Xavier (, , , , ; ; ) is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Abel Xavier (born 1972), Portuguese footballer
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Anderson Conceição Xavier (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
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Arlene Xavier (born 1969), Brazilian volleyball player
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Asquith Xavier (1920–1980), British Railways worker
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Babi Xavier (born 1974), Brazilian actress, singer and television host
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Cleiton Ribeiro Xavier (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
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Chica Xavier (1932–2020), Brazilian actress and producer
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Chico Xavier (1910–2002), Brazilian medium
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Dezmond Xavier (born 1994), American professional wrestler
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Emanuel Xavier (born 1971), American author and activist
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Filipe Nery Xavier
Filipe Nery Xavier (17 March 1801 - 26 May 1875) was a Portuguese administrator, littérateur and historian. He was descended from a "very distinguished" Gaud Saraswat Brahmin (GSB) family that had converted to Christianity when the Portuguese ...
(1801–1875), Goan-Português administrator and historian
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St. Francis Xavier (1506–1552, born as ''Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta''), Spanish Roman Catholic saint and co-founder of the Jesuit Order
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Frederico Burgel Xavier (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
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Herve Xavier Zengue known as Xavier (born 1984), Cameroonian footballer
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Irene Xavier, Malaysian women's rights activist
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Jaime Xavier (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
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Jeff Xavier (born 1985), Cape Verdean American basketball player
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John Xavier (1977–2020), stage name of American professional wrestler John Jirus
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Jorge Barreto Xavier (born 1965), Portuguese cultural manager, university professor, and politician
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Leonardo Xavier (born 1976), Brazilian martial artist
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Llewellyn Xavier (born 1945), Saint Lucian artist
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Marcos Ferreira Xavier (born 1982), Brazilian-Azerbaijani footballer
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Margaret Lin Xavier (1898–1932), Thai physician
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Nelson Xavier (1941–2017), Brazilian actor
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Phideaux Xavier (born 1963), American TV director and musician
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S. Xavier (1920–2009), Indian politician
Fictional
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Charles Xavier, founder of the superhero team known as the
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Although initial ...
, which appear in books published by
Marvel Comics
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See also
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Javier (disambiguation)
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Javier (name)
Javier () is the Spanish language, Spanish spelling of the masculine name Xavier (given name), Xavier.
The name derives from the Catholic saint called Francis Xavier, Francis de Xavier, where ''Xavier'' refers to the saint's birthplace. This birt ...
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Xavier (given name)
The given name Xavier (, , , , ; ; ) is a masculine name derived from the 16th-century Navarrese Roman Catholic Saint Francis Xavier.
Etymology
Xavier comes from the name of the Jesuit missionary saint Francis Xavier, where ''Xavier'' stands fo ...
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John Sevier
References
{{surname, Xavier
Culture of Spain
Portuguese-language surnames
Basque-language surnames