Given name
Romeu is a
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
masculine
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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 ...
, a variant of
Romeo
Romeo Montague () is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. The son of Lord Montague and his wife, Lady Montague, he secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet, through a priest ...
.
People with this name include:
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Romeu Almeida (born 1974), retired Portuguese footballer
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Romeu Beltrão (1913-1977), Brazilian physician, educator, historian and paleontologist
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Romeu Evangelista
Romeu Evangelista (born 27 March 1950), also known as Romeu Cambalhota, is a retired Brazilian association football, footballer who spent most of his career with Clube Atlético Mineiro and Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians.
Internati ...
(born 1950), retired Brazilian footballer
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Romeu Filemón
Romeu Katatu Filemón is an Angolan football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most p ...
(born 1965), Angolan football manager
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Romeu Italo Ripoli
Romeu Italo Ripoli (Piracicaba, 21 November 1916 – Piracicaba, 28 October 1983) was an agronomist, businessman, politician and sports manager. He was the most famous president of the Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba), soccer team of the ...
(1916-1983), Brazilian agronomist, businessman, politician and sports manager
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Romeu Pellicciari
Romeu Pellicciari, also known as ''Romeu'' (born in Jundiai, March 26, 1911 – died in São Paulo, July 15, 1971) was an association footballer in striker role.
By Italian origins, during his career (1928–1944) he played for União ...
(1911-1971), Brazilian footballer
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Romeu Pereira dos Santos
Romeu Pereira dos Santos (born 13 February 1985), known as Romeu, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who last played as a defensive midfielder for Greek club Levadiakos.
Career statistics
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Honou ...
(born 1985), Brazilian footballer
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Romeu Ribeiro (born 1989), Portuguese footballer
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Romeu Rocha
Marcos Romeu Moreira da Rocha (born 17 February 1986), known as Romeu, is a Portuguese former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder.
Club career
Born in Paredes, Portu ...
(born 1986), Portuguese footballer
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Romeu Torres (born 1984), Portuguese footballer
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Romeu Tuma
Romeu Tuma (October 4, 1931 – October 26, 2010) was a Brazilian politician and a former director of the Federal Police.
Tuma was born on October 4, 1931, in São Paulo, Brazil. He died on October 26, 2010, of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome ...
(1931-2010), Brazilian politician
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Romeu Silva
Romeu Fernando Fernandes da Silva (born 4 March 1954), known simply as Romeu, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Football career
Born in Vila Praia de Âncora, Caminha, Viana do Castelo, Romeu made his profes ...
(born 1954), retired Portuguese footballer
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Romeu Zema
Romeu Zema Neto (born 28 October 1964) is a Brazilian businessman, administrator, and politician affiliated with the NOVO party. The current Governor of the state of Minas Gerais, he served as the head of the Zema Group, an industrial conglomerat ...
(born 1964), Brazilian politician (current governor of
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...
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Surname
Romeu can be also a
Catalan-language
Catalan (; autonym: , ), known in the Valencian Community and Carche as ''Valencian'' (autonym: ), is a Western Romance language. It is the official language of Andorra, and an official language of three autonomous communities in eastern Spa ...
surname. People with this surname include:
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Antonio María Romeu
Antonio María Romeu Marrero (11 September 1876 – 18 January 1955) was a Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader. His orchestra was Cuba's leading Charanga (Cuba), charanga for over thirty years, specializing in the danzón. Throughout his ca ...
(1876-1955), Cuban pianist
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Armando de Sequeira Romeu, Cuban musician
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Claudia Dasca Romeu
Claudia Dasca Romeu (born 4 November 1994 in Sabadell), also known as Claudia Dasca, is a Spanish swimmer who competes in the Women's 400m individual medley. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 25th overall in the heats in the Women's 400 ...
(born 1994), Spanish swimmer
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David Balaguer
David Balaguer Romeu (born 17 August 1991) is a Spanish handball player who plays for Paris Saint-Germain and the Spanish team.
He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was ...
Romeu (born 1991), Spanish handball player
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Emma Romeu
Emma Romeu (Havana) is a writer and geographer who has dedicated her career to environmental journalism. She has published articles in ''National Geographic Magazine
''National Geographic'' (formerly the ''National Geographic Magazine'', so ...
, Cuban writer and geographer
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Fábio Santos, full name Fábio Santos Romeu (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
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Inês Etienne Romeu
Inês Etienne Romeu (December 18, 1942 – April 27, 2015) was a Brazilian political prisoner held in extrajudicial detention in a Brazilian torture camp in the early 1970s.
Romeu has been described as the sole captive to survive the camp.
In ...
(1942-2015), Brazilian political prisoner
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Jean-Pierre Romeu
Jean-Pierre Romeu (born 15 April 1948) is a former French rugby union footballer. His position was fly-half. He was nicknamed ''Le Gaulois'' (The Gaul), for his moustache.
He first played for US Carmaux, in 1967/68. He moved afterwards to ASM C ...
(born 1948), former French rugby union footballer
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José Antonio Roméu
José Antonio Roméu (1742? – 1792) was sixth Spanish governor of Alta California, from 1791 to 1792.
Career
While serving as a captain in the Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethn ...
(1742?-1792), the sixth Spanish governor of Alta California
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Leonora Milà Romeu
Leonora Milà Romeu (Vilanova i la Geltrú, 1942) is a Catalan pianist and composer.
Biography
The pianist and composer Leonora Milà was born in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona) in 1942, into a family with close ties to the world of music. ...
(born 1942), Spanish pianist and composer
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Oriol Romeu
Oriol Romeu Vidal (; born 24 September 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga side Girona.
Romeu began his career at Barcelona, playing mainly in their reserves. In 2011, he joined Chelsea fo ...
(born 1991), Spanish footballer
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Xavier Romeu
Xavier Romeu Matta is a counselor and litigator, with expertise in securities litigation and regulation, and corporate, commercial and employment litigation. He is a former politician, and an advocate of statehood for Puerto Rico, and of the appoin ...
, Puerto Rican counselor and litigator
Other
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Romeu (cartoonist) Given name
Romeu is a Portuguese masculine given name, a variant of Romeo.
People with this name include:
* Romeu Almeida (born 1974), retired Portuguese footballer
* Romeu Beltrão (1913-1977), Brazilian physician, educator, historian and paleon ...
, Spanish cartoonist
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Arboretum de Font-Romeu, an
arboretum
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in
France
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Camerata Romeu, an all-female instrumentalist chamber music group of Cuban origin
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Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (; ca, Font-romeu, Odelló i Vià), or simply Odeillo, is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales and Cerdagne near the Spanish border in the south of France. It comprises the villages of Odeillo and Via, as well as Font-Rom ...
, a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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** Communes of ...
in
France
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Portuguese masculine given names
Catalan-language surnames