Sebastião is a Portuguese male given name, descending from the Latin Sebastianus and equivalent to the English name

Sebastian Sebastian may refer to: People * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the name Arts, entertainment, and media Films and television * ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film * ''Sebastian'' (1995 film), Swedish drama film ...

Notable people

Notable people with this name include:

Art

Sebastião Alba Sebastião Alba (11 March 1940 – 14 October 2000) was a Portuguese poet, born in Braga who lived a long period of his life in former Portuguese colony Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or ...

, Portuguese poet * Sebastião Tapajós, Brazilian guitarist * Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer

Politics

Sebastião Custódio de Sousa Teles Sebastião is Portuguese for ''Sebastian''. This name may refer to: People * Sebastião (given name) Places * Sebastião Barros, a town in the state of Piauí, Brazil * Sebastião Laranjeiras, a city in the state of Bahia, Brazil * Sebastião Lea ...

, Portuguese politician * Sebastião Fernandes da Costa, Portuguese lawyer and politician *Sebastião I, also known as Sebastian of Portugal, Portuguese king * Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese statesman

Religion

* Sebastião Barradas, Portuguese preacher * Sebastião da Silveira Cintra, Brazilian cardinal * Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado, Indo-Portuguese priest *

Sebastião Soares de Resende Sebastião Soares de Resende (1906 - 1967) was a Portuguese Catholic bishop in Africa at the head of the diocese of Beira in Mozambique. He was the most liberal of the first generation of bishops after the 1940 Concordat. He is famous for having o ...

, Portuguese Catholic bishop

Sport

Football

Sebastião Gilberto Felisberto Sebastião da Graça Amaral, more commonly known as Gilberto (born 21 September 1982), is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a left winger or left midfielder. He played professionally for Egypt's Al Ahly, Belgian ...

, Angolan footballer *

Sebastião Lazaroni Sebastião Barroso Lazaroni, (born 25 September 1950) is a Brazilian football manager who last coached Qatar Stars League club Qatar SC. He was born in Muriaé, Minas Gerais state. He is well known in Brazil as the manager who tried to intro ...

, Brazilian football manager *

Sebastião Loureiro da Silva Sebastião is Portuguese for ''Sebastian''. This name may refer to: People * Sebastião (given name) Places * Sebastião Barros, a town in the state of Piauí, Brazil * Sebastião Laranjeiras, a city in the state of Bahia, Brazil * Sebastião Lea ...

, Portuguese footballer *

Sebastião Matateu Sebastião Lucas da Fonseca (26 July 1927 – 27 January 2000), known as Matateu (), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. His professional career, which spanned more than 20 years, was closely associated to Belenenses. He won th ...

, Portuguese footballer *

Sebastião Miranda da Silva Filho Sebastião Miranda da Silva Filho, usually called Mirandinha, (born 26 February 1952) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward. At international level, he was included in the Brazilian squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Clu ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Sebastião Nogueira Sebastião José Lopes de Melo e Nogueira (born 9 September 1988) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Oriental. Club career He made his professional debut in the Cypriot First Division for Nea Salamina on 29 August 2009 in a ...

, Portuguese footballer *

Sebastião Pereira do Nascimento Sebastião Pereira do Nascimento (born 24 February 1976), also known as Didi, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. In 1999, German club VfB Stuttgart signed him for $2.2 million, because they hoped he could f ...

, Brazilian footballer

Other

Sebastião Amorim Gimenez Sebastião is Portuguese for ''Sebastian''. This name may refer to: People * Sebastião (given name) Places * Sebastião Barros, a town in the state of Piauí, Brazil * Sebastião Laranjeiras, a city in the state of Bahia, Brazil * Sebastião Lea ...

, Brazilian basketball player * Sebastião Herédia, Portuguese fencer * Sebastião Wolf, Brazilian sport shooter

Other

Sebastião Rodrigues Soromenho Sebastião Rodrigues Soromenho (Sebastián Rodríguez Cermeño in Spanish; c. 1560–1602), was a Portuguese explorer, born in Sesimbra (Portugal), appointed by the king Philip II ( es, Felipe II de España; pt, Filipe I de Portugal) to sail along ...

, Portuguese explorer

References

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