-click adventure game released to the PC on November 5, 1996. It was released on the PlayStation in December that same year and on the Game Boy Advance March 19, 2002. It has also been ported to the Mobile phone, and re-released to the Wii, PC,...
. - Estadio de Beisbol Lic.Eduardo VasconcelosEstadio de Beisbol Lic.Eduardo VasconcelosEduardo Vasconcelos Stadium, also known as Estadio de Béisbol Lic. Eduardo Vasconcelos, is a stadium in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Guerreros de Oaxaca Liga Mexicana de Béisbol baseball team since the team entered the league in 1996...
, stadium in Oaxaca, Mexico. - Ferraz de Vasconcelos, suburban municipality in São Paulo, Brazil.
- Estádio Dr. João Cláudio Vasconcelos MachadoMachadãoEstádio Dr. João Cláudio Vasconcelos Machado, usually known as Machadão, is a multi-purpose stadium in the Brazilian city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. It is currently used mostly for football matches.Estádio Machadão is owned by the Natal City Hall...
, multi-use stadium in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. - José Vasconcelos LibraryJosé Vasconcelos LibraryMexico City's José Vasconcelos Library, labeled by the press as the "Megabiblioteca" , is considered a controversial and also the largest investment in infrastructure in the Vicente Fox administration. It is dedicated to José Vasconcelos, the former philosopher, presidential candidate and president...
, in Mexico City, Mexico. - Senador VasconcelosSenador VasconcelosSenador Vasconcelos is a neighborhood of lower class in the west region of Rio de Janeiro.- Datas of the neighborhood :*Total area : 644.18 hectares.*Total population : 27,285.*Total of domiciles : 7,829....
, neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.