Antão or Antao is a Portuguese

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that's equivalent to Anthony or Antonio in use in

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and

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and a

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. Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

* Antao D'Souza (born 17 January 1939), Goan cricketer *

Antão de Almada, 7th Count of Avranches D. Antão Vaz de Almada (c. 1573 – 17 December 1644) is a Portuguese national hero due to his involvement in the Restoration of Independence in 1640, as one of the Forty Conspirators. During the ''coup d'état'', he was responsible for the ...

(c. 1573 – 1644), Portuguese national hero *

Antão de Almada, 12th Count of Avranches D. Antão de Almada, 12th Count of Avranches, 9th Lord of Pombalinho and 14th Majorat of Lagares d'El-Rei (19 April 1718 – 26 January 1797) was the Grand Master of Ceremonies for the Royal House and, owing to his positions, made administrato ...

(1718 – 1797), Portugues political administrator *

Antão Gonçalves Antão Gonçalves was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer and slave-raider who was the first European to capture Africans in the Rio do Ouro region. Biography In 1441, Gonçalves was sent by Henry the Navigator to explore the West African coa ...

(15th-century), Portuguese explorer *

Antão Martins Homem Antão Martins Homem (1450s–1531) was a Portuguese nobleman, 2nd Donatary-Captain of Praia. He succeeded his father Álvaro Martins, in the captaincy of the Terceira Island. Biography Antão was the son of Álvaro Martins Homem, the 1st ...

(1450s–1531), Portuguese nobleman

Surname

John da Silva Antao John da Silva Antão (born March 1933 in Salreu, Estarreja, Portugal) is a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark, and a religious leader of the Portuguese-American community in New Jersey and a community leader in Elizabeth, NJ. Early years an ...

(born 1933), Portuguese priest *

Walfrido Antão Walfrido Antão was an Indian prolific '' cronista'' and short story writer in the Portuguese-language Goan press, becoming particularly active as this tradition breathed its last. The crónica is a journalistic form common in Iberia and Latin Am ...

(fl. 1950s-1980s), Goan writer

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