Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male name

Edward Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...

. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to:

Association football

* Dudu (footballer, born 1992) (Eduardo Pereira Rodrigues), Brazilian footballer * Eduardo (footballer, born 1993) (Carlos Eduardo Bendini Giusti), Brazilian centre back *

Eduardo (footballer, born 12 November 1986) Eduardo da Conceição Maciel or simply Eduardo (born 12 November 1986), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Career Eduardo was born in Nova Iguaçu. On 26 July 2014, Eduardo signed for Azerbaijan Premier League t ...

(Eduardo da Conceição Maciel), Brazilian forward * Eduardo (footballer, born 20 November 1986) (Carlos Eduardo Santos Oliveira), Brazilian right back *

Eduardo (footballer, born 1979) Eduardo Adelino da Silva (born October 13, 1979), better known as simply Eduardo, is a former Brazilian footballer. He played as forward or as a attacking midfielder. Career Early career Eduardo started out as a youngster at his home-town club ...

(Eduardo Adelino da Silva), Brazilian footballer *

Eduardo (footballer, born 1995) Eduardo José da Rosa Milhomem (born December 3, 1995, in Brasília), commonly known as Eduardo or simply Dudu, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Gama as defender. He already played for national competitions such as Copa do Brasil and C ...

(Eduardo José da Rosa Milhomem), Brazilian defender * Eduardo (footballer, born 1997) (Eduardo Jacinto de Biasi), Brazilian defensive midfielder *

Eduardo (footballer, born 2000) Eduardo da Silva Albuquerque (born 15 June 2000), simply known as Eduardo or sometimes as Dudu Miraíma, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vitória. Career Born in Miraíma, Ceará, Eduardo joined Vitória's youth setup ...

(Eduardo da Silva Albuquerque), Brazilian midfielder *

Edu Coimbra Eduardo Antunes Coimbra (born February 5, 1947), better known as Edu, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and went on to become a manager. Background He was one of the most talented dribblers of the 1970s ...

(Eduardo Antunes Coimbra) (born 1947), Brazilian attacking midfielder and manager * Edu (footballer, born 1981) (Eduardo Gonçalves de Oliveira), Brazilian striker *

Eduardo Bonvallet Eduardo Guillermo Bonvallet Godoy (13 January 1955 – 18 September 2015) was a Chilean footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and later developed a sportscasting career. He was best known for his strong and rather harsh commentaries ...

(1955–2015), Chilean defensive midfielder and sports commentator *

Eduardo Carvalho Eduardo dos Reis Carvalho (; born 19 September 1982), known simply as Eduardo, is a Portuguese former Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He appeared in 138 Primeira Liga games over 1 ...

(born 1982), Portuguese goalkeeper *

Eduardo Costa Eduardo Nascimento Costa (born 23 September 1982), known as Eduardo Costa, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current head coach of Atlético Catarinense. Career ...

, (born 1982), Brazilian defensive midfielder and coach *

Eduardo Diniz Eduardo José Diniz Costa (born 18 April 1989), known as Eduardo Diniz, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a full back for Ituano. Career Eduardo was born in Guaraí and moved to Araguaína, both in the state of Tocantins, at the age ...

(born 1989), Brazilian full back *

Eduardo Flores Eduardo Raúl Flores (23 April 1944 – 20 January 2022) was an Argentine footballer who played as a striker for Estudiantes de La Plata in Argentina and AS Nancy in France. Career Flores started his playing career in 1962 with Estudiantes ...

, Argentine footballer *

Eduardo Gómez (footballer) Eduardo Hernán Gómez Cortez (born June 2, 1958 in Ovalle, Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a ...

(born 1958), Chilean defender *

Eduardo Jesus Eduardo Pinto de Jesus (born 17 March 2002), known as Eduardo or Eduardo Jesus, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Brasil de Pelotas. Early life Jesus developed at Vitória. In June 2019, he joined Palmeiras on loan. In F ...

(born 2002) Brazilian footballer *

Eduardo Martini Eduardo Martini (born January 11, 1979) is a Brazilian former professional football goalkeeper. He has previously played for Grêmio, Juventude, Avaí, Ponte Preta, Novo Hamburgo and Lajeadense. Career Born on January 11, 1979, in Fe ...

(born 1979), Brazilian goalkeeper * Eduardo Pacheco (born 1987), Brazilian striker *

Eduardo dos Santos (footballer, born 1980) Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos (born 5 August 1980) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as forward for Ríver. Career Dos Santos was born in São João, Piauí. France Dos Santos scored his first goal for Guingamp, a penalty aga ...

(Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos), Brazilian striker *

Eduardo da Silva Eduardo Alves da Silva (, ; born 25 February 1983), known as simply Eduardo or Dudu, is a former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for multiple clubs and the Croatia n ...

