List of Cape Verdeans

This article is a list of Cape Verdean people:

Artists

*Djon Brito
*Manuel Figueira
*Tchalê Figueira
*Kiki Lima
*Mito

Motivational Speaker

*Don Xavier Canada, www.Donxavier.ca

Beauty Pageant Winners

*Wilza Fortes De Pina, Miss CEDEAO in 2002.
*Tania Neves, Miss CEDEAO in 2005

Poets

*Aguinaldo Fonseca
*Sergio Frusoni, Italian Cape Verdean poet and promoter of the Cape Verdean Creole language.
*Gabriel Mariano, poet and an essayist
*Ovídio Martins, poet and journalist
*Arménio Vieira

Politicians

* Amílcar Cabral, nationalist politician
* António Mascarenhas Monteiro, former President of Cape Verde
* José Maria Neves, Prime Minister of Cape Verde
* Aristides Pereira, former President of Cape Verde
* Pedro Pires, former Prime Minister of Cape Verde; current President of Cape Verde
* Carlos Veiga, former Prime Minister of Cape Verde
* Honório Barreto (1813-1859) was a governor of the Portuguese Guinea.
* Corsino Fortes, ambassador and writer
* Carlos Nunes Fernandes Reis, former Minister of Education, Diplomat

Producers

* Mike Costa
* Claire Andrade-Watkins
* Jim Lopes

Models

* Cassandra Miranda
* Alzerina

Music - Singers, Musicians, & Composers

* Maria Alice
* Francelina Durão Amerida ('Fantcha')
* Leonel Almeida
* Rufino Almeida ('Bau'), singer
* Manuel Lopes Andrade ('Tcheka')
* Mayra Andrade
* Adriano Gonçalves ('Bana'), singer and original member of Voz de Cabo Verde
* Carlos Alberto Barbosa ('Kaká' Barbosa), composer
* Orlando Monteiro Barreto (Orlando 'Pantera')
* Maria de Barros, Senegalese-born singer
* Gardénia Benrós
* Humberto Bettencourt ('Humbertona'), guitarist
* Biús ('Biús')
* José Carlos Brito ('Voginha')
* Amândio Cabral
* António Carvalho ('Antoni Denti D' Oro')
* José Casimiro
* Teofilo Chantre
* João Cirilo
* Malaquias Costa
* Francisco Xavier da Cruz ('B. Leza'), composer of classic "morna"
* Beto Dias, singer and songwriter
* Abilio Duarte, pre-independence composer of protest "coladeira"
* Bela Duarte
* José Duarte ('Djosinha'), singer and original member of Voz de Cabo Verde
* Cesária Évora, Paris-based singer and global popularizer of "morna" and "coladeira"
* Epifânia Évora ('Tututa')
* Gracindo Évora ('Grace' Évora)
* Emanuel Fernandes ('Zeca di nha Reinalda'), singer and member of Bulimundo
* José Bernardo Fernandes ('Zézé di nha Reinalda'), singer and founder of Finaçon
* Ana Firmino
* Jacqueline Fortes
* Fortinho ('Fortinho')
* Francisco Vicente Gomes ('Frank Cavaquim'), composer
* Maria Inácia Gomes Correia ('Nácia Gomi')
* Arnaldo Gonçalves, pianist and founder of Centaurus
* Gregorio Gonçalves, composer
* Eddy Fortes ('Eddy Fort Moda Grog'), rapper
* Jorge Humberto, guitarist
* Emmanuel Lima ('Manu' Lima), singer and composer
* Euclides Lima ('Kiki' Lima)
* Ildo Lobo, singer with Os Tubarões
* Anselmo Lopes ('Séma Lopi')
* António Lopes ('Antoninho Travadinha'), violinist
* Lisa Nicole Lopes (Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes), member of hip-hop group TLC
* Manuel de Jesus Lopes ('Manuel de Novas'), humorous composer and modernizer of "coladeira"
* Suzanna Lubrano, "zouk" singer
* Mário Lúcio, founder of Simentera
* Maria de Lurdes Lura ('Lura')
* Carlos Alberto Martins ('Katchàz', 'Katchás', 'Catchàz' or 'Catchass'), guitarist, founder of Bulimundo and revitalizer of the "funaná" of Santiagu
* Vasco Martins, composer
* Gerard Mendes ('Boy Gê' or 'Boy Gé' Mendes), Senegalese-born singer, guitarist and founder of Paris-based Mendes e Mendes and O'asah
* Frank Mimita
* Mobafuco, a Capeverdean singer who released "Salve na Criolu"
* Jorge Fernandes Monteiro ('Jotamont'), pre-independence composer of "morna"
* Luís Morais
* Eddy Moreno
* Jorge Neto
* Aristides Paris ('Tito Paris')
* Celina Pereira
* Fernando Quejas, singer and songwriter
* Danny Ramalho, hip-hop artist
* Daniel Rendall
* Albertina Rodrigues ('Titina'), singer
* Arlinda Santos
* Gil Semedo, singer
* Chico Serra ('Chico' Serra)
* Adalberto Silva ('Betú'), composer
* Daniel Silva ('Dany' Silva)
* Marinho Silva
* Onésimo Silva
* Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva ('Horace Silver'), hard bop jazz pianist of Capeverdean extraction
* Armando Zeferino Soares, composer of the famous "morna", "Sodade"
* Eugénio Tavares, greatest composer of "morna"
* Fulgêncio Tavares ('Ano Nobo'), composer
* Blick Tchutchi ('Blick Tchutchi')
* Armãndo Tito, guitarist
* Gregório Vaz ('Kodé di Dona' or 'Codé di Dona'), Santiagu-based accordianist, standard-bearer for traditional "funaná", and composer of "Fomi 47" about famine
* Nancy Vieira, Guiné Bissau-born singer of "morna" and "coladeira"
* Paulino Vieira, guitarist and arranger of "morna"

Sports

Baseball

Wayne Gomes

Basketball

= NBA =

* Dana Barros, former NBA basketball player with the Boston Celtics
* Ryan Gomes

Europe

* João Gomes

Soccer

* Bijou Davidson
* Gerson
* Kadú
* Pedro Pelé
* Tunis
* Arlindo Gomes Semedo
* José Veiga
* Nélson Veiga
* Devlin Anes "The Beast"read article for more info
* Henrik Larsson, half Cape Verdean
* Jerry Adriano Pires

Martial Arts

* Fredson Gomes, Tae Kwan Do gold medalist
* Emanuel Bettencourt

Boxing

* Robert Daluz, featherweight boxer [Vinny "the Kid" Debarros] ,featherweight boxer

Bodyboarding

* Jason Mascarenhas, bodyboarder

Other Sports

* Mario Pop
* Cynthia Barboza

Writers

*Alile Wahnon Ferro (1940— )
*Amílcar Cabral (1921—1973)
*Ana Julia Monteiro Sança (1949— )
*Baltasar Lopes da Silva (1907—1989)
*Corsino Fortes
*Dina Salústio (1941— )
*Don Xavier 1961
*Eugénio Tavares (1867—1930)
*Germano Almeida (1945— )
*Henrique Teixeira de Sousa
*Ivone Ramos: (1926— )
*João Cleófas Martins (1901—1970)
*Jorge Barbosa
*Leopoldina Barreto
*Luís Ramos Morais
*Manuel Lopes (1907—2005)
*Manuel de Novas (1938— )
*Mesquitela Lima
*Yolanda Morazzo (1928— )
*Rosa de Saron
*Sergio Frusoni (1901—1975)
*Viriato de Barros
*Ymez Silva

See also

Cape Verdean diaspora