Beto

Beto is a surname, and a nickname for the given names Alberto, Albertino, Adalberto, Berthony, Heriberto, Norberto, Roberto or Humberto. It occurs mostly in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries and communities.

Given name or nickname

Arts and entertainment

• Beto Benites, Peruvian actor
• Beto Carrero (1937–2008), Brazilian theme park owner and entertainer
• Beto Cuevas (born 1967), Chilean singer and artist
• Robert de la Rocha, American artist
• Beto Furquim (born 1964), Brazilian singer and songwriter
• Beto Guedes (born 1951), Brazilian musician, singer and songwriter
• Gilbert Hernandez (born 1957), cartoonist best known for the Love and Rockets comics
• Beto O'Byrne, American playwright
• Beto (Portuguese singer) (1967–2010), Portuguese singer Albertino João Santos Pereira
• Beto Pérez, Colombian dancer
• Beto Quintanilla, Mexican singer and musician

Politics

• Beto Mansur (born 1951), Brazilian politician and soybean farmer
• Beto O'Rourke (born 1972), US Democratic politician, candidate for President in 2020, and former US Representative.
• Beto Richa (born 1965), former governor of the Brazilian state of Paraná (2011–2018)

Sports

Football

• Beto (footballer, born 1975), Brazilian footballer Joubert Araújo Martins
• Beto (footballer, born May 1976), Portuguese footballer Roberto Severo
• Beto (footballer, born November 1976), Brazilian footballer Gilberto Galdino dos Santos
• Beto (footballer, born 1980), Brazilian footballer Cícero Herbete de Oliveira Melo
• Beto (footballer, born 1982), Portuguese football goalkeeper António Pimparel
• Beto (footballer, born 1987), Brazilian footballer Alberto Antônio de Paula
• Alberto Acosta (born 1966), Argentine former footballer
• Beto Acosta (born 1977), Uruguayan footballer
• Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
• Luis Alberto Carranza (born 1972), Argentine footballer
• Beto Gonçalves (born 1980), Indonesian footballer
• Roberto Fronza (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
• Beto Gonçalves (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
• Ricardo Infante (1924–2008), Argentine footballer
• Carlos Alfaro Moreno (born 1964), Argentine former footballer
• Beto Navarro, (born 1989), American soccer player
• Beto Naveda (born 1972), Argentine former footballer
• Valberto Amorim dos Santos (born 1973), Brazilian footballer
• André Roberto Soares da Silva (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
• Roberto Mendes Silva (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
• Webert Da Silva Miguel (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
• Luiz Alberto de Sousa (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
• Robert de Pinho de Souza (born 1981), Brazilian footballer known as Beto, but only in his early career
• Beto (footballer, born 1998), Portuguese footballer

Other sports

• Bobby Ávila (1924–2004), Mexican Major League Baseball player
• Roberto Seabra (born 1976), Brazilian water polo player

Other

• Beto Laudisio (died 2012), Brazilian student who died in Australian police custody
• Beto Ortiz (born 1968), Peruvian journalist, TV personality, and writer
• Carlos Alberto Rentería Mantilla (born 1945), Colombian narcotrafficker and crime boss

Surname

• George Beto (1916–1991), American criminologist, educator
• Zé Beto (1960–1990), Portuguese footballer
• Mr. Beto in Cruz v. Beto, a 1972 United States Supreme Court case