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live abroad than in Cape Verde itself. The country with the largest number of Cape Verdeans living abroad is the

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Notable people of Cabo Verdean descent

* Michael Beach - American actor of Cabo Verdean descent * Blu Cantrell - singer * José Ramos Delgado - association football player * Peter Gomes - American preacher and theologian * Ryan Gomes - former basketball player for the

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, now playing for the

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- former player for the Atlanta Falcons, now an analyst on Fox NFL’s pregame show * Henrik Larsson - former football player for Celtic F.C.,

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- retired American judge *

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- basketball coach at

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* Lura - a singer born in Portugal to parents from the Cape Verde islands * Davey Lopes - former Major League Baseball second baseman and manager * Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - singer and rapper from the group TLC * Nani -

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(football) winger * Paul Pena - singer, songwriter, guitarist, and subject of the documentary '' Genghis Blues'' * Amber Rose - model, recording artist, actress and socialite *

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- jazz pianist and composer *

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- R&B/Soul group composed of five brothers * José António Tavares dos Anjos - historian * Patrick Vieira - football (soccer) player whose career has involved spells at French, Italian, UK and US clubs *

Nancy Vieira Nancy Vieira (born 1975) is a Cape Verdean singer who was born in Guinea-Bissau and currently resides in Portugal. Biography Vieira was born in 1975 in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau to Cape Verdean parents, she later moved to Cape Verde and her famil ...

- singer based in Lisbon *

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- American forager and TikTok creator

International communities

Africa

* Cape Verdean Angolan *

Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan Cape Verdean Bissau-Guineans are Bissau-Guineans residents whose ancestry originated in Cape Verde. As of 2007, the Instituto das Comunidades (Institute of the Communities) estimated that there were 2,000 people of Cape Verdean descent living in ...

* Cape Verdean Sao Tomese *

Cape Verdeans in Senegal There were estimated to be 25,000 Cape Verdeans in Senegal . Migration history Senegal became popular as a destination for Cape Verdean migrants in the 1920s, as immigration to the United States became more difficult as a result of the Emergency ...

* Cape Verdeans in South Africa

Europe

* Cape Verdeans in the Netherlands * Cape Verdeans in France * Cape Verdeans in Belgium *

Cape Verdeans in Italy The presence of Cape Verdeans in Italy dates back to the 1960s. Numbers There are various conflicting data about the size of the Cape Verdean population. The 2001 Italian census found 3,263 residents of Italy born in Cape Verde, 628 of whom held ...

* Cape Verdeans in Luxembourg - In 1995, it was estimated that there were 3,000 people of Cape Verdean descent in

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. By 2000, according to official statistics, Cape Verdean Luxembourger numbered 1,700 individuals. "The actual figure may be 4,000, almost 1% of the total population, which would make it the highest ratio of Cape Verdeans in any foreign country." Marc-Montclos, Antoine Pérouse de. " The Political Value of Remittances: Cape Verde, Comores, and Lesotho - Diasporas, Remittances and Africa South of the Sahara - A Strategic Assessment." Institute for Security Studies. Retrieved October 18, 2007.
* Cape Verdeans in Portugal *

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* Cape Verdeans in Switzerland * Cape Verdeans in Ireland

North America

Cape Verdean American Cape Verdean Americans are an ethnic group of Americans whose ancestors were Cape Verdean. In 2010, the American Community Survey stated that there were 95,003 Americans living in the US with Cape Verdean ancestors. Immigration waves Prior to ...

* Cape Verdeans in Canada *

Cape Verdeans in Cuba Cape Verdean Cuban are Cuban citizens or residents whose ancestry originated in Cape Verde. Cape Verde and Cuba have had a long history. The first people from Cape Verde to Cuba came involuntarily. In 1526, the "first known shipment of slaves inte ...

South America

Cape Verdean Argentines Cape Verdean Argentines are Argentine residents whose ancestry originated in Cape Verde. According to the 1980 census, there were about 8,000; but today's population was estimated by some sources to be around 2,000 in 2007.Cape Verdeans in Brazil * Cape Verdeans in Bolivia

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