Tavares
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People
Tavares is a common surnameSurname
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in the Portuguese language
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, namely in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
and Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and other places – especially very common in the Cape Verde
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
islands. It was originally a toponym. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:
General
- Alda Bandeira Tavares Vaz da Conceição, São Tomé and Principe politician
- Aurélio de Lyra TavaresAurélio de Lyra TavaresAurélio de Lira Tavares was a general in the Brazilian Army. He was one of the military in the joint military board that ruled Brazil between the illness of Artur da Costa e Silva in August 1969 and the investiture ceremony of Emílio Garrastazú Médici in October of that same year.See also: List of...
, Brazilian general - Charmaine TavaresCharmaine TavaresCharmaine Tavares is an American politician and politician. Tavares has served as the Mayor of Maui since January 2007. She unsuccessfully sought a second four-year term in office in the 2010 Maui mayoral election.-Early life:...
, American politician, Mayor of Maui - Gonçalo M. TavaresGonçalo M. TavaresGonçalo Manuel Tavares, a Portuguese writer born in August, 1970 in Luanda, Angola. He published his first work in 2001 and since then has been awarded several important prizes. His books have been published in more than 30 countries and the book Jerusalem has been included in the european edition...
, Portuguese writer - Emanuel Braga Tavares, Cape Verdean Cultural activist and poet
- Eugénio TavaresEugénio TavaresEugénio de Paula Tavares was a Cape Verdean poet. He is known through his famous poems , written in the Crioulo of Brava. His name is honored in the name of the town square in Vila Nova Sintra along with a statue.-Mornas:***...
, Cape Verdean writer - Fernanda TavaresFernanda TavaresFernanda Tavares is a Brazilian model.-Biography:Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Tavares was appearing in local shows at the age of nine, and at just 13 she won the "Elite Look of the Year" contest. A year later, she was invited by agents to go to São Paulo to pursue a modeling career...
, Brazilian supermodel - Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, United States musician and composer
- Miguel Sousa TavaresMiguel Sousa TavaresMiguel Andresen de Sousa Tavares is a Portuguese lawyer, journalist and writer.The son of poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen and lawyer and politician Francisco Sousa Tavares, Miguel received his education in Law, eventually pursuing careers in journalism and essay writing for which he became...
, Portuguese journalist and writer - Patrícia TavaresPatrícia TavaresPatrícia Tavares is a Portuguese actress with a long-standing career. One of her latest role has been in the drama series Jura for the SIC network.-External links:...
, Portuguese actress - Stafford TavaresStafford TavaresStafford Emanuel Tavares is a cryptographer, professor emeritus at Queen's University.His notable work includes the design of the block ciphers CAST-128 and CAST-256. He also helped organize the first Selected Areas in Cryptography workshop in 1994...
, United States cryptographer - Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares, Belgian model
- Urbano Tavares RodriguesUrbano Tavares RodriguesUrbano Tavares Rodrigues, GCIH is a Portuguese professor of literature, a literary critic and a fiction writer, winner of many literary prizes. He was born in 1923 in Lisbon, Portugal, but spent most of his childhood near Moura, in Alentejo, the Southern region of Portugal...
, Portuguese writer and journalist
Sports
- André Luiz TavaresAndré Luiz TavaresAndrezinho, real name André Luiz Tavares, mostly called Tavares in Korea , is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an Attacking midfielder for Internacional. His previous clubs are Flamengo, Pohang Steelers and Nova Iguaçu...
, Brazilian footballer - Brad TavaresBrad TavaresBrad Tavares is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Tavares fought in local promotions...
, American mixed martial arts fighter - Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana, Brazilian footballer
- Diogo TavaresDiogo TavaresDiogo Filipe Conceição Tavares is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Calcio Como in Italy, as a forward.-Football career:...
, Portuguese footballer - Jimmy TavaresJimmy TavaresJimmy Tavares is a French figure skater and actor. He starred in the 2002 film Ma vraie vie à Rouen . In his debut film role, Tavares plays the character of Etienne, a teenager who lives in Rouen, France and is training to take part in the French national figure skating championship...
