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and a place name. It may refer to:

Places

Bueno Brandão Bueno Brandão is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast ...

, Brazil * Caldas Brandão, Brazil *

Milton Brandão Milton Brandão is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil. The municipality contains part of the Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area, created in 1996. See also *List of municipalities in Piauí Th ...

, Brazil *

Paços de Brandão Paços de Brandão () is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, and Aveiro District. The population in 2011 was 4,867, in an area of 3.56 km2. It is 22 km from Porto, and is part of the Porto Metropolitan Area. ...

, Portugal * Porto Brandão, Portugal

People

* Antonio Bezerra Brandão, Brazilian footballer * Avelar Brandão Vilela (1912—1986), Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Brandão (footballer, born 1941) José Cândido de Campos (born 22 November 1941), known as Brandão, is a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi ...

, José Cândido de Campos, Brazilian footballer * Carlos Brandão (born 1958), Brazilian politician * Carlos Miguel Brandão Fernandes (born 1978), Portuguese footballer *

Celso Brandão Celso Brandão (born 1951 in Maceio, Alagoas, Brazil) is a photographer who also directed a few documentaries. He can always be found at his headquarters in Carababa Beac just a few minutes from the city center. Some of his work belong the Pirell ...

(born 1951), Brazilian photographer * Diego Brandão, Brazilian mixed martial artist * Evaeverson Lemos da Silva (born 1980), known as "Brandão", Brazilian footballer *

Evandro Brandão Evandro Elmer de Carvalho Brandão (born 7 May 1991) is an Angolan professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Alverca as a striker. Club career England Brandão was born in Luanda, Angola, but spent the first years of his life in P ...

, a Portuguese footballer * Fernanda Brandão, a Brazilian singer and dancer * Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão, Portuguese poet, dramatist, translator and essayist *

Gonçalo Brandão Gonçalo Jardim Brandão (born 9 October 1986) is a Portuguese former professional footballer. Mainly a central defender, he also appeared as a left back. Club career Belenenses A product of hometown C.F. Os Belenenses' academy, Lisbon-born Br ...

, Portuguese footballer * Ignácio de Loyola Brandão (born 1936), Brazilian writer *

José Augusto Brandão José Augusto Brandão (April 21, 1911 – July 20, 1989) was an association football midfielder. He was born in Taubate, São Paulo State. In his career (1927–1946) he played for Barra Funda, Juventude, Portuguesa and Corinthians. He p ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Kimberly Brandão Kimberly Maria Brandão (born 26 April 1984) is an American-born Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a centre back. Through 2012, she was a captain of the Portugal women's national team, which she has represented since 200 ...

, Portuguese footballer * Leci Brandão (born 1944), Brazilian singer and composer * Lúcia Maria Brandão Freitas Lobato, short Lúcia Lobato (born 1965), East Timorese politician *

Osvaldo Brandão Osvaldo Augusto Brandão (18 September 1916 – 29 July 1989) was a Brazilian football player and coach who managed Brazil in 1955, 1956, and 1957, and from 1975 to 1977 and the Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras in several times. Brandão was bo ...

, Brazilian football coach *

Pedro Miguel Castro Brandão Costa Pedro Miguel de Castro Brandão Costa (born 21 November 1981) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back. Club career Costa was born in Arouca, Aveiro District. A product of Boavista FC's youth system that ...

, Portuguese footballer *

Raul Brandão Raul Germano Brandão (12 March 1867, in Foz do Douro, Porto – 5 December 1930, in Lisbon) was a Portugal, Portuguese writer, journalist and military officer, notable for the realism of his literary descriptions and by the lyricism of his l ...

(1867–1930), Portuguese writer, journalist and military officer *

Silviano Brandão Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão (8 September 1848 – 25 September 1902) was a Brazilian politician who was elected Vice President of Brazil The Vice President of Brazil ( pt, Vice-Presidente do Brasil), officially the Vice President of ...

, Brazilian politician * Idebrando Dalsoto, Brazilian footballer known as Brandão {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandao Portuguese-language surnames Portuguese masculine given names Masculine given names