Silveira is a
Portuguese language
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surname
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Abraham Patusca da Silveira
Araken Patusca (17 July 1905 – 24 January 1990) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a striker. He was born in Santos.
Throughout his career (1923–1937), he played for Santos FC, Club Athletico Paulistano, Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, ...
(1905–1990), Brazilian football striker
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Alcides Silveira
Alcides Silveira Vicente Montero (18 March 1938 – 16 January 2011) was a Uruguayan football player and coach who played as a midfielder or centre-back. He played for and coached the Uruguay national team.
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(1938–2011), Uruguayan international football player and coach of the Uruguay national football team
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Amarildo Tavares da Silveira
Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, also known as Amarildo (; born 29 July 1939), is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Amarildo began his career at in the youth teams at Goytacaz, being described at the best playe ...
(1901–?), Brazilian football striker
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Caue Fernandes Silveira (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
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Fabio Trinidade da Silveira
Fabio Trinidade da Silveira (born 26 May 1977 in Pantano Grande, Rio Grande do Sul), commonly known as Fabinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward. He is currently a free agent.
Club career
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Fabinho got a good start of 2 ...
(born 1977), Brazilian footballer commonly known as Fabinho
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Francisco Silveira, Count of Amarante (1763–1821), Portuguese army lieutenant general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars
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Gonçalo da Silveira
Gonçalo da Silveira, S.J. (23 February 1526 – 6 March 1561) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary in southern Africa.
Life
Silveira was born at Almeirim, Portugal, about from Lisbon. He was the tenth child of Dom Luís da Silveira, first co ...
(1526–1561), Portuguese Jesuit missionary in southern Africa
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Hugo Silveira
Hugo Gabriel Silveira Pereira (born 26 March 1993) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Cerro Largo as a forward
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, Uruguayan footballer who plays for
Tigre
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Juan Silveira dos Santos
Juan Silveira dos Santos (; born 1 February 1979), commonly known as Juan, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He currently works as Flamengo's Technical Manager.
Having begun his career with Flamengo, h ...
(born 1979), Brazilian footballer commonly known as Juan
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Juliana Silveira (born 1980), Brazilian actress and singer
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Julio Silveira (born 1953), Uruguayan politician
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Larry Silveira (born 1965), American golfer
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Leandro Hercílio Carvalho da Silveira (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
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Leonor Silveira
Leonor da Silveira Moreno e Lemos Gomes (born 28 October 1970) is a Portuguese film actress who made her film debut in '' The Cannibals'' for director Manoel de Oliveira in 1988. She appeared in most of Oliveira's subsequent films.
She is the d ...
(born 1970), Portuguese actress
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Lucas Silveira
Lucas Silveira is a Canadian vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. He has composed and performed folk music and rock music, and formed and played in the band The Cliks. Silveira is credited as the first openly transgende ...
(born 1974), Canadian vocalist/guitarist and songwriter for the rock band The Cliks
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Lucas Silveira (Brazilian singer)
Fresno is a Brazilian rock band formed in Porto Alegre in late 1999. As of 2020, members are Lucas Silveira (vocals, bass, rhythm guitar, keyboards), Gustavo Mantovani (lead guitar) and Thiago Guerra (drums). They already have ten albums, th ...
(born 1983), lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the Brazilian emocore band Fresno
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Luís Henrique Silveira
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...
(born 1979), Brazilian football left back
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Luis Miguel Silveira
Luis Miguel Silveira from the Technical University of Lisbon was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for e ...
, Portuguese engineer
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Maria do Carmo Silveira
Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira (born 14 February 1961) served as the 13th prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 8 June 2005 to 21 April 2006.
Background
She was educated as an economist at the Donetsk National Univers ...
(born 1960?), former Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
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Martim Mércio da Silveira
Martim Mércio da Silveira (2 March 1911 - 26 May 1972), in Argentina better known as Martín Mercío Silveyra, was a Brazilian football player. He played for Brazil national team at the 1934 and 1938 World Cup finals.
He commenced his career i ...
(1911–1972), Brazilian footballer
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Nacimento Silveira
Nacimento Silveira (born April 11, 1981) is an Indian football player who plays in Midfield position for I-League team United Sports Club
United Sports Club (formerly known as both Prayag United, and Chirag United) is an Indian professiona ...
(born 1981), Indian footballer
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Onésimo Silveira
Onésimo Silveira (February 10, 1935 – April 29, 2021) was a Cape Verdean politician and writer.
Biography
As a young poet, Silveira was one of the most prominent critics of the literary elite in Cape Verde. He was associated with the views of ...
(1935–2021), Cape Verdean politician and writer
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Regina Silveira
Regina Silva Silveira (born 1939) is a Brazilian artist known for her work with light, shadows and distortions exploring ideas of reality. Silveira has used many media throughout her career but focuses mainly on videography, painting, and print ...
(born 1939), Brazilian artist
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Sebastião da Silveira Cintra (1882–1942), Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal
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