(born 1983), Brazilian-born Croatian forward *

Eduardo Quaresma Eduardo Filipe Quaresma Coimbra Simões (born 2 March 2002) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP. Club career Sporting CP Early career Born in Barreiro, Setúbal District, Qu ...

(born 2002), Portuguese defender

Music

Eduardo (rapper) Carlos Eduardo Taddeo (born August 24, 1975), better known as Eduardo, is a Brazilian rapper, songwriter, activist, educator, and writer. He is one of the founders and leaders of the Facção Central group, in which he was a vocalist and com ...

, Carlos Eduardo Taddeo, Brazilian rapper *

Eduardo De Crescenzo Eduardo De Crescenzo (born 8 February 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for the songs "Ancora" and "E la musica va". Background Born in Naples, De Crescenzo approached music at very young age, as he be ...

, Italian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Politicians

Eduardo Año Eduardo Manahan Año (; born October 26, 1961) is a Filipino public official and retired general of the Philippine Army who currently serves as the National Security Adviser under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos since 2023. ...

, Filipino politician and retired army general *

Eduardo Campos Eduardo Henrique Accioly Campos (10 August 1965 – 13 August 2014) was a Brazilian congressman and governor. Born and raised in Recife, in the Northeast Brazil, he graduated in Economics from the Recife's Federal University of Pernambuco. Camp ...

, Brazilian politician *

Eduardo Carriles Eduardo Carriles (1923–2020) was a Spanish lawyer, businessman and politician who served as the minister of finance between 1976 and 1977. Biography Carriles was born in Santander on 28 November 1923. He was a lawyer by profession. He served ...

, Spanish lawyer, businessman and politician * Eduardo Castro Luque, assassinated Mexican politician *

Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues Eduardo Luís Barreto Ferro Rodrigues (born 3 November 1949) is a Portuguese politician and economist who had been President of the Assembly of the Republic since 2015 until 29 March 2022, in the 13th (2015–2019) and 14th Legislatures (201 ...

, Portuguese politician * Eduardo Leite, Brazilian politician, current governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul *

Eduardo Maruri Eduardo Maruri Miranda (born 6 September 1966) is an Ecuadorian businessman and creative leader who is currently President & CEO Europe, as well as Vice President of the Global Creative Board, at Grey Global Group. His latest achievements includ ...

, Ecuadorian businessman and politician *

Eduardo Panlilio Eddie "Among Ed" Tongol Panlilio (; born December 6, 1953) is a Filipino former Roman Catholic priest and 31st Governor of Pampanga from 2007 to 2010. He was suspended from his priestly duties upon announcing his intention to run as governor. ...

, Filipino politician and former priest, elected governor of Pampanga * Eduardo Pérez Bulnes, Argentine politician, one of the signatories of the

Declaration of Independence A declaration of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the territory of another state or failed state, or are breaka ...

Eduardo Riedel Eduardo Corrêa Riedel (born July 5, 1969) is a Brazilian politician who is the 12th and current Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul. A member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, he previously served as the 27th Secretary of State for Infrastruct ...

, Brazilian politician, current governor of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul * Eduardo Rubiño, Spanish politician * Eduardo Torralba Beci (1881–1929), Spanish journalist and politician

Sportsmen

* Eduardo Azevedo, Brazilian race car driver *

Eduardo Barragán Eduardo Barragán (born July 1, 1951 in Cartagena de Chairá, Caquetá) is a retired Colombian boxer, who competed for his South American nation at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.Eduardo Castro Eduardo Castro Almanza (born May 1, 1954) is a retired long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in ...

, Mexican long-distance runner * Eduardo Guerrero, Colombian road cyclist *

Eduardo Jhons Eduardo Jhons (born 4 December 1950) is a Cuban foil fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 ...

, Cuban fencer *

Eduardo Martínez Eduardo Martínez may refer to: * Eduardo Martínez (volleyball), Argentine volleyball player * Eduardo Martinez (politician), American politician * Eduardo Martínez Celis, Mexican journalist, author and politician * Eduardo Martínez Somalo ...

, Argentine beach volleyball player * Eduardo Mello Borges, futsal player *

Eduardo Piccinini Eduardo Beca Piccinini (born 30 November 1968) is a former international butterfly swimmer from Brazil. He currently resides in Arizona, in United States, and his name illustrates the Amazon Swimming Cup. He was at the 1991 Pan American Game ...

, Brazilian butterfly swimmer *

Eduardo Risso Eduardo Risso (born 23 November 1959) is an Argentines, Argentine comics artist. In the United States he is best known for his work with writer Brian Azzarello on the Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo title ''100 Bullets'', while in Argentina and Eur ...

, Uruguayan rower

Others

* Eduardo R. Caianiello, Italian physicist *

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (born 20 February 1962) is a Brazilian philologist and lexicographer, specialist in Old Tupi and Nheengatu. He is a full professor at the University of São Paulo, where he has been teaching Old Tupi since 1993, a ...

