Antunes is a surname in the

Portuguese language Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and ...

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origin meaning "son of Anthony (

António Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

)". The Spanish variant is Antúnez or Antunez. Notable people with the surname include: ;Politics * Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha (born 1954), Justice of the

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* João do Canto e Castro Antunes (1862–1934),

President of Portugal The president of Portugal, officially the president of the Portuguese Republic ( pt, Presidente da República Portuguesa, ), is the head of state and highest office of Portugal. The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, an ...

1918–1919 * Manuel Antunes Frasquilho (died 2015), Portuguese politician *

Ernesto Melo Antunes Ernesto Augusto de Melo Antunes junior, GCL (Lisbon, 2 October 1933 – 10 August 1999) was a Portuguese military officer who had a major role in the Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974. Background Melo Autunes was the son of Ernesto Augusto ...

(1933–1999), Portuguese politician and general * Manuel Lobo Antunes (born 1958), current Portuguese Ambassador to the United Kingdom ;Business *

Helder Antunes Hélder Fragueiro Antunes (born 6 July 1963; Angra do Heroísmo, Azores) is a Portuguese-American executive, computer scientist, and former racecar driver. A Cisco Systems executive for over twenty years, as well as founder and first Chairman of ...

(born 1963), Portuguese

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executive and former racecar driver * Miguel Antunes Frasquilho (born 1967), Portuguese chairman of

TAP Air Portugal TAP Air Portugal is the currently state-owned flag carrier airline of Portugal, headquartered at Lisbon Airport which also serves as its hub. TAP – Transportes Aéreos Portugueses – has been a member of the Star Alliance since 2005 and oper ...

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António Lobo Antunes António Lobo Antunes, GCSE (; born 1 September 1942) is a Portuguese novelist and retired medical doctor. He has been named as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He has been awarded the 2000 Austrian State Prize, the 2003 Ovid ...

(born 1942), Portuguese writer and psychiatrist *

João Lobo Antunes João Lobo Antunes (; 4 June 1944 – 27 October 2016) was a Portuguese neurosurgeon. Life and career João Lobo Antunes was born in Lisbon as the second of six sons of João Alfredo de Figueiredo Lobo Antunes (born 1915), prominent Neurologist ...

(1944-2016), Portuguese neurosurgeon *

Miguel Telles Antunes Dr. Miguel Telles Antunes (born 11 January 1937; Lisbon) is a famous Portuguese academic, specializing in paleontology, zooarchaeology, and geology. Antunes is a ranking member of various institutions, including the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, N ...

(born 1937), Portuguese paleontologist and member of the

Lisbon Academy of Sciences The Lisbon Academy of Sciences ( pt, Academia das Ciências de Lisboa) is Portugal's national academy dedicated to the advancement of sciences and learning, with the goal of promoting academic progress and prosperity in Portugal. It is one of Po ...

Arnaldo Antunes Arnaldo Antunes (, born Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes Filho, September 2, 1960) is a Brazilian musician, writer, and composer. He was a member of the rock band Titãs, which he co-founded in 1982 and left ten years later. After 1992, he embarked o ...

(born 1960), Brazilian writer and composer *

Sandy Antunes Alexander "Sandy" Antunes, (born 4 April, 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a Maryland-area astronomer, author, and List of role-playing game designers, role playing game designer. He graduated from Boston University in 1989 with a dual major in as ...

(born 1967), American astronomer and writer ;Arts * João Antunes (1642–1712), Portuguese Baroque architect * Antunes harpsichord family, 18th century Portuguese

harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...

makers * Jorge Antunes (born 1942), Brazilian composer *

Celso Antunes Celso Antunes (born November 12, 1959) is a Brazilian conductor located in Germany. Biography Antunes studied singing and conducting at the University of São Paulo, achieved recognition as assistant conductor of the São Paulo Youth Symphony ...

(born 1959), Brazilian conductor ;Athletics *

Anderson Andrade Antunes Anderson Andrade Antunes (born 15 November 1981) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a striker for AD Carmelita. Club career After a short stint playing professionally in Mexico, and a subsequent four-year stint in his native ...

(born 1981), Brazilian footballer *

Arthur Antunes Coimbra Arthur Antunes Coimbra (, born 3 March 1953), better known as Zico (), is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. Often called the "White Pelé", he was a creative playmaker, with excellent technic ...

(born 1953), Brazilian footballer and coach *

Macaris Antunes do Livramento Macaris Antunes Do Livramento (born 26 May 1960) is a Brazilian welterweight boxer, southpaw (left-handed), world champion (World Boxing Commission Welterweight Title), Americas champion and Brazilian champion. Record 110 fights - wins 105 - los ...

(born 1960), Brazilian boxer *

Talita Antunes Talita Antunes da Rocha (born August 29, 1982) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker. She was FIVB rookie of the year in 2005, and World Tour Winner twice, in 2013 and 2015. Career Born in Aquidauana, Antunes caught the ...

(born 1982), Brazilian beach volleyball player *

Vitorino Antunes Vitorino Gabriel Pacheco Antunes (; born 1 April 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for F.C. Paços de Ferreira. He spent most of his career abroad, winning several items of silverware with Dynamo Kyiv in Ukr ...

(born 1987), Portuguese footballer

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