Olavo is a
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, the Spanish and Portuguese form of
Olaf
Olaf or Olav (, , or British ; Old Norse: ''Áleifr'', ''Ólafr'', ''Óleifr'', ''Anleifr'') is a Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ancestor, grand-father" a ...
, and may refer to:
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Olavo Bilac
Olavo Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac (16 December 1865 – 28 December 1918), known simply as Olavo Bilac (), was a Brazilian Parnassianism, Parnassian poet, journalist and translator. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and Raimundo Correia, he w ...
(1865–1918), Brazilian poet of the Parnassian school
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Olavo Setúbal
Olavo Egídio Setúbal (16 April 1923 – 27 August 2008) was a Brazilian industrialist, banker and politician. He was Mayor of São Paulo from 1975 to 1979, Minister of External Relations from 1985 to 1986, and chairman of the Itaúsa conglom ...
(1923–2008), Brazilian industrialist, banker and politician
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Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa
Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, best known as Nena, (11 July 1923 – 17 November 2010) was a Brazilian former football player. He was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.Olavo Yépez
Olavo Yépez Obando (20 August 1937 – 17 May 2021) was an Ecuadorian chess master.
He was born in San Gabriel in the Carchi province of Ecuador. Yépez won the Ecuadorian Chess Championship at Pichincha 1962, took 9th at Mar del Plata 1962 ...
(1937–2021), Ecuadorian chess master
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Olavo de Carvalho
Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho (29 April 1947 – 24 January 2022) was a Brazilian polemicist, self-proclaimed philosopher, political pundit, former astrologer, journalist, and far-right conspiracy theorist. From 2005 until his death, he lived ...
(1947–2022), Brazilian journalist and writer
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