Mascarenhas (surname)
The original coat of arms of the Mascarenhas family.
Mascarenhas is a habitational name taken on from a civil parish in Portugal called Mascarenhas. This name is branched to Spain and is also found in India (particularly in Goa and Mangalore), where it was taken by Portuguese colonists. It may refer to these persons:
- Dimitri Mascarenhas, Sri Lankan British cricketer
- Francisco de Mascarenhas, 13th vice-regent of Portuguese controlled India, 1581–1584
- D. Fernando Martins Mascarenhas, Bishop of Faro (16th century)
- Louis Mascarenhas, Pakistani Catholic Franciscan priest, academician and educator
- Mascarenhas de Moraes, Brazilian field marshal and commander of Brazilian Expeditionary Force
- Mascarenhas, Portuguese footballer
- Neville Anthony Mascarenhas, Pakistani journalist and author
- Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator
- António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician
- Rodrigo Mascarenhas, Cape Verdean basketball player
- Tuna Mascarenhas (1944–2009), Cape Verdean activist
- Mark Mascarenhas, high-profile sports agent from India, promoted career of (and launched commercial contracts for) India's cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar[1]
Fictional characters
- Charlie Mascarenhas, a fictional character from the film Players
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