Amílcar is a Spanish and Portuguese male given name derived from Latin

Hamilcar __NOTOC__ Hamilcar ( xpu, 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤊 , ,. or , , " Melqart is Gracious"; grc-gre, Ἁμίλκας, ''Hamílkas'';) was a common Carthaginian masculine given name. The name was particularly common among the ruling families of ancient Carthage ...

, itself a

Punic The Punic people, or western Phoenicians, were a Semitic people in the Western Mediterranean who migrated from Tyre, Phoenicia to North Africa during the Early Iron Age. In modern scholarship, the term ''Punic'' – the Latin equivalent of the ...

name known to the Romans through their

Carthaginian The term Carthaginian ( la, Carthaginiensis ) usually refers to a citizen of Ancient Carthage. It can also refer to: * Carthaginian (ship), a three-masted schooner built in 1921 * Insurgent privateers; nineteenth-century South American privateers, ...

foes, especially

Hamilcar Barca Hamilcar Barca or Barcas ( xpu, 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤁𐤓𐤒, ''Ḥomilqart Baraq''; –228BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, leader of the Barcid family, and father of Hannibal, Hasdrubal and Mago. He was also father-in-l ...

. Notable people with the name Amílcar include: * Amílcar Álvarez, Argentine swimmer *

Amílcar Barbuy Amílcar Barbuy (29 March 1893 – 24 August 1965) was an Italian Brazilian football player and manager. A talented and well-rounded midfielder, he was known for his commanding presence, pinpoint tackling, ability to read the game, powerful ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Amílcar Cabral Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral (; – ) was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, pan-Africanist, intellectual, poet, theoretician, revolutionary, political organizer, nationalist and diplomat. He was one of Africa's forem ...

, Bissau-Guinean/Cape Verdean politician *

Amílcar de Castro Amílcar Augusto Pereira de Castro (6 June 1920 – 21 November 2002) was a Brazilian artist, sculptor and graphic designer. Early life and education Born in Paraisópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil Amilcar de Castro was the child of a judge a ...

, Brazilian sculptor and graphic designer * Amílcar Fonseca, Portuguese footballer *

Amílcar Henríquez Amílcar Henríquez Espinosa (August 2, 1983 – April 15, 2017) was a Panamanian footballer. Club career Born in Panama City, Henríquez began his club career with local side Árabe Unido. He spent one season with Costa Rica with Santacruce� ...

, Panamanian footballer *

Amílcar Méndez Urízar Amílcar Méndez Urízar is a Guatemalan human rights activist and former Congressman (1996–2000). In July 1988 he founded the Council for Ethnic Communities "We Are All Equal" (CERJ). In 1990 he was the recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human ...

, Guatemalan activist and politician * Amílcar Romero, Dominican politician *

Amílcar de Sousa Amílcar Augusto Queirós de Sousa (; 1876–1940) was a Portuguese medical doctor, and author of many health books, being the most famous ''O Naturismo'' (''Naturism''), published in 1912. Biography A pioneer of vegetarianism in Portugal, h ...

, Portuguese medical doctor and writer *

Amílcar Spencer Lopes Amílcar Spencer Lopes (born September 8, 1948) is a Cape Verdean politician and was the 2nd President of the National Assembly from 1991 to 1996. in pdf He succeeded Abílio Duarte and was succeeded by António do Espírito Santo Fonseca. Afte ...

, Cape Verdean politician *

Amílcar Villafuerte Trujillo Amílcar Augusto Villafuerte Trujillo (born 31 January 1964) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PVEM. As of 2013 he served as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzo ...

, Mexican politician * Jean Amilcar, the Senegalese foster son of

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ...

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