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André Galvão André Luiz Leite Galvão (; born September 29, 1982) is a Brazilian grappler and professional mixed martial artist. A 4th degree Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Fernando "Tererê" Augusto as well as a judo black belt, Galvão is one of ...

(born 1982), Brazilian mixed martial artist * André Galvão (futsal player) (born 1992), Portuguese futsal player * Antonio Dino Galvão (1901–????), Brazilian footballer *

Diego Benedito Galvão Máximo Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. ...

(born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Diogo Galvão (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Douglas Galvão Silva (born 1986), Brazilian footballer *

José Antônio Martins Galvão José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

(born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Lucas Galvão (born 1991), Brazilian footballer *

Marcos Galvão Marcos Galvão (born 23 June 1982) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division of the Professional Fighters League. A professional competitor since 2003, Galvão peaked at a global ranking ...

(born 1981), Brazilian mixed martial artist * Mário Galvão (1916–?), Portuguese footballer * Martim Galvão (born 1995), Portuguese footballer * Mauricio Galvao (1890–1945), German field hockey player * Mauro Galvão (born 1961), Brazilian footballer and manager *

Pedro Galvão Pedro Galvão (born 14 June 1934) is an Argentines, Argentine former Swimming (sport), swimmer. He competed in Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics, two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men' ...

(born 1934), Argentine swimmer * Pedro Galvão (footballer) (born 1984), Portuguese footballer * Raulino Galvao (1888–?), German hockey player * Rodrigo Andreis Galvão (born 1978), Brazilian footballer * Tiago Galvão da Silva (born 1989), Brazilian footballer * Vinicius Galvão Leal (born 1989), Brazilian footballer * Washington Galvão Júnior (born 1989), Brazilian footballer

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António Galvão António Galvão (c. 1490–1557), also known as Antonio Galvano, was a Portuguese soldier, chronicler and administrator in the Maluku islands, and a Renaissance historian who was the first person to present a comprehensive report of the leading ...

(–1557), Portuguese soldier and historian * Cândido da Fonseca Galvão (1845–1890), Brazilian military officer *

Carlos Galvão de Melo Carlos Galvão de Melo (4 August 1921 – 20 March 2008) was a Portuguese military officer from the Portuguese Air Force. Life Galvão de Melo was the eldest of nine children of António Augusto Ferreira de Melo, a merchant based in Mozambi ...

(1921–2008), Portuguese military officer * Duarte Galvão ( – 1517), Portuguese diplomat *

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 *Filipe Galvão, known as Fiuk (born 1990), Brazilian actor and singer * Flávio Galvão (born 1949), Brazilian actor *

Frei Galvão Anthony of St. Ann Galvão, Order of Friars Minor, O.F.M. (Portuguese: Antônio de Sant'Anna Galvão; 13 May 1739 – 23 December 1822), more commonly known as Frei Galvão, was a Brazilian people, Brazilian friar of the Order of Friars Minor, Fr ...

(1739–1822), Brazilian Franciscan friar and saint *

Henrique Galvão Henrique Carlos da Mata Galvão (4 February 1895 – 25 June 1970) was a Portuguese military officer, writer and politician. He was initially a supporter but later become one of the strongest opponents of the Portuguese Estado Novo under Antóni ...

(1895–1970), Portuguese politician and writer * Lula Galvão (born 1962), Brazilian musician * Marcos Galvão (diplomat) (born 1959), Brazilian diplomat *Patrícia Rehder Galvão, known as

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(1910–1962), Brazilian writer *

Paulo Galvão Paulo Galvão (born 1967 in Portimão, Algarve, Portugal) is a composer, lutenist, theorbist and guitarist. According to Dan Hill, Galvão has published "Musical hoax, musical forgeries" for baroque guitar under the name "Antonio da Costa". Galvão ...

(born 1967), Portuguese musician *

Ricardo Galvão Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão (born 21 December 1947) is a prominent Brazilian physicist and engineer, formerly the Director-General of the National Institute for Space Research. He is a full Professor of the Institute of Physics of the Univer ...

(born 1947), Brazilian physicist and engineer * Sofia Galvão (born 1963), Portuguese lawyer and politician

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