Furtado is a surname of panish languageorigin common in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. It may refer to: * Caetano Xavier Furtado (1897–1980), Goan born botanist *

Celso Furtado Celso Monteiro Furtado (July 26, 1920 – November 20, 2004) was a Brazilian economist and one of the most distinguished intellectuals of his country during the 20th century. His work focuses on development and underdevelopment and on the persist ...

(1920–2004), influential Brazilian economist * Franklim Furtado (born 1987), Bissau-Guinean basketball player *

Jorge Furtado Jorge Alberto Furtado (born June 9, 1959) is a Brazilian film and television director and screenwriter. Life and career Furtado attended university for courses in medicine, psychology, journalism and arts but didn't graduate. He began his profe ...

(born 1959), Brazilian film writer and director * José Emilio Furtado (born 1983), Cape Verdean footballer *

Juli Furtado Juliana "Juli" Furtado (born April 4, 1967 in New York City) is a retired American professional mountain biker, who began her sports career in skiing. After knee injuries dashed her hopes of ski success, she took up cycling and won the US Nation ...

(born 1967), US mountain biker *

Nelly Furtado Nelly Kim Furtado (; ; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Furtado has sold over 40 million records worldwide making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. She first gained fame with her trip hop-inspired deb ...

(born 1978), Canadian singer-songwriter * Nicolás Furtado (born 1988), Uruguayan actor *

Tony Furtado Tony Furtado (born October 18, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter, banjoist, and guitarist. History Furtado was born in Pleasanton, California. He took up the banjo at age 12, inspired by the Beverly Hillbillies television show and a sixth- ...

(born 1967), US Folk/Americana banjoist, slide guitarist singer/songwriter *

Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado (1701–1769) served in Portugal's armed services rising in rank from soldier to sea-captain, then became a colonial governor in Brazil and finally a secretary of state in the Portuguese government. His major ...

(1701–1769), Portuguese soldier and Secretary of State, Governor of Brazil

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