Vidal (, , , ) is a
Catalan,
Aragonese, and possibly also
Romansh surname,
which also appears in
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
,
Italian,
Portuguese and
English, and as a
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
.
Vidal may refer to:
Surname
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Maurice Vidal Portman (1850–1935), a British doctor
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Aleix Vidal (born 1989), Spanish footballer
*
Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca (born 1945), Spanish politician
*
Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal
Alexander Thomas Emeric Vidal (1792 – 5 February 1863) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He became an accomplished surveyor, and reached the rank of vice-admiral.
Early life
Vidal was born in 1792, the youngest of four children of Emeric Vidal ...
(1792–1863), British admiral and surveyor
*
Alexander Vidal
Alexander Vidal (August 4, 1819 – December 18, 1906) was an Ontario land surveyor, banker, and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Sarnia division from 1873 to 1906.
He was born in Bracknell, Berks ...
(1819–1906), Canadian politician
*
André Vidal
André Vidal (18 December 1908 – 27 September 1984) was a French engineer and politician.
Vidal was born in Constantine, Algeria, Constantine, French Algeria on 18 December 1908, to a middle-class family with origins in Castres, Mazamet, Carcass ...
(1908–1984), French engineer and politician
*
Arturo Vidal (born 1987), Chilean footballer
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Ava Vidal (born 1976), British comedian
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Bill Vidal (born 1951), American politician and civil servant
*
Borja Vidal
Borja Vidal Fernández Fernández (born 25 December 1981) is a Spanish-Qatari handball player for Al-Qiyada and the Qatari national team.
He formerly played professionally basketball in Spain until 2005, when he changed to handball.
In 2013 ...
(born 1981), Qatari handball player
*
Carmen Vidal (1915–2003), Spanish businesswoman
*
Cheche Vidal (born 1959), Venezuelan footballer
*
Christina Vidal
Christina Vidal is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in films such as '' Life with Mikey'', '' Brink!'', '' Freaky Friday'', '' See No Evil'' and for her role in Nickelodeon sitcom '' Taina'', in which she played ...
(born 1981), American actress
*
Clément Vidal (born 2000), French footballer
*
Corey Vidal (born 1986), Canadian dancer and video maker
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Daniel Heredia Vidal (born 1993), Spanish singer
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David Vidal (born 1950), Spanish football manager
*
Dominique Vidal (born 1964), French businessman
*
Don José Vidal (1763–1823), Spanish colonial administrator
*
Doriane Vidal (born 1976), French snowboarder
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Eileen Vidal, (died 2003),
kelper telephone and radio operator
*
Elena Maria Vidal (born 1962), American writer
*
Emeric Essex Vidal
Emeric Essex Vidal (29 March 1791 – 7 May 1861) was an English watercolourist and naval officer. His opportunities for travel, his curiosity about local customs and human types, and his eye for the picturesque, led him to make paintings whi ...
(1791–1861), English watercolourist
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Eugene Luther Vidal (1895–1969), American athlete and aviation pioneer
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Francisco Vidal (1837–1907), Chilean navy officer and hydrographer
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Francisco Vidal Salinas (born 1953), Chilean politician
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François Vidal (1832–1911), French Provençal poet
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Frédérique Vidal (born 1964), Monegasque biochemist and academic administrator
*
George William Vidal
George William Vidal (23 September 1845 – 13 October 1907) was a British lawyer who worked in the Indian Civil Services in the Bombay Presidency and contributed to natural history studies from the Konkan region, and was involved in popularizing t ...
(1845–1907), British civil servant in India
*
Gilles Vidal (born 1972), French car designer
*
Gore Vidal
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, erudition, and patrician manner. Vidal was bisexual, and in his novels and e ...
(1925–2012), American writer
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Gustave Prosper Vidal (1835–1905), French botanist
*
Héctor Manuel Vidal
Héctor Manuel Vidal (26 August 1943 – 12 January 2014) was a Uruguayan theater director.