, French figure skater and actor - John Tavares (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- John Tavares (lacrosse player)John Tavares (lacrosse player)John Tavares is a professional box lacrosse player in the National Lacrosse League and mathematics teacher at Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School in Mississauga Ontario, Canada. He attended D'Youville College in Buffalo, NY.Tavares has played his entire career with the Buffalo Bandits since...
,Canadian lacrosse player - Marco Morales Magno TavaresMarco Morales Magno TavaresMarcos Magno Morales Tavares is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for NK Maribor. He also played for Brazilian youth national teams....
, Brazilian footballer - Manuel José Tavares Fernandes, Portuguese footballer and manager
- Mickaël TavaresMickaël TavaresMickaël Zidro Tavares is a French-born Senegalese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Hamburger SV. He also has eight caps for the Senegalese national team.-Club career:...
, French footballer - Mikoyam TavaresMikoyam TavaresLeonid Mikoyam Fernandes Tavares , aka Mikó, is a Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer who plays for Vasco da Gama Atlético Clube as a forward.-External links:**...
, Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer - Thiago TavaresThiago TavaresThiago de Mello Tavares is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He currently fights in the lightweight division in the UFC.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:Thiago Tavares entered the UFC with an undefeated record and was highly regarded...
, Brazilian martial arts fighter - StopiraStopiraIanique dos Santos Tavares , aka Stopira, is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays for C.D. Feirense in Portugal, as a left defender.-Club career:In 2008, Stopira signed for Portugal's C.D...
, real name Ianique Santos Tavares, Cape Verdean footballer
Places
Brazil- Tavares, ParaíbaTavares, ParaíbaTavares, Paraíba is a town and municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.-References:...
- Tavares, Rio Grande do SulTavares, Rio Grande do SulTavares is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.-See also:*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul...
- Rodovia Raposo TavaresRodovia Raposo TavaresRodovia Raposo Tavares is the longest highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with 664 km.The highway starts in the city of São Paulo and continues westward, serving the main cities of Cotia, Vargem Grande Paulista, São Roque, Sorocaba, Itapetininga, Angatuba, Ourinhos, Assis, Presidente...
, the longest highway in São Paulo - Tavares RiverTavares RiverThe Tavares River or Rio Tavares is a river of Florianopolis, capital of Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil.Rio Tavares is also the name of a neighborhood in the city which is cut by the river.- Biolife :...
Jamaica
- Tavares Gardens, Kingston
Portugal
- Travanca de TavaresTravanca de TavaresTravanca de Tavares is a freguesia in Mangualde, Portugal....
, Mangualde - Chãs de TavaresChãs de TavaresChãs de Tavares is a freguesia in Mangualde, Portugal. It is located 36 kilometres along the A25 road east of Viseu....
, Mangualde - Várzea de TavaresVárzea de TavaresVárzea de Tavares is a freguesia in Mangualde, Portugal....
, Mangualde
United States
- Tavares, FloridaTavares, FloridaTavares is a city in central Florida in the United States. It is the county seat of Lake County. The population was 9,700 at the 2000 census. The Census Bureau estimated the population in 2008 to be 13,746. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic RailroadTavares, Orlando and Atlantic RailroadFlorida state law chapter 3499, approved March 5, 1883, incorporated the Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad Company, owned by Alexander St. Clair-Abrams, W. R. Anno, Nat Poyntz and J. L. Bryan of Orange County, Florida; L. H. Davis of New Jersey; John P...
- Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad
Other
- Tavares (restaurant)Tavares (restaurant)The Tavares restaurant, in Lisbon, Portugal, continuously open since 1784 in the same location , claims to be the second oldest in the Iberian Peninsula....
, one of the oldest restaurants in the world, in Lisbon, Portugal - Tavares (band)Tavares (band)Tavares are a successful American R&B, funk and soul music group, composed of five Cape Verdean-American brothers from New Bedford, Massachusetts.-Band members:...
, an American soul music group - A type of soilSoilSoil is a natural body consisting of layers of mineral constituents of variable thicknesses, which differ from the parent materials in their morphological, physical, chemical, and mineralogical characteristics...
- A variety of limequatLimequatThe limequat is a citrus tree that is the result of a cross between the Key lime and the kumquat, hybridized by Dr. Walter Swingle in 1909.-Description:...
tree