Cavalcanti
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Cavalcanti is an Italian surname, also common in Portugal and Brazil where is used by people of ancient Italian origin. In Italy, Portugal and Brazil the variant Cavalcante is also used. It may refer to:
- Alberto Cavalcanti (1897-1982), Brazilian film director
- Andrea Cavalcanti, a fictional character in The Count of Monte Cristo
- Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti (died c. 1280), Florentine philosopher, father of Guido Cavalicanti
- Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897-1976), Brazilian painter
- Giovanni Cavalcanti (chronicler) (1381-c.1451), Florentine chronicler
- Giovanni Cavalcanti (poet) (1444-1509), Florentine poet
- Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1255-1300), Italian poet
- Severino Cavalcanti (born 1930), Brazilian politician
- Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cardinal Cavalcanti (1850-1930), first Latin American Cardinal

