Fonseca
Fonseca is a Sephardic Jewish Surname with over 20 documented sources. It is also a common Portuguese, Galician and Italian surname, whilst the variation Fonseka is common in Sri Lanka. A habitational name from any of several places named for a spring that dried up during the summer months, from fonte seca ‘dry well.’
It may refer to:
People
- Fonseca, Colombian singer
- Adriana Fonseca, Mexican actress
- Alonso III Fonseca (1475-1534), Galician archbishop and politician.
- Angelo da Fonseca (1902-1967), Goan Catholic artist
- Bruno Fonseca (1958-1994), United States artist
- Carlos Fonseca Amador, Nicaraguan founder of the Sandinistas
- Carlos Fonseca, Brazilian boxer
- Carolyn De Fonseca, United States actress
- Celso Fonseca, Brazilian Samba, Bossa Nova and MPB guitarist and vocalist
- Daniel Fonseca, Uruguayan football (soccer) player
- Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican football (soccer) player
- David Fonseca, Portuguese singer
- Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of the Republic of Brazil
- Duduka da Fonseca, Brazilian jazz drummer and band leader
- Edgar Fonseca, Colombian road cyclist
- Edison Fonseca, Colombian football (soccer) player
- Francisco Fonseca, Mexican football (soccer) player
- Fumilay Fonseca, São Toméan race walker
- Graciano Fonseca, Colombian road cyclist
- Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca, President of Brazil
- Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605-1693), rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer
- Luis Fonseca, Venezuelan long-distance runner
- Lyndsy Fonseca, United States actress
- Pablo Fonseca de Pinho, Brazilian American Illustrator and Musician
- Peter Fonseca, Canadian politician
- Roberto Fonseca, Cuban jazz pianist
- Rolando Fonseca, Costa Rican football (soccer) player
- Sarath Fonseka, Former General and the Commander of Sri Lankan Army, Chief of Defense staff Sri Lankan Tri Forces and later Sri Lankan presidential candidate 2010
- Todd A. Fonseca, American author of juvenile fiction
- Tiago Cardoso Fonseca, Brazilian footballer
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