Cristovao

Cristóvão is a variant of the name Christopher it may refer to:

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Given name:

• Cristóvão de Aguiar (born 1940), Portuguese writer
• Cristóvão Borges (born 1959), Brazilian former footballer
• Cristóvão Colombo (Christopher Columbus) (1451–1506), Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist
• Cristóvão da Costa, 16th-century Portuguese civil lawyer
• Cristóvão da Costa (botanist) (1525–1594), Portuguese doctor and natural historian
• Cristóvão Falcão (1512–1557), Portuguese poet
• Cristóvão Ferreira (1580–1650), Portuguese Jesuit missionary to Japan who became an apostate just to save his life and his fellow priests. He later recanted and died a martyr.
• Cristóvão de Figueiredo (died 8201), Portuguese Renaissance painter
• Cristóvão da Gama (1516–1542), Portuguese military commander who led a crusade in Ethiopia and Somalia
• Cristóvão Jacques (c. 1480 – after 1530), Portuguese noble of Aragonese descent
• Cristóvão Jacques (astronomer), minor planet discoverer
• Cristóvão Lopes (1516–1594), Portuguese painter
• Cristóvão Soares de Melo (died 1584), Portuguese colonial administrator
• Cristóvão de Mendonça (1475–1532), Portuguese noble and explorer in South East Asia
• Cristóvão de Morais, Portuguese court painter for the kings John III and Sebastian I of Portugal
• Cristóvão Ramos (born 1983), Portuguese footballer
• Cristóvão de Moura, 1st Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo (1538–1613), Portuguese nobleman
• Luís Cristóvão dos Santos (born 1916), Brazilian journalist and writer
• Cristóvão Swingue (born 1976), former Angolan basketball player
• Cristóvão de Távora, Portuguese colonial administrator
• Cristóvão Tezza (born 1952), Brazilian novelist and university professor

Surname:

• Alexandre Cristóvão (born 1993), Angolan footballer
• Hélder Cristóvão (born 1971), Portuguese footballer
• Jorge Manuel Guerreiro Cristóvão (born 1965), Portuguese footballer
• Pedro Cristóvão (born 1965), Portuguese judoka