List of Cape Verdeans

This article is a list of Famous Cape Verdean people:

Actors

• Michael Beach
• Don Xavier

Artists

• Djon Brito
• Manuel Figueira
• Tchalê Figueira
• Lindsay Grace
• Mariana Ramos
• Mayra Andrade
• Mito Elias https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mito-Elias/216308035071236
• Cesaria Evora
• Bana
• Ildo Lobo
• Paulino Vieira
• Bius
• Bulimundo
• Luis Morais
• Manuel de Novas
• Tubarões
• Dudu Araujo
• Cordas de Sol
• Luis Morais
• Gilyto Semedo http://www.gilyto.com
• Lura
• Princesito
• Ferro Gaita
• Simentera
• Pantera
• Tito Paris
• Txeka
• Gil Semedo

Motivational Speaker

• Don Xavier Canada, www.Donxavier.com

Beauty Pageant Winners

• Wilza Fortes De Pina, Miss CEDEAO in 2002.
• Tania Neves, Miss CEDEAO in 2005

Poets

• Aguinaldo Fonseca
• Sergio Frusoni, Italian Cape Verdean poet and promoter of the Cape Verdean Creole language.
• Gabriel Mariano, poet and an essayist
• Ovídio Martins, poet and journalist
• Arménio Vieira
• Dr. Azágua, poet, educator and Capeverdean Creole Advocate

Politicians

• Amílcar Cabral, nationalist politician
• António Mascarenhas Monteiro, former President of Cape Verde
• José Maria Neves, Prime Minister of Cape Verde
• Aristides Pereira, former President of Cape Verde
• Pedro Pires, former Prime Minister of Cape Verde; former President of Cape Verde
• Carlos Veiga, former Prime Minister of Cape Verde
• Honório Barreto (1813–1859) was a governor of the Portuguese Guinea.
• Corsino Fortes, ambassador and writer
• Carlos Nunes Fernandes Reis, former Minister of Education, Diplomat

Producers

• Mike Costa – Mike Costa is a writer/producer/director. He was a writer on the hit television series, Roseanne. He is currently producing a film titled: Proud to be Cape Verdean: A Look at Cape Verdeans in the Golden State.
• Claire Andrade-Watkins
• Jim Lopes – Jim Lopes is an entertainment attorney and writer/producer and former senior executive at MCA-Universal, CBS/Fox and Reader's Digest. He co-produced the award-winning documentary "Race to Execution" which was broadcast on PBS. He is currently producing a film about the Cape Verdean whaling families of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
• Tom Lopes, Producer/Director of the much acclaimed 1983 documentary film "Mystery Lady - the Return of the Schooner Ernestina". This saga tells the story of early Cape Verdeans who emigrated from Cape Verde on-board whaling and packet ships, sailing to America seeking a better way life. The film nicely tells the story of Cape Verdean people living on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and provides to this date one of the best accounts of the history of the Cape Verdean-American. Continuously, for over 25 years, Tom Lopes has successfully produced and directed a number of local cable television programs, and in partnership with Google's Youtube and Amazon.com his motion picture company that goes by the name "Coollywood" (Cool Movies) has been credited with over 250 short movies and slide show presentations. Today, Tom Lopes is hard at work writing and producing full featured films for world-wide distribution. Coollywood movie channel link: www.Youtube.com/Coollywood

Models

• Cassandra Miranda
• Alzerina Gomes (currently a jewelry designer based in New York City, www.alzerina.com)
• Amber Rose