, Brazilian philologist and lexicographer *

Eduardo De Filippo Eduardo De Filippo OMRI (; 26 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan language, Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and ...

, Italian actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet *

Eduardo Eurnekian Eduardo Eurnekian (born 4 December 1932) is an Argentine billionaire businessman of Armenian heritage. As of 2024, he is Argentina’s fourth-richest person, with a net worth of $3.4 billion. Early life Eurnekian was born in Argentina to Armenia ...

, Argentine-Armenian billionaire businessman *

Eduardo Galeano Eduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano (; 3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015) was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "a literary giant of the Latin American left" and "global soccer's pre-eminent man of le ...

, Uruguayan journalist and writer *

Eduardo Galvão Eduardo Galvão (19 April 1962 – 7 December 2020) was a Brazilian actor. He participated in the Caça Talentos program, on Rede Globo, alongside Angélica (television host), Angélica. He died on the night of 7 December 2020, aged 58, of COVID ...

(1962–2020), Brazilian actor * Eduardo Gómez, Spanish actor *

Eduardo Kac Eduardo Kac (born July 3, 1962) is a Brazilian and American contemporary artist whose portfolio encompasses various forms of art including performance art, poetry, holography, interactive art, digital and online art, and BioArt. Recognized for h ...

, American contemporary artist *

Eduardo Kobra Carlos Eduardo Fernandes Léo (born August 27, 1975, in São Paulo, Brazil), known as Eduardo Kobra, nicknamed Kobra, is a street artist who officially began his career in 1987 at 11 years old, in his hometown of São Paulo. Since then he has pa ...

, Brazilian graffiti artist * Eduardo Lourenço, Portuguese writer, literary scholar and philosopher *

Eduardo Mendoza Garriga Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (born 11 January 1943) is a Spanish novelist, playwright, and essayist. His first novel, ''The Truth about the Savolta Case, La Verdad sobre el Caso Savolta'' (''The Truth About the Savolta Case''), published in 1975, ...

, Spanish novelist * Eduardo Morales Miranda, Chilean physician and founder of Universidad Austral de Chile * Eduardo Nicol, Spanish-Mexican philosopher * Eduardo Prado Coelho, Portuguese writer *

Eduardo Saverin Eduardo Luiz Saverin ( , ; born March 19, 1982) is a Brazilian billionaire entrepreneur and angel investor, known for having co-founded Facebook. In 2012, he owned about 2% of Facebook shares, valued at approximately $2 billion at the time. Base ...

, co-founder of

Facebook Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms, Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin, Andre ...

Eduardo Scarpetta Eduardo Scarpetta (13 March 1853 – 12 November 1925) was an Italian actor and playwright from Naples. His best-known play is ''Misery and Nobility.'' Biography Although not from a theatrical family, he was on the stage by the age of four ...

(1853–1925), Italian actor and playwright *

(born 1993), Italian actor *

Eduardo Serra Eduardo Martins Serra (born 2 October 1943) is a Portuguese cinematographer who has spent most of his career working in European film productions, mostly in French, Portuguese and British films, with frequent collaborations with directors Pa ...

, Portuguese cinematographer *

Eduardo Souto de Moura Eduardo Elísio Machado Souto de Moura (; born 25 July 1952), better known as Eduardo Souto de Moura, is a Portuguese architect who was the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2011 and the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2013. Along with Fe ...

, Portuguese architect * Eduardo Valente da Fonseca, Portuguese writer *

Eduardo V. Manalo Eduardo Villanueva Manalo (; born on October 31, 1955 in Quezon City, Philippines) also known as Ka Eddie Boy, was the former Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC). He was the third generation of the Manalo family to lead the churc ...

(born 1955), current Executive Minister of the

Iglesia ni Cristo The (INC; ; ) is an independent Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, church founded in 1913 and registered by Felix Manalo, Félix Manalo in 1914 as a corporation sole, sole religious corporation ...

Fictional characters

* Eduardo, a character in the animated television series ''

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios as the network's first show animated primarily with Adobe Flash, whic ...

'' * Eduardo "Lalo" Salamanca, a character in the TV series ''Better Call Saul'' * Eduardo, a character in the comedy animated series ''

Eddsworld ''Eddsworld'' is a British Flash-animated web series created by Edd Gould. Since its premiere on 21 December 2004, the series has been published through Newgrounds, DeviantArt, YouTube, Albino Blacksheep, Tumblr, SheezyArt, and an official ...

'' * Eduardo, an older Spix's Macaw who is Jewel's long-lost father in the animated film ''

Rio 2 ''Rio 2'' is a 2014 American animated musical comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. It is the sequel to the 2011 animated film and the second installment of the ''Rio'' franchise. The title refers to the ci ...

'' * Eduardo Perez, the antagonist of