Lopes

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[edit] Surname

Lopes is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. It was originally a Patronymic, meaning Son of Lopo (English: Wolf). Its Spanish equivalent is López. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:

• Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese marshal and politician.
• Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, Portuguese explorer.
• Lopes Gonçalves, Portuguese explorer.
• Fernando Lopes Graça, Portuguese composer.
• Nuno Lopes, Portuguese actor.
• Carlos Lopes, Portuguese runner and olympic champion.
• Pedro Santana Lopes, Portuguese politician.
• Lisa Lopes, American singer.
• Henrique Lopes de Mendonça, Portuguese poet.
• Martinho da Costa Lopes, East Timorese religious and political leader.
• Henry Yarde Buller Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough, Peer of the United Kingdom.
• Massey Henry Edgcumbe Lopes, 2nd Baron Roborough, Peer of the United Kingdom.
• Henry Massey Lopes, 3rd Baron Roborough, Peer of the United Kingdom.
• John Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston, Peer of the United Kingdom.
• Sergio Pinheiro Lopes, Brazilian writer, translator, poet and composer.
• Amílcar Lopes Cabral, Guinea-Bissau and Cape-Verdean political figure.
• Davey Lopes, American baseball player.

[edit] Other

• Lopes can also mean the LOPES telescope, a cosmic ray detector array.
• Also used as an abbreviation for LOwer Powered ExoSkeleton (LOPES exoskeleton). A project that works on the development of an exoskeleton for the rehabilitation of stroke patients.