Cavalcanti
Appearance
Cavalcanti is an Italian surname, used by people of ancient Italian origin. In Italy and Brazil the variant Cavalcante is also used. The family came to Brazil in 1560.[1]
- Alberto Cavalcanti (1897-1982), Brazilian film director
- Andrea Cavalcanti, a fictional character in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti (died c. 1280), Florentine philosopher, father of Guido Cavalicanti
- Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897-1976), Brazilian painter
- Giovanni Cavalcanti (chronicler) (1381-c.1451), Florentine chronicler
- Giovanni Cavalcanti (poet) (1444-1509), Florentine poet
- Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1255-1300), Italian poet
- João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque (born 1878), Brazilian politician
- Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1850-1930), first Latin American Cardinal
- Severino Cavalcanti (1930–2020), Brazilian politician
See also
- Cavalcanti, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro