Beto is a surname, and a nickname for the given names Alberto, Albertino, Adalberto, Berthony, Heriberto, Norberto, Roberto, Humberto, or Benito. It occurs mostly in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries and communities. Notable people with the name include:

Given name or nickname

Arts and entertainment

* Beto Benites, Peruvian actor * Beto Carrero (1937–2008), Brazilian theme park owner and entertainer * Beto Cuevas (born 1967), Chilean singer and artist * Robert de la Rocha, American artist * Beto Guedes (born 1951), Brazilian musician, singer and songwriter * Gilbert Hernandez (born 1957), American cartoonist best known for the ''Love and Rockets'' comics *

Beto O'Byrne Beto O'Byrne is a multiethnic playwright based in Brooklyn, New York. He has written 14 full-length plays which been produced in major cities including New York City, Austin, San Antonio, and Los Angeles. He has been nominated for numerous awards ...

, American playwright *

Beto (Portuguese singer) Beto (December 28, 1967 – May 23, 2010), stage name of Albertino João Santos Pereira, was a Portuguese singer. Beto was born in Peniche, Portugal, and started to sing at the age of five. He settled in Torres Vedras at 17. Beto founded the musi ...

(1967–2010), Portuguese singer Albertino João Santos Pereira * Beto Pérez, Colombian dancer *

Beto Quintanilla Norberto "Beto" Quintanilla Iracheta (May 23, 1948 – March 18, 2007) was a Regional Mexican singer and songwriter. He was known as "El Mero León del Corrido" (The Lion of the Corrido). Biography Beto Quintanilla was originally from Gener ...

, Mexican singer and musician

Politics

Beto Mansur Beto Mansur (born 1951) is a Brazilian politician and soybean farmer. He serves in the Congress and owns a soybean farm in Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the ...

(born 1951), Brazilian politician and soybean farmer * Beto O'Rourke (born 1972), American Democratic politician, candidate for president in 2020, and former US Representative * Beto Richa (born 1965), governor of the Brazilian state of Paraná 2011–2018

Sports

Football

Beto (footballer, born 1973) Valberto Amorim dos Santos (born March 16, 1973 in Santos), or simply Beto, is a Brazilian defensive midfielder for Paraná in the Brazilian Série A Brazilian commonly refers to: * Something of, from or relating to Brazil * Brazilian Portug ...

, full name Valberto Amorim dos Santos, Brazilian football defensive midfielder *

Beto (footballer, born 1975) Joubert Araújo Martins, or simply Beto (born 7 January 1975, in Cuiabá) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a midfielder. During his career, he played for several Brazilian clubs such as Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, Botafogo, Grê ...

, full name Joubert Araújo Martins, Brazilian football midfielder *

Beto (footballer, born May 1976) Roberto Luís Gaspar de Deus Severo (born 3 May 1976), known as Beto (), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender. He played most of his professional career with Sporting CP (ten seasons, more tha ...

, full name Roberto Luís Gaspar de Deus Severo, Portuguese football defender *

Beto (footballer, born November 1976) Gilberto Galdino dos Santos (born 20 November 1976), known as Beto, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He also held a Portuguese passport due to having spent many years in the country, where he ...

, full name Gilberto Galdino dos Santos, Brazilian football midfielder * Beto (footballer, born 1979), full name Roberto Mendes da Silva, Brazilian football *

Beto (footballer, born 1980) Cícero Herbete de Oliveira Melo, commonly known as Beto (born September 3, 1980 in Itaporanga), is a Brazilian association football striker. He is currently retired from football. Beto has previously played for Fluminense Fluminense Fo ...

, full name Cícero Herbete de Oliveira Melo, Brazilian football striker *

Beto (footballer, born February 1981) Luiz Alberto de Sousa (born February 6, 1981 in São João Del Rey), or simply Beto, is a Brazilian left back. He currently plays for Ipatinga Ipatinga is a municipality in eastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The city was founded on 29 Apri ...

, full name Luiz Alberto de Sousa, Brazilian football left-back *

Beto (footballer, born October 1981) André Roberto Soares da Silva or known as Beto (born 25 October 1981) is a Brazilian association football, football player who plays as a forward (association football), striker most recently for Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo, Novo Hamburgo. Car ...

, full name André Roberto Soares da Silva, Brazilian football striker * Beto (footballer, born 1982), full name António Alberto Bastos Pimparel, Portuguese football goalkeeper * Beto (footballer, born 1984), full name Roberto Fronza, Brazilian football centre-back * Beto (footballer, born 1986), full name Webert da Silva Miguel, Brazilian football midfielder * Beto (footballer, born 1987), full name Alberto Antônio de Paula, Brazilian football striker * Beto (footballer, born 1998), full name Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal, Portuguese football striker * Beto Acosta (born 1966), Argentine football striker * Beto Carranza (born 1972), Argentine football midfielder * Beto Naveda (born 1972), Argentine football striker * Beto Acosta (born 1977), Uruguayan football striker * Beto Gonçalves (born 1980), Indonesian football striker * Beto Navarro (born 1989), American soccer defender

Other sports

Bobby Ávila Roberto Francisco Ávila González (April 2, 1924 – October 26, 2004), known as "Beto" in Mexico and as "Bobby" in the United States, was a Mexican professional baseball second baseman. A native of Veracruz, Mexico, Ávila began his career pl ...

(1924–2004), Mexican Major League Baseball player *

Roberto Seabra Roberto ("Beto") Suarez Seabra (born July 15, 1976 in Rio de Janeiro) is a water polo player from Brazil. He competed in three consecutive Pan American Games for his native country, starting in 1999. Seabra won two silver medals at this event wi ...

(born 1976), Brazilian water polo player

Other

Beto Laudisio Roberto Laudisio Curti (died 18 March 2012), known as Beto Laudisio, was a 21-year-old man from São Paulo, Brazil. He died on 18 March 2012 after being pursued, tackled, tasered, sprayed with OC spray, and physically compressed under the weight ...

(died 2012), Brazilian student who died in Australian police custody *

Beto Ortiz Beto Ortiz (birth name: Humberto Martin Ortiz Pajuelo) (born 1968 in Lima) is a Peruvian TV personality and writer. , he lives in Lima; before that, he lived in New York City. His claim to national fame was through "Beto A saber" (2000), a p ...

(born 1968), Peruvian journalist, TV personality, and writer * Carlos Alberto Rentería Mantilla (born 1945), Colombian narcotrafficker and crime boss

Surname

* George Beto (1916–1991), American criminologist, educator *

Zé Beto José Alberto Teixeira Ferreirinha (21 February 1960 – 4 February 1990), known as Zé Beto, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played almost his entire career at FC Porto, his life being cut short at 29 in a road acci ...

(1960–1990), Portuguese footballer * Mr. Beto in ''

Cruz v. Beto ''Cruz v. Beto'', 405 U.S. 319 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court upheld a Free Exercise claim based on the allegations that the state of Texas had discriminated against a Buddhist prisoner by "denying him a reaso ...

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