Biography
Héctor Manuel Vidal's training in stage arts began at the school of the group Club de Teatro, in which he performed in over 40 plays. He made h ...
(1943–2014), Uruguayan theater director
*
Héctor Vidal Martínez (born 1967), Paraguayan footballer
*
Henri Vidal
Henri Vidal (26 November 1919 – 10 December 1959) was a French film actor.
Film career
Henri Lucien Raymond VidalSource Les Gens du cinéma/ref> was first noticed after he won the "Apollo of 1939" contest in Paris. He was spotted by É ...
(1919–1959), French actor
*
Hernane Vidal de Souza (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
*
Janice Vidal (born 1982), Hong Kong singer
*
Javan Vidal (born 1989), British footballer
*
Jean Baptiste Emile Vidal
Jean may refer to:
People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
Fictional characters
* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* Jean ...
(1825–1893), French dermatologist
*
Jean-Pierre Vidal (born 1977), French alpine skier
*
Jill Vidal
Jill Vidal () often referred to as Wei Si or simply as Jill, is a Hong Kong-based female urban pop singer. Vidal is of Korean and Filipino ethnicity with British nationality.
Her twin sister, Janice Vidal, is also a singer in Hong Kong.
Car ...
(born 1982), Hong Kong singer
*
José Vidal (baseball) (1940–2011), Dominican baseball player
*
José Vidal (footballer) (1896–1974), Uruguayan footballer
*
José María Vidal (1935–1986), Spanish footballer
*
Josefina Vidal
Josefina de la Caridad Vidal Ferreiro (born 18 February 1961) is a Cuban diplomat, and has been the Cuban Ambassador to Canada since March 28, 2018 (http://www.cubanews.acn.cu/cuba/7923-josefina-vidal-presents-diplomatic-credentials-to-ottawa). P ...
(born 1961), Cuban diplomat
*
Joseph Vidal (1933–2020), French politician
*
Josette Vidal (born 1991), Venezuelan actress
*
Juan Carlos Vidal (born 1954), Spanish footballer
*
Laurent Vidal (born 1984), French triathlete
*
Leona Vidal Roberts (born 1972), Falkland Islands politician.
*
Leoncio Vidal Leoncio Vidal y Caro (September 12, 1864 – March 23, 1896) was a Cuban revolutionary that fought in the Cuban War of Independence. A colonel, he fell in battle in Santa Clara, Cuba. He is considered a hero in Cuba and the Parque Vidal in Santa Cl ...
(1864–1896), Cuban revolutionary
*
Lisa Vidal
Lisa Vidal (born June 13, 1965) is an American actress of Puerto Rican heritage. She starred in the Lifetime crime drama series '' The Division'' (2001–2004) and BET drama series '' Being Mary Jane'' (2013–2019). Vidal also starred in the sh ...
(born 1965), American actress
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Lucas Vidal (born 1984), Spanish composer
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Lluïsa Vidal (1876–1918), Spanish painter
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Maïa Vidal (born 1988), American musician
*
Maria Vidal
Maria Elena Vidal (born August 1, 1960) is an American singer songwriter. She is known for her hit single "Body Rock", which reached No. 8 on the US Dance Charts, No. 48 on the Hot 100, No. 5 on the Springbok Charts in South Africa, and No. 11 ...
(born 1956), American singer
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María-Esther Vidal, Venezuelan scientist
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María Eugenia Vidal (born 1973), Argentine politician
*
Marquinhos Carioca
Marcus Vinícius Vidal Cunha (born 28 May 1992), commonly known as Marquinhos Carioca or simply Marquinhos, is a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger.
Career
In February 201 ...
(born 1992), Brazilian footballer
*
Mary Theresa Vidal
Mary Theresa Vidal (née Johnson) (23 June 1815 – 19 November 1873) was a British–Australian writer described as Australia's first female novelist.
Life
Mary was born in Devon, England, the daughter of Britton William Johnson and his wife, ...
