Barreto (surname)

Barreto is a surname of Portuguese origin,[1] also found in the former Portuguese colonies of Brazil, Angola, Mozambique and Timor-Leste, as well as Spain and Latin America.[2] In 1786, the title of Conde de Casa Barreto was created by King Charles III of Spain and bestowed upon Jacinto Tomás Barreto of Havana, Cuba.[1]

Occasionally, the surname has been spelled Barretto in the United States (e.g. Larry Barretto and Ray Barretto).

People with the surname

Academics

Artists and writers

Clergy

Military personnel
  • Isabel Barreto (1567-1612), first woman to be a navy Admiral
  • Jorge Otero Barreto (born 1937), American soldier
  • João de Deus Mena Barreto (1874 – 1933), member of the military junta which governed Brazil
  • José Luís Mena Barreto (1817–79), Brazilian military leader
  • Luís do Rego Barreto (1777-1840), Portuguese military leader and colonial administrator

Politicians
  • Antonio Moniz Barreto, Governor of Macau (1727-1732)
  • Francisco Barreto (1520-1573), Portuguese military, explorer and Viceroy of Portuguese India (1555-1558)
  • Greg Barreto, American politician
  • Hector Barreto, 21st Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
  • Honório Barreto (1813–1859), Luso-African Governor of the Portuguese colony of Guinea
  • Jackson Barreto, governor of Sergipe, Brazil
  • Jorge Barreto Xavier (born 1965), Portuguese cultural manager, Secretary of State for Culture of Portugal from October 2012 - October 2015
  • Juan Barreto (born 1959), Venezuelan politician and mayor of Caracas (2004-2008)
  • Leonardo Argüello Barreto (1875-1947), President of Nicaragua
  • Manuel Delgado Barreto (1879-1936), Spanish far-right politician
  • Nuno Rolim de Moura Barreto, 9º conde de Vale dos Reis; 2º Marquês e 1º Duque de Loulé (1804-1875)
  • Roberto Molina Barreto (born 1955), Guatemalan attorney-general
  • António Barreto, Portuguese liberal (democratic-socialism) sociologist. Formerly, politician, Member of Parliament, State-secretary and Minister.

Sportspeople
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See also
  • Barreto (disambiguation)

References
  1. d'Acosta, Lino Chaparro (1979). Heráldica de los apellidos canarios Vol. 1 (in Spanish). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Estudios Técnicos del Blasón. p. 53. ISBN 9788430019892.
  2. "Barreto Surname Distribution". Forebears. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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