Music – Singers, Musicians, & Composers

See also: Music of Cape Verde

• Rui Pina ('Rui'), Singer, songwriter, record producer, record executive, http://www.kolarecords.com
• Maria Alice
• Francelina Durão Amerida ('Fantcha')
• Leonel Almeida
• Rufino Almeida ('Bau'), singer
• Manuel Lopes Andrade ('Tcheka')
• Mayra Andrade
• Adriano Gonçalves ('Bana'), singer and original member of Voz de Cabo Verde
• Carlos Alberto Barbosa ('Kaká' Barbosa), composer
• Orlando Monteiro Barreto (Orlando 'Pantera')
• Maria de Barros, Senegalese-born singer
• Gardénia Benrós
• Gilyto Semedo Singer, Dancer & Producer http://www.gilyto.com
• Gabriela Mendes, Born in Mindelo on the Island of Sao Vicente
• Humberto Bettencourt ('Humbertona'), guitarist
• Biús ('Biús')
• José Carlos Brito ('Voginha')
• Amândio Cabral
• António Carvalho ('Antoni Denti D' Oro')
• José Casimiro
• Teofilo Chantre
• João Cirilo
• Malaquias Costa
• Francisco Xavier da Cruz ('B. Leza'), composer of classic morna
• Beto Dias, singer and songwriter
• Codé di dona, Funaná musician
• Abilio Duarte, pre-independence composer of protest coladeira
• Bela Duarte
• José Duarte ('Djosinha'), singer and original member of Voz de Cabo Verde
• Cesária Évora, Paris-based singer and global popularizer of morna and coladeira
• Epifânia Évora ('Tututa')
• Gracindo Évora ('Grace' Évora)
• Emanuel Fernandes ('Zeca di nha Reinalda'), singer and member of Bulimundo
• José Bernardo Fernandes ('Zézé di nha Reinalda'), singer and founder of Finaçon
• Ana Firmino
• Jacqueline Fortes
• Fortinho ('Fortinho')
• Francisco Vicente Gomes ('Frank Cavaquim'), composer
• Maria Inácia Gomes Correia ('Nácia Gomi')
• Arnaldo Gonçalves, pianist and founder of Centaurus
• Gregorio Gonçalves, composer
• Eddy Fortes ('Eddy Fort Moda Grog'), rapper
• Jorge Humberto, guitarist
• Emmanuel Lima ('Manu' Lima), singer and composer
• Euclides Lima ('Kiki' Lima)
• Ildo Lobo, singer with Os Tubarões
• Anselmo Lopes ('Séma Lopi')
• António Lopes ('Antoninho Travadinha'), violinist
• Lisa Nicole Lopes (Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes), member of hip-hop group TLC
• Manuel de Jesus Lopes ('Manuel de Novas'), humorous composer and modernizer of coladeira
• Suzanna Lubrano, zouk singer
• Mário Lúcio, founder of Simentera
• Maria de Lurdes Lura ('Lura')
• Carlos Alberto Martins ('Katchàz', 'Katchás', 'Catchàz' or 'Catchass'), guitarist, founder of Bulimundo and revitalizer of the funaná of Santiagu
• Vasco Martins, composer
• Gerard Mendes ('Boy Gê' or 'Boy Gé' Mendes), Senegalese-born singer, guitarist and founder of Paris-based Mendes e Mendes and O'asah
• Frank Mimita
• Mobafuco, a Capeverdean singer who released Salve na Criolu
• Jorge Fernandes Monteiro ('Jotamont'), pre-independence composer of morna
• Luís Morais
• Eddy Moreno
• Jorge Neto
• Aristides Paris ('Tito Paris')
• Celina Pereira
• Fernando Quejas, singer and songwriter
• Danny Ramalho (Jokachild), hip-hop artist
• Daniel Rendall
• Albertina Rodrigues ('Titina'), singer
• Arlinda Santos
• Gil Semedo, singer
• Chico Serra ('Chico' Serra)
• Adalberto Silva ('Betú'), composer
• Daniel Silva ('Dany' Silva)
• Marinho Silva
• Onésimo Silva
• Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva ('Horace Silver'), hard bop jazz pianist of Capeverdean extraction
• Armando Zeferino Soares, composer of the famous morna, Sodade
• Eugénio Tavares, greatest composer of morna
• Fulgêncio Tavares ('Ano Nobo'), composer
• Blick Tchutchi ('Blick Tchutchi')
• Armãndo Tito, guitarist
• Gregório Vaz ('Kodé di Dona' or 'Codé di Dona'), Santiagu-based accordianist, standard-bearer for traditional funaná, and composer of "Fomi 47" about famine
• Nancy Vieira, Guiné Bissau-born singer of morna and coladeira
• Paulino Vieira, guitarist and arranger of morna
• Sara Tavares, Portuguese-born singer of Capeverdian descent
• Marcelo Rosa, (Patalino) Guitarist,Singer,Composer,Producer,Songwriter,Arranger.

Sports

louis nani, portuguese national team and manchester united soccer player. parents from cape verde

Baseball

• Wayne Gomes
• Davey Lopes

Basketball

NBA

• Dana Barros, former NBA basketball player with the Boston Celtics
• Glen "Big Baby" Davis
• Ryan Gomes
• Dan "Jewy" Steinberg
• Carl "La Rosa Roja" Nemes

Europe

• João Gomes
• Nelson Delgado, luxemburgish basketball national team players of cape verdean descent
• Jairo Delgado, luxemburgish basketball national team players of cape verdean descent

Football

• Bijou Davidson
• Gerson
• Kadú
• Pedro Pelé
• Tunis
• Arlindo Gomes Semedo
• José Veiga
• Nélson Veiga
• Devlin Anes "The Beast"read article for more info
• Henrik Larsson, half Cape Verdean
• Jerry Adriano Pires
• Erikson Teixeira
• Patrick Vieira, from the Cape Verdean community in Dakar, Senegal
• Nani
• Joaquim M. Andrade, "Dr. Azágua", first FIFA Professional Soccer Coach, USSF-A, NSCAA-National.
• Manuel Fernandes, portuguese national player of cape verdean descent
• Gelson Fernandes, swiss national player of cape verdean descent
• Dady, cape verdean national team player

Martial Arts

• Fredson Gomes, Tae Kwon Do Olympian
• Emanuel Bettencourt
• Joaquim M. Andrade Wah Lum Kung Fu, Master

Boxing

• Robert Daluz, featherweight boxer
• Vinny "the Kid" Debarros, featherweight boxer
• Demetrius "The Best" Andrade
• "Sucra" Ray Oliveira

Fernando Fernandes, welterweight boxer

Bodyboarding

• Jason Mascarenhas, bodyboarder
• Robin Cardoza,bodyboarder

Other Sports

• Melissa Maria Andrade of Scituate, MA, USA-Champion Team Gymnastics, and two-time finalist at Disney, FL
• Cynthia Barboza
• Paul Wigertz - Poker player.

Writers

See also: List of African writers by country#Cape Verde

• Amílcar Cabral (1921–1973)
• Baltasar Lopes da Silva (1907–1989)
• Corsino Fortes
• Don Xavier
• Eugénio Tavares (1867–1930)
• Germano Almeida (1945- )
• Henrique Teixeira de Sousa
• Ivone Ramos: (1926- )
• João Cleófas Martins (1901–1970)
• Jorge Barbosa
• Manuel Lopes (1907–2005)
• Manuel de Novas (1938- )
• Orlanda Amarilis (1924 – )
• PJ Coble (1960- )American of Cape Verdian descent
• Yolanda Morazzo (1928- )
• Sergio Frusoni (1901–1975)
• Viriato de Barros

See also

Cape Verdean diaspora