Javier Javier may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Javier, in video game ''Advance Wars: Dual Strike''
* Javier Rios, a character in the Monsters, Inc. franchise.
* Javier (album), ''Javier'' (album), a 2003 album by the American singer Javier ...
; eu, Xabier )Pronunciation of Xavier /ref> is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Abel Xavier
Abel Luís da Silva Costa Xavier (; born 30 November 1972) is a Portuguese football manager and former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Xavier played for clubs in Portugal, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, England, Turkey and ...
(born 1972), Portuguese footballer
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Anderson Conceição Xavier
Anderson Conceição Xavier or simply Xavier (born January 22, 1980), is a Brazilian former football player.
Honours
*Bahia State League: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
*Brazilian North Cup: 1997, 1999
*Tournament Rio — São ...
(born 1980), Brazilian footballer
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Arlene Xavier
Arlene de Queiroz Xavier (born December 20, 1969) is a volleyball player from Brazil. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Xavier was named "Best Libero" at the FIVB World Grand Prix 2006 in Reggio Ca ...
(born 1969), Brazilian volleyball player
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Babi Xavier
Babi Xavier (born Anna Bárbara Xavier; 6 July 1974, in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian television actress, Playboy model, singer and TV hostess.
Television
*'' Perdidos de Amor'' (Band, 1996) – Ivea, actress
*'' Por Amor'' ( Globo, 1 ...
(born 1974), Brazilian actress, singer and television host
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Cleiton Ribeiro Xavier
Cleiton Ribeiro Xavier ( uk, Клейтон Шав'єр; born 23 March 1983) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He is known by his powerful and accurate free kicks, dribbling skills and passes.
C ...
(born 1983), Brazilian footballer
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Chica Xavier
Francisca Xavier Queiroz de Jesus, known professionally as Chica Xavier (January 22, 1932 – August 8, 2020), was a Brazilian actress and producer. Xavier worked in stage, film, and television. She was known primarily for her work in Rede Globo ...
(1932–2020), Brazilian actress and producer
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Chico Xavier
Chico Xavier () or Francisco Cândido Xavier, born Francisco de Paula Cândido (, April 2, 1910 – June 30, 2002), was a popular Brazilian philanthropist and spiritist medium. During a period of 60 years he wrote over 490 books and several ...
(1910–2002), Brazilian medium
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Dezmond Xavier
Deveon Everhart Aikens (born November 2, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Wes Lee, and is the current NXT North American Champion in his first rei ...
(born 1994), American professional wrestler
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Emanuel Xavier
Emanuel Xavier (born May 3, 1970), is an American poet, spoken word artist, author, editor, and LGBTQ activist born and raised in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. Associated with the East Village, Manhattan arts scene in New York City, he emerged ...
(born 1971), American author and activist
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Filipe Nery Xavier
Filipe Nery Xavier (17 March 1801 - 26 May 1875), sometimes spelt Felipe, Felippe, Filippe or Neri, was a Portuguese administrator, littérateur and historian of Goan origin. He was descended from a "very distinguished" Gaud Saraswat Brahmin ...
(1801-1875), Goan-Português administrator and historian
* St. Francis Xavier (1506–1552, born as ''Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta''), Spanish Roman Catholic saint and co-founder of the Jesuit Order
* Frederico Burgel Xavier (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
* Herve Xavier Zengue known as Xavier (born 1984), Cameroonian footballer
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Irene Xavier
Irene Xavier is a Malaysian women's rights activist. She is a prominent member of Friends of Women, Selangor - Persatuan Sahabat Wanita, Selangor ( PSWS), a women's rights NGO. She is also a key activist of Suaram, Malaysia's leading human right ...
, Malaysian women's rights activist
* Jaime Xavier (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
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Jeff Xavier
Jeffrey G. Xavier (born 7 September 1985) is a Cape Verdean basketball player who plays for UJAP Quimper 29 in LNB Pro B. He is a 2009 graduate of Providence College. Xavier transferred to Providence after two years at Manhattan College. Xavier ...
(born 1985), Cape Verdean American basketball player
* John Xavier, stage name of American professional wrestler John Jirus
* Jorge Barreto Xavier (born 1965), Portuguese cultural manager, university professor, and politician
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Leonardo Xavier Professor Leonardo "The Wizard" Xavier was born on January 3, 1976, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the age of 5, Leo ventured into his first martial art, taking judo in school. At the age of 13 Leo began to take Tae Kwon Do classes. Finally, at the ...
(born 1976), Brazilian martial artist
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Llewellyn Xavier
Llewellyn Xavier OBE (born 12 October 1945) is a Saint Lucian artist.
Biography
Xavier left Saint Lucia for Barbados in 1962, working as an agricultural apprentice for a time. A friend gave him a box of watercolors, and he was soon drawn to ...
(born 1945), Saint Lucian artist
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Marcos Ferreira Xavier
Marcos Ferreira Xavier ( az, Markos Ferrera Xave; born 18 February 1982) is a Brazilian-Azerbaijani football midfielder whose last known club was São Gonçalo in the Campeonato Carioca Third Division.
Career
Marcos transferred to FK Karvan ...
(born 1982), Brazilian-Azerbaijani footballer
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Margaret Lin Xavier
Margaret Lin Xavier or Khun Ying Srivisanvaja (29 May 1898 – 6 December 1932), known colloquially as Dr. Lin, was a Thai physician. She was the first Thai woman to receive a degree in medicine.
Early life and education
Margaret Lin Xavier was ...
(1898–1932), Thai physician
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Nelson Xavier
Nelson Agostini Xavier (30 August 1941 – 10 May 2017) was a Brazilian actor. He appeared in more than 95 films and television shows between 1959 and 2017. He starred in the 1964 film '' Os Fuzis'', which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary ...
(1941-2017), Brazilian actor
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Phideaux Xavier
Phideaux Xavier (born Scott Riggs; January 14, 1963) is an American television director, and composer of modern technological music that he describes as 'psychedelic progressive gothic rock', who grew up near New York City but now lives in Los ...
(born 1963), American TV director and musician
* S. Xavier (1920-2009), Indian politician
Fictional
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Charles Xavier
Professor X (Charles Francis Xavier) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as the founder and sometimes leader of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co- ...
, founder of The Xavier Institute for Higher Learning
See also
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Javier (disambiguation) Javier may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Javier, in video game '' Advance Wars: Dual Strike''
* Javier Rios, a character in the Monsters, Inc. franchise.
* ''Javier'' (album), a 2003 album by the American singer Javier Colon, known ...
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Javier (name)
Javier () is the Spanish spelling of the masculine name Xavier.
The name derives from the Catholic Saint called Francis de Xavier, where ''Xavier'' refers to the saint's birthplace. This birthplace name, in turn, has Basque roots, etymologicall ...
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Xavier (given name)
The given name Xavier (, , , , ; es, Javier ; eu, Xabier ) is a masculine name derived from the 16th-century Spanish Navarrese Roman Catholic Saint Francis Xavier.
Etymology
Xavier comes from the name of the Jesuit missionary saint Francis Xavi ...