Fonseca
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Fonseca is 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.’ The name is also common among Sephardic Jews.
It may refer to:
[edit] 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, a United States Navy Hospital Corpsman and veteran of the Iraq War
- Luis Fonseca, Venezuelan long-distance runner
- Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
- Peter Fonseca, Canadian politician
- Roberto Fonseca, Cuban jazz pianist
- Rolando Fonseca, Costa Rican football (soccer) player
- Todd A. Fonseca, American author of juvenile fiction
- Tiago Cardoso Fonseca, Brazilian footballer
- J. P. de Fonseka Sri Lankan essayist
- Susantha de Fonseka Sri Lankan statesman
- Andrea Fonseka, winner of Miss Malaysia Universe 2004, and actor, television presenter and model
- Gamini Fonseka Sri Lankan film actor and politician.
- Mervyn Fonseka Sri Lankan lawyer.
- Malini Fonseka Sri Lankan film actress
- Sarath Fonseka Former General and the Commander of Sri Lankan Army, Chief of Defense staff of the Sri Lankan Tri Forces, and later a Sri Lankan presidential candidate
[edit] Other
- Fonseca (cigar brand), two brands of Cuban and Dominican cigars
- Fonseca (port), brand of Portuguese port wine
- Fonseca, La Guajira, town and municipality in Colombia.
- Gulf of Fonseca, gulf in Central America
- Fonseca Atlético Clube, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
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