Bettencourt
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Bettencourt is a French surname found in French, Portuguese and Spanish-speaking areas. The variants Betencourt, Bettencourtt, Bettencour, Betancourt, Bethancourt, Bitencourt, Bittencourt, Betancur, Betancurt, Betancor, Bethcourt, Betancourt, Bitancurt, Betanco, and Betencur are also used. The indigenised variants Bitangcur, Bitangcol, and Bitangcor are uncommon surnames found in the Philippines.
[edit] People
Notable people with the surname Betancourt:
- Agustín de Betancourt (1758 - 1825) - prominent Spanish structural engineer, educator, and urban planner
- André Bettencourt - French politician
- Antonio Esparragoza Betancourt, Venezuelan boxer
- Carlos Betancourt - American artist
- Christian Rogelio Benítez Betancourt - Ecuadorian footballer.
- Danny Betancourt - Cuban baseball player
- Danny Bittencourt Moraes - Brazilian footballer
- Francisco Demetrio Sánchez Betancourt - Venezuelan swimmer.
- Gabriel Betancourt - Colombian politician and father of Íngrid Betancourt
- Íngrid Betancourt - French-Colombian politician
- Jacob Pick Bittencourt - Brazilian composer and musician
- Jacques de Béthencourt - French physician
- Jean de Béthencourt - Norman-French explorer
- Joe Bethancourt - American musician
- John Gregory Betancourt - science fiction writer
- Jorge Betancourt - Cuban diver
- Joseph Bitangcol - Filipino actor
- Justo Betancourt - Cuban singer
- Kim Betancourt - American publisher
- Lázaro Betancourt - Cuban triple jumper
- Liliane Bettencourt - French businesswoman and majority shareholder of L'Oréal.
- Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt - Archbishop of Havana
- María Betancourt - Cuban discus thrower
- Mat Bethancourt - American musician.
- Michael Betancourt - critical theorist, art and film historian, and animator
- Mick Betancourt - writer
- Miguel Betancourt - Ecuadorian artist
- Nelson Betancourt - West Indian cricketer
- Nuno Bettencourt - Portuguese-American guitarist and songwriter.
- Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur, Spanish saint and missionary.
- Philip Betancourt - American Archaeologist
- Porfirio Armando Betancourt - Honduran soccer player
- Rafael Betancourt - Major League Baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies
- Rafael Bittencourt - Brazilian musician.
- Rómulo Betancourt - President of Venezuela (1945-1948 and 1959-1964)
- Yuniesky Betancourt - Major League Baseball shortstop for the Milwaukee Brewers
[edit] See also
- Betancuria, municipality in the Canary Islands, Spain.
- Estádio Jair Bittencourt, multi-use stadium in Itaperuna, Brazil.
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