Cabral

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Cabral is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. The Spanish variant is Cabrales.

[edit] People

• Amílcar Cabral, political figure in Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands
• Andrea J. Cabral, United States police-officer
• Anna Escobedo Cabral, 42nd Treasurer of the United States
• António Bernardo da Costa Cabral, 1st Marquess of Tomar (1803—1889), Portuguese statesman
• Artur de Sacadura Cabral, Portuguese aviation pioneer
• Cabral "Cabbie" Richards, Canadian TV personality
• Cabral Ibacka, Romanian television personality and actor
• Ciruelo Cabral, Argentine fantasy artist
• Donald Reid Cabral, President of the Dominican Republic (1963-1965).
• Esperanza Cabral, Filipino politician
• Facundo Cabral, Argentine singer and songwriter
• Fito Cabrales, Spanish songwriter, singer and guitarist
• Francisco Cabral (1529-1609), Portuguese Jesuit missionary in Japan
• Gonçalo Velho Cabral (15th century),Portuguese monk, explorer and settler of the Atlantic, one of the first discoverers of the Azores islands
• Gustavo Cabral, Argentine footballer
• João Cabral de Melo Neto, Brazilian poet
• João Cabral, Portuguese Catholic missionary who, with Estêvão Cacella, heard about the mystical land of Shambala (which they thought was Cathay) and went to Tibet in 1627 to look for it
• João de Pina-Cabral, Portuguese anthropologist
• Jose Antonio Zapata Cabral, Mexican journalist and editor
• Len Cabral, United States storyteller
• Luis Cabral (evangelist), Portuguese-born fundamentalist pentecostal evangelist in South Africa and New Zealand
• Luís Cabral, first President of Guinea-Bissau
• Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral, Guinea-Bissau politician
• Mário Cabral e Sá, Indian journalist and author
• Miguel de Sacadura Cabral Portas, Portuguese left-wing politician
• Milagros Cabral, Dominican Republic volleyball player
• Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas, Portuguese right-wing politician
• Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467–1520), Portuguese discoverer of Brazil in 1500
• Sérgio Cabral Filho, Brazilian politician and journalist

[edit] Sports

• Alejandro Cabral, Argentine footballer.
• Brian Cabral, American footballer.
• Cabral Ferreira, Portuguese football club president.
• Carlos Alberto Cabral, Brazilian football manager.
• Cristian Martins Cabral, Brazilian footballer.
• Denison Cabral, Brazilian footballer.
• João Bosco Cabral, East Timorese footballer.
• Juan Bautista Cabral (1789–1813), famous Argentine soldier.
• Mário de Araújo Cabral, Portuguese racing driver.

[edit] Other

• African Youth Amílcar Cabral, youth wing of PAIGC political party in Guinea-Bissau.
• Amilcar Cabral Cup, football tournament for Western African nations.
• Amílcar Cabral International Airport, international airport of Cape Verde.
• Cabrales cheese, Spanish cheese.
• Cabrales, municipality in Spain.
• Estádio Elzir Cabral, multi-use stadium in Brazil.
• Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazilian business school.
• Robert J. Cabral Station, United States train station.
• Sargento Cabral Department, department of Chaco Province in Argentina.