Bartolomeu is a

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 f ...

of Portuguese, Galician or

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

origin. It is a cognate of

Bartholomew Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Most scholars today identify Bartholomew as Nathanael, who appears in the Gospel of John (1:45–51; cf. 21:2). New Testament references The name ''Bartholomew ...

. Notable people with this name include: *

Bartolomeu Anania Bartolomeu Anania (; born Valeriu Anania ; March 18, 1921 – January 31, 2011) was a Romanian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox bishop, translator, writer, and poet. He was the Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj, Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba ...

– Romanian Orthodox monk who was the Metropolitan of Cluj (1993–2011) *

Bartolomeu Chaves Bartolomeu da Silva Chaves (born 20 March 2001) is a Brazilian T37 Paralympic sprint runner. Career In May 2024, he competed at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a gold medal in the 400 metres T37 event. He then represented ...

- Brazilian para-athlete * Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos - Portuguese artist *

Bartolomeu Dias Bartolomeu Dias ( – 29 May 1500) was a Portuguese mariner and explorer. In 1488, he became the first European navigator to round the Cape Agulhas, southern tip of Africa and to demonstrate that the most effective southward route for ships lies ...

- Portuguese explorer, and the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa *

Bartolomeu de Gusmão Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão (December 1685 – 18 November 1724) was a Portuguese priest and naturalist from Colonial Brazil who was a pioneer of lighter-than-air aerostat design, being among the first scholars at that time to understand the ...

– Portuguese priest *

Bartolomeu Perestrello Bartolomeu Perestrello (, in Italian ''Bartolomeo Perestrello''), 1st Capitão Donatário, Lord and Governor of the Island of Porto Santo ( 1395 – 1457) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer that is claimed to have discovered and populate ...

– 1st Capitão Donatário, Lord and Governor of the Island of Porto Santo (c. 1395–1457) *

Bartolomeu Português Bartolomeu Português (1623–1670) was a Portuguese buccaneer who attacked Spanish shipping in the late 1660s. Português was responsible for the creation of the first " Pirate's Code". Piratical career Arriving in the Caribbean sometime in ...

– Portuguese buccaneer *

Bartolomeu Velho Bartolomeu Velho (died 1568) was a sixteenth-century Portuguese cartographer and cosmographer. Velho prepared the Carta General do Orbe (General Chart of the Globe) in 1561 for Sebastian of Portugal Sebastian ( ; 20 January 1554 – 4 Augus ...

– Sixteenth-century Portuguese mapmaker and cosmographer *

Edgar Bartolomeu Edgar Jaime Pereira Bartolomeu (born 14 September 1976) is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. Playing career Early career Bartolomeu started off playing Futsal in 1992 in Portugal with the Spor ...

– Former Angolan professional soccer player

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