Alcántara (

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

), Alcàntara (

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

), Alcântara (

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

), and Alcantara ( Sicilian) are surnames related to the Andalusian place name Alcántara, derived from Arabic for "the bridge". There are several related place names Alcantara, with the most noted being Alcántara, Spain, the birthplace of Saint Peter of Alcantara, the Franciscan Saint. The surname has royal connections and the emperors of Brazil, such as Pedro II had the surname Alcântara e Silva. Consequently, the surname Alcântara is also found among freed slaves of the Brazilian household.Historias de Exclusión: Afrodescendientes en el Uruguay - Page 48 Teresa Porzecanski, Beatriz Santos - 2006 "Entonces había unos negros de apellido Alcântara, brasileños, que habían sido servidores de la casa imperial. Porque los emperadores de Brasil, Don Pedro II, no tienen el apellido de Braganza, sino que tienen el apellido Alcântara e Silva."

Spanish

Arismendy Alcántara Arismendy Alcántara (; born October 29, 1991) is a Dominican professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is ...

– Dominican baseball player * Francisco Linares Alcántara – Venezuelan statesman *

Izzy Alcántara Israel Crisóstomo "Izzy" Alcántara (born May 6, 1971) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers. Minor leagues Alcántara was signed as an amateur free agent by the Montreal Expos in 1990. In the mi ...

– Dominican baseball player *

Paulino Alcántara Paulino Alcántara Riestrá (7 October 1896 – 13 February 1964) was a football player and manager who played as a forward. Born in the Philippines, he spent most of his playing career at Barcelona, and also represented Catalonia, the Philipp ...

– Filipino footballer who made much of his career in Spain *

Pedro Alcántara Herrán Pedro Alcántara Herrán Martínez de Zaldúa (October 19, 1800 in Bogotá, Viceroyalty of the New GranadaArismendi Posada, Ignacio; ''Gobernantes Colombianos''; trans. Colombian Presidents; Interprint Editors Ltd., Italgraf, Segunda Edición; ...

– Colombian statesman *

Peter of Alcantara Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

panish : San Pedro de Alcántara/small> (1499–1562) – canonized Spanish saint * Reinier Alcántara – footballer born in Cuba who fled to the United States in 2008 *

Roberto Alcántara Roberto Alcántara Rojas (born April 19, 1950 in Acambay, Mexico) is a Mexican entrepreneur and businessman, mainly dedicated to passenger transportation through land and air services. He is the chairman of the board of directors of Grupo IAMSA, ...

– Mexican CEO of airline

Viva Aerobus Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V., trading as Viva Aerobus, is a Mexican low-cost airline fully owned by the largest bus company group in Mexico, IAMSA, and was co-founded by and invested in by Irelandia Aviation. Based in Monterrey Internati ...

Sandy Alcántara Sandy Alcántara Montero (born September 7, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an international free agent in 2013, and made his MLB ...

– Dominican baseball player * Sergio Alcántara – Dominican baseball player

Portuguese

Antônio Castilho de Alcântara Machado Antônio Castilho de Alcântara Machado de Oliveira (May 25, 1901 – April 14, 1935) was a Brazilian journalist, politician and writer. He didn't take part of the Week of Modern Art (1922) in São Paulo, but even though wrote a great many moder ...

— Brazilian journalist, politician and writer * Alcântara de Mello or Alcântara de Melo — Portuguese family with ties to Portugal's colonies between 1400 and 1974 * Fabrício Lopes Alcântara — Brazilian footballer * Fernando Lopes Alcântara — Brazilian footballer * Fábio Lopes Alcântara — Brazilian footballer * Hugo Alcântara — Brazilian footballer *

Iuri Alcântara Iuri Alcântara (born 4 August 1980) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competed in the UFC bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2003, Alcântara mostly fought in Brazil before signing with World Extreme Cagefighting ...

(born 1980) — Brazilian mixed martial artist * José Pedro de Alcântara — Brazilian cofounder of Conceição de Ipanema town, Minas Gerais *

Monalysa Alcântara Monalysa Maria Alcântara Nascimento (born 24 January 1999) is a Brazilian model and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss Brasil 2017, becoming the first representative from Piauí and the third woman of Afro-Brazilian origin to wi ...

— Miss Brasil 2017 *

Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão Para Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

(1875–1940) — member of the Brazilian imperial family * Rafael Alcântara — Brazilian-Spanish footballer * Roberto Alcântara Ballesteros — Brazilian footballer *

Thiago Alcântara Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento ( es, Alcántara; born 11 April 1991), or simply Thiago (; ), is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Spain national team. Born in Italy to Brazi ...

— Spanish-Brazilian footballer, older brother of Rafael Alcântara *

Baltasar Lopes da Silva Baltasar Lopes da Silva ( Caleijão, São Nicolau, 23 April 1907 - Lisbon, Portugal, 28 May 1989) was a writer, poet and linguist from Cape Verde, who wrote in both Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole. With Manuel Lopes and Jorge Barbosa, he w ...

— writer, poet and linguist from Cape Verde who sometimes used the pseudonym ''Osvaldo Alcântara''

Filipino

Kyline Alcantara Kyline Nicole Aquino Alcantara Manga (; born September 3, 2002) is a Filipina singer, actress, dancer, host, and podcaster. Born in Ocampo, Camarines Sur, Alcantara began acting at age seven and made her television debut in '' Star Circle Que ...

– Filipina actress and singer

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