Cavalcanti
Cavalcanti is an Italian surname, used by people of ancient Italian origin. In Italy and Brazil the variant Cavalcante is also used. The family came to Brazil in 1560.
- Cavalcanti, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro
- Alberto Cavalcanti, Brazilian film director
- Andrea Cavalcanti, a fictional character in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti, Florentine philosopher, father of Guido Cavalicanti
- Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, Brazilian painter
- Giovanni Cavalcanti , Florentine chronicler
- Giovanni Cavalcanti , Florentine poet
- Guido Cavalcanti, Italian poet
- João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Brazilian politician
- Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, first Latin American Cardinal
