Meaning of Last Name

Alcântara (Portuguese), Alcántara (Spanish) is a surname. It may refer to: *Alcântara Machado — Brazilian journalist, politician and writer *Roberto Alcántara- CEO of VivaAerobus and other transportation Mexican companies. *Fabrício Lopes Alcântara — Brazilian footballer *Fernando Lopes Alcântara — Brazilian footballer *Fábio Lopes Alcântara — Brazilian footballer *Hugo Alcântara — Brazilian footballer *José Pedro de Alcântara — Brazilian founder Conceição de Ipanema town, in Minas Gerais stateremover *Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão Para (1875–1940) — member of the Brazilian imperial family *Roberto Alcântara Ballesteros — Brazilian footballer *Thiago Alcântara — Spanish-Brazilian footballer *Baltasar Lopes da Silva — writer, poet and linguist from Cape Verde who sometimes used the pseudonym Osvaldo Alcântara *Francisco Linares Alcántara — Venezuelan statesman *Izzy Alcántara — Dominican baseball player *Paulino Alcántara — Filipino footballer who made much of his career in Spain *Pedro Alcántara Herrán — Colombian statesman *Reinier Alcántara — footballer born in Cuba who fled to the United States in 2008 *Saint Peter of Alcantara — Franciscan Saint, born in Alcántara, Spain Category:Portuguese-language surnames Category:Spanish-language surnames