Vidal
For other uses, see Vidal (disambiguation).
Vidal (Catalan: [biˈðaɫ, viˈðaɫ], Occitan: [biˈðal, viˈdal]) is a surname of Spanish origin, also appears in the Portuguese heraldry, also used in English. It is also a given name.
Surname
- Aleix Vidal Parreu, Spanish footballer
- Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, a Spanish member of the European Parliament, and a radiation physicist
- Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal, British admiral and surveyor
- Alexander Vidal, Canadian politician
- Angela Vidal, character in Quarantine
- Arturo Vidal, Chilean football (soccer) player
- Ava Vidal, British comedian
- Christina Vidal, American film and television actress
- Corey Vidal, Canadian internet video maker
- David Vidal, Spanish football manager
- Don José Vidal, secretary to Governor Manuel Gayoso
- Doriane Vidal, French snowboarder
- Francisco Vidal (Chilean politician), a Chilean politician
- Francisco Vidal Gormaz, Chilean explorer and navy officer
- Gisela Vidal, Venezuelan track and field athlete
- Gore Vidal, American writer and film actor/personality
- Héctor Vidal Martínez, Paraguayan football (soccer) midfielder
- Henri Vidal, French film actor
- Janice Vidal, singer from Hong Kong, English Chinese
- Javan Vidal, English footballer
- Jean Baptiste Emile Vidal, French dermatologist
- Jean-Pierre Vidal, French alpine skier
- Jill Vidal, singer from Hong Kong, younger twin sister of Janice Vidal
- José Vidal (baseball), Dominican Republic baseball player
- Juan Sánchez Vidal, model aircraft enthusiast
- Laurent Vidal, a professional triathlete
- Lisa Vidal, Puerto Rican-American actress
- Lucas Vidal, Spanish composer
- Mey Vidal, Cuban musician
- Nacho Vidal, Spanish porn actor
- Paul Vidal, French musician
- Paul Vidal de la Blache, French geographer
- Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan swimmer and sports commentator
- Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal, priest and archbishop
- Sebastián Vidal y Soler, botanist and forester
- Robert Vidal (1853–1914), English footballer
- Tanya Vidal, Puerto Rican-American actress and director
- Vanessa Vidal, French alpine skier
- Juan José "Cheché" Vidal Noya, Venezuelan football (soccer) defender
Given name
- Vidal of Tolosa, Spanish rabbi and scholar of the latter half of the fourteenth century
- Vidal Benveniste, Spanish Jew of the 14th and 15th centuries
- Vidal Marín del Campo (1653-1709), Spanish bishop and Grand Inquisitor of Spain
- Vidal Fernandez (born 1958), Mexican-American retired soccer player
- Vidal Hazelton (born 1988), American National Football League player
- Vidal López (1918-1971), Venezuelan baseball player and manager
- Vidal Medina (born 1976), Mexican playwright and theatre director
- Vidal Nuño (born 1987), American baseball player
- Vidal Sanabria (born 1966), Paraguayan former footballer
- Vidal Santiago Díaz (1910-1982), Puerto Rican politician
- Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz (born 1958), Mexican Navy admiral, the youngest in its history
- Vidal Sassoon (1928-2012), hairdresser and businessman
- Vidal M. Treviño (1929-2006), American politician and educator
- Vidal Vega (1964–2012), assassinated Paraguayan politician
See also
References
http://genforum.genealogy.com/vidal/messages/143.html
http://www.portuguesaebrasileira.com/genealogia.html http://www.heraldicapellido.com/v6/Vidal.htm