(1815–1873), Australian writer
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Mey Vidal
Mey Vidal (born October 10, 1984) is a Cuban reggae en Español, Dance hall, and reggaeton singer and composer. Born in Palma Soriano, a city in Santiago de Cuba Province, is one of the first to represent the female genre in the reggaeton
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(born 1984), Cuban musician
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Nacho Vidal (born 1973), Spanish porn actor and producer
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Owen Vidal
Owen Emeric Vidal was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1852 until his death three years later.
Life
He was the son of Emeric Essex Vidal and his wife Anna Jane Capper, daughter of the Rev. James Capper, born at Easthampstead. He was educat ...
(1819–1854), Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone
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Paul Vidal (1863–1931), French musician
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Paul Vidal de la Blache (1845–1918), French geographer
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Rafael Vidal
Rafael Antonio Vidal Castro (January 6, 1964 – February 12, 2005) was a Venezuelan competition swimmer, Olympic medalist and sports commentator.
Life
Vidal was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1964. At age 20, he became the first Venezuelan sw ...
(1964–2005), Venezuelan swimmer and sports commentator
*
Rene Vidal (born 1974), American engineer
*
Ricardo Vidal (1931–2017), Filipino cardinal-priest and archbishop
*
Walpole Vidal (1853–1914), English footballer
*
Silvino Vidal
Silvino Vidal ( Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal, March 21, 1850- Pelotas, Brazil, August 9, 1937) was a Portuguese- Brazilian writer.
After his mother's death, he moved to Porto Alegre with his sister and their father, there he published his first ...
(1850–1937), Portuguese writer
*
Tanya Vidal (born 1965), American actress and director
*
Vanessa Lima Vidal
Vanessa Lima Vidal also simply known as Vanessa Vidal (born 3 March 1984) is a Brazilian deaf female model, beauty pageant contestant and beach volleyball player.
Career
Vidal was the first deaf beauty pageant contestant to compete at the Mi ...
(born 1984), Brazilian model, beach volleyball player and beauty pageant contestant
*
Vanessa Vidal (born 1974), French alpine skier
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Vincent Vidal (1811–1887), French painter
Given name
*
Vidal of Tolosa, Spanish rabbi in 14th century
*
Vidal Benveniste Don Vidal Benveniste de la Cavalleria was a Spanish Jew who lived in Saragossa Spain, during the second half of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century. He was elected, by the notables of the Jewish communities of Aragon, as the speaker before th ...
, Spanish rabbi in 15th century
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Vidal Cantu (born 1968), Mexican film producer
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Vidal Fernandez
Vidal Fernandez is a Mexican-American former soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and Western Soccer Alliance.
Youth
Fernandez was born in Mexico, but moved to Otay Mesa, San Die ...
(born 1958), American soccer player
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Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz (born 1958), Mexican admiral
*
Vidal Hazelton
Vidal Hazelton (born January 29, 1988) is a former Gridiron football wide receiver. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Cincinnati. He formerly played for the University of ...
(born 1988), American football player
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Vidal López (1918–1971), Venezuelan baseball player and manager
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Vidal Marín del Campo (1653–1709), Spanish bishop and Grand Inquisitor of Spain
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Vidal Medina (born 1976), Mexican playwright and theatre director
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Vidal Nuño (born 1987), American baseball player
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Vidal Sanabria (born 1966), Paraguayan football player
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Vidal Sancho (born 1977), Spanish actor
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Vidal Santiago Díaz (1910–1982), Puerto Rican politician
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Vidal Sassoon
Vidal Sassoon (17 January 1928 – 9 May 2012) was a British hairstylist, businessman, and philanthropist. He was noted for repopularising a simple, close-cut geometric hairstyle called the bob cut, worn by famous fashion designers including Ma ...
(1928–2012), British hairdresser and businessman
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Vidal Vega (1964–2012), Paraguayan politician
See also
*
Vidal (disambiguation)
*
Georges-Fernand Widal
*
Vitale
References
External links
*http://genforum.genealogy.com/vidal/messages/143.html
*http://www.portuguesaebrasileira.com/genealogia.html
*http://www.heraldicapellido.com/v6/Vidal.htm
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