Mendonça () is a Portuguese and Galician

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of Basque origin. It sometimes appears as the anglicized forms ''Mendonca'' or ''Mendonsa''. The Spanish variant is Mendoza. The name has been often linked with

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. The name may refer to:

General

Ana de Mendonça Ana de Mendonça (c. 1460-1542) was a maid of a claimant of Castile, Joanna la Beltraneja, and a mistress of King John II of Portugal John II (; ; 3 May 1455 – 25 October 1495), called the Perfect Prince (), was King of Portugal from 1481 unt ...

(1460–1542), Portuguese mistress of King John II of Portugal *

Carla Mendonça Carla Mendonça (born 1961) is a British actress. She is known for playing Orla Crawshaw in ''Coronation Street'', Sophie Johnson in the CITV children's sitcom ''My Parents Are Aliens'' (2001–2006) and Mrs. Fitzgerald in the CBBC series '' So ...

(born 1961), English actress *

Cristóvão de Mendonça Cristóvão de Mendonça ( Mourão, 1475 – Ormus, 1532) was a Portuguese noble and explorer who was active in South East Asia in the 16th century. Mendonça in João de Barros's Décadas da Ásia Mendonça is known from a small number of Por ...

(1475–1532), Portuguese explorer *

Duda Mendonça José Eduardo Cavalcanti de Mendonça, known as Duda Mendonça (10 August 1944 – 16 August 2021) was a Brazilian advertising strategist and businessman. Career He owned a publicity agency called Duda Propaganda, where he became known for his p ...

(1944–2021), Brazilian public relations specialist *

Eneida A. Mendonça Eneida A. Mendonça, is a Brazilian-born physician-scientist and biomedical informatician. She pioneered the use of natural language processing in both the biomedical literature and in electronic medical record narratives in order to identify kno ...

, Brazilian-born physician-scientist / biomedical informatician * Francisco de Ascensão Mendonça (1889–1982), Portuguese botanist *

Gaelyn Mendonca Gaelyn Mendonca is an Indian actress,model and VJ for MTV India. She is best known for hosting WWE Now India and MTV Hustle. Early life and education Gaelyn Mendonca was born in Bombay, and grew up in Orlem. She graduated from Carmel ...

, Indian actress *

Gilberto Mendonça Teles Gilberto Mendonça Teles (30 June 1931 – 4 December 2024) was a Brazilian writer. He was born in Bela Vista de Goiás, state of Goiás. Teles died in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (sta ...

(born 1931), Brazilian writer * Henrique Lopes de Mendonça (1856–1939), Portuguese poet, playwright and naval officer *, Brazilian Senator and businessman * Leroy A. Mendonca (1932–1951), United States Army posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for action in Korea *

Stacey Mendonca Stacey Victoria Mendonca is a New Zealand quantity surveyor and estimator. Mendonca co-founded the New Zealand chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction in 1996. In 2023 Mendonca was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Ord ...

, New Zealand quantity surveyor * Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto (1804–1875), Portuguese prime minister

Musicians

Eduardo Mendonça Eduardo Mendonça (born August 21, 1960 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) is a guitarist, percussionist, singer, composer, and director of "Show Brazil!". He traces his heritage to a royal African family called "Mama Beka", meaning "Prophet of the Roya ...

(born 1960), Brazilian musician *

Jason Mendonça Akercocke are an English extreme metal band from London, formed in 1997 by Jason Mendonça and David Gray. The band also features Paul Scanlan and Nathanael Underwood. History Akercocke's first album, ''Rape of the Bastard Nazarene'', was self ...

, British musician * Kathy Mendonca, American musician *

Marília Mendonça Marília Dias Mendonça (; 22 July 1995 – 5 November 2021) was a Brazilian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist, posthumously recognized in Brazil as the ''Queen of Sofrência'', a subgenre of sertanejo music, and has been recognized for he ...

(1995–2021), Brazilian singer-songwriter *

Newton Mendonça Newton Ferreira de Mendonça (February 14, 1921 – November 22, 1960) was a musician, composer, and lyricist. He began as a pianist in 1950. Mendonça was born in Rio de Janeiro. In 1953 he started working with Antônio Carlos Jobim, somethi ...

(1927–1960), Brazilian musician *

Paulo Mendonça Paulo Mendonça is a Swedish funk guitarist songwriter and composer of Portuguese origin. He has released five studio albums and one live album, the first three in the 1990s as a performing artist and sold more than 250.000 copies and as a songw ...

, Swedish musician *

Stella Mendonça Stella Mendonça (born 10 August 1970) is a Mozambican operatic soprano specializing in the bel canto repertoire. In 2002 Mendonça collaborated in adapting Georges Bizet's opera Carmen for African audiences and then performed it in Mozambique. ...

(born 1970), Mozambican opera singer *

Walter Wanderley Walter Wanderley (; born Walter Jose Wanderley Mendonça, May 12, 1932 – September 4, 1986) was a Brazilian organist and pianist, best known for his lounge and bossa nova music and for his instrumental version of the song '' Summer Samba'' wh ...

, (Walter Jose Wanderley Mendonça, 1932–1986) (Brazilian organist)

Sports

António Mendonça António Manuel Viana Mendonça (born 9 October 1982) is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a right winger. Club career Born in Luanda, Mendonça moved to Portugal in January 2000 at only 17, signing with Varzim S.C. in the second div ...

(born 1982), Angolan footballer *

Clive Mendonca Clive Paul Mendonca (born 9 September 1968) is an English former professional footballer, who played as a forward between 1986 and 2002, notably for Grimsby Town and Charlton Athletic. Mendonca also played for Sheffield United, Doncaster Rovers ...

(born 1968), British footballer * Ivor Mendonca (1934–2014), West Indian cricketer * Jorge Mendonça (1954–2006), Brazilian footballer * Jorge Alberto Mendonça (born 1938), Portuguese/Angolan footballer *

Leon Luke Mendonca Leon Luke Mendonca (born 13 March 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He is the sixty-seventh Indian to qualify for the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in January 2021. Chess career Mendonca became an International Master (IM) in ...

(born 2006), Indian chess grandmaster * Marcelo Mendonça de Mattos (born 1984), Brazilian footballer * Mílton da Cunha Mendonça (1956–2019), Brazilian footballer * Romero Mendonça Sobrinho (born 1975), Brazilian footballer *

Sandro da Silva Mendonça Sandro da Silva Mendonça (born 1 October 1983 in Brazil), or simply Sandro is a Brazilian football (soccer), football player who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Kedah On 9 April 2015 Sandro signed a contract with Malaysian side ...

(born 1983), Brazilian footballer *

Tommy Mendonca Thomas Wilkey Mendonca (born April 12, 1988) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. Mendonca won the 2008 College World Series Most Outstanding Player award while a sophomore at Fresno State University. Amateur career Mendon ...

(born 1988), American baseball player

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